Chapter 495: Chapter 81: Huang Que’s Grand Strategy Chapter 495: Chapter 81: Huang Que’s Grand Strategy “VV?
Lin Xian kept tapping on his spacesuit helmet but never received a response from VV.
It was like the communicator was dead…
There was no sound at all.
He understood that even if VV was a drama king and liked to play jokes, it always had a good sense of measure and would never lose contact just to scare him.
Not to mention, at such a crucial moment as this.
There had been vibrations and the sound of explosions coming from both inside and outside the Skyspace Aircraft, which was obvious!
An accident had happened!
Lin Xian directly pushed open the transparent visor of his spacesuit, looking at the busy people inside the cabin of the Skyspace Aircraft.
Just now, VV had switched the radio channel to one that was only for the two of them, and then it disappeared without switching it back for him.
Lin Xian still held a sliver of hope that VV might come back, so he didn’t want to switch the communication channel back to the one where everyone was, thus he directly communicated by lifting his visor:
He turned his head, looking at the shocked Chu Anqing and Gao Yang, and a very serious Huang Que.
There was the full smell of burning electrical insulation, just like a short circuit at home.
“The check is complete,”
Driver Wei Cheng said with furrowed brows:
“All devices that connect externally, receive signals, or emit signals have exploded or burned.
The radar, communicator, antenna, scanner, receiver on the exterior of the Skyspace Aircraft…
all had power overloads and just burst; the capacitors couldn’t handle it.”
“Internally, the mode of damage…
well, wasn’t as bad as we thought.
There were no explosions, but our ground communicators, networking equipment, relays, signal transmitters, and receivers…
in short, all communication and network equipment are destroyed and unusable!”
“What about the others?”
Huang Que immediately asked:
“Fuel, control systems, engines, oxygen supply recycling devices…
Are there any issues with these critical systems?”
Everything is normal!”
The voice of Wei Cheng was also very puzzled:
“This is too strange.
Except for the communication and network devices, all other devices and functions are completely unaffected, not even slightly damaged…
Such precise sabotage, targeted only at communication devices.”
“And moreover, Director Huang!
Communication and network devices are also very important systems!
Just because they don’t affect the piloting of the Skyspace Aircraft doesn’t mean they’re unimportant…
We now find ourselves without navigation, unable to communicate with the ground control center, unable to link to the Big Dipper positioning system, and even unable to detect other nearby flying objects and space debris!”
“[We are now like a blind person in this Skyspace Aircraft!
We can’t see anything!
not just blind, but also deaf!
We can’t hear anything either!]”
“Piloting a spaceship in space is not like riding a bike on the ground; without command from the ground control and positioning signals, we can only rely on my eyes and intuition to pilot!
It’s extremely dangerous!
it’s fortunate no other functions were affected.
Director Huang, I need further instructions.”
“Now that we have lost contact with the ground command center, you are the commanding officer.
From now on, I will unconditionally obey your orders.
Please make decisions and deploy our next steps immediately, the sooner the better!
It concerns the safety of all our lives!”
It was rare to see Wei Cheng panicked.
Lin Xian had never seen this composed elder brother, China’s ace astronaut, so flustered before.
But it must be said, Wei Cheng was certainly someone who had seen the world; he calmed down almost immediately, meticulously reporting the entire situation and handing over the command to Huang Que.
Presumably, this extreme situation had also been simulated and had contingency plans in their astronaut training.
After all, Wei Cheng had said before,
“99.9% of an astronaut’s training is for dealing with that 0.01% of emergency situations.”
Lin Xian also quickly stabilized his emotions, accepted the situation of VV having disappeared, and started to seriously consider the current situation.
first, to speculate according to the worst scenario—
[VV was destroyed by the enemy.]
Although he did not know who the enemy was or what methods they used, VV was indeed destroyed.
At least, in this space mission, it could no longer provide any assistance to him.
considering that all communication and network devices of the Skyspace Aircraft had been sabotaged.
the attack that destroyed VV must have come through these communication and network channels.
After all, they were now in a space environment over 200 kilometers from the ground, with no wired internet and no wireless network.
The only communication paths were through radar and contact with the ground command center, and through the sky’s network relay satellites, star-linked satellites, Big Dipper satellites, space stations, and so on…
The enemy must have destroyed VV through some means from amongst these.
So, the question arises.
Such a powerful enemy, capable of easily destroying the super artificial intelligence VV in space…
they should also be able to directly destroy this Skyspace Aircraft!
This is unquestionable.
If they can kill VV, why can’t they kill a Skyspace Aircraft that’s tens of thousands of times weaker than VV?
This is unscientific and unreasonable.
So, from this perspective, it’s not hard to draw a conclusion—
[The enemy’s elimination target was specifically VV, precise and vicious!
In fact, the enemy has no hostility towards this Skyspace Aircraft or the people on it.
attacking the Skyspace Aircraft directly would be more straightforward and efficient.]