Chapter 418: An Abandoned Village?

After the four of them, including Qing Long, listened intently for a moment, they all shook their heads.

"I didn't hear any heartbeat, Chief Engineer," Qing Long answered first.

Xuan Wu followed immediately after. "Nothing."

Zhu Que listened very carefully before answering.

"Chief Engineer, I didn't hear a heartbeat."

Only Bai Hu nodded, looking somewhat uncertain.

"I think I heard a little something, but I'm not sure if it was just my own auditory hallucination."

Four people, two different answers.

After a moment of silence, Ye Cang chose to believe it existed rather than assume it didn't.

"Regardless of whether there is a heartbeat or not, be careful."

"One more thing: no matter what the environment is like here, you are absolutely forbidden from taking off your helmets. You are to keep your helmets on at all times while we move!"

"If anyone takes off their helmet without authorization, don't blame me for turning hostile!"

After saying this, Ye Cang contacted Kaisha.

"Kaisha, give me the map of the Ranger Civilization. We have landed on a plain, and we need to go to a place where there are people!"

Soon, the topographical map of the Ranger Civilization was transmitted over.

Ye Cang opened the map and took a look, confirming his current location.

According to the map, he was at least 600 kilometers away from any inhabited area.

This distance was not exactly short.

As for how to get there, it would naturally be by flying using the propulsion systems of their Power Armor.

It would be a very unwise choice to rashly land the warship now.

Returning to the warship wouldn't be very appropriate either.

Therefore, flying there was the best option.

Just as Ye Cang was about to issue the order, Bai Hu suddenly crouched down as if he had discovered something.

He plucked a small blade of grass that was emitting a faint glow from the ground.

Ye Cang asked, "Did you find something, Bai Hu?"

Bai Hu nodded.

"Yes, Chief Engineer, look. This doesn't seem like grass at all; it looks more like a Fungal Colony Complex."

As he spoke, Bai Hu crushed the small blade of grass in his hand.

The next second, he opened his hand, and several transparent filaments appeared on his palm.

Seeing this, Ye Cang was also somewhat curious; he plucked a blade of grass and crushed it, imitating Bai Hu's actions.

Looking at the transparent filaments on his hand, Ye Cang suddenly thought of something.

Creep.

This stuff was practically exclusive to the Zerg.

The Tyranid seemed to have this stuff too.

The function of Creep was relatively simple: besides providing nutrients for the swarm, it could also spray spores outward to assimilate other areas into Creep.

However, these patches of Creep currently looked harmless.

Moreover, he didn't even know for sure if it was Creep; it just felt like it.

If the ground beneath his feet was all Creep, it meant that the planet where the Ranger Civilization was located had long been completely eroded by the Zerg.

It was impossible for any other civilization to exist here besides the Zerg.

However... hmm... it felt unlikely.

Didn't Kaisha say so?

The Angels had already scoured every inch of the Ranger Civilization's land and confirmed that all Insect Eggs had been destroyed.

To be fair, the Angels' work efficiency was decent.

He stopped paying attention to the Creep on the ground.

Ye Cang activated his flight device first, leading the Super Soldiers as they flew rapidly toward the direction where people were.

20 minutes later.

Ye Cang led the Super Soldiers to their destination.

It was just that the situation before them was a bit off.

According to what Kaisha said, the people of the Ranger Civilization would build their houses in places where sunlight could reach.

And what was before him was a large village, and it was currently nighttime here.

This large village was protected by high walls, and there were huge watchtowers inside the village, but there were no patrolling guards here.

Everything was deathly quiet.

He recalled the information Kaisha had provided.

Generally, these large villages were founded by the Sacred Bow Faction of the Ranger Civilization.

The Sacred Bow Faction loved nature and peace, unlike the Dawn Outpost, which championed technology.

If the village before them belonged to the Dawn Outpost, the walls would definitely not be built of wood; they would be stone walls or steel walls.

Ye Cang gave Xuan Wu a look.

Xuan Wu understood immediately, stepped forward, and shouted, "Friends of the Sacred Bow Faction, we are a civilization from another planet; we come for the sake of peace."

"Could you all come out and meet us?"

After shouting these words, Xuan Wu immediately deployed his light shield to protect himself from behind.

Through the transparent shield, he observed the situation in the village ahead.

However, more than ten minutes passed.

The village before their eyes remained deathly quiet, with no one responding to Xuanwu's words.

Seeing this, Xuanwu shouted again, even louder this time.

Yet there was still no movement.

Seeing this scene, Ye Cang understood.

It was quite possible that this village of the Sacred Bow Faction had been abandoned, rather than them still being asleep in the middle of the night.

But it was truly strange to speak of.

The city walls here did not look dilapidated at all; why would it be abandoned?

Could it be that other resources here were insufficient?

Carrying his doubts, Ye Cang strode forward and kicked open the village gate.

He then walked inside with long, swift strides.

After entering the village, they walked for another distance.

Soon, small wooden houses arranged in an orderly fashion appeared before the group.

These wooden houses were not large, appearing to be only about forty or fifty square meters, but their appearance was very uniform and the craftsmanship was quite exquisite.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Cang came to the wooden house nearest to him and kicked the door open.

Very quickly, the full view inside the wooden house was presented before the group.

It was just an ordinary wooden house with a bedroom and a kitchen; in the bedroom, there was also a huge fireplace, which was clearly used for heating.

Ye Cang walked in and began to examine it carefully.

Seeing this, the other Super Soldiers outside wanted to disperse and go scout individually.

But just as they took a step, Ye Cang's voice came over.

"What are you all planning to do?"

Upon hearing this, Qing Long immediately said, "Report, we intended to split up and scout the entire village to see if we could discover anything."

Ye Cang shook his head and stopped them without hesitation.

"From now on, no one is allowed to disperse; you must move together!"

"The situation here is not right! There is a big problem!"

Zhuque was somewhat puzzled.

"Chief Engineer, what is the problem here?"

"It looks like this is just an ordinary abandoned village!"

Ye Cang pointed to the bed in the bedroom and said, "I don't think this place looks abandoned."

"Look at the bed, the bedding and everything else are still there."

"And inside the wardrobe, it's full of clothes; how could this village be abandoned?"

"This indicates that people must have lived here before, but due to some special reason, they have all gone somewhere unknown."

As he spoke, Ye Cang walked over to the kitchen area.

After a thorough inspection, he became even more certain of his thoughts.