Chapter 433 Revenge from the Past 3 (1/2)
The players activated the filter in their armor as well, making them immune to the poison gas. They looked at Han Xiao and waited for his orders.
”That captain used his authority and locked the spaceship's navigation. I'll hack into the spaceship system and change its course. You guys blast the alloy gate open; some of you go to the central computer room and insert this chip, and the rest of you go to capture Sylvia and her allies.”
Han Xiao opened his palm. With a flash of electricity, a black chip flew out from his pocket.
”Understood.” Herlous nodded. He pocketed the chip, swung his Battleship Slicing Blade, and slashed alloy door. With a piercing sound of steel being torn apart, an opening appeared. Dozens of armored players raised their firearms and fired at the door. The door was quickly covered in holes before collapsing.
In the poison gas, they walked out of the main control room. In front of them was another locked alloy door, and the group of people who had been separated earlier were trapped in the pathway. Many of them were poisoned and barely clinging on to life. Dekker was surprisingly among them too, but Sylvia had disappeared.
The players took out gas masks and placed them on these people. Dekker was weak and powerless. The moment he caught his breath, he started tearing up.
”I—I was forced. That girl used my family to threaten me, forcing me to act and cooperate with her. I really had no choice. I'm sorry. I'm sorry…”
”Cut the cr*p. Where's Sylvia?” Herlous demanded.
”She's allied with that captain. She used the authority to open the alloy gate and escaped, leaving us here.”
Bang!
Herlous slapped Dekker unconscious and said, ”Tie him up. The captain might question him later.”
Gunshots echoed in the spaceship. They broke through alloy doors one after another rather quickly. Sylvia had turned the spaceship into a trap, but the spaceship itself could not trap them. This was the difference in raw strength.
Han Xiao guessed that Sylvia would be going to the escape cabin as soon as possible and escape before the spaceship entered the jump state, at the same time releasing all the emergency escape ships and trap them in the spaceship. However, he was a Mechanic and could seize the spaceship's authorization. This was the flaw in Sylvia's plan.
Han Xiao opened the spaceship system—his fingers moved so quickly that they created afterimages. He entered countless codes and quickly hacked into the background of the system. Then he met resistance from the security system. He had bought some new advanced knowledges throughout the nine months, such as [Advanced Smart Technology], which made up for his weakness in terms of hacking. That black chip was an even stronger assistant Artificial Intelligence. After plugging it into the central computer room, the speed of breaking through the system would be doubled.
The alarm was triggered, and the system warning echoed in the spaceship.
”System infiltration detected! Please stop your actions immediately!”
As time was limited, Han Xiao did not go around the alarm and chose the roughest method.
”Hmm… 13th generation firewall from the TAK Series, 47th calculating method of the Silverlight sequence, random password wall. Quite advanced actually.” Han Xiao's movements did not stop. He said while hacking, ”Breaking through this system will take about five minutes, but the spaceship will enter the jumping state in two minutes. Sylvia will board the escape ship before this. Aroshia, capture her.”
Upon hearing Han Xiao's words, Aroshia turned into energy form and left through the wall. Metal walls were meaningless to her; only energy barriers could stop her from going through the wall.
Everyone was moving, while Han Xiao stayed in the main control room and focused on hacking the system.
…
”Damn, how was I exposed? How can Black Star possibly know who I am?”
The sound of hurried footsteps echoed in the ship bridge. Sylvia was running hastily. She used the captain's authority to open one alloy door after another and closed them after she passed through.
The sound of gunfire became clearer, meaning that she did not have much time left. If they fought directly, she would not be able to resist at all.
Every second counted at this time. Sylvia did not dare to stop. Warm, moist air came out of her lungs time after time as she gasped for breath.
In order to complete the trap, she had used all her savings to hire a freelance killer and even knew about Han Xiao's whereabouts through the intel network of an organization. Sylvia clearly knew that she was too weak. In order to go against the Black Star Mercenary Group, she could only depend on a conspiracy and plot like that. She wanted this spaceship to become Black Star's grave… Sadly, she could now only hope to save herself.
Do you regret it?
A sound echoed in her heart. Sylvia bit her lips.
Many images appeared in her head. Her father's eyes that were full of love, the happy memories of her childhood, plating her memories with warmth.
However, the images shattered like a mirror. Flames devoured these memories. Mercenaries landed from the sky and destroyed everything with fire. If her father had not sent her away in advance, she would have died in that storm of bullets.
After being captured by the mercenaries, her father was sent to jail. She had wandered around and suffered a lot before she could finally return to the old place. Her father's stronghold was like a home to her, but now, the only things left were the burnt ruins.
She still remembered, when she was young, she liked to hide under the shade of an old tree and spend lazy afternoons time after time. But that tree was turned into charcoal now, giving out a pungent odor. The black branches were the only things left of the once dense leaves.
Every time she thought of these things, the uncontrollable flames of rage would burn her nerves and shatter her reason.
”In order to have my revenge on these mercenaries, it's worth it to be in danger!” Sylvia clenched her teeth.
Very soon, she arrived at the escape cabin. Inside were ten or so escape ships.
The captain happened to arrive at the same time, and he complained, ”You did not tell me that the risks were this high. I want a greater reward.”
The turbulence was becoming more violent. As soon as they entered the jump state, they would not be able to use the escape ships unless they wanted to be torn into pieces together with the escape ships. Sylvia hastily pulled down the bolt of the escape ship. With the sound of air streams, the other escape ships were released, leaving only two behind.
Just as the two of them was about to walk in, a tint of golden light appeared behind them. Aroshia passed through the wall and made it just in time.
”Quickly, go!”