Volume I, Chapter 20 Urgent Notice
The Fatfish continued to climb in altitude when a communication connection came in.
Demecan connects to the communication, and Zyra's image emerges.
"I'm sorry." Although Demican didn't know how Zyra knew so quickly, this was indeed his mood at this time.
Zyra's expression was very solemn, and she was also stunned when she heard Demican's words, and then reacted.
"You have serious casualties?"
"13 miners are back." Demecan replied.
Zyra was silent for a few seconds and said, "There is a problem with the water resource collection side, and we need to temporarily recruit collectors to go there. ”
"Serious?" Demican also sensed that something was wrong.
"It's dangerous, and it's serious, but there's no choice, so the superiors decided to force the recruitment, and anyone who is recruited will enjoy a triple mission point bonus this time." Zyra replied heavily.
Demican said with a slight movement in his expression, "I see. ”
Inside the hangar, Jones patted Chitaki on the shoulder, "Go, go and rest, don't think too much, coming back alive is the biggest good thing." ”
Chitaki nodded, having just walked a few steps with Jones.
The radio sounded.
"Urgent notice, due to the change of water resources collection mission, the Fat Fish will change its voyage to support, all gatherers will be put on rest and standby, and mechanics will overhaul all miners."
Jones stopped, a shocked expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" Chitaki asked.
Jones glanced at Chitaki and said, "I don't know if you should say you're lucky or unlucky, this kind of thing can be bumped into." ”
After listening to this, Chitaki probably understood, "There is no way to bump into it." ”
Standing on the sidelines, Aina's face was not good-looking, and she seemed to understand what was happening.
"Go back and rest and try to adjust as much as possible."
Chitaki looked at the other gatherers around him, and his face was extremely ugly.
In the end, everyone dispersed silently, and without a choice, they could only be forced to accept it.
The fat fish is high in the air, flying towards the mission destination.
The temperature is getting lower and lower, and all kinds of prompts are constantly ringing in electronic language.
In the control room, Quark looked at the information displayed on the screen and had a headache, there was a bloody battle on the glacier side, and the Hiberni had reinforced more than 800 guardians, 50 medium frigates, and 100 corvettes.
The area over there was a meat grinder battlefield, and no one thought that there would be a zerg lair there.
The reason for the requisition of miners is also very simple, there was a problem with the collection of the last giant iceberg, and the alloy chains that were originally fixed to the iceberg were cut off more than a dozen.
As a result, the three giant plundering ships held up the iceberg and tilted.
As a result of the tilt, the three giant plundering ships were pulled straight down.
Fortunately, they were desperately rushed up by one miner after another, and then stabilized the situation.
Although the situation is now stable, more and more insects are pouring out of the wormhole, and the situation will collapse sooner or later.
There are only two ways to do this, the first is to abandon the iceberg.
The second is for the miners to go up and re-fasten the alloy chains.
It was clear that in the end, the commander of the Hiberne chose the second method.
"How far are we from our destination?" Demican walked over and asked hoarsely.
Quark looked up, and could clearly see the bloodshot in Demiken's eyes, which must have not rested well.
"It is expected to enter the designated coordinates in three hours, and the rest will depend on them."
"I see."
"Is this resource extraction really that important?" Quark asked hesitantly.
"Water resources are the most consuming of all resources, and we need to replenish them once, and this replenishment is very important, otherwise we will be very passive in the future."
"Doesn't the Hibony have a backup resource?"
"That's not going to be used until you have to." Demecan explained.
"Well, I can only wish them good luck." Quark replied helplessly.
On the other side, the captain of the Mushroom has received the latest information, and the Marauding ships from other areas are about to arrive.
"Let their miners cut in from the designated route, and there are dedicated guards who will keep them safe."
"I've told them, just."
"Just what?"
"The miners came to support them, and now there are less than a hundred left."
"What's going on?"
"I have encountered all kinds of problems, and if you count this trip, I guess the final result will be even more ugly."
Cora replied earnestly, "Even so, this mission will be completed." ”
Chitaki had already boarded his own miner at this time, and the Fat Fish had already entered the designated area and was suspended in the air, which was still a little far from the battlefield, and it was very dangerous to get close, so the Fat Fish did not continue to approach, and this distance needed to be traveled by the miners themselves.
The miners ran out of fuel and everything, and one by one the miners broke away from the Fatfish and headed for the designated route given.
The flight didn't go far before it collided head-on with fifteen Guardian mechs.
These are here to escort you through.
Seeing these guardians, the gatherers above the miners couldn't help but relax a little.
Phantom gives a reminder,
"A large number of Zerg have been found ahead, and the danger is extremely high."
"I know."
"Circumvention is recommended."
"There are some things that can't be avoided." Chitaki explained.
"I don't really understand." Phantom gives a puzzled answer.
"You still need to grow." Chitaki replied.
The Guardian's communications are connected.
"You are about to enter the destination battlefield, please be sure to follow behind, even if you encounter monsters, don't panic and flee, we will be responsible for your safety."
"Okay." Chitaki replied.
As they approached the battlefield, insects with thin wings and curved bodies began to appear, stinging soft flying insects, with a body length of three meters, and very hard tentacles, which could secrete a high-acid dissolved liquid, and there were many of them.
"Form a cone formation with me as the center and break in." The lead guardian mech spoke.
"Yes, Captain."
"All miners stay in the middle and keep up with them, don't be left behind."
After saying that, the guardian who took the lead began to forcibly attack and break in, and burst bullets shot out one after another.
Thundered......
Bugs are falling like rain.
Even so, the breakthrough was still very hard.
At this time, Phantaki simulated a clear holographic distribution map of the enemy in Chitaki's mind, and Chitaki's scalp was numb as he watched.
"You need to pay attention to what can be a threat to you, to anticipate, like this." Phantom gives hints.
Suddenly, an indicator line went from a bug to a miner.
As soon as Chitaki reacted, there was a riot outside.
"Help."
I saw a stinging soft flying insect break through the defensive circle and crash into a miner.
"Don't, save me!"
"Don't panic! Stabilize the fuselage. ”
The stinging insects kept smashing their tentacles on the miners, and from time to time they decomposed into liquid dissolving armor plates, making a clattering sound. In fact, the miner's armor is very thick, after all, the thorn horn tail that is not a metal tail cone is not so easy to break.
But the gatherers inside made a fatal mistake.