"Good." Pang Li was quite pleased with Fang Heng's response and gave his instructions, "Now, take a batch of chanical units to reinforce Secotr A3. I need you to ensure the absolute safety of Sector A3. Can you do that?"
"Yes."
"I'll provide you with 20 maintenance andriods."
Pang Li appreciated Fang Heng's straightforward attitude and, with a wave of his hand, transferred control of the maintenance andriods to Fang Heng. He said, "I'll be overseeing the maintenance in Sector B. Sector A3 is in your hands. If you need anything, co find in Sector B."
"Understood."
Fang Heng nodded and signaled to Zaka, then led the 20 maintenance andriods to Sector A3.
Pang Li watched them leave and thought to himself. Normally, assigning such an important task to rcenaries would violate security protocols, but given the urgency of the situation, and since the task in Sector A3 was just reinforcent work, it should be fine.
"Notting, you're in charge of Sector A6. I'll give you 20 maintenance andriods." Pang Li continued with his arrangents without further thought. "Jack, you're in charge of A12..."
anwhile, Fang Heng and Zaka followed the map and entered Sector A3.
The ship's hatch closed automatically behind them.
The 20 maintenance andriods gathered around the two of them.
"Uh..."
Zaka looked at Fang Heng.
"Mr. Fang, what's our next step?"
"I'll go into the sealed-off area of the rear cabin to take a look. You stay outside and provide cover for ."
"Huh?" Zaka pointed to himself. "? Cover?"
Fang Heng walked over to a wall made of alloy tal on the right side of the ship and placed his hand on it, testing the surface.
It didn't work. The wall had a special spatial defense, and spatial energy couldn't penetrate it.
Fang Heng then tried tapping on the wall lightly.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
The tallic wall made a brittle thudding sound.
Fortunately, the wall wasn't very thick.
Fang Heng took out a chanical maintenance gun and began cutting into the tal wall. He continued to say, "No need to rush. You focus on directing the robots to carry out the reinforcent tasks. If anyone shows up, try to delay them. I'll check inside."
Within five minutes, the tal wall was cut open, revealing a dark entrance behind it.
As soon as the wall was breached, a visible aura of white frost leaked from the hole.
Zaka's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly stepped back a few paces.
"Ah, what is this?"
"Just normal frost. I think the Federation urgently cooled the rear area of the ship's cabin to restrict the crystal worms and force them into a hibernation mode."
Fang Heng thought for a mont and said, "I wonder how long this state will last. You stay outside, I'll go in and take a look."
"Mr. Fang, be careful."
Zaka wouldn't dare follow inside, but at least he could hold his ground outside.
Fang Heng squeezed through the opening, and Zaka quickly sealed the hole behind him.
Inside, the passageway was plunged into complete darkness.
Fang Heng activated his vampire night vision, and the surroundings beca clear.
He continued down the dark passage, and the air grew increasingly cold. Soon, he reached a section of tal wall that had been corroded, creating a breach.
Around the edges of the breach, large patches of brown, corrosive sli remained.
Looks like it's over there?
Fang Heng walked toward the breach and soon entered the rear cabin area of the ship.
"Chi, chi..."
He quickly sensed intruders. From further down the passage, several brown worm-like bodies crawled out.
Fang Heng gave them a cold glance.
They were small, only the size of his palm.
They were likely larvae.
It seed that in the low-temperature environnt, the mutant worms hadn't completely gone into hibernation mode, but their activity had been drastically reduced.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!
The larvae quickly scurried across the ground and lunged toward Fang Heng.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"
The larvae, midway through their charge, suddenly froze in place.
The blood within the worm bodies was drawn by Fang Heng's vampiric power, causing them to be completely immobile. They struggled briefly before exploding into a burst of blood and flesh.
"Chi, chi, chi..."
The blood, now acidic and corrosive, leaked from the worms and dissolved the ship's tal, leaving behind black holes in the hull.
Fang Heng pulled his gaze away from the decimated larvae.
It seed these mutant worms had a corrosive ability?
....
On the outside of the ship, hordes of mutant worms surged forward. Under the concentrated fire of the ship's energy cannons, they were blasted apart into bloody chunks.
The two inspectors frowned and asked, "Lieutenant, why is the transition passage below the ship open? The ship is in an ergency combat state, and we are low on energy—why is it being wasted like this?"
On the deck, two inspectors directly appointed by the Western District Federation had arrived to conduct on-site inspections of the battlefield.
They were not accustod to such a bloody scene and were visibly shocked.
The terrifying swarm of mutant worms!
Wait...
What was that?
One of the inspectors suddenly noticed sothing strange.
Beneath the ship, a group of formidable mutant worms had ford a circle, continuously blocking the swarm of mutant worms coming from all directions.
Such powerful combat strength!
Could these be summoned creatures from the players?
Upon closer inspection, the circle ford by the summoned creatures was centered around a group of players.
What were they doing?
The two inspectors frowned and asked, "Lieutenant, why is the transition passage below the ship open? The ship is in an ergency combat state, and we are low on energy—why is it being wasted like this?"
The soldier, startled by the question, imdiately reported, "Sir, the transition passage was authorized by Captain Zoran. The team below is a player rcenary group. They have access to energy ore, and we need to replenish our energy supply, so the energy field must be maintained."
"Players?" Supervisor Shilok, responsible for this inspection, frowned, "What nonsense is this? The ship is surrounded by so many mutant worms. Even if they find ore, can they bring it back?"
The soldier didn't argue but calmly replied, "Please take a look for yourself."
Soon, the sound of movent ca from below the ship again.
A group of Wayne's subordinates erged from an opening leading to the underground passage, hauling boxes of energy crystal ore.
What?
There really were energy crystals!
But... what was this dark hole?
An underground passage?
The two inspectors were montarily speechless.
When did they dig this underground passage?
"Do you have any suggestions?"
Captain Zoran, who had just led a group of inspectors into the main control room for a quick check, arrived with a few soldiers and witnessed the mont the inspectors were caught off guard. He secretly felt pleased.
It was quite a coincidence.
Wayne's team had been preparing for a long ti, and just as the first batch of energy ore was being delivered, the inspectors happened to arrive.
"Ahem!"
Shilok cleared his throat and said, "It's nothing. We just think that keeping the transition passage open continuously will waste unnecessary energy, especially when we're not missing just one or two boxes of energy ore."
"Hahaha, that's true," Zoran laughed heartily, a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "But you inspectors are used to being behind desks and don't understand the situation on the front lines. Right now, any extra energy is valuable. And it's not just one or two boxes they're bringing in."
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