Chapter Ninety-Four: Moving Forward with Difficulty
"As the soil in front of the Voyager continues to build up, we'll be stopping again soon. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Atlas reminded nervously.
However, it was somewhat surprising that the little girl's prediction was rarely wrong. Then, although the speed of movement was extremely slow, the spacecraft did not stop completely as before, but kept moving forward in the violent vibration, and even slowly increased its speed.
Seeing this, even Atlas was a little surprised at first, but soon she understood before everyone else, "Brother Captain, if people are not mistaken, the soil accumulated in front of the Voyager has reached a limit. Then, as we continued to move forward, it was already difficult for the soil to continue to accumulate, and it was only pushed to the sides by the ship. ”
"Great, doesn't that mean that one of the main obstacles to our progress will not continue to grow?" Dart said excitedly.
"Don't rejoice too soon." As soon as Dart's words fell, Atlas reminded, "This is only a temporary phenomenon, and as the terrain changes as the advance changes and the shape of the front of the ship changes, this temporary equilibrium can easily be disrupted, resulting in a noticeable change in drag." This sentence made everyone's mood become tense again.
Perhaps because Zhou Xin's bad luck had come to an end, the worst-case scenario that Atlas had spoken of didn't happen. Braving the enemy's attack, the Voyager slowly moved forward for more than a hundred meters, and what was even more gratifying was that the spacecraft not only did not stop, but also moved at a speed that was rising little by little.
However, no one was happy about it at this time. The first is that Atlas's previous reminder has always remained in everyone's minds, and the second is that the Voyager's forward speed at this time is not much faster than the normal walking speed, and it looks like it may stop at any time, which inevitably makes everyone feel a little worried. Third, after discovering that the spaceship had started moving again, the attacks from the Norzans became more and more violent.
In this case, the Voyager struggled to move forward little by little. The only consolation was that although the speed of the ship was still relatively slow at this time, everyone clearly felt the increase in speed. The 100-meter journey, which took nearly five minutes at first, can now be completed in just over a minute. Such a low acceleration is not eyed by everyone in an ordinary space journey, but now as long as the spacecraft can be accelerated, everyone is already very satisfied.
But at this time, another worrying situation occurred, "Your Excellency, the outer area of this ship has been damaged by more than 30 percent, please pay attention. The Voyager snapped out as a reminder. At the same time as the report, a sketch of the entire ship was displayed on the screen at the same time.
In the frame, a significant portion of the ship is marked in heavily damaged red, and the rest is mostly yellow, indicating that there is no damage or slightly damaged green areas that are no longer visible. It can also be seen from the footage that the Norsanians have long judged that the key to preventing the Voyager from leaving is the main engine, because the area around the main engine is the most damaged, and the proportion of red areas is significantly higher than in other places. However, fortunately, it is only the influence of the periphery, and the main engine itself is not particularly damaged due to the special material and the built-in design that can be better protected by the ship's shell. However, seeing the current situation of the Voyager, Zhou Xin couldn't help but feel a little worried. But at this juncture, no matter how worried he was, he couldn't think of any way to improve the current situation, so he could only watch the spaceship passively withstand the attack from the other party.
"Atlas, how long will our ship be able to hold out?" Although he couldn't think of a way, Zhou Xin still wanted to understand their current situation.
"It's hard for people to judge the current situation." Atlas hesitated for a moment and replied, "Reinforcements from the Norsans in the distance are still joining the battle, and the opponent's offensive may increase at any time. People can only judge based on the strength of the opponent's current attack, and we may be able to hold out for about half an hour. But judging from the tone of her voice, it is not difficult for Zhou Xin to hear the lack of confidence.
Sighing slightly, Zhou Xin refocused his gaze on the surrounding pictures. The only consolation he could find at this point was that the Voyager was not stopping, and that it was still increasing in speed. After more than ten minutes of acceleration, the Voyager was now more than a thousand meters away from its starting location. Fortunately, the place where the Voyager landed happened to be rocky ground, and the material was relatively hard, but even so, on the route it passed, the heavy spacecraft still ploughed a huge ravine with a depth of nearly ten meters on the hard ground like a huge bulldozer, and the bottom of the ravine was even covered with metal fragments scattered by the friction between the spacecraft and the ground, and from the air it looked like a huge carpet being laid by the Voyager.
On top of that, as it moved forward, there was a loud metal grinding sound from the part of the Voyager that came into contact with the ground, and even the loud explosion caused by the Norsan's attack could not hide such a sharp sound. Not only that, but along with the sound, there are also a large number of sparks that constantly appear as the bottom of the ship rubs against the ground.
Of course, at this time, Zhou Xin could not see the picture at the bottom of the spaceship, and now his attention was always focused on the front of the Voyager. A few kilometers away, the Norsan army, lined up in an attack formation, did not abandon the attack because the ship was moving in their direction. Their attacks were even more intense than in other directions, and it seemed that the Norzans were trying to stop the Voyager with a fierce attack, but for now, it was clear that this was in vain.
Then, the people in the command module watched the picture in front of them restlessly, and in their own ways prayed in their hearts that the Voyager would not stop as before. Perhaps their prayers had their effect, and nearly twenty minutes later, the Voyager had slowly accelerated through a distance of several kilometers, struggling to approach the line of defense that the Norzans had constructed.
But even when they came to themselves, facing the massive and oppressive ships that were oncoming on their way, the Norsans who stood in the path of the Voyager showed no sign of flinching......