Chapter 58 ·Chu Xuan is in operation...
Chu Xuan's unusual movements really surprised Jiang Yu at first. But soon, he understood, or understood, Chu Xuan's behavior.
It was just a gesture of goodwill, plus a series of temptations that he couldn't understand, but they must be there anyway.
Chu Xuan just planned to use this act of 'helping his companions' to make himself accepted by the team more quickly and smoothly. This allows the seniors to agree more quickly when he proposes a more radical tactic, rather than wasting too much time on unnecessary arguments and thinking because "someone's calculations are too cold-blooded."
To him, Li Shuaixi was just a tool. Because this guy is the most likely to make mistakes, the most likely to have problems, and the one with the least experience and experience. Whether it is using or fooling, it is the simplest and most convenient type. And thinking about it, Chu Xuan should have put a lot of attention on him very early, waiting for him to reveal the inevitable flaw.
And so far, the effect seems to be quite good. Just a few simple actions, not even any words. Li Shuaixi became Chu Xuan's loyal follower. He followed Chu Xuan almost every step of the way, even if Cheng Xiao was actually a more suitable person to rely on.
A small episode, nothing more.
Soon, after arriving at the main control hall, Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie each released their telekinesis to remove the corpse fragments and acid etching marks everywhere in the hall. After clearing a space for movement, Chu Xuan approached the console that seemed to be the largest.
The machine made a soft sound as the identity plate approached, and a projection light screen with physical effects emerged. It is accompanied by a voice announcement that all reincarnations can clearly understand.
"ID tag detected...permission passed. Technical engineer, Chu Xuan, welcome to use the company's products..."
A large screen of light emerged. I can understand the words, but it is difficult to understand them put together. Obviously, even if there is a future technology version of the fool-like operating system, it will take some time for inexperienced ordinary people to quickly master it.
"Xia, can you understand?" Jiang Yu asked his most reliable companion in the communication channel.
And he immediately received a positive answer.
"I can understand it, but the processing may not be very smooth. It is difficult to drive this ship, but if you just apply some basic functions, it shouldn't be a problem."
As expected.
Xia quickly approached a smaller operating platform and assisted Chu Xuan in processing operations. She also had the authority to operate, and soon, more light curtains were projected out, and then under Chu Xuan's slow at first, but soon fast operations, they changed from complex to streamlined, and finally arranged in a clear order. Above the large projection area at the front of the main control room.
What can be seen intuitively is about a hundred monitoring screens, nearly half of which have been hacked. Chu Xuan quickly excluded them from the projection area. The second most intuitive thing is the perspective modeling of the ship hull, in which many parts are marked in black and red. The rest is a large number of historical operation records and stored video records.
If they have time, the reincarnators can even use the surveillance records to watch the revised version of Alien 1 again here. But now, there is no need to think about this kind of thing.
After all, there was Chu Xuan, and it took Chu Xuan less than a minute to sort out a lot of usable information.
"There are some good news, and some not so good news." Chu Xuan pushed up his glasses. Obviously, he had a clear understanding of the combat power ratio between the enemy and ourselves.
"First, Ripley's escape boat left about six hours ago. It adopted a... relatively radical method. The hull suffered some damage as a result, and before leaving, she set the power furnace overload setting. Countdown.”
"Of course, this problem has been solved by the exploration team that came before us. The overload command was remotely canceled and the operation was locked. An elite team also successfully arrived at the damaged area and manually closed the damaged area isolation door. Of course, this still resulted in a lack of air in the transport barge, which is why there was still negative pressure inside the ship when we arrived."
Zheng Zha breathed a sigh of relief, although he didn't say anything. But he was really afraid that one of the power furnaces would explode.
"The good news is that they were quickly knocked down by the aliens and then parasitized. After that, three teams came in succession - the one closest to us arrived an hour ago, and after a total of four teams The total number of people in the team should be close to one hundred and fifty. And we should be the last team, and also the most elite and strongest team under the company. Because the fourth team immediately chose after arriving and establishing the forward position and being frustrated. We took measures to hold on rather than evacuate. We persisted for a full half hour.”
To hold on is to wait for reinforcements. Strong enough reinforcements.
Unfortunately, this support force was delayed for various reasons. Couldn't reach the position on time.
"Poor people...may they rest in peace." Zhan Lan sighed softly. "And I remember that the incubation time of aliens ranges from minutes to hours?"
"Yeah." Chu Xuan nodded. "Exactly like this, the achievements of these one hundred and fifty people are not many. And they were not all killed in battle, but most of them were captured. And this means that when we first arrived, there should be a group of Alien larvae have just been born.”
Alien larvae, a stage that is easily overlooked. It takes a certain amount of time for the alien to grow from breaking out of the chest. However, this time may be short or long, it may be a few minutes, it may be a few hours. And before they grow up, it is very likely that they will be regarded as small creatures such as facehuggers by a cursory scan.
"...I'll go and see it right now." Zhan Lan closed his eyes. "In the warehouse... damn, I found them! There is indeed a group of rapidly growing alien larvae. Some of them look stronger than others!"
"It's the Queen's guard." Jiang Yu said in a deep voice. "In a large-scale alien community, the queen's guards will be born. Normally, they should be born together with the queen...but occasionally there are special circumstances."
Now is a special situation.
"I remember... the fighting power of the queen's guards is not stronger than that of the queen." Zheng Zha pressed his temple. He seemed a little distressed, but his voice sounded more like he was eager to try.
"But they are more flexible and good at fighting. In addition, they appear in plurals. Overall, there may be two to three queens with the combat power." Jiang Yu nodded and said: "While they haven't grown up yet, Stifling them in the cradle is a suitable strategy...Chu Xuan, can you block all the isolation doors and leave only one channel for us to reach the alien nest?"
"It can be done, but I personally don't recommend it." Chu Xuan operated the buttons a few times, nodded, and then shook his head. "First of all, the alien's perception is very keen. When we appear here, we should already be in the Queen's intelligence system. And now we are far away from it, so we will not cause an overreaction from it. And the other party should already know the current situation. The disparity in combat power between the enemy and ourselves, once I lower the isolation gate, may stimulate it to launch a final counterattack in a desperate battle."
"so?"
"The Alien Queen is a very intelligent creature. After realizing that she is bound to die, dying together, or threatening to die together, will become the other party's course of action. As far as the information I know so far, there are two ways for it to do so. Threatening us."
Chu Xuan stretched out his hand and pointed at two places on the projection of the ship body.
"First, the core power furnace. Although the overload function of the power furnace has been locked. But I am not familiar with the precision power machinery of this era. After using strong acid or brute force collision, it is still possible for the machinery to become structurally unstable. Even if it does not explode, the forced shutdown of the power furnace may trigger a system reset when the backup energy is activated. Currently, I cannot find the underlying command of the system. After the reset, the isolation doors may all be closed, but there are also Open as many as possible.”
If all the isolation doors are opened, the terrain will become favorable to the aliens. Coupled with the lack of lighting, the difficulty of the battle will further increase.
"Second, the escape cabin escape area. There was a collision when Ripley escaped. There were many leaks. Although the advance team before us had closed and locked all the isolation doors. But compared to the entire As far as the spacecraft is concerned, that is still the most vulnerable breach. If the alien uses the acid blood of four or five individuals to open a way and destroy several key blockade points. Then even if the ship does not explode on the spot due to structural stress, the air inside It will also be cleared out in a very short period of time.”
Naturally, I didn’t say anything about the ship blowing up. In a vacuum environment, once an alien is really sucked out of space, it will not die. Then it is really difficult for reincarnations.
Very troublesome.
But a qualified strategist who wants to fight for the right to speak. While pointing out the trouble, corresponding solutions will also be given.
"I suggest that we divide our troops into multiple groups. I will gradually lower the isolation gates near here and the initial point. Before that, I suggest that the seniors divide into two teams to attack the weak areas of the power furnace and escape boats at the same time. And I will be here During this period, the isolation doors in each area will be gradually lowered. The disadvantage of this is that it will take more time to eliminate the aliens. At the same time, the two teams may also be besieged and face excessive combat pressure. At the same time, the Queen's guards will also grow up. The combat difficulty during the final rendezvous may be a little higher.”
"And the advantage... is that the aliens no longer have the opportunity to die with us, or threaten us to delay. The possibility of successfully completing the Lord God's mission will increase, and there will be no additional variables."
The pros and cons are clear. Chu Xuan's previous overtures quickly took effect at this moment.
Considering the combat power and intelligence advantages possessed by the veterans, pursuing safety is an inevitable outcome.
Inside the thunder cloud armor, Jiang Yu lowered his eyes.
When Chu Xuan started to analyze, he kept observing Chu Xuan while unlocking the gene lock. And he noticed that Chu Xuan had a very brief hesitation when he mentioned Ripley's escape cabin.