NABC Chapter 61 Tragic Scene
Chapter 61 Tragic Scene
Sigma's proposal to send additional aid was quickly agreed upon by the Chengming and Yuanguang branches and the head office.
After all, the most important task for both branches now is to find the "Crack" as soon as possible to prevent the Purge Bureau from using this critical anomaly to cause widespread destruction.
The two branch offices jointly submitted an application, which was approved at lightning speed after being reported to headquarters. A specialist from headquarters then contacted the Delta Clan.
As digital life forms, the Delta race possesses a near-immortal lifespan in the absence of threats such as electronic viruses.
However, the cost is that each time they conceive a new member, it is a long accumulation process, sometimes taking decades to create a new Delta digital life form.
Tracing the origins of information worms in the information world carries certain risks. It is precisely because of this that the General Administration sent a specialist to communicate with them.
However, the Anomaly Management Bureau clearly underestimated the Delta race's obsession with the [Information Worm].
After the request was made, without much communication, the Delta Clan immediately agreed and sent five members of their clan to the Far Light Star branch.
While the Delta race was assisting the Farlight Star branch with tracing the source of the virus, Cheng Xu was not idle either—
The transport fleet that was attacked by the Arbiters was finally transported back to the landing port of the Farlight Star Branch after so many days.
The main transport ship of the entire fleet was provided by the Chengming Star Branch and was equipped with the security-grade anomaly D-53984 [Solid Wall Metal Box] as a container to contain [The Rift].
The other frigates belong to the Farlight Star Branch Bureau.
In fact, in principle, such an operation should have been escorted by an elite fleet arranged by the Chengmingxing Branch, the main carrier of the transportation mission.
However, at the time of the incident, all the personnel of the Chengming Star Branch were drawn away by the changes that occurred on Golun Star.
After communication and exchange between the two parties, it was decided that the Yuanguangxing Branch would undertake the escort mission.
However, due to the leak of information related to the Farlight Star Branch's escort fleet, the data was essentially one-way transparent to the attacking enemy.
"Sigh... According to our investigation, the Arbiter accurately located the escort ships hidden around the main ship and eliminated them one by one."
Lance's face was filled with grief. Cheng Xu and Xue Zijing remained silent.
The stealthy frigate, which should have been safe, was directly exposed to the enemy's view, becoming easy prey for the adjudicators.
"The Arbiter is a cyborg whose ability is information interference, which can create the illusion that everything is normal after destroying a frigate."
"By the time the main ship realized something was wrong, the entire escort fleet had already been wiped out."
Lance gritted his teeth.
The personnel in the escort fleet were all agents from the Farlight Star Branch, and they were so easily defeated by the Purge Bureau. It's beyond just a heavy loss.
"Unlike the main ship, most frigates did not leave behind complete wreckage; most were left only as fragments floating in space."
As Lance spoke, he led Cheng and Xue deeper into the hangar.
A wrecked ship appeared before Cheng Xu.
The spaceship, like a giant whale with its belly cut open, lay paralyzed in the docking port, its last heat dissipated.
Its left engine was completely torn apart, and the turbine blades pierced the armor like broken bird bones.
Through the numerous wounds, one can see that the alloy walls of the main passage are covered with dents, and in the deepest grooves, molten metal droplets have solidified.
Cheng Xu recognized it as the flagship of the fleet belonging to the Chengming Star Branch.
He had seen the ship in the port of call during his last field mission.
The ship was once intact and impressive, but now it is a dilapidated ruin.
Upon reaching the shipwreck, Lancely offered a heads-up: "The scene inside is somewhat... gruesome. If you feel uncomfortable, you don't have to go up."
Cheng Xu shook his head: "I want to go up and take a look."
He was fully authorized by the Chengmingxing Branch Bureau and naturally needed to diligently fulfill his duties.
Lance remained silent, simply leading the way.
Upon boarding the ship, one could see gruesome corpses almost everywhere, as well as traces of the Arbiters' violent destruction of the vessel.
"The [Sturdy Metal Box] contained a tracking beacon from the Chengming Star Branch, so it wasn't taken by the Arbitrators," Lance explained.
Upon arriving at the ship's core, Cheng Xu noticed something familiar. Not long ago, he had arranged for an update to the containment procedures for D-53984 [The Hardened Metal Box].
Now, however, a huge hole has been smashed into this three-meter-tall cubic metal box, and the [Crack] that should have contained it has disappeared.
Cheng Xu didn't say anything, but followed Lance and Xue Zijing to other parts of the ship.
In front of the bridge control console, a corpse dressed in a commander's uniform was pinned to a seat with three steel bars piercing its chest, but its head was missing.
At the corner of the passageway lay the remains of six crew members, their limbs twisted in reverse joints, with broken wrenches and pipe wrenches inserted into their joints, resembling a group of dolls disassembled and haphazardly reassembled by children.
On the control pillar in the center of the engine compartment, a half-face relief is clearly imprinted: it is the death imprint left when a crew member's face was pressed into the metal by a huge force, and the lines of the eyelashes are clearly visible.
The bloodstains, frozen into dark red ice crystals due to the low temperatures of outer space, covered the corridor like a devil's carpet, gradually melting under the temperature of the distant star.
A gentle breeze blew across the port, producing a low, organ-like sound.
Cheng Xu fell silent. His lips were pale from being pursed so tightly.
Along the way, he saw too many familiar faces.
He knew that most of the dead were Hu Zhou's men, members of the "Worker Bee" special operations team.
Six months ago, they came to Chengming Star for their own reasons.
They should have been warriors on the front lines fighting the anomalies, but after being transferred to the Chengmingxing branch, they diligently played the role of ordinary employees.
They were simply following the branch office's instructions and proceeding step by step to carry out an unusual transportation mission to Yuanguang Star.
Cheng Xu still clearly remembers that there was an uncle who worked in the logistics support department who often contacted him because of his work and always had a cheerful smile on his face.
He saw the man's face in the spaceship's logistics room, but the expression on that face was forever frozen in the last moment of his life, frozen in horror and fear.
Before me lay a mangled corpse, a scene of utter devastation and crimson devastation.
Something seemed to be ignited within Cheng Xu.
The last time he felt the same way was when he faced Gray on Golun Star. At that time, his heart was filled with questions—
"What do you value life?"
The words echoed in his mind again. He realized that people like Gray Kaname were not isolated cases.
Cheng Xu felt that the world shouldn't be like this.
He just wants to live a peaceful and ordinary life, so why do people keep challenging his bottom line?
he is very angry.
He believes that someone should pay the price for the current tragedy.