Chapter 1 Hearing the Answer

When Fang Senyan heard Lieutenant Kyrgyzstan's response, his hand, which was holding a cup of coffee, suddenly froze.

For some reason, upon hearing the name "Lost Temple," Fang Senyan felt a solemn and chilling sensation, as if he were walking through a cemetery of martyrs or Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum in the real world, naturally dispelling all distracting thoughts.

"Lost... temple? There shouldn't be any ruins or anything like that here, right?" Fang Senyan couldn't help but ask.

Lieutenant Kyrgyzstan hesitated, then tapped a few keys on the computer:

"According to the currently available data, no."

At this moment, an SCV glided in, carrying a fusion cutter and speaking in a rough voice:

"Sir, the fuel has dropped to the warning level. We must decide on the route in advance."

Fang Senyan nodded and said:

"Destination, Lost Temple planet, coordinates are: 5dc9, 2a07."

"Yes, sir!" the SCV replied loudly in its distinctive gruff voice, gave a hasty salute, and then began running around to help.

It is worth mentioning that during the flight, they also rescued three engineering SCVs in escape pods based on intermittent radio waves they received. These three engineering SCVs were different from the maintenance SCVs equipped on the Ghost fighter. Their computers contained valuable blueprints of human command bases and relevant data on all military base buildings.

In theory, with enough energy crystals, and given enough time and crystals, an engineering SCV could even build a vast empire!

The Ghost fighter's fuel was running low, so the blue exhaust fumes from its thrusters gradually extinguished one by one. In the end, it could only fly in space using the most economical twin-engine mode, which meant that a journey that would normally take three hours would now take four and a half hours.

Finally, the light gray planet slowly magnified in front of them and appeared in everyone's eyes. As they entered the atmosphere, the entire Ghost fighter creaked and groaned, and sparks even began to spurt out in many places, looking like it might disintegrate at any moment.

Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of the onboard maintenance SCV, and with the help of the three engineering SCVs, they managed to get through it. The Ghost fighter flew in from beyond the sky, trailing black smoke. Its landing was also fraught with torment. Finally, it came to a bumpy stop amid violent shaking.

The dark cyan earth stretched out endlessly into the distance. It was a solemn land. Roughly every thirty to forty meters, there were two or three peculiar plants intertwined and growing together. The plants were also iron-cyan in color, resembling bean sprouts magnified thousands of times.

The sky was hazy, and the clouds strangely condensed into gray-white dewdrops in the firmament. These mammatus clouds on Earth are a sign of extreme weather caused by Siberian cold waves. But here, they were an everyday sight, and dim light still shone down from the gaps in the clouds. There should be wind flowing through the air, but it was weak.

The red light on the air analyzer beeped "di di di di," and the final conclusion was: oxygen content 11%, nitrogen content 28%, argon content 35%, in addition to sulfur dioxide, ozone, methane, as well as plant seeds, moss fragments, and so on.

The final recommendation was not to breathe directly in this air unless absolutely necessary, and the breathing time should not exceed 30 minutes, otherwise it would be extremely easy to cause various complications. Of course, for Fang Senyan, an oxygen content of 11% was already quite sufficient.

The people who disembarked one after another began to busy themselves with their work. The maintenance SCV was unable to repair the outer shell in space, so now was the best time. The engineering SCVs began to use their instruments to explore for crystal deposits. Although this place had already been mined extensively, some low-content crystal mines and branch veins would still be missed in this large-scale operation, just like the scraps wasted during mechanized farming.

For these engineering SCVs, as long as they could collect enough crystals, creating a transport fleet would not be a problem.

Kyrgyzstan began to busy herself with debugging encrypted wavebands, while also probing for any undiscovered human warehouses. After a while, she suddenly exclaimed and said to Fang Senyan:

"Brigadier General! I actually received a secret telegram ordering us to gather at a designated location!"

Fang Senyan's heart stirred. "Read it."

Kyrgyzstan hesitated for a moment and read:

"All units, from the moment you receive this telegram, immediately assemble at coordinates n49, p59, ghost."

The signature "ghost" was in red. Fang Senyan looked at Old Charlie. Old Charlie was a servant, so asking him would be useless. Kyrgyzstan, being an honest person, immediately explained.

It turned out that the Ghost was the most special and mysterious special forces unit among the Terrans, and possessed the powerful ability to determine the victory or defeat of a battle!

Ghosts encapsulate the height of Terran evolution and physical ability. These individuals are born with incredible psi potential and are recruited from a young age and trained by the government. They channel their psi abilities to enhance their bodies' natural strength and endurance.

This process is enhanced by their wearing specialized suits made of psi-sensitive artificial muscle fibers. So a typical Ghost is a unit that is even stronger, more capable, and faster than a well-trained Terran.

It can continuously consume mental energy to maintain invisibility. The equipped 25mm shotgun can almost reach the range of a sniper rifle. Even more terrifying, it is a rare human who can use force to fight against powerful mechanical units. This is because Ghosts can fire powerful locking psionic bullets, which, when they hit an enemy, envelop them in a powerful bioelectric field, causing them to fall into a chaotic lockdown state, naturally allowing them to be slaughtered.

Of course, the Ghost's most powerful ability lies in its ability to use stealth to quietly approach the enemy, then activate a precision targeting device, and after a short time, a powerful nuclear bomb will come howling down, a terrifyingly dreadful attack.

Therefore, Ghosts often hold a very high position in the human army. A Ghost whose name is red indicates that this Ghost soldier is a legendary veteran, a super powerhouse who has survived dozens or hundreds of incredibly brutal battles, whose appeal is no less than that of an ordinary Major General. Of course, compared to a monster like Fang Senyan with a Legend +2 rating, it is a different matter.

At this moment, Fang Senyan suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned his head and saw that the welding gun of the maintenance SCV that was repairing the outside of the Ghost fighter was spewing out a large amount of steel sparks, pouring down like a waterfall, forming a series of characters on the ground.

Time: Galactic Calendar Year 401, February 7, 8:00 AM.

Location: Lost Temple, Eleventh District, Decadent Plains (13 degrees 29 minutes South latitude, 74 degrees 2 minutes East longitude)

Scene: Starship Troopers

Difficulty: A (Grade A)

Pain Reduction: 20%

Extra Enhancement of Personal Abilities: 0%.

Current Scene Exploration: 1.2%

Additional Note: This scene is a killing scene. Please be careful to guard against all contractors around you. The digitalized character information module is activated simultaneously. Contractors can check their personal attributes at any time through the Nightmare Imprint on their chest.

You will automatically master the relevant language and can interact fluently with the characters in this world. Forgotten after leaving this world.

This world's plot is an emergency rare mission, and there are currently no achievable milestones.

Number of Accepted Missions: 1

Side Mission: Rescue Contractor Ronnie and help him successfully transfer to Noah Space C.

Mission Description: Contractor Ronnie cannot die. If the mission fails, you will be deducted 5% of your basic attribute points.

Mission Description: Ronnie and his pursuers have been in this world for three days. Any dangerous situation may occur. You can look for relevant plot characters in this world to find out their whereabouts.

Your appearance has been processed and will automatically return to normal when you return to the real world. You can also make relevant appearance adjustments in the Nightmare Space. If you have any questions, you can silently recite the relevant questions in your mind and query through the Nightmare Imprint. If your permissions are sufficient, you will receive an answer.

Your weapons and related abilities have been disguised, so they will not attract the special attention of the plot characters.

The Terran standard armor will increase your defense by 12%, but will reduce your movement speed. Please judge whether to wear it yourself.

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These sparks jumping did not attract the attention of the others at all. After these characters were displayed, the SCV automatically moved away. Obviously, it itself did not realize that it had been chosen by Noah Space C to show its "miracle."

Undoubtedly, in this situation, in order to be fast, Fang Senyan could only go to the location designated by the red Ghost, as indicated by the radio waves. Of course, this may also be a huge trap set by someone who has cracked human communication codes, but Fang Senyan was pressed for time, so he could only head in the indicated direction without hesitation.

After walking for about twenty kilometers, Fang Senyan suddenly noticed a series of sunken pits ahead. These pits were neat, smooth, and very regular, extending towards the hills in front. There were also scattered liquids beside them, giving off a slight blue glow. After passing over the hills, Fang Senyan's vision suddenly opened up, and a scene that he would never forget appeared before his eyes!