Chapter 736: Several Nuts
The flash of explosions in the distance reflected on the mask from time to time. Fang Lanyin had no time to take care of this. She didn't even have time to see how far away the explosion was from her. She concentrated on checking that the Manta Ray was torn apart by the ion beam. That opening.
"How about it? Can it be fixed?"
Li Chengqi's voice came from the communicator, and Fang Lanyin nodded seriously: "No problem, the Manta Ray is very strong. This is not a fatal injury."
She opened the toolbox floating beside her, reached out and pressed the button on her chest, and the lights on both sides of the mask were turned on so that she could see more clearly.
However, apart from being sturdy, the Manta really has no shortcomings.
After all, this is a shuttle that dates back more than a thousand years, so calling it an antique is not an exaggeration.
Its performance is not as good as a space fighter, or even a shuttle modified by pirates. Its ability to fight is purely due to Li Chengqi's technical hard-top.
It's like being in the room of the first-generation jet fighter, driving the propellers of World War II. Although it is not completely impossible to fight, the gap in the performance of the aircraft is visible to the naked eye.
Only now did Li Chengqi really have the idea of changing the vehicle, but then again, can he change it? How to change it?
In this script, Li Chengqi controls the Manta from the beginning, but apart from the Manta, he can't interfere with anything, and he has to study how to change vehicles.
Besides, even if it can be exchanged, does Alyssa have the money to buy it?
Li Chengqi looked at the decorative model placed under the screen and thought to himself, it would be great if it could be used. It would be so fun to just drive the Gundam and play Gundam Musou.
——His addiction is not over yet.
Turning his head and looking at the screen again, Li Chengqi said:
"Why are you crying? Can't it be repaired? We can go back."
Tears would accumulate in the eyes in a gravity-free environment. Even with a mask on, Fang Lanyin could not rub her eyes. She could only shake her head to shake the tears out of her eyes.
"It's all because of me. If I hadn't dismantled the attitude controller..."
"I thought you were crying, that's all? Don't worry, it's not your fault, it's mainly because I was too anxious."
Seeing an opportunity to get involved, Li Chengqi started the engine directly. If he had waited a little longer, Fang Lanyin would have had enough time to check the situation of the Manta, and he would not have forgotten the attitude controller.
Li Chengqi didn't care about this at all. He knew very well how important the ground crew was.
For example, when playing a certain flight simulation game, after a fierce battle, only half of the plane lands at the airport, and the ground crew can repair it for you.
——Maybe a new one was dragged out.
In Li Chengqi's view, Fang Lanyin was the ground crew. He was in a hurry to get airborne. Can he blame the ground crew for not fixing it?
"But..."
"If you continue to blame yourself, I will let Alyssa leave without you."
"Don't!"
"Instead of self-reflection, why not blame others and enjoy a wicked life? Wouldn't it be nice? Be happy."
This statement amused Fang Lanyin:
"Your absurd reasoning actually sounds reasonable."
"The absurdity is also the truth, and of course it makes sense."
After looking at the emoji bubbles popping up next to Fang Lanyin's head, I felt that the girl should be in a better mood.
People who are more ethical are like this. When something happens, their first reaction is that they did something wrong. Although it is a good thing to have integrity, blaming yourself too much is also a kind of psychological abnormality.
Fang Lanyin really wanted to leave Alan Star Chain, and it was probably this desire that made her cautious.
The complete opposite of Fang Lanyin's character is Aldai. Her self-confidence is like broadcasting all the time. I am the only one in the world. I will make mistakes, but I can do whatever I can when I make mistakes.
So you will find that Aldai has no psychological problems at all. Even the carefree Yang Yiyi once had troubles, but Aldai will not have any at all. ——Although this can be considered another form of shit.
Just as he was thinking about this, Li Chengqi saw the message "I don't have enough nuts" in the dialog box.
"Is it necessary? As long as it can ensure that the Manta Ray flies smoothly."
"You can fly back, but without the nut, it will affect the magic delivery pipe, the ion beam on the left side will not be usable, and the engine output will be reduced to a quarter of the original. Even if I just installed the attitude stabilizer, this It is also difficult to control the shuttle to fly smoothly under such circumstances.”
One side has a large engine output, while the other side has a small engine output. In this case, the body will tilt to one side. Li Chengqi once used this trick to drift.
But that is under controllable conditions. When it is uncontrollable, it will seriously affect the flight stability. In serious cases, it will fall into an irreversible spin, which will lead to the aircraft crash and death.
Similar things have happened many times in the history of air crashes, and of course there are ways to deal with them.
For example, if the engine output on the other side is adjusted to be equal to the side with the smaller output, the engine output on both sides will be equal and it will naturally not be distorted.
But if you do this, the Manta's speed will drop significantly.
The Planetary Defense Force has pushed the front line over, and now there are pirate shuttles and Planetary Defense Force space fighters everywhere outside the wreckage. Losing speed in such a chaotic situation is obviously very dangerous. It is better to stay in the wreckage. Hiding in.
Moreover, if the engine output is too low, it will not be able to land in a gravity environment and will directly hit the ground.
The Manta needs repairs, and the only ones that can provide repairs recently are Planetary Defense starships.
However, people will definitely not let the Manta Ray board the ship.
It's like an aircraft carrier battle group is performing a combat mission, busy releasing and recovering aircraft. You, a civilian aircraft, say I want to land. See if the aircraft carrier will ignore you.
This will seriously affect the attendance efficiency, and it does not rule out the possibility that enemies will sneak in and self-destruct. The identification friend or foe signal only prevents the Planetary Defense Force from attacking the Manta.
To sum up, either find a few nuts that Fang Lanyin needs and temporarily repair the Manta until it can fly, or squat in the wreckage and wait for this battle to end.
Li Chengqi scratched his head. He didn't have nuts at home. Now he went to the hardware store to buy them. Not to mention whether he could make it in time or not, people wouldn't open their doors in the middle of the night.
Then I thought about it, no, it seemed like it was really there.
Li Chengqi jumped out of the space capsule, ran under the coffee table in the living room, opened the drawer, and found a small half bag of screws, nuts, washers, etc.
This was leftover from the morning installation of the space capsule, and in order to have a spare, appliances that require installation before they can be used come with many more screws and nuts than necessary.
Not sure if the size could be used, Li Chengqi stuffed the bag of nuts into the screen.
"See if this works?"
This operation is similar to when he hands Yang Yiyi some instant food, and it has almost become a muscle memory.
But when the nut was thrown into the screen, Li Chengqi saw Fang Lanyin's side suddenly light up.
Fang Lanyin also saw the light, turned around and saw a handful of screws and nuts floating in the air.
"There are a few that can be used, let's make do with them first."
Fang Lanyin thought it was Li Chengqi who threw it from the cabin, so she didn't pay much attention to it. She grabbed a few nuts and continued working.
But Li Chengqi saw clearly that those nuts were not thrown in by Li Chengqi, but more like they were created...
(End of chapter)