The sudden gravity in the space station area almost caused Chen Ming to fall, but he managed to land safely.
Chen Ming didn't dare to waste time and quickly identified his position.
He immediately left the dock and ran towards the small warehouse closest to the dock.
This time, Chen Ming had to act quickly. God knew how long it would take for those insects that were attracted over to disperse again and scatter around the space station.
Chen Ming ran all the way and soon arrived at the small warehouse.
The metal door of the warehouse had long been destroyed, and the interior was dark.
Chen Ming turned on the flashlight function of the terminal, illuminated the path under his feet, and walked in carefully.
I can't guarantee that there are no bugs lurking in this warehouse, so safety is the most important thing.
The warehouse is divided into two areas.
One part stores the equipment and tool components needed to repair the spacecraft, which is Chen Ming's target.
The other part is filled with express parcels.
Star Era also has express delivery business.
However, since this mining space station is located in a marginal star field quite far away from the prosperous star field with a large human population, it is not easy to go back.
Because there are many mineral asteroids, it is very common for people who work or come here to send some minerals as local gifts to relatives and friends.
Therefore, many parcels that should have been stored in large warehouses according to regulations are often placed in this place which is very close to the dock and is convenient for express ships to transport.
In addition, there are supplies regularly sent in from outside, which are temporarily placed here before being counted and transported to the official warehouse next to the mining area.
So in the end this small warehouse was divided into two areas.
But when Chen Ming walked for a distance, he found that this place should be quite tidy, where the goods and packages did not interfere with each other.
The space station had become a mess from the last chaos thirty years ago, with all kinds of messy packages and cargo piled together.
Chen Ming could only rely on his memory to recall where the components for repairing the spacecraft's mining laser were placed and try to find them.
After searching in the warehouse for about an hour, Chen Ming finally found a box that looked relatively good among a pile of debris.
There is a laser-engraved label on the corner of the box, with the words "High Intensity Laser Lens" clearly written on it.
Protected by the internal buffer foam, the three high-intensity laser lenses of different sizes remain intact even after thirty years.
The thing was in hand, but since he was already here, Chen Ming looked around the box where he found the lens.
Not long after, Chen Ming stuffed the low-frequency frequency generator into the small backpack he found in the living cabin.
As the name suggests, this thing is used to perform [frequency oscillation] on mining lasers.
As for the last type of laser restraint required for the [Energy Focusing Ring] transformation that Chen Ming knows now, it does not require specialized industrial products as materials.
Basic metals could be used for transformation, so Chen Ming did not stay any longer.
More than an hour has passed. It would be dangerous if we stay any longer.
Chen Ming glanced at the things in his backpack, put it on again, and prepared to leave.
When Chen Ming returned to the warehouse exit, he suddenly noticed a half-person-high wooden box in a hidden corner near the exit.
The warehouse was in chaos, but this box was placed here alone and intact. Chen Ming didn't believe that there was no problem.
So Chen Ming stopped and walked closer.
The box looked intact and had been specially placed here, but its label was missing and no one knew what was inside.
After thinking about it, Chen Ming took out the tools he carried with him and started working directly on the box.
Anyway, thirty years have passed, and no one should come to pick up the packages or the goods.
Chen Ming quickly pried open the top cover of the box and threw it aside.
The next moment, Chen Ming's eyes widened involuntarily.
"this!"
Chen Ming couldn't help but exclaim.
Inside the box was an insect egg wrapped in various cushioning and thermal insulation materials.
That’s right, these were the insect eggs that Chen Ming had seen in the central hall of the space station before.
It is impossible for the bugs to lay their eggs in the box and then pack the box up and put it in this corner.
Someone in the space station must have discovered the insects while collecting minerals, obtained a sample of the insect eggs, and placed it here, but ultimately did not have time to send it out.
Looking at it this way, Chen Ming suddenly felt that the possible causes of the space station accident and the truth behind it were even more bizarre.
This person had known about the existence of insects for a long time, so he obtained the insect eggs and wanted to send them somewhere?
Or did he simply stumble upon bugs and discover that they could survive in a vacuum?
So he thought it was some kind of rare creature, and the greed in his heart made him choose to conceal it. He planned to take the insect eggs back to the human world to sell them?
If it is the latter, it would be fine, but if it is the former, it means that there must be a more terrifying conspiracy behind the destruction of the space station.
Chen Ming didn't think any more about it. Since he had already decided to stay away from anything related to the company and the space station, there was no need to explore the reasons. The most important thing was to live a good life.
After Chen Ming made up his mind, the insect eggs in front of him began to move under the influence of light and vibration.
Chen Ming didn't hesitate, he raised his gun and shot it to pieces.
Suddenly, Chen Ming felt a chill from head to toe, as if some danger was about to happen.
Chen Ming didn't waste any more time and quickly left the warehouse with his backpack.
Just a dozen seconds after Chen Ming stepped out of the warehouse, he suddenly felt the floor of the space station shaking violently.
Looking in the direction where the vibration came from, behind the damaged wall of the building, a large number of insects were approaching Chen Ming like crazy.
Chen Ming subconsciously clenched the gun in his hand, but immediately realized that this was not a problem that could be solved by a pistol. He quickly shook off the unnecessary thoughts and ran back.
These bugs suddenly appeared and chased him. Could it be that these bugs have a hive mind? A colony shares a consciousness? He killed the egg, so the other bugs targeted him? Chen Ming didn't know, but he quickened his pace again after feeling the vibration getting more and more intense.
I always feel that this scene looks a little familiar.
This thought flashed through Chen Ming's mind for a moment, but he immediately shook it off.
Because I have returned to the dock.
There was nothing here except a few shabby spaceships that were there last time, and the Iron Ore was nowhere to be seen.
However, Chen Ming did not hesitate at all and continued to run towards an open space at the edge of the dock.
When he was near the edge of the dock and there was only emptiness in front of him, Chen Ming's pace did not slow down.
At the moment when there was no way forward, Chen Ming chose to leap into the boundless space.
The crazy bugs behind him didn't care about any external situation at all and followed Chen Ming to jump out of the gravity range of the space station.
At this time, in order to avoid being discovered by the Zerg, the Iron Ore, which had been hiding at a distance for a long time, suddenly flew out from the other corner of the space station.
He stopped in front of Chen Ming and caught Chen Ming.
Its engine then emitted a trail of crimson flame and disappeared around the space station.
As for the insects that followed Chen Ming and jumped out of the space station, they would probably just drift in space until they died.
(End of this chapter)