Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 292 Landing

"We've shaken them off."

Lin Xuan watched the enemy ship disappear from the radar and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, he wasn't very confident either.

Of course, when he said he wasn't confident, he wasn't confident about shaking off the enemy, but rather he wasn't confident that the ship could maintain such a high operating speed.

Just now, in order to maximize the autopilot's evasive capabilities, Lin Xuan didn't control the amount of computing power he was injecting. With such a high level of computing power being released into the spaceship's central control system, he was really afraid that the thing wouldn't be able to withstand it and would explode.

Fortunately, the ship has been kind to him and has managed to hold on until now.

The people behind him were already dumbfounded.

"No, Brother Bai, what's wrong with you...?"

"It's just a little trick to speed up the spaceship, nothing serious."

"A little trick?"

At that moment, all of them felt an urge to curse.

"You were practically making that spaceship a phantom just now. Even the particle cannons of a destroyer couldn't keep up with your speed. What kind of good person would speed up their spaceship like that? You might as well say you were cheating; that would make it more believable."

Lin Xuan didn't explain anything. The advantage of the computing power amplifier she had created was that anything related to computing power could be attributed to it.

Since he created the amplifier, the final interpretation right naturally rests with him. Even if the matter is investigated afterward, he can still cover it up.

"I have bad news, and I have even worse news. Which would you like to hear first?"

Lin Xuan switched the spaceship to autopilot, leaned back in her chair, and kept reviewing the messages that Number Three had sent her.

Before the others could answer, he began to speak to himself.

"The spaceship has run out of fuel. We have to find a place to make an emergency landing. Also, I just checked the star map. There are outposts on the three planets nearby where we can make an emergency landing."

"Any idea what this means?"

Lin Xuan turned her head and looked at the group.

"This means that we are truly isolated and helpless this time. We have no equipment, we don't know the number of enemies, and we don't know when we can retreat."

None of the four spoke; this outcome was actually something that could have been expected long ago.

After all, it was only a matter of time before the enemy discovered their location as they infiltrated behind enemy lines. They just didn't expect to be so unlucky this time. As soon as they entered the Xialang battle line, they were surrounded by enemy ships.

"OK, I'm just informing you that you can prepare for landing."

"Brother Bai, let me do it."

Lin Qi stepped forward and took over the driver's seat.

Everyone knows that a hard landing without fuel is very dangerous, and anyone could lose their life as a result.

If Lin Xuan were to drive, he would be held responsible for any accidents that happened to him, which would not be fair to him, as he has only been in office for a day.

Lin Xuan waved her hand, said nothing, and stood up to give up her seat.

Autonomous driving is no longer feasible here. Without fuel, landing will be entirely based on instinct. Data calculated by computing power will be inaccurate. After all, data on the planets on the Chapel Front has not been collected, so who knows how much atmospheric drag they have? Trusting the machine is less direct than trusting fate.

"Ready, 3..."

Just as Lynch counted to 3, a sudden beam of light struck their ship.

"boom!"

The explosion was short and rapid, like a firecracker that had been submerged in water, making a muffled sound before abruptly stopping.

After the explosion, the ship began to shift position, and the beam of light directly sliced ​​off the entire rear half of the ship.

If this were inside the atmosphere, the imbalance of internal and external pressure would have instantly torn the people in two, but fortunately, they were a step too late, and the spaceship is still in space.

Although the ship was cut in half, the people were simply returning to a zero-gravity state and were not seriously injured.

"Boom boom boom!"

Zuo Xiao tapped Lin Xuan's helmet, signaling that he had to abandon ship and escape. If he stayed on the ship any longer, it would probably crash into the ground like a cannonball during the emergency landing, and none of them would survive.

But Lin Xuan calmly waved at her and then made an OK sign with her hand.

The group was momentarily confused by their captain's gesture, wondering what Lin Xuan was trying to do.

Now that the ship has been cut down to just the cockpit, it's practically a piece of scrap metal. The only, and most sensible, option is to abandon ship and escape.

What does it mean when you make an OK sign?

Could it be that this guy is planning to land in this transport ship with only half a cockpit remaining?

Are you kidding me?

We all acknowledge that you, Bai Bing, have excellent piloting skills and super high computing power, but now that there's only half a ship left, what's the point of you piloting it?

Don't you know the saying "Even a clever cook can't cook without rice"?

Even if you're a superb driver, you still need something to drive. Aren't you just playing with the lives of the four of us?

Lin Qi shifted his position and was the first to arrive at the break in the rear cabin of the spaceship. He would be the first to jump once the spaceship entered the planet's atmosphere.

Although he has no legs, the modified prosthetics on his body should allow him to land smoothly inside the planet.

Although the others didn't have prosthetic devices like his, their methods were probably no less sophisticated than his.

But just as the group was planning how to jump off the boat...

"Crack, click, click!"

After a metallic scraping sound, everyone saw a stream of silvery water slowly dripping from Lin Xuan's sleeve onto the floor.

Then, the silver liquid that had dripped onto the floor seemed to come alive and headed straight for the broken part of the spaceship.

"No, that's not a stream of silver water, it's a series of nanobots!"

They were incredibly fast, and in no time they had climbed to the spot where the spaceship had been cut open, and began to slowly repair the damaged parts of the spaceship.

These nanorobots used their own bodies to form the missing parts of the spaceship, making it appear from the outside world as if the ship had grown out of space.

The sheer number of those nanobots was enough to kill anyone with trypophobia on the spot.

But these little things were incredibly fast. In no time, the rear half of the cabin was completely refilled, as if it were brand new!

Even the gravity module that was damaged after being hit has been restored.

Inside the spaceship, air was re-injected, and with a medium for sound transmission available, the group finally removed their helmets and breathed a sigh of relief.

After they were temporarily safe, the group finally had time to look at the nanobots behind them that were slowly repairing the spaceship.

"Brother Bai, what are these little things?"

Su Zilin bent down and carefully examined one of the nanobots in his hand. Each of these small robots had at least three to four joints that could move freely, which meant they were quite finely made. Even if the most skilled mechanical engineer on Earth One were to complete the processing of these small robots, it would take a long time.

She initially thought the thing would be fragile, given its sophisticated mechanical structure; it was reasonable that it couldn't withstand impacts. However, once she held it in her hand, she realized that this was not the case at all.

This thing was much more malleable than she had imagined; she could even put it on her skin without feeling any foreign object.

"Can it stop bullets?"

Looking at the nanobot that fit perfectly in his palm, Su Zilin asked Lin Xuan, "This thing looks like another layer of skin to me. If it can also withstand kinetic energy attacks, then it would be perfect for making bulletproof vests."

"Why don't you try it yourself? Haven't you heard the saying, 'Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth'?"

Su Zilin nodded, thinking that Lin Xuan made sense. Then she pulled out a pistol from her waist, aimed it at her hand which was covered by nanobots, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"boom!"

The moment the bullet left the barrel, the nanobots that had been wrapped around her palm seemed to be startled and instantly scattered!

Su Zilin's fate was predictable; without the protection of nanobots, the bullet pierced her hand instantly, spraying blood everywhere.

"Grass!"

Su Zilin glared angrily, took the bottle of cell recombination fluid handed to him by Lin Xuan, tore open the cap with his mouth, and poured the liquid inside onto his hand.

In no time, the hand that had been pierced by the pistol recovered completely.

This is a medicine developed by Gene Earth, which has a good repair effect on most damage caused by kinetic weapons, but it cannot treat cases like Lin Qi's, where the concept of his legs was directly destroyed by an advanced civilization.

Lynch's legs were not amputated above the knee due to a simple car accident or some other reason. Rather, it was because he accidentally disturbed another civilization when he used his psychic powers to pray to an advanced civilization years ago.

The punishment he received was to directly strip his sensory system of its ability to perceive a part of his body.

In this way, even if someone can repair his leg, he still won't be able to use it properly.

Back to reality...

Seeing the little girl's angry expression, Lin Xuan helplessly shrugged.

"You were the one who wanted to do the experiment, it has nothing to do with me."

Upon hearing this, Su Zilin couldn't help but grit his teeth in anger.

"If you knew this would happen, why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

Lin Xuan didn't speak. After thinking carefully for a few seconds, he finally uttered a sentence.

"Don't you think the most interesting thing is this feeling of uncertainty about the future? If I told you the answer in advance, would you still feel the same excitement as you do now?"

Su Zilin fell silent immediately, her silence deafening.

But actually, Lin Xuan really can't be blamed for this.

This was also the first time he had learned that nanobots could run away when faced with danger.

After all, I've never encountered this situation before when I used it.

After careful examination, Lin Xuan seemed to have discovered the reason behind it.

These nanorobots can selectively avoid some meaningless attacks, such as the one Su Zilin just did, which was attacking itself.

Alternatively, if you assemble two knives using nanorobots and then use one of them to slash at the other, the nanorobots will disperse on their own and will not continue to perform the operation according to the user's wishes.

This is very interesting.

Lin Xuan was certain that these nanorobots did not possess autonomous consciousness, so the so-called biological instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm could not possibly exist in them.

That leaves only one plausible option.

These nanorobots had similar instruction settings during their initial programming.

For example, if users intentionally reduce the number of these nanobots, they can choose not to perform the action.

But regardless of how the order was given, Lin Xuan only cared about one thing...

Who exactly has the authority to issue this so-called instruction?

The nanobots in his body were all exchanged from the system space, and no one else besides himself should be able to compile them.

Does that mean there's something strange about the creation of this system?

Under normal circumstances, Lin Xuan rarely uses the system's shock points to exchange for items.

It wasn't that he didn't trust the system, but rather that he always felt that accumulating these shock points would allow him to use them when encountering even more powerful enemies in the future.

As it stands, Lin Xuan doesn't take either the Trisolarans or these Earths too seriously. None of them have been able to force Lin Xuan to use his full strength, so he avoids using his shock value if possible.

But now, these nanobots have forced him to start thinking about a problem.

What exactly is a system?

Where did all the technology and items they exchanged come from?

Lin Xuan had thought about these questions, but she felt they were too far removed from her own life. Even if she knew them, what difference would it make?

But now, this issue has been brought to the forefront again.

Should we trust the creations of the system?

The problems exposed by nanorobots are too numerous for Lin Xuan to bear, and she dares not think about them in detail.

If everything the system redeems is artificially created, does that mean there's someone behind the system secretly watching your every move?

Just like in The Truman Show, while Lin Xuan believed she had everything under control, he was nothing more than a frog in a well, seeking attention.

"White Team, we're about to land, get ready to pull back!"

Just as Lin Xuan was pondering these trivial matters, Zuo Xiao's voice interrupted his thoughts.

Looking back, the spaceship had successfully entered the planet's atmosphere. As long as they could land safely, their operation behind enemy lines could begin.

"Brother Bai, something's not right. Our landing point seems to be right above their base camp!"