Star Sea: Explorer's Notes

Chapter 26 The Red Button
"The main gun is activated!"

Janitor No. [-] nervously stared at the indicator on the screen. Even though his strength and armor attributes had reached the S rank, and he could be considered a super soldier in the Star Sea, he was still in the category of "human" after all, and the Compared with the star-killing main gun, it is still as small as dust.

That is not something that can be countered by manpower...

"No.23 red, press three times, No.72 blue, press once, No.235 orange, press and hold the left thumb"

Frege quickly operated following the guidance of the explorer's notes. He glanced at the countdown on the screen, and the big drops of sweat couldn't stop falling from his head.

Nuoya stood aside in a daze, looking at his concentration, a trace of inexplicable flashed in his eyes.

"Let Janitor One operate the joystick for you."

"Big guy, full rotation on the right side, maximum power and speed up! Give me full power on all the psionic thrusters!"

"Yes! Captain!"

Praetorian One responded in a passionate voice that he had been waiting for Frege's order.

"Countdown!"

"There is still one minute before the main gun hits, and it is still not out of the locked area."

Noah stepped aside and lowered the visor on the outer window to prevent her eyes from being stabbed by the strong light of the main gun when she approached later.

"Countdown to 30 seconds."

Frege's fingers were constantly tapping on the workbench. In just 2 minutes, he had built countless models to analyze the possibility of contact with the main gun.

"Master, the opponent seems to have adjusted the position of the main gun in advance, and the current time is simply not enough to get us out of danger."

"I know! I'm watching!"

Frege didn't even turn his head, his hands were trembling uncontrollably, such a high-intensity operation almost made him cramp.

Nuoya took a towel and wiped off the sweat on his forehead. Frege was a little surprised, and then couldn't help but tease: "It's better to be a maid..."

"Stop talking," Nuoya glared at him angrily, "Concentrate on driving! If you can't avoid it, I want you to look good!"

"Obey! Teacher Nuoya!"

Frege smiled wryly in his heart, if he really can't dodge this time...I'm afraid you won't have a chance to show me again.

The J-star main gun is a high-energy weapon, and it is difficult to adjust the launch trajectory once it is erected.

Frege knew that the other party must have already guessed about his plan, so at the beginning, he just sailed forward in a straight line without any intention of turning.

But the other party was obviously not an idle person, they knew what Frege was thinking when they saw Frege turn around.

Indeed, if one looks at the original trajectory, the main cannon fired from the front will indeed be avoided by Frege.

So their choice is to pre-adjust a bevel angle to get the maximum capture range.

With the power of the star-killing main gun, there is no need to hit the enemy head-on.

Even if it was only brushed aside by the aftermath, it would be enough to destroy Amrodia's shield and armor.

In fact, the other party also had a gamble. They judged the direction Frege chose. If Amrodia turned to the left, this might really fail.

But in fact, the left side is the area where the two fleets are fighting fiercely. Could he go left?
It's possible, but unlikely.

After Frege figured this out, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed. According to the previous calculations, as long as the main gun was moved a little bit to the side, they could completely avoid it.

But now...

That's too late.

These four words hit his heart, and his hands trembled again.

After hesitating for a moment, he closed his eyes again as if grabbing a life-saving straw, and kept praying in his heart.

Not long after, the same bright red font as in the desert reappeared:

"Stop thrusters immediately."

"Stop now...how is it possible?!"

Frege couldn't help but want to exclaim, the thruster needs to be warmed up, and it needs to be degraded slowly at the end.

Sudden speed changes can easily cause damage to the ship, and even disintegrate directly.

"Believe me."

Frege gritted his teeth, there was obviously no time for him to hesitate now.

In the end, he chose the explorer notes that had been outputting miracles to him. According to its instructions, Frege pressed dozens of buttons in a row, and the speed of the ship really slowed down.

"No.999 red, press it."

"Okay!" Frege gritted his teeth, and was about to find the button when he suddenly froze.

"Wait a minute, which one is No.999!?"

The moment the voice fell, he suddenly had a strange feeling.

Turning around, I found that Nuoya and Guard No. [-] actually maintained the expressions and movements just now, unable to move as if they had been cast with a fixing spell.

[Sequence 1, the secret technique "Pause" is activated, the countdown to freezing: 10 seconds]

The countdown on the instrument also stopped at the moment of 8 seconds, and the time around him seemed to be suspended.

"The Amrodia has a hidden order, No.999, remember, it will only appear three times at most."

Frege stared blankly at the explorer's notes that had fallen into silence, and he was still savoring the words just now.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the countdown on the dashboard had begun to flow slowly, and at some point in front of him a dark red button suddenly appeared.

"Is that this?"

Without any hesitation, he raised his hand and pressed the red button the moment it appeared——

In the main control room of the Shaval Avenger, several operators are ready to open champagne to celebrate.

The main guns have been fired. Through the analysis program, they have accurately judged the possible retreat strategies that the scientific research ship may choose. The ship is not in sight for the time being. According to the signal instructions on the star map, they can only see it for a few minutes. The position of the former opponent changes.

"Sure enough, the pilot of this scientific research ship is quite intelligent, but it's a pity that he met us."

"Hahaha... Is this considered intelligent? The first time he saw our black wolf army, he should have abandoned the ship and escaped!"

"makes sense……"

"drop!"

The hatch of the main control room opened, Jerome with a red face walked in first, followed by Lodis who kept her head down.

The group members looked at the slightly messy clothes of the two, and there was a trace of malicious speculation in their hearts.

"Boss, have you taken it?" A bold adjutant stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

"Ok?"

Jerome gave him a sideways glance, and the adjutant immediately took a few steps back.

"Ahem... I mean, we have captured that scientific research ship!"

"Look at what you can do," Jerome sneered, "I've used up the star-killing main guns, if you still can't take it down, you can go..."

【Ding—received a message from an unknown source】

The message prompt suddenly lit up on the screen, and everyone in the main control room focused their attention on that place.

"Master, I'll take a step first, idiot!"

The message was put away, and the scene outside the window could already be seen at this time. A silver-white rectangular stone ship drew an arc in the starry sky not far away, and disappeared from their field of vision in a blink of an eye.

[Hint: EA-347 J-star main gun...missed]

The main control room instantly became silent, only the champagne flowing outward was still showing its presence.

[Ding——received a communication request from the auxiliary ship "Thunder Lurker"]

"Connect."

Jerome spoke expressionlessly, and anyone who was familiar with the leader understood what his expression meant.

I hope that what the deputy head of the army will bring will be good news...

Their prayers are destined to be useless, and the first sentence after the communication is connected is——

"Boss, the headquarters has been invaded and the isolation barrier has been destroyed. We must withdraw immediately..."

beep--

Jerome didn't continue listening, he directly pressed the hang up button on the main console.

"Boom, bang, bang—"

After a while, there was an old-fashioned revolver in the silent room that was thrown heavily on the ground with gunpowder still smoking from the muzzle.

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"Master, that's..."

In the small escape cabin, the silver-haired butler pointed to the silver ship passing by, and tentatively opened his mouth.

"I see," Eden Bryton curled up a smile, "it's kind of interesting..."

(End of this chapter)