Learn one small skill every day

“Emma…can you hear me? We’re planning to head back to calculate the moon problem.”

"........."

Noise.

Bai Miao looked troubled: "There's no signal."

"Zizi..."

A series of noisy sounds came from the communicator, followed by a sharp screech, after which the entire channel fell silent.

"Hello?"

A strange male voice suddenly rang in Bai Miao's ear, and Bai Miao broke out in a cold sweat, raising his hand to stab at the side.

But it all came to nothing.

The other crew members also instinctively swung their swords at the air next to them.

Is that sound coming from the channel?

"Who are you? We came to the island only to find something, and we came for peace."

Before deciding whether someone was friend or foe, Bai Miao thought the first thing to do was to reassure them: "If you can enter our channel, then you should be able to hear my voice?"

"We can't go back."

The male voice rang out again, but it sounded more like he was talking to himself.

"Outsiders, please help us."

"... Zizi..."

After leaving behind two brief sentences, the channel fell into noise again, and Bai Miao found that he still could not make any communication.

"We should interrogate Gong Ni when we get back. What kind of equipment did he make that was so easily blocked?"

Bai Miao was once again certain that the other party's technological level was definitely not low.

Help? How can I help?

I have no idea what they did wrong.

"We can't go back... It seems they really did migrate somewhere. Has the crater been sealed off? Should we go check it out?"

The sudden male voice disrupted Bai Miao's original plan.

Currently, there is absolutely no communication with the Endless Energy, and there is no guarantee that the Endless Energy has not been subjected to such powerful interference.

If the Endless Energy is also interfered with, then anyone daring to return by ship would likely be sunk if they got too close.

"Let's head towards the top of the volcano."

Bai Miao estimates that the volcano is over 3,000 meters high, and with this exoskeleton equipment, climbing to the top should be relatively easy.

The group climbed up the cliff, and although some sections were very steep, their weapons made it easy to create footholds.

There was no road, so they dug one out over there.

After nearly two hours of effort, the group finally reached the summit.

The crater has a radius of about one kilometer and is completely unobstructed. Looking up at the moon, it seems as if you could reach out and touch it.

It was only then that Bai Miao realized that the surface texture of this moon was completely different from the moon he had seen in Stern.

However, the moon may not rotate synchronously, and its latitude and longitude have also changed a lot.

Aside from the fact that it seems a bit more oppressive now, there hasn't been any mental pollution similar to what happens when you see a giant steam engine.

Bai Miao withdrew his gaze and looked inside the crater.

A large pool of water has accumulated here, forming a small lake, with lush green seaweed floating in it.

As luck would have it, the moon was perfectly reflected in the sky above.

Just as Bai Miao looked down at the moon reflected in the water, Wang Xiang suddenly fired his gun at the water, creating ripples that made the moon's reflection appear messy.

"There's something wrong with the moon's reflection in the water!"

Wang Xiang shouted, "The moon in the sky will be fine if it looks at you, but those in the water will be affected!"

"Go down!"

Bai Miao didn't linger. He led the group to carve a cave in the cliff face on the side of the volcano's summit and went inside.

"I...I can't take it anymore...Why do I always encounter so many bizarre things every time I look for parts!"

This situation was likely due to emotional instability caused by a decline in mental strength. Bai Miao didn't blame him too much, but simply patted his shoulder and said, "Go get some sleep."

Then he called Wang Xiang over and asked, "What just happened?"

"Deduct the limit! I only looked for a few seconds and it exceeded five points."

Bai Miao dislikes anything that limits his character's abilities the most.

"We can't see the moon reflected in the water, but we have to investigate it once we get to the top of the mountain, so we can only keep stirring up the lake."

Bai Miao was wondering if he should just dive down to the bottom of the lake so he wouldn't have to look around.

"Let's release the water. We'll cut a hole at the edge of the mountaintop and release all the water that's accumulated there."

"You're a true genius. But let's all rest tonight, and we'll make our move tomorrow morning when there's no moon."

Wang Xiang shook his head: "What if the sun's influence is greater?"

This stumped Bai Miao.

Moonlight is essentially a reflection of sunlight; who knows if the sunlight reflected off the pool will have the same effect tomorrow?

Compared to the sunlight in tomorrow's location, tonight's controllable moonlight is easier to manage.

Without further ado, Bai Miao informed the group of the plan. One group was responsible for stirring up the lake, while the other group concentrated their firepower on the weaker parts of the mountaintop to blast out a channel.

Holheim's power was well-deserved; a single shot sent a shower of pebbles flying, further muddying the lake's surface.

After firing four or five shots, a cliff could no longer hold, and the surging lake water poured down the cliff.

"It will probably take one or two hours for the water to be released, so everyone should go back and rest for a bit."

Bai Miao knew that it was impossible to drain the water completely; there would always be some small puddles left, which would then need to be filled with soil and leaves.

During this time, Bai Miao was not idle either. He took two daggers and started digging inside the makeshift shelter.

"what are you doing?"

"Let's make a backup plan. If we can't drain the water from the mountaintop or fill the pit, we'll dig a tunnel and crawl directly under the crater!"

"Hmm...that's one way to do it."

Wang Xiang hadn't thought of it that way, but after Bai Miao's reminder, he felt it was a good idea, even safer than his own suggestion to loosen restrictions.

"I'll help too."

Working together was much more efficient, and Bai Miao could already hear the hollow echoes coming from the other side of the wall.

"Boom!"

Bai Miao knocked down a piece of gravel, and a wisp of cold wind blew in from the cave entrance.

"The air is circulating, and there's space inside, a very large space!"

Chapter 128 FlyMeToTheMoon (4K2)

Looking down through the small hole, Bai Miao saw a huge cavity below, but he seemed to have heard the sound of stones hitting the metal structure.

Bai Miao shone a lamp down and discovered a circular metal platform about ten meters below, like a small metal mountain built inside this extinct volcano.

"It seems that digging a hole is a viable method."

When Wang Xiang saw that the tunnel had been dug, he called everyone else to help him create an opening large enough for one person to pass through.

"If we had chosen a location a little deeper in the cave, we might have dug into the metal walls inside. This civilization really did build a city inside a volcano."

The problem now is how to get in.

You can't just knock on the platform on top and expect the people inside to let you in, can you?

"Communication has not yet been restored."

Bai Miao tried to establish contact with the Endless Energy, but the channel remained filled with noise.

"Is it possible that the entrance is at the foot of the mountain? We might have gone the wrong way; what if their gate is somewhere at the foot of the mountain?"

A crew member suddenly asked.

Bai Miao had also considered this possibility, but it seemed most likely that the group had trapped themselves inside the volcano, because the strange male voice that had just appeared said they couldn't go back.

From this perspective, the original plan of using the hard rock walls outside the volcano as cover and the metal frame to support the inside was actually building a metal coffin for their civilization.

"Let's just cut it. Even if they blame us, we can just say someone asked us for help."

Bai Miao's suggestion was met with approval from everyone, who drew their weapons, jumped onto the metal platform, and began cutting the metal below.

"This thing is very thick."

Under the vibration of high-energy particles, the metal was easily cut like butter, but this cut only cut through a small part of the surface, and it is unknown how thick it is.

"Wait... I think I know what this thing is now."

Zhuo Xinzhi suddenly said.

Faced with the questioning looks from the crowd, Zhuo Xinzhi replied, "I have the relevant knowledge... Judging from the structure here, this platform should be the cover of a missile silo!"

"?!"

Bai Miao broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.

Did this civilization hide a missile inside a volcano?

Missiles aren't a big problem, but what if they carried nuclear warheads?

The volcano is currently dead, but who knows if a missile inside might suddenly explode?

"Damn it, this civilization seems to have some serious illness."

Now we can't just cut the manhole cover anymore. We've only cut a little bit of the surface so far, so there shouldn't be any major problems. But if we keep cutting and there's a program that causes it to explode when it's destroyed, then the whole island will be doomed.