Chapter 212: Hear the Enemy First

16.7 per cent for option I, 25 per cent for option two, 50 per cent for option three and 8.3 per cent for option four.

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[Option 3]

【Go to the power system of the Leap Ship】

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Zheng Zhuo and Wei Hao were hit by the aftermath of the impact from one end of the buffer cabin to the other. Inside the alternate light and dark jump ship, all kinds of sirens were sounded together.

What's going on!?

Zheng Zhuo was dizzy because of this sudden situation. It was the balance processor that automatically connected to the emergency magnet on the hatch and sucked him into the door, so that he was not knocked into a ball of squeezed meat sauce.

There was a slight jolt next door. Zheng Zhuo saw Wei Hao sucked on the opposite door between the flickering of the camera.

"Uh......"

The electromagnetic turbulence from the ship's broken hull affected the tiny chip in his head. It was far more difficult for him to recover from the shock than Zheng Zhuo, who was a natural person.

Zheng Zhuo saw that the indicator on the helmet showed that Wei Hao was at "mild risk of internal circulation disorder" and realized that they could not stay here any longer.

"Follow me!"

Zheng Zhuo immediately instructed the microcomputer inside the power armor. In the gap between the impact and the impact, he switched the magnetism of the iron structure on his armor to repel the hatch, and the magnetism of the structural door in the passage to attract, and then requested and connected to Wei Hao's central control system, and operated as such.

To put it simply, he now has to hurry inside the jump ship.

The magnetic properties of the Power Armor have changed. Zheng Zhuo was no longer attached to the hatch, but flew towards the interior of the ship.

Wei Hao, who had performed the same operation, followed him with the same vector acceleration.

"Response...... Quick response ......"

During this period, Zheng Zhuo only let his power armor transmitter do one thing.

That is, constantly requesting access from the jumper's public computer.

If the public computer doesn't respond, it's all over. They can't manually open any of the high-privilege pneumatic doors, can't invoke any ship commands, and can't be identified as their own units.

Zheng Zhuo's pressure suit was full of cold sweat.

The public computer was slow to respond. It seems to be down. It's also possible that all the computing power is being diverted for defensive work.

But fortunately, when Zheng Zhuo turned into the next passage, the public computer slowly gave a [visitor] permission.

There is no extra time to rejoice. The first thing Zheng Zhuo did was to visit the map inside the jump ship.

"Wow."

A tragedy beyond imagination. Arsenals, bows, broadsides, power tie-ups, vents. A patch of redness representing [anomalous].

But there is only the power system, Zheng Zhuo wants to keep.

If the ship were to shut down in this deep space, the situation would be ten times worse than it is now.

"Calculate the path to the powertrain. As fast as possible. ”

He called his central control.

The central control quickly gave the answer.

Very good. The path has not been sealed yet. What's more, the vicinity of the powertrain is shown as "Normal" green.

……

Zheng Zhuo and Wei Hao came to the power system at the fastest speed. On the massive core engine, a dark blue indicator light flashed in the darkness.

As soon as they entered, they sealed all the pneumatic doors leading to it.

"It's a swarm."

Wei Hao shared his interface with Zheng Zhuo.

After moving away from the impact, all the chips in his head returned to normal. Zheng Zhuo saw a dense accident report sheet with a schematic diagram of many damage parts.

While Zheng Zhuo was confirming the map and calculating the route, Wei Hao kept calling the central tower and calling up the emergency maintenance and protection report of the jumping ship.

What is shown in front of you is the result of his integrated processing.

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[Jump Ship Damage Distribution]: 37%

[Damage Assessment]: Moderate damage

[Key damage parts]: side side

[Assessment]: Damage and tearing of the hull caused by a strong impact

[Key crisis]: oxygen leakage, internal and external pressure mediation out of control

[Source of Crisis]: Zerg warship

[Assessment]: Landing as soon as possible for further repairs

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At the same time, the image taken by the port high beam camera at the moment before the impact began to be played on the picture board.

“……!”

When he saw that image, Zheng Zhuo's eyes widened slightly. The aperture of Wei Hao's photosensitive component is also enlarged due to emotional fluctuations.

A second ago, there was nothing out of the ordinary. The camera didn't even catch any spatial disturbances.

However, in the next second, the Zerg battleship appeared within 1 star of the jump ship.

Look far away. But for the speed at which the spaceship flies, it's almost face-to-face.

In the next star-second unit time, when the camera frame rate was refreshed again, the long alien collision angle of the Zerg battleship had already been deeply inserted into the flank of the jump ship.

From the perspective of time, it is completely consistent with the moment when Zheng Zhuo and Wei Hao felt the impact.

"It's a Zerg stealth battleship painted with interstellar camouflage."

Wei Hao said in his altered mechanical voice.

"The principle of this camouflage is electronic interference with existing spatial disturbances and image capture devices. Paint is precious, and each camouflage sprayed per unit area consumes more than 10 trillion electron volts. Previously, there was only a record of it being used in the core battlefield. Moreover, there are quite a few of them, and the volume of the ships sprayed is extremely small. ”

"I've never seen a record of spraying such a large area of a ship."

Zheng Zhuo could hear the change in mood from the electronic sound.

"Moreover, this is not a core ship at all. This is a 'acceptable attrition' Zerg ordinary ocean-going assault ship...... Even the kind of model that is most common on the battlefield. ”

Wei Hao said.

"The Zerg have completed a technological revolution, or energy revolution. It left us behind. Again. ”

As soon as Wei Hao's words fell, more indicators in the helmet of the power armor turned red.

Many biometric indicators are pouring into the jump ship.

[Jump Ship] has been jumped! Countless swarms of insects poured out of the collision angle of the Zerg ship and landed on the jump ship!

"Not good...... Be sure to stay here! ”

Wei Hao began to contact the other members of the team amid the countless jamming signals.

Zheng Zhuo quickly reinforced all the pneumatic doors, locked them, and cut them out of the LAN.

In order to avoid a collective short circuit caused by the overload of one pneumatic door.

Then, it's time to confirm the fairway.

"Simulate access to the nearest wormhole channel."

Zheng Zhuo shouted. Another warning pops up on the microcomputer.

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[Simulation Result: Poor.] The hull of the jump ship is broken. It is difficult to adapt to the turbulence of time and space inside and outside the wormhole. 】

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Worst.

There is no way to make space jumps. This means that the Leap is separated from the flagship, without any support.

With hundreds of recruits on board, as well as new weapons and supplies.

Suddenly, a new message jumped out of the central control in Zheng Zhuo's helmet.

Gold and red. Supreme indication. The source is the commander-in-chief of the ship. The receiver is all the soldiers of the ship who are at the rank of deputy non-commissioned officer and above.

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[Ruling on forced landing.] All units should prepare for forced landing. 】

【Forced Landing Site...... Rustling...... Rustling ......】

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Worst.

Even the central control was interfered with.

Zheng Zhuo and Wei Hao immediately used their own microcomputers to send a request to the ship's central control.

They don't know if the commander-in-chief's request can be smoothly connected to the central control. So, everyone followed the instructions of the microcomputer and began to send instructions repeatedly. Fight information sprawl with information flow.

They also do not know what the requirements of the commander-in-chief are. So, send the request exactly at your own discretion.

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【Question】

[The Zerg are invading the jump ship.] Where to choose for a crash landing? 】

[Option 1]

【A planet with many soldiers】

Advantages: Can completely annihilate the already invaded Zerg.

Disadvantages: It is necessary to carry out orthodox crisis prevention and layer-by-layer response. All personnel on board the jump ship will be quarantined and will take more time to return to the flagship.

[Option 2]

【Planets with other jump ships】

Advantages: You can get rid of the Zerg and immediately transfer to the new jump ship to return to the flagship

Cons: Not enough weapons to deal with the Zerg. The Zerg will definitely spread, and the neighboring star fields will also be occupied by the Zerg.

[Option 3]

[No forced landing. Stop in the waterway and fight the Zerg on the jump ship]

Advantages: Isolates the risk of Zerg infecting other planets

Disadvantages: loss of a large number of soldiers

[Option 4]

【Forced through the wormhole】

Advantages: The Zerg ship will also be thrown off because it cannot maintain stable internal and external pressure because it crashes into the jump ship

Cons: Jump ships get lost in wormholes

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