Chapter 53 The belated rescue

While the guided missile destroyer not far from the "Eden" was waiting for orders, Du Jin and Li Mengyan had already walked out of Du Jin's test office. Before Du Jin came out, he told "Xiao Ai" to hide first. For Du Jin,

As a companion and friend in life and death, Li Mengyan allowed him to let down his guard and trust him. But for people like Macas and Manuka, Du Jin could only say he was grateful, but he could not reveal his secrets without reservation.

, after all, "Xiao Ai's" identity is somewhat special. He didn't dare to bet that these people's attitudes were as open as Li Mengyan's, and they would not use some means to forcefully eliminate Xiao Ai.

"Hey! You two are out, but it's a pity that it's still not safe here. Those necromorphs may come back at any time, otherwise I don't want to disturb your quiet time."

"Captain McCas, Du Jin and I are not the kind of relationship you think!"

Li Mengyan immediately responded reflexively, and Du Jin on the side also quickly echoed:

"That's right! Li Mengyan and I are just friends who share weal and woe, not what you think, McCas!"

McCas nodded immediately, and then said thoughtfully:

"Friends...partners all start as friends..."

Before Du Jin and Li Mengyan could refute, McCas turned to his son Manuka and said:

"Okay! Let's go! Get to the hangar of the research deck as soon as possible and find a spaceship that can leave here, otherwise it will be too late to wait for those necromorphs to come back!"

"Okay! Father!"

Manuka immediately began to lead the team towards the hangar on the side of the scientific research deck. The "Eden" can not only conduct land mining through the giant mining unit under the ship, but also mine in the meteorite belt through ship-based mining ships.

, but because the "Eden" is a spaceship from the old era after all, although it was partially upgraded after the war, the main structure has not been significantly modified, so the ship-borne ship is still based on the old-fashioned design.

The aircraft hangar was located next to the scientific research deck for easy maintenance and inspection, but this was also a design that was widely criticized by later scientific researchers.

After all, no scientific researcher wants to work in an environment full of engine oil and metal smell, but for McCas and his team at this time, the hangar is the only hope of escape. Instead of betting on whether there are any remaining escape capsules,

It's better to find a cargo ship and leave this "hell".

Du Jin can follow the team. "Xiao Ai" has said that she has the ability to take over most of the ship's security system. However, since there is no interface to transfer the control program, it is limited to what Du Jin had previously done.

The "watch" prepared by "Xiao Ai" has insufficient performance. "Xiao Ai" can only control surrounding security probes and closed doors through wireless intrusion within a range of about 200 meters.

Of course, one cannot underestimate the handheld device in Du Jin's hand that reproduces the "Xiao Ai" running hardware. Not to mention advanced artificial intelligence, it is artificial intelligence with basic self-service learning capabilities, CPU, storage matrix, data processing unit, memory matrix and other equipment.

The required floor space is definitely not small, and if intelligent self-service in-depth learning is inseparable from the cloud computing platform, the area occupied and the power consumption used are astronomical figures. If Du Jin is holding the "watch" in his hand now

"If you say there is a mature advanced artificial intelligence in it, you might be regarded as a clown who hasn't woken up. Of course, this has a lot to do with Du Jin's low industry prestige.

"Xiao Ai, are there any monsters I described to you nearby?"

Du Jin whispered to "Xiao Ai", but "Xiao Ai" actually didn't need to make a sound at all. She had already achieved "intracranial communication" with Du Jin through the connection with the nerves in Du Jin's hand.

However, this kind of communication is one-way. Du Jin cannot talk to "Xiao Ai" in turn. After all, he cannot control the information dissemination of his nervous system. At least with his current ability, that is something he cannot do.

"Xiao Ai" immediately responded:

"Doctor, there are those inanimate creatures you described on the left and back of the front passage, Doctor, but I think Doctor you may be concerned about another thing. Doctor, do you want to listen?"

"Oh, what is it? Tell me quickly!"

Du Jin listened to "Xiao Ai"'s pretentious words and didn't say much. Instead, he cooperated with her and said that after all, during his brief contact, Du Jin discovered that "Xiao Ai" actually has a similar temperament to a child and likes to be treated by others.

He praised and cared about her, so he communicated with "Xiao Ai" according to her hobbies. "Xiao Ai" seemed to enjoy Du Jin's needy tone very much, and then said in a soft and waxy voice:

"Doctor, I detected through the nearby intra-ship communication matrix that a large number of off-ship detection signals appeared in a short period of time. It is estimated that there are some other ships near us, and judging from the encryption level of the detected signals, it should be

There is some kind of military signal. Doctor, do you need to tell your subordinates to be careful?"

Du Jin coughed lightly and corrected:

"Ahem! Xiao Ai, these people are not my subordinates, they are my teammates. Only the woman in front of me named Li Mengyan can be considered a companion. But Xiao Ai, you are right. The military outside the "Eden"

The timing of the ship's appearance is a little unusual. Although it is possible that it is here to rescue us, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it is better to notify MacAs. In this way, Xiao Ai, you can receive the communication unit on their armor.

Should the power be expanded? Just let them hear the signals from military ships outside."

"No problem, leave it to "Xiao Ai"! But for the sake of signal continuity, Doctor, can you ask your teammates to walk slower? Otherwise, Xiao Ai can only continue to reprint the signal with the change of nodes. Press Xiao Ai

I'm afraid it's a little difficult for Ai's current "small family" to be effective."

Du Jin nodded, then stepped forward a few steps faster to stop McCas, causing the whole team to stop. However, "Xiao Ai's" efficiency did not live up to Du Jin's trust. McCas had not asked Du Jin carefully yet.

When Jin asked him to inform him of the reason for moving forward, Manuka on the side said to Macas in a slightly nervous tone:

"Father, I received some confusing signals, but they were all messages calling the "Eden". Did our previous rescue signal work?"

McCas was overjoyed at first, but then his face became a little solemn. As a retired military general of the Border Corps, he has a deep understanding of the faces of those interstellar federation politicians. If those decision-makers find out that there is no one in the "Eden"

Ordinary riots, but zombies, and in order to maintain the safety of all planetary colonies in the main system, they may also order the garrison to destroy the "Eden" directly in space to avoid the hidden danger of expanding risks, which means

Even if they escape, they will be shot by the military.

"Luka, can you contact the warship that sent the return signal?"

Manuka shook his head and said:

"Father, the communication unit built into the armor has low power. We are lucky to be able to receive the information interfered by clutter, but if we want to contact them, I'm afraid we can't do it."

McCas pondered for a moment. At this time, there were some big variables in finding the way to leave the mining ship from the hangar. He was not sure about the attitude of those warships towards the survivors. If they were destroyed in order to eliminate the infection pathways of alien creatures,

It's over, so this requires him to change his next strategy.

Li Mengyan on the side naturally heard the conversation between the two. After thinking about it, she stepped forward and said:

"Captain McCas, I think we can try to communicate with the warship through the communication matrix in the control tower of the hangar. Even if the military wants to destroy the ship, we can use the Necromorph information and

They made an exchange to get us out of here safely."

McCas thought for a moment, then nodded towards Li Mengyan and said:

"Okay, then let's do as you say, Major. Our direction remains unchanged, but our main task is to gain contact with the military!"

Then the team speeded up. Some of the lone zombies they encountered along the way, under the concentrated fire of nearly thirty people, instantly turned their severed limbs into a pile of parts. When Du Jin passed these corpses

When looking at the remains of the monsters, Xiao Ai asked him to stay for a few seconds to scan the corpses. According to "Xiao Ai", only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you fundamentally find a way to deal with these monsters. Otherwise, just avoiding them will only accelerate your own collapse.

Although Du Jin didn't want to admit it, "Xiao Ai"'s knowledge in this regard did remind Du Jin that his main purpose was not to escape, but to find a way to infect blood seals, and these corpses

Each variant is a rare sample, but the difficulty of capturing it is unbearable for Du Jin now.

"Xiao Ai" fired several blue scanning rays from the handheld terminal, covering the limbs on the ground. After a few seconds, Du Jin heard the news of "Xiao Ai"'s completion in his mind, but for the "necromorph"

"New species" information, "Xiao Ai" naturally cannot get answers and reference experience from the ship's network. This means that she wants to get some useful information through self-analysis through the biological knowledge loaded in the handheld terminal.

The answer, and it definitely takes time.

Du Jin was not in a hurry. He was very satisfied that "Xiao Ai" could help him collect information about these corpses. He did not have so much greed to find out the secret of the blood mark at once.

"Du Jin, what are you doing? Follow me quickly!"

Seeing that Du Jin was at the end of the team, Li Mengyan walked up to Du Jin and pulled him. Du Jin agreed, and then followed McCas and his team.

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"Captain. We received an order from the colonial command center. The command asked us to conduct a close inspection around the "Eden" and then send soldiers to conduct preliminary investigation inside."

At this time, the "Seagull-class" destroyer had already received the order. The captain was not too surprised by the command order conveyed to him by the adjutant. He just sighed softly and then used the on-board communication terminal at hand.

, ordered to the commander of the soldiers on board:

"Captain, organize an armed reconnaissance team of 30 people and prepare to enter the "Eden" to conduct enemy reconnaissance. Remember! We are not on a death mission. If there are problems that cannot be solved, we will withdraw immediately. We must not let those soldiers die in vain!"

"Yes! Captain."

The eyes of the people around him when they looked at the captain changed instantly. The captain of this destroyer was "parachuted" into the post by the garrison. The previous old captain was arranged to go home and retire. When he arrived,

Ren Shi led a team of dozens of people and changed the important non-commissioned officer positions in the ship. In the eyes of these people, this "newcomer" was here to plating gold and pave his resume for the future. This kind of "centralization of power"

"This means that the intensity of performing missions will increase unprecedentedly, because if you want to gain military merit and upgrade your star in a short time, the success rate and completion of each mission must be very high.

But everyone knows that there will inevitably be casualties in the mission. A successful battle often costs human lives. Those combat robots are not allowed to be brought onto the space battleship for installation, so everyone present has always been afraid.

He died in a certain battle or was pulled out as a scapegoat to take responsibility. However, during his first mission, the new captain named "Ren Chao" seemed to be unusually calm and considerate of his subordinates. This made

Everyone present on the bridge breathed a sigh of relief. After all, being a soldier is not about sacrifice.

Ren Chao looked at the shrinking distance between the "Eden" and his heart became nervous. In fact, there was a secret in Ren Chao's heart that no one knew. As one of the surviving officers of the "Chuangchuang", Li Mengyan was

In order to allow them to evade the federal wanted, they used the few connections to get them to the garrison of the main system. This "dark under the light" approach also allowed them to successfully escape the wanted and assassination of the federal minions.

, but none of the soldiers including Ren Chao wanted to abandon their commander Li Mengyan. They were assigned to the "Seagull-class" guided missile destroyer "Xunyang" based on their military exploits.

And very coincidentally, they had received news from Li Mengyan in a secret way that they were going to take the mining ship "Eden" to the Ganymede colony. This made them, Li Mengyan's old subordinates, very happy. Li Mengyan was previously trapped in

The border "El" galaxy cannot be returned, which makes Ren Chao very anxious and helpless. After hearing the news, he has recently taken the initiative to apply for patrol missions around Ganymede in order to support Li Mengyan.

But now the situation on the "Eden" has exceeded Ren Chao's expectations. In fact, he had already guessed what the monsters were that were raging on the "Eden". The tragic scene of the corpse muttons massacred on the Pioneer made him sad.

He couldn't forget it, but in order to prevent his identity from being exposed, he couldn't tell the truth and ask the colonial command to send more reinforcements, so he could only let the vanguard troops encounter the zombies and report the situation, so that the command could make adjustments.

Reinforcements are coming to clean up the "Eden".

Thinking of this, Ren Chao could only pray that the 30 soldiers on his ship would not be too brutally attacked by the zombies:

"Sorry! Brothers, may the God of War bless you!"

After praying in his heart, Ren Chao immediately said to the commander of the artillery operation crew:

"Load the V-12 particle cannon ammunition and provide fire cover for the reconnaissance team when necessary. If anything goes wrong, I will bear all the responsibilities!"

"Yes! Captain."

The adjutant originally wanted to dissuade Ren Chao. After all, if the attack on the "Eden" really caused other problems, his approach of placing unnecessary responsibility on himself was obviously unworthy, but seeing Ren Chao

With a very determined look in his eyes, the adjutant didn't say anything else, he just felt happy for those soldiers in his heart:

"You are lucky to meet such a commander. I hope you can all return safely!"

In fact, the Interstellar Federation has basic principles in space war:

The principle of life first. Due to the harshness of the space combat environment, rescue work is very difficult. Due to inertia, the crashed spacecraft can only fly indefinitely along a fixed route. If the long-distance rescue is carried out at twice the speed, it will still cost more than

It takes more than twice the time for the rescued ship to arrive. This kind of rescue is of little significance. Therefore, any ship sailing in space must carry out rescue unconditionally if it encounters a ship in distress. In fleet operations, traditionally the two sides are not allowed to fight.

Attack the crew cabin thrown out by the damaged battleship, and have the obligation to carry out rescue regardless of the enemy or friend. This aspect is a bit like the spirit of ancient chivalry.

The principle of life first is specific:

1. Life is the most precious wealth in the universe.

2. Anyone who encounters a crashed spacecraft must carry out rescue operations unconditionally.

3. Do not attack civilian spacecraft without obvious hostility.

4. Both parties to the war shall not target spacecrafts with obvious ambulance signs, and shall not attack warship crew compartments that are in a state of rescue. They shall have the responsibility to rescue enemy personnel in distress when conditions permit.

5. Anyone who violates the above principles has the right to be treated equally.

In the eyes of others, Ren Chao's approach is just the practice of this principle. However, in order to ensure the success of a mission, people in high positions often devote combat power to achieve their goals regardless of cost or death. In comparison,

This aspect of Ren Chao seems to be rare and valuable.

Ten minutes later, the 30 assigned armed scouts had completed the equipment arrangement and weapon testing. They were equipped with exoskeleton heavy armor, model Manniu, with a height of 3-4 meters. It was a humanoid equipment, and it

Its armor performance is as its name suggests, and it is famous for its powerful power system. Its individual soldier load capacity of more than 10 tons allows it to act like a bull on the battlefield, tearing apart the opposite fire network through collision and heavy weapon fire cover.

In space boarding operations, they generally serve as human shields and fire cover.

Due to the need for functional customization, the heavy armor of these 30 soldiers is actually a modified version of the Airborne Type 2. While maintaining the thickness of the armor as much as possible, the weapon mounting unit and power system are reduced. Through the addition of six micro-

- Ram thruster, which greatly improves the armor's mobility and escape ability. It is a specialized version for reconnaissance. The operator is located on the torso of the mecha. The whole body has a certain degree of armor protection. It is equipped with a medium-caliber cannon and is equipped with

A small number of missiles, the main task is to provide fire support for light mechas.

This time, out of caution for alien creatures, the destroyer captain Ren Chao issued a fatal order for the 30 leading reconnaissance troops to wear this type of reconnaissance-specific heavy armor. After all, Ren Chao knew in his heart that light armor was more important to those necromorphs.

Under the bone blade, it is easy to be killed in one blow, let alone a sneak attack. It is difficult to leave a whole body.

"Boss, are you too nervous? This suit of armor is only worn when we deal with enemies with heavy firepower. Do we need to be so cautious when dealing with those alien monsters?"

In the Brown Bear 3 heavy armored transport ship, a black soldier knocked on his armor and complained to his captain that in his opinion, it was impossible for those so-called alien creatures to cut through metal.

Armor is enough, heavy armor is like killing a chicken with a knife.

After hearing this, the captain who was checking the break-in location with the crew looked back at the black soldier who complained, and then said:

"Cary, you don't take your own life seriously, but you have to look at the people around you before you say this. If those alien creatures are so "vulnerable", will there still be casualties in the Border Legion?"

Kari pursed his lips, but no matter what Mengyan retorted, he still recognized his captain very much. Although the training was usually a bit tough, he was very responsible for his soldiers and rushed to provide supplies every time on the ship.

Their team takes more supplies, and they also pay great attention to the life issues of the soldiers in the team. If there are hardware problems or insufficient equipment, they will be reported immediately. Compared with the previous one, it will only squeeze them, just to avoid the dissatisfaction of their superiors, and

The captain who treats his soldiers like pigs and ignores them is much better. This is why the soldiers in the squad all obey the noncommissioned officer who followed the current captain. In the eyes of these soldiers, as long as they care about their lives, they care about them.

A commander who has such feelings is a person worthy of loyalty.

This captain named Xiang Yuan, like Ren Chao, is Li Mengyan's old subordinate. He has learned from Ren Chao's secret contacts that what they are facing this time is probably the corpse that directly massacred his comrades on the Pioneer.

When he thought of his comrades who had died under the attacks of those monsters, Xiang Yuan felt as if the rage of revenge was about to burst out of his eyes, but this time he was much calmer.

"This time I want to settle all old and new grudges. Damn necromorph. I won't let you massacre my comrades this time. Not only will I kill you, but I won't let you hurt my brothers."

We're all here, Major, wait for us, we'll come to rescue you now!"

Thinking of this, Xiang Yuan patted the crew member who was communicating with him and motioned him to set off according to the planned plan. The other party gave a thumbs up, then returned to the cockpit and closed the alloy door of the cockpit. With a slight trembling, he armed himself

The eight jets at the bottom of the transport ship emitted blue light. Under the acceleration of electromagnetic gravity, the ship's hull was slowly lifted up, and then accelerated out of the departure gate of the destroyer hangar, entered the vast space, and headed towards
Chapter completed!