Everyone returned to the base safely and found that there were hundreds of more people in the base than when they left.
A lot of new faces joined the fray and were swiftly starting work on the construction of the base.
The new engineer group looked around in shock moved their equipment.
The biggest problem in this base had right now was the lack of heavy machinery. Many tasks could not be carried out.
For example, the flattening of terrain, the paving of cement, and the construction of high-strength cement roads.
The arrival of these people had indeed helped the base greatly.
Many people were using chainsaws to cut down trees.
Currently, the area of the base was still too small. If they wanted to expand the area of the base, they had to cut down all the trees in the surrounding area.
It was important for them to expand. This way, they could learn the monster attacks in advance, allowing them more buffer time and reducing the casualty rate.
Of course, there were also many temporary lines of defense set up by these people. They set up heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, and loaded guns to protect themselves from the surrounding jungle.
No one knew what kind of danger lurked in the seemingly peaceful jungle.
Looking around, they were completely surrounded by a dense forest.
Obviously, they had their work cut out for them.
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“How’s the exploration today? Any good news?”
Gaia and the others had just returned to the base. Philip, who had been notified in advance, rushed over and asked.
Douglas shook his head and sighed. “Quite the contrary.”
Douglas’s answer was too brief. Obviously, it was not enough to satisfy Philip.
“The jungle is very dangerous. The main problem is that everything is still unknown. Moreover, according to our observations, the creatures on Planet Mushu are very aggressive. Many of its creatures seem to be infected by some sort of pathogen. This will cause the infected creatures to lose their minds and crazily attack the living creatures around them,” Gaia said, trembling as he thought back about what he had been through.
“Look! Take a look at the wound on my neck. It was caused by an incident during the exploration.” Gaia pulled down the scarf and showed it to Philip.
Philip immediately frowned.
Although the wound had already scabbed over, it was still obvious how terrifying the wound must have been.
Speaking of which, Gaia did find something strange. After removing the spores, the wound on Gaia’s body healed very quickly.
It seemed that some special substances secreted by the spores had strengthened Gaia’s self-healing ability.
“There are still 18 such wounds. If not for my good luck, I might have died out there today,” Gaia said.
“I will report it to my superiors. Before they give the okay, all exploration activities will be temporarily paused!” Philip said solemnly.
The exploration of Planet Mushu was not worth sacrificing Gaia and these soldiers’ lives.
“These are for you. We still have to go back to the base to deal with some stuff.”
They placed the storage containers containing the various samples they had collected along the way on the ground. After receiving some packages containing supplies, they drank a few mouthfuls of water and set off again.
“Be careful. Pay attention to the direction where it’s falling. Gently… Push!”
“Thud!”
When the exploration team set off again, a 40-meter-tall tree was being cut down a small distance away.
A tree like that was rare on Planet Azure, but it could be seen everywhere on Planet Mushu.
Most of Planet Azure’s resources had already been exhausted. Many things had to be collected by spaceships from nearby planets in the Solar System.
Although they could bring back some resources this way, the transportation cost was quite high.
Currently, there was no other planet in the Solar System that had similar resources to the old Planet Azure.
Hence, even the most common resources, like wood, which grew plentifully on Planet Mushu, were almost impossible to find on Planet Azure.
Currently, the most commonly seen tree on Planet Azure were fast-growing trees that were artificially created by humans. They grew fast and straight, but due to the difference in genetic structure, they could not meet some specific needs.
Planet Mushu’s existence perfectly supplemented the needs of Planet Azure. Through the stone door, they could quickly transport a variety of resources back, greatly reducing transportation costs.
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Over the course of the day, the base was transformed.
The giant trees in the perimeter had been cleared out in the morning.
At the same time, some people had already begun laying the foundation.
By the afternoon, a 300-meter-diameter base had sprung up around the altar.
When everyone returned in the afternoon and saw the metal wall that had grown to a height of 10 meters, they felt a little dazzled.
“Are you imagining things?”
“Then, we’re imagining things together.”
“They only started building the foundation structure when we came back earlier.”
“Our base is the most important priority in order to facilitate the next step. When driven by profits, these capitalists will definitely be doing it faster than anyone else!”
The metal wall was only five meters tall back then due to the lack of time on the first day.
However, according to the data obtained from the wolf monsters’ attack last night, the wolf monsters’ jumping ability was very strong. The stronger wolf monsters were able to jump over the five-meter-tall steel wall.
This also caused some trouble to the soldiers stationed behind the wall last night.
Therefore, after the exploration team set off today, the first order of business for the engineering corps was to upgrade the steel wall to a height of ten meters.
The entire top layer of the steel wall was made up of five-meter-long, one-meter-wide, one-meter-thick steel pieces. The top layer was filled with peepholes and shooting holes that could be opened and closed freely.
Every single steel piece was transported from Planet Azure through the stone door. The cranes at the temporary base carried them over piece by piece before assembling them here.
Above the steel wall was a combat platform that was ten meters wide.
There was a heavy machine gun mounted eery to meters.
Another heavy cannon would also be mounted every five meters.
At this point, there were at least a thousand fully armed soldiers in the base.
If those wolf monsters dared to attack again, even if with thousands of them in their pack, they would not be able to do much to the base.
“Welcome back.” The four soldiers standing guard at the gate saluted the group.
Their eyes showed a sincere admiration to the group
Everyone knew how dangerous this strange forest was.
This group of people was the most elite soldiers of the military. They had risked their lives to scout for others.
Everyone straightened their backs and saluted them respectfully.
“Feels good to be safe.” When Brad entered the gate, he cheerfully slapped the steel gate.
Everyone smiled in relief.
Inside this godforsaken jungle, this was the safest place.
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