Chapter 4: Twin Stars, Smoke From Cooking and Monster Skeletons [Please Read On]

"That...that's it?"

Chen Xuan muttered to himself.

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

There is a light blue sun as small as a pea on one side.

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. He could vaguely see two clusters of different colors of light shining on the earth with his naked eyes.

These two types of sunlight, one strong and one weak, one dominant and one dominant, 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°C, 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.

Looking at the time, it has only been about forty minutes since the official departure.

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

Based on the supplement principle of eating less and more 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 the 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 was in a dense forest before, and the probability of the aircraft bombing after being released was much higher, so he did not 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 was still full of dangers after it took off. From time to time, it made large lateral movements, and its height hovered around 200 meters to 350 meters.

Thanks to today’s unmanned autonomous 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 more than ten minutes of tinkering, the drone landed safely against the edge of a branch.

Chen Xuan took back the drone, took out his thin notebook 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.

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.

It's not clear 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.

Based on this, it can be inferred 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. Again, if the situation is not right, run away.

"call…"

With a relieved breath, Chen Xuan put everything into the storage compartment.

I confirmed my direction again to avoid going wrong. After all, there is a big difference between the visual reference objects in the air and on the ground.

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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 follows 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 occur during the journey.

After only two or three flights, the drone had obvious damage.

There are countless signs of scratches on the casing and impeller, and it will probably be a matter of time before the machine explodes.

The direction was correct, but there was still a long way to go from the destination. Trekking in the forest was not easy and the speed was not fast. This was partly due to the miscalculation of the distance in the wide-angle image.

In fact, the location of the sparse zone was 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 only advanced about five or six kilometers.

He did not encounter any poisonous insects or beasts along the way, but he did find some not-so-good situations.

It all started more than an hour ago.

...

He found several traces of unknown biological activities along the way.

For example, a bonfire covered with dirt that had been burning for an unknown period of time.

From the remaining ash, Chen Xuan found some charred tibias and fibulas.

He did not hesitate and directly activated [Insight] to check.

The hint he got was terrifying.

[Burned skeleton of a human female, aged 17]

...

Obviously there had been a cannibal feast here...

There is a high probability that there are monsters nearby!

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

The hints of these marks under [Insight] are:

[Signposts left by underground monsters, pointing to the direction of the village]

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"Monsters..."

"Pointing to the direction of the village..."

"It's really not a peaceful world. What is in the direction of the smoke?!"

"Is it a monster or a village inhabited by humans?"

Chen Xuan could only remain skeptical about this.

In addition, he found a fallen rotten tree not far from the symbol marks.

A skeleton covered with green moss was found next to the rotten tree.

The shape of the skeleton is similar to that of humans. The reason why the word "similar" is used is that it is clearly different from human bones.

For example, its head is small, especially the distance between the frontal bone and the mandibular bone is narrow.

There is almost no sphenoid bone, but the ethmoid bone in the eye socket is extremely large and deep, occupying nearly one-third of the bone surface. The pelvis is narrow and the long bones of the limbs are relatively slender.

The skeleton is generally complete, with a total length of less than 110 cm. In other words, with the thickness of 5 to 8 cm of soft tissue, the height of this skeleton before death was no more than 120 cm.

The decayed chest and ribs were already filled with rotten soil, and there was a rusty short spear inserted diagonally on it.

It was definitely not a natural death.

When he used [Insight], he finally got the answer.

[The skeleton left by the inferior monster, the Goblin Blade Master]

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