Chapter 1199 The Approaching Crisis

Just as Fang Senyan and the others arrived at the bottom of the canyon, preparing to board the raft, General Monggo and Fiji gathered again at the distant Little Eagle forward base.

Their expressions were very solemn at this time, especially General Monggo, whose face was so heavy that it seemed as if water could drip from it. Contrary to his usual behavior, he held a cup in his hands. Even though the base was maintained at a constant temperature of twenty-four degrees, General Monggo seemed to feel a bone-chilling cold, clutching the cup tightly as if to sense a trace of warmth from the boiling water inside.

"Are you sure?" Although General Monggo had asked a similar question for the third time, he couldn't help but ask the same question a fourth time.

Fiji also didn't show the slightest impatience, nodding slowly and saying,

"Confirmed."

"Those damned Yautja, their detection capabilities are so sensitive! We took advantage of the cosmic tide to contact them once, and they actually captured the signal?"

General Monggo slammed his fist heavily on the table, gnashing his teeth.

General Fiji's expression was equally unsightly, almost deathly gray. If there were any flaws in this mission, he would be forcibly demoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He certainly didn't want to see that happen, but the truth was the truth, no matter how cruel.

General Monggo raised his head. A three-dimensional 3D star chart immediately appeared on the wall in front of him, with a red dot moving slowly on it. General Monggo said coldly:

"The original estimate was that those Yautja hunters would arrive in a week, but because they detected the anomalies here, these guys accelerated their flight, shortening it to only three days?"

"Yes." Fiji nodded. He appeared quite calm on the surface, but at this moment his fingers were twisted together, turning white. He narrowed his eyes and said coldly:

"General Monggo, we are now in the same boat. If this mission fails, I will certainly be demoted. But you will probably be relegated to the sidelines from now on."

"Just say what you want to say!" General Monggo waved his hand, very impatiently.

A trace of anger flowed in General Fiji's eyes, but he still suppressed his anger and said:

"Now, we must prepare for the worst. First, we must use all the power we can to intercept this ship. Second, since the news that we sent people to the Upsilon planet has been leaked, then there is no need to hide it!"

"Let the Little Eagle run at full power. The energy reactor will output at a super-overload max. In this way, we can always understand their movements through the communicators on the androids... If these guys can find enough ore during this period, and we leave behind image data, then even if our mission cannot be completed this time, we will not suffer any punishment... We don't seek merit, but seek no demerit!"

Monggo pondered:

"But the higher-ups have long since strictly ordered that, in order to avoid exacerbating the space-time chaos and overlap, we cannot have too much contact with the Yautja, let alone engage in combat."

Fiji gave Monggo a deep look and said:

"I didn't say anything about combat, just delaying, such as creating a military exercise in front of a wormhole. According to conventional examples, the Yautja will not come and contact us proactively, so they can only go to the next wormhole, even if they take a detour, they will not force their way through... Or we can use the Empire Experimental Institute to launch an ionization storm around the Yautja spaceship to interfere with their course... As far as I know, one of the three main principals of the Empire Experimental Institute is your uncle."

Monggo laughed loudly and said:

"But ordering the Little Eagle's energy reactor to run at full power, and even continuously output at max for more than seventy-two hours, is already a violation of regulations. In theory, this kind of operation can only last for two hours at most. If we proceed according to your plan, then this spaceship is almost destined to be scrapped after returning."

Fiji said coldly:

"At this point, we can't worry about so much."

Monggo looked at Fiji and said lightly:

"But when issuing the order to run at full power, a formal document must be signed. So, who will sign that document?"

Fiji looked at him and said without hesitation:

"Of course, it's a joint signature!! If we work together, we can delay the Yautja for another day, then they only have four days left. I hope these ignorant and barbaric guys can give us a little surprise in these four days! Are you still thinking of undermining me now?"

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The raft sailed in the rapids of the canyon, looking quite dangerous, but every time it seemed about to capsize, it would always cleverly right itself. Under the impact of the rapids, the vines binding the raft made creaking sounds, but these green vines would shrink after touching the water, invisibly binding the raft tighter, so its sturdiness was quite reliable.

Fang Senyan forcefully plunged the pole into the bottom of the water, and then exerted force. The pole, almost bent into a bow, began to rebound off the bottom, providing sufficient propulsion for the raft, skillfully avoiding a hidden reef.

Then, the raft nimbly and smoothly rushed through a whirlpool. The rapids began to become gentler after passing through the whirlpool. The biggest reason for this was the widening of the riverbed and river surface. Several beams of sunlight even shone from above the canyon. This was not because the sunlight had become stronger, but because the depth of the canyon had begun to shallow.

Fang Senyan took a deep breath, the moist water vapor mixed with oxygen inhaled into his lungs, giving him an indescribable refreshing feeling. There was no doubt that he was currently controlling this raft. Without Fang Senyan's excellent boat control skills, this raft would have probably been smashed to pieces on the reefs long ago.

Throughout this journey, the most tired were Fang Senyan and Bokan. Fang Senyan had to control this simple raft, needless to say, and Bokan, as a terrain shaper, had used his abilities at least dozens of times along the way, decomposing dozens of reefs and rocks in the nick of time. Now that he saw the water surface becoming wider, Fang Senyan also slowly steered the giant raft closer to the shore, indicating that he wanted to rest for a while.

Compared to the hard work of Fang Senyan and Bokan, the rest of the people were staying on the boat until their bones were rusting. They took the opportunity to jump off the raft to move their hands and feet, and by the way, scout around to see if they could get lucky and find a piece of pai ore.

In this world, people are concerned not with poverty, but with inequality. If no one had extracted the pai element, then it wouldn't matter. But now that three people in the team already possessed this thing, then even if the others didn't say it, they would inevitably have thoughts in their hearts, and jealousy was unavoidable.

On the other hand, Fang Senyan's low-key attitude had won the approval of many people. In addition to his cautious behavior, a big reason was that most people already knew that he hadn't gained any benefits in the ant queen battle.

Everyone knew that his summons had suddenly gone out of control and ran to gnaw on the ant queen's internal organs and several valuable organs. This statement was accepted by everyone after they associated it with the obvious wild boar characteristics on Mr. Ramtas. Therefore, people expressed tolerance and understanding for Fang Senyan's misfortune and misfortune. This was a subconscious comfort for the unlucky.

Fang Senyan spread out ungracefully on the raft, forming a large character. He closed his eyes, feeling the rhythmic impact of the waves against the bottom of the raft, and this swaying was as comfortable as a gently rocking hammock. Fang Senyan was wearing an oxygen mask on his face, and high-purity oxygen slowly flowed through his respiratory tract into his lungs. The lungs, which had obtained a large supply of pure oxygen, instinctively stopped breathing in a part of the lungs, wriggling to expel the impurities that had been inhaled before.

As mentioned before, although the air on the Upsilon planet had enough oxygen, it was not suitable for ordinary humans to breathe. Fang Senyan had no major problems breathing this air for a long time, but on the one hand, it would arouse suspicion in these details, suspecting his hidden physical cards, and on the other hand, appropriate oxygen inhalation could also relieve the pressure on the lungs and keep himself in the best possible state.

But just at this moment, Fang Senyan suddenly felt a trace of abnormality.

To be precise, there was a trace of abnormality in the waves that kept hitting the raft.

For people like Fang Senyan who had lived on ships for many years, the uniform and rhythmic rhythm of the waves had long been engraved in his instincts. Therefore, once abnormalities appeared in these waves that seemed chaotic to outsiders, for Fang Senyan, it was as clear as a scream mixed into a familiar song.

But Fang Senyan remained calm. Several thoughts flashed through his mind at this time, so he finally pretended that nothing had happened and continued to lie face up on the raft, inhaling oxygen.

Suddenly, water splashed everywhere, and a fleshy red phantom shot out like lightning, effortlessly piercing the heavy raft, then wrapped around Fang Senyan, and then pulled him into the water! Because Fang Senyan was still lying on the raft, even the entire raft was being dragged into the river.

Fang Senyan immediately struggled with all his strength! But what made him feel strange was that it didn't take too much effort, because the fleshy red "rope" that tied his body was actually stretched like a rubber band, very elastically. But as soon as Fang Senyan relaxed, it immediately contracted back.

So at this time, Fang Senyan shouted without hesitation:

"Help!"

Upon seeing his appearance, the neutral William immediately looked over. As he looked over, he had already made a kneeling and firing motion. Almost a second later, he had already provided Fang Senyan with the most practical support with his sniper rifle!