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Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Shells
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“These things are the remains of humans after death. They are called shells.”
Mark explained from the side, but his expression was one of schadenfreude, as if he was happy to see the newbie being frightened.
“The shells were left behind by humans who lost their lives in an instant.”
“When the Origin Beasts evolved, they would create this scene. This means that we are not far from our target.”
Gao Fei muttered, “This should be the hull of this spaceship. Start collecting resources and stay away from these bodies.”
After saying that, Gao Fei brought Mark along and walked forward. They wanted to check the specific location of the energy reaction.
“Gulp… gulp”
Su Chen swallowed a mouthful of saliva and walked toward the hull of the spaceship.
After passing through the alloy door that was cut open, his vision was attracted by the mirror-like smooth cut.
It was hard to imagine that this was caused by an ordinary looking sharp sword. It was even smoother than a laser cut!
His gaze lingered at the cut for a while before Su Chen mustered up his courage and walked toward the hall that was filled with people.
In the middle, he did not forget to pull Gu Xin up who had fallen to the ground.
“I… I remember now.
“I seem to have heard of these ‘things’ before.”
Just as Su Chen pulled him up, Gu Xin spoke with a trembling voice.
“Hmm? Do you know where these bodies came from?” Upon hearing Gu Xin’s words, Su Chen’s interest was piqued.
These bodies were too strange. If he did not know where they came from, walking in the middle of the hall would inevitably make him feel a little apprehensive.
“When the Origin Beast evolves, it will absorb the life energy of all living beings around it… it might also be soul energy. As for the specifics, I’m not too sure.
“Those who had their lives completely absorbed will leave behind these shells, and the origin energy in the body of the Origin Beast seems to come from this energy.”
“Hm…” Su Chen nodded thoughtfully, but his eyes suddenly changed. “If that’s the case, doesn’t that mean that there is an evolved Origin Beast nearby?”
“I don’t know about that. So much time has passed, so maybe that Origin Beast has already left.”
“Hmm… it’s better to be careful,” Su Chen replied. Other than where they had entered, there were no other gaps in the spaceship.
Moreover, they did not see any other exits along the way. The only huge door was opened by Gao Fei.
It seemed that it was possible that the Origin Beast was hiding here.
After receiving Gao Fei’s order, all the workers entered the hull of the spaceship.
The worker who had been sitting on the ground and complaining earlier sneered disdainfully when he passed by the two of them. “Two newbies. You can’t survive in the wasteland with such cowardice.
“Don’t get us killed.”
Su Chen did not feel anything after hearing that. He did not know where the sense of superiority of a person who complained endlessly during a mission came from.
On the contrary, Gu Xin’s face turned red with anger when he heard this, but he did not have anything to refute.
After all, he was indeed shocked by the remains just now. He could only grumble unhappily, “It’s just a few more missions. What’s the big deal?”
“Alright, Hurry up and carry out the mission,” Su Chen said somewhat helplessly.
The two of them soon arrived at the hull.
Naturally, they could not rely only on the weak light source of the glow stick to carry out the collection mission. One of the workers took out a strong light fixture from the storage box on his back.
As the strong light was lit up, the entire hall slowly appeared in front of everyone.
In the hall, the densely packed stands were filled with bodies. Other than the hair that had fallen off, everything remained the same as when they were alive.
Due to Gao Fei’s reminder, Su Chen did not approach rashly. Instead, he used the glow stick in his hand to observe the details of the body.
The eye sockets were empty.
The skin had completely weathered and turned gray. It was wrapped around the skeleton, as if it would shatter at the slightest touch.
All the bodies remained in the posture of the last second of their lives.
Some were hugging each other, some were kneeling and praying, some were talking, and some were raising one hand as if they were drinking a glass of red wine…
Su Chen found it hard to imagine that such an image of all living things would appear in this manner.
When that Origin Beast evolved, did it not alert these people?
“What are you doing?”
Just as Su Chen was deep in thought, Gu Xin’s low voice entered his ears.
He turned around and saw that Gu Xin seemed to have had an argument with the worker who mocked the two of them.
The worker was walking toward a body.
“Are you crazy? Didn’t you hear Captain Gao Fei say to stay away from these bodies?” Gu Xin continued.
“What do you know, you newbie! We workers work so hard to move materials, so can the contribution points we get be one-tenth of the Evolvers?”
When the worker said this, he glanced guiltily at the female fighter who was still standing guard at the alloy door.
Seeing that the other party did not notice him, he continued, “Those who are able to board this kind of spaceship are either rich or noble in the Old World. They can have a lot of good things with them!
“Those things are worth a lot of contribution points in the black market! If you want to take them, go find a place. If you don’t take them, don’t bother me!
“These bodies are just dead people. I really don’t know what you newbies are afraid of.”
“Bah!” After saying that, he spat on a body next to him.
“You…” Gu Xin wanted to say something, but Su Chen raised his hand and stopped him.
This kind of person would not listen to advice. Even Gao Fei’s words were useless. How could he expect that person to listen to them?
Thus, under the gaze of the two, the worker tiptoed toward a body. That was the target he had been eyeing for a long time.
“These people from the Old World really know how to f*cking enjoy themselves. I wonder what’s the use of these fancy things?”
The worker muttered.
His target was a pair of jade bracelets. Even after years of erosion, they still shone.
Although he did not understand the use of these things, it was enough to know that these things could be exchanged for contribution points in the black market!
The worker picked up a sharp knife and started to slice open the body. It seemed that this was not the first time he had done this.
The knife continued to cut the wrist of the body, and countless pieces of debris fell down. The greed in his eyes became more and more serious.
Su Chen was about to leave and do his work when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
That body… seemed to be moving?
His pupils constricted. He was sure that he was not mistaken. The abdomen of the body was trembling slightly, and the gray debris on the surface of the body kept falling.
The worker was still staring at the jade bracelet with a burning gaze. He did not notice the strange movement of the body at all!