Chapter 2 Links

"What is this?"

The two lines of words that suddenly appeared in Chen Ming's mind made Chen Ming completely stunned.

Is this given by his identity as a maintenance technician, such as some electronic implants in his brain? Or is it an ability that comes with time travel?

Chen Ming has no way to distinguish, but no matter which one it is possible.

It seems that he has the ability to control the spacecraft with his mind.

Chen Ming is a little unbelievable, but the real texture of the place where he is now makes him completely unable to doubt it.

Since staying in this room is just waiting to die, why not go out?

Go find a spaceship to connect and see if this thing in his mind can help him get out of the current predicament.

Even if it is not for the spaceship, Chen Ming must at least find out if there is any food in the space station.

Being bitten to death by insects while looking for food is always more painful than dying of starvation.

Chen Ming put on the protective clothing with some difficulty, not sure whether it can play a protective role.

He returned to the door with a gun and pressed the button.

The mechanical female voice sounded again.

"A vacuum environment is detected. Please press the button again to confirm the opening of the buffer compartment. Please make sure that the protective suit is fully worn."

Chen Ming listened to the heavy breathing under his protective suit and pressed the button again.

The door opened and a compartment appeared in front of Chen Ming.

After entering the compartment, the door behind Chen Ming closed, and a hissing exhaust sound rang in his ears, but the sound soon disappeared.

He should be entering a vacuum environment.

At the same time, Chen Ming suddenly noticed two lines of words on the corner of the protective suit helmet.

Remaining oxygen value: 99.9%.

Remaining power value: 99.9%.

This is the oxygen that sustains human life and the power that maintains the temperature inside the protective suit.

Chen Ming roughly calculated the speed of falling down and it could last for about two hours.

If he couldn't find the spacecraft or find food to come back within two hours, the consequences would be disastrous.

Chen Ming's time was very tight.

The airtight door outside the isolation room, which had been sealed for a long time, opened.

Chen Ming did not step out rashly because of the urgency of time, but stuck his head out and observed carefully.

A new scene appeared in front of Chen Ming.

A dilapidated corridor.

The corridor was full of holes, and you could see the more complex and larger metal structure outside.

There was also a space with countless light spots flashing in the darkness.

Chen Ming stood there for a few seconds, and realized that it was not the time to look at the space.

After confirming that there was no danger nearby, Chen Ming followed the space station map he found on his personal terminal and stepped into the corridor.

He was very careful about his steps to avoid falling out of any hole.

After all, there was an inexplicable gravity on this space station. Once you fall out, it is unknown whether you can get back.

Chen Ming walked all the way to the direction written on the map, towards the office area where the voice broadcast just now was.

According to the instructions on the map, Chen Ming will pass by the cafeteria and a public area for people to rest on the way to the office.

He can also find some food in the cafeteria.

If you go further, it is the dock of the space station. Chen Ming can also go there directly to take a look, maybe he can find a spaceship.

Along the way, Chen Ming forced himself not to be distracted by the deep starry sky outside, and quickly passed through his residential area.

When passing the canteen, Chen Ming tried to look for it in the back kitchen.

But it was obvious that after thirty years, there was nothing left in the canteen.

What's worse is that there are several fast passages connecting the public area next to the canteen and the mining area located at the lower level, which is convenient for the staff at the lower level to quickly come up to eat.

Therefore, Chen Ming found some terrible things.

Some things that were still wriggling, like insect eggs, were attached to the disgusting growth in a corner of the public area.

Although Chen Ming had already had psychological expectations for this.

These insects can survive inside the asteroid, and it is not surprising that the eggs have been preserved in the vacuum until now.

But even if there is a psychological expectation, Chen Ming still feels a little numb when he really sees it.

He didn't dare to stay any longer and left here quickly.

Chen Ming didn't even want to go to the office, and trotted all the way to the dock.

The damage here is more serious than that in the living area, and most of the place is basically exposed to space.

If it weren't for the magnetic force on the floor under his feet, Chen Ming felt that he would fly out at any time.

Fortunately, Chen Ming actually saw several spaceships parked here.

Chen Ming picked a spaceship that looked the newest in appearance, came to it, stretched out his hand and pressed it.

[Spaceship signal detected, do you want to connect? ]

Chen Ming showed a relieved expression.

"Connect."

As Chen Ming finished speaking, a panel popped up in front of him.

[Spaceship panel]

[Ship name: Iron Ore]

[Type: Small civilian mining cargo ship]

[Fuel reserve: 19%]

[Port side weapon: 22mm machine gun (damaged)]

[Starboard side weapon: 22mm machine gun (in operation)]

[Armor: Aluminum-steel composite external armor]

[Engine: Civilian escort engine]

[Built-in cabins: Captain's cabin, engine cabin, work cabin, planting cabin, living cabin, storage cabin]

[Important equipment: Bridge control system module (in operation), stance traction module (in operation), life support system module (in operation), imitation gravity module (in operation), landing module (damaged), hyperspace channel system module (missing)]

In addition to this extremely detailed panel introducing the spaceship information, there is also a drop-down box below the panel.

[Spaceship maintenance guide] The words are clearly written on it.

Chen Ming's finger swiped lightly, and he could see the repair method of the damaged parts displayed on the panel.

At the bottom of this interface, there is a button with the word [Repair].

Chen Ming tried to press it, and a sudden mental fatigue almost made him lose his balance.

Then a prompt appeared in front of him.

[Missing the necessary materials, repair failed]

Chen Ming was stunned, as if he understood what was going on.

At the same time, Chen Ming also felt a feeling he had never had before.

After clicking the repair button just now, the spaceship in front of him was like his own body, and he could control it at will.

He was now on the starboard side of the spaceship, and the 22mm machine gun on the starboard side was not damaged.

Under the control of Chen Ming's consciousness, the machine gun turned on the base of the turret and aimed at the way he came.

Seeing that he could really rely on consciousness to control the spaceship, Chen Ming's heart was somewhat excited and could not be suppressed.

Ordinary maintenance technicians could never do this. This should be the ability he had after crossing.

Chen Ming stood at the hatch of the spaceship, controlled the hatch to open, and walked into the interior of the spaceship.

The front and back of the spaceship are the captain's cabin and the engine cabin respectively, and the remaining four cabins are evenly distributed between the two cabins, occupying the remaining space inside the entire spaceship.

The position where Chen Ming went up was at the center of the entire spaceship.

The moment Chen Ming boarded the spaceship, as long as he wanted, he could close the hatch and start the spaceship to leave here at any time.

However, the remaining fuel amount displayed on the panel and the prompt that the landing module was damaged made Chen Ming hesitate.

And the food problem would also be a trouble for him.

So Chen Ming came to the door of the storage cabin as soon as he entered the spaceship and opened the hatch.

Some things that looked like minerals were stored here, and there was a compartment inside the storage cabin.

The three words "refrigerated room" were clearly written next to the compartment, which made Chen Ming full of expectations for what was stored inside.

But when the hatch opened, what Chen Ming saw was not frozen canned food.

But a frozen hard insect corpse.

And an insect egg that was trembling wildly due to the stimulation of the opening of the compartment door.