Chapter 589: Strengthened
"It's been five minutes, Miss Saleh."
Amber, who secured herself with a safety rope, prompted in a calm voice, then turned to look at the fighting area on the other side.
Just as the strike team commander Ramos said, the 'Red Hand' strike team showed a crushing force without any surprise, and no accidents happened.
Although the Quest for Truth Foundation's fleet is not weak on paper and also has multiple capital ships, they are obviously not as good as Atlas in terms of experience and tactical coordination.
After several battles have passed, the Atlas combat fleet has gained a lot of experience. Whether it is the crew, the ship-borne HCP pilots, or the combat boat pilots, they have all experienced cruel actual combat.
The intensity of the battle is also much higher than the Foundation's daily fights against pirates and civilian ships.
So after bumping into the fleet of the Quest for Truth Foundation, it will be like a wolf among sheep.
According to what Amber saw in the command channel, the bombing commander of the strike team even directly took this opportunity to have several heavy armored combat boat squadrons conduct actual attack drills against capital ships, especially battleships.
Compared with the smooth sailing of the 'Red Hand' strike team, Amber really didn't expect that something went wrong on Saleh's side.
He glanced at the lower left corner of the HUD of the psychic battlesuit's mask, hmm... another 20 seconds passed.
Although he did not speak at this time, Saleh, who was standing in front of him tinkering with the rapid entrance and exit identification equipment, still felt the pressure from behind, and the soft foot-like tentacles on the back of his head could not help but squirm nervously.
"Hurry up! Let me change the method and crack it directly with brute force! The security protocol established at the beginning is only valid for 100,000 years, but it can be bypassed long ago!"
After saying that, the former think tank deacon put his right hand on the identification device of the entrance and exit, and then guided his psychic energy in.
The Jerram people's information technology seems familiar yet unfamiliar to Amber. Human information technology will more or less bear their shadow, but there are still great differences between the two sides in essence.
Saleh's brute force cracking was relatively reliable. Amber didn't have to wait too long this time. The external door of the rapid access channel opened quickly.
Amber scanned the psychic waves inside, and after confirming that there was no strange ambush, he floated in first - and then saw the flashing red light symbolizing warning, and the signals transmitted through the psychic combat suit. to the string of jerram that comes in.
"Warning, the rapid access channel No. 2 in Area A has been violently cracked. Non-combatants please lock the equipment immediately and evacuate the area. Nearby guards are being dispatched to intercept the intrusion!"
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The flashing red light in front of her eyes and the warning coming from her ears made Amber couldn't help but look back at Saleh, who was looking embarrassed. There will be some unexpected surprises”
"I'm not worried about the guards. This research institute is not big and doesn't have enough space to accommodate biological weapons and maintenance equipment like your think tank. So even if there are guards, they should be automatic machines. After so many years, they probably won't be able to accommodate them. It’s broken a long time ago.”
Amber waved his hand and slowly floated forward while emitting psychic waves to detect the surrounding environment and detect possible enemies.
As he said, the size of this research institute is much smaller than that of a think tank, which is destined to be difficult to last as long as a think tank. Therefore, the gravity control system of this research institute lost control many years ago. , now the two of them can only explore the interior of the research institute in a gravity-free environment.
"Then what are you worried about?" Saleh kicked hard on a wall and hurriedly caught up.
Amber: "The Search for Truth Foundation's progress in cracking the access control is faster than I thought. I'm afraid that the valuable information in this institute will be given to them first."
"Ah, no, Boss!" Saleh quickly shook his head, "They came in through the gate. If they want to get to the core area at the highest level, they have to pass at least six access control. Even if they can all be cracked, they can run from the bottom. It still takes some time to get up, so we will arrive before them!”
After hearing Saleh's words, Amber nodded with relief, and then continued to float forward, while constantly looking at the inside of the research institute.
Different from the "sense of calm" that the think tank that discovered Saleh had due to its orderly evacuation, this Entat 032 Research Institute presents a "sense of life" in all aspects. There were some unknown chips, small equipment, and some green potted plant decorations floating in the air. Amber even saw something that looked like a 'vacuum cup' - according to Saleh, the Jerram people In daily life, I really like to drink warm water.
In human terms, it made Amber feel that there was a group of Forerunner researchers working here just a second ago, but she didn’t know what happened and caused everyone to evacuate in a hurry, and she might encounter a panicked Forerunner at the next corner. Researchers hit the same thing.
Due to the existence of 'spiritual shackles', Saleh also sensed Amber's emotional changes. Although he didn't know what he was thinking, the forerunner roughly guessed what Amber was thinking after seeing the surrounding environment. .
"This is the effect of 'net stagnation', Boss."
"You can also read minds?" Amber glanced at Saleh in surprise.
"No, no, no, I guessed it. We Jerram people are talented in analyzing emotions and psychological activities~"
Saleh smiled, and the soft foot-like tentacles on the back of his head swayed happily for a while, and then continued:
"After the 'net lag' effect is activated, theoretically, the interior of this research institute will be in a completely closed state, which to a certain extent is the same as the time flow rate approaching zero infinitely. In addition, I just checked the research According to the log, they left with the last fleet that launched the 'Time and Space Expedition', so the evacuation was really urgent."
"Then why does the gravity control effect disappear?"
Saleh: "Because the energy required to maintain the gravity control system is not low, the institute cannot provide enough energy in the 'net lag' state. This further proves that the institute was evacuated in a hurry, otherwise you would The equipment you see floating around should be stored according to the standards of a gravity-free environment.”
Amber nodded: "We are moving faster. Does that mean that our chances of finding 'good things' here will also be greatly increased?"
"Well, that's true."
Saleh must admit that Amber's thinking is still quite out-of-the-box in some situations, and even she can't keep up with Amber's thinking in some situations.
"Then let's speed up the progress and we can't let it go."
"Boom!"
Before Amber could finish her words, she heard a loud noise coming from deep in the layer where they were.
Saleh quickly glanced at the plan shown in the helmet, then took off the electromagnetic rifle on his back, and at the same time, a little blue light of psychic energy shone in his hand.
"It is the direction of the door to the next level"
"They moved very quickly this time." Amber frowned. While entering the battle state, he also focused the detection direction of the psychic wave to the position indicated by Saleh.
Then he discovered that there was a "psionic black hole" in the direction of the gate that could not be detected clearly. It not only absorbed all the psychic waves emitted by Amber, but also completely blocked it like the "crack generator" in a classic game. The specific situation at the gate.
"Wait, isn't this the ability of a sixth-level psyker?"
Amber was shocked. He never expected to encounter a unit suspected of being a sixth-level psyker here and at this time.
Before he could say anything to Saleh, the next second, a pair of blue eyes lit up in the 'psionic black hole', looking straight at him.
“Spicy pills!”
(End of chapter)