Will the kemonomimi encounter Alien Ranch Story?

Then there were rations and weapons and ammunition, although the lead bullets for the Falcon rifle could be made by themselves.

However, the accompanying activation battery box is not suitable; it is designed not to be recharged multiple times, so some attention still needs to be paid to the ammunition.

Xia Lin's plan is to synthesize guncotton propellant after obtaining the raw materials for sulfuric acid and cotton. It's more practical to make honest gunpowder weapons. Electromagnetic weapons are too difficult to sustain without a certain level of basic industry.

However, in the initial stage, we can continue to use these standard interstellar weapons, as spare parts and various components are still relatively plentiful.

Preparations didn't last long, but considering that going out at night on a completely unfamiliar planet was practically suicide.

After preparing his supplies and backpack, he returned to his room on the second floor of the workshop.

He made the bed frame, cabinets, and desk by hand; the old polymer-printed makeshift bed was left in a corner of the empty room.

I checked the greenhouse remotely via the PNIS terminal and was about to go to sleep when I started hearing howls from unidentified creatures in the wild, like wolf howls. The howls seemed to be a death knell, and I had to take out my earmuffs to fall asleep.

The relentless reactor keeps the entire facility at a comfortable and warm temperature. A surge of electricity continuously flows into the energy storage devices. Once the energy storage devices are fully charged, the control core begins to increase the core pressure and reduce the injection of deuterium to decrease the efficiency of the fusion reaction, thus entering standby mode.

Chapter Four: The White Emperor's Holy Sword! Ura!

Chapter Four

The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is to check on the potatoes and cabbages in the greenhouse.

Of course, there's no sign of life. Plant growth also follows basic rules. Even Doraemon's wheat takes at least 7 days to grow, not to mention the Star Alliance doesn't have that kind of advanced genetic modification ability. It will take at least two or three more days before we can see any green shoots emerging.

The cabbage takes 90 days to grow, while the improved varieties from Star Alliance take about 78 days, and possibly as little as 55 days.

As for potatoes, it takes about 45 days. No matter which type, you won't see any results in just one or two days. It will take at least a month before Xia Lin can harvest the first batch of crops. Fortunately, he is alone, otherwise he might not be able to eat the next harvest.

I took some soil samples in test tubes and put them into the simple analysis table on the side of the greenhouse to check the reduction in nutrients. I felt that no additional fertilizer was needed, and I did not detect any harmful bacteria or insect eggs mixed in, so I left with peace of mind.

Today's plan is to search the woodland area with a radius of 1.5 kilometers centered on the workshop. It would take less than 2 hours to walk around it.

Well, walking in woodlands and snowfields is a completely different experience from walking on flat roads, not to mention that he also has to collect plant samples and probe the soil conditions.

With his rifle strapped to his back, axe in hand, shovel on his shoulder, and two quick-acting darts and a can of gel spray in his belt, Xia Lin stepped out of the workshop and headed into the depths of the woods.

The workshop is surrounded by typical cold-temperate coniferous forest landforms. A stream flows through the valley and enters a flat area, thus eroding a large pebbly beach, and the workshop is located on one side of the beach.

Xia Lin's plan was to start from the north side of the workshop and circle around to the south side, which is the deeper part of the upstream stream. After selecting the installation location for the water purifier pump, she would find a place where she could wade through the water and circle back from the south side.

While you're at it, check the alluvial plains of the valley for any metallic mineral resources. Generally speaking, these kinds of places are more likely to contain monazite, placer gold, and iron sand associated with gold.

Furthermore, if high-quality quartz sand can be found, his electronic furnace will be useful for building reinforced glass greenhouses and photovoltaic panels. Of course, some electronic components can also be produced.

Xia Lin, who started circling around from the north, discovered that many of the local plants were significantly different from the alien plants she had studied. Apart from the fact that the local gravity was slightly lower than that of Earth, they could be considered to be almost identical to Earth's environment.

Along the way, in addition to the coniferous trees that were initially identified as a subspecies of pine, he also discovered several other plant types that his handheld scanner indicated were likely evergreen shrubs found on Earth.

As for animals, no animals were found. It's possible that such a creature, completely encased in hard armor plates, would cause even carnivorous creatures like Siberian tigers to hide and assess the situation before approaching.

Wild animals are very alert; not all creatures are as foolish as roe deer. Xia Lin did spot the shadows of quite a few animals.

However, he didn't have a chance to get close enough to scan what they were, and since these creatures weren't hostile, he didn't want to waste his precious ammunition on them.

On the way back, you can go hunting along the way, and then dissect, scan, and test the nutritional components to see if it's safe to eat—all in one go.

Although wild animals probably wouldn't taste good, they're still much better than nutritional paste, especially since it's unprocessed.

As for insects, we caught quite a few hibernating larvae, which were sealed in amber-like cubes with nanogel. We'll take them back for further research and analysis.

If they're lucky, they might even be able to build a box-type incubator for insect breeding, which would then be processed into protein powder. This way, the cryopreserved bird embryos could be thawed and developed in vitro—and then they'd have all-natural organic eggs to eat, which would be a great thing.

As for other specialized biological research and analysis, that is beyond Xia Lin's knowledge and equipment level.

After all, he is just an agricultural technician. At most, he can only analyze nutritional curves, growth curves, and whether there are any toxic side effects or whether the food is safe to eat. Even if a disease occurs, he is helpless as an unfamiliar species.

However, if the farm machinery in the workshop breaks down, apart from the furnace and the architect's production line...

He can basically fix anything, including the chassis of that tracked agricultural vehicle. He can also repair and drive tractors, and his water pump installation skills are top-notch. He is also an expert in the installation and supervision of greenhouses and hothouses, and even raising ducks and pigs is a piece of cake for him.

Although he's officially called a pioneer assessor, everyone knows he's just an ordinary agricultural technician in private. The real ecological expert responsible for investigating the alien environment and ecology is still waiting for equipment on Colony 14 that may never arrive.

After walking downstream for about a kilometer, Xia Lin began to detour counterclockwise to the west. The shallow stream was less than 1 meter deep and covered with a thin layer of ice. If you were not careful, you could easily break the ice and fall into the water.

However, for people wearing extreme environmental protection suits, this low temperature is almost like a gentle spring breeze.

Xia Lin used a shovel as a crutch to wade through the shallows of the stream. Along the way, she also discovered some unidentified fish and algae under the ice. As usual, she took out a sample box to collect the algae and fish eggs to see if they had any value or possibility in breeding.

After crossing the shallows, there was a low hill, with tall conifers and thorny bushes intertwined. Every step forward required the help of a shovel and axe to clear a path.

Perhaps due to the winter season, or simply because she was unfamiliar with the local plants, Xia Lin collected very few plant seeds.

However, relatively speaking, some strange mineral samples were unearthed, all of which were placed in the Light Stone Specimen Box.

After scanning and detection with handheld devices, the radioactivity of these ores was found to be within the normal range, and the metallic composition was complex. The strangest of them was a type of ore that showed a considerable magnetic field effect, which was suspected to be some kind of natural permanent magnet material.

Besides minerals, Xia Lin would collect soil samples every few steps she went out, intending to take them back for testing and analysis to see the soil composition of her body, whether it was suitable for planting cold-resistant crops in the wild, and whether it posed any harm to humans.

"Hmm?" A black shadow flashed in the corner of Xia Lin's vision. "This is..."

He crouched down. There was a pool of red blood on the ground. The red color indicated that the creature's blood contained iron and relied on iron ions to transport oxygen to its internal organs. In short, it meant that the blood was left by an aerobic organism.

Of course, the bloodstains weren't the main point. After all, this was a typical primeval forest, and it was perfectly normal for animals to leave bloodstains while hunting. Xia Lin's focus was on what was next to the bloodstains.

"Oh, what a find—" A clump of something that looked like mold or moss was growing on the nearby rock. Xia Lin took a test tube out of the specimen box and carefully scraped the substance from the rock into the test tube with a knife.

Lichens and various fungi are of paramount importance to Covenant alien ecology, because most so-called "living" planets refer to those with these types of lichens and the insects that live on them.

Moreover, these microorganisms have a very important impact on subsequent planetary environmental terraforming projects.

Therefore, this part is a very important part of collecting, analyzing and processing samples when conducting alien environment assessments.

Some distance from Xia Lin, the young girl held her breath, covering her mouth and nose with one hand to prevent hot air from escaping, while pressing hard on her already bruised and swollen wound to prevent more blood from dripping out. She waited anxiously for the heavily armed man with a gun to leave.

If it weren't for the other person's heavy footsteps, she would probably have already been captured, and what awaited her would be being sent back to that dark mine, where she would be tortured and killed by the guards for their amusement—the mine guards would randomly draw black lots, and whoever was drawn would be executed.

First it was her grandmother, then her father and mother, and now it's her turn. Even if she survives this time, it doesn't mean she'll live to see the next one. Everyone here is a so-called "anti-establishment person," and nobody cares whether they live or die.

"Woof woof!" The guard dogs were nearby, and the girl was so nervous that her heart felt like it was going to stop. In front of her was that mysterious man in heavy armor who looked very dangerous.

Moreover, he was crouching beside the bloodstains he had left behind, tracking him, while behind him were the hunting dogs that the mine guards had come to track him down.

"A dog!?" Xia Lin wondered if he had misheard. Hearing a dog barking on an alien planet! Curious, he stood up and walked towards the direction of the barking. Meanwhile, the girl hiding behind the trees felt her vision blurring. That person... He's coming! He's coming! He's coming!

The girl grabbed a rock on the ground, but she knew that such an attack was impossible against a man wearing heavy armor, whose entire body seemed to be encased in iron.

"Woof woof!" The ferocious fighting dogs kept by the mine guards leaped out of the bushes, crouched down, and bared their sharp teeth at the approaching strangers. These were not the kind of hunting dogs kept by hunters, but rather specialized dogs used to search for deserters and slaves on the battlefield and in the wild. They were ferocious and extremely aggressive, and would even pounce on civilians in a frenzy.

"Wild dogs? Or canine wolves?" Xia Lin pulled out a G2 Claw pistol from the holster on his thigh. This Gauss pistol is a standard large-caliber hunting rifle, designed for close-range hunting of wild beasts. It has a strong braking effect. The reason for not using a rifle is that in this distance and in the environment of dense trees and bushes, a long gun would be inconvenient to use.

"Click!" Xia Lin pushed aside the shield, and the fluorescent indicator on the gun emitted two points of green light. "Whoosh!"

Sensing a threat, the hounds moved cautiously, ready to pounce and attack first.

Xia Lin held the gun in his right hand, his left wrist braced against his right, and pointed the scanner at the target with a reverse grip. "Canine creature, unknown species. Tsk, not having a cloud database is such a hassle..."

Unable to obtain more biological data from the Covenant network, the built-in species database is not updated, making it difficult to determine the species of this canine and obtain more detailed data.

Just then, a whistle rang out from the woods. The hunting dog paused for a moment, looked up at Xia Lin, and ran off in the opposite direction.

Then, two humanoid creatures wearing cold-weather suits came out. Judging from their limbs, these guys, who were wearing thick, full-coverage helmets, walked in a manner similar to humans, and were carrying axes and clubs.

"No weapons." Xia Lin cautiously observed these alien species. Although they were wearing clothes similar to combat suits, they weren't carrying any weapons—well, axes weren't weapons.

Of course not, the real weapon is the little thing in his hand that can fire a 6-gram iron lead bullet at 4.5 times the speed of sound.

"A gun? No aura?" The other person also looked surprised and uncertain. This man was wearing standard heavy equipment, but he was carrying a long-range sniper gun. Most importantly, there was no aura above his head. Didn't those self-important guys say they were strict? Or was that kind of gun just a toy?

Although outsiders are not allowed to possess this equipment called a "gun," there are still many similar toys being sold everywhere, and there are even types that can fire "bullets."

Of course, the power... at most, it would cause minor injuries to an unprotected person, equivalent to the level of a BB gun on Earth.

"Hey, who are you! What are you doing here!?" the other person shouted, reaching for the radio on his body while gripping his weapon tightly in the other. He had recently heard that a group of anti-establishment guys had formed a guerrilla force and were launching armed attacks on various mines in an attempt to liberate imprisoned criminals and infected people. Could this be one of their scouts?

"Crossbow!?" Xia Lin frowned slightly behind his double-layered mask. Was this a local hunter?

And what are they saying? It sounds a bit like Russian, no, it is Russian. The built-in PNIS translation module has already provided a translation check – a variant dialect of Russian.

Although it is not in the database, if we start with morpheme analysis based on Russian, simple communication is not a problem. As the conversation goes on for longer, we can obtain more and more relevant morpheme components, and eventually we can achieve a near-perfect communication effect.

"Is this a Russian colony?" Xia Lin cursed inwardly. The Russians did have outer colonies, but those places were practically half a world away from Colony 14. Damn it, was that captain drunk and took the wrong course? How could he be so far off course?

"Russia?" The other person was also stunned. It was a name they had never heard of. Was it the name of some noble neighboring country?

Or is it some small country? I've never heard of it. However, if the other side has firearms, the conflict might not end well.

Just as both sides were somewhat stunned and unsure of each other's identities, the girl hiding in the bushes behind Xia Lin finally couldn't hold on any longer, and the sharp-eyed guard instantly spotted the guy hiding in the bushes and let out a roar.

"Damn it, it's those people! Attack! Hurrah!"

He clearly mistook Xia Lin for one of those guys who were attacking mines and prisons. He was just stalling for time to get his accomplices to come over. That must be it.

"Damn it, stop! Don't come any closer!" Xia Lin was initially surprised by how fast these two guys were running, then shouted a warning and quickly put his index finger into the arc, "I'm going to shoot!"

"Hurrah!" The axe came crashing down on Xia Lin's face. "Bang!" The guard who had rushed in front of Xia Lin was sent flying backward. The iron-lead bullet, traveling at 4.5 times the speed of sound, pierced through his armor. The hard steel shell and the ceramic protective plate shattered together (steel is an iron alloy). The slender lead bullet core quickly penetrated the target's protection and, due to friction, deformed into a teardrop shape before embedding itself into the flesh.

"Pfft!" The guard landed so hard he didn't even have the strength to call for help. A huge, bloody crater appeared on his chest. The lead bullet hadn't penetrated his body, meaning the enormous kinetic energy was completely released inside him, pulverizing his flesh and internal organs.

The other guard, who was right behind him, hesitated for a moment and before he could react, a second lead bullet pierced his head. His mask was completely shattered, and his skull and brains exploded from behind, killing him instantly. He died faster than his companion.

Then the hunting dog that had pounced on him was also shot through the waist and abdomen, howled for a while, and lay down in the snow, no longer moving.

Chapter Five: The Beast-Eared Girl Sees a Veterinarian... Seems reasonable.

chapter Five

"Huff...huff—" Xia Lin was breathing heavily, her hands trembling slightly. She tried several times before she could turn the safety back on. It had been too dangerous just now.

He hadn't expected these two unfamiliar hunters to suddenly attack him. He didn't even have time to turn around to see what was going on behind him, or who "those people" they were referring to.

Moreover, killing someone for the first time is far too intense for a law-abiding citizen, and it is completely different from the glorified scenes seen on screen or in games.

Warm blood splattered everywhere, and white brain matter was still writhing. A life was lost as easily as a straw, its value being nothing more than a lead-iron kinetic energy bullet worth less than 3 cents.

Xia Lin stepped forward and pulled down the masks of the two dead men, revealing a typical Slavic face. "It's over!"

While there was an element of self-defense involved, considering the disparity in weaponry between the two sides, it was certain that the case would be ruled as excessive self-defense.

The judge wouldn't believe that two adult men not wearing assisted exoskeletons could pose any real threat to the Trailblazers who were wearing full protective gear.

If he hadn't failed to find any communicators on the two men, he would have already called the police and turned himself in. Otherwise, did he think he could escape the punishment of Star Alliance law?

Forget about it. If this is a Russian colony, they will soon find that two people have disappeared from the life detection, and then there will be a search and evidence collection. Xia Lin will not be able to escape suspicion in the workshop recently.