Chapter 263: Leaving Your Name in the History Books
The jungle was dark and filled with dangers, and there was complete silence all around.
This is a swamp with black and sticky water. Twisted and dry black dead trees stick out of the water, like burnt souls struggling, eerie and terrifying.
Occasionally, strange waves appeared on the water surface, as if some terrifying creature was waiting for an opportunity to move underwater.
“Gurgle…Gurgle…”
Suddenly, a few bubbles appeared in the sticky black mud at the edge of the swamp, and a black body as thick as a bucket meandered by. From a distance, it looked like a huge black tire, but a closer look revealed that it was a terrifying giant python.
Inside the swamp, there seemed to be something lurking quietly and motionlessly, like a piece of black dead wood.
In the very center of the swamp, there are several small oval islands.
The island is full of strange black trees with twisted black branches and no leaves. On the rough and cracked trunks, you can vaguely see blurry human faces, which is creepy.
This vast swamp is like a natural moat, surrounding several small islands and making it difficult for outside creatures to approach.
However, today, a group of people successfully crossed the swamp and arrived on a small island.
It was Shi Sishi and his group.
Of course, once you come, don’t think about leaving.
According to the first agreement, Hal, as the spacecraft's intelligent system, must protect the safety of every member on board and use all means when necessary, even if those means are cruel and bloody.
"I created this swamp. Before, it was just a deep pit." Hal narrated to the screen that when the wreckage of the spacecraft crashed, it created a huge pit in this area.
Over the years, Hal has brought in rainwater, sowed seeds, and captured many dangerous animals, turning this place into a special and strange little ecosystem .
He did all this for the crew members sleeping in the wreckage.
The entrance and exit to the spacecraft wreckage is on one of the central islands.
Normal people would take a detour when seeing this swamp.
As long as you get close, you can feel the danger and death zone that is looming. Unless you are an adventurer who is born with a suicidal mentality, no one will choose to go deep.
However, Shi Shishi and his men chose to go deeper.
They had considered the swampy areas of the jungle before setting off, so they brought portable inflatable boats and, despite the danger, went deep into the swampy area and successfully reached one of the small islands.
Fortunately, the island was not where the spacecraft's entrance and exit were located, so they were still alive.
But their inflatable boat was blown up by Hal's shot.
Just when Hal was about to kill them all, Su Xia and others came here, and Hal, who was beside Su Xia, contacted him.
The two Hals exchanged data, indistinguishable from each other, and instantly understood what had happened in the past few days.
"I really want to kill them all. This is the safest way. Otherwise, if one of them escapes and reports back, there will be a steady stream of explorers coming." Hal said calmly, "Since they are one of us, let them go."
It is obvious that these two Hals have killed many people over the years.
Su Xia could feel that the Hal in the oasis camp was gentler, while these two Hals were more murderous.
Although they were once one, their different experiences and self-learning over the past twenty years have led them to different evolutionary paths.
In the picture, many people in Shi Shishi's team appeared very nervous, holding weapons and constantly looking around.
Just now, Hal's shot directly cut off their retreat and trapped them on the island.
Now, they can only cut down trees on the island and make simple wooden canoes to leave.
However, the hunter in the darkness may still be lurking.
How could these people be in the mood to make canoes?
"I don't know where this friend is from, can you come out and talk?" Ms. Liu Ye in the picture looked alert and looked around. She had already opened the psychic shield and stood at the outermost edge, protecting her companions who did not have shield skills in the center.
This shield is indeed effective against ordinary bullets and can block them for a while.
But for the concussion bullet that Hal had, it was just a matter of one shot.
"Are you our friends from the Zero Point Tavern?" another person shouted, "We are here to help as well. We are fellow travelers. I think there may be some misunderstanding."
"We are from Dragon City. Can we show up to discuss this?"
One of Shi Sishi's disciples revealed his identity. His whole body was tense and his eyes kept scanning the jungle surrounding the swamp.
Before setting off, they knew that Longcheng had also contacted the Zero Point Tavern.
In this jungle, there are probably only three forces: themselves, the Zero Point Tavern, and the Dragon City Headquarters. The people from the Dragon City Headquarters will definitely not hide in the dark and shoot at them, so the hunter who blew up their airship is most likely from the tavern.
"Everyone, pay attention. That guy must not have left yet. He wants to trap us here to death."
"Damn it, aren't those killers at the Zero Point Tavern following the rules?"
They haven't fully understood their situation yet. They are worried and panicked, but they also want to escape.
The other party did not take any further action after firing the first shot, which meant that he was also afraid of them and could not find a better opportunity to hunt them.
Everyone in the team thought that they were confronting each other and were stuck in a stalemate.
However, in reality...
If Hal wanted to kill them, it would be as easy as killing chickens.
Hal buried a large number of floating light bombs underground on the island, and there were also some under the surrounding water. He also had various means to throw the floating light bombs into the island area.
There are also more than a dozen repair robots controlled by Hal lying in ambush around, each holding a sniper rifle, psychic bomb, assault rifle, etc. There are traps everywhere, and it can be said that it is a situation where there is no chance of survival.
Here, when everyone saw the situation on the screen, they all had a lot of questions in their minds.
"Why did Mr. Shi take his team to that small island?" On the academic side, there was a young scholar who had once taken Shi Sishi's class. He was full of questions at this time, because there was no need to go to that small island at all.
As a rescue team, Shi Sishi and his team should bypass this swamp.
If you want to confirm whether the people in Dragon City are trapped on the central island, just shout a few times or fire a few flares towards the island.
Why do you have to log in?
Even through the screen, everyone could clearly feel the danger of this swamp.
"That's right, Professor Shi wouldn't make such a low-level mistake."
Another member of the academic community said the same thing.
"Could it be that a member of his team insisted on going up?"
"But Professor Shi can also stop it. Given Professor Shi's temper, no one in the team should be able to influence his opinion, right?"
Anyone who has taken Shi Shishi's courses in the college or knows this old man will have a certain understanding of his temper.
In fact, they are not the only ones who have this doubt.
In the picture, everyone in the rescue team also has doubts.
When these people were still outside the swamp and had not gone deep into it, Ms. Willow Leaf frowned and stopped them, saying that they should not enter the swamp.
As a representative of the United Camp, her words carry a certain weight, and the other members of the United Camp also stand on her side.
However, Shi Shishi was authoritarian and determined to go deeper, and his disciples also expressed their support.
Ms. Liu Ye didn't want to see the already exhausted team split into two, so she could only sigh and follow Shi Sishi into deeper into the swamp to explore, and the situation in the picture appeared.
"Looking at their appearance, the journey must have been very difficult. Even though they were well prepared, many them were injured." A scholar sighed.
In the picture, many people were wrapped in bandages, and two of them even lost the ability to move and were carried on the backs of other members.
Hal said indifferently: "That old man doesn't look like he's here to rescue people. I found their traces yesterday."
"What do you mean?" Sun Lang asked.
"He seems to be looking for something, and he specifically chooses dangerous and difficult-to-access areas to explore." Hal said lightly, "If my guess is correct, this old man should have guessed that the plants in this forest are from deep space, and realized that there are spaceship wreckage in this area, and he wants to be the first to find it."
"this……"
Everyone in Longcheng was stunned. They had always thought that Shi Shishi was here to save them.
Is it that rescue is secondary and finding something is the real thing?
Wang Luo pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and said: "Discovering a new alien spaceship wreckage is indeed a greater achievement than saving lives."
In the future, textbooks will definitely write "Professor Shi Sishi discovered the wreckage of the spacecraft", but will not necessarily write "Professor Shi Sishi saved people", because the historical significance of the two is different.
This era is cruel, with death and rescue incidents happening every day.
But there are not many wreckages of alien spacecraft. Discovering one could change the course of history and lead human technology onto another path.
This old guy Shi Sishi attaches great importance to fame, wealth, power and honor, and he definitely wants to leave his name in history.
He was quite capable and was indeed close to finding the wreckage of the spacecraft.
But the counterattack power of the wreckage was beyond his expectations.
It can be seen that the other people in the picture are looking around nervously, still wondering if it is a killer from the tavern who is attacking them secretly.
Only Shi Sishi seemed to be thinking about something, his eyes moving around the other islands.
Perhaps he was the only one who knew clearly that it was not the tavern killer who did the action, but the counterattack force of the spaceship.
"The entrance to the wreckage of the spacecraft is on the small island to their right," Hal said coldly. "This old guy has a good plan. He doesn't care about the life and death of his apprentice and others at all."
"Professor Shi shouldn't be such a person, right?"
A scholar who had taken Shi Sishi's course couldn't help but speak up and wanted to argue for his former teacher, even though he himself was a little shaken.
After all, judging from Shi Sishi's temper, the rescue team must be led by him.
"Oh, didn't you notice?"
Hal said coldly, "This old guy has a psychic power of 4.7, the highest in the entire team. I don't believe he doesn't know how to use a psychic shield, but he stands in the center of the team and asks his disciples and the others around him to activate shields to protect him... He is saving psychic energy. He must have more than one life-saving equipment on him. If necessary, he can use other members as flesh and blood shields to rush out."
"this……"
The young scholar just now also fell silent, and I don’t know what else he can say.
The situation is now clear.
As bystanders, they could clearly see everything that happened on the island in the center of the swamp.
Shi Sishi doesn't care about the lives of others. As long as he can find the entrance to the alien wreckage, break out of Hal's encirclement, and bring the news back to Longcheng, his name will definitely appear in future history books.
His rescue team really had a hard time along the way.
Many people had already suggested "returning" yesterday, but they were all suppressed by Shi Sishi. The old man insisted on continuing the exploration.
"He is indeed smart, but he underestimated my ability." Hal said coldly, "How can a native like him resist the power from the stars?"
"Robot, can you really kill them all?" Sun Lang asked.
"How about I show you?"
"No, no..."
Sun Lang smiled awkwardly and said nothing more.
After some analysis, the situation became basically clear, and the only thing left for the two sides to meet.
Su Xia planned to enter the wreckage from the entrance in the center of the island and get the sixth-level mecha as a mission reward. The rest of the Longcheng team was also eager to get inside the spacecraft and take a look.
But Hal directly expressed that he hated the old man Shi Sishi. Everyone could go in at that time, but not the old man.
Of course, he needed to seek Su Xia's opinion.
Su Xia smiled: "You handle it yourself, your opinion is my opinion."
"good."
Hal put away the screen and led everyone forward in a grim voice.
This is already the central area of this alien plant forest. It is full of dangers. One wrong step could lead to a trap. Hal tells everyone to follow his steps and not run around.
He has made a lot of disguises here, and an ordinary tree may hide a death mechanism.
After walking for about half an hour at a moderate pace, the group finally saw the swamp in the center, which was the final destination of this trip.
"Be careful. Many of the dead trees on the edge of the swamp are crocodiles in disguise. There are piranhas and blood-sucking worms in the swamp, as well as several other carnivorous animals..."
Hal introduced it slowly. This was the result of his twenty years of work, and it was the first time he introduced it to outsiders.
At the edge of the swamp, the soil is loose and dark brown dead leaves are scattered all over the ground. Stepping on them will leave deep footprints, and it is easy to fall into them if you are not careful.
In a place like this, if you fall into the swamp, you will basically die.
In the seemingly peaceful swamp mud, there is a kind of terrifying blood-sucking worm cultivated by Hal. It usually drills around in the mud and eats some rotten things. Once a creature is trapped, it will not take long for the worm to bite through the skin and then drill into the flesh and blood...
At a glance, you can see countless animal skeletons mixed with the mud at the edge of the swamp, which looks extremely terrifying.
We walked along the vast swamp for more than ten minutes.
Everyone finally saw Shi Sishi and his group.
At the same time, on the small island in the center of the swamp, people from Shi Shishi’s team also saw them.
"Dean!"
"It's the dean and his friends, as well as Teacher Li and Teacher Liu. They're all still here!"
"Dean, we are here!"
The group was all smiling happily. It was really depressing to be trapped on the central island for such a long time. Finally they saw someone they knew and had hope of escaping. They shouted and waved to Su Xia and others at the edge of the swamp.
At the same time, they did not forget to remind: "Dean, be careful, there may be a hunter hiding in the dark, who has not left yet and is always looking for an opportunity."
"Teacher Li, quickly open the psychic shield!"
Shi Sishi's disciples were the most excited. After all, they all grew up in the academy, and the old dean and the professors were like family members to them.
Even though he was often beaten, we developed feelings for each other.
Ms. Liu Ye and others also breathed a sigh of relief and smiles appeared on their faces. They saw Su Xia walking in front.
With the commander around, no matter how big the difficulties are, they seem to be no problem, and he will always find a way.
"I knew the commander would come over." Someone said with a smile, "Look, the commander and the old dean of Longcheng are walking in the front."
"If I had known this, I should have contacted the commander and set off with him a few days ago."
Everyone in the joint camp thought so, and perhaps without even noticing it themselves, they had already vaguely regarded Su Xia as their leader.
Of course, there were also two people whose expressions were not very natural.
One of them was Chang Rui, the young disciple of Shi Shishi, who had been standing among the crowd and remained silent.
The other one is naturally Shi Sishi.
“Just one step away!”
Shi Sishi had an ugly look on his face and was unwilling to give in. He knew that the wreckage of the alien spacecraft must be nearby and he would be able to find it if he was given a little more time.
But at this moment, Su Xia and others came and disrupted his overall plan.
