Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 162 Linda ([-])

"Trying to disrupt their scanners," Cortana said. "That might buy us some time."

The Covenant cruiser slowly turned around to face the much smaller Longsword.It took no further action, as if waiting for them to approach.

So far so good, Tommy's hand with the metal gauntlet clenching and unclenching, at least none of us are dead.

He stared at the scanning monitor, and the valid signal gradually turned into a clearer image: it was indeed a UNSC cryopod, and it was drifting precariously.Only then did Tommy see that there were actually three cryochambers connected side by side. He had thought there was only one.

Thus, there might be three survivors out of the hundreds on board the Pillar of Autumn, and he hoped there would be many more.

The Master Chief pressed a few buttons on the control panel, risking more of the fighter's power being fed into Cortana's systems.Tommy knew that if they were going to get through this, they had to be motivated enough to keep Cortana running as efficiently as possible.

"A new effective signal was discovered." Cortana's words interrupted his thoughts, "It's Captain Case's Pelican troop carrier. It is clinging to a boulder about 500 meters in diameter. It seems to be waiting for an opportunity. Help us."

It seems that Keith also discovered the situation here and came to the surroundings one step ahead.But they can't communicate yet because of the risk of being discovered by Covenant warships.

Tommy noticed a black spot slowly enlarging in his peripheral vision. He turned around and saw another Covenant cruiser flying towards the newly discovered ship - the situation was getting worse. .

"Turnaround," Cortana said, "Master Chief, Colonel, get ready to retrieve the three cryopods."

Tommy waited for the Master Chief to unbuckle his seat belt, and they floated to the tail of the plane together.

"Sir," Cecilia, who was waiting here, stepped forward and said. The two paratroopers next to him looked eager to try, "Do you need our help?"

"No need for now, just stay alert."

Tommy looked around and grabbed a fixed rope. The Chief grabbed the other end of the fixed lock and said to him, "I'll go outside and pull me back as soon as you grab the cryopod."

Tommy nodded, "Don't worry, even if you fall into hell, I can bring you back."

The Master Chief's green status light flashed.

The fixed lock clicked and connected to the Master Chief's armor, and the other end was firmly attracted by the magnetic hanging point on Tommy's arm, and the chain was still held tightly by Tommy's hand.

He felt the scorching flames ejected from the attitude adjustment thrusters, and then the fighter plane made a 180-degree turn.

"Decompress within three seconds," Cortana warned.

The Chief opened the empty arsenal and climbed in, part of his body still exposed, and he was ready.

Cortana opened the door at the tail of the plane, and there was another explosion in the cabin, and a stream of air rushed out.Tommy was slammed against the one-centimetre-thick A-frame titanium door of the weapons warehouse, and a dent appeared there.

Tommy saw John looking back at him, so he shook his head to indicate that he was okay.He felt a dull pain from the old wound on his chest. Maybe he would have to find a chance to recuperate for a while after returning to Earth.The Chief then climbed out, Cortana added a blue arrow-shaped navigation dot on their heads-up display to indicate where the cryopod was floating, and he jumped out of the Longsword.

He floated in space toward the cryopod.Although he was only 30 meters away from them, if he missed the target because he misestimated his trajectory, he would never have a chance again - when he returned to the Long Sword Machine and came back again, the Covenant warships would definitely make him miss the target. They died without a burial place.

He stretched out his arms to reach the freezing chambers with his hands, but there was still 20 meters to go.

His body could no longer lean forward.He brought his left knee to his chest and began to slowly somersault.

It's still ten meters away.

Relative to the cryochamber, his upper body was turned "downward".If he rolled into the right position as he passed the cryopod, he could reach them.This is exactly what he wanted.

He continues to roll...and is now almost "on his feet".

It's still three meters away.

He tried hard to stretch his arm, and the elbow joint was stretched so hard that it almost broke, making "crunching" and "crackling" sounds.Then he stretched his hands, trying to reach his fingers further.

His fingertips brushed the smooth surface of the cryopod at the front of the row, and it slid away, making contact with the second cryopod.He curled his fingers but failed to grasp its handle.He went to grab the third and final cryo chamber—his middle finger hooked on the frame.

His body rolled in and out, and then landed on the freezing chamber.He quickly wrapped the fastening rope around the cabin frame and tied it securely himself.Seeing that he was done, Tommy tugged hard on the lock and pulled the Master Chief back together with the cryopod.

"Hurry up, two Spartans," Cortana urged over the communication channel, "We are in trouble!"

Tommy knew exactly what the trouble was: two Covenant cruisers were accelerating towards the Longsword machine. Their engines flashed with blue electric light. The plasma weapons and laser weapons on the hulls changed from red to orange, and the temperature dropped sharply. Up, it's time to fire.

Tommy tried his best to retract the lock, and saw the Chief making some small adjustments to the movements of both legs at the same time, so that he wouldn't be stumbling all the time in zero gravity.

The Longsword interceptor could not move, and it would be easy for the Covenant cruisers to hit it.Cortana could only start the engine after the Master Chief returned to the fighter.Even if he and the cryopods withstood the thruster jets, any evasive action Cortana took to avoid being hit would have sent him and the cryopods to pieces like a whip.

The ships of the Covenant forces have flown into the range of the Longsword machine, and they are lined up neatly.The long sword is as dangerous as eggs.

Three Anvil-II missiles suddenly appeared, flashed, and hit the starboard side of the spacecraft leading the Covenant force.After the explosion, the enemy spacecraft was unscathed. Its shield blocked the energy generated by the explosion, and the shield emitted a faint silver light as it neutralized the energy.

Tommy raised his head slightly and saw Case's Pelican troop carrier flying away from the asteroid where it was originally hiding, rushing vertically towards the two Covenant spacecraft above.

The cruiser turned around.They are obviously more interested in hunting living animals than attacking the motionless sword machine.

(End of this chapter)