"The main engine is so damaged that it can't be restarted! The backup engine is not loading well, the energy compartment pipe is bursting and the main system is about to shut down. Get ready for the fall! ”

"Shut up! There's time for that shouting, hurry up and think of a way! The main body of the solar ship is very strong, but the fall from a height of 10,000 meters is enough to destroy it, and the crown prince is still on board, quickly find a way to weaken the impact! ”

"We can turn on the ailerons used for flying in harsh conditions and find a way to get the solar boat from falling to gliding before it stops, but we have to calculate the best gliding position, otherwise the accumulation of kinetic energy will also break our bones."

"Then hurry up and calculate! What about His Highness Khufu? Who saw him? You guys, go start the escape pod! We can die, but Your Highness must be sent out! ”

General Bhopal's roar echoed across the chaotic bridge, quickly suppressing the situation and mobilizing his panicked subordinates.

The warning lights of the emergency have been activated in the originally very bright cabin, the shining red light points and the vibrations that sound from the hull from time to time represent the terrible state of the ship at this time, like a giant beast that is about to run aground is screaming, the damage management measures for automatic operation have been activated, the cabins where the explosion occurred have been sealed to prevent the spread of danger, and several capable soldiers quickly advanced to the location of the rescue pod under the roar of General Bhopal.

But it's not easy to accomplish this in such a bumpy environment on an inclined ship.

The fortunate thing in the misfortune was that the missile did not directly hit the operating solar engine due to the interference of Lord Pa Ying, otherwise the explosion of that thing would have turned the "Origin Pioneer" into scrap metal flying high in the sky with its energy level.

However, in the nearly 1,000 years since the Songhai people got the solar boat, they almost never considered that the holy relic given by the creator would fall from the sky one day, after all, in the inherent cognition of the Songhai people, the solar ship is a symbol of invincibility on the mainland, which directly leads to the current situation, not to mention the soldiers, even the highly decorated General Bhopal is a little at a loss.

However, everyone's opinion on one thing is absolutely unanimous, that is, they must protect their crown prince in such a dangerous situation no matter what.

If His Royal Highness Khufu died in such an accident, what kind of impact it would bring to the Songhai Empire was something that these loyal soldiers could not imagine.

Therefore, during the time when the ship was falling from a high altitude, General Bhopal, who had broken his arm in the explosion just now, rushed to the Crown Prince's lounge as fast as he could, where many guards were already trying to open the locked hatch in a completely forceless tilt scene.

"Your Highness! Your Highness? Are you okay? ”

The old general pounced and knocked on the door and shouted, and Khufu's slightly panicked voice sounded the next moment on the opposite side of the door:

"I'm fine, General, but Bedinos was impaled by a broken pipe to protect me, I'm saving him, the Creator is above, he's bleeding a lot, what happened to the ship? All I heard was an explosion.

We're falling, right? ”

"Your Highness! Back off! ”

Khufu's chief of guard, Sannik, didn't know where to get a beam cutting saw used by the damage tubes, after shouting to the crown prince, the tall Songhai warrior buzzed and cut this thing, and after ten seconds, an irregular incision was opened, and the old general climbed in and rescued the crown prince who was holding a talisman short knife, and then another priest climbed in and brought out the seriously injured Lord Burdinus.

But by this time, the altitude of the ship had been rapidly reduced to a position of 4,000 meters, and although the war technicians tried their best to open the six ailerons hidden by the solar ship and slow down the descent slightly, even if they entered the gliding state, there were only less than five minutes left before the final fall of the solar ship.

"Quick! Chief Thornik Guard! Take Your Highness and the Grand Priest to the rescue pod and take them out of here! ”

General Bhopal shouted command:

"The rest of the people go to the power room, where the Tech Officer is trying to overload the auxiliary engine and make it produce some thrust reversers before it falls to help the solar ship soften the impact, the machinery has been locked up and cannot be operated, and now it can only be activated by man."

"What about you? Checkmate. ”

His Royal Highness Khufu, who could not maintain his grace even in a state of crisis, clutched the talisman dagger in his hand, and exclaimed:

"You must leave with us, too!"

"I am the commander of this ship, Your Highness, His Majesty the Pharaoh has personally handed over you and this ship to me, and I must do my best to protect you for the sake of the Empire."

The old general said in a deep voice:

"I firmly believe that the Creator's ship of the sun is strong enough, just as I firmly believe that you will become a great monarch in the future, and that what is happening today is only a small trial for you to fear, and the Creator will protect you, and the Merciful Him will protect us.

Your Highness, it's time for you to leave!

Your stay here will only make the valiant warriors more stressed. ”

"I see, General."

Khufu took a few deep breaths and said:

"Then we'll see you on the ground, please protect yourself."

After saying that, the crown prince moved along the inclined hull in the direction of the rescue chamber under the protection of the chief of the guard, and the chief priest of Burdinos, who had fallen into a coma, was also evacuated with him.

The great priest really worked hard to protect the prince, and the broken pipe almost passed through his waist and abdomen, but fortunately, the Songhai people had strong vitality, otherwise this injury alone would be fatal enough.

The old general returned to the bridge with his command knife, it was empty, everyone was trying to restart the auxiliary engine with manpower in the power room, Bhopal could not guess how hard his soldiers would work, he sighed, and sat down in his captain's chair.

Through the cracked observation window in front of him, he could see the undulating land of the dark mountains that seemed somewhat quiet in the night.

Who would have thought that this desolate place would have the privilege of witnessing the first fall of the legendary solar ship?

Well, this seems to be a bad omen for superstitious people.

But I'm the captain of the ship!

Whatever the outcome, he will go to the end with his ship, as he said to His Highness Khufu, who is confident that the holy relic given by the Creator is strong enough to protect its passengers from threats under any circumstances.

On the other side, Sunnick, the head of the guard who was escorting His Highness Khufu to the rescue pod, was looking at the corridor in front of him that had been completely blocked by the continuous explosions with an incredulous gaze.

It's not the only way to the lower deck survival pod, but the problem is that there's no time left for them to take a detour in this emergency.

With a grim face, the chief guard pulled out his hot-melted combat knife and was about to step forward to open the way, but was stopped by Khufu.

"There's no time, Thornik! By the time you split the road, the solar boat has already hit the ground, and we won't go to the rescue pod! ”

At the critical moment, the crown prince was still a little decisive, he pointed to the other side of the road, and said:

"From here to the landing module, there is also an airborne capsule for assault, the same model used by the god killers and our warriors before, and it only takes one airborne to send us all down."

"That thing needs to be activated remotely, Your Highness, I'm an airborne samurai."

The chief of the guard, Thornik, shook his head and said:

"Now that the solar master system is down, it means that we can't activate the thrust reverser rocket in the assault capsule, which means you have to hit the ground directly at very high speeds. IMHO, you will die from a rupture of your internal organs the moment you touch the ground. ”

"I won't! I have this! ”

His Highness Khufu pointed to the ball that was hovering over his shoulder, and said:

"Before I left, my mother gave me this, a super-stable matrix of energy that was supposedly a gift from the ancestors of the Ptolemaic family when they met the Creator. Not only does it absorb energy damage, but it also converts the matrix into a kinetic neutralizing field, which means that we won't suffer any impact damage as long as we get stuck.

It's a pity that its effective range is only ten cubic meters, which is completely unusable for this ship. ”

"Let's go!"

Thornik was naturally a decisive soldier who could achieve the position of the chief of the royal guard, and he immediately carried the crown prince and led everyone behind him into the landing capsule and opened one, when he was about to speak, he heard Khufu stubbornly say:

"I'll be the last one to go in! I've read stories like this from the writers my sister raised, and I'm sure I'll close the hatch when I'm going in alone. I know it's an act of loyalty, but for now"

"Well, Your Highness, your imagination is too rich."

The chief of the guard said helplessly:

"This is the Dark Mountains! There are dangerous beasts everywhere, how could I possibly allow you to parachute to the ground alone? Don't worry, we'll be with you. ”

"Huh."

The crown prince blushed, but this was not the time to say this, he helped to send the unconscious brother-in-law into the landing module, and counted the heads to make sure that everyone had entered before closing and locking the hatch.

A few seconds later, the assault capsule was thrown out of the falling spaceship, and at this time the solar ship was less than a thousand meters above the ground, and when the assault module was thrown out, Khufu could see through the window that the rear of his seat was completely covered in black smoke, and the powerful weapon that symbolized the majesty of the Songhai Empire was as miserable and desolate as a flying eagle with folded wings.

Fortunately, the soldiers were sent to the ground just now.

Although they will need to fight the evil gods without fire support, they will at least not have to die without warning in such a catastrophe.

"I had done divination with the chief priest Hayek before I set out, and he told me that not only would the trip go well, but I would also encounter wonderful experiences that would last me a lifetime."

His Highness Khufu, who was protected by several guards in the posture of a "human pad" in the bumpy landing module, at this moment a rather peculiar thought flashed through his mind:

"Ah, the chief priest of Bayek is said to be a strange man, and I believe it now, bad old man! Look, your divination results are outrageously wrong! ”

In the solar ship, General Bhopal, who was sitting in the captain's seat, looked at the ground that was getting closer and closer in front of him, and then at the multi-purpose marine clock placed on his seat, which measured that the speed of the solar ship falling downward at this time had exceeded the safety threshold by more than three times.

This means that in the event of an impact, there is a high probability that the ship will disintegrate on the spot.

Of course, the holy relics given by the Creator will not fail in the trial of collision with the earth, but such a precise creation, even in the best case, will remain in this land forever in the form of wreckage.

"I don't know if it's possible to set out on the way home from the road of the dead here? Will the messengers of the kings of Hades come far and wide to receive us losers back to their homeland? ”

General Bhopal sighed, closed his eyes, reached for his cane, twisted the secret compartment above it, pulled out a small bottle of wine, removed the cork, and drank it all.

Drinking while sailing is a serious offense, but it's time for now, so whatever.

Just as the spacecraft was close to the ground, less than three hundred meters high, and the collision was about to occur a few seconds later, a loud bang suddenly erupted from the middle of the sliding ship, causing the entire ship to shake violently and General Bhopal suddenly opened his eyes.

He realized what had just happened, and before he could be ecstatic, a violent recoil erupted from under the auxiliary engine of the solar ship, like a pair of hands supporting the falling hull from below, so that the accumulated falling kinetic energy was constantly canceled out, and the speed of gliding quickly regained the range of the safe threshold.

However, this push came too late.

The altitude above the ground was no longer enough to allow the ship to return to a stable flight state, and could only minimize the damage caused by the collision, and General Bhopal also grabbed the restarted rudder wheel and began to adjust the orientation of the solar ship through gritted teeth.

It's like an old sailor wrestling with the sea in the waves, even when he is desperate, he doesn't want to give up.

After a few seconds of stalemate, the spaceship that fell from the sky grazed the rocks on the ground in an oblique manner, and then pulled a gully of thousands of meters long in the undulating hills of the dark mountain range in a turbulent forced landing.

The good news is that the forced landing was successful, and the ship did not disintegrate.

The bad news was that the direction of their forced landing and the landing point of the assault capsule in which His Highness Khufu was riding were by this time more than seventy kilometers away.

To make matters worse, His Highness Khufu's assault pod appears to have crash-landed within the territory of a gnolloll clan.

Therefore, before the old general could breathe a sigh of relief, he had to lead the team to set off with a bleeding head and a severe concussion, and retrieve their crown prince as quickly as possible.

Alas, look at this damn day-

"Ahhh!!!hhh

The elongated screams became clearer as the assault pod fell from the air closer to the ground, the screams coming from His Highness Khufu and his personal maids.

Well, the nature of this lady-in-waiting is different from that of Count André's twin dancers, Little Left and Little Right, and this lady is old enough to be the grandmother of His Highness Khufu.

However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still very reliable, although he is very afraid, but when the assault cabin of twelve people is more than ten meters from the ground, he still decisively activates the device in his hand to activate the kinetic energy neutralization force field, and in an instant, the assault cabin that smashed to the ground in a "bombing" posture quietly hovered at a position of almost seven meters from the ground.

The whole process was extremely smooth, without causing any discomfort to everyone at all, and then the assault cabin slowly landed as the crown prince constantly adjusted the frequency of energy release.

"Bang"

The hatch was kicked open by the head of the Sannik guard, and the vigilant Songhai warrior jumped out with a powerful hot halberd and formed a standard protective formation with his two soldiers under his command, and Khufu and the others then walked out of the assault cabin.

What greeted them was a desolate land at night.

I don't know how far it is from Moss Valley, but judging by the speed and trajectory of the solar boat as it slides down, it must be a journey that cannot be measured on both feet.

"We must rush to join General Bhopal at once, and only there can we keep you safe."

The chief of the guard said in a deep voice:

"Your Highness, the next thing you need to do is complete this unexpected trial that the Creator has given us with your feet."

"Well, maybe you don't have to use your feet."

Khufu wiped the dust and blood from his face, he pointed to the smoke rising in the distance, and said:

"Although I left in a hurry and didn't take my champion worm Sula with me, it seems that we have fallen into the territory of the gnolls, and the other party has sent men, and most importantly, they have brought wolves for riding, so even though the Creator has sent us a fall as a trial, the Father of the Songhai people still loves us, right? Ladies and gentlemen.

Just wait here!

It would be nice if it was a gnolla who believed in the Creator.

Ministers, hurry up and treat my brother-in-law, his condition is not at all good, and I don't want my sister to become a widow before she is married. ”

(End of chapter)