Star Rank Hunter - Chapter 211.1

Chapter 211.1

Chapter 211: Outsiders! Red Alert! [Part 1] 


Cillin’s side was almost done with its work when they received the notice that the mining operation was complete .

The flying transport had transported the tree species and raw materials they selected back to the spaceplane . The gray cat and its gang were also very satisfied with this trip, considering that they had stuffed themselves with so much food that they looked like a ball .

“Let’s go . We can come back later if we need anything else . ”

Cillin gathered everyone over this side and returned to the mining location . A moment of inspection later, they got up the spaceplane, returned to the starship parked outside the planet and began the return journey .

Every team’s op time was different from each other . When Cillin and the rest had returned, there were still three teams who were busy mining energy ores and metal ores .

“How’s the reward?” Shawton looked at the group of people who were unloading the goods not far away and asked Cillin .

Cillin smiled back at him . It was obvious that he was more satisfied than usual .

“It’s okay . We didn’t find any good metal ores to mine, but the energy ores we found are acceptable . More importantly, we’ve transplanted some important plants that will save us a lot on medicinal raw materials cost . The medicines’ bioactivity and quality are not bad . ”

They had turned in the report of that planet’s detailed situation to the technical team . The Sixth B Squadron’s technical team would integrate the information the ops teams had gathered during their operation and complete the star map . Every once in a while, they would report the integrated information to the relevant personnel among the A Squadrons so that Vanguard could enjoy a more in-depth starmap layout of the region they were in . This would make future operations more convenient .

After chatting with Shawton a little about his trip, the duo arrived at Sigma’s little garden .

In the past, there were only some rather primitive local plants that were grown in Sigma’s little garden . Although the garden had a lot space, there wasn’t much content in it at all . The idea had sprung in Sigma’s head after it watched some videos released by the media, but it quickly discovered upon execution that there were only a lot of weed and not much flora species on the planet . It looked nothing like the colorful and pretty gardens in the videos .

This time though, Sigma’s little garden was enriched .

They had also acquired some fish eggs that were preserved and raised in specialised fish breeding grounds and gave them to Sigma . Cillin was sure that the addition of these fishes and new tree species would give this little garden a whole new look in the future .

Right now, the gray cat and the animals spent almost the entire day throwing one terrible suggestion after the other at Sigma’s little garden . They practically had next to no gardening experience at all and were completely talking out of their asses . Thankfully Sigma had specifically researched into this field before, and Czedow was around to provide support . More than 90% of the tree species had been successfully planted .

There were also some eggs in Sigma’s little garden . They were the Lovages’ eggs . The Lovage guardian beasts had entered a breeding season, but Sigma was the one who incubated and hatched the birthed eggs . Currently, the garden’s environment was very suitable for the incubation of the synthesized beasts’ eggs . They could just be left at the garden without need for temperature or humidity control .

A few days later, seven second generation Lovages were born .

The Lovages are omnivorous, and Sigma said they could eat a lot of things and withstand hunger . However, these newborns weren’t as hunger-resistant as their adult counterparts . Since the Sixth B Squadron didn’t have any meat to spare them, they had no choice but to keep the little Lovages on a vegetarian and nutrient diet, replenishing the various nutrients they needed to grow .

Cillin had determined that the first generation Lovages had eaten meat before, and the majority of their meat-based meals were humans too . This was because the Lovages had looked at him like he was a familiar food back when he first ran into them .

These newborns looked at humans with pretty friendly eyes though . Perhaps the chip that functioned as their brain contained such a program . Still, these little fellows still hadn’t taken a life or eaten meat before, and he couldn’t bring them out on a mining operation because they wouldn’t leave the planet . Therefore, Cillin was pondering if he should capture some ‘insects’ in the future and have them enjoy their first taste of flesh .

Cillin didn’t set out to find his ‘insects’ . This was because something happened on the planet before the next operation arrived, just a short while after he came up with the idea .

On this day, Shawton was going through the ops teams’ status reports and preparing a summary . This was because the A Squadron was sending a few people over to inspect on their progress and reward them with material resources based on their merits .

Shawton was engrossed in reading when he suddenly received an emergency notice from a squadron member .

“Commander, a spaceplane is headed our way . We’ve not received any replies to our warning messages except for a looping distress signal . What do we do?”

Normally, all unidentified flying objects were given warning first and then shot later if the warning call was unheeded . However, this spaceplane had been sending out a continuous stream of distress signal without responding to any of their communication requests .

“Are there any life signs on the ship?” Shawton asked .

“The scanner indicates yes, but these life signs aren’t clear . They’re also almost completely stationary . No other signs were detected besides these . ”

“The scanners found nothing else on the spaceplane?”

“No, at the very least the spaceplane’s exterior does not contain any parasites or viruses . ”

Shawton thought for a moment before asking, “How long will it take to reach here?”

“About five minutes . Looking at its trajectory, it will land outside the base’s domain if it reaches on our planet . The coordinate is…”

The squadron member sent some of the data he analysed to Shawton .

“Watch them closely . ”

By that Shawton meant that they would allow the spaceplane to descend, but also enter into a state of readiness themselves . They would treat this spaceplane as a threat regardless of whether it actually was one . Better safe than sorry .

“Will do, commander,” the squadron member began to do follow up work after the report . He sounded a little excited, and was obviously looking forward to cure some of his accumulated boredom with this unknown target .

Shawton connected to a different channel after cutting communication with that squadron member .

“Attention to all teams, attention to all teams, an unidentified flying object will be reaching our planet in…”

Shawton notified everyone inside the base about the incident . Everyone knew what they should do to deal with such a situation .

Some people who were just about to catch some sleep jumped out of their beds and ran towards outside excitedly, meeting up with their own team members .

Cillin was just checking in on the growing trees inside Sigma’s little garden, noting that some trees were starting to grow fruits already . When he heard Shawton’s announcement, he put down the fruit in his hand and walked outside .

The blue line on Sigma’s face flashed once, and it quickly learned about the situation through the base’s scanner . But unlike in the past, Sigma didn’t need to do anything this time . The Sixth B Squadron would handle the situation themselves . Sigma was very curious how the Sixth B Squadron was going to deal with this, and so it let the little Lovage jumped down from its arm and left the little garden .

Team members gathered and assigned roles to themselves . There was no need for in depth explanation since they had coordinated themselves like this many times already .

“Okay, that’s all . Now go . Watch out for your defenses . ”

Cillin’s fully armed team ran out impatiently the second he was done talking .

“What is it, Tico?” Cillin frowned and asked when he saw Tico still standing at the same spot .

“Something’s not right . ”

Tico pointed at the the rabbit hiding inside her coat’s front pocket with her chin . The rabbit was currently drooping its ears and burying its head deeper into Tico’s pocket . It looked like it was trying to hide from something .

Cillin turned on his communicator after he saw the rabbit’s behavior, “Attention to all team members . Red alert! Red alert!”