My Exclusive Dream World Adventures
Chapter 266 - Chapter 266 266 Talk

Chapter 266: 266 Talk Chapter 266: 266 Talk For the next full two minutes, there was no sound of gunfire coming from where the engineering vehicles were. After a while, the black birds that had been surrounding the five engineering vehicles suddenly scattered, revealing the densely packed, shocking peck marks on the surfaces of the vehicles.

Chen Xu almost couldn’t bear to keep his eyes open. Under such circumstances, those eleven people were probably more likely dead than alive.

Then, all the black birds surrounded this area, and most of the screen turned dark.

These black birds blocked most of the camera views.

Chen Xu sat there, doing nothing. At this point, whatever he did would be useless, as there were too many black birds, and running out there would only lead to a quicker death. The thick hull of the lander, he figured, would likely resist the pecking of these birds.

Although he knew he was safe staying inside, watching the birds pecking madly in the camera view without stopping–though without sound–was still sufficiently disturbing.

Time ticked by, second by second, and after a full thirty minutes, the black birds suddenly stopped and then, flapping their wings, flew away in unison.

Chen Xu watched them fly at great speed towards the cloud layer in the sky. On the screen next to him, their number was displayed: ninety-three thousand one hundred and twenty-three birds, each with an average body length of fifteen centimeters.

It was these small creatures that had pecked the five engineering vehicles outside to pieces. In addition, seven or eight cameras on the lander had been pecked to ruins.

“Still got played,” he muttered.

He took another look at the five engineering vehicles and couldn’t help but sigh. It seemed that this dream device was determined to make him play this game alone.

He needed to find them quickly, those two.

…

On the other side, Bai Jinxuan looked at the screen showing the swarm of black birds pecking frantically, feeling a tingling in her scalp. She had wanted to say something, but thinking of the identity of the woman next to her, she held back.

Sitting beside her was Yang Jinxia. The two of them had been left in the lander, while everyone else had gone out. It was not long before a large flock of black birds swooped down from the sky, startling her, and she instinctively shouted, “Careful, enemy attack!”

Her reaction was fast, but Yang Jinxia was even faster, immediately activating the lander’s defense system, firing toward the birds in an instant.

The people outside also quickly moved closer to this location. Unfortunately, the black birds were too fast and had already landed on the ground ahead of them, overwhelming them in an attack that lasted less than ten seconds.

When Bai Jinxuan and Chen Xu were at that camp before, they had also experienced several robot attacks and had some experience. Seeing that scene, Bai Jinxuan knew that there was no hope for those people.

The black birds then began to furiously attack the lander, causing her to feel an extreme sense of alarm.

When the camp had been attacked by robots, at the very least, she knew that Chen Xu was fighting bravely, which gave her a sense of worry but also of security.

Now, the person sitting next to her made her feel uncomfortable all over.

If possible, she would have preferred to have no contact with this woman at all, not wanting to see her, know her name, or even be aware of her existence.

Unfortunately, fate wasn’t so kind. They were arranged to be together and now, they were the only two left–the others were dead.

Furthermore, they were trapped in such a perilous situation.

To say she wasn’t frightened would be a lie. Yet, when facing this woman, she refused to show any hint of her inner weakness. She sat up straight and immobile, her eyes glued to the screen. Sitting for a little too long, her muscles started to stiffen.

Just as she was about to shift her body to relieve the tension, the black birds finally gave up and flew away.

They were temporarily safe at last.

She relaxed inwardly, her body also easing up, only to feel an even more unbearable soreness in her lower back muscles.

“I think we need to talk.”

At that moment, she heard the woman beside her speak, her voice was even, betraying no hint of emotional fluctuation.

“Talk, talk about what?” She had intended to seem indifferent, to make her tone sound natural, but the words came out particularly stiff.

Yang Jinxia said slowly, “You’ve seen it yourself, this planet is very dangerous. Now, it’s just you and I left in this environment. If we sabotage each other, we won’t survive for many days.”

Bai Jinxuan didn’t turn her head, just stared at the monitor’s screen and said, “It’s just a game. If you die, you die.”

“This isn’t an ordinary game.” Yang Jinxia’s tone remained unchanged, “You’ve probably experienced it too. Waking up to find that half a year has passed in the dream. He told me we need to stay at least half a month, which means we need to spend dozens of these half-years here.”

Bai Jinxuan fell silent; this was a simple arithmetic problem.

Because of this, she had to be even more wary of the woman before her. Her intuition told her upon their first meeting that this was a highly dangerous woman.

In comparison, Chen Xu’s official girlfriend was just a harmless little bunny rabbit.

Even if the relationship wasn’t like that, upon seeing this woman, she would have definitely kept her distance.

After a pause, she asked, “What should we do next?”

Yang Jinxia said, “First, let’s check what supplies are on this spaceship and then, we’ll figure out a way to find him.”

Bai Jinxuan couldn’t help asking, “How do we find him?”

“That depends on what we have here.”

…

Chen Xu was taking inventory of the supplies on the landing ship; there was no need to count personally, as the ship’s main computer system had a detailed list.

The most important, the food supply, was planned for every person for half a year; if he were alone, he could eat heartily for six years.

As for food, he wasn’t particularly worried. Among the props he had purchased was a machine capable of synthesizing food, listed in the supply inventory of the spaceship. Similarly, there was also a device for producing pure water.

Next, was the energy reserve, which was no concern either. The spaceship used a nuclear fusion reactor, which would provide energy for a very long stretch without worry.

With these two, survival was assured.

Truth be told, the best way to ensure survival was to navigate this landing pod away from the planet and back to the mothership.

However, not only did he not know how to operate it, he had checked, and this spaceship had no AI assistance system; it was entirely manual.

Even if he could manage to get it moving and returned to the mothership, he would certainly be sent back to this planet eventually. This was the main line of the mission and inescapable.

Beyond that, there were various other supplies and equipment, both large and small.

The mission of their exploration team was primarily to explore this planet, to gather all possible data, and also to establish a base for subsequent development.

Thus, the spaceship was also equipped with various construction tools and materials.

The issue now was that the existence of the black birds severely restricted his range of movement.

Just now, from the moment the black birds appeared to the time they landed on the ground, there were only a brief twenty-one seconds. If he ventured too far and couldn’t make it back to the ship in time, that would be it–game over.

“It seems I need to find a way to deal with them first.”

He knew this was the first challenge he had to overcome.

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