Volume 16 Tower of Babel Chapter 845: Entering the Pyramid
"Cooperate? How to cooperate?" Yeger asked.
He suddenly realized that at this critical moment, it didn't matter whether Wilson was a human or a monster... On the contrary, if this guy still had some hidden cards or some surprising abilities, Yeager could not wait for him to use them right now.
Even if a tentacle came out of Wilson's mouth, there was nothing to worry about.
As long as he could restart this damn machine, he would be able to successfully detonate those torpedoes...
“I don’t mean for you to perish together with those giant deep-sea eels outside.” Wilson said in a low voice, “As long as you do what I say, we can all survive.”
"You tell me what to do first?" Yeger asked.
No one is not afraid of death... Even though Yeger had lost his will to live after Hans' death, anyone who can see a glimmer of hope in a situation where death is inevitable will have an instinct for survival that will prompt him to approach that glimmer and reach out his hand.
No matter how credible Wilson's words are, we should try our best to save the situation now... Yeger thought.
"I will restart the control system of the machine and activate the hidden energy. After regaining control of the machine, don't fight with these giant deep-sea eels, but rush directly to the pyramid on the seabed." Wilson spoke quickly, but his pronunciation was very clear, as if he was afraid that Yeger would mishear. He pronounced each syllable very standardly. "Those giant deep-sea eels will try their best to stop us. Don't worry. You just need to push the output valve of the thruster to the top, even if the thruster and engine will explode due to overload. As long as we can enter the pyramid, we can survive. Do you understand?"
Yeager nodded. He was about to ask why Wilson was so sure that he could survive after entering the underwater pyramid, but Wilson seemed to see through his thoughts and immediately said, "Time is running out. Don't ask any more questions. When it's safe, I will tell you everything you want to know."
After saying that, Wilson removed the cover and put his right hand in.
Yeger didn't know what he had done. He only heard a shrill alarm, and then all the off screens lit up.
However, unlike the previous normal operating state, all the lit screens were red at this time, and the numerical bars and UI that were supposed to be used to check the status of the machine were gone. The only thing that could be seen was the image of the external monitor and the three-dimensional scan of the seabed topography downloaded from Yaguna Kotor.
Communications with Yaguna Kotor were also not restored.
Even though Yeger didn't understand these things very well, he knew that the system that was being restarted was definitely not in a normal state.
"I can't even see the remaining fuel and injection angle of each thruster." Yeager asked anxiously, "How can I control this?"
"Go with your feeling," Wilson replied. "Although there have been some minor changes to the control system, all the control circuits are still functioning normally. You can still drive it the same way you originally drove it."
"You mean you want me to operate this machine manually without AI assistance? And under this situation?" Yeager asked back.
Thirteen of the sixteen monitors outside the "Zokog Kai" have been destroyed. Of the remaining three monitors, only the one on the front left can still transmit the external images. The other two have lost their lighting, so only a dark sea can be seen on the screen.
These monitors have infrared thermal sensing mode, but the problem is that whether it is the buildings in the underwater city or the deep-sea giant eels swimming at high speed around them, the temperature and sea water are almost the same, and it is impossible to see the difference from the thermal imaging pictures.
As for the sonar, although it can scan the positions of those giant deep-sea eels, the refresh frequency of the sonar simply cannot keep up with the movement speed of those giant deep-sea eels. Every time it refreshes, the scanned position can deviate greatly. Not to mention using it for positioning, even if you want to use it to determine the opponent's movement trajectory, it is difficult to do so.
At this time, "Zokoku Kai" was like a blind man.
He was a blind man with broken limbs and wounds all over his body.
"You just need to control the machine to move towards the underwater pyramid," Wilson said, "and you don't have to worry about anything else."
"Don't worry about anything else..." Yeger was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly realized that it seemed that... the deep-sea giant eels outside had not attacked "Zokok Kai" for some time...
Did they give up and shift their target... or was it for some other reason?
He subconsciously glanced .
Wilson's face was hidden in the shadows. From Yeager's perspective, he could only vaguely see his cyborg eyes emitting the same red light as the screen.
Who is this guy? Yeger muttered to himself, but did not ask out loud - he knew that even if he asked now, the other party would not answer.
"Okay." Yeager made up his mind and carefully pushed the joystick forward, and the machine began to move slowly.
The angles of several thruster nozzles had been disrupted, and the "Zokog Kai" rolled several times in the water before it managed to adjust its balance.
Fortunately, Yeager was an experienced pilot. Without relying on AI assistance and angle monitoring equipment, he adjusted the nozzle to the appropriate angle with just a few knobs, pushing the dilapidated body towards the direction of the underwater pyramid.
Yeager thought that once the machine started moving, it would be immediately besieged by giant deep-sea eels... But several minutes passed and there was no movement from outside.
Those giant deep-sea eels that were frantically besieging "Zokok Kai" not long ago seemed to have disappeared at this moment.
Even the situation that Wilson said, "the deep-sea giant eels will try their best to prevent us from approaching the pyramid" did not occur.
Yeager looked at the sonar display screen. The light spots that symbolized the giant deep-sea eels had disappeared, and only the motionless building debris remained around the body.
The underwater city once again fell into an eerie silence.
"Where are those giant deep-sea eels? Where did they go?" Yeger couldn't help but ask.
Wilson turned his head and glanced at Yeger. For some reason, Yeger always felt that the red light emanating from Wilson's prosthetic eye was a little creepy.
It's like blood.
"You'll soon find out," Wilson said word by word.
…
It didn't take long for Yeager to figure out what Wilson meant by "You'll find out soon enough."
Although the "Zokok Kai" had not yet approached the underwater pyramid, the dense patches of light displayed on the sonar were enough to make people's scalps tingle - dozens, no, there should be hundreds of deep-sea giant eels hovering around the underwater pyramid, like a group of wild beasts guarding their nests.
"What...what are they doing?" Yeger took a deep breath and asked.
"Protecting the ruins is the original duty of these biological weapons," Wilson said calmly, "They are just carrying out the mission set by their creators."
"Biochemical weapons? Manufacturer?" Yeager raised his eyebrows. "You mean, these deep-sea giant eels were all made by the Alpha people? Aren't they native creatures that evolved naturally on Alpha?"
“Heh.” Wilson suddenly laughed contemptuously. “The native creatures on Alpha? The only native creatures on Alpha are the Alphas. Apart from them and the primitive species, all other creatures are mice created by the Alphas… mice creating mice. Every time I think about it, I find it ironic.”
"How do you know these things?" Although Yeger felt a little confused after hearing Wilson's words, he knew very well that these things were obviously not something that an ordinary fitter in the engineering department of the God Hunting Group was qualified to know.
Even Major General Alexander, the commander of Fleet Zero, may not know these things.
Wilson shouldn't know these things, but Yeager felt that his words didn't seem to be nonsense.
"I told you, I will tell you everything you want to know after we enter the underwater pyramid," Wilson said. "Now, prepare to launch all the torpedoes, and then move towards the base of the pyramid at maximum speed. There will be a door there. If we rush in, we will survive."
"Charging forward under the shock wave of the torpedo? I'm afraid the aircraft can't withstand such damage." Yeager said worriedly, "Before we get close to the pyramid, the aircraft will disintegrate halfway."
"Before this, weren't you still thinking about dying together with those giant deep-sea eels? Now they are gathered there, and the torpedo launch button is in your hand. Isn't this a great opportunity for you? Why are you hesitating now? Is it because there is no threat of death?" Wilson asked one after another, "No, I tell you very clearly that we have never escaped the threat of death from beginning to end... You can try to retreat, I guarantee that these giant deep-sea eels will rush up immediately and tear the body and us into pieces."
"Then why don't they rush up now?" Yeger asked puzzledly.
"Because protecting the underwater pyramids is the highest priority, they must ensure the absolute safety of the pyramids before doing anything else."
"What happened just now..." Yeger seemed to have guessed something. He turned his head and stared closely at Wilson's arm that was still inserted behind the cover. Wilson's arm was also a cyborg prosthesis, but the surface was covered with a layer of silicone simulated skin that was very similar to human skin.
"That's right. I just fired three torpedoes in the direction of the underwater pyramid after restarting the control system of the machine. The underwater pyramid was attacked, and these deep-sea giant eels had to go back to defend this top priority 'first target'... until the threat is eliminated."
"No wonder... So we can only move forward and not retreat, right?" Yeager took a deep breath and pushed open the safety cover of the torpedo launch button with his thumb.
"Yes." Wilson said in a deep voice.
"I have another question. Why do you want me to drive the machine? Since you can launch torpedoes, you should be able to control this machine through those control circuits, right?" Yeager gripped the joystick in his hand tightly and asked his inner doubts.
"Directly connecting this level of prosthesis to the control circuit of the mecha requires processing a large amount of data, which puts too much load on the brain. " Wilson said. Only then did Yeager notice that sticky blood was constantly flowing out of Wilson's nasal cavity, dripping onto the console directly below.
"Even that ridiculous recovery ability is useless?"
"It's no use." Wilson shook his head. "It's time to move on. Time is running out for this body and this machine, and those giant deep-sea eels will soon be rushing up."
"Okay... as long as this machine doesn't disintegrate." Yeager gritted his teeth, pressed the torpedo launch button heavily, then pushed the joystick to the bottom, while his right foot stepped firmly on the jet valve of the thruster.
Even under the water, he could still feel a strong push on his back, followed by a dull explosion transmitted along the sea water - and a terrifying shock wave that occurred half a second earlier than the explosion.
"Open the energy shield. Just open the shield at the rear of the machine!" Wilson shouted. "Don't stop. Charge forward!"
Yeager did as he was told immediately. He knew very well why Wilson asked him to activate the shield at the rear of the aircraft. The heat released by the energy shield would evaporate the seawater in contact with it into water vapor, and in the process would generate a huge thrust, pushing the aircraft out like a cannonball.
The battered "Zokog Kai" was hit head-on by the oncoming shock wave, and even the last monitor screen that could see the external scene went black... But fortunately, the body of the aircraft did not disintegrate, and the deadly seawater outside did not pour into the cockpit.
"Keep accelerating. The cockpit is still airtight. Don't worry about anything else!" Wilson urged. "These torpedoes can't kill the giant deep-sea eels. They will attack us soon. We have to rush in before we get entangled!"
"I know! I know!" Yeger responded repeatedly. He felt the joystick in his hand was squeaking, as if it would be broken at any time. There were constant "bang bang" sounds coming from all around the cockpit. Pieces of the screen shattered one after another, and fine transparent powder flew around like stardust, and then was dyed into blood by the strange red light.
The next moment, Yeager felt the power on the feedback joystick disappear - this situation can only mean two things: one, the feedback sensor has failed; two, they have left the deep sea waters with terrifying pressure and ultra-high density.
