Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 927 The prediction came true!

Sometimes, when a prediction comes true, it is often not a wonderful harvest, but a bad start.

While He Ming and Kato Saburo were competing with darts, the crew members on the first bridge also woke up from the discomfort caused by the superluminal jump.

Just as they looked up, everyone discovered that the Yamato, which had just emerged from the jump, was being affected by unknown reasons and was moving irregularly in a drifting posture.

"Jupiter. As the second mate suspected, Gamilas has hidden something on Jupiter."

Shiro Sanada reacted quickly and looked at Yuki Mori, and the latter immediately started operating the radar.

Soon, a surprising result emerged.

"Report! A huge projection appeared 65,000 kilometers ahead! Judging from the size of the projection, it is not a ship!"

Okita Jusan clenched his fists slightly and gave the order.

"Expand the projection!"

Shiro Sanada added.

"Switch to infrared imaging."

The next second, a huge floating continent suddenly appeared on the screen.

"This, this is?"

While Shima Daisuke was shocked by the image before him, he also heard Okita Jusan's order.

"Captain! Spread out the stabilizer wings and adjust the Yamato's flight attitude to maximum speed! Target, the floating continent ahead!"

"Yes! Spread the stabilizer wings and adjust the flight attitude. Maximum speed! Target, the floating continent ahead!"

After giving the order, Okita Jusan slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

He Ming's guess came true, and it also saved the Yamato from crashing head-on here and falling into crisis.

"Captain, according to current observations, the area of ​​this floating continent is at least the same as Australia. Such a huge floating continent is probably not just placed on Jupiter and allowed to drift."

Shiro Sanada's words made Okita Jusan fall into deep thought.

"Deputy Captain, what do you mean?"

"Yes! Actually, after the meeting, I discussed some issues with the second mate. The second mate believes that Gamilas does not simply want to destroy humanity, but after completely destroying humanity and the surface ecological environment on Earth, it will carry out some large-scale environmental transformation projects to transform the Earth into an ecological planet that the Gamilas people can adapt to."

"is it?"

Okita Jusan lowered his eyes slightly.

"So, in this case, there should be an ecological environment created by Gamilas on that floating continent, and there may even be troops and warships deployed there by Gamilas. Finally, this floating continent may be transferred to Earth by the Gamilas fleet occupying Pluto after the extinction of mankind."

"if it is like this···"

Having said that, Okita Jusan's eyes flashed with a sharp light and he spoke sternly.

"All ships, level one combat readiness!"

Sen Xue responded to the order immediately.

When the order for first-level combat preparation sounded, everyone's nerves were tense and they all took their positions.

"Shipmaster, call the second mate! Ask his location!"

Okita Jusan said in a deep voice.

"Yes! Signal confirmed! Captain, the second mate is on standby on Chengying now, and has sent a signal requesting an attack."

Hearing this, Sanada Shiro looked at Okita Jusan.

The latter pulled the brim of his hat slightly.

"This guy is really rude!" Okita Jusan's mouth twitched slightly.

I was actually somewhat shocked by He Ming's activism.

Originally, he had given He Ming the authority to act alone just to avoid conflict between He Ming and the air force.

Unexpectedly, He Ming had already run to Chengying and was waiting to attack before he gave the order to prepare for battle.

"Captain, I think the second officer seems to have an intuition beyond imagination. Perhaps, in the future, we can get a lot of help from the second officer's intuition beyond imagination."

"Oh? As the chief engineer, Sanada Shiro, who has a rigorous scientific mindset, also believes in something as illusory as intuition?"

Okita Jusan said while looking at his chief technician.

"No, this is not an illusory thing. To be honest, from the first moment I saw the second mate, I could feel that he seemed to have a power that we have never touched or understood. Of course, if that kind of power can be attributed to intuition, I think it would be a blessing."

The questions and answers between Okita Jusan and Sanada Shiro confused everyone on the bridge.

Although they couldn't hear what the two were talking about, they seemed to vaguely feel that Okita Jusan and Sanada Shiro valued He Ming very much.

"Captain, give the second officer an order. After the Yamato enters the floating continent, attack on your own and cover the Yamato's detection operations, and be on guard against the possible appearance of the Gamiras fleet."

"Yes!"

He Ming obtained permission to attack, but Okita Jusan did not mention the need for the air force to attack at the same time.

This made Kato Saburo, who wanted to follow Chengying in the attack, feel unfair, but he could do nothing about it.

"Admiral. There seems to be something wrong with this ship."

Belfast, who was sitting behind Chengying, suddenly said.

"Oh? What do you say?"

He Ming asked back.

According to common sense, under his guidance, the Yamato has not only shortened the distance of the superluminal jump to Jupiter, but also avoided being directly affected by the floating continent, forcibly breaking away from the jump state, and then causing the main engine to malfunction.

But why did Belfast say that there was a problem with the Yamato?

"It's not clear yet. I just heard some noise. My guess is that it might be from the main engine."

Belfast added.

"Do you need to remind the people on this ship?"

"Will the noise affect the following battle?"

"No, if we don't use the wave motion cannon, it won't affect the launch of the wave motion cannon. It will just cause a malfunction after launch."

Belfast's answer made He Ming smile helplessly.

It seems that Yamato's first jump and first use of the wave-wave cannon could not escape the hurdle of main engine failure.

"This is the bridge! Chengying, please answer!"

"Chengying, received! Bridge, please speak!"

When Mori Xue's voice came over the communication, He Ming got a glimpse of the ability of the chief of the agency, Tokugawa Hikozaemon.

"Just now, the Mechanical Engineering Department sent a message that some problems have been found in the cooling device of the main engine, and they will be repaired at the edge of the floating continent! The task of reconnaissance and alerting the enemy is left to you!"

"Understood! Chengying received it."

He Ming did not raise any objections, but simply accepted the task.

A few minutes later, Chengying ejected and flew directly towards the depths of the continent.

(End of this chapter)