Volume 16 Tower of Babel Chapter 823: Uprising on the Spot
"But we have no way to stop the entire fleet... Even if you can convince the captain, as long as we show an attitude of disobedience, we will probably be sunk by the surrounding 'friendly ships' first, right?" said another medical soldier.
"At least... I don't want to be used as a gun by those people anymore..." Yeager found several injections of stimulants and painkillers on the cart beside him, and injected them into his body without thinking twice. While injecting, he said to the medical soldiers, "You go to the lifeboat and wait first. If the situation changes, escape on the lifeboat immediately without any hesitation... I think that even if the people on the other warships want to continue to work for the Ark, they will not be so crazy as to open fire on the unarmed lifeboat."
"What about you?" asked the medic.
"I'll go find the captain." Yeager threw the empty syringe to the ground, crushed it with his foot, and then limped towards the bridge.
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At the same time, on the flagship of Fleet Zero, "New Dawn", Major General Alexander also received several urgent messages - more than one warship questioned the order from above and asked Major General Alexander, as the commander, to verify the order.
"Verify... How can I verify this..." Major General Alexander rested his elbows on the edge of the table, held his forehead with both hands, smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Do they still think there is room for maneuver in this matter..."
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Noah's Ark, core area, secret room.
Apollo's virtual projection lowered his head, as if he was looking at something. After a while, he spoke: "According to the report from the Security Bureau agents stationed in Fleet Zero, it seems that the officers and soldiers on many warships have shown mutiny tendencies."
"Mutiny?" Zeus was startled at first, then a look of disdain appeared on his face. "This only proves that Fleet Zero is not loyal enough... It was the mistake of the person who was responsible for the selection work."
"No, I don't think it has anything to do with the people in charge of the screening." Apollo shook his head. "After experiencing something would question the decision-makers above them. What's more, what we are asking them to do now is a mission that is almost a suicide mission."
"What do you mean by someone who is nearly seeking death? Didn't I tell the commander of Fleet Zero that that ability cannot be used again in a short period of time? Even if it is a completely divine body, it is still based on the human body. It is already a stretch for it to withstand such a powerful force... Moreover, the person who is controlling him at the moment is just a mortal. Maybe the guy in the Tower of Babel has his brains exploded at this moment."
"You must be prepared for the worst in any situation." Apollo said, "Besides, the commander of Fleet Zero may not believe you."
"That's easy. First, let the agents of the Security Bureau arrest those who spread mutiny. Then, set a time limit for the captains of each ship... um, thirty seconds. If they refuse to carry out the mission after thirty seconds, their warships will be directly deprived of control and remotely controlled by the core brain." Zeus said.
"It's not that simple..." Apollo glanced at Zeus with an annoyed look, "Some of the agents on the warships have been dealt with by the officers and soldiers... The remaining warships are basically in a state of confrontation. If a conflict really breaks out, they will not be able to cope with the number and firepower of the agents alone... The most important thing is that the attitudes of the captains of the various ships and the commander of Fleet Zero, Alexander, have not yet been made clear - but at least one thing is certain, they did not send the marines to suppress those 'troublemakers'."
"If we continue like this, we may very well force out a rebel army." said the third voice. This voice could only be heard but not seen. There was not even a virtual projection... It was like a ghost hiding in the darkness.
"Rebels are rebels, we can always take back control of those warships... but if Agunactor escapes with his fully deified body, you all know the consequences." Zeus said in a deep voice, "If everything goes according to plan, it wouldn't have come to this... but since it has already happened, we can only take 'remedial measures' as much as possible."
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Fleet Zero, flagship, "New Dawn".
Looking at the thirty-second countdown on the screen, Major General Alexander's face twitched slightly. Then, as if he had made some important decision, he clenched his teeth and turned off the power of the monitor in front of him.
"Soldier! Give me the gun!" Major General Alexander growled.
The guard standing at the entrance of the bridge was stunned for half a second, but still threw the assault rifle in his hand to Major General Alexander.
Rear Admiral Alexander took the gun, quickly opened the safety, pulled the bolt, loaded the bullet, and then shouted: "Attention all ships, we are about to make an emergency landing, prepare to withstand the impact!"
After saying that, Major General Alexander picked up his assault rifle and fired at the central control computer of the "New Dawn"!
However, the power of this assault rifle was not enough to destroy the central control computer of the "New Dawn". It could only leave a bullet mark on the outer shell. Instead, it triggered the alarm device in the ship. The shrill alarm sounded immediately, and the color of the lights in the bridge turned into a dazzling red.
"Warning! The central control computer is under attack, and the bridge has been invaded! Please eliminate the intruder -Warning! The central control computer is under attack, and the bridge has been invaded! Please eliminate the intruder immediately-"
"Everyone, stay away from the central control computer! Quick! Twenty seconds left!" Alexander turned his head and pointed his gun at the surveillance cameras and large screens inside the ship, firing a barrage of shots, "Are there any bombs? Give them to me!"
"Yes!" The guard finally reacted to the commander's intention. He didn't even hand the bomb to Alexander. Instead, he ran over and twisted several clay bombs together into a twist shape, inserted the detonator, and then stuck it on the surface of the central control computer.
"Ten seconds left, hurry!" Major General Alexander growled, " This battleship will soon be taken over by the superiors!"
"The fuse has been set! It will explode in ten seconds!" The soldier quickly stepped back, climbed up the steps to the edge of the bridge, found a control console as a cover, and squatted down.
Seeing this, Major General Alexander dropped the gun in his hand and squatted behind the chair.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one—"
A huge explosion was heard from the direction of the central control computer. The lights and screens inside the bridge suddenly went out, and the entire "New Dawn" shook violently, then began to fall to the ground.
Inside the bridge, the floor had tilted to nearly forty-five degrees. Rear Admiral Alexander held tightly to the guardrail surrounding the backrest. He reached out to lift the cover under the console and turned a key-shaped switch on the inside of the cover.
This is the emergency switch for releasing the airbags. It is a purely mechanical transmission structure and can be used even if the electronic control system of the "New Dawn" is completely paralyzed. After Major General Alexander turned the switch, a large number of airbags suddenly popped out from every corner of the bridge, wrapping up the officers and soldiers in the bridge.
After nearly five minutes of non-free fall, the "New Dawn" finally crashed heavily to the ground - but the damage to the battleship itself was not serious: the battleship's own power system and anti-gravity device did not fail, only the central control computer was destroyed. Although the unbalanced battleship could not continue to hover in the air, it could at least complete an forced landing through manual operation.
"Don't check the damage to the warship yet! Go check if anyone is injured first. Also, find a way to restore the communication device, and then send a communication request to Yaguna Tor!" Major General Alexander crawled out from the gap in the airbag and gave the order.
"The warship's communication equipment has been completely destroyed!" a technical officer reported, "But I have a way! We can contact Yaguna Kotor!"
"What can we do?" Major General Alexander asked hastily. Time was of the essence for them. The moment they decided to disobey the order, the follow-up troops sent by the Undead Crew would probably be on the way...
No, the follow-up troops should have set out when the Black Fleet was destroyed. The only role of Fleet Zero was to delay time.
However, now the follow-up troops have an additional task besides dealing with Yaguna Tor: to clean up the "rebellious" Zero Fleet.
"The fighter jets and mechas in the hangar are all equipped with communication devices, but their power is not strong enough. We just need to install a simple signal amplifier on them, and we can contact Yagunakotor!" said the technical officer.
"But the problem is that the frequency bands of the communication devices of fighter jets and mechas are locked! Unless the mothership allows, it is impossible to communicate with unauthorized units... Just before the central control computer failed, I took a look at the friend-or-foe identification sequence. Yaguna Kotor has been identified as an 'enemy unit', and the communication devices of those vehicles in the hangar should have been updated. Unless we can restart the central control computer, it will be impossible to contact Yaguna Kotor using these communication devices!" The officer in charge of communications shook his head repeatedly.
"No, we can use the public frequency!" The technical officer who made the suggestion said loudly, "Now that things have come to this, there is nothing to hide. We can directly use the public channel to ask for help from Yaguna Kator. I think... they will not refuse."
"It's decided. Let's do it quickly!" Major General Alexander made the decision. "Every second we delay, our chance of survival will drop by one point!"
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When the New Dawn chose to "self-destruct", the other warships of the Zero Fleet also rioted at almost the same time... or revolted. However, the control of the warships that did not have time to destroy the central control computer was taken back by the core brain of the Ark. Only a small number of small warships with older models and central control computers that could not be directly connected to the core brain of the Ark were still controlled by the captains.
But just as these small warships tried to escape, the warships controlled by the core brain opened fire on them without hesitation - in the face of the powerful firepower of the heavy cruisers, these small light ships could not hold on for long. The energy shields were broken in an instant, the armor was pierced and melted, and flames and explosions immediately filled the interior of these warships. Many people were turned to ashes before they could even react.
In the battle with the Black Fleet, Fleet Zero had only lost two warships, but now, in just a few seconds, more than a dozen light warships were destroyed by "friendly forces".
The officers and soldiers on the controlled warships reacted quickly. Some of the warships blew up their central control computers like the "New Dawn", while people on other warships chose to abandon ship.
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"New Dawn", bridge.
"The temporary signal amplifier has been set up. With this power, not only Yaguna Tor, but even the Ark can receive it." The technical officer reported to Alexander.
"Okay, I understand." Alexander took the microphone, thought for a moment, and then told everything that happened here without reservation.
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Inside the Yaguna Tor, the core power room.
"Old Dog, I just received a public communication from Fleet Zero." Layton said to the Hound, "Ark, or rather, the group of guys in the Undead Crew, have publicly announced that we have rebelled. Fleet Zero has also received an order to intercept us... However, including the commander, Major General Alexander, almost all officers and soldiers of Fleet Zero have decided to disobey orders and revolt on the spot... The control of some warships of Fleet Zero has been taken back by Ark, and some warships have chosen to self-destruct... Now they ask us to provide immediate support and find a way to rescue and accommodate the rebellious troops."
"Uprising?" The Hound was stunned for a moment. "Although I have thought about this possibility, and even almost did it myself, I always feel that it might be a trap..."
"It's not a trap." Layton selected several surveillance images from outside Yaguna Tor and moved them in front of the Hound. In the images, most of the warships had already made emergency landings on the ground, leaving only a few warships that were obviously not under human control and were still suspended in the air, and were pouring fire on the warships that had made emergency landings and the lifeboats in the air.
"This doesn't look like a trap..." Zhuoligetu said, "To be honest, if I were a member of Fleet Zero, I wouldn't want to work for the Undead Crew anymore."
"I really want to rescue them... but the problem is that we are in a difficult situation now - we can hardly save ourselves." The Hound walked back and forth irritably, "If we don't break through this space anchor, let alone rescue the rebellious Zero Fleet, we can't even move!"
