Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Fuel.
The passage to the cargo hold was long and narrow. To save costs, the starship had not installed gravity.
Tao Ying half floated in the air, pulling the power tracks on the side and flying forward.
Bai's Industry arranged patrol personnel near the cargo hold, but the number was not large, probably because they did not want to be too conspicuous.
With the help of surveillance cameras to plan the route, Tao Ying quickly arrived at the cargo hold door.
Gravity was restored near the cargo hold. Tao Ying felt her body gradually getting heavier. Her feet stepped on the ground, and the restored gravity made her breathless for a moment.
The door was open a little bit, and she walked in sideways and came in front of Hengwo.
The black machine knelt on one knee, its head still about twenty meters off the ground. Tao Ying circled the cargo hold and found the electric elevator used for high-altitude equipment maintenance.
The simple electric elevator carried Tao Ying and slowly ascended.
The fuel tank is in the belly of the fuselage, and the fuel cap shows signs of being pried open. Che Xiaoli and the others probably went to look for fuel.
The freight elevator continued to rise and reached the head.
There was a small passage at the back of the neck leading to the cockpit. Tao Ying held the hatch with his hand and crawled in.
For the sake of armor strength, I didn't set up transparent windows, but used a camera device instead to obtain visual information from the outside world. So the interior is relatively dim.
But Tao Ying's journey was smooth.
After all, the cockpit of Hengmi was designed entirely by her, and she knew every component inside it very well.
The cabin was wiped clean, and the fire should not have burned the wiring inside the cockpit.
But… there were about a hundred more circular buttons on the dashboard. Because they were powered on, the transparent buttons had a white underglow.
What?
Who added so many semi-mechanical buttons to the cockpit?
Tao Ying didn't know what words to use to describe her current mood, surprise or horror.
But in any case, her fists were hard.
Who could remain indifferent after seeing their design altered like this? Without even raising their wrist, they knew the health module in the optical brain was definitely sounding the alarm again.
Tao Ying tightened and unclenched her fists several times, and then she held her hands to watch, unable to bear to watch any longer.
How can this kind of semi-mechanical button without intelligence be placed on an advanced combat mecha? The enemy mecha will almost immediately analyze the combat mode. Are they thinking that the pilot is not dying fast enough?
Heng, I rely on mental power to control it, how could it be changed like this?
Tao Ying scratched her hair, obviously she had fallen into work mode. If she was at the Laiji Institute, drinking a cup of coffee might make her more alert, but there was none here.
Those crappy engineers at Baishi Industry had better give her a reasonable reason for the changes.
The computer screen flashed wildly, and the health module started to alarm again. Tao Ying turned a blind eye to it, or perhaps she was in no mood to confirm it at the moment. She manipulated the joystick and confirmed the use of buttons in the system one by one.
Move forward, move backward, strengthen the shield, eject the cockpit, raise the weapons...
These are all extremely basic functions, like buttons designed for a child sitting in a mecha simulator for the first time.
Tao Ying twitched the corners of his mouth, clicked on the hundreds of debugging logs of the machine, and began to look through them.
After a few minutes, I gradually understood what was going on.
Hengwo's mental power module cannot be activated.
In order to put Hengwo into use, Mr. Bai was forced to make mechanical modifications to the cockpit, trying to get it moving first with a more ordinary mechanical driving method.
But after the modification, when the pilot operated the mechanical buttons, Hengwo's mental power module became active again, blocking the signal transmission from the cockpit.
In the words of one engineer, "It's as if...it's as if the machine has a mind of its own and doesn't want to be driven."
how so?
When it was tested at the Laiji Institute, it could clearly start up normally. Could it be that there was a problem with the data she left for the Bai engineers?
That's impossible.
Tao Ying habitually placed her hand on the palm print recognition tablet and tried to run the test again.
Her biological data should still be stored in my system——
The moment Tao Ying put her hand on it, she remembered that this was not her original body, so how could she recognize it?
She was about to withdraw her hand, but at that moment, there seemed to be a faint "beeping" sound from the machine, and then the machine under her feet began to shake.
Soon, the entire body began to vibrate.
…
Tao Ying withdrew his hand doubtfully, wondering if his physical condition had deteriorated to the point where he began to hallucinate. Outside the cockpit, a gentle female voice came from the starship's radio system.
[This starship has safely passed jump point 423 and is about to arrive at Changhe Star Port. Passengers who wish to disembark at this station, please prepare in advance and check your belongings. Once again, this starship is about to arrive at Changhe Star Port...]
It turns out that the vibration just now was caused by the leap.
Tao Ying lowered her head again and placed her palm on the recognition area. Sure enough, the mental power module did not respond at all.
Tao Ying was lost in thought. He half-crouched down, crawled to the bottom of the cockpit, pulled out a cable as thick as his arm, and planned to test the mental power module again.
There was a sudden crash somewhere in the cockpit.
She stretched her upper body forward and saw two security guards from Bai's Industry in the corner. They were tied up and their mouths were sealed, staring at her with wide eyes.
At the same time, a piece of iron suddenly hit the back of Tao Ying's head.
"Don't move. Security."
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Tao Ying squatted on the spot, her feet feeling a little numb.
Don't get me wrong, she wasn't nervous or scared, so she just squatted there without moving.
My mind suddenly felt a little confused.
To be honest, there is no need to be afraid of the two people I met now.
She gently put down the computer in her hand and raised her hands cooperatively, indicating that she was not going to do anything. Seeing her cooperation, the "security personnel" were at a loss: "Didn't I tell you not to move!"
"You have to raise your hands to make sure I'm not carrying a weapon, ma'am. Don't you starship security personnel have training for that?"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Go down quickly. Is this where you came from?"
"oh."
Tao Ying turned around with her hands raised and saw Che Xiaoli hiding the wrench behind her back guiltily.
He even used a wrench to assemble a gun to deceive people. He is really very capable.
Don't try to pretend like that. You look more like a mecha repairman than a security officer on a starship.
But she had to admit that she felt better than she had imagined when she actually met her colleagues from the Laiji Institute.
The white gauze gloves were covered in brown stains and smelled of tile oil.
Ten years have passed, and the two colleagues have not changed at all.
Fuwa motor oil is produced from Fuwa Star and is one of the energy sources that Hengwo can use.
Tao Ying narrowed her eyes: "It seems that you have found the fuel for Heng Wo?"
"W-what fuel?"
Che Xiaoli was so nervous that she almost bit her tongue.
She and Dalong had just gone to look for fuel when they ran into two security guards from Bai's Industries. They had no choice but to tie them up, change into their clothes, and go out to get the fuel. When they came back, they saw a person squatting on the ground and were shocked.
I thought I'd been spotted by security and was wondering what to do, but I was relieved when I saw a girl, about fifteen or sixteen, squatting on the ground. Perhaps the child was wandering around the cargo hold and happened to spot the Hengwo mecha, so she climbed up to take a look.
Che Xiaoli immediately decided to pretend to be Bai's security guard and scare the child away.
But now her heart was lifted again.
What did the little girl just say? "Did you find the fuel for Hengwo?"
How did she know that she and Dalong were looking for Hengwo's fuel?
"Are you trying to ask me why I know your plan?"
Seeing a hint of wariness in the other person's eyes, Tao Ying shrugged: "Don't be nervous, my goal is the same as yours."
Tao Ying turned the laptop in her hand, and the screen showed the current surveillance of the cargo hold.
Tao Ying played the surveillance video of them wandering around here just now, explaining, "Hasn't anyone told you to pay attention to your surroundings before doing bad things? If I hadn't handled the surveillance in the cargo hold, you two would have been locked up in the small dark room by now."
"Why are you helping us?"
"Like I said earlier, I'm not helping you. I just happen to have the same goal as you."
"Same purpose?"
"Yes, you are also here to stop Hengwo from being destroyed, right?" Tao Ying asked with pretended curiosity.
Che Lili: “…”
Haha, at such a young age, you still know how to ask questions.
She turned the laptop from Tao Ying's hand and closed the lid.
"Children should not ask questions about adults' affairs."
Having said that, Che Xiaoli winked at Dalong.
A moment later, Tao Ying was also gagged and tied up in a corner.
The two security guards gave her sympathetic looks.
Tao Ying: “…”
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