Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 1215 The true face of the Hermit Crab Project!

The Third Fleet, which had been traveling all the way, finally succeeded in reuniting with the outpost fleet and the celestial beings that had withdrawn from the Jupiter space domain.

However, when Sergei saw the Legion fleet silently following the Vanguard Fleet and the Celestial Ptolemy II, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of doubt.

After the Great Red Spot Crisis on Jupiter (tentative) was resolved, the Outpost Fleet did send back information about the success of the plan to the Third Fleet and the more distant Earth headquarters, but no further details were mentioned.

And now, the legion fleet that silently followed the vanguard fleet and Ptolemy II of the Celestial Being seemed to reveal a hint of an unusual atmosphere.

"Commodore. Encrypted transmission from the commander of the Outpost Fleet."

First mate Pang Hakuri transferred a decrypted message to Sergei.

Sergei took a quick look and frowned slightly.

"A special force field that makes the ELS produce symptoms similar to those of an infected disease? The Celestial Beings are taking in the Ascended Ones and not allowing the medical staff of the outpost fleet to intervene in the treatment?"

“It’s a lot of trouble!”

Sergei pondered for a moment, then looked at Pang Harkuri.

"Send the order to the outpost fleet. I will handle everything that happens next. I will be responsible for any problems that arise."

"Yes! Brigadier General."

Sergei looked at the end of the encrypted message again, where Shaci Crossrod's name was.

After successfully reuniting with the Third Fleet, everyone's tense nerves involuntarily relaxed a lot.

Although they saw with their own eyes the mighty ELS fleet disoriented, crashing around, and finally falling into Jupiter's atmosphere and disappearing without a trace in an incredible scene, most people were still afraid that more terrifying ELS would escape from the Great Red Spot.

So, after joining the Third Fleet, these people felt as if they had found a backbone and calmed down.

Little did they know that this was just the calm before the decisive battle.

"Miss Louise. You mean it's just a cold?"

Lisa Kujo looked at the skinny figure lying on the hospital bed, without any of the youthful vitality in the photo, as pitiful as a dying withered flower, and asked.

"Yes, it is."

Louise nodded weakly.

"Louise. You need to rest now."

Shaci, who was standing by, couldn't help but open his mouth to remind him.

He had not expected that his beloved, who had been separated from him for such a long time and whom he had been eager to reunite with on Jupiter, would become like this.

Long-term reliance on the energy supply of the Upgraded, maintaining the minimum vital signs, and being in a state of high brain usage and overloaded work for a long time have already overdrawn Louise's vitality too much.

After the Hermit Crab Plan was successfully launched, the threat posed by the ELS fleet was resolved, but the silence of the Upgraders made Shaci, who was always paying attention to the movements of the Upgraders, feel uneasy.

In a hurry, Shaci drove the machine without hesitation to lift up the Upgrader and flew towards Ptolemy II, without considering asking for help from the outpost fleet which also belonged to the Earth Federation Army, thus causing a small conflict of ownership.

Fortunately, the Transformers team led by Dekar Sandman and the Sun Warriors team led by Graham jointly supported Shaci's decision, which allowed the commander of the outpost fleet to suppress his dissatisfaction.

"No." Louise, whose face was haggard and bones were almost visible, opened her bright eyes and looked at Shaci.

"Now is not the time for me to rest. There are some things I must explain clearly."

Seeing Louise's firm attitude, Shaci fell silent.

After looking at Shaci apologetically, Louise turned to look at Kujo Lisa, or at He Ming who was standing behind Kujo Lisa and had never spoken a word.

"Those devices cannot kill ELS, they just infect ELS with the plague in a sense."

"plague?"

Kujo Lisa turned around and looked at He Ming.

Before the two came to meet Louise, they had discussed similar issues.

When the special device was fully activated, He Ming, who was closest to the ELS, did not sense the ELS fleet's screams as it did when it was bombarded by subspace torpedoes. Instead, it felt as if more power had been taken away and it fell into a dormant state.

"Yes. Plague. The results of the Supreme One's research on the wreckage of ELS and huge simulation calculations show that although ELS is a mutant metal life form, its life characteristics can still cause illness and infection like humans. However, from the perspective of ELS, their so-called illness and plague are not the illness and plague caused by viruses and pathogens as understood by human civilization."

Louise's words made Kujo Lisa's eyes light up.

"It's the force field. It's the special force field activated by those special devices that caused the ELS, a mutant metal life form, to develop symptoms similar to the plague that humans understand, right?"

With Shaci's help, Louise slowly sat down and nodded.

"Yes. With the help of the Superhuman Brain Array, the Supreme One finally found this solution. However, according to the results of multiple simulations, these plagues will eventually be adapted to by the ELS and eventually become immune."

"The specific time?"

He Ming asked.

"According to the results of simulation calculations, it is generally between 6 months and a year. But unexpected situations cannot be ruled out. In this case, the time will be further... cough cough... cough cough cough..."

Louise shook her head slightly and suddenly started coughing halfway through her speech.

"Louise, come, have a drink of water first."

Shaci quickly fetched some warm water and asked Louise to drink a few sips slowly to steady her breathing.

Seeing this, He Ming and Kujo Lisa no longer disturbed Louise's rest.

"Lieutenant Shaci, Miss Louise is now in your care. Don't worry! The commander of the Third Fleet, Brigadier General Sergei, just called and said that he agrees with our decision to entrust Miss Louise Halevi to our care, and hopes that you will take care of Miss Louise in person. So, please don't worry too much about the change in the attitude of the Earth Federation Parliament towards Miss Louise."

After looking at each other, the two turned and left the room, leaving the space to the young couple who had finally met each other but encountered such a situation.

Walking in the aisle of Ptolemy II, Lisa Kujo held her chin and fell into thought.

"If the special force field device installed by the Legion causes ELS to fall into a large-scale plague, then ELS will most likely stay on Jupiter for the next six months to a year, waiting for the adaptation period to end."

"Yes, it is very likely. I have to say that the Supreme's plan is very bold. When everyone thought that the only way to resist was to use weapons or kill ELS, he actually came up with the idea of ​​using a special force field to infect ELS, a mutant metal life form, with a disease similar to the plague, forcing ELS to stop and adapt to the plague."

This may be one of the hopes that the Supreme Being has found by using the superhuman brain array.

(End of this chapter)