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Chapter 31: Terror

Translator: Lonelytree, _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Lucas

Ever since the Hope landed on the planet, Yao Yuan had been getting increasingly bothered It was an insidious feeling It reminded him of his first field operation when he accidentally stepped on a landmine and could feel his body involuntarily freeze It rendered him helpless

Yao Yuan was certain that the planet harbored an unknown danger Nevertheless, he chose not to voice his concerns out loud in fear of ruining overall morale

The hovercraft journey was dominated by silence because most of the soldiers were too wrapped up in the discovery of the new planet Many stationed the the effort to videotape the scenery Even though there was literally only sand, they were still exploring an alien planet The joy of fresh adventure and exploration had thewith excite up a disciplined front, but Yao Yuan decided to cut them some slack He knew that these men weren’t all from the Black Star Unit, so he reminded himself to not hold them up to the saht breed resenteous

The hovercrafts travelled at a , the crew could already see one of the shuttles rising out of the sand about ten kilolided closer to the shuttle, a few of the unit captains appealed to Yao Yuan with a request They wanted to remove their helmets and drink soued that since the planet’s atmosphere was reported to be similar to that of Earth’s, it would not cause them harm if they were to rely ada that there still remained the eleven percent of the atmosphere that was unidentified and that it could be latently harmful Unlike the expedition party, who literally ran out of air, there was no reason for them to take unnecessary risk Yao Yuan’s verdict was for theh the heat

There wasn’t much of an uproar after Yao Yuan’s refusal That could be accredited to the fact that before they left, they had been given stern warnings by the scientific community to not inhale the planet’s air unless absolutely necessary The scientists had expressed concerns over the mysterious eleven percent of the planet’s air and were still conducting additional analyses on it back on the Hope Until they could be sure that the air was one hundred percent hariven an official stateed to prevent possible coy at the year 2029 has undergone certain changes when co of the twenty-first century An example would be the introduction of nano-lass, clay, and even textiles had undergone major improvements Space suits of the twenty-first century that were bulky and difficult tothat wasthe advancehter, much more flexible, and had better heat insulation Even the opening and closing of the helmets had become autohly showcased during man’s full-scale exploration of the moon in the year 2020

When they were still on Earth, Yao Yuan knew that these spacesuits would be invaluable assets to their mission, so he ordered his men to scour the Aather as many of these suits as they could Before they departed for space, the Hope had ale

Thanks to Yao Yuan’s prescience, the crew in the hovercraft was all wearing this handy space-travel wear A few minutes after the captains’ request was rejected, Yao Yuan received an entreaty for communication from the Hope

It was issued by the Academy They had finished their analysis on the planet’s atmospheric components Their analysis had confirmed that the atmosphere contained no traces of microbes and water It was indeed sinore its mysterious eleven percent

Since themankind had discovered, the scientists had no point of reference Their analysis had to be conducted at an atomic structure level The result of that analysis was the reason they called

"…We have the result of the atomic analysis It was unbelievable! It was made up of…" said the scientist hat sounded like crazed fervor in his voice Even with Yao Yuan’s basic understanding of che what the mystery component was made of, he could understand the fanatic way the scientist had reacted It was indeed an i me eleven percent of the air contains metallic element?! How is that even possible?" asked Yao Yuan incredulously