manynovel Chapter 105: Discovery of the John Warden, and the Appearance of the Punisher.
Chapter 105: Discovery of the John Warden, and the Appearance of the Punisher.
Chapter 105: Discovery of the John Warden, and the Appearance of the Punisher.
The place where Henry Farrow was imprisoned on the Elessa.
Carmen and Captain Dolty came here specifically to persuade Henry Farlow.
"Listen, I'm even less willing than you to rescue Carmen Jenkins, but your team specifically requested that you go, so..."
While the two were waiting, new information came from the bridge.
"Captain Dorty, we've located John Warden."
Carmen was overjoyed to hear this and immediately replied.
"Have Captain Johnny move to the preparation area, I'll be there shortly."
At this moment, Daughty looked at Henry Farlow and leaned closer.
"So, what's your decision?"
After a moment of silence, Henry Farrow finally spoke.
"Remove the locks from my body."
Upon hearing this answer, the two men breathed a sigh of relief and immediately unlocked Henry Faro's handcuffs. The three of them then quickly headed to the preparation area.
Meanwhile, inside the Punishment ship where Fang Heng was, the location of the Elessa was also simultaneously locked.
"I have to say, the feeling of technological superiority is really exhilarating. We have our eyes on every move the other side makes. But I must say, this battleship, the John Warden, is indeed selling very well."
Fang Heng's quantum communication technology is a level higher than that of the Earth Federation, where the Elessa is located. Therefore, after secretly infiltrating and installing intrusion devices, the Elessa is now transparent to them.
"Commander, all modules of the Elesa have been scanned, and the structural design drawings have been completed. The remaining information, such as hull materials and weapon data, can only be obtained through physical research."
"That's enough. Now we just need to proceed according to plan. Notify the Marines to prepare to board the ship. This trip was worthwhile. We gained a battleship, a cruiser, and a Zerg queen with human knowledge. We've made a huge profit."
Fang Heng was determined to get what was here.
"Get the fleet ready and take control of the USS Elesa once it links with the USS John Warden."
"Yes, Commander."
"Has the Shadow Squad arrived at their position by now?"
"We have entered the lower deck area of the Elesa and are standing by."
"Tell them to keep waiting. We'll figure out a way to get on the John Warden with the combat team later and plant the intrusion device."
"Yes, Commander."
On the other side, Carmen and Dougherty arrived at the bridge and saw the personnel inside calling for the John Warden.
"Captain, we've tried many communication methods, but John Warden isn't responding at all."
"Enlarge the bridge area."
As the image zoomed in, Carmen also saw a dark bridge.
"Bridge, this is Captain Carmen. Respond immediately. If you do not respond, we will be boarding the ship."
After waiting for a while and seeing that there was still no reaction, Carmen had a bad feeling.
"Get on board, that's no longer my ship."
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Captain Johnny nodded in agreement upon hearing Carmen's words.
Soon, in the preparation area, as everyone was ready, Farrow began to organize the groups.
The squad split into two groups. One group escorted Carmen to the bridge, while the other group went with Farrow to the engine room to restart the engines.
Soon, as the Elesa arrived at its designated location, the landing connection corridor slowly extended and precisely docked with the landing port of the John Warden.
"Monitoring complete, zero gravity, oxygen content yellow, preparing to land on the John Warden."
Soon, the two team members took the lead, pushed off with their feet, and slowly floated towards the other side.
"Sizzle!"
As the team members landed, the exoskeleton armor beneath their feet activated its magnetic adsorption device, allowing them to walk on flat ground in a zero-gravity environment.
"The first squad has boarded and is heading to the bridge."
"The second squad has entered and is moving towards the engine room."
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to everyone, two stealth squads silently followed behind the two squads and landed on the John Warden.
"Commander, the Shadow Squad has entered the John Warden and is heading to the engine room and bridge."
"Yes, once we arrive at the location, we need to take control of them. Also, we need to disable the John Warden's weapons systems. I don't want the Elessa to be destroyed."
"Yes, Commander."
The combination of suppressed communication technology and artificial intelligence is enough to cause the Queen to lose control of the John Warden's main systems.
So as long as the Queen of the Bugs doesn't get control of the engines and weapon systems, everything else is a minor problem.
Through his research on the exoskeleton armor worn by these mobile infantrymen, Fang Heng also discovered the design concept behind this armor.
Judging from the movie, this armor's defensive capabilities were utterly ineffective against the Zerg, and it was easily torn apart.
However, this armor was not originally designed to fight against swarms of insects.
This armor allows soldiers to have greater mobility and greatly improves their adaptability to the environment. Moreover, as it is standard equipment, it is easy to manufacture and inexpensive, which is also an important factor to consider.
Because it wasn't designed for defense, this armor was quite vulnerable to the swarm of insects.
However, in other aspects, the design concept is still quite good.
The Ghost Squad moved swiftly, quickly taking over the bridge and engine room.
At the same time, a team arrived at the weapon system and severed its physical connection.
After doing all this, the Shadow Squad fell silent again, awaiting further instructions.
Fang Heng looked down on these mobile infantrymen; for him, who controlled two warships, they were a burden.
However, among these people, he valued Henry Farrow the most.
This was an outstanding front-line commander, and it was such a pity that he sacrificed himself like this, so he planned to recruit him into his own ranks.
As the squad continued their advance, they saw the crew members who had been killed along the way.
Soon, the first squad arrived at the bridge, where they saw the killed crew members and a bug corpse.
"Dolty calling second squad, we have arrived at the bridge and the scene is safe."
Looking at the scene, Faro became even more certain that Jenkins was behind it all, and it seemed he had messed it up.
"Xiao Zhou, restart the engine."
"Yes, sir."
Just then, one of the team members responsible for searching for survivors noticed something amiss.
"Sir, a survivor has been detected."
"Find him, Xiao Zhou. How much longer does the engine have?"
Give me ten minutes.
"You have five minutes."
"Yes, sir."
"First squad, the engines will be restarted in five minutes."
"Within five minutes or after five minutes?"
"Five minutes precisely, we have located a survivor and are en route to investigate. Over."
After saying that, Farrow led his team to the location where the survivors had been found.
Soon, the two located the survivor's position.
"Who's there?"
"Henry Farrow".
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be waiting to stand trial?"
"It seems the plan was a success, just like your experiment. What happened to this ship, Jenkins?"
"I hacked into her, and she hacked into me."
"Her? Who are you referring to?"
"A formidable adversary. She has invaded everything—me, the ships, everything. Of course she can do it. She knows what I'm thinking; thoughts translate into words, words into actions..."
Seeing that Jenkins was getting out of control, Farrow tried to calm him down.
"We'll settle our score later. Open the door, Jenkins, I need to get you out of here."
"You want me to kill you? No, besides, it's safer here than outside. Yes, this is my refuge."
"We're going to clear out the stock; we hope you'll open the door when we come back."
"There's no need. Everything is dead. Darkness is your friend. Under no circumstances should you turn on the lights."
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Right after Jenkins finished speaking, Xiao Zhou also completed the engine restart.
"The lights illuminate the earth; it's finished."
"Swish, swish, swish!"
As the engine core started up, the energy supply of the entire warship began to recover. When Faro saw this, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Fallow is calling Xiao Zhou, don't restart the engine! Fallow is calling Xiao Zhou, don't restart the engine! Do you hear me?"
Before Xiao Zhou could react to Farrow's call, he heard his teammates' exclamations.
"Oh, who's that? Zerg, lots of Zerg."
"Fire! Fire!"
"Da da da!"
Faced with these horde of alien insects, everyone immediately opened fire.
However, against a massive swarm of insects, the firepower generated by this number of people is simply insufficient.
"Go back to the sealed compartment immediately, let's evacuate first."
Upon hearing this order, everyone began to evacuate.
Several team members were also killed by the swarm of insects during this journey.
By the time everyone had reached the sealed cabin, the first team had also arrived at the evacuation point.
"Elesa, we have arrived at the evacuation point and are ready to provide assistance."
"Elesa received... Wait, my god, what's this?"
"What happened to the Elessa?"
"Captain Carmen, a fleet has appeared around us, and it's not from the Federation."
"What?"
While the group was still in shock, Faro also sensed something was wrong and immediately raised his weapon, preparing to attack the surrounding area.
"alert!"
Upon hearing Farrow's order, the team members, though unaware of the situation, immediately went on alert.
"call out!"
With several streaks of light, all the team members' weapons were destroyed, and then several figures appeared.
"Major Farrow, I must say, your senses are indeed keen, not bad."
Faro's expression turned serious as he looked at the Marines who had revealed themselves.
"You've been following us the whole time, haven't you?"
"That's right. Let me introduce myself. I am Li Yong, the captain of the 1st Marine Company of the Human Federation. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm happy to inform you that you have been captured."
Seeing the Marines around them carrying weapons, everyone present also raised their hands willingly.