After receiving Ruan Shiqing's message, Garland went directly to the bottom cabin.
The passengers saw Rong Heng and his group talking to him, and then saw him leaving alone. They thought he was going to escape, so the smart ones quietly followed him.
Garland pretended not to notice and let them follow him, and went straight to the bottom cabin to get the escape pod.
A batch of escape pods had already been used, and there were only twenty or thirty left in stock. Garland took a quick look and asked Ruan Shiqing to open the hatch. He then gave instructions to the service robot, asking it to throw out the escape pods after he went out.
The hatch to the lower cabin opened wide. Garland loosened his collar and jumped down.
After leaving the spaceship, he quickly switched to a complete dragon form in the air, spreading his red wings and sweeping away the Zerg that were constantly attacking the spaceship's shield.
The passengers who had followed him quietly thought he had found a way to escape, so they rushed to the cabin door, leaned on the edge to look out, and ended up meeting a pair of cold dragon eyes.
"If you don't want to die now, go back upstairs."
Garlan deliberately turned his body to the side to let them see the surrounding Zerg clearly.
Behind the huge red dragon, there were layers of Zergs, waving their ferocious legs, trying to break through the red dragon's defenses and get into the cabin door. Garlan even deliberately relaxed his guard, letting a Zerg get closer. The scarlet compound eyes and sharp mouthparts scared several passengers so much that they fell to the ground, supported their bodies with their hands, and rushed to the elevator without looking back.
Garland sneered, then flapped his bat wings to wave away the Zerg that were in the way, and ordered the robots to pack up the escape pod and throw it down.
The robots moved quickly, dropping a string of escape pods through the hatch.
Garland stretched out his claws to catch it, and then he fluttered his wings suddenly. After a flexible flip, he spewed scorching dragon flames at the surrounding Zergs. Some Zergs were temporarily forced back by the dragon flames, and the Zerg defense line that surrounded the spacecraft suddenly revealed a gap. Ruan Shiqing, who was cooperating with Garland, made a quick decision to let the captain speed up and rushed out through the gap.
The spaceship rushed out of the encirclement at full speed, dragging a large number of Zerg behind it.
Seeing this, Garland turned around and rushed towards the space station.
At this time, the three aircraft were struggling to rush left and right in the dense Zerg, trying to break through the defense line and land on the space station. With Ruan Shiqing's previous support, they had been infinitely close to the space station, but once the firepower from the rear support was cut off, the endless Zerg surged up again and gradually blocked the gap.
Seeing that the gap that had been bombed out with great difficulty was about to be sealed again, Rong Heng gritted his teeth, threw Ruan Jiao on his back, simply abandoned the aircraft, and transformed directly into the complete form of Ymir.
He raised his head and roared, then solemnly warned the cub on his back, "Hold on tight."
After saying that, he stepped on the dense Zerg and killed them forward.
Ymir has no ability to fly, but his speed is extremely fast, like riding the wind. He just steps on the Zerg's body to gain leverage and relies on brute force to rush towards the space station.
Seeing this, the other two aircraft immediately followed him.
When Garland rushed over, he saw the huge Ymir rushing left and right among the Zerg, with a cub vaguely lying on its back. There were also two fighter planes following behind it. It was one to three and was moving forward with great difficulty.
He couldn't help laughing, and shouted again: "Get out of the way!"
Rong Heng turned around and saw a giant red dragon rushing towards him with a bunch of escape pods in its front paws. He immediately jumped sideways to give up the center position, then shrank his body, turned his head to hold Ruan Jiao in his mouth, and after a few jumps using the momentum of the dragon, he almost landed on the broad back of the red dragon.
At the same time, the aircraft driven by the cubs also changed direction, increased their distance, and did not forget to fire at a string of escape pods thrown out.
Seeing that all his people were out of the center of the explosion, Garland spewed out dragon fire without hesitation.
The escape pods connected in series exploded one after another under the high temperature. The chain reaction was much more powerful than a single explosion. The shock wave spread in all directions, carrying the broken Zerg limbs. Seeing this, Garland folded his wings and protected the two aircraft under his bat wings.
After the violent explosion, the Zerg's defense line had collapsed.
The Zerg that had been blown to pieces were trying to reorganize their defenses, but Rong Heng would not give them a chance. Two aircraft rushed to the space station first, while Rong Heng, holding the cub in his mouth, jumped and moved on the scattered Zerg, and rushed to the space station right after them.
Garland shook off the ashes on his bat wings. Seeing that they had entered the space station, he did not linger any longer. He spread his bat wings again and chased after the spaceship - he had to deal with the Zerg chasing the spaceship.
The aircraft made a forced landing at the space station, and the cubs took out their weapons and headed towards the interior of the space station. The little dragon cub and the little fox led the way, and the little mermaid and 09 followed behind.
But perhaps all the Zerg in the space station went to intercept them from outside. When they went deeper and closer to the main control room, they didn't encounter many Zerg.
The little mermaid observed the traces around her and whispered, "There must have been a battle here. The Zerg won and even cleaned up the battlefield."
There were traces of dried blood on the ground, but no bodies were found; some of the equipment in the space station was damaged, but most of it was still functioning.
"Be careful." The little mermaid looked around and felt that the quietness in the space station was a little strange.
09 turned on the infrared scan, his head kept turning, and said: "There are two humans and three Zerg in the main control room."
The four approached the main control room cautiously.
The little dragon stood in the blind spot of the surveillance camera and rang the doorbell. The other three found places to hide, ready to rush in at any time.
The doorbell rang three times in succession before the door of the control room slowly opened. A thin man walked out. He was wearing a white coat and a pair of black-framed glasses. He was hunched over and his voice was trembling, "Who?" When he saw the little dragon cub standing on the side, his expression was stunned. Just as he was about to speak, the little dragon cub quickly made a gesture to him to keep quiet.
The man almost managed to hold back his exclamation, and shook his head slightly at him with a look of horror.
The little dragon smiled at him soothingly, then suddenly reached out and pulled him out, rushed in first, and shot a Zerg in the head.
—Just like what Snowball said, these Zergs were really smart. At this moment, two Zergs were lying in ambush behind the door, waiting for an opportunity to attack. However, the little dragon cubs were faster, and before they could react, they were shot in the head by the cubs who rushed in.
The bodies of three Zerg fell to the ground with a dull sound.
Another female hostage huddled in the corner of the main control room held her head in fear and screamed.
The cubs were not very good at comforting frightened humans. Finally, 09 stepped forward and said in a gentle voice: "Madam, there is no danger anymore. Don't be afraid. We are not bad people."
He repeated this sentence three times before the screams of terror stopped.
The woman holding her head raised her face carefully, looked at 09 and the cub behind him, and said in a trembling voice: "Who are you? Are you the reinforcements of the empire?"
09 didn't know how to answer her, so he turned his head and looked at the cubs.
They were not imperial reinforcements; they just happened to be passing by.
The little dragon rolled his eyes, puffed out his chest and said, "We are not from the Imperial Army. Does the Eastern Alliance know that? We are righteous people who rob the rich and give to the poor! Of course, we are also very professional in killing Zerg. We have almost killed all the Zerg out there."
The cubs looked proud.
The woman looked them over and forced a smile.
"It would have been better if you had come earlier." Her eyes were red, and she turned away and said in a bitter voice, "There are only two of us left on Driftwood Star."
The thin man who came in just happened to hear his words and his eyes also turned red.
He kicked the Zerg corpses hard as if to vent his anger, and only sat on the ground when he was exhausted, holding his head and crying.
The cubs looked sad, but I didn’t know how to comfort them.
The destruction of an entire planet cannot be soothed by just a few words of comfort.
"We will avenge everyone." Finally, only the little fox said this dryly, and then he and the little dragon buried their heads in dragging the Zerg corpses out of the control room.
The little mermaid and 09 did not dare to waste time and approached the main control console. 09 inserted the data interface into the central computer and input Noah's wake-up command as Rong Heng said, allowing Noah to prepare to take over the main control system.
The two staff members' cries gradually subsided. Looking at their actions, they asked dejectedly, "How is the face now?"
"The Zerg have invaded Floating Wood, and the ground has completely become an insect nest. Communications have also been completely cut off. Our spaceship was passing by Floating Wood, and after noticing something unusual, we wanted to evacuate, but we were unable to leave because the protective shield was opened." The little mermaid answered Ruan Shiqing's questions while connecting with him.
"We must close the protective shield now and let the spacecraft leave. We will then contact the Imperial Army for rescue. The ground under the Driftwood Planet is now full of unhatched insect eggs, and they must be dealt with as soon as possible."
"The Zerg forced us to open the shield." The woman's lips trembled, as if she recalled an extremely horrified feeling. "They, they are intelligent. After the incident on Driftwood, they imprisoned us here and pretended that the space station was still functioning normally."
As she spoke, her eyes turned red again and she bit her lips hard, as if she was in great pain.
“It’s not your fault.” The little mermaid sighed and tried hard to find words to calm her down.
Seeing that Noah had already begun to take over the control system, he suggested: "We will be able to take over the space station soon. Do you want to go and rest first?"
The two shook their heads and sat side by side against the wall: "We want to watch from here."
The little mermaid did not insist upon hearing this and let them stay while she explained the situation of the space station to Ruan Shiqing.
Ruan Shiqing had taken over the control systems of B3024 and Barham before, and was very familiar with this. He said, "There's no rush to take over. Just follow my instructions and restore communications first, then close the shield. Since there are surviving staff, they should know the password, so just ask them for help."
The two staff members also heard the content of the communication. Without waiting for the little mermaid to speak, they quickly stood up, helped restore the communication, and closed the protective shield.
Once the protective shield was opened, the crisis of the spacecraft was resolved. When the kids heard Ruan Shiqing say that the spacecraft was ready to leave the Driftwood Planet, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"What about the insect nest on the ground?" the little mermaid worried.
It’s not good to just leave so many insect eggs alone.
"It blew up directly." Rong Heng, who came a step later, answered. He had already gone around the entire space station, cleared out the Zerg wandering inside, and also found a weapons storage warehouse.
"There is an energy base on the Driftwood Planet. If it explodes completely, the insect nest will definitely not be able to be saved."
As he spoke, Ruan Jiao, who was held under his armpit, struggled in dissatisfaction and fell to the ground.
He first carefully straightened his messed up and wrinkled clothes, then turned his head to look around, and finally his curious eyes fell on the two staff members.
The tentacles were swaying, and Ruan Jiao was puzzled. He seemed to have caught some strange fluctuations again.