Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 89 Return to Reach?still
The bridge of the Yongzhu.

Ellie looked at the space station in the high orbit of Nalan Star through the camera outside the ship. The transport ship to evacuate civilians was already on its way. Dots of dark green jump space cracks were torn open, and they disappeared in a flash of light. No trace.

She sadly felt the surge from her logic core. The virus code injected into her by the unknown conscious body at that time spread rapidly in her body. The deadly virus quickly invaded Ellie's operation array and storage arrangement layer, and swallowed A small array of emotion suppression operations.

Even if she finally succeeded in cleaning up the logic virus, the experience still left irreversible damage to the core of logic.

Three years?One year?How much life is left?she does not know.She only knew that being with him for seven years was already a luxury.Ellie looked at Tommy. The defective emotional suppression algorithm could not resist the surging emotions. At this moment, she really wanted to hold him and cry loudly.

"Ellie?" Tommy, who was waiting for Di Qing to return to the bridge, asked, "What happened in that ruins?"

"I obtained a large amount of Forerunner data inside," she projected herself onto the holographic image display platform and said energetically, "At the same time, I also encountered and had friction with another consciousness, but it's just a small problem, it doesn't matter."

"Small problem?" Tommy looked at her suspiciously, "That's not what the cracks on the surface of your chip told me."

"I still don't know my situation," Ellie concealed her inner sadness with a sweet smile, "Just go back to the Military Intelligence Bureau and let the β-2 idiots repair it."

She knew in her heart that with such a degree of damage, even her creative team would be unable to do anything to save it, and she didn't want to see him look overly worried.

Tommy tapped the edge of the holographic panel, took off his helmet, looked at her seriously and said, "Ellie, I'm worried about you. If you have any questions, you must tell me, okay?"

Her holographic image flashed, and she was moved at first, and then overwhelmed with endless frustration.

"Well I'll tell you," she said, trying not to choke, "honey."

Ellie's voice was too low when she said the last three words, even though Tommy had extraordinary perceptive abilities, he couldn't hear them clearly.Just when he was about to ask, Di Qing stepped into the bridge.

"Sir!" Di Qing stood at attention and saluted, "Dr. Johnson went to get the crystal and will be here in a while."

"Okay Major," Tommy greeted her back, "How's the civilian evacuation going?"

"Most of the civilians on the planet's surface have entered the transport ship, and only a few are unwilling to leave."

During his long war years, Tommy was accustomed to seeing a group of people unwilling to leave their homeland emerge every time they evacuated.

"Great," Tommy nodded, "Let's talk about where to go next."

The colonel turned around and faced the largest holographic screen on the bridge. He tapped the keyboard a few times, and a map of the entire human-controlled star field suddenly appeared on the display.

"In order to protect civilians, the Yinchu needs to jump with them, and the key lies in the Covenant cruiser under our control." Tommy looked at the map and thought, "This cruiser is a unique and valuable asset to mankind, regardless of No matter what, we have to get it back to Earth."

He paused and continued: "At least some of the engineers and useful data inside must be brought back to Earth."

"This matter has been completed," Ellie said. "Under my arrangement, the Marines have 'kidnapped' five Covenant engineers. At the same time, I packaged the relevant data and sent it to another person on the Yinchu." Artificial intelligence."

"Brilliant, Ellie," Tommy praised.

"According to the Cole Agreement, our two ships and the civilian transport ship can return to Earth after a random jump." Di Qing said.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Tommy looked at Ellie. "Captain, Section [-] of the Cole Agreement stipulates that no Covenant spacecraft may be brought into human-controlled space without a thorough search of tracking systems that may lead enemy forces into our base." Ellie explained to her.

Di Qing thought for a moment before remembering this subsidy that had never been used.

"How long will a thorough search take?" Tommy asked.

"About fifteen days."

This answer was just as Tommy expected. The Covenant's cruiser was more than three kilometers long, and its systems were advanced and complicated. It took too little time to be unexpected.

"In this case, you won't be able to jump with us." Di Qing frowned.

"Just in time, I have an unfinished mission when following the Autumn Wind's jump." Tommy's finger crossed the panel, and a planet that was very familiar to all the officers present appeared. "I plan to use Reach as a transfer station. , and then return to Earth after completing the mission.”

This kills two birds with one stone - it can not only pick up the noble team hidden in the Warhammer base, but also make up for the missing part of Ellie.

"Star Reach?!" Di Qing was surprised, "The orbit there must be full of Covenant ships. The risk is too high."

"The risk is controllable." Tommy explained to her. "Covenant engineers have assisted us in deciphering their ship communication language."

"Sorry to interrupt." Ellie's eyes stayed in front of the bridge's pressure door that was sliding open. Dr. Jonson came in holding a lead glass cover. "I suggest that it is necessary to investigate this coordinate before heading to Reach."

"The crystal you want." Dr. Jonson placed the glass cover in front of several people. "I spent nearly a month unable to decipher the meaning of the symbols on its surface. I heard that this artificial intelligence has made a breakthrough?"

Ellie scanned the symbols on the surface of the crystal, and then she marked a coordinate on the holographic screen.

"Ther Galaxy?" Dr. Jonson asked doubtfully, "This is not within the UNSC's control star area."

"But the Holy Land of the Covenant, a Forerunner facility is here." Ellie explained, "This is the place they want to find at all costs."

Tommy's interest was piqued. If they could bring back the Forerunner technology from here, it might give humanity a little more chance of winning.The noble team was hiding in the Warhammer base deep underground, and the Covenanters could not discover them for a while.

"Well, I'll go to this coordinate to check the situation first, and then return to Reach." Tommy said to Di Qing, "You escort the transport ship back to the solar system."

"Do you need Lieutenant Anthony to arrange for some marines to go to the cruiser?" Di Qing asked, "And to drive the Covenant ship."

"If unfortunately we are discovered by the enemy, we will jump and escape immediately. We will not fight on the ground, so I plan to take only one team there." Tommy called up the information of the remaining members of the Hidden Fox team. "As for the driving of the ship, I There’s a ready candidate.”

Di Qing suddenly thought of something and couldn't help laughing. She said, "That little girl who fought bravely but made Lieutenant Anthony very unhappy?"

From a purely theoretical perspective, Tommy analyzed that the contents of the two biochips were exactly the same. Since Nana Kamano was qualified for the job on the bridge, so could Rebecca. However, their different personalities led to different choices. .

"Don't call her a little girl," Tommy also smiled and glanced at her, "Physically speaking, you're not much older than her." He looked at Ellie, "I also have a smart artificial intelligence. , if you encounter them, you might be able to beat the shit out of those bastards."

(End of this chapter)