Chapter 45: A Helpless Choice
On the screen today, Zhou Xin could see a swirling corner of the spherical battleship behind it. www.biquge.info The moment he saw the incomplete vortex, Zhou Xin immediately thought of what it was. At this point, it would be a bit stupid for him to think of what Dart was up to.
"You want to go through the passage where the spherical battleship appeared?!" Zhou Xin exclaimed, and with this voice, everyone also understood, and then their faces also showed a look of surprise.
Nodding, Dart affirmed: "That's it, since we have no way to cross the space ourselves for the time being, we can only choose to borrow their cross-space passage." β
"Will this work?" Spred asked with extreme suspicion, "Let's not talk about what's on the other side of the passage, we don't even know anything about the passage itself, is it really okay to rush in like this?" β
"If they were able to get out of it, why couldn't we get in?" Dart asked rhetorically.
"The technological level of the two sides is too different, and just because they can come out doesn't mean we can get in." Zhou Xin said, "What's more, now that the passage is slowly shrinking, the security is definitely not comparable to when they passed through before." β
"But do we have a choice now?" Dart uttered a very grim truth, "Do we have any other means of escape than jumping across space?" Or are you still counting on warp engine recovery that you don't know when you'll be able to get back to work? β
A series of questions made Zhou Xin a little speechless, but Spred was still trying to change Dart's mind, "I don't think it's reached this point yet, or let's break through first, maybe we'll think of a better way after we escape from the encirclement." β
"Rather than trying to figure it out then, there is a clear way to escape right now, so why not?" Dart asked, "And, you should be aware, the Voyager has no chance of breaking out of the encirclement just now, do you think we have any chance of turning back again?" Then he added, "And, if you think about it this way, once we reach the entrance of the passage, doesn't it also mean that we have temporarily broken out of the other party's encirclement?" β
"But it also means that we have to withstand attacks from spherical warships at close range." Spred answered.
"It doesn't make a difference which side we are attacking right now, it's all very dangerous." "What we have to do now is find a silver lining in the midst of extreme danger." β
Before Dart's words could be finished, everyone felt a noticeable tremor on the Voyager, and the people who were standing in the command cabin even fell down due to the tremors. The tremors were accompanied by a violent explosion and a series of metal tearing sounds. At the same time, a piercing alarm sounded, and a large explosion could be seen in the right rear of the Voyager from one of the ship's exterior views, and the smoke from the explosion enveloped a large area in the right rear of the ship.
"What's going on? What happened? Zhou Xin asked again and again while trying to stabilize his body.
"The No. 4 secondary engine was hit by the opponent during operation and there was an explosion." The Voyager reported expressionlessly.
"Brother Captain, people really can't avoid it." This is the voice of Atlas.
Without time to comfort Atlas, Zhou Xin continued to ask, "What about the ship's loss?" β
"The area where the No. 4 secondary engine is located was completely destroyed in the explosion, and the ship is now unable to receive any information from the nearby area." The Voyager replied, "Also, communication with the staff in the area has been cut off, and it has been tentatively concluded that they are unlikely to survive." In order to prevent the explosion from continuing to spread within the spacecraft, the ship has also sealed the compartments around the explosion area. In addition, the outer area of the No. 3 secondary engine was also affected by the explosion, but fortunately the engine itself was still functional. β
"What about the main engine? Questions? Zhou Xin asked.
"The explosion itself did not have an effect on the main engine. However, since the explosion destroyed the original symmetry of the ship, it will affect the ship's subsequent flight path. β
"This is a minor problem, and people have already adjusted it." Atlas suddenly answered. At the same time, it can be seen if it is outside the spaceship. After the explosion, the Voyager quickly shifted more than a dozen degrees to the right, and then slowly stopped spinning to the right as the remaining engine on the right spewed more intense tail flames. Soon, the ship slowly shifted a little to the left again, realigning its head in the direction of the spherical battleship.
While turning, Atlas was inside the ship explaining to Zhou Xin, "The loss of a secondary engine will affect the flexibility of the spacecraft. I'm afraid that some of the attacks below are not so easy to dodge. β
"Try to avoid the vital parts of the ship." At this time, Zhou Xin didn't have any good solutions, so he could only explain like this.
After the explosion, the crowd refocused on the outside of the ship. As a result of wasting some time on steering, the ships behind the Voyager were closer to the ship, making the Voyager now more vulnerable to enemy ships. Thankfully, Atlas was not idle when it came to turning, and she manipulated the few weapons on board the Voyager to destroy many of the warplanes surrounding her. Overall, the external pressure on the spacecraft is now a little less than before.
"Butβ" Looking at the passage behind the spherical battleship on the screen, Spred suddenly remembered a very important question, "Even if we are lucky enough to pass through that passage, the other party will still continue to pursue us through the passage." β
"But then they'll need to reopen a space channel, or at least spend time expanding the existing one, and recovering other ships, won't that give us a breather?" Apparently Dart had thought about this before.
"Thenβlet's try it." Spred said hesitantly, hearing this answer, he had nothing more to ask. And the others will not have any objections, or even if they do, it will be too late at this time.
"In that case, let's act quickly, the spatial passage established by the other party is rapidly disappearing. Once the channel is completely gone, this method is useless. Darton nodded and reminded.
So, according to his idea, the Voyager continued to fly in the direction of the spherical battleship without hesitation......