Han Sen did not know what was wrong with the Nine-Life Cat and why it had such a strange reaction. However, there was no doubt that the reaction of the Nine-Life Cat had something to do with the Crystallizer ruin. Han Sen just did not know what the relationship between the Nine-Life Cat and the Crystallizer ruin was.
Daphne landed on the Crystallizer ruin and did a comprehensive scan and analysis of the planet. Like a normal Crystallizer ruin, the scanning equipment could only scan the surface of the planet and could not go deep into the crystal buildings, which was very limited.
The analysis of the air and water was normal. It was a planet suitable for human survival. Most Crystallizer ruins were the same. There was nothing special about it.
After a series of preparations, the experts, warframe team, explosives team, and marines left the warship with the equipment and started the excavation work.
After the work started, everyone was forbidden to enter God's Sanctuary. The cookery team did not need to go down to work, so Han Sen was a bit bored every day.
However, now that most people on Daphne had gone to work on the planet, it was convenient for him and Ji Yanran to have a secret date.
Chen Shoushan was responsible for going down with the experts, and Ji Yanran was responsible for guarding Daphne. Other than receiving the reports from Chen Shoushan and the experts, Ji Yanran had nothing to do.
"It is such a big planet, and we only have so few people. How long will it take to dig the crystal buildings one by one?
I don't think we can finish it in one hundred years. "
In Ji Yanran's office, Han Sen looked at the live video sent back by the front and felt frustrated.
If they kept digging like this, he would have to spend the rest of his military career here.
Ji Yanran smiled and said, "Who would be stupid enough to dig them one by one? Let alone one hundred years, we won't even be able to dig one percent of them out in five hundred or one thousand years."
After a pause, Ji Yanran went on to say, "The buildings of the crystallizers of different levels follow a certain pattern. All we need to do is dig an entrance and find their treasury. All we need is the crystallizer nuclei."
"It sounds simple," said Han Sen.
"It is not simple at all. Because the scanning equipment cannot scan the internal structure of the Crystallizer ruins, to find the correct entrance, we have to rely on the experts who have studied the Crystallizer civilization."
"Can't you just blow it up?" Han Sen asked doubtfully.
"The crystallizer buildings are made of very special crystals. They are very hard, and when they are broken, they will become sticky and expand crystals. They will not be able to go in, and the tunnels will be blocked. That will make the excavation even more difficult."
Ji Yanran took a sip of water and continued, "These are not the real problems. With the help of those experts and professors, we can always find the entrance. It is just a matter of time. However, if the Crystallizer ruin is still running, it will be really troublesome."
When Han Sen was about to ask what kind of trouble it was, he suddenly heard the sound of an explosion.
He immediately looked at the scene in front of him and saw that in the middle of the crystal building that was being excavated, a red crystal the size of a fist was eerily peeled out from the wall.
The crystal flashed red at the multifunctional excavator, and then something strange happened.
The crimson crystal rapidly expanded and transformed into a crimson crystal multifunctional excavator that looked exactly like the previous one. It madly rushed toward the multifunctional excavator of the engineering team.
Boom!
The blood crystal multifunctional excavator smashed the real multifunctional excavator into smithereens in just two hits. It then continued to rush toward the excavation team.
The soldiers of the warframe class immediately activated their warframes and rushed toward the red crystal multifunctional excavator. However, they were afraid of damaging the crystal building, so they did not dare to use large weapons. Instead, they used laser guns and pulse swords.
Fortunately, the blood crystal had only transformed into a multi-purpose excavator. It was quickly shot to pieces and turned into a pile of blood crystals. Then, it slowly melted into a pool of blood and gradually evaporated.
"It seems that we are not so lucky. The interior of the Crystallizer ruin is still running. I am afraid that this mission will not be so easy to complete," Ji Yanran said with a wry smile.
"What is that?" Han Sen was dumbfounded.
"That is a defensive crystal of the Crystallizers. The Alliance calls it the simulation crystal. As long as it scans, it can simulate the state of anything, such as machinery and creatures. However, its texture is still that of a red crystal, so it is not a complete simulation," Ji Yanran explained.
"What a magical race," Han Sen praised.
"Yes, it is very magical and dangerous. There are many Crystallizer technologies that we do not understand, which are all fatal …"
"Found it … Found the entrance …" A surprised voice suddenly came from the holographic image.
Han Sen and Ji Yanran quickly looked over and saw that Li Mingtang and other professors, as well as Chen Shoushan, were already standing in front of the excavated building, looking inside in surprise.
"It seems to be going well. Hopefully, we can find the crystal vault of the Crystallizers." Ji Yanran was slightly relieved.
However, the holographic image was suddenly cut off. Ji Yanran quickly tried to contact Chen Shoushan and the others, but there was no reply.
"Something is wrong." Ji Yanran's expression suddenly changed. She immediately called for a meeting with the officers on the spaceship.
The communication team had been trying to contact the people down there, but they could not reach them at all. It was as if they had all disappeared.
There were not many people left on Daphne to begin with. The cookhouse had also been summoned. Even so, there were only less than forty people left on the spaceship. Some of them were female soldiers from the medical team and maintenance soldiers from the engine department.
The communication team could not reach them. The radar had scanned the place, but it could only detect some equipment left outside. The people were gone, and they could not find out what was going on inside.
"Captain, should we send reinforcements?" an officer asked hesitantly.
"We have to figure out what is going on first," Ji Yanran said with a frown.
Several top experts and professors in the field of Crystallizers in the Alliance were here. If they disappeared for no reason, Ji Yanran would be severely punished if she ran back without figuring out what was going on. She might even be court-martialed.
In addition, Chen Shoushan and the other officers and soldiers on the spaceship were also down there. Ji Yanran could not just go back like this. She had to at least go down there and see what was going on.
However, the only people left on the spaceship were the officers who operated the spaceship, medical personnel, cookhouse personnel, and other non-combat personnel. There were too few people she could use.
Ji Yanran checked and made up her mind. "Pick five soldiers who are good at operating warframes and go with me to see what is going on."
"I am good at operating warframes. Let me go," Han Sen quickly said.
Naturally, he could not stay here and watch Ji Yanran take the risk. In addition, he also wanted to figure out why the nine-life cat pendant would react to the Crystallizer ruin.