"Captain, this is not an open terrain, and according to previous monitoring information, there may be some kind of mutant on the medical deck, which poses a greater threat to us than those white necromorphs."
Seeing Manuka stop, the adjutant responsible for information collection reported through the communication. What made him especially surprised was that the monitoring authority of the medical deck seemed to have been cut out of the ship system. He could not access it at all with his authority. The security system means that it is difficult for the team to detect and respond to the zombies hiding in the dark, and ammunition supply will also be a problem.
The Guards had extremely high authority along the way and could get supplies through the security system on each deck. Whether it was weapons, ammunition or energy cores, they could be adapted to high-intensity combat. Otherwise, let alone push them here from the bridge. , they had already run out of ammunition and food on the way, and now the situation on the medical deck is obviously at its worst.
"Are you sure our permissions don't work here?"
"Yes, Captain. Rather than saying that it cannot be used, it should be said that someone has disconnected this area from the ship's security through some technical means, making it an independent individual. It has changed from a network to a local area network. Only designated Only permission holders can access it.”
Manuka pondered for a moment, and the situation mentioned by the adjutant was indeed very bad. Not to mention the problem of equipment supply, sneak attacks by the zombies who like to hide in the pipes were a fatal danger. This sudden sneak attack quickly killed seven or eight technicians. The attrition caused by a real frontal battle was actually very small, not to mention that before, it could be defended through pressure sensors and detection probes in the pipeline, but now if They all rushed in, not to mention the current fifty people, even the five hundred people wouldn't be enough to fill it.
"According to the previous content of the bridge command system, most of the initially infected crew members were sent from the mining unit to the medical deck for treatment and isolation. My father also left the bridge to check the condition of the infected crew members, so here on the medical deck The number of necromorphs far exceeds that of other areas, second only to the mining unit. Now that my father's portable life-support device is still operating, it can at least prove that he is still alive. I need to make a plan in advance for my retreat after rescuing my father to avoid corpses. Variant front and rear attacks.”
He looked at the beacon that was still flashing on his wrist, and began to make plans for the next action. In fact, as a captain, McCas had many backup methods, one of which was the life-support device implanted in his body. This is also the reason why Manuka insisted on leading the team to the rescue. Even Ralph did not discover this backhand, which was also a major reason for the changes.
Manuka then made arrangements for the remaining teammates. He personally led a ten-man combat team to rescue his father, while the remaining people were stationed and defended nearby in the cache cabin, and served as reinforcements to support the rescue when necessary. Before he led the team away, he first asked the combat engineers to place sensors on all the vents near the station, and deployed several self-guided laser turrets in several areas with larger vents.
This kind of automatic enemy weapon for shooting alien creatures is very reliable. The extremely fast rate of fire and sufficient ammunition preparation system make up for the lack of tearing kinetic energy of laser weapons. The perfect friend-or-foe identification system and preview system are basically The corpse variant is very close to the team, and it can also provide sufficient fire support and cover. It is also one of the few heavy fire weapons in the mining ship. After all, the "Eden" is only a civilian mining ship, although it is of the Zeus class. It is an ocean-going ship, but after all, it is not a ship participating in the main battle, so there are not many real war weapons. This is one of the reasons why Ralph chose this ship for proliferation.
After preparing everything, Manuka led the rescue team to move in the direction of the beacon, and all of this was seen by Ralph in a live broadcast. Ralph immediately clapped his hands, and then smiled at the kidnappers. McCas said from the chair:
"Captain McCus, it is true that a tiger father has no dog son. Your son does have some abilities. If it were before, I might not have been able to do anything. They are really very likely to take you away safely, but now they can It’s a bit pitiful.”
"What do you want to do?!"
Although McCas trusted his son's strength very much, Ralph's sinister smile still frightened him. In fact, he still can't figure out how Ralph managed to give away most of the security personnel of the Medical Deck Security Center. As a member of the Unity Church, when the "Eden" left the starport, McCas screened all the security personnel on board, except for a few who had to be inserted in order to reconcile the relationship between the Federation and religion. Believers of the Unity Church, and most of the others were people he was familiar with.
As soon as he entered the security center not long ago, these security personnel took up arms and opened fire on the guards accompanying McCas. Four of his own guards were outnumbered and killed after eliminating fourteen security personnel. Max naturally became Ralph's prisoner.
But what McCas never expected was that those so-called "rebellious" security personnel had long been corrupted by the spiritual pollution of the blood seal. Out of his fanatical worship of the blood seal, Ralph, as the third-level bishop of the church, naturally obtained The loyalty of these people, and the root cause of all this lies in the mining mission of the "Eden" by the Federation in the Karl Galaxy. The blood-stamped statue that was mined and brought to the ship was the cause of all this chaos and death. the root of.
"I don't want to do anything, I just want to see how long these despicable humans can survive under the great and noble power of the Holy Seal?"
Listening to Ralph's words full of admiration and enthusiasm, McCas felt his heart tremble, and his eyes were fixed on the picture on the holographic screen...
Led by Manuka, the group used laser cutting devices to force their way through the armed alloy gate that had previously blocked Li Mengyan and Du Jin's exit. A hole was opened that could accommodate one person to pass through, and after actually entering the medical deck, the blood on the ground, the roars from all directions, and the broken limbs on the ground undoubtedly shocked the senses of the group.
"Damn it, how many people have these necromorphs killed? Judging from the wreckage on the ground, there are at least several hundred people!"
Even though Manuka was used to seeing death when he helped to suppress other colonies, he couldn't help but feel fear and nausea when encountering this kind of scene, and the others were even more so. One person in the team couldn't stand such a miserable situation, and opened his armor He held his helmet against the wall and vomited. Seeing the behavior of his team members, Manuka shouted:
"Mike, put your helmet on right now, here..."
Before he finished speaking, a corpse near the teammate named Mike immediately jumped up and raised its sharp upper limbs to pounce on Mike. The other team members immediately raised their arms and fired without hesitation, and the speed of this monster was too fast. Quickly, as soon as the orange and blue barrage hit its limbs, it had already pounced on Mike, then raised its upper limb that had been completely transformed into a long knife, and started stabbing Mike's body randomly.
At the critical moment, Mike restarted his helmet to protect his face and head. The thick facial armor saved him a life. If it were the maintenance armor Du Jin was wearing, his head would have been split in half by now. However, it basically did not pierce the facial armor. The upper limb of the necromorph also penetrated deeply into the facial armor, causing one of its upper limbs to be stuck on the helmet and unable to be pulled out for a while, but it He didn't find a way to extract his upper limbs like humans.
The necromorph used its remaining upper limb to stab Mike's chest and abdomen crazily, but the focus of fire from the other team members was no joke. It was planned that the head and upper limbs of the necromorph would be completely interrupted in the next second. The body sitting on top of Mike was also directly blown away by the powerful impact inertia of the magnetic energy bullet. After seeing the corpse mutant being blown away, Manuka signaled a ceasefire and asked the team members to remain alert. He led three team members Slowly walked forward and prepared to pull Mike back.
"Captain, help me! I feel like I have no feeling in my legs."
Mike's cry for help came, but Manuka did not easily relax his vigilance and put down his gun. He once again shot at the lower limbs of the corpse that fell on the ground. After cutting the corpse almost into a stick, he Only then did he feel relieved and led his team members forward to confirm Mike's injury.
"Captain! How am I doing? I'm not going to die here, right? I don't want to die in the hands of these monsters. I haven't gotten married yet and have offspring, so how can I die here!"
Ignoring Mike's wailing, Manuka turned his head and looked at the medical soldier who was examining Mike, who immediately reported to him:
"Captain, Mike's abdominal armor was pierced, and the nerves and arteries in his legs are expected to be damaged. There are only armor damage in other locations, and there are no other fatal wounds!"
Manuka nodded, and then comforted:
"You're fine! There are just some wounds on your legs. I will take you down for treatment. You won't die. Don't worry! When I come back from rescuing the captain, I will take you to the colony below and give you a blind date then! "
Then he signaled the medical soldiers to take the wounded to the trauma team for treatment. Watching the wounded being taken away, Manuka stood up and looked at the corpse mutant beside him. Judging from the color, it was not the same as the corpses he encountered along the way. What was different about the variant was that its upper limbs were completely transformed into a long knife-like shape, and the color was somewhat similar to metal. This change made him frown tightly.
"The upper limbs of the previous corpses were just inverted blades. Except for a few technicians wearing light armor, the other soldiers wearing heavy protective armor had not suffered much damage. Those monsters could only pierce the surface armor and penetrate it. It is impossible to do it, and now this necromorph... is it a special alienation? Or is it a large-scale evolution? If they continue to strengthen their alienation over time, then our armor The protective effect it plays will become smaller and smaller, so we need to investigate clearly!"
Looking at the "remnants" of the corpse, Manuka fell into deep thought. After a minute, a supplementary soldier also came to the team. Without hesitation, Manuka turned around and led the team deeper. What he didn't know was that shortly after he left, the broken limbs of the necromorph had begun to grow granulation-like objects. Although the growth rate was not very fast, it was terrifying to think about.
