Chapter 4 Double Stars, Smoke and Monster Skeletons [Please read]

Author: Diligent worm who loves to dream

Chapter 4 Double Stars, Smoke and Monster Skeletons [Please read]

"That...that is?"

Chen Xuan muttered to himself.

From the perspective of sunglasses, except for the blazing sun hanging in the middle.

On one side, there is a sun that is as small as a pea and appears light blue.

The reason why he was sure that these two were suns was because they both had obvious corona haloes.

Moreover, this brightness and visible size have exceeded the scope of ordinary visual stars.

Taking off his sunglasses, Chen Xuan looked away and covered his eyebrows with one hand. With his naked eyes, he could vaguely see two clusters of different colors of light shining on the earth.

These two kinds of sunlight, one strong and one weak, one dominant and one opposite, may be some kind of binary star system.

However, Chen Xuan's understanding of astrophysics is limited and he can only make some superficial judgments based on appearances.

Then he took out the air thermometer.

The air temperature here is 21.4℃, which is several degrees higher than in the forest.

The overall body temperature is quite comfortable.

After all, the distance between the two suns is different, and the atmospheric molecules in the different world absorb solar radiation well, making the photothermal energy near the earth relatively stable.

After briefly observing for a while, Chen Xuan took out his mobile phone and shot a video record in airplane mode.

I looked at the time and saw that it had only been about forty minutes since the official departure.

Taking into account physical factors, I simply took a rest here to bask in the sun.

Based on the supplement principle of eating small meals frequently, he ate an energy bar and drank some water.

It was rare to find such an open space in the forest, so Chen Xuan decided to explore the surrounding environment.

He took out a previously purchased drone from the storage compartment.

Since there is no network or GPS in this other world, the drone can only fly in manual mode or attitude mode.

A series of functions relying on GPS and wireless networks will not be available, and basic flight control operations can only be maintained at a certain distance and altitude.

He had been in a dense forest before, and the probability of the aircraft bombing after being released was much higher, so he did not take it out and use it.

Thinking of this, Chen Xuan released the drone and took off for shooting.

His flight control skills are not very good and he needs to use attitude mode for assistance.

Even so, the drone is still full of dangers after it takes off. It makes large lateral movements from time to time, and the height hovers around 200 meters to 350 meters.

Thanks to today's unmanned automatic technology, it is relatively mature.

The captured footage will be saved in the memory card and can be viewed later via a wired connection.

After tinkering for more than ten minutes, the drone landed safely against the edge of a branch.

Chen Xuan took back the drone, took out his thin laptop and data cable to connect it, and checked the recorded footage.

The aerial photography gimbal was quite stable, and some shots were taken from all directions.

The average flight height of more than two hundred meters is equivalent to sixty or seventy stories high.

Coupled with the ultra-wide-angle lens, the field of view is quite wide.

Soon, Chen Xuan made a major discovery.

He saw what might be the forest boundary.

The location is about eight to ten kilometers east of here.

The forest seemed to have been cut off, and there was an area where the vegetation was obviously sparse.

I'm not sure whether it's a river or a border because the horizon is too far away.

In addition, behind that sparse strip, you can still vaguely see smoke columns that look like cooking smoke!

Also because of the distance, this part of the wide-angle image is very blurry.

As for the other directions, there are no major discoveries. There are vast forests in three directions, and there are undulating horizontal hills in one direction.

It can be deduced from this that the direction of the smoke column is the most likely place where settlements exist.

Of course, Chen Xuan cannot guarantee the situation there.

Will we encounter intelligent races or ferocious and savage alien monsters...

Or is it some other sporadic situation?

No one dares to guarantee it!

But no matter what, he should go there. As the saying goes, if the situation is not right, run away.

"call…"

After breathing a sigh of relief, Chen Xuan put everything into the storage compartment.

I confirmed my direction again to avoid going wrong. After all, the visual reference objects in the air and on the ground are still very different.

…

Four hours later.

Chen Xuan began to rest for the third time. His face was a little blue, and the sides of his forehead were covered with sweat.

There was also a hint of nervousness and wariness in his expression.

The time on the sports watch has reached 7:18 in the evening.

There is no sign of darkness in the other world.

It's just that the big sun in the sky has moved some distance to the west.

The shadows cast on the ground are also lengthened.

The smaller Sun also moves along a similar trajectory.

It seems that the daily rhythm of the other world is different from that of Blue Star.

The specific rules still need to be explored.

After replacing a new battery, Chen Xuan released the drone again to confirm the position and correct any errors that may have occurred during the journey.

After only two or three flights, the drone was obviously damaged.

There are countless signs of scratches on the casing and impeller, and it's probably a matter of time before the machine blows up.

The direction is correct, but there is still some distance to the destination. Trekking in the forest is not easy, and the speed cannot be increased. The miscalculation of the distance in the wide-angle picture is also one of the reasons.

In fact, the location of the sparse zone is much further than he estimated.

That is to say, the wide-angle camera of the drone has better imaging quality, the weather conditions are relatively clear, and the overlooking height is the reason to capture the situation there.

In the past four hours, he had only advanced about five or six kilometers.

I didn't encounter any poisonous insects or beasts along the way, but I did find some not-so-good situations.

Everything started more than an hour ago.

…

Along the way, he discovered several traces of unknown biological activity.

For example, a bonfire covered in dirt that has burned out for an unknown period of time.

From the remaining plant ash, Chen Xuan found some blackened tibia and fibula.

He didn't do any ink and directly activated [Insight] to check.

The tips I got were scary to think about.

[Burned skeleton of a human female, age 17 years old]

…

Apparently there was a cannibalistic feast here...

There are probably monsters nearby!

In addition, he also found carved symbols left by sharp weapons on some big trees, which seemed to be some kind of guidance.

The prompts for these notches under [Insight] are:

[The signpost left by the crypt monster points to the direction of the village]

…

"Monster..."

"Pointing in the direction of the village..."
To be continued...