Chapter 177 Escort "
Ah——
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Sound is isolated on the other side of the vacuum.
"It's been calling for five minutes since just now. The surrounding frigates, SMS and transport ships are quickly retreating. This ship should have lost its combat effectiveness, right?"
No one spoke for a while.
PONY. Eighteen had no choice but to remind again,
"I think this is the 'signal' the boss said. Let's do it."
Elena swallowed and asked in a trembling voice,
"...What on earth is that?"
Nana glanced at her and lay down in the LCL vacuole,
"All AGSS members are ready, HAYABUSA stealth maneuver, prepare kamikaze, target enemy drone patrol."
Wangshan rubbed his face, jumped to the turret position, put on the control Helmet, fingers flying in the void,
"Give me the turret authority, one target Frigate REC, two targets Frigate ECM, three targets SMS..."
PONY.18,
"ICE link preparation, SHIELD charging, PPE/SF in place, yes ECM is ready..."
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Elena gritted her teeth and pulled up the joystick.
"The pilot is in place. The channel is preset."
PONY. Eighteen, "épice loading!"
Nana took a deep breath,
"KAMIKAZE! TOTSUGEKI!"
The kamikaze shuttle was thrown out of the invisible hull. , three seconds later, the jump battery was activated, turning into a stream of light and rushing into the meteorite.
Then the bright sun illuminated the deep sky, and a scarlet down mark popped up on the holographic radar projection.
Elena stepped on the accelerator, and HAYABUSA climbed rapidly. At the same time, the dark green light projected into the deep sky.
The deflagration pulse laser is like a dark green spike, accurately piercing the frigate's PPE engine. The high-energy laser beam penetrates the hull and melts the alloy hull instantly. The metal inside the hull burns violently in an instant, like ice cream melted by flames. . The crew members on the ship were instantly vaporized by the dark green evil fire, leaving not even a trace of carbon residue behind.
As for those SMS, the entire body melted instantly, the nuclear furnace turned into a beacon in the dark night, and four small suns lit up one after another in the mining area, illuminating the starry sky during the day.
It is true that the cruiser-class naval gun can only hit one escort at a time. It can even hit SMS, which is a bit bullying to be honest.
But it doesn't matter looking at the mountain. Isn't the three-headed dog's daily job is to shoot mosquitoes with a cannon, so he just announced his points, "Target Eliminated, Target Eliminated, Target Eliminated..." He kept barking and shot with his eyes closed. .
In short, with the cooperation of everyone, HAYABUSA maneuvered between meteorites, changing positions with one shot, shooting green lights to call names, and destroyed the frigate and SMS one after another. The opposing fleet was in the midst of the frenzy and chaos of sudden internal and external raids. Not even a single ship could detect traces of the invisible HAYABSUA throughout the entire process, let alone lock in the target organization and effectively fight back.
After all, the fleet's scouts and electronic command ships had been destroyed immediately, and the full-band scanning and ICE had been interfered by hackers. The escort class in the same chain of command could not capture HAYABUSA's hull signal at all.
As a result, HAYABUSA directly bypassed the meteorite area and rushed to the rear of the enemy fleet. Seeing that something was not going well, it quickly turned around and tried to retreat and escape with a fierce burst of fire, beating the third cruiser thousands of times. It was riddled with holes, and finally the engine exploded and turned into a bright plasma fireball. Then it turned back and hunted down the other frigates that had lost their radar and command, and the transport ships that bumped around like headless flies in the mining area.
The whole battle lasted for twenty minutes. From the moment Li Pan jumped out of the cabin alone, it was a low-difficulty mobile target practice and a one-sided massacre.
The heavy assault cruiser remained motionless throughout the entire process. It did not issue any orders, no radar scans were locked, and no railguns were activated.
There are only echoes of screams on the SOS public channel, which are tragic at first and then gradually disappear.
PONY. Eighteen, "The universe is cleared, target twenty-eight has been shot down."
The countdown sound from Wangshan also stopped. The bridge was quiet again, and everyone was looking at the heavy assault cruiser, the only remaining heavy assault cruiser on the battlefield.
After a moment of silence, PONY.18 called on the public channel,
"HAYABUSA, call the tyrant class, call the tyrant class..."
Wangshan said, "That's not the tyrant class, it's the old-fashioned lord class with added decoration."
PONY.18, "Oh, whatever! The boss doesn't recognize me anyway! Boss! Call boss! Boss! Boss!" After
calling several times, the communication was finally connected.
"I heard it, I heard it, stop screaming."
Li Pan rubbed his forehead, got up from the pool of blood, wiped the blood on his hands and mouth, and looked around,
"Hey, the enemy troops on the ship have been cleared, come here Pick me up."
PONY. Eighteen, "Okay, pick up the boat now."
Elena couldn't help it anymore,
"Wait, wait! Do you really want to come over? Are you sure that's still your manager? He's really Is it normal? What does clearing mean! And how on earth did he get there just now!?"
Wangshan said, "Yes, boss, you can go there, can't you come back by yourself?"
Li Pan's head was buzzing from the noise,
" Oh, there’s so much nonsense! I’ll pick you up when I say you’ll come! If this ship costs less than 100 million, empty the warehouse and drive away!”
PONY. 18, “It seems he’s the boss.”
So Yelena’s objections were ineffective, HAYABUSA boarded the ship, PONY unlocked the bridge permissions, and the veterans who had switched to SBS broke into the Lord-class heavy assault cruiser-class cabin with loaded guns and live ammunition.
It had really been emptied. There was a large amount of blood stains left in the cabin on the deck. The alloy door panel was covered with punch marks and claw marks. The hangar door was blown away. From the splattered blood, it looked like someone had kicked the closed safety gate. Fei, along with the dozen or so people behind him, were crushed to death on the hangar wall. But when the metal plate was lifted, the body was nowhere to be found.
But there was no one in the boat.
Not a single body, not even a scrap of flesh.
Following the bloodstain all the way to the bridge, even the veterans of the three-headed dog did not dare to rush in like this.
PONY.18, on the other hand, trotted into the bridge and squeezed in beside Li Pan, who was rubbing his brow and lying on the captain's chair with his eyes closed to relax.
"Boss, why is there no one? There are 150 registered crew members in the system. Are they all being eaten by cheats?"
Li Pan glared at her,
"What nonsense are you talking about? I just couldn't control my emotions for a moment. You're not that crazy, okay...
Please clean up the monitoring content. It involves company secrets and cannot be leaked. "
Well, Li Pan did stay in deep space for too long just now. The feeling of being stared at by something was too terrifying. He lost his reason and self-control and went berserk. The
mercenaries on the ship were also suddenly opened and entered. The monsters in the cabin were frightened and resisted fiercely.
In short, both sides screamed in extreme panic and tried to kill each other. As a result, when Li Pan came to his senses, he found that he had not stopped and killed everyone on the boat. It was all gone.
But one thing is clear, he didn't eat people, he ate them all from 'leather pockets'.
Li Pan himself didn't know exactly what happened. He speculated that when he went on a rampage, his out-of-control consciousness accidentally took that person. The magic weapon "Leather Bag" was activated. When he came back to his senses, all the corpses on the ground were taken away by "Leather Bag".
Li Pan himself also suffered a great loss of energy. He fainted due to exhaustion of energy, but recovered from the state of loss of control. . But the spiritual consciousness has also been greatly depleted, so that now that he has returned to his human form, he is still a little dizzy and has a terrible headache. It is clearly the sequelae of excessive use of magic weapons. But in short, it is enough to win. The winner does not need to explain, he
must The question is about the company's technology, which is shocking.
Anyway, the Jinsen Chamber of Commerce was shocked.
Wow!! Can you believe that a single person can destroy a ship? A single ship can challenge a fleet, destroy 28 ships and capture one, can you believe it?
Without wearing a space suit. Landing on the cruiser, killing 150 people and eating them all, can you believe it!?
No matter how Li Pan explained, it was useless. Who told him to order PONY to delete all the surveillance cameras? Yelena looked at Li Pan now Pan's eyes were like looking at a cannibal, and he lowered his head to avoid his gaze. He probably would not dare to come to Li Pan to take a bath with him again. But
Wangshan and the others were not surprised. After all, the three-headed dog veterans In my long military career, I can't say that I have never seen monsters like Li Pan, although there are not many... But after all,
this is an era where companies can create supermen and monsters at will, and who doesn't have one? One hundred and fifty lives? Although there are indeed one hundred and fifty people in the stomach, it’s not that many...
“So I didn’t eat people! "
Li Pan went crazy when he heard the rumors on the ship.
"I know, I 'saw' it. "
Nana didn't mind. She found Li Pan in the restaurant, put on clean clothes, and was eating nutritious ointments to restore her physical strength. She reported the battle damage statistics. "The enemy fleet has been completely destroyed, and the Jinsen
Chamber of Commerce confirmed the ID of the deceased. The opponent is the mercenary organization 'Jackal Group', a contracted armed force affiliated with the 'REA Rifle Enthusiasts Association'.
REA is also the PMC military contractor of Zhutian Universe. Local mercenary groups that do not have a business license can pay to join and become its contracted armed forces. They can accept business delegation from the company or accept tasks freely, and the accounts are split between 30 and 70.
Kanamori Trading Co., Ltd. speculates that the recent corporate war has led to a surge in demand for black oil. Therefore, other competing black oil agents have hired the 'Jackal Group', intending to get rid of their first-level agents and obtain a larger share of black oil sales. .
In this battle, HAYABUSA destroyed 28 enemy targets and captured a Lord-class heavy assault cruiser. In order to thank us for the security services we provided, the Jinsen Chamber of Commerce is willing to buy back the captured Lord-class cruiser. Since we are not a legal PMC company, we propose that in accordance with the practice of citizen starships assisting in the elimination of pirates, based on the value of our ships shooting down enemy ships, Our company will settle mercenary bonuses according to a certain percentage and reimburse fuel and ammunition consumption. "
Li Pan immediately became energetic,
"Oh? So how much is the total? "
Nana did some calculations and said,
"The Lord-class is an old ship that has been retired for a long time. Although this ship has armor and updates, it has been in service for a long time, at least ten years, and has many battle-damaged modifications and overhauls. There are no traces of it, and the internal structure was damaged by you. It can only be estimated at eight million.
As for the bounty for a fleet to kill interstellar pirates, it is customary to calculate 10% of the cost of the enemy ship shot down. However, these enemy ships are all old-fashioned warships. After deducting taxes, it is estimated that the reward is only 20 to 30 million. Got the gold?
There are also bits and pieces of equipment recycling, fuel and ammunition expenses, and I think the Jinsen Chamber of Commerce will pay about 50 million in bonuses.
Li Pan was unhappy when he heard this, "
Huh?" Only fifty million? What a fool! That kamikaze ship knocked down 30 million! This is three cruisers, six escorts, and a lot of SMS drones! At least it is a fleet with a combat power of one billion, okay?
Think about it clearly, this fleet is here to raid his Kanamori family! We helped him solve such a big trouble, so we only gave him 50 million? ? Why are you so embarrassed? ? "
Nana did the math and contacted the other side again.
"They are willing to increase the commission reward for Panlong Construction to 100 million, and also provide you with a personal thank you payment of 200 million black money.
"Oh, that's okay... Damn, that 200 million is not what I gave him! " ! "
Li Pan was also speechless, feeling still at a loss. But in the final analysis, these pirates are here to steal black oil, and half of it is his own problem. And he can't offend the Jinsen Chamber of Commerce too much. After all, he still hopes to rely on others in the future. The black oil channel makes a lot of money. What’s more, this time I got a cruiser laser turret for free from someone else. Although it only costs more than five million, it is not available on the market now. Anyway, let’s do this for now
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So after a short rest, HAYABUSA set sail again, left the mining area, jumped to the official acceleration track, and handed over control to the transportation system.
PONY. Eighteen also shared the fleet's azimuth channel with other Eighteen Updates, and obtained the protection of the company's fleet. Then The ship began to accelerate towards Callisto.
In fact, traveling through the universe and conquering the galaxies is quite boring once the novelty wears off.
Most of the time in a vacuum, most of the space is filled with shit. No, it was completely dark. There was no magnificent scenery like astronomical photos.
In addition, Li Pan himself stared at the darkness for too long and would suffer from phobia. So in the later stage, Li Pan did not even go to the bridge. I just kept squatting in the mess hall, consuming the carbohydrate rations on the ship, vomiting and recuperating, and practicing in the universe to regain my strength. Alas,
if two people come to practice dual cultivation in the universe, they will get twice the result with half the effort, but it is a pity that Nana has to lead the ship, and Yelena is frightened. I had to hide in the cabin and had no choice but to miss this good opportunity.
But finally, after a few hours of sailing, HAYABUSA finally arrived in the Jupiter universe.
Jupiter, the home of cosmic people, the node of all heavens and worlds, the star gate Where. As soon
as he entered the space domain, the radar was filled with dense spots and planned channels.
Li Pan looked out through the camera while holding the bowl, and he could also see a large area of neat and orderly starlight, which was all coming and going. In planes 0791 and 079, there are starship cargo ships belonging to major companies.
There is also an extremely huge battleship.
The battleship is like a huge mallet, and a humpback whale with a big head and a thin tail occupies a large area of the waterway. Part of the space. So that hundreds of firefly-like spots can only sail around the whale.
And if you look closely at the radar scan, those 'fireflies' are actually standard-sized super-large inter-dimensional industrial cargo ships with PPE nozzle tail flames. .
At this time, compared with the whale, it was only about the size of a krill. The tonnage of this whale was even more astonishing.
Oh, it's a Titan...
fuck it! Which company is so awesome! Actually drove all the Titans over? ? Are you here to start a Holy Grail bidding war with me? ? ?
Then Li Pan received Shiba's communication, and then a metal human prosthetic body wearing formal clothes and with a face like polished mirror glass appeared on the communication channel.
"General Manager 0791, I am affiliated with Business Department 01, 01032, and I have been ordered to lead the Neptune-class Titans to escort us. Your ship has been authorized and can enter our shipyard." Oh, it belongs to our own family, so it's okay
... ...
Li Pan, "Welcome, warm welcome."
Not to mention the entire crew, Nana, the three-headed dog, the golden retriever lion king, seeing the Titan taking over HAYABUSA's automatic navigation, the cruiser was like a paramecium, slowly When they docked under the fins of a giant whale and entered the harbor, their eyes widened and they showed a shocked expression of "Holy shit! Company dog!"
Even Li Pan was a little flattered.
Damn it? The company quietly arranged a Titan to escort the escort? That's a bit too exaggerated...
"No, I didn't come here to pick you up, I just happened to be on my way to take you for a ride."
01032 corrected,
"I'm here to recover the monster in Jupiter 0791."
"The monster in Jupiter? "
Before Li Pan could ask clearly, the radar suddenly started to alarm, and the dazzling red light almost illuminated the entire sea of stars!
For a moment, Li Pan almost thought that the Titan's main gun was aimed at him, but fortunately it was not.
In a dazzling radiance of stars, the door opened.
The two were ferocious-looking, fierce and terrifying, like huge spaceships in the shape of a steel two-headed dragon, almost no smaller than a humpback whale! Slowly appeared from the star gate!
Second ship! Fucked the second Titan!
No! wrong! It’s not over yet! There are two ships coming at once!
etc! Another inducement!
On the holographic radar, the channel near the star gate has been obscured from all sides by huge mushroom cloud-like spots. One after another, giant ships that cannot be identified, locked, or ignored cross the boundaries of the 'gate' and enter the 0791 universe.
HAYABUSA is shaking, literally.
There was a buzzing sound, like an earthquake, and the alloy creaked and twisted, almost disintegrating under the sudden, strong gravitational pull!
Just by being within the gravitational range of these giant ships, you can feel the huge and terrifying pressure in the deep sea!
HAYABUSA's sensors have completely lost their effectiveness due to the interference of these Titans. The crew can only stare with bated breath under the dim light of the emergency lights, not even daring to leave the atmosphere.
At this time, Li Pan, who was linked to the company channel, was already numb when he saw the space star map shared by 01032.
Good guys, six ships. A total of six Titans came and blocked the door of Star 0791.
What are you doing? ah? What are you doing! Have a tea party? ? ?
01032 explained,
"The 0791035 project was out of control. When the Holy Grail came into contact with the root of the Festival, the SEC sent a high-dimensional warship to check. 0791 You should have received a briefing."
Li Pan, "Oh..."
01032 said, "That ship Lost it. They were attracted by the sudden high-energy reaction of Jupiter. They jumped near Jupiter and disappeared. From all eleven dimensions."
Li Pan, "Oh...what do you mean?"
001032, "I don't know either, so Come and have a look."
Li Pan said, "Oh... How about... using the Holy Grail again? Maybe there will be a reaction?"
01032 shook his head,
"There is no need for it yet. This astronomical anomaly is currently being auctioned by the SEC. , the company that wins the bidding can assist the SEC in leading the investigation of this astronomical anomaly and share all scientific research data.
I am responsible for this bidding project and will not affect your Holy Grail bidding for the time being. But after the auction is over, buy The company that deals with astronomical phenomena will probably have a strong interest in the Holy Grail."
Wow, you have to bid for it now. You have lost an eleven-dimensional super battleship. The first thing to do is not Hurry up to find a boat, is it actually an auction? As expected of interstellar capitalism...
it's not his turn to worry about this matter. Although he is the general manager of 0791, the subsidiary is actually responsible for the monster recovery and storage business.
Holy Grail bidding is just an exception. In most cases, people from the 01 headquarters are responsible for business bidding with the SEC and large companies.
Didn't you see 01032? Didn't he just bring the Titan here without saying a word?
There is no need for the headquarters to inform Li Pan about this kind of thing and report it to the subsidiary company.
But anyway, Li Pan had enough troubles of his own, and he knew that the ship was taken away by something even more extraordinary, so he was eager not to get involved.
HAYABUSA happened to be on the same journey, flying directly into Titan for a temporary docking. Escorted by Titan, it docked into Callisto and Callisto's TheM Company's space base.
(End of chapter)