Hyberian Wars Chronicles

Fortune favors the bold.

Qianlong landed again at the previous exploration site, and this time the surroundings were very quiet. He tried to calm himself down because the images in his eyes were filled with countless small red dots, so many that he couldn't even begin to count them.

Qianlong took out tools from the toolbox on his back and began to dismantle the surface rock structure.

He tried not to think about other things and focused his attention on the mining task.

Qianlong was very clear that many things were beyond his control; what mattered was to survive better.

Of course, it wasn't to say that Qianlong's situation was entirely without danger; no one could guarantee that he wouldn't encounter some strange existence.

The entire mining process calculated by Phantom took 26 hours and 42 minutes.

It was expected to yield 1-3 pieces of Star Crystal.

This depended on luck; if luck was on his side, it wasn't impossible to get a bit more.

Of course, the value of Star Crystal Stone mainly depended on its weight; the larger the piece, the higher the value.

A rock was mined by Qianlong and then crushed bit by bit.

Time passed slowly until a huge rock was crushed, revealing an extremely dazzling luster.

Qianlong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief; with this piece, he had made a profit on this trip.

Qianlong stored the Star Crystal Stone, and after calculation, this piece, about the size of his index finger, weighed a full 65.2g. "It is recommended to split it."

Then the Star Crystal Stone was visualized in Qianlong's eyes, and Phantom divided the Star Crystal Stone into two parts, one part weighing approximately three-quarters at 42 grams, and the other part weighing 23.2g.

"Split?" Qianlong asked in confusion.

"About three-quarters of this Star Crystal Stone is high-purity Star Crystal Stone. It is recommended to cut and hide it for storage, as it can be used to enhance the production of various high-level weapons."

Qianlong hesitated and said, "But I don't have the tools to cut it."

"I will complete this, and I will modify the mining records."

"Okay." Qianlong nodded.

Soon, Qianlong stored the Star Crystal Stone in his hand.

"What do we do?" Qianlong inquired.

At this moment, a liquid began to secrete from Qianlong's hand, enveloping the Star Crystal Stone. In just a minute, the liquid reabsorbed back into Qianlong's body.

When Qianlong looked at the Star Crystal Stone in his hand, it had shrunk to a very small piece.

Just as Qianlong was about to continue his work, Phantom issued a warning.

"High-intensity Higgs Energy reaction detected, and it is approaching. Immediate retreat is advised."

Without any hesitation, Qianlong piloted the Harvester and began to ascend.

"Escape route planning in progress." Phantom continuously provided prompts.

Soon, an escape route appeared. Qianlong glanced at it and noticed that this route took a longer detour, and the estimated time was much longer than when he came.

"Will we make it back to the spaceship using this route?" 

Qianlong asked in confusion.

Phantom calculated, "Estimated time required: 110 hours and 17 minutes."

"We won't make it." Qianlong replied firmly.

"According to estimates, the Hyberian needs more than ten days to rest?" Phantom responded.

Qianlong replied, "Timing is too precise; it can easily lead to problems."

"Replanning."

In just a few seconds, a new route map appeared in Qianlong's view, and this route had a much shorter time, only 78 hours.

"Let's go with this route." Qianlong said.

After that, Qianlong piloted the Harvester and began the return journey, gradually leaving the planet.

At that moment, the Harvester's radar scanned four of their personnel: Weibahe and his two teammates, along with another Harvester, but it wasn't the one piloted by Duomeng; it was one he had never seen before.

Qianlong couldn't quite describe his feelings; he just felt a faint sadness, not for any particular reason, but simply because he felt that something familiar had disappeared again.

Weibahe's communication connected, "Are you alone? Where are they?"

"In the process of escaping, they suddenly stopped moving, so I left." 

Qianlong organized his words slightly as he spoke.

Weibahe fell silent immediately; he certainly knew what this meant. In fact, when he only saw Qianlong's Harvester, he had already guessed, but guessing and confirming were two different feelings.

"Keep up." Weibahe finally said this.

Qianlong piloted the Harvester to follow.

On the way back, no one spoke; the established communication channel was filled only with silence, along with the sounds of the mechs operating.

After about ten hours of travel, they had already distanced themselves from the dangerous planet, and safety seemed to be getting closer.

"Warning, Higgs reaction detected, quantity: 2, classified as Type II Elite Polysporous Nagicreeper."

"Polysporous Nagicreeper, Spore Armor prioritizes the differentiation of tentacles and camouflage, possessing strong infiltration and close combat capabilities."

Qianlong looked at Weibahe and the others, still without any reaction.

"We should inform Weibahe; otherwise, it will be too late when we are ambushed."

"Theoretically possible, but how will you explain that you detected the target earlier than the II generation mechs?"

Qianlong was momentarily speechless, then took a deep breath and said.

"I can't explain."

"It is advised not to alert them; with their modified II generation heavy assault mechs, there is a seventy percent probability of detection when the target approaches."

Qianlong took a deep breath and raised the control stick.

Phantom quietly watched Qianlong operate, not interrupting.

Qianlong raised the Harvester's weapons and turned off the safety devices.

Weibahe immediately noticed something unusual about Qianlong and promptly asked.

"What are you doing?"

"I feel uneasy; I think something is following us."

Qianlong gave a rather absurd reason, but surprisingly, Weibahe did not get angry.

Just as Weibahe was about to ask further, Qianlong switched the ammunition to Special B3 Burst Bullet and immediately opened fire, a barrage of specially designed explosive bullets poured out.

Boom... The fired explosive bullets densely exploded in the distance.

An illusory figure suddenly appeared.

Immediately, Weibahe and the others' mechs emitted piercing alarms.

"Warning: Higgs reaction detected."

Weibahe felt like he was seeing a ghost, but there was no time to ask Qianlong how he had detected it. Weibahe immediately said, "I'll go intercept it; you two escort them away."

"Captain, that's too dangerous."

"This is an order." Weibahe's tone left no room for doubt.

"Understood!" The other two teammates gritted their teeth in response.

"Follow us."

Qianlong adjusted his direction to follow, but his expression did not improve; he noticed that another Kikouzi had also changed

direction, seemingly targeting them.

Just as Qianlong was about to take action to shoot it down, Phantom provided a prompt.

(End of this chapter)