Chapter 176 Meteorite Belt
The black oil warehouse of the Jinsen Chamber of Commerce is hidden in a dense meteorite belt, and you also need to use a secret acceleration track to get there. It is not on a common waterway. In the huge star field, there are only occasional mining ships or smuggling ships passing by.
And some of this meteorite group are fakes simulated by the Jinsen Chamber of Commerce with virtual signals to obscure the path and interfere with the radar. Therefore, without automatic navigation, few pilots can pass through, and even fewer ships enter or leave this dangerous area.
And company officials like Goro Kanamori control the secret channels that can pass through it. In other words, as long as you want to trade and pick up goods, no matter whether you are in or out, you have to hand over the command of the ship to Yelena to drive it. You also have to stop navigation and turn off the radar, and you cannot locate and mark the other party's warehouse location.
If someone plans to die with you and hit the meteorite with the accelerator, there is no way.
However, as a result of the wealth insurance, Li Pan had already emptied his company and personal accounts and paid the deposit, so there was no turning back.
In order to get these 80 billion, what can't you do?
He even went to the business by himself and washed the Golden Retriever Lion King's hair and rubbed his back, okay!
Come out and make money, don’t be shabby!
But in the end, this journey was uneventful. After all, Li Pan was not only introduced by an old client as a partner, but he was also generous, paid as promised, came to the rescue twice, and even escorted me all the way home. It was really interesting.
If this kind of magical customer doesn't dare to trade anymore, then he really shouldn't come out to do business in the future.
He was distracted while looking at the meteorite sea, when someone suddenly grabbed him.
It's Nana. Oh, by the way, now she doesn't need to pilot for the time being, and she crawled out of the LCL bubble wetly.
"Huh? Why?"
Li Pan didn't even react. Nana had already jumped into his arms and nibbled on it.
"You sneaky cat! Do you think I can't see it? I know where every grain of sand on this waterway is!"
Li Pan's lips were bitten by her, and there was a fishy smell of LCL solution in her mouth.
"Wow! I made sacrifices for my business, okay!" "
I don't care! You bathed her in front of me! And now you let her drive my boat! You have to make it up to me!" "Obviously it's me
! "Okay, okay, I'll make it up to you."
Anyway, it was Yelena who was driving into the meteorite belt, so Li Pan, who had just finished washing, had to carry Nana for the second round of washing.
However, the burden on Nana's continuous navigation in the past two days was actually very heavy. Even if she did not make a jump, she still had to observe the conditions of the surrounding star field at all times. Her spirit was very high under the influence of drugs and implants, but she was actually very exhausted physically and mentally. I fell asleep halfway through washing.
Li Pan didn't bother her. He cleaned her up and put her into the sleep cabin to let her recharge her batteries.
After walking through the meteorites for a day like this, HAYABUSA successfully arrived at the secret warehouse of Kanamori Trading Company.
This warehouse was built in a hollowed-out meteorite mine, and the inner layer was paved with military alloy armor. It was clearly a secret outpost supply point during the war years. Apart from the warehouse and a temporary supply room for astronauts, there was almost nothing else extra. facility.
Parking HAYABUSA in the fort warning area, Li Pan took PONY and followed Goro Kanamori into the warehouse by shuttle. He then counted the black oil inventory, contacted the company through an encrypted channel, and transferred funds to several secure accounts provided by the Kanamori Chamber of Commerce to confirm. Four and a half billion were received.
Goro Kanamori shook hands with Li Pan,
"I have unlocked all the permissions for you. Your company can put in the warehouse and pick up the goods. Yelena will send you out later."
Li Pan actually did not need additional hostages, but he did not refuse and shook hands. ,
"I hope this transaction goes smoothly, and you also know that our demand is not capped." "
Of course, I will contact the refinery immediately to arrange raw materials and production lines, and strive to fully produce for your company's large orders. As long as we confirm If a batch of new goods can be put in place, I will contact your company immediately." "
Okay, happy cooperation."
Then the alert was lifted, HAYABUSA slowly entered the port, the crew put on engineering equipment, put down the drone of the Jinsen Chamber of Commerce, and cleared the Storage location moving containers.
One hundred and sixty one-liter bottles of black oil actually don't have much content. I'm afraid Li Panzhong is not fully armed if it is not added up. However, these goods were camouflaged in aviation fuel in batches. There were several consignments, which were directly filled into a container. The transaction contents in the books of Jinsen Chamber of Commerce and Panlong Construction also read "aviation fuel". Of course, in order to cope with customs inspection, All written documentation and inspection reports are complete.
Now it can be said that half of the mission has been completed. Next, we need to transport the things to Callisto, and bring a few bottles back to Earth for 0113007, so that we can get the remaining 72 billion in payment.
But the problem is indeed not big. After all, Li Pan and 0113012 have also discussed that as long as they leave this meteorite belt, Li Pan can directly send coordinates, share radar data, and call the company's fleet for escort.
Whoever doesn't have a good eye dares to block the road to grab goods? I'm sure KBO will bring hundreds of battleships and fire so fiercely that Tamar won't be able to recognize him.
As long as the money is obtained, no introduction to the fleet is needed, and the Security Bureau agrees, Li Pan can form another PMC force himself.
Let's see when the time comes to see which one is better, your Yamazaki PMC, or his Li's PMC.
Before the goods were loaded, Yelena's body appeared in front of Li Pan again.
"We're in trouble."
Alas...forget it, it's not always smooth sailing for Shi Gua, so we still have to work hard.
Yelena shared the enemy tracking information, and Kanamori Goro also linked to the channel again.
"President Li, our company has detected three cruisers and six frigates jumping into the space, and released twenty transport planes, drones and SMS, preparing to enter the mining area. These people are unknown, but they should be the ones who planned to ambush before
. Judging from the route they chose, my forces either have a traitor in us, or they are equipped with the most advanced gravity detectors, which can detect the gravity trajectory of your cruiser just sailing." Li Pan shrugged
, "Do you suspect that I am leading the way? How do I know if you want to turn your back and take advantage of others?"
Goro Kanamori was not angry,
"The most important thing in any business is to establish mutual trust. Your company has shown enough sincerity. Therefore, I believe that the spoilers this time should be other dealers trying to attack Jinsen Trading Co., Ltd., reduce the channels for 0791 black oil shipments, and monopolize the market. Therefore, they are the common enemies of both of us. I suggest that you and
our company join forces again to eliminate them. Invaders."
Li Pan nodded,
"Okay, then you send a fleet to solve the problem. If you are not strong enough, then give me the coordinates and I will arrange for a fleet to come over. What? You are a warehouse. The coordinates have been exposed, why are you reluctant to part with it?"
Kanamori Goro smiled,
"Kanamori Trading Company is just an agent. The local assets belong to the original factory. They also have other necessary production raw materials stored nearby. If at this time, If there is a loss, I'm afraid that the production cycle of the products your company needs will be delayed indefinitely."
Li Pan spread his hands and said,
"Then what do you want, let my ships fight twenty-nine and kill them?"
Goro Kanamori said,
"Of course our company will provide assistance, but our support fleet will take time. Fortunately, the enemy can only enter the mining area. It can move at a slow speed. This warehouse has no defensive facilities, but there are defensive artillery batteries, ship-borne weapons and ammunition in the nearby base, which can provide shelter for your ship." Well, we are going to fight anyway, so let's fight
.
Fortunately, the terrain of this mining area is indeed complex, and it took Li Pan and others a day to get in. The enemy fleet was not far away, and they had enough time to prepare.
So Li Pan quickly communicated the battle report with the veterans, and set off immediately after completing the loading. Under Yelena's navigation, HAYABUSA moved to the military facilities in the mining area.
The Kanamori Chamber of Commerce also has a lot of weapon systems in stock, but HAYABUSA itself is not a combat ship. Two of the four high slots are already occupied by stealth systems and induced stance generating devices. In addition, the point defense system is also a complete defense system that is linked to the entire hull radar detection system and cannot be dismantled.
So in the end, Li Pan did some screening and modeling, and only the civilian mining laser could be dismantled.
And due to limited time and personnel, it is impossible to dismantle the entire energy transmission circuit of the laser output device and change it into a plasma jet, a magnetic orbital ballistic accelerator, a missile launcher, etc.
Therefore, taking into account the battlefield environment of the mining area, and at the suggestion of the veterans, everyone only replaced the mining laser with a cruise-level focused anode pulse laser, paired with a deflagration pulse laser ray crystal, at the expense of increasing energy consumption at the expense of range. , can emit high-energy pulse laser at high frequency and high velocity.
At the same time, Kanamori Trading Company continued to use its automatic defense system to counterattack, delaying the enemy's advance and sharing the battle situation.
It should be said that the other party is really a very professional private armed fleet.
One of the three cruisers is a dedicated drone cruiser, controlling a drone attack formation of twelve medium-sized drones. There is also a battlefield ECM/ECCM system that serves as electronic support and radar auxiliary roles.
One was a logistics cruiser with superconducting power transmission, remote transmission shield enhancement, and automatic armor repair system. Three armored personnel carriers were released, and at least one platoon of SBS space commandos was released.
There is also a heavily armored assault cruiser, a slightly older model, but a specialized warship with heavy military armor. It carries four space warfare equipment SMS, a troop carrier, and is also equipped with a railgun. It is most likely the flagship. .
The other six frigates, including one high-speed reconnaissance ship, one electronic interference ship, and four equipped with point defense systems and mine clearance devices, are responsible for fleet alert and defense.
Although this small fleet cannot fully deploy due to the environment in the mining area, the opponent's fleet commander is not the kind of fool who directly orders a swarm of people to swarm up and attack.
They used two frigates and twelve drones as an outpost.
Followed by a heavy assault cruiser as a shield, two escorts, four SMS, and a large formation of four transport ships.
The third wave is the logistics cruise, the drone cruise, and the rear team of two escort ships.
In this way, when the outpost detects the automatic turrets in the mining area along the way, use the drones to hit them if they can. If not, call the heavy attack and use the railgun to blow up the turrets.
When a facility similar to a base warehouse was discovered, the outpost troops cleared the forts and surrounded the surrounding space area. Then the SMS and transport ships followed up, cooperated with the heavy rail gun bombing cover, and launched a joint raid.
Marder, you are a professional. Can you match me with an opponent who has just learned how to left-click to attack and right-click to move... "
They have fleet electronic support and ICE protection, as well as ECM interference to control the field. I can't get in. How about using God?" Wind, use kamikaze to knock that drone cruiser away."
PONY came up and made blind moves.
Wangshan said, "The battlefield is full of ores and signal interference. They also have special frigates to guard and scouts to patrol. It is impossible to jump directly to hit the rear team. Moreover, it must be hit with
kamikaze, and it must first hit the heavy enemy. , that ship's armor is too thick, I estimate that it will take a minute for the focused laser to sink. It will be enough for the other party to react and lock on the reverse artillery, and launch a wave of salvos at us." Yelena also made suggestions, "
You
guys Our ship is a stealth reconnaissance ship, which has the advantage of being the first to strike, and has such a strong shield defense system. It is better to destroy the two reconnaissance and interference frigates before the opponent reacts, and then choose the opportunity to use the kamikaze when the opponent's formation is scattered. As long as It will be easy to fight if we can ensure that we replace a cruiser."
But Wangshan objected, "The shield has limited defensive effect against the railgun. At such a close range, our armor is too thin and dangerous. We must deal with the heavy surprise first. "
Yelena didn't give him face,
"Didn't you see the logistics supply ship in the rear group? Can you sink a fully armored heavy assault force in one minute? Their remote maintenance was overloaded and repaired, and it was all in vain. Wangshan
said, "That's why the kamikaze is coming. One ship and one gun. How can we fight a fleet battle with a group of them?" Yelena sneered, "But there are
some defensive frigates around Chongtu. You guys If we miss, we will lose."
PONY, "The reconnaissance ship is cruising in our direction. They are getting close. We must make a decision as soon as possible to release the kamikaze and hide it." "
I will pilot the kamikaze.
" After waking up, Nana entered the bridge and stepped into the LCL bubble.
"I will use spices and remote navigation to destroy a cruiser. You guys decide quickly."
Wangshan was silent for a while and looked at Li Pan,
" If she uses spices and she is confident, then it is better to destroy the drone patrol and remove the electronic jamming to silence the hackers. In this way, we can have a showdown with Chongtu. The other frigates' drones use shields for their firepower. Come and block it."
At this time, a bright light penetrated the battlefield. Everyone turned to look and saw in the surveillance screen, a heavily equipped SMS actually fired a cruise-level plasma cannon, directly destroying the main entrance defense of the Meteor Fortress.
There was silence for a moment.
How old are you? You can still encounter the legendary Space Knight, the anti-ship SMS that destroys fleets with a single machine...
Then the calculation of the opponent's combat power is not three cruisers, but seven cruisers, okay? ...
Yelena looked at them, "Can your shield be able to bear it?"
PONY, "One shot is enough, two shots are enough, three shots is enough..."
Li Pan sighed,
"Okay, okay, I know. , I'll do it. Leave the heavy tug to me, Nana will take one, and leave the rest to you."
Everyone turned to look at him and looked at the mountain, "What do you mean, leave the heavy tug to you?"
"Don't worry about it. I'm sure. Wait for my signal."
Li Pan stretched, his whole body crackled, and the broken ceramic armor on his body fell off piece by piece. In front of everyone's sight, his whole body became taller. Tighten the spacesuit around you.
"I'm leaving the cabin first. Don't worry. Just lure them over and look for the opportunity. You can take action as soon as Chongtu loses his combat power."
The meaning of what Li Pan said was unclear, but no one questioned it, because they found that it was not an illusion. This man was expanding and growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. His body and limbs were elongated like shadows, tearing the combat uniform on his body into pieces almost like paper. It squeezed out of the aisle, swayed in the blink of an eye, set off a gust of wind, and rushed out of the hatch.
Without wearing any protection, he just rushed into the vacuum of space.
Yes, Li Pan also discovered it not long ago when the shuttle of Jinsen Trading Company was almost exploded and stalled.
At that time, the inner cabin of the shuttle had been penetrated by plasma sputtering. Goro Kanamori and Yelena were wearing condoms, so there was no problem. Wangshan, on the other hand, was experienced. His spacesuit was intact and he injected himself with medicine to enter a state of hypothermic shock. Li Pan later dragged him out and thawed it out.
But Li Pan himself was fine.
Yes, his spacesuit had been shot to pieces during the battle on the space station and had completely lost its effectiveness. But that's all right with him. Even without any protection, they can move freely in the vacuum.
You don't even need to 'breathe'. After all, as an immortal cultivator, as early as the stage of 'refining and transforming qi', you can circulate the gas in your internal organs and form a heaven of your own, eating wind and drinking dew.
Vacuum low temperature and radiation have no effect at all. After all, your radiation is nothing. Li Pan was hit by thunder, and the nuclear bomb tempered his body not once or twice, okay?
Even Li Pan didn't know how to describe it, but it seemed, maybe, seemed...
He found that cultivating immortality in the universe was much faster than on earth...
No, it was not a psychological effect, it was real.
Li Pan felt like he was really about to turn five.
From three to four, in order to pass the threshold, Li Pan tried every means, tried his best, and tried his best.
But now after the Dao body was reshaped, after coming to the universe for a few days, he found that his cultivation level had to increase.
It may be a bit weird to say this, but there seems to be something in the dark void and the vast universe that is continuously pouring power into his body, between his skin, his lungs, and his meridians.
Jumping out of the spaceship, he was able to swim in the vacuum, freeing himself from the self-discipline and restraints of the human form, allowing his muscles and bones to stretch, his muscles to grow, and his body to expand.
Li Pan could hear crackling and thunderous explosions in his body, as well as the roaring of tides in his blood vessels and the stirring of floods.
It is as if this body itself is also singing and jumping for joy, jumping for joy in this endless sea of void. It is like drinking the rain, no longer restrained, free to evolve, and regaining its original strength.
But none of this could change the fact that Li Pan was very, very scared at this moment.
The deeper we go into this vacuum, the more fear lingers with us.
The more his strength increased, the more Li Pan's fear increased, and the more clearly he felt the fear on his scalp, like needles and knives pricking his back.
Just like the ancestors of ancient times, the apes in the forest looked at the dark jungle with uncontrollable and indescribable fear.
If I had to describe it, it would be that there is something in this darkness.
Is there something, a higher-ranking predator than myself?
Although you can't see it, touch it, or hear it.
But it's there.
It's there, watching you quietly.
Your emotions, your desires, your struggles.
It has nothing to do with it and is completely meaningless.
Your life and death only exist in one thought of it.
Just depends on when it wakes up.
Just depends on when it's hungry.
Just depends on how it feels.
You monkey, you are quite interesting.
Ah...
fear...
Li Pan can't stand this void, this darkness anymore.
Finally, he completely succumbed to his fear, took out the key, opened the door, and escaped inside.
So on the bridge of the heavy assault cruiser,
the captain and crew members turned their heads, and reflected in their pupils was a figure nearly four meters tall, with purple scales all over his body, and a face so distorted that it hardly resembled a human body.
So they also reflected the infected, equally fiery and frantic emotions back into each other's retinas.
Ah...
fear...
(End of chapter)