Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 180 - 181 Surviving After the Disaster

Chapter 180: Chapter 181: Surviving After the Disaster

Chapter 180: Chapter 181: Surviving After the Disaster

Everyone heard a loud scream, followed by Zhang Yuan collapsing, the High-dimensional Fragment suddenly reactivating—everything happened in an instant, so much so that many didn’t have time to react!

After a brief silence, the meeting room erupted into noise.

“…what happened? What exactly occurred?”

“Is there something… on the spaceship? Zhang Yuan wanted to say something but he didn’t!”

A flood of questions surfaced in people’s minds, recalling the roar Zhang Yuan let out before he fell, which sent shivers down their spines.

Some of the more sensitive and timid individuals felt a chill in their hearts, vaguely believing that something significant must have occurred.

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After another brief silence, the murmuring discussions grew louder, “… If the High-dimensional Fragment is this unstable, then there’s no value in continuing the exploration.”

“Is there an issue with the High-dimensional Fragment, or is it something else… Do we need rescue?”

“Silence, everyone be quiet!”

A few seconds later, Captain Zhao, who had regained his composure, stood up with a grim expression and slammed his hands down on the table.

Two loud bangs silenced everyone.

He glanced at the monitor screen, the High-dimensional Fragment had returned to calmness, as if nothing had happened.

Captain Zhao stated simply, summarizing the entire inspection work from last night: “Ladies and gentlemen, there are some things I haven’t yet informed you of… We have overlooked some information, particularly some safety information.”

To avoid causing panic, not many people knew about this, but now it was necessary to make it public.

Minutes later, the noise in the meeting room turned to silence, then to noise again, and this cycle repeated several times before it finally calmed down.

“Captain, is this true?”

“It seems… we did overlook this.”

“It really is possible!”

Zhao Qingfeng stretched out his hand to silence all voices and spoke, “It’s all speculation, but the scene that just unfolded seems to have confirmed these speculations. What Zhang Yuan wanted to say might have been something like ‘unknown creature’ or ‘danger’…”

“We must prepare for the worst.”

Everyone’s faces were grim, the thought of unknown alien life lurking around, plotting something, made many shudder throughout.

Captain Zhao frowned deeply and said sternly, “Everyone, don’t panic for now. We need to ascertain one thing first—whether the second activation of the High-dimensional Fragment was intentional by Dr. Zhang Yuan or if it was inherently unstable…”

As everyone threw in their ideas, the screen quickly filled with various speculations.

The most likely possibility was that the unknown creature, realizing that Zhang Yuan knew of its presence, acted immediately to eliminate him, reducing the trouble of being exposed.

One young person stood up and said, “…So, according to this reasoning, Dr. Zhang had discovered the other party and in response, reactivated the High-dimensional Fragment, sucking both of them into it. If we assume the High-dimensional Fragment is stable, then the second activation in a short time must have been intentional by Dr. Zhang Yuan, setting a trap to counter the alien life.”

“Of course… there’s also a chance that Dr. Zhang has failed, the unknown creature has already escaped, and is lurking around us.”

In the spaceship, there was never a shortage of intelligent people, and soon, various deductions had restored the truth of the matter to seventy to eighty percent.

Someone retorted, “I tend to believe that this unknown biological entity has already been sucked in…”

“Since we’re currently discussing and defending against it, it has the capability to kill, so why hasn’t it killed all of us who are aware of its presence? That means, most likely, Dr. Zhang has already dealt with it.”

Captain Zhao sighed, “Your statement isn’t correct. We have no evidence, no evidence, which leads to a kind of wishful thinking… In complete ignorance, are we really willing to shut down the power and close all computers, switching to emergency manual mode? It’s too difficult.”

The expert immediately shook his head.

Entering into a spaceship emergency state requires a huge sacrifice; many devices, once shut down, would be very troublesome to restart.

Moreover, without the aid of electronic devices and relying only on humans themselves, the probability of making mistakes would greatly increase. If any catastrophic accident occurred in the meantime, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The voices of discussion grew louder, and then Captain Zhao quickly said, “We currently can’t make a do-or-die defensive measure, but we can implement some measures with comparatively smaller costs.”

“First, send all non-essential personnel into the hibernation chambers to avoid causing panic among the crew. Then, shut down some unnecessary monitoring equipment.”

“Yes!” Several soldiers hurriedly ran out.

Besides the first possibility of an “Alien,” the second possibility is that the instability of the High-dimensional Fragment itself could cause irreparable damage to human bodies.

Or perhaps, there are terrifying unknown dangers within the High-dimensional Fragment.

“Dr. Zhang Yuan knows he can’t hold on much longer, so he wanted to send out a hint as much as possible…”

These speculations were indeed possible.

Hearing these diverse speculations, Zhao Qingfeng sighed, “Then, let’s not consider these miscellaneous issues for now. How much longer can Zhang Yuan hold on inside there? Is there a possibility for him to save himself again? If he could escape a second time, he should be able to escape a third and fourth time.”

One of the deputy captains suddenly stood up and said, “Based on the oxygen reserves, he has at most 12 hours. Self-rescue is theoretically possible.”

“But… if the unknown Alien entity has been sucked in, it also has the possibility to escape. So the best course of action for now is to jettison this High-dimensional Fragment and let it drift away from our spaceship…”

When the deputy captain proposed this view, almost everyone fell silent.

By ejecting the High-dimensional Fragment from the spaceship, the chance of human safety would significantly increase, but clearly, Zhang Yuan wouldn’t likely have a chance to survive.

Even if he escaped from the High-dimensional Fragment, he couldn’t possibly survive alone in the universe.

After a prolonged silence, Captain Zhao sighed, “Old Li, it’s not that I’m saying… I really don’t have the nerve to issue such an order…”

“If we really had to vote, I would definitely vote against it.”

“What’s more, what if that Alien is still there? By throwing out the only weapon capable of subduing it, what would we do then?”

While everyone was lost in thought, a young man stood up and said, “I’ve thought of a method, which is to send another person into the High-dimensional Fragment… Whether it’s for rescue or to explore the high-dimensional space, or even to observe if the unknown life exists, someone needs to re-enter the High-dimensional Fragment for another round of data analysis.”

“As long as someone can enter again, whether they come out alive or not, we’ll be able to eliminate a lot of interference.”

Because, this explorer would face tremendous risks to their life!

Looking at the people who were pondering with their heads down, each making their psychological choices, Captain Zhao sighed internally, contemplating whether such a vast new civilization really lacked true warriors.

Was he, the supreme commander, really going to go himself?

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