Chapter 46 (1/2)

Chapter 46

Chu Shen Joins The Fight

Chu Shen was still thinking about how exactly to help in the upcoming fight whenever he started hearing things. Tap tap tap. It sounded like rain was. .h.i.tting the roof of a building. Other sounds came faintly to Chu Shen but he couldn’t identify most of them. The best he could come up with was a m.u.f.fled drum.

“Computer, what is the noise i’m hearing?” Chu Shen looked up at the ceiling.

“There is no noise registering in human hearing range.”

“I can hear a tapping noise, like rain. Please identify that.”

“That is machine gun fire from the troopers outside.”

“What! You mean they’ve actually started fighting already? Why didn’t they tell me!?”

“It was because they didn’t wish to worry you. Because we are one of the late arrivals we were put on the front lines. The first ma.s.sive wave of bug drones are attacking now. While this first wave is the biggest what follows is waves of tougher bugs.”

Chu Shen went up to the door and opened it. Outside was the guard that was a.s.signed to watch him. Unlike before where the guard was in a black uniform he was now in a heavy infantrymen suit.

The guard turned towards Chu Shen as he walked out. “Hey, hey kid! You can’t be out here, there’s a war going on.”

Chu Shen looked at the guard’s helmet. Because of his studying he knew exactly what this was. An outdated exo-suit designed to protect against blunt projectiles and radiation. It increased the wearer’s strength by over 50 times along with having a deployable vibroblade.

It was extremely out of date but the UBF was also underfunded since it was on the very fringes of known s.p.a.ce. It was the cheapest and best suit to get.

He looked at where he figured the guard’s eyes were. “That’s why I’m here. Since I’m a heavy worlder I figured I might be able to help a little with the bugs. They attacked my town so I want some payback.”

Chu Shen had of course looked up what the captain and medic had labeled him as.

The guard was stunned for a couple seconds but he called up the captain. “Sir. The civilian kid says he want’s to fight. He is a heavy worlder sir so he might be able to help some.”

The captain was startled. He had actually completely forgot about the kid, he was a distraction he could ill afford. He started to consider the guards suggestion. Eventually the war would get to them. While the drones couldn’t break through the s.h.i.+p’s armor the warrior and tank bugs after certainly could.

“Alright. Give him a suit then get him to a hovercraft. We need to evacuate this kid now. The floater can take him farther down the line. Escort him to one of the hovercraft. Go now.”