The captain immediately stopped, raised his left hand, and asked all the team members behind him to stop and enter a state of alert. The war beasts on Planet 4 have cast a psychological shadow on the Lancers. Who knows if any weird species will appear in the near-Earth space orbit.
There was a sudden flash of light in front of the passage, and a soldier subconsciously pulled the trigger, and then screamed: "My gun can't be used!"
The captain turned around, made a silencing gesture, and gave the soldier a stern look. Then he remembered that the transport ship was damaged and there was no air to carry the sound.
The captain coughed and said: "Switch your gun to live ammunition mode, idiot! We are so close to the planet, how can we use energy beam mode? Have you forgotten all the training content?"
The soldier suddenly realized and quickly switched to the rifle mode, but his hands were shaking so much that he failed to turn the manual switch over several times.
The captain strode over, grabbed the rifle, flipped the switch, stuffed it back to him, and then returned to his position without looking back.
He took a deep breath, slowly raised his rifle, and walked toward the end of the passage. Two soldiers followed him forward, and one hesitated before following him.
There was a half-open hatch at the end of the passage, with large scorch marks still left on it. The captain slowly opened the hatch and saw that there was nothing behind it, then stepped sideways in. He did not move forward, but asked two soldiers to guard the opposite hatch, while he searched for a moment on the wall, and then found a cover. He pried open the cover directly with a knife, connected his personal terminal to the data interface under the cover, and tried to start the device.
After a few minutes, he shook his head and said, "All the power is broken. Let's open the door manually."
The two soldiers came to the hatch, pried open the cover, pulled out the manual turntable, and turned it hard. After two turns, they heard a click, indicating that the hatch locking mechanism had been opened.
The captain walked in first, and at the end of the passage was the wheelhouse.
There was still no one in the cab, not even a body in sight. The captain slowly glanced around, then took a few deep breaths, then slowly raised his head and looked at the ceiling.
A big hole was opened on the top of the cockpit, and there were obvious signs of tearing on the edge. It didn't look like an explosion or impact, but it seemed like a big hole had been torn open by some unknown giant beast!
This kind of trace is very familiar. Every soldier who has participated in pre-war training has seen similar traces countless times. In the Doomsday Shadow Fortress, such traces have appeared countless times, and they have been repaired again and again.
Seeing this hole, the reason why the people on the spacecraft disappeared seems to be clear.
The Adam's apples of several soldiers moved, and they subconsciously moved a small step together, scanning all directions with unconcealable fear in their eyes.
"This way!"
The sudden sound in the communication channel startled everyone. Fortunately, everyone was well-trained and no one opened fire until they saw the target.
A soldier pointed at the wall, where a screen was still on. The captain walked over and saw a cabin distribution map on the screen, and one of the cabins was still lit.
"This cabin still has energy! Let's go and take a look."
The captain led the soldiers through a short passage and came to a closed hatch. The hatch actually still has energy, and there is a locked mark floating on it.
The captain swiped the mark with a high-level universal password, and the hatch opened automatically with a click. A strong airflow instantly erupted from the cabin, almost blowing the captain away. Fortunately, the armor automatically locked onto the ground and was not blown into space by the air current.
Entering the hatch, the captain discovered that this was the emergency escape area. There is a row of emergency escape cabins on both sides of the wall. Most of the escape pods were empty, but seven or eight had people inside. It's just that none of the escape pods were launched.
One soldier said: "What a group of unfortunate guys. It seems that the spacecraft has lost all power and all escape capsules cannot be launched."
The captain shook his head, "It's a good thing they didn't launch. Even if they were launched, they would never survive in the storm clouds. Now, at least they still have their bones."
A soldier suddenly exclaimed, "This, this man seems to be alive!"
The captain rushed to the escape capsule and saw that the escape capsule was still running. The people inside still had vital signs, but they were very weak.
The captain checked the parameters of the escape cabin and called back: "Come here a few people! Dismantle this escape cabin, move it to the landing craft, and then send it back to the patrol ship immediately! Move faster, the energy of the escape cabin is only enough to last for 30 minute!"
The two soldiers immediately stepped forward, skillfully removed the life capsule, and carried the life capsule back to the landing craft one after the other.
The captain inspected the remaining life capsules one by one, his eyes a little dim, and said: "They all have no hope. I hope that lucky guy can tell us what happened. Come on, let's all work together to dismantle these life capsules." Come down, wait for the landing craft to come back, and then transport them back together."
The soldiers began to dismantle the rescue capsule, and the captain led a few people to continue searching the remaining areas of the spacecraft.
Outside the transport ship, the landing craft detached and flew towards the patrol ship. After a while, the landing craft flew into the patrol ship, parked on the berth, and the hatch slowly closed.
An alarm sounded at the berth, and a team of medics was already waiting there. They directly pushed over the multi-functional medical cabin and prepared to transfer the survivors in the escape cabin to the medical cabin on the spot to maintain life.
The door of the landing craft opened, and four soldiers carried the escape capsule out and placed it in the open space. A doctor came over, scanned the life capsule, obtained the data, then nodded and said, "It's still possible to save him. What a lucky guy. It looks like he's just a little weak. He'll be fine after a day or two of rest."
The doctor slowly opened the door of the rescue cabin and directed two nurses to lift the people inside.
In the rescue capsule was a young soldier, wearing a pirate flag-style battle armor. His eyes were closed at the moment, and he had been unconscious for an unknown period of time. The armor's energy is also running out.
The middle-aged female doctor moved her lips and said, "He looks pretty good, but it's a pity he's a pirate flag. Take off his armor, put him in the medical cabin, and then send him to the medical area."
The two nurses manually removed the armor. As soon as the breastplate was removed, their eyes lit up and they chuckled: "You have such a good figure!"
A male doctor next to him snorted and said, "He's just a rich guy. Besides, genes for optimizing body shape aren't that expensive."
The young nurses ignored him and moved the young soldier to the medical cabin in a hurry. White mist began to fill the medical cabin. This was a life-sustaining gaseous agent that could powerfully sustain life and maintain body activity.
They pushed the medical cabin towards the medical area, chattering and laughing.
After a while, the medical cabin entered the medical area. The nurses pushed the medical cabin towards the predetermined interface on the wall, and the medical cabin automatically clicked into the interface and connected to the medical system.
The system began to automatically scan the young soldier's data. Suddenly, a red alert appeared on the display: "Abnormal vital signs! It is judged that he is allergic to vitamins and the medical cabin will be automatically unlocked."
A bunch of medical cabins popped out, and the hatch cover slowly opened.
