Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 16 Empty Jellyfish

Some locations in the dark part of the twilight line of Ramu, before dawn in this area.

Chen Ming's spacecraft deliberately chose this time to enter the atmosphere.

As Chen Ming's vision gradually appeared, orange-red fire produced by high temperature appeared.

Telescopic metal plates gradually rose up on the surface of the ship's portholes to isolate the heat.

The temperature inside the spacecraft has increased slightly, but overall it is stable.

During this period, all Chen Ming could do was wait.

But soon, the hull suddenly shook slightly.

This is the buffer system of the landing module at work, which indicates that the spacecraft is about to approach the surface.

Not long after, the metal plates protecting the portholes were closed again, and the most dangerous period before the spacecraft landed passed.

The star's light refracted from one end of the horizon of Ruimu, introducing a scene that had never been seen before into Chen Ming's eyes.

A jungle of green plants with many shapes that look like snail shell patterns.

Chen Ming's eyes were full of curiosity and he couldn't help but want to go over and see these novel plants.

However, Chen Ming immediately restrained himself and did not forget what he had to do.

Find a specific landing location.

Only the general terrain can be seen in space, and the map in the terminal cannot be accurately drawn in meters.

Therefore, the final landing location must be confirmed on site.

Chen Ming's idea is to find a river and give priority to ensuring his own water supply.

However, you cannot land directly next to a river to prevent flooding or other possible dangerous creatures.

In addition, Chen Ming did not have high requirements for the landing location.

So he quickly found his niche.

On the top of a small hill, there is a certain arc next to the hill, but the top is relatively flat, which is very suitable for a spacecraft to dock.

And as long as you walk a short distance to another hill next to it, you can see a river not far away.

After confirming the position, Chen Ming prepared to land.

Just as the spacecraft passed through a forest, a group of things suddenly flew up from the woods and pounced on the spacecraft.

A group of basketball-sized creatures that look like blue balloons.

Chen Ming's spaceship was slowing down and preparing to land, but it didn't have time to get rid of them.

Almost instantly, these balloon creatures covered the entire porthole, completely blocking the view of Captain Chen Ming's cabin.

At the same time, Chen Ming also felt obvious vibrations on the spacecraft.

It's this group of strange creatures that are crashing into his spaceship.

Chen Ming immediately gave up the landing and accelerated the spacecraft, planning to think about it after getting rid of these things.

However, after the spacecraft entered the atmosphere, the main engine at the tail was shut down, and only the secondary engine was still running, so it could not pick up speed at all.

It could only squeeze out of the way of the balloon creatures blocking the way, and the distance between the spaceship and them was still not wide enough.

Moreover, the main engine of the spacecraft does not run in the atmosphere at all, and the consequences of operating it may be worse than being chased by these balloons.

This is the landing place he carefully selected, and Chen Ming doesn't want to give up so easily.

We can only let the spacecraft fly upward for a certain distance and hover in the sky.

I managed to put a little distance away from the balloon group.

Looking at the increasing number of balloons following the spacecraft, Chen Ming frowned and took out the terminal and took a photo of them.

Then we conducted image searches in the e-books introduced by Planet.

Chen Ming originally didn't have much hope, but what he didn't expect was that the terminal quickly retrieved the corresponding creature.

An introduction page full of densely packed small characters was displayed on the terminal.

However, Chen Ming's focus was now on controlling the spacecraft and he could not be distracted, so he pressed the voice play button.

"The empty jellyfish, also known as the balloon jellyfish, has a docile personality and lives in plains, hills and other areas..."

"Meek? That doesn't look like it." Chen Ming's mind took the initiative to ignore the meaningless content broadcast by the terminal and grasped the key points.

Their behavior just now, and what is captured by the external camera of the spacecraft, it is obvious that this group of empty jellyfish looks like they want to eat people, and they are very aggressive.

Could it be that I have stepped into their territory?

This idea just came into Chen Ming's mind, and the voice also broadcast this paragraph.

"...The main method of movement is wandering with the wind, without territorial awareness..."

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Chen Ming controlled the spacecraft to flash past several empty jellyfish, and glanced at the content on the terminal during the gap.

The text cannot be seen clearly, but Chen Ming can clearly see the pictures accompanying the text.

It can be clearly recognized that the empty jellyfish in the picture and the one chasing him behind the spaceship are of the same species. There is no suggestion that there are other subspecies with more violent personalities.

Chen Ming took another look at the large group of empty jellyfish chasing behind the spacecraft, and shook his head slightly.

Then there's no way.

Chen Ming connected to the cameras of the two machine guns without any psychological burden.

The machine gun turned around and fired directly at the rear.

As long as a large-caliber bullet scratches a little, these balloon-like empty jellyfish can directly deflate and lose their ability to float in the air.

If the bullet hits head-on, it can even directly shatter the empty jellyfish, exploding into a ball of crushed light blue gel and slightly darker body fluid.

Seeing that the machine gun was very effective against air jellyfish, Chen Ming began to shorten the distance of his circle, gradually guiding the not so smart air jellyfish into a ball.

Each shot fired by the machine gun can penetrate the huge balloon beam composed of the entire empty jellyfish, and is extremely efficient.

But time passed by minute by second, and the bullets of the machine gun were being consumed rapidly. However, the number of empty jellyfish behind the spacecraft was not small.

Some empty jellyfish even appeared in other places around and flew towards Chen Ming's spaceship following the wind.

It is not only replenishing the number of empty jellyfish, but also blocking the direction of Chen Ming's flight.

Several times, Chen Ming could not avoid a large group of empty jellyfish, so he had to bump into them and smash them into pieces.

Only the gelatinous substance and their bluish body fluids remained.

Seeing that the number of bullets has bottomed out, the number of empty jellyfish hitting the spacecraft is increasing.

Chen Ming was even thinking about how to run away.

Just when the number of these empty jellyfish was so large that Chen Ming couldn't control it at all.

An empty jellyfish approached the port side of the spacecraft and got close to the machine gun. The flame from the flashing arc at the muzzle slightly touched it.

The next moment, this empty jellyfish.

Blasted.

At the same time, the terminal on Chen Ming's lap happened to play this segment.

"...The interior is filled with flammable gases and fluids, and is prone to explosion..."

The explosion of this empty jellyfish, which was ignited by the machine gun fire, was like a chain reaction.

It directly detonates the body fluids and gel of other empty jellyfish stuck to the armor of the spacecraft.

The spacecraft was shaking violently.

The terminal suddenly fell to the ground, and the voice broadcast stopped abruptly.

"Grass."

Chen Ming barely managed to maintain his body shape amid the violent shaking and quickly put on his seat belt.

I glanced at the terminal on the ground. I didn't know whether it was broken or accidentally touched which button stopped working. There were more and more empty jellyfish outside, and there were not many bullets left.

There is also a machine gun whose rate of fire cannot keep up with the growth rate of aerial jellyfish.

Chen Ming now knows very well that with just the two machine guns of the Iron Ore, it is impossible for him to clear out these empty jellyfish while ensuring the safety of the spacecraft.

If it is bombed again, the spacecraft may even crash.

Chen Ming didn't hesitate much, stabilized the attitude of the spacecraft, made the bow of the ship directly perpendicular to the ground, rose again, and flew high into the sky.

(End of this chapter)