plumnovel Chapter 1299 Star Sea (103)
Chapter 1299 Star Sea (103)
Chapter 1299 Star Sea (One Hundred and Three)
Zhang Shen and Zhang Qian, brother and sister, wolfed down the energy bars in their hands.
After eating, I burped with a happy feeling!
Wang Chen was very curious about the extent of the shortage of supplies in the D01359 base. They couldn't even feed the two children, forcing them to run to the surface to take risks.
Even if energy radiation destroyed all technological facilities, solid food packs, energy bars, vacuum cans and other reserve supplies can be preserved for decades without refrigeration or freezing.
Zhang Shen licked his lips, looked up at the sky, and said, "Sir, let's go now. It will be very dangerous when it gets dark. It will be troublesome if we encounter hunters."
Hunter?
Wang Chen's eyes flashed.
The Hunters are one of the branches of the Nether Clan's military. From what they said, it is clear that there are still alien races on the planet Tempus.
He kept it in mind and didn't ask any further questions.
Under Zhang Shen's guidance, Wang Chen followed the brother and sister into a dry sewer.
The three of them walked through the maze-like underground pipes for nearly half an hour, and then climbed down into a deep well.
There was no lighting in this underground space, and it was pitch dark when one stretched one's hand in front of one's face. However, Zhang Shen carried a piece of fluorescent stone with him for lighting, and finally arrived in front of a rusty steel shield door.
Boom boom boom!
Zhang Shen raised his fist and knocked on the door rhythmically.
After a while, a small window on the door suddenly opened, revealing a pair of eyes.
"Hey, you brought outsiders back?"
The voice from inside the door was hoarse and suspicious: "Who is he?"
"This gentleman is a warrior, and he is here to look for someone."
Zhang Shen smiled and said, "Uncle Sun, please help me. This gentleman saved me and my sister. He is not a bad person."
"Bad guys don't have words carved on their faces."
Uncle Sun inside said angrily, "Since you are willing to be a guarantor, then you can let him in, but the rules cannot be changed."
Wang Chen calmly took out five energy bars and stuffed them in: "Is this okay?"
On the way here, he heard Zhang Shen introduce that outsiders had come to the D01359 base before, and according to the rules set by the base leader, they had to pay a fee to enter.
This expense is certainly not in star dollars, but in all the useful materials.
Food is of course the best hard currency!
In fact, during the fall of Tempus, many underground bases maintained communications and personnel exchanges until the emergence of an energy storm, which greatly changed the situation.
The D01359 base has not been visited by anyone for a long time.
Although the gatekeeper was highly alert to outsiders, the five energy bars easily destroyed his reserve.
With a teeth-grinding friction sound, the heavy shield door opened from the inside.
Zhang Shen pulled his sister in and Wang Chen followed.
boom!
The shield door was closed again and locked.
There were a total of two people guarding the door inside. When they saw Wang Chen following in behind the brother and sister, they all showed a look of surprise on their faces.
Because of Wang Chen's dress and mental state, he didn't look like someone who had been trapped underground on this planet for three years.
"Which base are you from?"
One of the middle-aged men couldn't help but ask, "A-level?"
Wang Chen nodded: "A00023."
The D01359 base probably doesn't know that the Empire has already recaptured the Tempus star cluster, and because of the huge impact of the unknown energy radiation, the Empire is unable to get in touch with these bases.
Xu Chengzhi's previous mission also included searching for survivors, but he himself ended up becoming a missing person.
In order to avoid trouble, Wang Chen does not plan to tell these people the truth for the time being.
After all, the receiving spaceship will not be able to land on the planet until a month later, and the number of people that can be taken away at a time is very limited.
So he just randomly said the number of an A-class base.
The other party believed it.
Another guard asked, "Who are you looking for?"
So Wang Chen took out the photo again.
The two of them passed it around and looked at it, and finally shook their heads - they had never seen it.
One person said, "You can go inside and ask Tiehu and the others. They often go to the surface to collect supplies, so maybe you've encountered him before."
"Thanks."
Wang Chen thought for a moment, then took out another pack of cigarettes: "You two can share it."
"Fuck!"
The other person's eyes almost popped out of their sockets: "You even brought cigarettes, you really deserve to be from an A-level base!"
Wang Chen smiled and said to Zhang Shen and his sister, "Let's go."
The three of them walked through a long underground passage, went down a staircase about a hundred meters, and pushed open a door.
The main area of the D01359 base appeared in front of Wang Chen.
This D-class base actually has a basic electricity supply and an obviously modified lighting system. Although it looks very crude, it at least prevents the people living here from returning to the wilderness.
However, most of the equipment and facilities are not functioning, and everything looks messy, like an old and dilapidated steel fortress, which looks quite shocking.
Some of the wires laid on the walls were still crackling and flashing sparks.
Along the way, Wang Chen met some people from the base.
They all looked gloomy, dirty and haggard, living a bit like the walking dead.
This made the newly arrived Wang Chen stand out from the crowd and attracted everyone's attention.
Some people followed behind.
There was greed and jealousy in the eyes of several of them.
Zhang Shen became nervous. He quickened his pace and brought Wang Chen to the door of a small bar. "Sir, Tiehu and the others should be inside. You can ask them. I..."
He opened his mouth, but no words came out.
"I see."
Wang Chen patted his shoulder and said, "Thank you for bringing me here. You and your sister can go home now."
Zhang Shen said softly, "You must be careful."
After saying that, he took off his and Zhang Qian’s backpacks, threw them on the ground, and ran away quickly with his sister.
Those who followed and gathered around just glanced at him and then turned their attention back to Wang Chen.
Smart little guy!
Wang Chen smiled and pushed the door open.
A noisy sound mixed with a bad smell hit me in the face. I saw about 20 to 30 people sitting in this dimly lit bar. They sat together in groups of three or five, drinking and laughing loudly.
Wang Chen’s sudden appearance was like the pause button of a movie being played.
The noise in the bar suddenly stopped, and everyone turned to look at Wang Chen, making him the focus of the whole audience.
Surprise, doubt, greed, covetousness...
Under the gazes of all kinds of strange eyes, Wang Chen asked calmly: "Excuse me, who is Tiehu?"
Everyone's eyes turned to a burly man sitting in front of the bar.
The latter slowly stood up: "It is me."
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