Volume II: Chapter 42: Natural Disasters
Chitaki was lying on the cockpit quilt, her eyes closed, and when she was hungry, she opened her eyes and nibbled on a nutrition bar, which was very boring and lonely, and in fact Chitaki didn't know how long the raging wind would last.
Just as Chitaki was falling asleep in a daze, Aina's voice sounded in the communication channel.
"The storm seems to have passed."
Chitaki opened his eyes and drove the miner to look around, and indeed the wind was over.
"Let's keep walking." Chitaki said.
"Okay."
The three of them continued to walk into the distance, and after walking for a distance, Chitaki looked at the endless area around him, looked at the data fed back from the scanner, took out the detection equipment from the back of the miner, and began to nail it to the ground.
When Aina saw Chitaki start to explore the area, she walked to the side and started to explore the neighborhood as well.
Jones hesitated and connected to Aina.
"Aina, doesn't this area look like it has resources? From the surface analysis data, except for the high iron content. ”
Aina replied angrily, "You think you're better than Chitaki?" Why don't you take the lead?
Jones's expression was embarrassed, "Just kidding, how can I have that ability." ”
"If you don't have that ability, just keep your mouth shut and don't interfere with his decisions, his ability is beyond doubt, remember the fat kid plan?"
Aina said calmly.
Jones said helplessly, "Of course I remember, we were also reprimanded for that incident." ”
"It's good to know, that's why I asked him to lead the team, and of course that's what Zyra-sama meant." Aina replied.
"Lady Zyra? Did she talk to you else? Jones was also in a fog.
"Investigate." Aina replied.
"Okay." Jones replied hurriedly.
Chitaki was actually very unsure, he was trying to remember how Phantom had explored the resources at that time, as if the data analysis was not much different from the surface data obtained by the scanner, right? Actually, he's not so sure, probably.
The three of them explored the area for a day, and finally got the in-depth analysis data, and the area really had no resources.
Chitaki reluctantly continued to move forward with the two, Chitaki actually couldn't help but want to ask Aina and Jones for their opinions several times, but the two were unexpectedly quiet throughout the whole process, completely looking hard-working, let them do whatever they wanted, have no opinion at all, and do not express any opinions.
Chitaki can only lead the team hard, the next ten days, the three of them walked a long distance, every time they reached a certain area, Chitaki stopped to install the detection instrument, he has been expecting the detector to give feedback good news, but unfortunately in the end it was a bad result.
At this time, Chitaki realized how difficult it was to explore resources, and it was necessary to endure the lonely work.
Chitaki piloted the mecha and looked up into the distance, gray, and seemed to be very depressed, he looked at the exploration data feedback, and said in the communication channel, "Put away the explorer, no resources have been found in this area, let's change places." ”
Aina replied calmly, "Okay. “
Jones seemed to want to ask something, but gave up when it came to his lips.
The three of them packed up their detection devices and continued to walk forward, at which point Chitaki saw through the screen that the surface debris was shaking.
Chitaki drove the miner to a stop, as if shaking, Chitaki couldn't help but drive the miner to turn around, only to see the distant end of the scene that Chitaki will never forget, the area they walked past at the end of the distant sky, the whole area began to collapse, and the hot magma erupted, as if the world was destroyed.
Jones and Aina, who were following him, saw Chitaki stop, and subconsciously turned their heads, and Jones's mouth couldn't help but open into an O-shape.
"Oh my God!"
"Run!" Chitaki shouted crisply.
The three of them drove the miner to turn around and run wildly, don't think that they will be affected to death, ten times the gravity also means one thing, that is, the miner's own weight has become ten times that of the data, the huge body can't fly at all, and the ejector only has a certain boosting effect.
"Damn! What the hell is this disaster, earthquake? The earthquake is not so praised, is it? Jones shouted with a tingling scalp in the communication channel.
Aina said, "This is a collapse, a collapse of the range, it should be that the crustal plates in our area are fragmenting. ”
"Nima? This kind of thing can happen to us? Jones's face turned green.
Chitaki doesn't know what to say at this time.,It's true that this kind of thing can also be bumped into it.,This is in a sense lower than the probability of winning the lottery.。
The three miners kept running, and the shaking of the ground became stronger and stronger, which means that they did not run faster than the speed of the collapse behind them, otherwise it would not have become more and more obvious.
Jones said with a dark face, "Can we call for help?" ”
"In this situation, are you still in the mood to tell a bad joke?" Aina replied angrily.
"I'm not trying to lighten the mood."
Chitaki said in a low voice, "It's going to be fine." ”
"Actually, it doesn't matter if something happens, who would have expected this kind of natural disaster." Jones took a deep breath to calm down and said in a relaxed tone.
"Thank you." Chitaki paused and replied.
Aina also said at this time, "Don't think so much, it's not human control, what you have to do now is to run!" ”
"Yes."
The three of them couldn't help but speed up, the rumbling sound behind them became louder and louder, the earth shook more and more intensely, and the miners in the running began to sway left and right.
At this time, a huge fractured cliff not far ahead began to appear in view.
Chitaki opened his mouth and said, "Rush over and climb up to that fault, maybe it's another plate, maybe it's safe." ”
"Are you sure? And if that cliff is cracked too? Jones asked hesitantly.
Aina's face darkened when she heard Jones's words, "Shut up, do you think there's a place else to escape?" ”
"It seems to be."
The three miners ran desperately, and finally managed to run to the bottom of the cliff, and looked up, the height of the fault was not a thousand meters but eight hundred meters.
"Climb."
Chitaki was the first to switch to miner mode, shooting two special metal ropes out of his shoulder, and the metal ropes were directly tied to the rock wall overhead. The whole miner's left arm is split into a chisel, and a special loose suction cup pops out of the leg, and the back booster is turned on, controlling the miner to start climbing up step by step.
Aina and Jones followed closely behind, and the three of them kept climbing up.
Halfway through the climb, Chitaki turned his head to look behind him, and found that the earth was beginning to crumble towards him, and it was estimated that it would not be long before he crumbled here, and the hot magma stained the world behind him into a red world.
Chitaki constantly and quickly controlled the operating lever, driving the miner to climb up with dexterity, and the speed continued to increase.
Chitaki climbed for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and subconsciously glanced down.
Then the earth shattered beneath them, and the whole cliff began to shake violently.
Seeing that cracks began to appear in the area he had adsorbed, Chitaki withdrew the metal rope, violently increased the jet power, and then drove the miner to the left side, his left arm chiseled into the cliff, and the heavy miner began to slide down, but fortunately he stabilized after sliding for a distance.
The cracks in his original position grew bigger and bigger, and then the rocks began to crack and fall off.