Chapter 8: The Looming Crisis

"Ahh What the hell am I doing! ”

Seven days have passed since Riden entered the proving ground of this desert environment, and in the first three days, Ridian has used the surviving rover to explore every inch of this proving ground.

However, in the next four days, in addition to reporting his own logs every day and collecting soil samples, Lidian was in a daze at the starry sky overhead, although the purpose of this training was to let Lidian ensure his survival before the rescuers arrived in the event of an accident, but from the past few days, the feedback from the headquarters was obtained, and Lidian vaguely felt that it seemed that this training was not so simple...

"Well, it looks like it's time to make a plan."

Riden thought as he swallowed the last piece of chicken on his plate.

After finishing his meal, Riden came to his desk, pulled out the rolled-up computer, and began to analyze the situation he was facing.

"First of all, if I control my diet now, the rest of the supply will probably last for about twenty-eight days..."

While writing, Ridian looked at the cabinets where the supplies were stored with confirmation, and then nodded happily and continued to write.

"The cause of the ship's explosion was..."

Lidian recalled the inspection of the spacecraft a few days ago, and in the initial inspection, Lidian found that the explosion of the spacecraft did not seem to have a serious problem, and the cause of the explosion was the presence of foreign objects in the hatch of the ** preliminary inspection cabin, which caused the initial inspection hatch to fall off and scratch the fuel tank of the No. 3 engine due to resistance when entering the atmosphere.

"In that case... Theoretically, the three engines of Pony-97 are enough to support the flight, and when I checked it a few days ago, I didn't find any damage to the fuel tanks of other engines, and judging from the life support system used in the spacecraft in recent days, the spacecraft's systems are also operating normally, so..."

At this moment, Riden seems to have a choice, whether to wait for the arrival of rescuers in this deserted and lifeless testing ground, or to repair the spaceship and leave this hellish place.

Lidian majored in quantum computer application at Berkeley, but in the three semesters of applied study, Lidian also studied mechanical manufacturing, so he is still very confident in repairing the spaceship Lidian.

"The welding torch can be replaced with the flight aid device of the exoskeleton mecha, but the material replaced, the original door panel must not be used..."

The old door panel Lidian had been recovered, although it was not broken, but it had been seriously deformed, but Lidian seemed to remember something, got up and put on the mecha and rushed out.

Coming to the cockpit of the spaceship, Lidian opened the cockpit of the spaceship and found the instruction manual of the spaceship, and the information in the book made Lidian's eyes light up.

"Great! There is salvation! ”

After reading the instructions for the use of this spaceship, Riden suddenly found that the situation he was facing now seemed to be much simpler.

"The hatch is actually made of memory metal, so as long as there is enough temperature to restore it to its original state, and the pressure in the cockpit can be restored after the second zone is closed, so that the engine will not go out as long as it does not take off, so that the problem of heating the door to the specified temperature with the tail inflammation of the engine is solved."

After figuring out the crux of the problem, Lidian felt a lot more relaxed, and after noticing that the outside began to light up, Lidian hurriedly left the spaceship, where the temperature during the day could already reach seventy-six degrees Celsius, and it was not the best choice to stay inside when the spaceship did not restore temperature control, not to mention that although the exoskeleton mecha on his body had a good ability to resist the cold, but the heat dissipation ability, when the outdoor temperature exceeded sixty degrees Celsius, it was basically useless.

Back in the living quarters, Riden found the door panel lying in the locker and moved it out of the storage room again, while Riden used the mech's flight aid device to spray the dust off it...

【Nibonat Main Control Area】

"Lu Group, can I come in."

"Please come in."

Hearing that someone was visiting, Lu Bo, who was busy, replied without raising his head.

"Lu Group, that kid has passed the second stage test."

"What!"

Hearing this, Lu Bo, who was originally buried in his head, suddenly raised his head, only to find that the person who came in was the inspector of the Lidian assessment he arranged-Xue Yue.

"Oh, Xue Yue is you, you just said that kid passed the second-stage test?"

Xue Yue came to Luber's desk and recorded Lidian's live data, in the picture, Lidian was heating the hatch at the engine port, looking at the hatch gradually returning to its original state in the picture, Lubo gradually showed a smile on his face.

"Yes, Xue Yue, according to your observations today, how is this kid."

Hearing Lu Bo's inquiry, Xue Yue thought for a while and said to Lu Bo:

"From my personal point of view, this kid has performed well in all aspects of this trial, from the initial reasonable arrangement, to the later discovery of the second phase of the training goal, and to make the correct response, to be able to face the facts calmly and objectively, my evaluation of this kid is that at this stage, there is a psychological state of participating in the C-level task."

Lu Bo nodded when he heard this:

"Yes, that's what I mean..."

Hearing Lu Bo's words, Xue Yue suddenly thought of something and said:

"Lu Group, you don't want him to pass the five training in 120 days, do you?"

Lu Bo shook his head, didn't say anything, and instead passed a piece of information to Xue Yue Dao:

"Look at this."

What Lu Bo passed to Xue Yue was a picture and a data on a superplanet explosion, if the data was as usual, then that photo made Xue Yue feel extremely weird.

"When did this happen?"

Xue Yue asked Lu Bo.

"Eight hours ago..."

Lubo thought for a moment and continued:

"As you can see, the explosion occurred in the AS-357 area of the shield constellation, because we got the news that the MSI and Sketch troops stationed there had already evacuated to the [Tolfarand] line a week ago."

As he spoke, Lu Bo waved his hands, and an operational star map appeared on the desktop in front of him, indicating the location of the explosion while continuing to Xue Yue on the side:

"That picture... What do you think is going to happen to that thing. ”

Hearing Lu Bo's words, Xue Yue confirmed the photo again, judging from the shooting distance, it should have been taken at close range by the stationing equipment when the explosion field had not yet expanded, and the photo could clearly see that next to the star that was about to explode, in a distorted space, dozens of spaceships comparable to the human mothership level appeared from it.

"Is there any more information coming from the front?"

After pondering for a long time, Xue Yue asked a question, and the only answer to him was Lu Bo's shaking his head...

"With the current level of science and technology of our human beings, it is difficult to leave anything left in that kind of explosion, although there were test samples left behind when the explosion was evacuated, but no relevant data has been obtained yet..."

Hearing this, Xue Yue suddenly became nervous, and asked:

"What do you say over there in the third bureau."

Hearing this, Lu Bo smiled bitterly:

"Joe is already a mess there, and a notice has been issued to evacuate all nearby non-military fleets in the direction of Orion, combined with the data on the photo, the worst news given by the third bureau and the interior is that if the other party does not master the jump technology, it will not be able to reach the outer reaches of the solar system until ten years at the earliest..."

After listening to Lu Bo's words, Xue Yue also opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, maybe ordinary people don't understand, but Xue Yue definitely understands what they are facing now, although he is a little unwilling in his heart, but Xue Yue vaguely understands that the thousand-year-long history of human peace and development seems to be completely broken from today...

"How did the council arrange it?"

Xue Yue asked Lu Bo eagerly.

"Before you came, I was holding a council meeting, and the relevant things have been arranged, except for the secret group, the leadership of the remaining five groups has been delegated to the five directors, please arrange them themselves at the critical moment, at present, except for the hunting group that has just been sent to the Sagittarius [Tolfarand] defense line, the remaining four groups are still on standby in [Nibonat]."

After speaking, both of them were silent for a long time, and then the two of them gradually laughed, because both of them understood that this [Source Machine], which had been silent for nearly a hundred years, finally ushered in his long-awaited mission!