Chapter 162 Escape (Part 1)
“Beep! Alarm, alarm, there’s a foreign object in the hatch and it won’t close. Please check!”
“Beep! Alarm, alarm, there’s a foreign object in the hatch and it won’t close. Please check!”
…
"What's going on?" Bian Qin rushed into the cockpit with an angry look on his face. "What do you do for a living?"
“…”
"What's going on?"
"They... they are stuck on the hatch." The pilot had just finished speaking when he heard a "buzz" and the entire cabin of the spacecraft shook violently.
Bian Qin stumbled and hurriedly held onto the aisle beside him, "Hurry up and take a look, what's going on?"
"The ground... the ground started to roll! Except for the trees... everything else... everything else is gone." The driver switched the display screen, and the situation outside was clear at a glance.
Bang! The screen went black instantly!
Bian Qin glanced over, and the driver hurriedly said, "Detector--"
"The detector is broken?"
"No...no, it should be blocked by mud!"
"Hurry up and deal with it!"
"Yes... yes, what about the hatch? The spaceship can't start if it can't be closed!"
"What else can we do? Go and deal with the detector right now."
The pilot rolled and climbed out of the cockpit.
"Azhi, tell the captain of the guard to deal with it."
"On our own?"
"Is there anyone else available? I don't believe that there will be anyone alive after this time!" Bian Qin had a vicious look on her face, holding the thing in her hand tightly. She would not compromise, never!
Azhi nodded immediately and turned to go out to make arrangements.
"Here...someone is coming," the man looked at the captain of the guard excitedly, "Did...did the Madam allow us in?"
Seeing that the captain of the guards didn't say anything, the people at the hatch were overjoyed and praised the lady in a bunch of words.
The captain of the guard said expressionlessly, "Kill!"
Everyone's words of thanks came to an abrupt halt, and then everyone looked confused, until a scream was heard, "Ah!"
“Help…Help!”
"You're crazy! We're family!"
"No...no, I don't want to die, don't...don't kill me!"
…
Seeing that the situation was not good, someone jumped down immediately, but the guards did not let him go and shot him to death.
Those who failed to climb onto the hatch retreated together, and were buried alive by the mud rolling behind them. When they died, only the grim faces of the guards were left behind.
This is Bian Qin's true subordinate. The hatch closed successfully, and at the moment of being buried, it slowly rose.
The trees around the spaceship suddenly rose higher, as if trying to compete with the spaceship in height. Branches and vines stretched out along the way, forming a net, trying to tie up the spaceship.
At this time, the back of the spacecraft bulged and two rows of sharp blades rose up, which would cut off any vines they touched.
The trees were irritated and grew wildly, weaving a web that grew denser and denser, almost blocking out the sun. The blades gradually became ineffective, so they switched to flame bombs.
Bian Qin was trying to break out, and Yun Xiang and the others were doing the same.
Compared to Bian Qin, they had a much harder time, relying entirely on running. On the bright side, Bian Qin drew most of the fire from the trees, slowing their ground rolls much more slowly.
Everyone was able to catch their breath, and Yun wanted to distribute the ordinary acceleration talismans and haste talismans to them, as the ones with flames had already been used up.
"Run! Bian Qin can't hold on for much longer. Let's go back to Vientiane Forest."
Although the ground collapse slowed down, the growth of trees did not slow down at all. The branches and leaves were lush and crisscrossed, making it very difficult for everyone to walk.
Zhao Tianshuo chopped hard and just made a hole, but before he could drill into it, it was blocked by new branches. He couldn't help cursing.
"I say, you have to cut it from the root!"
"You can do it, come on!"
"Hmph, watch me!"
"Damn it...it's blocked!"
"Tsk, who just said to cut it from the root!" Zhao Tianshuo laughed at his little friend without any hesitation.
"What's going on? The road is getting narrower and narrower. Now it can only accommodate two or three people, but soon it will only be able to accommodate one person."
"The trees have a very strong ability to regenerate. The thick and hard ones cannot be cut down at all, so the area will naturally shrink smaller and smaller." Zhao Tianshuo looked helpless.
"I wonder if the captain has discovered it?" muttered his friend Li Zixi.
"They must have discovered it, and maybe they have already thought of a solution." As soon as Zhao Tianshuo finished speaking, he heard Yun asking them to stop the attack.
Zhao Tianshuo stopped obediently, and suddenly a vine stretched out towards his neck, "Captain!"
Zhao Tianshuo stretched out his voice and whispered, pointing at the vines, "What should we do?"
Yun Xiang shook his head, signaling him not to move. Zhao Tianshuo immediately narrowed his eyes and remained motionless. The vine paused, then retracted.
Yun wanted to lead the way, giving up on cutting the vines and gently removing any that blocked the path. Suddenly, the vine she was holding 'whoosh' wrapped around her wrist.
Yun tried to slow her breathing and pull her hand away, but the vine suddenly coiled several times, almost reaching her armpits. Everyone held their breath, not daring to breathe.
Yun Xiang paused, then used his free hand to scratch the branch. The vine twisted and retreated a bit. Was it effective? Yun Xiang scratched it a few more times, and the vine released his wrist.
"Try not to cut them down. These trees are just beginning to gain wisdom and their temperaments are unstable. If you cut them down, they might turn into aggressive plants in the future." She had a feeling when she encountered the banyan thorn and the Vientiane tree.
"Of course, all of this is based on my own safety. Otherwise, I'll have to chop it off. Saving my life is the most important thing."
Yun thought their change of strategy would make their escape much smoother. Bian Qin was more unlucky. She hadn't carefully studied the trees and simply relied on the spaceship's excellent performance to force her way out.
As a result, the more obstacles they encountered, the more wear and tear the spacecraft suffered. "Beep," the spacecraft kept sounding fault warnings.
"Madam, do you want to retreat temporarily? If we continue, the spacecraft may not be able to bear it?" The pilot was sweating profusely and gritted his teeth to ask Bian Qin for her opinion.
Bian Qin stayed in the cab for a while, looking at the display screen full of warning signs, his face so gloomy that it seemed like tears were dripping from his eyes.
The atmosphere in the cab was almost suffocating. Just as several drivers were getting restless, Bian Qin finally spoke up, "What will happen if we continue to break out?"
"Continue... continue to break out?" the driver repeated stutteringly.
"What will happen?" Bian Qin slapped his hands fiercely. "You are a bunch of useless people. What's the point of giving you the best things?"
The drivers lowered their heads and dared not speak. It was not their fault. Those trees absorbed something and grew wildly.
After being cut, the new vine branches are even stronger than the original ones. Even if the warships come now, they may not be able to break out.
What's more, this spacecraft just has good performance.
"say!"
"It's dangerous, stop running!"
"Forced to stop landing!"
"If...if it gets any worse, it will explode automatically."
There was another suffocating silence.
"When will the escape pod be used? Does it need to be piloted?"
"After the spacecraft self-destructs, the escape pod will automatically eject. The program is pre-programmed and does not require a pilot."
"Hmm," Bian Qin held his forehead and thought for a moment, "How many people can the escape pod hold?"
“…8 people.”
(End of this chapter)
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