Chapter 134.1 Don’t give up
Editor: Jodi
On this side, Yan Hao was speeding up the production of the Pulse Magnetic Chip, while on the outside, the zergs were increasing in number as time passed.
Z Star Planet’s ZF had already announced to the entire planet’s population through Starnet that a spatial black hole had appeared near the planet and in an instant, the entire planet fell into a state of panic, with people rushing to the nearest harbours, trying to buy a ticket to leave the planet.
Winston, the Consul of Z Star Planet was filled with deep sadness as he stood in his office watching the images from various locations transmitted through Starnet. In just two hours, two short hours, from the announcement of the news up until now, the entire planet had lost all vitality, filled with panic and suffocating despair.
As the Consul of the planet, he could board a spaceship to leave Z Star Planet at any time. But what good would it do to escape this disaster? Z Star Planet was in ruins, and as the planet’s Consul, he couldn’t escape blame. Even if he escaped, the Federation would eventually sentence him to death. In that case, it was better to face the fate of Z Star Planet together.
Half an hour ago, Lieutenant Colonel Cong Yi told him that the issue with the Tianhe One warship had been found: the pulse magnetic chip inside the energy system had been burned out, and knowing the problem, he had immediately sought help from the Federation, hoping to get an emergency pulse magnetic chip. However the feedback he received only deepened his despair. It would take 20 hours for the nearest pulse magnetic chip to be delivered, however the spatial black hole would be opened completely in just eight hours.
Once the spatial black hole was opened completely, it meant its internal structure was stable. By that time, not only would the zergs appear in large numbers, even the Tianhe One warship would also be unable to defeat a spatial black hole that had already entered a stable state. In this way, Z Star Planet would be doomed.
And there were only eight hours left.
“Lieutenant Colonel Cong Yi, can the chip be repaired?” Winston dialed Cong Yi’s communication number. He needed a final answer so he would know whether to give up hope completely and whether he needed to make one last speech to the people who could no longer escape this planet, to tell them to use their remaining time to be with their families and friends instead of rushing to the harbours futilely or despairing.
“Your Excellency, we are working on it.” Cong Yi’s attitude wasn’t particularly good. It was under the leadership of this official that the military had stopped its regular maintenance of Tianhe One, leading to the current situation.
Winston didn’t know what Cong Yi was thinking, however he could see that his expression didn’t look good, and from that he could guess the results. He feared it would be difficult to repair the chip.
“Lieutenant Colonel Cong Yi, I’ll arrange for a ship to take you away.” Both of these individuals were the disciples of Grandmaster Mech Builder Old Zhong and were the future of the Federation. They shouldn’t die here, especially Yan Hao, Cong Yi’s little junior brother who had had a chance to leave Z Star Planet.
Hearing this, Cong Yi lifted his head in shock.
“There are only eight hours left, and so far, there aren’t any zergs in the southern harbours of the planet, so I can arrange a small spaceship for you and your junior brother to leave. You are both talented individuals of the Federation and shouldn’t die here.” Winston said with a sense of melancholy. “After you leave, I will inform all the citizens that the planet has fallen and to use their remaining time to say goodbye to their families.”
“Your Excellency, we’re still trying!” Cong Yi couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Was he announcing the planet’s fall and completely giving up to wait for death?
“Can the chip be repaired?”
“No, but we are trying to create a new chip.”
“Can it be created within the next eight hours?” Winston asked.
Cong Yi hesitated, not sure how to answer because he wasn’t the one making the chip. In the end, he could only turn to Yan Hao and call out, “Little junior brother.”
Yan Hao had been focused on repairing the chip and so hadn’t been paying much attention to the conversation between Cong Yi and the Consul. He looked up at his Eldest Senior Brother in confusion.
“This is His Excellency Winston, the Consul of the planet. He wants to know if you can make a pulse magnetic chip within the next eight hours. If not, then he’s going to declare that the planet is lost.” Cong Yi explained.
Declare that the planet is lost? How could that work? No wonder Eldest Senior Brother had interrupted him.
“Your Excellency, I have learned how to make the pulse magnetic chip, so please trust me. I will definitely complete it within the next eight hours.” Yan Hao said with utmost seriousness.
It was ‘I will definitely complete it within the next eight hours’, not ‘eight hours is enough’.
“Your Excellency, I haven’t given up yet, so how can you, as the Consul of the planet, give up on the entire planet and its billions of citizens?” Yan Hao asked.
Winston froze, Yan Hao’s words striking him like a muffled thunderclap. That’s right, how could he give up? Even this young student in front of him who was only twenty years old hadn’t given up so how could he, the Consul give up?
“Alright, I trust you. We will be counting on the two of you.” Then he hung up the communication and started pacing back and forth in his office. He couldn’t help with the repairing of the warship, but he wanted to do what he could to help the people of Z Star Planet.
What could he do?
“Boom, boom, boom~~” A series of explosions suddenly rang out in the office. He looked up, and on the screens displaying the current situation all over Z Star Planet, there were constant reports of explosions and screams.
“With the striking of disaster, Z Star Planet is completely out of control in just the shortest time. Violence is erupting everywhere, and some are even storming the harbours with their vehicles, resulting in multiple casualties. Now, the entire Planet is filled with despair and panic…”
This couldn’t go on like this, otherwise more people would die.
Winston thought for a moment, then dialed Cong Yi’s communication again. “Lieutenant Colonel Cong Yi, I need your help.”
Two minutes later, Winston, using the highest authority as Z Star Planet’s Consul, activated the planet’s emergency channel forcefully. Once this emergency channel was opened, it would replace all the network channels within Z Star Planet’s range. In other words, at this moment, the entire Planet could only see one channel, and that was the emergency channel he had activated.
“Hello everyone, I’m Winston, the Consul of Z Star Planet. I’ve activated this emergency channel to tell everyone to not panic and to avoid causing unnecessary casualties. There’s still hope for our Planet.”
The whole of Z Star Planet immediately erupted into chaos, with a steady stream of curses and blame directed at Winston. In the interstellar era, news spread quickly, hence, every citizen of Z Star Planet now knew that the crisis had been caused by the lack of maintenance of the Tianhe One warship for five years. And if someone had to be held responsible for this, it could only be Winston, the Consul.
“This liar must be trying to deceive us so he can arrange for his people to escape.”
“Don’t believe him, let’s continue rushing to the harbours, time is running out.”
“Mommy, Mommy, where are you? I’m scared.”
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