Chapter 100: The Woodpecker

in the space station.

"Didi!" A sudden siren interrupts Tom and Jerry's joyous routine.

"Huh? What's the situation? Jerry immediately looked at the control panel, and Tom took off his headphones and sat up straight.

Those who can be selected to become astronauts are all the elite of the elite! Tom can be chosen, naturally it is impossible to be as out of tune as it seems.

"This ...... The air pressure of the oxygen tank is dropping! Jerry exclaimed.

The two glanced at each other, and immediately saw a trace of solemnity in each other's eyes, there is no oxygen in space, needless to say, they know what the fate will be!

"Jerry, wake up Butch now! I'm going to put on my spacewalk equipment and I'm ready to go out and check on the situation! "Tom was showing good professionalism at this time.

"Good!" Jerry replied!

The two of them immediately went into action.

"Woo~" The piercing siren soon resounded throughout the space station!

"Ha~ What's going on? Hey? This is...... Alert! ”

Another astronaut in his sleep, Butch, woke up in a panic and immediately rushed to the space station control room!

"Jerry, what's the situation, why are the alarms sounding?"

"The oxygen tank seems to have been hit by something, and the air pressure is dropping!" Jerry was sweating a little on his head, crackling at the keyboard.

"What! How so! Is it space debris?! Butch exclaimed.

"I don't know, Tom is already wearing the device and preparing to go out of the warehouse to check the situation, you go to help him, ready to answer at any time!"

"Okay! I'll go right away! ”

After Butch left, only Jerry was left in the control room.

"Jerry, I'm Tom, I'm ready to get out of the cabin, how is the loss!" Tom's voice rang out over the communicator.

"The pressure is still decreasing, but fortunately, the rate of decline is not very fast, and the damage should not be too big! According to the calculations, counting the emergency oxygen cylinder, we still have 2 hours and 56 minutes to go! If the time is up, then we will have to enter the escape pod and go back to our hometown! ”

"Whew! It's not too bad, it's almost three hours away! There's plenty of time, I'm going out of the cabin right now! When you go back to your hometown or something, let's wait until you get married! ”

Jerry: "......"

……

Soon after, one of the hatches of the space station was opened, and Tom, wearing a bloated spacesuit, floated out of the space station awkwardly with a repair gun in his hand and a safety rope tied to his back, slowly moving towards the oxygen tank along the preset handrail on the outer wall!

After more than ten minutes, Tom came to the oxygen tank and saw a small hole in the white mist gas spraying at first sight!

"I see it! Right in front of me in a very prominent position, thank God! The damage is not serious, it should be caused by the impact of space dust, rest assured! I'll be able to fix it soon! Tom said.

"Great!" Jerry breathed a sigh of relief. "I've informed the ground command center of the situation here! Feel free to report on the maintenance situation on your side! Be careful! ”

"Roger!"

Tom then grabbed the handrail in one hand and walked over to the breach with a repair gun in the other.

The Repair Gun is a maintenance gun for space equipment, somewhat similar in appearance to a nail gun, with a square muzzle.

Tom pointed the gun at the breach and pulled the trigger.

"Poof!" When Tom removed the muzzle of the gun, the damage on it had been stuck to a square piece of black repair material, no longer leaking, and it looked like a patch.

The temporary repair has been completed, and the damage will need to be inspected and reinforced, but normally this repair is sufficient.

"That's it! See, it's just a minor issue, my dear Jerry, and I'll give you another pancake when I get back! Ha ha! Tom joked with a smile and turned around to head back to the station.

"Uh...... Tom? Are you sure it's been fixed? But the air pressure is still dropping! Jerry wondered.

"What!?" Tom froze for a moment, then turned to look at the oxygen tank, only to see that next to the repaired patch, there was another breach, and the leakage of white mist gas was very conspicuous!

"Uh...... Maybe...... It's just that I've just seen a dazzle, there are two breaks, and one is leaking, don't worry! I'll get it right away! After Tom replied to Jerry, there was something strange in his heart.

I just saw that there was only one damage? Can you be wrong at such a close distance?

Either way, it was just a minor mistake, and Tom immediately began to fix it.

"Poof!" Another patch was struck, and Tom checked it up and down this time to make sure there was no problem. "Jerry, that's it, I think I'm sleep deprived, and it looks like I'll have to change shifts with Butch early."

"But the pressure...... It's still going down......" Jerry said a little speechless.

"What? That's impossible! I've fixed it yet! Tom exclaimed.

He carefully inspected the damage twice, and the helmet of the spacesuit was almost attached to the two patches, and finally confirmed...... The fix was perfect, no signs of air leakage at all!

But the pressure is still dropping! Could it be that there are other breakages?

Tom then began to look at the rest of the tank, but there was none, and he turned around the outer wall of the tank, and was shocked to find that there was a leak not far away.

"Uh, Jerry, you may not believe it, I found a third break!" Tom was a little speechless.

"It's nothing, maybe it's a penetrating wound from the dust, both sides of it. Hurry up and fix it, these precious oxygen leaks are a great loss for us, and it's causing a slight impact on the orbit of the space station! ”

"I see!" Tom sped to the damage and began to repair it.

What he didn't notice, however, was that while he was working on the restoration, a silver needle popped out of the oxygen tank in the upper right of him, and then retracted back into the oxygen tank in a daze, and then the white mist of gas happily escaped from it.

By the time Tom had patched up the third gap, he quickly found a new wound in the upper right, and he swore he had just scanned it, and two minutes ago, it was absolutely intact!

"Hell! I found the fourth! What the hell is going on, I just saw that there is no gap in that position at all! ”

"Tom, you're sure you're not kidding, stop playing! Hurry up and fix it, it's been almost half an hour! We have lost a lot! Jerry said anxiously.

"I swear I'm not kidding! Damn it! Tom cursed as he hurried over to repair the fourth break, but he couldn't see it...... The fifth is taking shape......

Jerry could naturally hear that Tom's anxious tone definitely didn't look like he was joking!

"Tom, be careful, if that's the case, then we may have run into a small dust patch, Butch! How's it going on your end? Tom needs support! ”

"I'm ready, now I'm out of the cabin to support Tom, Jerry, you'd better put on your spacesuit and prepare your oxygen tank, just in case!"

"Okay, I got it!"

After that, Tom's incredible exclamation was heard in the communication channel.

"Damn! This is the fifth ......."

“Fuck! Sixth! ”

By the time the "Seventh ......" arrived, Tom was almost a little numb.

Soon after, Boogie joined the repair army, and there was an immediate exclamation in the communication channel.

"My God! How could there be so many breaches! Is it April Fool's Day! ”

"Oh my God! I just passed through here, and there is nothing unusual at all! Where the hell do these gaps come from!? ”

Control room.

Jerry: "......"

……

Outside the space station, two astronauts are seen working on a seemingly never-ending restoration......

The two figures go up and down, left and right, left and right, BABA...... Playing a dangerous game similar to whack-a-mole......

Finally, half an hour later......

"Huhu~ I swear, this situation is absolutely abnormal!" Tom panted and looked at the outer wall of the oxygen tank covered in dozens of patches, speechless.

"Huhu~ Jerry, what's going on now? We've run out of repair materials! And the oxygen doesn't last long! "Phuket is also exhausted, and in weightlessness, the body's activity is more intense.

"But the pressure is still dropping! And the rate of oxygen loss is accelerating! We now have less than an hour left! What the hell is going on! Why do oxygen tanks have so many breaches on their own? I've observed that there are no signs of dust in the vicinity at all! Jerry's tone was anxious.

Tom stared at the oxygen tank with strange eyes, "Perhaps...... There's a woodpecker hidden in there? ”

Phuket: "......"

Jerry: "......"