AutoTerra: Operating Systems

Chapter 60: The Monster Raid

Astan watched Edrick, seemingly silent after agreeing to all the plans they were putting together. I don't know what the chairman suddenly silent a thousand languages so. Is there anything heavy he thinks?

Astan's curiosity disappears when it happens that the communication from his armor helmet is connected through a personal line of communication between himself and Edrick.

“You don't mind if you yourself are going to go install the Crystal Core into the generator booth?”

Astan sighed. That was what kept Edrick quiet.

“Then, how else? I'm one of the warriors who allows to go there.”

“But..., Commander Mavin and Deputy Commander Harnan entrust you to me.”

Behind the lens of the helmet, Astan turned his heterochrome eyes.

“Look, my Shield Ability is only Type-1, I can't Summon, don't have a Sniper Rifle either. If you don't send me and instead get the important soldiers guarding the control room to take my place, they'll be suspicious. Or even think you're too unfair with other warriors.”

Edrick was made silent again. It is true what Astan said. If this was the case, he had no other choice but to let Astan participate in activating the Crystal Core generator with the other three warriors.

Edrick took a breath before speaking in a somewhat lethargic tone, “….Try to stay alive.”

Unknowingly Astan's hand clenched tightly. When he remembered his original rank and level were far below them, there was a sense of indecision. Doubtful, disinclined, unwell, it must be that kind of feeling that Astan feels now. Astan was also afraid that he would disappoint the other members.

But the determination is unanimous, the intention is stronger, courage must be maintained so that this plan can be implemented properly.

After all, Astan still needed to ascertain who he was in the past through this mission.

With steady Instant reply, “Pasti.”

Edrick nodded slowly in response. He re-opened the lines of communication between team members on the helmet as before.

“All is clear? Or is there something to ask again?” ask Edrick to convince.

After briefly whispering to each other on some members, one of the soldiers replied, “The plan is clear, Chairman.”

“Good...”.

Edrick re-activates the Ability Program to activate his iron controlling powers.

“IRN 197-1 : Iron Wall!”

He stretched out his hands to the left, automatically appearing a wall of iron as high as the bottom of the chest of an adult on the bridge path to the left-right around the control room.

“Do the mission as planned! Now!”

“Ready!”

The mission of powering the generator and the Ship Core engine was immediately implemented. Starting from Irawan who took turns to install the sentry on the left-right of the iron wall belonging to Edrick, then stand guard on the right. Bery and Farhan as users of the Type-3 Shield activated their Shield in front of the wall as the first protector, Bery stood guard on the left wall, while Farhan stood guard on the right wall with Irawan. Lavisto stood guard on the left while flying her drone.

Wirma and Zered climb onto the roof of the control room using the Grapling Gun, starting to prepare with each assault rifle, and Zered also focuses on his control of the drone. Edrick was already on guard in front of the control machines and computers, preparing to carry out a system hack.

“Foursome of you, leave immediately!” Edrick threw the four Crystal Core to the four warriors. “Do not fail!”

“Ready!”

Daren, Sadin, Tenma, and Astan immediately left the control room to the generator rooms they were headed to. Daren and Sadin headed to the left bridge line, precisely to Rooms B and C. While Tenma and Astan to the right bridge line, to Room E and D.

[Hack Type-5: Active]

[Conducting Access Breakdown]

[Adjustment to System Language]

Inside the control room, Edrick began hacking into the access system of the generator and the Core Ship engines. Attempted to change the official access of the Feron Company to the access he modified himself.

“Hopefully succeed, O Lord..” Edrick's prayer as his fingers are busy typing the arrangement of various codes.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly, the four soldiers were already in the middle of the bridge, there was no sign of the appearance of monsters around the Energy Generation Area.

Bery was watching on the left wall, not seeing anything suspicious in the vicinity at all.

“No signs of enemy presence.” Then, Bery asked Lavisto. “You and Zered are sure that there are many suspicious objects around here?”

Lavisto is still examining the image captured on the drone via a hologram panel. “We are sure. Maybe still in a calm state. Supposedly, we are relieved dong because absolutely no one attacked us.”

“Yaaa, I understand.” Suddenly Bery felt his hair bristling behind modern armour. “Free, I have a hunch that is not good.”

“Then, increase alertness only,” advises Lavisto.

Above the control room, Wirma watched the surroundings through the rifle telescope, not seeing any signs of danger around the four soldiers running towards the destination rooms.

“Nothing strikes.” Wirma lowered the rifle. “Report, Warrior Zered.”

Zered noticed drone camera surveillance on the panel. “Not seen any signs. But radar still shows the blue dots remain in position, behind the holes, no movement at all.”

Wirma squinted behind the helmet. Indeed it is a good thing if there are no signs of dangerous attacks arriving threatening them. However, I don't know why the feeling became more unpleasant.

On the right side of the bridge, Astan and Tenma were still trying to run towards Room E. This annoying, circular bridge around the Core of this Ship feels very far away. In this case, the longer they can activate the Crystal Core generator.

“Is…. This is why the heck felt so far away,” complained Astan annoyed. “Architects who made this ship, anyway? I would like to ‘palanya let more genius.”

“You're basically nagging, huh?” tanya Tenma was no less irritated to hear the unimportant complaints Astan.

“Yaa…. How, yeah?” Astan thought for a moment. “Entahlah. I'm also confused why I have such a chatty nature. I don't know since when…. I don't know.” either

Tenma sighed. It is also free to say such unimportant things to an Astan. The answer is also slurring.

“This is really far away, huh?” shouts of Astan again. “Udah run a few minutes we, but not to the extent as well. Why not just make a tram so that it can squeeze up to the generator booth?”

“You don't see that this area is very large? To be honest, around this area was built a tram, but it did not work because the engine power plant died, and the tram line was damaged. You don't see?”

Astan followed Tenma's direction of view up the side. True said Tenma, there is indeed a long cylindrical transfaran tramway connected between the room one to another, like this circular bridge path. But all the tram lines were broken, completely malfunctioning.

“Meh~.” Astan only responds that short, between understanding and already irritated by the situation.

Zered and Lavisto are still trying to pay attention to the state of the area using their drones. Both of their eyes were similarly wide-eyed when they discovered that some of the blue dots found by the drone's radar had turned red, beginning to move rapidly closer to the Energy Generation Area.

“Report! Some blue dots turn red!” zered said, warning.

Edrick who heard the warning immediately gave the order through communication in the helmet armour.

“Everything! The blue dots that the radar found turned red! Prepare for attack—.”

“Hrrraaaah!”

“HRRRAAAAH!!”

Edrick's warning was cut short when the entire team heard the roars of the monsters.

They could see, many mouth-headed monsters came out from the holes that Zered and Lavisto had found. Even besides, the walls around the bridge were destroyed by the impact of the Barkata monsters are very large.

“That's how they destroy the steel walls of the area here?” bery said in disbelief.

All the soldiers were shocked, even Tenma and Astan who were still in the middle of the road was held by Barkata siege with no amount of playfulness, penetrating various sides of the wall in order to come out to attack them.

“What's—.”

Astan's words were stifled, barely able to turn his head when it was felt there was the presence of one Barkata jumping about to pounce on him with a wide mouth accompanied by sharp fangs.

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