A Thread of Life and Death
Self-destruct! Xia Fei was shocked. Just who had initiated the self-destruct sequence?
The space station should be under Bosingwa's remote control, so it was impossible for him to have initiated the self-destruct sequence. Someone must have bypassed the remote control and forcibly initiated the self-destruct sequence.
Thinking of the Blood Raiders' invasion and the deaths of the Adjudicators, Xia Fei came to the conclusion that the Adjudicator Union's Clandestine Investigation Department had been investigating the space station, and they had accidentally discovered the Blood Raiders' secret, which was why they had been silenced by the Blood Raiders.
It was at this moment that his team arrived. The Blood Raiders could not retreat in time, so they had decided to destroy the entire space station. This way, all the evidence would disappear along with the space station's explosion.
With that thought in mind, Xia Fei no longer cared about Xiao Haili, who was in a life-or-death battle, and let him fend for himself. The most important thing right now was to preserve his own life.
* Whoosh! *
Xia Fei stomped hard on the ground and instantly arrived at the elevator on the side of the warehouse. His finger pressed the button, but there was no response from the elevator. Not even the indicator light lit up.
"It's been sealed!"
Xia Fei went to another elevator, but it also could not be opened. All the elevators and doors had been sealed, and the warehouse had become a completely enclosed space.
The space station was huge, and if it exploded, there was no way anyone inside would be able to escape.
That was when Xia Fei suddenly remembered the space station emergency guide that Qin Mangs had given him. It had marked out all the emergency exits and escape routes. These exits were all hidden, and even the crew of the space station might not know about them.
Turning on his microcomputer as fast as he could, Xia Fei brought up the emergency guide and quickly tapped on the screen.
Got it! Xia Fei discovered that there were some air circulation ducts above the warehouse that he could use to escape.
Xia Fei found the entrance to the ducts about two hundred meters to his left. The entrance was about four meters above the ground, and there was a shutter blocking it.
Xia Fei stomped on the ground and leaped high into the air. His Chasing Light danced around, slashing dozens of times in a single breath, shattering the shutter into pieces.
Xia Fei hooked onto the ventilation duct with one hand and rolled his body upward, nimbly making his way through.
The ventilation duct was filled with dust, making it hard to breathe, but Xia Fei did not have the time to think about it. He crouched down and sprinted along the duct, trying his best to escape as soon as possible.
The pipes were of different sizes. Xia Fei could walk straight through the wide ones, while he could barely squeeze through the narrow ones.
Ahead of him was yet another narrow pipe that was about a hundred meters long. Xia Feis feet stomped hard on the ground, both his arms extended forward, and he flew in a straight line.
Whoosh!
Xia Feis leap brought him close to a hundred meters away, and the exit was right in front of him.
Using both his arms to support himself, Xia Fei scrambled out of the pipe, looking rather pathetic.
That was when Xia Feis heard some panicked noises coming from his left. Xia Feis left side of the blinds and looked in. Outside the blinds was a huge room, and there were seven or eight Blood Raiders frantically moving things around.
The one in charge was a golden-scaled Blood Raider. He was much taller than the Blood Raiders Xia Fei had seen earlier, especially his tail, which was long and thick like a python's.
"Hurry up and move these people onto the ship. The space station is about to explode!" The golden Blood Raider ordered his subordinates with a deep voice.
"People?" Xia Fei was very curious. He took a closer look and saw that these Blood Raiders were moving boxes made of alloy material. From the outside, they looked like coffins.
These coffins were neatly placed on some kind of unknown equipment, and two thick pipes were connected to the coffins.
A Blood Raider brutally tore the pipe off the coffin, and the white gas that came out of the pipe quickly turned his leg into ice. He screamed in pain and frantically called for help from his comrades.
It seemed that this equipment was used for refrigeration, and there was a high chance that the people lying in the coffin were frozen humans.
The golden Blood Raider saw this and walked forward to grab the coffin with one hand, while his other hand viciously stabbed the head of the reckless Blood Raider.
"Idiot!"
The golden Blood Raider's five fingers pierced right into his head, and the reckless Blood Raider did not even have the time to make a sound before he received a craniotomy. He died on the spot.
"Hmph!" The golden Blood Raider coldly snorted as he carried the coffin and walked away, completely ignoring the death of his underling.
That was when the synthesized female voice in the space station rang out once more. "Warning! There are twenty-five minutes left before the space station self-destructs. All personnel, please leave the space station as soon as possible. "
Xia Fei was startled for a moment before he made a mad dash for the exit. Right now, it was more important for him to escape. As for whether those coffins contained humans or why the Blood Raiders wanted to capture them, it was best to wait until he was safe.
"Human!" Xia Fei, who was running at full speed, suddenly froze like a wooden stake. He thought of a problem. Xiao Yu had also been inexplicably taken away, so could it be Xiao Yu in the coffin?
Xia Fei gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to chase after the coffin to find out what was going on.
There were too many Blood Raiders, so there was no point in Xia Fei rushing over to fight them. Not only would he not have a chance to get Xiao Yu back, but he might even lose his life.
Besides, the space station was about to explode, so it was a good thing if Xiao Yu was really in the coffin. At the very least, the Blood Raiders would be able to bring her into the ship and escape together with them. If Xia Feis interruption caused Xiao Yu to perish together with the space station, that was something Xia Fei did not want to see.
The only thing he could do now was to get out of this communication blind spot and call for Lunar Eclipse to come over, using the top-grade combat equipment installed on Lunar Eclipse to forcefully stop the ship.
With that thought in mind, Xia Fei no longer hesitated. He followed the route he had decided on, running as fast as he could, his black eyes turning sharp and determined.
A few moments later, the microcomputer's signal was restored, and Xia Fei immediately ordered Lunar Eclipse to warp.
Lunar Eclipse was parked fifty thousand lightyears away from the space station, and it would only take ten minutes at most to reach it.
"Bosingwa, how are you doing?" Xia Fei tried to contact Bosingwa on the ship as he ran.
"Not too good. An insectoid warship suddenly appeared, and I'm currently in the middle of a firefight with it. What about Haili and Queiroz? Are they with you? "Bosingwa asked anxiously.
The sound of gunfire from the other side of the communicator was incessant, and the image on the screen was constantly shaking. It was clear that Bosingwa was in a dire situation.
"It's very complicated. Queiroz and Xiao Haili's status is unknown. I'm planning on retreating from where I came from. Can you open the hatch?" Xia Fei asked.
Xia Fei did not mention Xiao Haili's situation. He knew that Queiroz and Xiao Haili had a good relationship, and if he were to mention that Xiao Haili wanted to kill him now, Bosingwa might not be able to accept it immediately, and it would not be beneficial to the overall situation.
Bosingwa was silent for a moment. "I've already lost control of the space station, so I can't open the hatch. You'll have to rely on yourself if you want to escape from the space station.
"Understood," Xia Fei said in a deep voice. "I've already called for my own ship. It's called Lunar Eclipse, so make sure you don't accidentally damage it later.
Bosingwa nodded, his voice trembling as he asked, "Were Haili and Queiroz still alive when you came out?"
"Alive. Sorry." Xia Fei was trying his best to pass through a narrow passageway, so his words were very concise.
Bosingwa let out a bitter laugh. "You don't have to be sorry. This is what being an Adjudicator is like. You never know when you'll encounter danger. I'm now firmly trapped by the enemy's binding beam, so I have no way of getting you out of the space station. Good luck to you."
Xia Fei and Bosingwa were silent. The current situation was that Bosingwa was entangled with the enemy warship, and the situation was not looking good, while Xia Fei was trapped in the space station that was about to explode. His situation was even worse than Bosingwa's, so neither of them could help the other even if they wanted to.
Xia Fei smiled and said to Bosingwa on the screen, "Good luck to you guys, too."
All of a sudden, Moon Song rushed out furiously from the screen, yelling at Xia Fei, "Xia! Listen to me clearly! You must come back alive! "
Xia Fei turned off the call, ignoring Moon Song's relentless attempts to contact him.
At this moment of life and death, any emotional outbursts would be futile. Xia Fei needed to remain calm at all times, not letting go of any chance to escape.
Traveling along the air circulation pipe, Xia Fei finally reached the landing pod twenty minutes before the space station exploded. At the same time, a bright wormhole opened in space, and Lunar Eclipse arrived in this part of space through a wormhole.
Xia Fei looked out the porthole and saw that the insectoid warship was doing its best to fight Bosingwa's Inspector-class frigate, unable to threaten Lunar Eclipse for the time being.
The most important thing now was to find a way to escape. Xia Fei lowered his head and quickly flipped through the emergency manual.
All of a sudden, Xia Fei's eyes lit up. The manual showed that there was an emergency escape pod underneath the landing pod. This escape pod was specially designed to deal with emergencies. The hatch could be opened manually, and there were also spacesuits inside.
The universe was basically in a vacuum state. Without the protection of a spacesuit, Xia Fei would not be able to survive in space even if he could forcefully escape from the space station.
Following the instructions in the emergency manual, Xia Fei successfully found the emergency escape pod. He took out a spacesuit from the cabinet and put it on. These spacesuits had not been touched for hundreds of years, so Xia Fei could only pray that nothing happened to them.
Grabbing the circular handle of the pressurized door with both hands, Xia Fei used all his strength to turn it.
After twisting it around eleven times, the sealed door finally opened. Xia Fei aimed at Lunar Eclipse's position, kicked off with both feet, and dashed into space.
In the distance, Queiroz's warship was engaged in an intense battle with a strange insectoid warship. Dazzling tongues of fire constantly shot out from the cannons, as if countless flashes were flashing in the dark space, making it difficult to open one's eyes.
Xia Fei controlled the propulsion system on his spacesuit, nimbly maneuvering in space as he approached Lunar Eclipse.
Everything went smoothly, and Xia Fei appeared in Lunar Eclipse's command deck moments later.
Xia Fei operated his warship as fast as he could toward the insectoid warship that was engaged with Queiroz. The fire-control system locked on, and the neutron cannon's antimatter shell and the missile launcher fired at the same time.
The insectoid ship was initially evenly matched with Bosingwa's ship, but Lunar Eclipse's sudden attack caught it off guard. After just three volleys, the insectoid ship's energy shield was pierced. Without the protection of the shield, the neutron cannons' antimatter armor-piercing rounds rained down on the ship's hull and armor without any restraint.
Very soon, the outer shell of the warship burst into flames.
* Boom! *
A bright light flashed, followed by a loud explosion. The insectoid warship was completely destroyed.
Xia Fei did not have any intention of letting his guard down, for he knew that there was another insectoid ship nearby, and it was very likely that Xiao Yu was being held hostage.
Strangely, no matter how the radar searched, Xia Fei could not find the other warship. It was very likely that the other party had installed a cloaking system.
Thank you, said Bosingwa as he wiped his sweat on the screen.
There's another enemy ship. Turn on your overload protection system; Im going to release the shock bomb. Xia Fei gritted his teeth as he said this, his expression as firm as steel.
Lunar Eclipse had already considered all sorts of possible scenarios when it was being assembled, and the cloaking system was obviously one of them. Though the shock bomb was not the best way to deal with the cloaking system, it was the most direct and violent method.
The shock bomb did not differentiate between friend and foe. Once it was released, it would indiscriminately attack the surrounding area, giving off the feeling of killing a thousand enemies while sacrificing eight hundred men.
Aside from an extremely paranoid lunatic like Xia Fei, no one would like such a weapon.
A shock bomb?! Youre actually carrying a shock bomb? Bosingwa exclaimed in disbelief. My ship doesnt have an overload protection system.
Xia Fei smiled. Im sorry, but youre going to have to suffer a bit.
Bosingwa was stunned, but he quickly realized that Xia Fei was not joking. He hurriedly turned around and yelled at Chen Dong and the others, Get down! Grab your head with both hands! Grab onto something sturdy next to you! Quick! "
"Crazy! Youre all crazy! Bosingwa pushed the speed lever to the max as he muttered to himself, What year and age are we in? There are actually still people using shock bombs?
Xia Fei could almost see Xiao Yu's cute face right in front of him. In order to get her back, forget about a shock bomb, Xia Fei would even release a nuclear warhead without hesitation.
This time! Ill not let them take you away again! Xia Fei muttered to himself. His finger unlocked the safety latch of a red button on the control panel and pressed it heavily.
A black bomb instantly separated from the cargo compartment and floated into the silent night sky.
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