Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

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"Fuck!"

Chen Ming cursed subconsciously and subconsciously raised the pistol he picked up.

After a slight recoil feedback, the eggs exploded directly.

The dismembered carcass of an unformed insect filled the seemingly empty cold room.

Chen Ming reached out to wipe off the stains on the protective suit and helmet, turned around and left, closing the compartment door.

Chen Ming forced himself not to recall the disgusting scene just now, but quickly walked to the planting cabin next to it.

However, like the cold room, it was empty.

Chen Ming continued to force himself to think about where to get food.

If you can't get food as soon as possible, starvation will be your final destination.

or……

Chen Ming looked towards the captain's cabin, where there was a refrigerated dormant chamber in the corner.

But this is actually an emergency escape cabin.

Chen Ming can abandon the ship and escape, fall to the planet below, and seek life there.

"A fool would do that."

Until the last moment, Chen Ming did not want to leave his life to Tianshu.

Chen Ming took out his personal terminal with little power left, found a wire in the living cabin, and connected it to the spacecraft's power grid.

During the charging process, Chen Ming was looking for something on the map of the space station.

Soon, what he wanted to find appeared in his eyes.

If the mining space station is to operate for a long time, some places must be indispensable.

Cold storage for storing large amounts of frozen food, and warehouses for storing the fusion fuel that keeps the space station running.

If Chen Ming wants to survive, he has to go to the cold storage to find food.

If you want to live longer, you have to leave this dangerous space station, and fuel has become a necessity.

But leaving in a damaged spaceship was not a smart decision.

Chen Ming had better go to the office where the voice broadcast prompted him before and get the repair kit that Chen Ming, the maintenance technician, should get.

At the same time, follow the prompts of the spacecraft repair guide to obtain enough materials.

Even if there are problems with a lot of the spacecraft's equipment, he might be able to fix them all.

Chen Ming thought about what he needed to survive, and planned his future path on the map of the space station.

The first thing to go to must be the maintenance staff office No. 125 in the nearest office area to get the maintenance kit.

Then go to the power generation area to get fuel.

After all, the spacecraft only has 19% remaining fuel, and God knows how long it can last.

The power generation area is located under the living area where Chen Ming first woke up.

Because the power generation equipment produces heat and can provide a certain insulation effect for the living area, it is placed there.

The power generation zoning should be safer than the cold storage on the middle floor between the public area and the mining zoning.

Chen Ming planned to wait until all the fuel and tools were obtained before considering going to the cold storage.

After Chen Ming selected the route, he didn't hesitate. After confirming the approximate location, he trotted all the way over.

Chen Ming found his name on a cabinet in the maintenance office.

The cabinet door was unlocked, and Chen Ming easily got a suitcase-sized repair kit and his own brand-new personal terminal.

Chen Ming didn't stop and went directly to the power generation area with his suitcase.

On the way, they carefully avoided public areas filled with disgusting growths and insect eggs, and found fuel and a small cart equally successfully.

After three trips back and forth, the spacecraft's fuel was replenished and there was still a lot of remaining fuel.

Chen Ming noticed that his protective suit did not have much oxygen and electricity left.

So after Chen Ming transported fuel for the last time, he pushed the cart he found from the power generation area to the public area and approached the passage between the upper and lower floors.

The gun in his hand was held tightly by Chen Ming, and he would respond immediately to any changes.

The passages up and down the public area were not blocked by growths and insect eggs, so Chen Ming went down to the cold storage level with some fear.

After using the authority of the maintenance engineer's terminal to open the door of the cold storage, an empty warehouse appeared in front of Chen Ming.

There is nothing left in the cold storage.

But there is an emergency supply room in the corner of the cold storage, which is Chen Ming's last hope.Chen Ming pushed the trolley and opened the door of the emergency supply room.

After noticing that the oxygen reading of the protective suit began to recover after entering the emergency supply room, Chen Ming closed the door of the room smoothly.

The only thing stored inside was a package of something that looked like a military dry food package.

There are six words written on it, packaging survival food.

There is no brand, no shelf life, and some just have a list of ingredients.

Chen Ming tore open the package, and inside was a lump that looked like lunch meat.

After confirming again that there was still oxygen in the emergency supply room, Chen Ming took off his helmet and smelled the lunch meat. He didn't smell any special smell.

He broke off a small piece, put it in his mouth and chewed it, but did not swallow it.

After chewing for about three or four minutes, Chen Ming seemed to taste a hint of meat in his mouth.

So he spit out what was in his mouth.

Next, you just need to wait for a while. If there is no discomfort, then these packaged survival foods that have been stored for decades should be edible.

Moreover, Chen Ming estimated that there should be nothing else to eat in the space station.

So he loaded all the packaged survival foods in the emergency supply room onto the trolley and planned to leave.

Just as he was returning to the level of the public area.

Chen Ming suddenly discovered that the insect eggs around him seemed to be moving.

"what happened?"

Chen Ming's heartbeat quickened instantly, and the movements on his legs also began to speed up.

The insect eggs around him were trembling more and more violently.

Under the light of the lower floor that Chen Ming just passed by, there seemed to be many shadowy things moving in the passage between the upper and lower floors behind him.

That's because the insect eggs in the lower layer have hatched.

Chen Ming's forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat.

Could it be that the cold storage had been kept sealed, and when Chen Ming opened it, the cold air, or hot air relative to the temperature of space, escaped outside and stimulated the insect eggs.

Chen Ming wasn't sure what the reason was, but he was sure of what he should do now.

Chen Ming no longer worried about whether his movements would be too large, and just ran in the direction of the spacecraft.

He ran all the way and fled to the vicinity of the Iron Ore spacecraft.

Although there was no sound in the vacuum, Chen Ming could easily feel the vibrations under his feet getting faster and closer.

When a feeling of danger was coming, Chen Ming pushed the cart full of food and fell forward to the ground.

At this moment, the image of the camera connected to the machine gun on the spacecraft appeared in Chen Ming's eyes.

Before the group of newly hatched bugs following him pounced on him.

The 22mm machine gun opened fire.

There was no gunshot in the vacuum, but the flickering firelight and the sound of his back being hit by broken pieces from time to time made Chen Ming aware of the situation he was encountering now.

And the situation is getting worse.

Chen Ming could see that in the office area not far away, several insects that were taller than humans appeared, and they were definitely not newly hatched adults.

Chen Ming immediately got up from the ground, and the next moment, a larva that was lucky enough to survive landed directly on Chen Ming's shoulder.

The sharp mouthparts can tear open Chen Ming's protective clothing in the next second, causing Chen Ming to die in a vacuum.

The hair on Chen Ming's body stood up at this moment. He raised his pistol at a speed he had never seen before in his life, and smashed the insect that looked like an alien larva on his shoulder with one shot.

Without any unnecessary movement, Chen Ming quickly picked up the packaged food scattered next to the trolley he had just pushed out, and pushed the trolley onto the Iron Mine.

The hatch was quickly closed, and the Iron Ore's engine started as quickly as possible with full fuel.

The tail flames ejected from the tail of the spacecraft pushed the Iron Ore away from the dock.

Chen Ming put the cart down and rushed to the captain's cabin.

Looking out the porthole at the abandoned mining space station that was gradually moving away, there were also the insects that seemed to be roaring with their mouths wide open but were powerless.

The tight thread in Chen Ming's heart finally relaxed.

At least now, he's safe.

(End of this chapter)