Chapter 406 Don’t come close, don’t come close, don’t…
"Help? Is there anyone alive in this damn place?"
Colin looked surprised, but after thinking about it, it didn't seem so strange, so he continued to ask:
"Where did the distress signal come from? Can you hear the specific content?"
"Perhaps it has a meaning of 'rescue', and it should be sent repeatedly mechanically, not by a living person. Apart from this, the rest is unknown, because the content of the signal was already very weak when it reached here, and the location seems to be right in front of us..."
"In front, that should be the target location."
Colin was thoughtful. He was a little curious about what was sending this signal...
It could be a human, or an anomaly, or some alien race.
There are many possibilities anyway...
However, no matter which one he is, he has to be careful now to avoid an accident.
Thinking of this, Colin slowed down a bit and prepared to deal with any unexpected situations. However, the range of the flames did not decrease at all, but expanded a bit...
Although doing so greatly increased the possibility of him being discovered by something strange.
But he found that the probability of anomalies also increased.
Then, several hours of boring but thrilling moments passed, and Colin, who was moving forward like a comet, suddenly saw a huge, dark, empty area in front of him.
Then, he narrowed his eyes slightly, his pupils erect, and looked forward in the spreading light of the fire. He couldn't help but let his breathing slow down slightly.
An extremely huge celestial object occupied most of the field of vision in front of him, making Colin, who was looking directly at it, feel an invisible sense of oppression.
After calming down a little, Colin focused his attention and looked at the celestial body in front of him.
It was floating in the center of the empty area, and further away, a strange meteorite belt could be vaguely seen...
In terms of the overall structure, it seems to be a layout where many stars surround the moon.
The orbiting celestial body was wrapped in a layer of black fog, and from a distance it looked like it was black and moldy.
An indescribable strange aura slowly dissipated from it...
"This perspective is a bit like what we see on TV, when we look at the Earth from the Moon, but the distance shouldn't be that far..."
Colin opened his mouth and spoke silently to himself.
Then, he collected his thoughts and looked at the several huge man-made objects outside the spherical black fog celestial body.
Three huge, dilapidated rings.
Their existence makes this sphere look like a special gyroscope.
And it was at this moment that the little maid appeared again, causing a line of translated text to appear on the retina.
"Mr. Colin, I have received a recognizable information band. After translation, I can confirm that it should be a distress message. The meaning is roughly: 'The police...star...is seriously damaged. Please support...'"
"Identifiable... information?"
Hearing this, Colin immediately realized that the thing on that celestial body should be related to the Bonfire Company.
Otherwise, I don’t know how long it will take to decipher it…
However, for some reason, a spiritual intuition made Colin feel that the information given by the little maid might not be right.
"Can you send me the original content of the signal?"
Colin asked, and after the little maid nodded her approval, he quickly got the signals.
Then… …
He found that it seemed to be some coded language that he could not understand at all. However, after looking at it for two or three seconds, Colin suddenly obtained another piece of information.
This information is completely opposite to what the maid gave...
"Don't come close, don't come close, don't..."
"Anyone who enters...will be trapped..."
"Everything near here..."
"……Please be careful with it……"
“…”
Because the signal is incomplete, the information obtained is also not complete, but it is obvious that the content is far from the so-called "help".
It was at this moment that Colin suddenly had an idea and realized the reason for this situation.
"Only real humans can interpret it to obtain real information, while other lives will only obtain false information..."
"So, the distress signal is just like fishing?"
"If the alien race heard it and knew that the company's combat power had sent out a distress signal, they would most likely step forward and step on it, and then, there would be no more..."
After deciphering the contents, Colin was somewhat amused.
This is in line with the style of the company's previous generation of employees. That group of people are generally ruthless and are the type who would bite back or lay a bomb before dying.
The most likely possibility is that this is one of the mines that were laid when this place fell.
They really show no mercy to all inhuman things and heretics .
"But my mission this time is to come here. If I don't get close, then my trip would be in vain, right?"
Colin muttered in his heart.
Then, he looked at the thing that looked like mold and was filled with black mist, and was called something like a police star or something, and began to wonder what was going on here.
The real signal means that once you enter, you will be trapped.
But it didn't mention why they were trapped...
"Is it this black fog? Next, should we go into the moldy celestial body to investigate?"
Colin stopped at the side for a moment, and then without much hesitation, he started moving forward.
This time, he was more cautious. Every time he moved forward a certain distance, he would call out the full name of the company in his mind to make sure the connection was not interrupted.
"If we lose the signal here, we'll be in big trouble."
As the thought flashed through his mind, Colin was getting closer and closer to the celestial body with three rings that looked like a gyroscope, but with a "moldy" center...
As the distance got closer, he saw that the outermost ring reflected a cold metallic luster in the flames.
It is much more spacious and huge than what it looks like from the outside. The width of the ring belt alone may be tens or hundreds of kilometers...
There are a lot of high-tech devices on display whose specific uses are unclear.
"The ring belt didn't trigger any so-called defense mechanism. Maybe it's broken? No, all the black fog is confined within the ring belt. This can't be a coincidence..."
"So, can't enter means can't enter the outer ring?"
"But speaking of it, if we add a few super energy cannons on top of it, it would be perfect..."
Colin couldn't help but think about it and felt that the outermost ring might be related to weapons, but unfortunately, he didn't seem to see any part that could be called a weapon.
I haven't seen anything like the planetary orbital cannon described in science fiction works...
Or maybe some of those incomprehensible devices are deadly weapons.
But he couldn't recognize it.
But before Colin could think about it, he suddenly received a prompt.
【Event 1 has been completed.】
[Event 2: Light a special temporary bonfire in any area of the third ring of the "Alert Starship" and summon five employees...]
[Note: Under normal circumstances, this task will not result in the actual death of the employee before 21:34:59.]
[Event 3: Light a special temporary bonfire in any area of the second ring of the "Alert Starship" and summon five employees...]
[Note 1: Under normal circumstances, this task will not result in the actual death of the employee before 21:34:59.]
【Note 2: Event 2 must be completed as a prerequisite.】
[Event 4: …]
“…”
"The countdown is twenty-one hours. I haven't seen a countdown mission in a long time. I don't know what will happen when the countdown is over. But man, this is asking me to build a signal tower from scratch, right?"
The first time Colin saw the mission, he immediately realized the true nature of it.
Just to find a few more signal sending devices...
No, to be precise, I think it should be called a signal tower.
However, as he is prepared, he does not have to worry about the employees who come here dying suddenly due to being in the space environment.
only……
"Under the premise that tasks can be rejected, it's probably not easy to find employees who can come to a place like this, right?"
Colin raised his hand and scratched his head.
Those who want to come here, especially those in the outer rings, if they are not D-level, or E-level with special physical talents, other low-level company personnel will find it difficult to withstand the space environment even with his help...
But it is basically impossible for such an old hand to carry out such a task.
"This should also be a 'Destiny Project', but it's not a permanent one. Forget it, since the mission has been issued, let's give it a try first."
Colin didn't think much about it and flew quickly towards the third ring.
Soon, he landed on the third ring, and when his feet touched the top, the long-lost "gravity" returned.
Even the voices can be heard again...
However, if we leave the ground, everything will become like space again.
“It’s a bit magical…”
Colin stepped hard twice on the third ring with a pitch-black metallic luster, then looked around to make sure there was still no danger. He found a position and opened "Event 2".
[Destination reached, should we place "bonfire" materials? ]
"yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, Colin saw a transparent vortex emerge, and a metal ball was thrown out from the vortex.
After it landed, it opened by itself with a snap.
Then, a piece of extremely black charcoal that looked like a large eyeball was thrown out.
Colin took a quick look and was roughly sure that it should have been some kind of demonic charcoal before its death, but he didn't think much about it. He stretched out his hand and the flame covered it.
Soon, a cluster of flames hundreds of meters high rose up and covered the surrounding area.
"This flame is indeed a bit special. It feels like as long as I stay in it, I can guarantee my survival..."
Colin sensed it and roughly determined the situation.
The rest...
It is to summon the employees here.
This was also done automatically. However, Colin was pessimistic about whether it could find employees willing to come here, especially those experienced D-level employees...
But what he didn't expect was that just a few seconds later, the flames began to wriggle, and five figures emerged from the flames.
"Fuck, I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable..."
"What's going on..."
"What the hell is this place?!"
“…”
As soon as they appeared, they felt obvious discomfort, but with the protection of fire, they did not die on the spot. Immediately afterwards, they subconsciously activated the talent effect of "Brutal Body".
In an instant, they turned into werewolves and their condition stabilized.
"Then, divide it among yourself. If you feel like you can't do it anymore, just take one..."
Colin took out fifteen "colorless crystals" and threw them to them.
It was then that they noticed Colin's figure.
"Brother Shunzi?" One of them asked curiously while taking the crystal.
"Um."
Colin nodded, then asked curiously: "Why are you here?"
Normally these guys are very cunning, and it goes against common sense that they arrived so quickly this time.
But soon, after a brief exchange, Colin understood the reason.
The task description is to perform a certain task with employee number "654321" and provide a certain degree of assistance.
Reward 2000 points guaranteed...
When they saw it, they all agreed to carry out a seemingly trouble-free investigation mission with Brother Shunzi. Isn't this a free reward?
Then, during the transmission, they realized too late that something was wrong.
"I'm so stupid... Oh, forget it. Could this be the 'Advent Project'?" A D-class personnel spoke nervously.
"It's an assignment, but I don't know whether it will come or not. I won't know until the execution is over..."
After hearing what Brother Shunzi said, they were so upset that they felt like crying. They felt that they had suffered a great loss just for these few points.
Although the mission includes more than twenty hours of "immortality" time, it does not specify when you can go back.
"Just stay here as required by the mission and make sure the bonfire doesn't go out. From what I've discovered so far, this place should be pretty safe unless there are any accidents..."
Colin waved his hand and rushed directly to the second belt without waiting for the employees to say anything.
The distance between the two rings is not too far.
Looking from a distance, it can almost be described as "seamlessly fitted".
In less than half an hour, Colin, who was moving at full speed, landed on the second ring belt and followed the same method to summon the second batch of D-level employees.
Then, these employees looked at this place like the previous group, with sad faces.
However, at the third ring bonfire on the other side, the five D-class personnel all smiled when they felt the arrival of new colleagues and saw the dedicated communication during the mission in their minds.
"You're just a boy, how can you have such an inappropriate expression? Don't worry, I'll collect the things as soon as possible and leave..."
Colin shook his head and rushed directly to the first ring without much conversation this time.
There are a total of four bonfire "signal towers" required for the mission, one on each ring, and the fourth one needs to be built on the surface of this alert starship...
This time, as they approached the starship, some strange black fog floated in, and in the fog, there seemed to be invisible life moving...
It gives people an extremely strong sense of uneasiness.
However, before it could get too close, it was melted by the flames around Colin.
"We have entered the black fog area, but the feeling of being unable to leave has not appeared."
Colin raised his eyebrows, but didn't think much about it and continued to summon.
"Just stay here and don't leave the campfire casually. You can leave when I go to retrieve the target."
After saying this casually, Colin dropped the "colorless crystal" and without waiting for a response from the others, he looked towards the surface of the ground covered by thick black fog and rushed in directly...
His intuition told him that the longer he stayed in this damn place, the more likely something would happen.
You have to complete the task as quickly as possible.
As for the five employees who had just arrived, thanks to the intra-team communication channel in their brains, they quickly figured out the situation here.
