32, countdown (6)

The tiny sound of RCS jetting comes from around the corner, and in a vacuum 0G environment, a slight push can make an object move and accelerate continuously.

Emitting a faint light of indicators, drones resembling ground-based combat ducted vehicles converged outside the B1 area of the Third Armor Belt.

Outside the half-meter-thick isolation door is a dark and cold world.

A minute earlier, the sirens had sounded the sound of the door landing, and the crew of the Maxrose II, after confirming that there was not a single crew member or passenger in the B1 to B7 areas of the Third Armor Belt, turned off the gravity control in that area and evacuated the air in the B1 to B7 areas as they landed on the door.

Finally, the energy supply to that place was also cut off.

In other words, aside from the fact that it is still connected to the main body, the entire area of the Third Armor Belt B1 to B7 is actually not much different from the wreckage of artificial celestial bodies floating in space.

Macrorose II Bridge

"Captain, the defense drone has entered the designated reserve position."

"Open the isolation door to let them in, and keep the maintenance drones on standby."

After receiving the action order, the defense drones that entered the standby area, which had already been evacuated, entered the B1 area through the B1 isolation door that gradually opened, and when all the defense drones entered the B1 area, the isolation door up to half a meter thick closed again at a very fast speed.

ground

Although An Kang and Eagle's Nest 7, who received the rescue communication from McRose II, were very anxious, they could not do anything as an army at this moment, and the only thing they could do was to remind Ke Jing of them.

"Perhaps, we don't need to worry." Eagle's Nest 7 turned to look at Ankang.

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, Xiaoxue and Ke Jing are on it, how can I not worry, and the cluster of unknown creatures on the ground has already been beaten, even if our brigade doesn't go to support the front line, the people of the first to fourth brigades on the front line can also beat those clusters of unknown creatures that have been disabled and are still breathing, even as long as Ping A is fine!"

Ankang showed an impatient mood that he had never seen before, which Ankang himself did not seem to notice, and in the three months that passed, Ankang maintained a very stable state of mind from beginning to end.

Even in the very important exercises in the recruit training, they almost maintained a calm mentality, unlike many recruits who formed the initial friendship with their companions in the long-term training and drills again and again.

However, in just three or four hours, it seems that this traverser who has been subconsciously resisting has changed a lot.

"Eagle's Nest Eight, believe them, the damage to the armored area, according to common sense, the damage management of a spaceship of this level is enough to deal with, not to mention that it is only a small piece of armor plate falling off, you must know that even an aircraft like S26 that can carry out interstellar flights has at least seven compartments. Calm down, okay? ”

This seemingly common-sense question does not seem to need to be answered, but in fact, Eagle's Nest 7 is worried about its psychological state, not unfounded.

As a recruit, as a recruit who has received the baptism of war all at once, once there is a psychological problem, then it is likely to go crazy or do some unbelievable actions, and these actions are likely to cause great threats, which is worth paying attention to both on the battleship and on the ground.

If something goes wrong, it is likely to lead to a great tragedy, and this is a bloody lesson.

Whether it is the various behaviors such as madness, suicide, and murder caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, which have been known for hundreds of years, or the strange and terrifying mass killings that occurred on deep space ships in the early stage of interstellar exploration four or five hundred years ago that have been revealed more and more in the past two hundred years, the homicide incidents are actually related to people's mentality.

McRose II B3 area.

The defense drones patrolling the entire B1 to B7 blockade area, except for the drones that were separated to temporarily station the damaged cameras inside the area, all came to the area where the computer had previously reported the damage in the B3 area.

The drone turned on its own lights and illuminated the entire B3 area brightly.

Section B3 itself is actually just a relatively simple isolation pod, so the area is not very large, and there is nothing complicated, just a few painted numbers and empty walls.

Under the light of the drone, the optical image of the damaged mouth can also be transmitted very clearly to the bridge and the ground and the hands of the warships of Starfleet.

The damage is an irregular cut about two meters long and about one meter four wide, and the traces of tool demolition can be clearly seen, because although the whole hole is irregular, there are very obvious regular and smooth cutting marks in several places.

In addition, the two layers of composite armor plates, one metal armor plate, and one layer of filler that were supposed to cover the outside of the armor plate of the isolation capsule were completely chiseled out of some small holes, and it seemed that the hostile individual originally wanted to cause the air leakage of the ship, but it was obvious that there was something called an isolation cabin, and a mechanism called damage management.

However, humanity also seems to have forgotten a point, what if the search device for the defense drone does not work?

"What the hell is this? Oh, Captain, I think you should check this thing out. A member of the communications team aboard the Maxrose II and one of the drone control teams moved a light screen to Captain McRose II.

"It looks like a sign." The captain said, but the captain had never seen such a sign anywhere in his memory.

"The search is complete, and the computer has found similar signs."

In an instant, a large number of light screens appeared on the bridge, and almost every face had four or five or more next to them.

"These... Aren't these things the hallmarks of a cult? ”

"There are also some runes in the occult or something, but I was reminded by the computer, indeed, the image found by the drone does have a mysterious feeling? Don't you think? ”

Captain Mai Er, who was pinching his chin, thought for a moment, and then immediately said to his communicator: "Immediately contact our nearest battleship, the Good Man Richard, and tell them that we may need stronger fire..."

Peng! It was as if something had smashed into the ship, causing the entire bridge to shake slightly.

"Damn it! What happened. The captain buckled up his seat belt and yelled.

"The radar shows that there are four medium-sized meaning jump passages at a distance of fifty kilometers from the ship, and a large number of biological airborne sacs of unknown creatures are approaching the ship, and there are still 10 seconds left in the second wave of contact!"

"Where the fuck did the first wave go?!"

"The first wave is mounted on our single crystal laser, the jump channel has been destroyed, only half of the airborne capsule is smashed on the third armor belt, and the defense drone is fighting with several invading unknown creatures, so it is probably not a big problem."

However, the second wave of airborne sacs was less than five seconds away from McRoss II, and only six of the 12 single-crystal defense laser launchers carried on Mai 2 were facing the airborne sacs due to the ship's orientation.

Although the effect is good, the number of enemies seems to be higher.

"It's almost time to make contact with the enemy's airborne sac, and there are 5 seconds left, 4... 3….”

"Deploy the above defensive drones to the third armor belt, oh my! Yes! ”

Staring at the light screen and the unidentified creature airborne capsule that can be seen with the optical lens, the captain of the McRoss II, who was no longer able to evade and brake urgently, was ready to fight to the death and wait for rescue, but just a second before the airborne capsule touched the second deck, the unidentified creature airborne capsule closest to the Mai II armor belt instantly vaporized! And Mai Er's outer armor was also ploughed out by something, but at this time, no one would care about this innocuous little mistake.

Then, the second wave of airborne sacs was vaporized in just five seconds, and the wormhole closest to Mai Er, which could even be seen through optical instruments, appeared in the sudden explosion.

All the crew knew that it was an attack on the cruiser USS Richard, the good guy, who was a light second away.