Su Han and his seven companions watched the five Tatajiao people through the surveillance feed.
As the five Tatajiao people emerged, they first looked around and then headed in a specific direction. That direction happened to be where Su Han and his group were concealed.
Ye Fan said, "The five Tatajiao people are heading our way. Should we prepare for defense?"
Su Han replied, "No need. The five Tatajiao people are not carrying any weapons of great power. We don't need to worry about them posing any threat to us."
Only one of the five Tatajiao people was carrying an energy cannon. The remaining four Tatajiao people were armed with metal axes and metal knives. An energy cannon, unless one got too close, wouldn't pose much of a threat to Su Han's group.
"Their approaching us will make it more convenient for us to observe them. Everyone, take a good look and see if there's any Tatajiao person among the five who appears to be sixteen years old," Su Han instructed.
"Yes!"
The five Tatajiao people soon reached a point about three hundred meters away from Su Han's position. The hidden cameras scattered around captured clearer images of their figures, but due to the darkness, their faces were only vaguely visible. Furthermore, all five of them were wearing masks.
"We can't see clearly. Can you tell the approximate age of these five Tatajiao people?" Su Han asked.
Chu Shi analyzed, "Based on their gait and physique, they all appear to be over thirty years old."
Su Han mused, "So, none of the five Tatajiao people are sixteen? It seems finding that Liu Yongyuan will indeed be difficult."
At this moment, the five Tatajiao people did not head towards Su Han's concealed location. They bypassed it and continued in a certain direction, eventually entering the ruins of a shopping mall about two kilometers away.
Su Han commented, "It seems these five Tatajiao people are looking for supplies in these ruined malls. However, so many years have passed. The food in the mall ruins would have been depleted long ago. Their efforts inside will be futile."
Ye Fan inquired, "Then why are they still going into the mall ruins?"
Su Han replied, "Because they still harbor the hope that there might be food and water inside."
As expected, twenty minutes later, the five Tatajiao people emerged from the mall ruins and then headed towards another mall.
Su Han stated, "Now is our time to act. Deploy the drones to see if there are any other Tatajiao people emerging from underground."
Lin Dong asked, "Won't that let them know about our drones?"
Su Han responded, "Then we'll lose some drones. I want to see their reaction when they encounter our drones."
The drones that were scouting outside did not return. Instead, they landed in the nearby hidden corners. After Su Han gave the order, the group began controlling miniature drones to take off from various concealed spots. The cameras on the drones switched to night vision mode and dispersed to search for any Tatajiao people appearing in this ruined city.
Su Han instructed, "Send a drone over to see what action those five Tatajiao people will take."
As a drone flew closer, the nearest five Tatajiao people immediately ran into the ruined buildings to hide as the drone ascended.
Su Han noted, "Unit 0, those five Tatajiao people have dodged us. They are very skilled at hiding. This level of proficiency indicates they've likely experienced this many times before. It seems those Four-Armed Xi people have indeed dispatched troops here."
Several drones ascended into the sky, gaining altitude. They finally discovered other Tatajiao people after reaching a height of five kilometers. Without exception, those Tatajiao people were also searching for any potential supplies within this ruined city. Whenever a drone approached, the Tatajiao people would cautiously hide.
"Unit 1, are there any young Tatajiao people among these individuals?"
Chu Shi shook his head and replied, "These Tatajiao people are all over thirty years old."
"Then continue searching."
Meanwhile, the five Tatajiao people closest to Su Han's location were hiding near a ruin. They were hiding with utmost caution.
"How is it? Have those flying objects left?"
"We can no longer hear the sound of the flying objects. It seems they have flown far away."
"Should we go back now?"
"No, we cannot go back now. We must not expose our shelter. Let's wait for another hour. Why are those Four-Armed Xi people deploying these flying objects tonight?"
"Should we shoot down those flying objects? They look very fragile."
"We cannot shoot them down."
"..."
Due to the appearance of these drones, many Tatajiao people who had ventured outside became afraid to return to their shelters. After half an hour, Su Han finally ordered the drones to resume their hiding. The Tatajiao people waited for another hour after the drones had ceased flying before daring to return to their shelters.
"Why did you take so long to return? We were worried and wanted to go out to look for you!"
"Don't come out. There are flying objects from the Four-Armed Xi people outside."
"Flying objects? How is that possible? I didn't hear any sounds or see any lights from the Four-Armed Xi people's spacecraft from inside."
"They are small, newly appearing flying objects."
At this moment, at an altitude of ten thousand meters within the cloud layer, a small spacecraft was quietly hovering. The pilot of this spacecraft was a Four-Armed Xi person, currently asleep with their eyes closed. The spacecraft was small, about thirty meters in length, with a shuttle-like shape. On the screen in front of the Four-Armed Xi person, a repetitive alert was appearing:
"Unidentified signal detected"
"Unidentified signal detected"
"..."
Finally, the Four-Armed Xi person opened their eyes and said, "These Tatajiao people actually dare to use their communicators. And they're using them before dark. Do they think my spacecraft's detectors are useless?"
These records were the signals transmitted wirelessly by Su Han's group. The Four-Armed Xi person had arrived during the day and was hiding in the clouds. The spacecraft had received the signals during the day but only operated at night. Therefore, to sleep, they had ignored the alerts on the screens.
"I was sent to this place thinking I wouldn't find any Tatajiao people! The hunt begins."
The Four-Armed Xi person pushed the spacecraft's control stick forward. The spacecraft's exterior lights illuminated, and it began to descend.