Chen Ming cursed subconsciously and raised the pistol he had picked up.

After a slight recoil feedback, the eggs exploded directly.

The torn body of an unformed insect filled the seemingly empty cold storage room.

Chen Ming reached out to wipe off the stains on the protective suit helmet, turned around and left, closing the door of the compartment.

Chen Ming forced himself not to recall the disgusting scene just now, and instead walked quickly to the planting cabin next to him.

However, this place, like the cold storage room, was empty.

Chen Ming continued to force himself to think about where to get food.

If you can't get food as soon as possible, starving to death will be your final destination.

or……

Chen Ming looked towards the captain's room, where there was a cryogenic hibernation chamber in the corner.

But this is actually an emergency escape chamber.

Chen Ming could abandon the ship and escape, landing on the planet below and seeking survival there.

"Only a fool would do that."

Until the last moment, Chen Ming didn't want to leave his life to fate.

Chen Ming took out his personal terminal which had little power left, found an electric wire in the living cabin, and connected it to the spacecraft's power grid.

While charging, Chen Ming was looking for something on the map of the space station.

Soon, what he wanted to find appeared in his eyes.

If the mining space station is to operate for a long time, then some places are definitely indispensable.

There are cold storage facilities to store large quantities of frozen food, and warehouses to store the fusion fuel that keeps the space station running.

If Chen Ming wants to survive, he has to go to the cold storage to find food.

If you want to live longer, you have to leave this dangerous space station, and fuel becomes a necessity.

But leaving in a damaged spaceship was not a smart decision.

It would be better for Chen Ming to go back to the office that the voice broadcast had previously prompted him to go to and get the repair kit that Chen Ming, the repairman, should get.

At the same time, follow the instructions in the spacecraft repair guide to obtain enough materials.

Even if there are problems with a lot of the spacecraft's equipment, I might be able to fix them all.

Chen Ming thought about what he needed to survive and planned his future path on the map of the space station.

The first place to go is definitely the maintenance staff office No. 125 in the nearest office area to get the repair kit.

Then go to the power generation area to get fuel.

After all, the spacecraft only has 19% of fuel left, and God knows how long it can last.

The power generation area is located below the living area where Chen Ming first woke up.

Because the power generation equipment generates heat and can provide a certain insulation effect for the living area, it is placed there.

The power generation area should be safer than the cold storage located between the public area and the mining area.

Chen Ming planned to wait until he got all the fuel and tools before considering going to the cold storage.

After Chen Ming chose the route, he did not hesitate. After confirming the approximate location, he jogged all the way there.

Chen Ming found his name on a cabinet in the maintenance office.

The cabinet door was not locked, and Chen Ming easily got a suitcase-sized repair kit and his own brand new personal terminal.

Chen Ming did not stop and went directly to the power generation area with his suitcase.

Along the way, they carefully avoided public areas that were full of disgusting growths and insect eggs, and also successfully found fuel and a cart.

After three trips back and forth, the spacecraft was fully refueled and there was still a lot of fuel left.

Chen Ming noticed that his protective suit was running low on oxygen and electricity.

So after transporting the fuel for the last time, Chen Ming pushed the cart he found from the power generation area to the public area and approached the passage between the upper and lower floors.

Chen Ming held the gun tightly in his hand, and he would respond to any changes immediately.

The passages going up and down the public area were not blocked by growths and insect eggs. Chen Ming went down to the cold storage floor with some trepidation.

After using the permissions of the maintenance technician terminal to open the door of the cold storage, an empty warehouse appeared in front of Chen Ming.

There was nothing left in the cold storage.

However, there is an emergency supply room in the corner of the cold storage, which is Chen Ming’s last hope.

After noticing that the oxygen readings of the protective suit began to recover after entering the emergency supply room, Chen Ming closed the door of the room.

The only things stored inside were packages of things that looked like military dry rations.

There were six words written on it: Packaged Survival Food.

There is no brand, no expiration date, and some only have a list of ingredients.

Chen Ming tore open the package and found a lump of something that looked like luncheon meat.

After confirming again that there was still oxygen in the emergency supply room, Chen Ming took off his helmet and smelled the luncheon meat, but did not smell any special odor.

He broke off a small piece, put it in his mouth and chewed it, but did not swallow it.

After chewing for about three or four minutes, Chen Ming seemed to taste a hint of meat in his mouth.

So he spit out what was in his mouth.

All you have to do next is wait for a while. If there are no adverse reactions, then these packaged survival foods that have been stored for decades should be edible.

Moreover, Chen Ming estimated that there was probably nothing else to eat in the space station.

So he moved all the packaged survival foods in the emergency supply room onto a cart and planned to leave.

Just as he went back up to the public area floor.

Chen Ming suddenly discovered that the insect eggs around him seemed to start moving.

"What's going on?"

Chen Ming's heartbeat instantly quickened, and his legs also began to move faster.

The insect eggs around me were shaking more and more violently.

Under the light from the lower level that Chen Ming had just passed, there seemed to be many shadowy things moving in the passage between the upper and lower levels behind him.

That means the insect eggs in the lower layer have hatched.

Chen Ming's forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat.

Could it be that the cold storage had been kept sealed all along, and when Chen Ming opened it, the cold air, or the hot air relative to the temperature of space, escaped outside and stimulated the insect eggs.

Chen Ming was not sure what the reason was, but he was sure what he should do now.

Chen Ming no longer worried about whether his movements were too big or not, he just ran towards the spaceship.

He ran all the way and escaped to the vicinity of the Iron Ore spaceship.

Although no sound could be heard in a vacuum, Chen Ming could easily feel the vibrations under his feet becoming more rapid and closer.

When a sense of danger was approaching, Chen Ming pushed the cart full of food and fell forward to the ground.

At this moment, Chen Ming's eyes saw the image of the camera connected to the machine gun on the spacecraft.

Before the group of newly hatched insects that followed him pounced on him.

The 22mm machine gun opened fire.

There was no gunfire in the vacuum, but the constant flickering of fire and the occasional sound of debris hitting his back made Chen clearly aware of what he was experiencing.

And the situation is getting worse.

Chen Ming could see that in the office area not far away, there appeared several insects that were taller than humans. They were definitely not newly hatched adults.

Chen Ming immediately got up from the ground, and the next moment, a larva that had luckily survived grabbed onto Chen Ming's shoulder.

The sharp mouthparts could tear apart Chen Ming's protective suit in the next second, causing Chen Ming to die in the vacuum.

At this moment, Chen Ming's hair stood on end. He raised his pistol at a speed he had never seen in his life and shot the insect that was clinging to his shoulder, which looked like an alien larva, to pieces.

Chen Ming did not make any unnecessary movements. He quickly picked up the packaged food scattered next to the cart that had just been pushed out, and rushed onto the Iron Ore Ship while pushing the cart.

The hatch was quickly closed and the Iron Ore's engine started at maximum speed with full fuel.

The tail flame from the tail of the spacecraft pushed the Iron Ore out of the dock.

Chen Ming put the cart aside and rushed to the captain's room.

Looking out the porthole at the abandoned mining space station that was gradually moving away, and the bugs that opened their mouths wide and seemed to be roaring but were powerless to do anything.

The tension in Chen Ming's heart finally relaxed.

At least now, he was safe.

(End of this chapter)