Chapter 403: Relay of Life and Death
While the Shanghai fortress was being attacked by a large number of insects, other surrounding cities were also struggling to resist the onslaught of insects.
The swarm has only one target in these cities, the planetary engines that are constantly firing at the hive fleet as orbital defense cannons, in an attempt to dismantle the orbital defenses of the wandering Earth.
Each planetary engine has already wiped out tens of thousands of insects, and its sheer size like a mountain has undoubtedly made it a prime target for insect swarms in other cities.
On the Beijing No. 1 engine, a large number of jumping insects climbed the walls of the planetary engine, drilled into the engine through various exhaust ports and ventilation pipes, and used their sharp sickle-like claws and teeth to cause damage to the lines.
The so-called Thousand-mile Dam was destroyed in an anthill, and the seemingly weakest jumping insect in the swarm posed the greatest threat to the planetary engine. Every line they bite off has the potential to cause a series of chain reactions.
The rescue team had to carry out emergency repairs while also beware of these pervasive jumping insects.
The complex internal structure of the planetary engine has become an excellent hiding place for these jumping insects, which may burst out from any corner in an instant, causing a lot of trouble to the rescue team's work.
The ventilation duct overhead made a strange noise from time to time, and in the process of repairing the line, there may be a jumping insect hidden inside, causing the rescue team to be more cautious, and the logistics staff had to face the threat of the insect.
Liu Qi and Lao He were running together in the corridor inside the planetary engine, they needed to repair a broken line, and they were followed by two soldiers of the rescue team.
Along the way, Lao He was muttering to himself: "Life and death are impermanent······ Life and death are impermanent·······"
Liu Qi couldn't help but say to him: "Don't call, you will lure them over!" ”
Lao He immediately covered his mouth when he heard this, God knows how many jumping insects invaded, and he didn't want to invite any of them.
However, just as they were about to arrive at the malfunctioning computer room, a jumping worm suddenly tore through the ceiling and pounced on them, directly hitting a rescue team soldier.
"Oh my god!"
Lao He was frightened by this scene, but Liu Qi quickly pulled him into the computer room and handed over the outside to another rescue team soldier.
Fierce gunshots and the roar of jumping insects sounded outside, and at this moment, he couldn't care about who won and who lost, Liu Qixian blocked the door of the computer room, and shouted to the frightened Lao He:
"This is it, Lao He, hurry up!"
"How are you going to let me fix this?"
There is a battle breaking out outside, and no one knows if another jumping worm will break in in the next second, in this case, it is obviously impossible to calm down, Lao He has never been such a brave person.
Another jumping worm fell through the ventilation duct and teamed up to kill the rescue team soldiers outside.
Next, they frantically scratched the door of the computer room, trying to kill Liu Qi and Lao He who were hiding inside.
Liu used the power exoskeleton gloves to close the door of the computer room tightly, and shouted to Lao He without looking back:
"Don't grind, even if you want to die here, you can fix it for me before I die!"
Goal priority above all else, that's what they were told.
Lao He seemed to realize something, and supported his glasses with trembling fingers, and then turned around and threw himself into the intense repair work, as if he could no longer hear the screeching sound of the jumping insects behind him scratching the iron door frantically.
"Life and death are as usual, ······"
Even the heavy iron door couldn't stop the bite of the jumping insect all the time, and soon a few openings were made in the door, allowing the long claws on the back of the jumping insect to reach in and try to attack Liu Qiqi who was blocking the door.
Liu Qi immediately pulled out his self-defense and fired at it with a pistol, firing several shots in a row before breaking the forelimb. After all, he is only a logistician, and this pistol is his only weapon.
It's just that this is not enough to repel the jumping worm, Liu Qi's marksmanship just now has completely exposed the fact that he is a layman, and it took a magazine to break the forelimbs of the jumping worm, and he was blocking the door of the machine room with his other hand, obviously unable to change the ammunition with one hand.
The crack in the door has been further widened by the jumping insects, and their hideous heads have already penetrated through the door, just like the classic picture in the movie The Shining.
Liu Qi pulled the trigger again, but the bullet had already been shot by him. He has not advanced enough to be able to count how many bullets he has left, and that's what sets him apart from a professional soldier.
At this moment, he suddenly had an idea, and in turn he opened the door with force, and used the sliding door of the machine room to crush the head of the jumping worm stuck on it, and the power exoskeleton gloves gave him enough strength.
The jumping worm immediately enjoyed the treatment of a guillotine, and its entire head was crushed like an egg by a sliding door.
But at the same time, Liu Qi also exposed himself to the front of another jumping insect, and he was about to be torn to pieces by the jumping insect with his claws.
At the last moment, a rush of gunfire came from the hallway, and a dense rain of pulsing bullets smashed the jumping worm into a sieve, sticking it to the wall like a piece of rag.
It was the follow-up rescue team that arrived and relieved Liu Qi and them.
"It's done!"
Lao He also completed the connection of the line at this moment, so that the planetary engine returned to normal function, the most important thing is the ability to start the planetary engine prism tower.
"The planetary engine prism tower is ready for energy transfer!"
With this command, a towering giant prismatic tower stretched out from the Beijing No. 1 engine and projected a dazzling blue beam of light, which flew rapidly to the next planetary engine.
The Tianjin No. 3 engine, which is responsible for receiving this beam, is also the same as the Beijing No. 1 engine, which has also experienced a thrilling bloody battle here, and the rescue team finally completed the repair task and reactivated the planetary engine prism tower.
The blue beam of the planetary engine prism tower starts from the Beijing No. 1 engine and passes through Tianjin, Jinan, Qufu, Bengbu, Nanjing, Wuxi, Danyang, Wuxi, Suzhou, Kunshan and other cities.
Like the Olympic torch relay, it was transmitted from one planetary engine to the next, and finally successfully reached the Shanghai fortress in the fierce battle.
This is not the only route for the energy transfer of the planetary engine prism tower, and more than a dozen energy transfer routes starting from other cities are exporting the energy of the planetary engine of the star engine prismatic tower.
However, most of them were unexpectedly interrupted due to the invasion of insects in the middle of the way, and in the end, only the planetary engines from Beijing, Guangzhou and Chengdu successfully transmitted the energy of the Prism Tower.
As long as the energy transmission of one of the routes is not interrupted, this operation has been declared successful, this is the saturation rescue of the wandering earth, and one side is in trouble and all sides are supported!
In the end, all the transmitted energy gathered in one place - the Shanghai Fortress, which is the super weapon that Qiao Lu prepared for the swarm!