Chapter 138

Chapter 138: The Earth’s Wastelands (11)

Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma

The Shark Cabin slowly entered a canyon . The terrain in front of them had tilted all the way to the south . There were unknown plants sprouting on both walls of the canyon, but they were sparse, looking slightly fragile and sick . In this overcast place, just at the first glance, they knew that no one took care of the plants here . Perhaps they were just some kind of weeds .

Down the slope was an entrance to a huge cave . That massive hole on the rock wall was enough to drive the whole Titanic through .

Apparently, this place had been extended and reinforced by humans, no longer a natural landscape . Thousands of metal railways looked like trestles covered the rock cliff . Some were embedded in the rock, and some connected to each other in midair . They looked pretty much a complicated metal spider web . There were some small constructions that looked like shacks, decorating the cliff together with so many workers in protection suits walking back and forth on the metal rails . If Feng Bujue and his teammate could see this from a distance, they would surely exclaim at this magnificent marvel .

When the Shark Cabin came near the entrance, they received the information from outside . A strange voice arose, "This is the gazebo . Please show your identity . "

Hank, who was sitting on the pilot seat, threw a look to Feng Bujue . The other then spread his arms, gesturing ‘please’ .

"Scavengers squad number 24 . I’m Hank, pilot . " Hank tried to make himself sound calm as he said, "We left the village this morning . The password is ‘Bow and Arrow’ . "

In Deity Guarded Village, every squad got their journey recorded . They would receive an instant updated password as they were leaving the village, which they had to report back in order to enter the village . If they couldn’t provide the password or there was no record of their departure, this meant that those people had sneakily got out of the place, or they might even be outlanders trying to impersonate the villagers .

The one who was communicating with them kept silent for a while . Certainly, he was checking the given number and password . Not long after that, the man spoke up again, "Correct password . Welcome back, Squad number 24 . Please enter your reserved berth corresponding with your number . The ground handling staffs are on their way . "

The Shark Cabin smoothly entered the entrance through a meandering channel to reach a spacious place, which was like a 3D parking lot . The walls here looked like a honeycomb with numerous hexagonal compartments . Hank drove the ship with the aid of the navigation system and stopped at one of those compartments .

When the two players officially crossed the ‘entrance’ of the Deity Guarded Village, the system’s voice arose in their ears . [[Hidden Quest] has been triggered . ]

[Find the ‘Son of God’ York Cobain in the Deity Guarded Village . ]

"Feng-Ge, do you still insist that this scenario belongs to science fiction settings?" asked Wild Trace Sword Shadow after having checked his menu .

"Yep . Absolutely," answered Feng Bujue .

At this moment, they were wearing the protection suit as they walked out of the Shark Cabin together with Hank .

The Deity Guarded Village’s science system was odd . On many aspects, their level was incredibly low . They didn't even have the basic common knowledge such as the trio of biology, medicine, and astronomy . They just simply had the primitive tribal standard awareness . Anyway, their energy sources, architecture, and agriculture were much advanced . Moreover, they had the technology to produce the anti-gravity tools and metallic smelting technique .

The reason why those guys’ science and technology level was so odd would be explained later . Now, we should talk about Feng Bujue and his teammate’s situation .

Their plan was simple . Wear the protection suit, impersonate the Scavengers, and blend in the residential area in the village .

And, in fact, the implementation of that plan wasn’t too difficult since there was nothing like cameras in this village .

Some may ask, how about the electronic devices which can stream or record pictures, such as smartphones or something? Too bad, there's no such thing . The science and technology in the Deity Guarded Village was like the Nazis’ in ‘Iron Sky’ . It’s hard to tell whether they were advanced or degraded . We can only say that special circumstances have generated special civilizations .

Perhaps another one may ask if it would be hard for the villagers to check the men’s identities? It’s true . But it wasn’t a problem . Before the inventions of camera and ID card, human civilization has soon begun . It has been years, and they got used to it .

Of course, Feng Bujue’s and Wild Trace Sword Shadow’s camouflage had some problems . The first one, although there were many skin colors in this village, the Caucasians still accounted for the vast majority . The two Asians were relatively eye-catching . Next, it was their height . Males in Deity Guarded Village wouldn't be taller than 1,7 meters . And the two players were both taller than 1 . 8 meters . Even if they were trying to hunch, they still looked pretty tall . The third one, according to Hank, didn’t need to wear protection suit in the residential area; but if they took off the protection suit, it would cause a commotion when the villagers saw a weirdo in suit and a knight in plain cotton garments .

Anyway, Feng Bujue’s idea was that it would be nice if they wouldn't get busted for just a short time since their time for searching here was limited . It would be two more hours max when the guy called Apocalypse Assault finally gave it up after he had found the laboratory exit . At that time, even if his Survival Value could still support his endurance, he couldn't stand it mentally . Thus, what was imperative now was to blend in the residential area .

SQUEAK ——

Noises from mechanical movement arose from afar . A lift carrying a wheeled machine together with five guys in protection suit came in front the compartment of Feng Bujue and the others .

"Scavengers Squad… Number 24, right?" the leader asked while holding a metal plate with a stack of papers on it, one of which the man was looking at . Of course, there was no photo on the paper as it only had some basic information such as the time their squad had left the village and the password, the reason why they left, the target coordinates, the number of the team’s members and their names .

"That's right," answered Hank . Since they were all wearing protection suit, from a distance, the other couldn't see his facial features clearly . In fact, this man was so tense, and sweat covered his face .

"Why do you lack two people?" asked the leader while his eyes were shifting to Feng Bujue and Wild Trace Sword Shadow .

"Dead… monsters killed them while they were exploring the ‘outlander’ relics . " Feng Bujue took the initiative and answered the guy’s matter while trying to put a bit of grief into his tone .

The leader asked them again, "Did you bring their bodies back?"

Feng Bujue shook his head . "No, it was arduous for us to get rid of it . Those monsters were so strong and cruel . We couldn't bring out anything . "

The other mused for seconds . "What’s your name?"

"Javie," answered Feng Bujue . "This is Hank," he pointed, "that’s Joy . "

Feng Bujue had asked Hank for the names of all five members of this Scavengers squad before . Moreover, he got it clear that no matter what skin colors they had, villagers in the Deity Guarded Village all had English names . And, the documents in the hands of those ‘Ground Handling’ staff in front of them had only the names without other particular details like skin color or appearance .

"Okay . I understood," the man sighed, ticked some marks on his paper . "Hm… another two died—it’s a bad day today . "

"Yeah . . . " Feng Bujue regarded him . He now understood that to these people, losing one or two among the ones who returned from outside was somehow common .

The man paused for several seconds then spoke up again, "So… the number of retrieved goods is zero, right?"