The hard rock surface underfoot is smooth. It is windy here all year round. When the windy season comes, the visibility is extremely low, and you can only communicate with your companions within one or two meters.

It's the hot season now, the ground is dry, and there's not a drop of water. Fortunately, the mutants don't need to drink water.

Xing Zhengfei picked up the stone he had just kicked, activated his supernatural power to absorb the energy inside, and the stone turned into sand that floated out of his palm.

This place is perfect for mutants to live in; there are energy stones everywhere that can be absorbed, but Xing Zhengfei is not happy.

There was no sun here, and his foolish companion didn't know how to use his lightning-based abilities to charge his phone, so he still couldn't see the message.

They have surveyed three-quarters of the planet in six years, and so far they have not found anything that would make them stop.

The spaceship will stop here to collect enough energy stones before continuing its journey. The mutant king is still resentful of his previous inaction, and only energy stones can give him a sense of security.

"Zhengfei, the windy season is coming again. Let's leave as soon as possible. I really can't stand the feeling of having a mouthful of sand every time I open my mouth."

Xing Zhengfei turned to him and asked, "Since you don't want to stay, why don't you hurry up and finish searching the remaining quarter?"

The person who had been speaking walked away sullenly, and the eldest brother became unhappy again.

The exploration speed increased significantly afterward. There was nothing on the planet that would attract them to stay. Xing Zhengfei returned to the spaceship and asked the cloned mutant, "Is the UO fuel sufficient?"

"The power unit is full, and there's enough fuel for two more refuelings. If I run out on the road, I can continue duplicating when I have time."

Xing Zhengfei gestured to the people on the spaceship: "Everyone's here, let's go."

This desolate planet has no gravity, so the gear shifting during takeoff is different from when leaving Earth. Xing Zhengfei is very experienced in piloting, and he knows what to do even with his eyes closed.

The spaceship successfully avoided some planetary debris and sped through the area. Apart from the co-pilot who was learning to operate the ship from Xing Zhengfei, the other mutants were about to enter hibernation mode to conserve energy when Xing Zhengfei suddenly noticed a strange phenomenon to his left.

Through the front window of the spaceship, one could see that space seemed to be distorted and deformed by a huge gravitational field. Soon, the engine that Xing Zhengfei was holding also began to malfunction. No matter how much he pushed it, the spaceship was accelerating toward that gravitational field.

As the ship drew closer and sped up, even the highly adaptable mutants began to experience physical discomfort and mental unease.

With no room for resistance, the spaceship suddenly went dark after entering the gravitational field, with only the indicator lights in the cabin still flashing faintly, but they soon stopped working.

"It's a black hole."

The black hole only appeared brightly in space after it had swallowed them all, encompassing everything around it into its enormous mouth.

The interior of the black hole seemed to be connected to another place. The spaceship was heading towards the unknown exit at an incredible speed. The materials of the spaceship could not withstand the external force of being swallowed and rubbed. The mutants in the cabin also felt their bodies being squeezed, their eyeballs were bloodshot as if they were about to explode, and everything around them became blurred, and their vision gradually went black.

Once the stretching and twisting sensations subsided, it was all over.

The spaceship, with only one wing remaining, crashed in the distance, emitting smoke. Xing Zhengfei sat up, looking around warily. His hands were wet, and the grass had been pressed into the mud by him.

"Is this a new world? It looks like Earth, but why is there no blue sky? Is it a starry sky?" The other mutants also woke up.

Instead of feeling scared, everyone's curiosity and desire to explore were even stronger. Just like when they landed on the previous planet, they began to explore separately. Xing Zhengfei also quickly got up, as he had a premonition that he had to leave the scene immediately.

...but it was still too late.

Suddenly, a massive fleet of starships appeared on the star screen. The hatches below the starships opened, releasing two small spaceships, which were about the same size as the one piloted by Xing Zhengfei, approaching from a distance.

The spaceship hovered not far above him and then spoke to him in a strange and awkward language. Xing Zhengfei shook his head and said, "I don't understand."

There was a moment of silence on the other end, then they switched to several languages ​​with similar tones to Z language, but Xing Zhengfei still shook his head: "I don't understand. Can you come down and meet me?"

Undeterred, they searched for several more types, wondering: "What kind of barbarians are these from some desolate planet?"

After a brief standoff, the mutants were captured one after another. Xing Zhengfei saw that his men were all there before they got off the spaceship. They could barely be considered humanoid, not very tall, probably around 1.5 meters, bald, with large protruding eyes, long limbs, and different skin colors.

There was no longer any verbal communication. Xing Zhengfei and the others were taken by the spaceship into the starship and imprisoned. People of different appearances came to visit them, treating them like monkeys.

Although he couldn't understand their identities at first, he could tell their status from their body language. The largest creature with the thickest limbs was their leader, and Xing Zhengfei was asked a few questions by him.

He couldn't answer, but Xing Zhengfei would still talk to him, trying to give him a chance to survive.

After exchanging words, the starship captain left and returned to the command center to relay a message to the Covenant: "We've captured a group of aliens, an unregistered species, who suddenly appeared near the Nix Hole. I've captured them all, and they've landed on my private farm. I'll keep two and send the rest to the Covenant for research."

New species are also a form of monetizable wealth. A creature that can jump into a black hole unscathed from a junk spaceship must be incredibly resilient and have strong vitality, which can be used for many things.

Xing Zhengfei and Nona were left behind by the starship captain. The mutant king did not want to be separated from his woman and was about to resist when he was forcibly tied up and kidnapped. Xing Zhengfei clenched his fists, his face remaining expressionless.

The starship captain didn't let up on monitoring him even after leaving him behind, and gave him something like a tablet to systematically learn the interstellar common language here.

A few days later, Xing Zhengfei was able to understand everyday language. Three months later, he passed the exam and was taken to see the starship leader.

"Now, tell me, where did you creatures come from, and what are you all?"

Xing Zhengfei thought for a moment, then said, mixing truth with falsehood, "We come from ancient Earth, where there was a planet-wide viral invasion. We are the last survivors."

The starship captain scanned him with equipment as soon as he was picked up and found that the virus on his body was very similar to the vaccine that all Covenant creatures are given at birth. This was the reason why he wanted to detain the two.

Ancient Earth...

No rush, he has plenty of time. "Go and invite the historians from the Covenant who study the origins of the first prehistoric era."