Chapter 89: Rescue on the Desolate Planet 12 [Update 1]

"Look, is there anyone on the sea monster?" Ruan Xi was a little dizzy at first. It was his first time riding in a mecha, and he was a little uncomfortable with it. However, he still had sharp eyes and noticed the strangeness on the sea at a glance.

"People?" He Ziqian, a combatant, was somewhat bewildered. In his eyes, apart from the mecha, there was only the ocean and those two monsters. Where were the people? And where could there be people?

Except for the two of them, of course.

"Can't you see it? It's on that sea monster... Why does it feel like it's growing on that sea monster? I can't even see the lower half of its body..." Having said that, Ruan Xi paused silently, thinking of a horror movie he had seen in his previous life, where humans and animals were sewn together. It was really creepy.

"Chilin, release the reconnaissance robots."

"Yes, Master."

Chi Lin's low mechanical sound rang out in the mecha, making Ruan Xi's ears feel vibrating. Chi Lin's voice sounded a bit like He Ziqian's.

Dozens of miniature reconnaissance robots flew out from Chilin's shoulder blades and flew silently towards the black sea monster. Soon, the images were transmitted back, and He Ziqian finally understood what Ruan Xi meant.

There were many people "growing" on the sea monster's body. The reconnaissance robot flew around the sea monster and obtained accurate data. There were a total of 189 people, including men, women, young and old. The common point of all of them was that the lower half of their bodies were missing, and their faces had the same numb expression, as if they had lost their souls.

But Ruan Xi soon discovered that not everyone's expressions were pure numbness. There was also a hint of anger, sadness, pain and despair. They definitely didn't become like this voluntarily!

"He Ziqian, let's send the reconnaissance plane back to check on the man just now. He seems to be... asking for help?" Ruan Xi couldn't be completely sure, and subconsciously urged He Ziqian to turn the reconnaissance plane back to take a look. However, He Ziqian just turned around and looked at him silently, then silently turned the screen back to a few seconds ago.

Ruan Xi: "..." Shit, I forgot there was a rewind function. Has his useless attribute expanded again? When I was a child watching movies on DVD with my grandma, I knew how to rewind and forward. Why does he seem to be getting more and more confused now?

Ruan Xi cursed himself in his heart, then he stepped forward to take a closer look at the person on the virtual light screen. He Ziqian paused at the right time, and the face of the person who seemed to be asking for help from them appeared clearly in front of the two of them.

"That's him! Look, he's really asking us for help! Do you think that all the indigenous people on this planet were planted in their bodies by that sea monster?" Ruan Xi didn't think deeply about the word "planted" at all before blurting it out, which startled himself.

"That's a possibility." But how could they be rescued? These people were completely encased in the sea monster from the waist down. Any attack on the monster would likely injure them. Even if they defeated the monster and rescued them, what would they do next? Was there any way to treat their condition?

In a moment, He Ziqian thought a lot, but he was somewhat helpless about the rescue.

"If all the team members gather together and combine the power of four combat mechas, it won't be a big problem to deal with the sea monster. However, after defeating the sea monster, how can we save those people? Their bodies... are they really still alive?" He Ziqian had doubts in his heart, and he said them out loud without any concealment. He inexplicably wanted to hear an answer from Ruan Xi.

An answer that would put him at ease.

He is a soldier, a soldier who is carrying out a rescue mission. There is no way he will give up on rescuing his target.

Although it has not been confirmed yet, his intuition tells him that these natives "growing" on the sea monsters are the targets that the Goshawk Team wants to rescue this time.

But the current situation does not make people optimistic at all, and he, a soldier, naturally expects Ruan Xi's answer, a positive answer.

"At least, you have to get one out so I can check its physical condition. Otherwise, I don't know how to save it." When it comes to saving people, Ruan Xi never lies and always says what he means.

"Okay, I'll get one back first." He said this as calmly as if he was going to dig a potato. Ruan Xi couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows slightly when he heard it.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from Chi Lin's communicator. Wasn't it the lost Ren Wei?

"Boss, are you going to fight the strange vines and sea monsters here alone? Take me with you. I've been feeling so frustrated all the way here. That broken vine has been staring at me..." Ren Wei's tone and speed showed that he was very frustrated. He spoke a lot like a machine gun without even taking a breath. Ruan Xi couldn't help but frown when he heard it.

However, finally some teammates joined them, that’s great!

"Brother Wei, you've missed the point..." Xu Ze's voice came weakly, and then his image appeared. He looked unharmed and in good spirits.

"No, no, I was just getting to the point!" Ren Wei waved his hands like chasing a puppy, and finally stroked Xu Ze's head. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart - this feels so good.

Ren Wei did manage to put all the important points together with the non-important ones, but Ruan Xi and He Ziqian had to trouble themselves to give a concise summary. Finally, they figured out what happened to Ren Wei and Xu Ze after they got separated.

"Ren Wei, have you contacted other people?" Seeing that Ren Wei was obviously going to talk more, He Ziqian interrupted him mercilessly and asked serious questions with a cold face, making it impossible for Ren Wei to pretend not to see it.

Look, there is Xu Ze standing beside him, pulling his clothes and making faces to remind him!

"without……"

"Captain, I finally found you. I knew that no one except Chi Lin and the captain could make such a big commotion." Before Ren Wei could answer, Han Qing's voice was heard in the communication channel, followed by the voices of Yin Hui, Guo Wenkai and Du Yu.

Ren Wei was surprised and asked, "Deputy Captain, there are four people in your blue suit? Is it crowded?"

"...Shut up." Han Qing told Ren Wei to shut up without any hesitation, and Ren Wei indeed shut up obediently.

He can still talk sweetly in front of the captain, but in front of the deputy captain... Haha, he doesn't dare. He is afraid that he will be tricked without knowing it, and then embarrass himself to the whole world. It's too scary.

"Is there no news about Yunsheng and Hongwei?"

"Captain, we didn't encounter them. When we were escaping, I saw them staying together. Yunsheng has a mecha, so there shouldn't be any problem." Han Qing is like the housekeeper of the Goshawk Squadron. No matter what the matter is, as long as you ask, as long as he knows, he will tell you everything in detail.

Of course, you have to be someone he trusts.

"The captain made such a big noise. We can tell it's the captain, and they must have seen it too. Since they didn't come to find us, there's a 99% chance that they ran into trouble. Captain, let's finish things here quickly and go find Yun Sheng and Hongwei. Don't let anything really happen." Ren Wei looks careless, but his thinking is always meticulous. When he thinks about things seriously, he takes everything into consideration.

"Captain, just kill these two monsters directly, they are too troublesome." Yin Hui has always been the kind of person who would start a fight at the slightest disagreement. Ever since they landed on the desolate planet, they have been chased and beaten by these monsters. Who wouldn't be furious?

"We can't just kill them! Look carefully, there are so many people growing on the sea monster! These people might be the rescue targets of our mission this time." If they attack indiscriminately, I'm afraid that all these indigenous people will be killed at once. Then, how can they complete their mission?

Moreover, that damn research institute is nowhere to be found. Ruan Xi is more interested in the sky. If he wants to save those people who were implanted in sea monsters, he'd better figure out how the person behind the scenes "planted" people in sea monsters and why they did so. By figuring out these things, he can save himself the time of thinking about it.

If these indigenous people were simply victims, he would really want to save them, but if not... then we should analyze the specific situation specifically. It is impossible that all people are bad.

"What are you thinking about?" Ruan Xi was lost in thought. He Ziqian's question startled him awake, and he subconsciously answered, "Thinking about how to save someone."

"good."

He Ziqian replied "OK", but Ruan Xi was a little confused. Then, he heard He Ziqian give orders to Han Qing and Ren Wei, "Get someone up here, and try not to hurt anyone else."

The difficulty of this can be imagined, but Han Qing and Ren Wei, including the other people in the two mechas, did not question it at all, and responded in unison without hesitation. Then, the two mechas of Qingyi and Black Panther moved at the same time, and instantly attacked the sea monster from the front and the back.

However, He Ziqian and the mecha Chilin were different. They were floating in the air like mountains, watching the battle between their comrades and the sea monster. At the same time, they were also on guard against the mutant withered vines that might suddenly attack at any time.

Ruan Xi stared at the battle scene on the virtual light screen, his heart tightening silently. The fight was so fierce, were they really planning to kill all those people who were planted in the sea monster's body?

"Don't worry, they know their limits." Ruan Xi was clearly just thinking silently in his heart, but unexpectedly, He Ziqian seemed to be able to read his mind and actually comforted him according to his worries. Ruan Xi was shocked and subconsciously questioned: "You can't read people's minds, right? It's immoral to read people's minds casually..."

Perhaps because Ruan Xi spoke too seriously, He Ziqian actually laughed softly. The low and magnetic voice was slightly hoarse, but to Ruan Xi's ears, it was like thousands of hooks scratching him. The feeling was simply indescribable.

"I can't read minds, and even if I could, I wouldn't use it on you."

It’s not that I don’t want to understand Ruan Xi, but I don’t want to use this method. Treating Ruan Xi like this is simply an insult.

Ruan Xi: “…”

It’s just a simple sentence, but why... I feel like the hooks that are tickling me are becoming more and more?