Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1291 - 491: The Meaning of Life, the Birth of a Miracle, and the Absence of Gods

"997-27 reporting, I am Captain Huang Xubo. We have completed all preparations, 14 spacesuits have been successfully linked! The power line interface has been modified, successfully connected to the information flow repeater power line backup interface, ready to switch power modes at any time."

"Our main battery will shut down in five minutes! Crew members have completed their positioning and securing according to the second plan. The content of the second plan is as follows, four colleagues will open their visors first. The life monitoring system will be triggered, causing the linkage to cease. Colleagues will stop physiological reactions in thirty to forty seconds, after which I will quickly remove my spacesuit, complete the final step in the vacuum, restart the linkage system, and in the last thirty seconds before the main battery shuts down, pre-set programs will seamlessly switch to backup power mode! I will also conduct a manual inspection."

Huang Xubo’s voice remains loud and filled with a unique sense of dramatic fervor.

Then, Huang Xubo and four others said in unison, "Please, Earl, approve us to execute the mission immediately!"

Indeed, they chose the safest plan.

In fact, even if they didn’t choose this, the command center had already compiled specific voice commands, there’s no need to send them now.

Time is pressing, Ren Zhong doesn’t linger with pleasantries, he speaks quickly, "Huang Xubo, Dong Jixiang, Gla Check, Qiao Jiaxin, Zheng Chongwen, you five, please execute the second plan immediately."

"As you command!"

In the fractured 997-27, Huang Xubo stepped forward and approached the four comrades.

The sound of his footsteps, clatter-clatter, was captured by the voice communication receiver, then relayed through the information flow, appearing in the command room and Falcon’s main control room.

After a brief silence, increasingly heavy breathing started.

Hoo... hoo... hoo...

Like a bellows being pulled, like a wild gust sweeping, more like ocean waves rushing the shoals.

Facing death, as long as one is human, there will be tension; it’s inevitable.

Though separated by thousands of miles, only sounds can be heard, yet each listener’s mind involuntarily conjures the scene.

Before today, these people on 997-27 were nameless individuals.

In their not-so-long lives, they came silently and left silently, doing what they could, receiving due rewards, enjoying a period of ordinary life.

On the fleet, on Source Star, in the work fleet, there are many such individuals.

This is the ordinary life of ordinary people.

But this time, fate violently thrust Huang Xubo and the other five onto the stage of history, tying the survival of three billion people to them.

Without hesitation, they decided to sacrifice five to try saving three billion.

They became extraordinary, grand and magnificent.

"Everyone, at this moment we shall achieve immortality! We are already a great part of a great undertaking! Source Star’s glory will eventually spread across the universe! Please turn off the life monitoring system, and tear off your visors!"

Huang Xubo used almost all his strength, shouting hoarsely.

In the next instant, a loud wind noise erupted.

This was due to the rapid air leakage in the spacesuit caused by pressure loss.

Painful screeches followed the wind, seeming distant, as if from the horizon, but resounding in each listener’s ear.

After a few short seconds, the wind stopped, leaving only Huang Xubo’s heavy breathing, indicating the air inside the other four’s spacesuits had been emptied.

Forty seconds later, Huang Xubo finally said proudly, "Report, Earl! The first stage has been completed! Four colleagues have sacrificed! During this process, no one restarted the life monitoring system! The linkage did not cease!"

Actually, Huang Xubo’s last two sentences were somewhat superfluous.

In executing military tasks, reports should be concise, only discussing matters core to the task.

But no one would criticize him for this redundancy.

Choosing the second plan was originally for safety, but these ordinary warriors proved themselves with their actions.

Their will could overcome instinct. They lightened Huang Xubo’s workload.

Time continued to pass slowly, finally reaching the last minute.

"I have set up the pre-set program, about to exit the spacesuit."

Thirty seconds later, electronic sounds appeared in the communication system.

This was Huang Xubo manually inputting text-to-speech beforehand, to avoid losing voice transmission once the air was gone.

"Backup energy mode has been switched successfully. 997-27’s task has been completed. Please continue forward, 981-27. Please continue forward, Earl. Please continue forward, Source Star civilization."