Chapter 66 She is really a lunatic
After eating and drinking to their heart's content and introducing the special delicacies of Volk Planet, Shengxia directly called the group to a large group and headed towards a mountain covered in snow and ice.
Everyone looked up at the majestic, endless mountains. Even before they got close, they could already feel the towering peaks' imposing presence. Add to that the howling north wind and the rustling snowflakes, which seemed to be constantly chasing away these ignorant intruders. Everyone's mood subtly grew tense.
Danger also seems to be lurking in the dark, ready to strike.
Shengxia raised his hand and clenched it into a fist, using the most traditional "stop" gesture in a marching column to signal the main force to stop. He then asked the exploration personnel to go ahead and conduct a survey of the mountain in front of them, and at the same time released five exploration drones.
However, just as the exploration drones reached mid-air, a sudden change in weather and a sudden drop in temperature caused all five exploration drones to malfunction and crash uncontrollably into the mountain. With a series of explosions, the snow on the mountain cracked. This was not a good thing and could cause an avalanche.
Shengxia turned around and directly ordered Fu Qianshen to lead the research team and the volunteer team out of the mountain area, protecting them and finding a safer place to establish a base camp.
"Okay, but you?" In the strong wind, Fu Qianshen felt that his mouth was full of ice chips as soon as he opened his mouth. Fortunately, he had a portable heating device with him, otherwise he would have been frozen into an ice sculpture.
Shengxia didn't say anything, but just waved his hand to signal him to take the people away first, and then went to the team of workers next to him. Li Xiuqi in the team of workers was a recognized "ice-killer technician". Facing the high mountain in front of him, he wanted to light a cigarette for himself, but before he could light the fire, he found that the cigarette in his hand had frozen and was useless.
"This is our legendary Ghost Mountain. What do you think? Commander, your reputation is well-deserved, isn't it?"
Seeing Shengxia coming to his side, Li Xiuqi pulled the corner of his mouth, and just after he finished speaking, he began to cough uncontrollably with his face covered because of the cold air entering his lungs.
Shengxia looked up at the "Ghost Mountain". Before the data leak of the mechanical dog and the joint issuance of the energy sanctions treaty against the planet Volker by the surrounding star fields, Shengxia began to think about how to deal with the energy crisis on the planet Volker after the end of the ice age.
Through Xiao Ai's comprehensive search, Sheng Xia accidentally discovered a huge mineral vein buried in the eastern part of the hot spring valley. Xiao Ai estimated that although it was hidden deep in the mountain, there was a high probability that a huge black gold mine could be developed.
What Shengxia didn't expect was that when she informed An Yuan of the Independence Army about this matter and wanted to ask them for some experience in mountain excavation, An Yuan advised her: "This is the famous Ghost Mountain on the Volk planet. It may not be that easy to dig it."
"What I'm going to tell you next are all long-standing stories on the planet Volk... well, can they be considered legends?"
"Long ago, when Volk was still largely uninhabited, Stanley Group, a renowned interstellar energy conglomerate, noticed that Volk seemed to possess a vast deposit of minerals. They arrived and ultimately chose the site of their excavation, now known as Ghost Mountain."
"They established many exploration bases, but repeated blizzards caused them heavy losses. The following year, I heard that all the diggers fell seriously ill and died. Even the Stanley Group merchants were not spared. So there were rumors that they saw something they shouldn't have seen."
"Of course, I'm not lying to you. Honestly, there's something wrong with the magnetic field there. The temperature and weather change drastically, and it's like there's a protective film. As soon as you start digging, all sorts of disasters will occur. We tried to dig there before, but unfortunately, we failed. That place is too weird, so we gave up."
"Gradually, that place became known among the locals of Volk as a ghost mountain that sucks people's vitality. Oh, but it's worth mentioning that legends once mentioned a large fleet appearing there, and there are also some lost civilizations, such as myths about psychic weapons. Anyway, just listen to them."
Mental power? Shengxia couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, accurately catching the word. After all, mental weapons had indeed appeared in different time and space planes. Add to that the description of a large fleet... Could it be that the Space-Time Bureau had visited this place and interfered with the technological progress of this universe?
Despite this doubt, Shengxia, who was busy with the reconstruction of the hot spring valley, had no time to learn about the history of Volk Planet and its universe before he had to form a team to go to Ghost Mountain.
To be honest, before she proposed to excavate Ghost Mountain, she was quite unsure. After all, this was the forbidden place Ghost Mountain that the people of Volk Planet called. However, she did not expect that after she proposed this, the on-site workers, exploration team, volunteer team and members of the federal security team were all very interested in the trip to Ghost Mountain and expressed their desire to go with Shengxia.
Shengxia repeatedly stressed the potential dangers of this line of work, but the team members, having received basic education on Volk Planet, firmly stated, "We must trust science!"
"I've actually been interested in exploring these mountains on Planet Volk for a long time, but in the past, even survival was a problem, let alone paying for my interest. Now I finally have the opportunity. This is a ghost mountain, I have to go."
"Whether it's a mythical taboo or just a fabricated story to deceive us, we'll know once we go there."
"Yes, you always say that practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Now that everything is ready, I have to go."
"Whether it's a place of death or a place full of challenges, Planet Commander, since you've mentioned this place, there must be a reason why we have to go. So, we naturally have to go with you."
"Yes, since it's a dangerous place, there's no reason to let you, the planet commander, go there alone."
“We have to go!”
…
After hearing everyone's firm words, Shengxia's worries finally settled down. She then issued a safety guide to everyone, requiring everyone who wanted to go to sign and promise to obey her orders and be responsible for their own lives before they could follow her.
But now that they had finally reached the foot of this ghost mountain, even though the temperature and weather had suddenly changed, Shengxia still couldn't detect anything unusual. Perhaps only when they arrived at the base that Anyuan had mentioned, which was rumored to have been abandoned by the Stanley Group, could they see anything unusual.
Thinking of this, Shengxia asked Li Xiuqi beside her: "You said you know the way to the abandoned base near Guishan?"
Li Xiuqi waved his hand, seemingly unwilling to recall the past, and simply shouted: "Just come with me when the time comes." After saying this, he looked up at the sky again: "Not now, wait until the snow stops."
Everyone retreated, but on the way, Xiao Ai suddenly sent a question mark, saying that an unknown signal source was detected and they were currently tracking the signal source. It was not yet certain whether the signal source was the signal source that invaded the network in the cave.
At the same time, Ji Zhuifeng and others who were secretly tracking down the source of the alien invasion signal in the Rongdong Cave were also very anxious. This was a secret battle, but the other party seemed to know that they were tracking them and remained silent, leaving them helpless.
After hearing the news, Shengxia comforted them: "Hunting is always a test of endurance. Don't be impatient."
However, the window period was almost over, and the other party had not yet appeared. How could Ji Zhuifeng and the others not be anxious?
Fortunately, Shengxia, who noticed this, sent them new news, saying that a suspicious signal was detected in Guishan, which made them feel relieved for the time being.
But what Shengxia didn't expect was that after Xiaoai's evaluation, the signal source was confirmed to have belonged to the Space-Time Bureau and was an early technological product of the Space-Time Bureau, numbered 43211-ZDY.
This number? Shengxia was shocked. Did the suffix belong to her boss: He Peng?
Things started to get interesting. When the weather at the foot of Ghost Mountain began to clear up, Li Xiuqi led Shengxia and members of the exploration team and worker team towards the abandoned base in his memory.
The closer they got to the abandoned base, the more certain Xiao Ai was that there were wreckage of the Space-Time Bureau in this area. Finally, under the guidance of Li Xiuqi, they successfully arrived at the legendary abandoned base.
What is interesting is that there are some people freezing in the upper left corner of this abandoned base. When everyone saw those people, they immediately realized why Li Xiuqi was reluctant to mention that experience but was extremely sure that he could find this abandoned base.
"you?"
What Li Xiuqi didn't expect was that after seeing these frozen people, Shengxia was silent for a few seconds. Without saying much, he took the lead in observing a moment of silence for these people.
To be honest, even though Shengxia has done many earth-shaking things as a planetary commander, due to her identity, the people of Volker often feel a certain distance from her. However, she always manages to impress the people of Volker with some subtle or even insignificant details, making them unconsciously want to follow her.
Li Xiuqi's eyes turned red unconsciously. After the silence, the people around him reached out and patted his shoulder silently. Without saying much, they comforted him.
The people in the Rongdong Cave who saw this scene through the live broadcast also had tears in their eyes. However, the senior officials of the Federation and the surrounding star fields, including Commissioner Sayles, saw Shengxia and her group arrive near the Ghost Mountain in a mighty manner, and they were astonished to see whether she had gone completely crazy.
It is worth mentioning that unknowingly, as the planetary commander of the planet Volker, Shengxia's official live broadcast began to gradually enter the vision of people in different star fields, and quickly became popular on the Internet with labels such as "extremely abstract", "Planet Volker really doesn't keep idle people", and "the most terrifying live broadcast of the year", and began to attract a lot of attention.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
