Chapter 22: The Battle

It's not that you don't have a fear of death because you've experienced war, it's just that this fear is buried deep in your heart, even if you haven't experienced such a thing as a cosmic war before.

The ship's counterattack gradually diminished over time, and most of those gun positions did not have the opportunity to attack a second or third time after the attack's artillery positions were exposed. If it is a battleship, the protection of the gun emplacements is relatively tight, but the gun emplacements of cargo ships have absolutely no such protection, and even the protection around the cargo ship is limited.

When the cargo ship is operating normally to protect its own interior, when the energy consumption of the jumping equipment is to a certain extent, the anti-gravity around the spacecraft will be weakened a lot, so some kinetic energy shells will hit the cargo ship.

"Use all your energy against gravity and don't let those landing craft land." The captain looked at the alarm on the screen, and immediately shouted to the intelligent machine, "Let all the combat robots retreat to the second layer of defense, and then prepare to build the third and fourth layers of defense, and all the hatches inside the spaceship will activate emergency management, and no permission will be allowed to enter and exit at will." ”

Although the captain had already begun to participate in the defense, he said it a little later. At the outermost part of the cargo ship, some landing craft passed through the anti-gravity zone at high speed, and some dynamic defensive machine guns around the cargo ship quickly began to counterattack. And dozens of small self-propelled homing attack drones flew around the landing craft at once, protecting the landing craft.

Beams of lasers are shot out of the drone, melting the shells directly into the laser. At the same time, it is also to clean up some of the wreckage in front of the landing craft. The attacks around the cargo ship instantly intensified. Of course, on a large scale, a small number of pyrolysis cannons and hot melt cannons are still fighting back against those pirate warships in the distance.

After breaking through the layers of defense, a violent stream of energy erupted from beneath the landing craft. It was short-lived, but it was enough for the outer walls of the cargo compartment to be dissolved, after which the landing module was pierced directly into the interior of the cargo hold, and the first layer of defense had little effect.

If it is a warship, there are some mechanical turrets inside the spaceship for a certain amount of internal defense, but the cargo ship itself does not have much defense ability, and the defense ability of the Qin Rui cargo ship is already relatively strong. If it were other cargo ships, it might not have much ability to fight back at all.

After the cylindrical landing craft smashed into the inside of the cargo hold, a barrage of bullets completely covered the surrounding space before the hatch opened. A dozen or so strange machines quickly burst out of the landing capsule and then occupied key points.

Mo Ran could still feel the vibration of the cargo ship, and this vibration was not like it was caused by the peripheral kinetic energy bombs.

"Everyone is ready to fight, there is already an enemy landing." The captain's voice rang out over the radio.

"I'm ......" Mo Ran and Rogge stabilized their bodies, and just now, the air around them was empty. This kind of passage does not have a lot of protection, and when the bulkhead is destroyed, the air here will naturally be evacuated by the universe.

Mo Ran also couldn't understand the captain's thoughts at all, after all, at this time, the other party had landed and fought, and the cargo ships could basically be said to be semi-fallen, under normal circumstances, in order to protect themselves, most of the cargo ships would surrender.

Of course, there were pirates who slaughtered even after the captain surrendered, but they were in the minority. There is hope to live, and no one wants to die.

However, the captain did not say surrender, and Mo Ran and Rogge did not dare to surrender easily, which was no different from looking for death.

"Intrusions have been found in Area A on the seventh floor, Area B on the ninth floor, and Area E on the twelfth floor." The surrounding radio is constantly broadcasting the latest situation, and at this time, all the mercenaries are engaged in a defensive battle with the robots inside the cargo ship.

"Data correction, the third layer of Area D, the fifth layer of Area A found to be damaged, there is an enemy invasion." The radio in my ears kept reporting.

Rogge and Moran quickly rushed to the nearest war zone with the guidance, and in the passage, a large number of ships and mechanical wreckage floated in mid-air, there was no sound, only flashes of light and vibrations. Beams of lasers and electromagnetic bullets flew through the tunnel.

A large number of defensive robots in the cargo ship have already arrived in various places, and it may be that in the early stage, the robots of the cargo ship can still be suppressed by virtue of their numerical superiority, but the longer the time and the more losses, the worse their situation will be.

The main reason is that at this time, the counterattack ability of the cargo ship is already very weak, and the battleships of those pirates are already heading towards their cargo ship. After all, they are still mainly engaged in looting.

In the captain's room, the captain frowned and stared at the panel equipment in front of him, on which was the damaged state of the entire spaceship, and the situation was far more serious than Mo Ran had imagined. Outside the scope of the invasion that Mo Ran knew about, there was still a lot of damage, and some emergency robots were already in emergency maintenance, but it was a drop in the bucket.

Mo Ran and Rog stood diagonally on the opposite side of the passage, because there was no gravity, Rog leaned under the passage, and Mo Ran was half-crouched diagonally above. The robots of a cargo ship not far away are battling against the robots that have landed. Because they are all mechanical, electromagnetic bombs are very useful at this time.

Robots with no fear and few intelligences don't think much about their presence when attacking, and they will only destroy all enemies when they receive the command. So where Mo Ran and Rogge saw, the intelligent robots on both sides were almost completely standing in the passage to attack after the first few firefights.

With the accuracy of the robot's attack, the battle proceeds quickly. Before Mo Ran and Rog could feel anything, the battle was over. Countless wrecks and machines float in mid-air, and then the robots that have just won here are rushing to the next battlefield.

Rogge and Moran weren't involved in anything, they just waited in the corner for the final result. Compared to the accuracy of the robot's shooting, Mo Ran and Rogge were not enough to lift their shoes.

"I don't even feel my presence." Rog whispered as he came to the passage where the battle had just begun, where there were several complete robots with strange shapes. Because they were hit by electromagnetic bombs, their integrity is quite good, but there are also many robots that are shattered by passive energy bombs.

"What a waste!" Mo Ran sighed in a low voice, if these robots were on Earth, they would definitely require a lot of money to get them.

The scene looks like just an ordinary pirate looting a few small ore carriers.

At the same time, some machines crawled along the walls of the passage and dragged away several machines that were still in good condition.

"Hopefully, the two of you will go to the seventh layer, and some enemies will land again." Just when Mo Ran was wondering what these robots were doing, the captain's communication came from the mecha.

"Let's fight the robots, are you mistaken?" Hearing the captain's words, Rogge asked loudly. "There are so many more robots than we are, so you're sending us to death!"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communicator.

In fact, Rogge's words are absolutely inappropriate when he is a soldier. But now that they're mercenaries, Rog won't give his life with those rules. Of course, this is also what Mo Ran thinks.

"The enemy has boarded the ship." The captain's voice was low and slow. He could naturally understand the worries of the mercenaries at this time, and there had even been some surrenders of the Xiwei mercenaries.

Originally, he didn't expect the mercenaries to hold out to the end, but he still told the situation.

The pirate ship did not land directly, but after paralyzing the cargo ship and arming it completely, it sent out the landing craft again, but this time there were creatures among them, and they were in charge of the cargo ship.

In fact, there is one more thing that the captain did not say, that is, these pirates occupy the key points of the cargo ship too fast, and it does not look like ordinary pirates at all. He hadn't figured out who had leaked the ship's structure yet, and the most likely one was the creature who had infiltrated the ship in the first place.

"I'll give you more money, I hope you can protect the cargo ship." The captain communicates to all the mercenaries. As for his own people, he did not say.

Pirates will also show mercy to some mercenaries stationed there because of their race, but most of the people of the Qin Rui clan will be killed in battle or captured alive. Mainly because the technological abilities of some creatures are not known to those pirates.

If you provoke some unprovoked creatures, then it will probably be very troublesome. In this case, pirates will usually have robots rush up and capture the creatures alive.

"My life is gone, why do you want money." Rogge shouted.

In the vast universe, there are so many creatures, and whoever dies is insignificant, even if it is the ruler of a fourth- or fifth-level civilization. Rog didn't know the internal rules of pirates, so he naturally put his own life first.

At this time, Mo Ran walked to a hole in the passage that had been blown out, where there were countless lines, and there were also some narrow passages, in which electric sparks flickered.

It is a very strong current, even in a vacuum, because of the voltage that flickers.

The reason why Mo Ran noticed it was because at the end of the bombed place, there was the cargo hold under the cargo ship. Fragments of some kinetic energy bombs shredded some of the alloy walls on the periphery of the cargo compartment, and the inside was fluorescent.

"Hi, Rogge." Mo Ran whispered to Rog, who was still snarling with the captain. But the captain said that if they didn't resist, the pirates would kill them.

Hearing this, Rogge's roar came to an abrupt end.

"Are those stars?" I had encountered Xingsha before, and it was not difficult for Mo Ran to recognize it at this time.

Hearing Mo Ran's words, Rogge also stopped, and then climbed to the broken hole to observe. Although there was still the interference of lasers and explosions around him, he would not be mistaken.

"No, we're still a long way from the warehouse!" Although Mo Ran looked at it and felt that it was the warehouse, Rogge immediately thought that something was wrong.

Hearing Rogge's words, Mo Ran naturally thought of the route they had turned in the cargo ship during this time. It is true that they are still a long way from the warehouse, but the place deep in the hole is also the box of the warehouse, but it looks much smaller.

"Are they smuggling?" Mo Ran immediately thought of the key point, these days they also know the importance of Xingsha, which is a mineral necessary for the Leap Technique. And many civilizations will also impose a certain blockade on this ore.

Thinking of the actions of those pirates, Mo Ran could understand why they directly destroyed the outermost cargo ships, because their target was these precious star sands.

And these are very well preserved, a little fluorescence in the black ore shimmering intoxicatingly, like stars in the universe.

"Those pirates came for these sand as soon as they came up." Rogge naturally figured out the key point, and said in a deep voice. "This is only a part, if there are many star sand in the entire cargo ship, I will also be excited!"

On the other side, the ship's sirens became more and more cacophony. Mo Ran and Rogge would have been shielded long ago if they could have shielded it, but obviously there was a lesson, when they stepped on the cargo ship, their mecha system was connected to the cargo ship's intelligent system, and it was also to prevent the problem that the universe was in a vacuum and the sound could not be transmitted.

"And how did those pirates know about this?" Since it is an illegal product, it is natural that confidentiality work is necessary. It's understandable that the captain didn't hire a lot of mercenaries.

If you want to hide a leaf, hide it in the woods. Every day, there are a large number of cargo ships coming in and out, and the captain has already figured out what to do.

And during this time, there was no trace of pirates, and the captain was a little anxious to sail, but he didn't expect to encounter such a situation in the end.

Just as the captain was preparing to flee, two dull explosions rang out outside the bridge. The captain glanced at his companion behind him, and then immediately put on the mech parked nearby. When the ship was attacked, he moved his mech to the bridge.

As soon as he was dressed, the hatches of the bridge opened to both sides, and the air in the bridge disappeared instantly, making the captain who had not yet activated the leg gravity device stumble, and the whole person was suspended in mid-air.

As for the companion standing behind the captain, at this time, he instantly lost pressure and died due to excessive pressure and cold in his body. The entire bridge was also flashing red alarm due to the opening of the hatch. All panels flickered with blurry images and then closed.

"I should have thought it was you, Miria." The captain's voice was full of resentment, and he curled up to turn on the gravity device on the mech's legs, and the captain fell to the ground. Look at Milia as she bent over into the bridge.

"Yo, that's amazing!" Miria's voice rang out in the captain's mech. She took the magnetic device in her hand into the package on the side, and her voice sounded quite relaxed.

Glancing at the Qin Rui clan who had died from the pressure and cold on the side, his body was floating in mid-air, slowly fluttering in the direction of the hatch.