Ninth class citizen

Chapter 242 Only One Chance

The maintenance engineer handed a pile of drawings and component materials to Nan Rong, and together with the captain and others, watched her enter the maintenance room.

The strongest among them was only a fourth-rank warrior, unable to withstand ten times the standard star gravity.

In fact, the original purpose of the main engine maintenance room is to provide inspection and maintenance services when the spacecraft is stationary.

As for the possibility of malfunction after entering warp space, the probability is so low that it can be ignored.

In real air crashes in history, as long as they occurred during the jump, except for the one time when Master Yuwen saved the situation, all other spacecraft in distress were directly turned into particles and no one survived.

Mr. Berg remained on the bridge, but his physical condition was too poor to be of any help.

As soon as Nan Rong climbed down the alloy ladder, he was surrounded by thunderous noises coming from all directions.

She put on the noise-canceling earplugs the maintenance technician gave her, but found they were of no use at all.

Nan Rong simply used his defensive supernatural powers to make two ultra-small protective shields for himself and put them directly on his ears.

The world instantly became clean.

No wonder many excellent supernatural skills are designed to meet life needs.

Nan Rong named the skill he invented "Golden Bell Ears" and immediately threw himself into the intense work.

The maintenance room was originally equipped with two auxiliary robots, and Nan Rong had high hopes for them.

But after entering, I found out that the materials of these robots did not support their activities when the engine was working. At this moment, they also entered a dormant state and could not provide any service to Nan Rong at all.

Outside the test chamber, the curvature engine roared and vibrated like a dormant beast. Nan Rong's mental power expanded outward, and a silver-gray ring-shaped engine with a diameter of more than 50 meters gradually emerged in his mind.

Countless precision components are linked together, and various patterns engraved on thousands of parts are filled with blue and white source energy light flows, which are like liquid galaxies rushing on a special alloy carrier, wrapping the entire spacecraft in warp space and advancing continuously.

Nan Rong calmed down and quickly found the exact location of the fault.

The acceleration pattern carrier on the innermost side of the main engine made a slight cracking sound, and three spider-web-like cracks spread outward from the intersection of the pattern. Whenever the blue source energy flowed through the cracks, charred burn marks appeared on the surface of the alloy, and the entire spacecraft trembled.

This performance was even more serious than what she had just seen in the bridge command room and in the fault detection video that the maintenance technician had called up.

The resistance in warp space is extremely small, and due to inertia, the damage to the acceleration pattern will only be reflected in the speed of the spacecraft after a period of time - but it is obvious that the time left for her is pitifully small.

Nan Rong keenly sensed that the crack on the outermost side of the acceleration pattern carrier was an extremely smooth cut. It did not look like natural damage caused by the material's inability to withstand the impact of high-frequency energy, but rather like some kind of deliberate destruction.

The acceleration pattern is located on the side of the testing room, and someone who is interested can achieve this effect by using a robotic arm to manipulate the tool.

Therefore, Nan Rong can basically conclude that this accident was probably man-made.

Most of the people who took action were equality fighters who wanted to kill themselves as soon as possible.

Obviously, they only wanted her life, but every time they wanted to drag many innocent people to be buried with her, as if they wanted to use this to show how much they valued her - but unfortunately, she didn't appreciate it at all.

Nan Rong resentfully suppressed the emotions surging in his heart and turned his attention back to the maintenance work at hand.

To save trouble, the destroyer directly cut the pattern carrier closest to the operation window, so Nan Rong did not need to consider remote operation during maintenance. This was the only good news so far.

However, the premise of this repair method is that the curvature engine is in a static and normal temperature state.

The reason why the other party is so confident is that when the curvature engine is running at high speed, the core temperature is incredibly high. Even if dilithium crystals are added inside for stable cooling, almost no one can perform repairs under such circumstances.

The spray gun cannot withstand the high internal temperature, and the intervention of any other tools may affect the normal operation of the main engine.

Before Nan Rong came in, the maintenance engineer had already sent her Master Yu Wen's success story.

That was an accident more than 20 years ago. The directional pattern at the tail of the warp engine of the spacecraft was redrawn during the previous overhaul. This was a normal operation, but unfortunately the material used for the redrawn pattern had quality problems, so it slowly decomposed under high temperature, causing the spacecraft to deviate from its course and almost get lost in the curved space, unable to successfully jump to the opposite curved surface.

But at that time, the energy of the spacecraft was still quite sufficient, and the carrier under the pattern was intact, which was fully capable of supporting Master Yuwen to complete the repair. The problem was completely not on the same level as the one faced by Nan Rong.

"Are we crazy?" The captain stroked his forehead with his hand. "We actually thought that little girl could really repair the main engine and save the entire ship."

As he spoke, the ship shook again.

"The amplitude of the vibration is getting bigger and bigger, and the frequency is getting faster and faster." The maintenance engineer's eyes were full of bloodshot: "If it continues like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to last the fifteen minutes I promised before."

The deputy captain clasped his hands tightly across his chest and said, "What do you think? If Master Yuwen were on this ship right now, could he turn the tide again?"

". Should be OK?" The maintenance engineer said, "That's Master Yuwen!"

"He is your idol, but not mine." The deputy captain shook his head. "In such a short time, even if His Majesty Tian Zhengze is still alive, he may not be able to pull us out of this deadly situation."

"But."

"It's already this critical moment, and you two still refuse to calm down." The captain shook his head: "Do your best and leave the rest to fate. Anyway, there are still so many people accompanying us on the journey!"

"What do you mean by certain death? What do you mean by setting off on the journey?" A dozen people turned around from one side of the passage.

They were all warriors of level three to five, and they could still hear their previous conversation through the rumbling sound of the engine. Everyone's expression was extremely solemn.

Patricini's assistant and Yu Lin were also among these people.

They didn't need to go into deep sleep, so they all gradually realized that there was a problem with the spacecraft. After searching the bridge for people in vain, they finally found this place.

At this point, the captain no longer felt the need to conceal the news.

".This is the truth." He spread his hands with a bitter face: "There are about ten minutes left. If you have family on the ship, you can go back and say goodbye to them."

A few people left quickly, but more people stayed.

"Didn't they say that there were still people inside repairing it?" said a tall and burly passenger.

He was a captain who was returning home to visit his relatives and had never expected to encounter such a low-probability event.

"Indeed, there is one. She is Zero Boundary Matrix's specially invited mecha maintenance consultant—an 18-year-old girl." The maintenance engineer said, "Although she is very good, the time left for her is too short, and she only has one chance."

"One chance? What does that mean?" Patricia's assistant asked.

He and Yu Lin were the two calmest people in the group.

"Need I say that?" the mechanic said impatiently, "Any mistake in tampering with a high-speed engine will cause us to be disintegrated into particles prematurely."

He gestured with his hands to show a sphere exploding outwards: "Just like this, with a 'bang' sound, there's nothing left!"

The scene fell silent for a moment, and only the increasingly loud roar of the main engine could be heard.

"Is the maintenance technician inside called Nan Rong?" Yu Lin asked with some difficulty.

The pressure here was too great, and it was not friendly to his body that was comparable to that of a third-level warrior.

"It's her." The captain had already seen the school badge of the Federal Genetic Optimization Academy pinned on his collar.

Of course, he knew that there were four freshmen on this spaceship who were going to study at top universities, and he envied them from the bottom of his heart. But unfortunately, no matter how outstanding the seedlings were, they had to accompany everyone else and fail here, without even a word to leave for their loved ones.

His voice became quite dark: "Your classmates are very courageous and strong."

"See that maintenance room at the back? The pressure there is twice as great as here. We can't even walk through it, but she insisted on going in alone. She was determined to give it a try anyway."