The Way Back to Civilization - Chapter 28

Chapter 28 Heaven and Hell

It seemed that Lilym was not lying. She was indeed a good cook, but she was too wild and willful in terms of ingredients.

With the full output of the Glory Queen’s engine, the warship arrived above the remote colony in just a day and a half.

It was a beautiful planet called Kata, with a tropical rainforest climate. According to the information, it used to be one of the northernmost territories of the empire.

He stared at the emerald green planet in front of him. He did not know what kind of surprise was hidden under the rainforest that covered the surface. Gu Fan was looking forward to it. “Stop the spaceship in planetary orbit and prepare to activate ground-scanning mode.”

As he spoke, Gu Fan was already sitting in front of the scanning table. Beside him, the special dish made by Lilym was placed on the table.

Although the ingredients used were very scary, after analyzing it, it surprisingly met the edible standards.

He really didn’t know how she processed it…

Not long after, as the ship scanner completed the first wave of signal transmission, Gu Fan began to analyze the data on the screen seriously while eating Lilym’s special cuisine.

First of all, the resources here. As a rainforest planet, Kata’s forest resources could be said to be rich to an unimaginable extent. The life forms on its planet were also quite perfect.

Although the mineral resources were not abundant, it was more than enough to support a colony. Just from these rough signals, this green planet was simply an exciting paradise. However, if it was really as it seemed on the surface, then the local human colonies should have developed quite prosperously. However, from the newly obtained colonial information, the result was not so.

It seemed like there was a special reason behind this.

To be on the safe side, Gu Fan increased the frequency of the scan and adjusted the intensity of the signal by three levels.

This time, he indeed discovered something unusual from the signals sent back. The life signal of the local creatures here was really too strong.

At the same time, Gu Fan had successfully located the old human colony from a thousand years ago. Strangely, this was not the only thing. Gu Fan had also discovered some not-so-likable existences among the countless pieces of information.

For example, there were a few biological signals from alien races. It seemed that other forces had beaten Gu Fan to it.

At this moment, those abnormal signals were heading in the direction of the human colony. If nothing went wrong, these foreign races might be interstellar tomb raiders.

“What a bunch of annoying bugs.”

Looking at them, Gu Fan muttered to himself calmly.

Kata.

On the planet’s surface.

At this moment, a team made up of Amarians and Kasim slaves was exploring the lush rainforest.

“We’re not there yet?”

In the center of the team, a gorgeously dressed Amarian woman said to the man beside her with a look of disdain. This primitive environment that did not even have a proper path made her feel disgusted.

Upon hearing the woman’s voice, the clan guard who was on guard with a gun could not help but frown. Then, he lowered his voice and said carefully.

“Miss Camil, please try to be quiet … this place is dangerous…’ The guards’ worries were not unreasonable. The rainforest planet beneath their feet was the world of death that the Galaxy Community regarded as a restricted area.

There was no other reason. It was purely because of the overly ferocious native species, causing this place to be unsuitable for intelligent creatures to live in. There was once an official Amarian research team that died here not long after landing.

However, the woman scoffed at her kind reminder.

“Murat, know your place. You don’t have the right to ask me for anything. Do you understand?”

“Yes…”

Facing the woman named Camil, Murat knew that the only thing she could do was obey.

As she spoke, she pointed at the Kasim slaves who were walking in front of the group. “Order those bastards to speed things up. We don’t have that much time to waste in a place like this.”

It sounded like Camil wasn’t just impatient. After all, there were less than two months left until the Queen’s Ascension Festival. She wanted to send a huge gift to the Queen and the Amarian Empire before the festival to obtain more benefits for her family. According to the news brought by a group recyclers not long ago, there seemed to be of remnants of ancient humans on this strange dead planet. If they could find it, it would undoubtedly bring great fame to Camil. But as soon as she finished speaking…

Suddenly, a strange voice sounded without any warning.

It was a low buzzing sound, accompanied by a slight headache that instantly filled everyone’s ears. Even the communication devices on the guards were destroyed by this high-frequency signal.

“F*ck! What’s going on?!”

In an instant, the originally quiet team was in an uproar. Fortunately, the sound did not last long. After a few seconds, everything returned to normal. At this moment, after the accompanying technicians in the team confirmed the data readings in the portable detection equipment, they gradually came to an unbelievable conclusion.

“Was that a scanning signal just now? Is something detecting this land?” Just as everyone was in disbelief…

Not far away, a guard cursed as he walked towards an exposed rock.

From his reaction, it looked as if something had gotten into his boots and was making him uncomfortable.

However, just as he sat down…

Crack…

The crisp sound of a tree branch snapping came from the surrounding bushes. In the next second, before anyone could react.

In the dense canopy, a few irregular black fruits suddenly fell from the middle, and one of them even rolled to the feet of the guard. The curious guard picked it up, but before he could see what it was, BANG!!!

All of a sudden, the black fruit that looked like an insect’s shell exploded, and a large amount of thick green mucus splashed onto the guard’s body and the surrounding soil. Under everyone’s horrified gazes, the guard who was stained with mucus screamed in pain. Like butter in a hot pot, his armor and equipment quickly melted into a pool of sticky black liquid.

It turned into nutrients that could be easily absorbed and quickly fused into this greedy land.

Everything on this planet would eat people…

The scene in front of him made the guard Murat think of such a widely spread rumor in the empire, but this seemed to be only the beginning.

The explosion and screams just now had clearly successfully awakened this forest. Accompanied by the slight trembling of the ground, something seemed to be rapidly approaching from not far away.

In the next second, someone in the crowd shouted… “Run!”

At this moment, the well-equipped team finally seemed to have woken up from a dream and began to escape into the depths of the rainforest.