The Uses of Mechs

Humans who have landed on Earth are different from those before. They basically wear Tactical Armor when going on missions, especially when carrying out various tasks.

Of course, Tactical Armor also comes in different types. Bu Lianshi and the members of her exploration team are basically the standard type, while the two warriors are naturally the combat type equipped with various weapons.

It can be said that this 15-16 meter tall Tactical Armor is already standard equipment for humans living on the surface of the planet. Not only for carrying out missions, but also for construction, engineering, and activities outside the base, landing personnel have their own special set of Tactical Armor.

Just like the previous Spacesuit Modification, only more powerful.

Therefore, Tactical Armor can also be seen as human mechs. With Tactical Armor, the safety of human activities on the planet's surface is undoubtedly greatly improved, and virtually no large animals can threaten human safety.

After watching Bu Lianshi's team leave, Yue Yuan quickly arrived at Zhu Pete's location. This guy, like Yue Yuan, was controlling a three-meter-tall humanoid robot using a remote control system, and the robot's main body was right next to Yue Yuan at the moment.

"Old Zhu, where are you going?" Yue Yuan controlled the robot to walk over to Zhu Pete's robot in a few steps, and then joined the team channel of the group.

"Ah, Commander Yue, what brings you here!" Zhu Pete's robot turned around, and his voice rang out on the channel. "I was thinking I wasn't too busy today, so I came down to take a look. I happened to run into Lu Xiaofen and the others, so I hitched a ride with them."

Zhu Pete's purpose was the same as Yue Yuan's: he was getting bored on the spaceship and it was inconvenient to land in person, so he chose to travel on the planet in this way.

In fact, there are quite a few people who have such plans. When Yue Yuan walked over just now, he saw many three-meter-tall remote control robots.

If real people were to land on a planet, they would generally come out in their own Tactical Armor. Therefore, any three-meter-tall remotely controlled robot like this is definitely controlled remotely by a person in synchronous orbit.

"Then let's go together," Yue Yuan replied.

After speaking, Yue Yuan looked at the information of the mission team and found that apart from Zhu Pete, himself, and a student named Huang Dacan, everyone else was wearing Tactical Armor.

Among them were linguist Lu Xiaofen, whom Zhu Pete, cryptographer Taliya Sinskaia, who was carrying a toolbox the size of a small car, and some people specializing in language and cryptography.

It seems this team is going to find the Dog-Headed Alien.

However, it seems that's not entirely true, because in addition to the two, there is also Dr. Shi Lifen, a genetics expert, and Xu Peici, a biodiversity researcher.

Yes, this Xu Peici is the one who proposed the solution to deal with the Dog-Headed Alien at the meeting the day before yesterday. After the meeting Yue Yuan looked at her information; she's the daughter of Xu Yanxia from the Mechanical Engineering Department.

It was only after learning about her background that Yue Yuan realized that Xu Yanshi, whom he had met in the 'Han Hai' when he returned to Earth, was actually Xu Yanxia's younger sister.

Although she has passed away, Yue Yuan still felt a pang of emotion, because he remembered that Xu Yanshi had graduated with a degree in biodiversity-related fields. Now, her sister's daughter had become Biodiversity Research; he wondered if this could be considered a continuation of a family wish.

As for why he took his mother's surname, that's a matter of personal privacy, Yue Yuan didn't know.

Just then, Zhu Pete's voice rang out in the team channel. "Commander Yue, it's time to set off."

Upon hearing this, Yue Yuan turned the robot around and saw that the robot controlled by Zhu Pete had been grabbed by Tactical Armor piloted by one of the accompanying soldiers.

"Um!"

After responding, Yue Yuan looked at the Tactical Armor closest to him. Once he saw who the pilot was, he said, "Shi Lifen, you're the one. Give me a ride."

"Huh?! Uh... Oh, okay, Chief." A female voice responded in the channel, sounding somewhat dazed.

Upon hearing that voice, Yue Yuan couldn't help but picture a girl who had been dazed and was suddenly awakened from her reverie. He had seen this Yue Yuan Shi Lifen many times when he went to find Yi Kai; she always seemed a bit slow-witted.

Thinking of this image, Yue Yuan even felt a little stunned by the figure in front of him who was squatting down and reaching out to grab what looked like the robot he was controlling.

As the robot was held in Shi Lifen's hand, Yue Yuan felt his gaze suddenly rise to the height of four or five stories, and then, from looking at the ground at eye level, he slowly changed to looking down.

Clearly, this was Shi Lifen's Tactical Armor carrying the robot he controlled into the air.

Remotely controlled robots are purely Electric Force powered and therefore cannot have a flight system like Tactical Armor. Human activities on the planet's surface are primarily conducted using Tactical Armor, which can fly. Thus, there is no need to add several transport ships, so they can only fly by clinging to each other.

Of course, there are no transport ships accompanying us now, only because it's the first departure. If resources are developed in the future and there is a need for transportation, transport ships will still be needed.

Before long, the other Tactical Armor in the team also took to the air. Propelled by the Fusion Engine, the group left the base, crossed the desert, and flew towards the outer edge of the continent.

Flying is obviously much faster than walking on land. The vast desert area was easily traversed by the Tactical Armor in less than half an hour.

After crossing the desert, vegetation began to increase, and at the edge of the field of vision, some tall trees and towering peaks appeared.

"What a magnificent landscape!" Yue Yuan couldn't help but exclaim in his heart as he looked at the receding mountains and vegetation below.

Because the team included a biology group, their purpose in coming out was to find some suitable plants and animals to take back for research. Therefore, they did not fly very high, and the various animals hopping around on the ground were clearly visible to the naked eye.

Of course, what is visible to the naked eye is not the naked eye, but the 'eyes' on the warrior's armor, namely telescopes, eyeglass lenses, and various infrared and ultraviolet detectors. The pilots of the Tactical Armor see the outside world through these devices.

After flying for a while longer, Lu Xiaofen from the group said, "Dr. Shi Lifen, we'll part ways here."

"Okay, take your time. We'll be looking for biological samples around here," Shi Lifen replied.

During the flight, Yue Yuan learned that Lu Xiaofen was going to find the Dog-Headed People with Taliya Sinskaia.

Taliya Sinskaia was carrying a toolbox, while Lu Xiaofen was carrying something that looked like a shipping container. According to Lu Xiaofen, this thing was used to store the Dog-Headed Alien.

In movies, when aliens or UFOs capture humans, they usually appear as a spinning disc-shaped spaceship. But to actually grab them by hand in a giant, container-like cage is just... unbelievable.

After Lu Xiaofen and Taliya Sinskaia left for a while, Shi Lifen also made a turn in the sky and flew towards their destination.

Just then, Yue Yuan, who had been looking at the ground, suddenly noticed a small yellow dot. It looked a bit like the yellow of Dog-Headed People. So he immediately adjusted the focus and zoomed in on the Xiao Huang dot. Sure enough, a familiar kobold head appeared in his field of vision.