Star Hunter.

Chapter 108 What exactly happened?!

"What on earth gave birth to this?" Kari asked, poking the egg that Sugarball was holding.

"I don't know. Uncle Luso said they've encountered several kinds of strange beasts before, but we don't know which one this egg is. However, I've written down all the strange beasts Uncle Luso mentioned." Sugar Ball took out an electronic notebook and showed the images to Xilin and Kari.

"Hmph, you can tell just by smelling it, why bother with all that trouble!" the gray cat said disdainfully.

"Really?!" Sugar Ball's eyes lit up. "I saw some claws and fur from the alien beasts that Uncle Luso and the others killed on the aircraft. Can you smell them?"

"Of course!" The gray cat tilted its head back, quite pleased with itself.

Sugar Ball led the gray cat toward the aircraft. Kari asked Xilin, "What's inside that egg? The strange beasts that Luso and the others encountered were quite terrifying. No matter which one it was, they all seemed quite dangerous."

"It's also possible that it's neither of those," Xilin said.

When Xilin touched the egg just now, he performed an isotope analysis on it. Although there was no precise reference for comparison, Xilin could still assert that the egg was over 500 years old, or even 1,000 years old or longer, older than the gray cat. The most amazing thing was that the egg was still "alive". Although the life force inside the egg was not strong, it was easy to detect if you got close.

Sure enough, not long after, when Gray Cat and Sugar Ball came out, Sugar Ball clearly looked puzzled. The conclusion was, "Neither of them."

"Let's put the eggs in the incubator when we get back and see. Maybe we'll know the answer in a short time," Kari suggested. At that moment, Kari was thinking that he hoped a second dough ball wouldn't hatch, otherwise he wouldn't be able to store anything in his storage cabinet.

"Okay, but I'll visit it often!" Sugar Ball patted the egg in her arms and smiled happily.

After finishing his meeting, Diaz called a meeting with the team, which meant to change the original plan and return to leave the Z sector.

According to the Star Alliance calendar, the six teams have been in the Z sector for several months, and it will take about a year for them to leave. Finding these mineral deposits and discovering a planet with a habitability level of B in a year is already a great achievement. However, the sudden decision to abandon the original plan and return directly has left some people somewhat unwilling. According to their usual style, even if they have made great progress, they would not stop there. However, they would not complain. The captains' decision naturally has its reasons.

After Diaz finished speaking, he held a meeting with some core members and briefly explained the "Fang" matter.

Everyone knows what "Venom Fang" means, no wonder the captains made this decision. After all, who wants to run into that group of lunatics at this time?

After transporting a portion of the mined energy ore to a specially constructed energy storage facility on the starship, the Sixth Team departed the planet. The remaining tasks on the planet were handled by the main team, and the Sixth Team no longer needed to concern themselves with anything.

When it came time to return and leave the Z-sector, Shorten did not turn back along the original route. This was the result of discussions with the vice-captains. They would take another route out. Although this route had been explored by others, only a portion of it had been explored. If they could find something by chance, it would make everyone feel more at ease and avoid the disappointment of having to turn back halfway.

It must be said that the planets along this path are indeed promising. Not long after, a planet was discovered that was not marked on the star map and showed no signs of life. Its habitability was rated as C.

The six teams then stopped, and Shorten sent people into the planet to conduct exploration.

At this moment, Xilin and Kari were chatting in the lounge outside the control room.

"Xilin, the captain is looking for you!" Kari called out from his chair without turning around.

Xilin turned his head and saw Shorten coming in from outside. Actually, if anything happened, they could just communicate via communicator, but since Shorten came in person, it must not be a simple matter.

"Xilin, I just received a message from Bart. He needs to talk to Huru about something. Luckily, we haven't gone too far. You can take a long-range aircraft and get there in less than two days. If there are no problems, you and Huru can go over there. It's probably about energy ore. The exploration here will take about five or six days. You might not be finished by the time you get back, so don't rush it," Xiaodun said.

This planet is very large. Someone just reported discovering some energy minerals, albeit ordinary ones, but it's still quite good. Therefore, more than one small team has been dispatched this time, and judging from the current situation, the exploration will take a while.

"Okay, I'm free right now, I can leave right away."

"The aircraft is ready for you, and the pilots and other personnel inside have been arranged. You don't need to pilot it yourself."

"Wait, Captain, can I go too?" Kari eagerly came over. He was just regretting forgetting to stock up on food. He remembered there were many special fruits there, and he planned to hunt a few beasts to make jerky to bring back for chewing.

"Me too! Me too!" Sugarball jumped over. The egg was already in the incubator, but Yudi said that some parameters were missing. Although these parameters could be calculated slowly, it would be good to go back and measure more data.

"Sure," Shorten said without objection.

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"Alright, let's get ready to go." Xilin told Kari and Tangqiuqiu to pack their things, then picked up the gray cat who was bullying Miantuan and walked towards the aircraft that Xiaodun had prepared.

Although the spacecraft's top speed couldn't match that of a starship, it did indeed return to the green planet in just two days, just as Shorten had said.

When Bart and his team recalculated the planet using the new parameters, they speculated that there might be several mineral deposits, but they couldn't determine the exact locations, only a general area. The improved probe could only narrow down the area, not pinpoint the exact locations. Fortunately, the sixth team hadn't gone too far and had encountered a habitable planet of class C that required them to stay for a while. After discussing it, Bart and Shorten decided to send Xilin and Gray Cat over.

The detector missed a few mineral spots, but Gray Cat quickly resolved the issue. There were indeed energy ore deposits, but these were all small. The quality of the energy ore was far inferior to what Gray Cat had eaten, so it hadn't paid much attention to them before. When Bart wanted to find them, Gray Cat located these spots for him. For this, Bart even gave Gray Cat a large piece of high-quality energy ore, which Gray Cat would often gnaw on.

Kari and a few members of the main team hunted several alien beasts, roasted them, and made them into jerky. They also collected some fruit, which they packed in an extra-large preservation bag and took to the aircraft. Guided by the people from the Bart faction, Sugarball went to the icy land to measure some parameters that Yudi had mentioned but had missed, so that they could more accurately adjust the incubator's incubation environment upon their return.

Having completed all their tasks within a day, Xilin and his companions did not linger. They boarded their aircraft and left the green planet, heading towards the fleet's location.

The round trip, plus the day spent on that green planet, totaled five days—not a long time for hunters traveling between star sectors. But in those five days, the sixth team underwent tremendous changes.

When Xilin and his group arrived at the fleet's resting point, all they could see were pieces of fighter jet wreckage floating in space.

"What...what exactly happened?!"