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Chapter 784 - 491: Clearing the Stage and Settlement
The main control center of the Orbital Space Station, located at the core of this giant space object, was reached by Wang Zhifan and others under the guidance of a silver-haired middle-aged woman, defeating all enemies and obstacles along a complex route to the destination.
In fact, by the time they arrived, the heavy metal doors and laser defense arrays of the control center had already been activated, refusing entry to anyone.
But to Wang Zhifan, these defenses, which were like insurmountable barriers to ordinary people, were no different from being made of paper.
Only to see him effortlessly halt the operation of the laser defense array using the power of ice, then with a casual swing of the Cyan Emperor Saber, he completely cleaved through the over one meter thick metal door made of special alloy, and the group entered as if returning home.
Yet upon entering the interior of the control room, besides the anticipated absence of the officials who had fled, the silver-haired woman discovered a very unfavorable situation.
"Not good! They’ve already set a program for the comprehensive shutdown of this space station, trying to force us to leave! I don’t have permission to abort this program, this is trouble!"
As it turned out, the silver-haired middle-aged woman, being a member of the higher-ups, noticed that the fleeing officials had left a backup plan. Although they couldn’t directly blow up this enormous space station, setting it to swiftly shut down completely was within their capability.
However, the Ring-shaped Space Station is exceedingly large, and stopping its operation is as difficult as starting it up, and currently, the entire space station is in the process of gradually shutting down its functions, theoretically giving Wang Zhifan and his team time to rescue it.
"Who among you understands technologies in this area? Better not let this space station really come to a halt."
Facing a technical issue for the first time, Wang Zhifan felt troubled and asked the group accompanying him.
He wasn’t actually worried about his own survival issue if the space station came to a stop. With his physique, enduring the space environment would be no challenge, and he could either pilot the Sagittarius Mecha or rely on the Dream and Break Dream to return to the surface. However, if he couldn’t quickly reboot the station, letting the enemy’s scheme succeed, his progress in this scenario would stagnate.
At the critical moment, a player who had become relatively familiar with Wang Zhifan over the past half-month stepped forward.
"Let me try! I have an advanced AI chip, if it can hack into the space station’s system, it can unlock all permissions!"
This player, who had previously mentioned to Wang Zhifan that he sent a secret message to Kai Bo headquarters through the store system, now produced an unassuming blue chip, providing a breakthrough direction for everyone.
"Come here! There should be a mainframe inside this big shell, you’ll definitely find a chip slot in there!"
The NPC Qian Yaron, who had been traveling with them, quickly suggested the next step, prompting swift action from everyone.
This native friend brought by Captain Wang Zhifan was quite peculiar; he seemed to enjoy stirring things up. After learning that Wang Zhifan and the others planned to rebel, he not only wasn’t tense but actively contributed, which made Wang Zhifan realize that this person’s motive for joining the team wasn’t simple.
Thus, with the joint effort of the group, they quickly physically opened the casing of a certain mainframe in the control room, connecting the player’s chip through external lines into one of the slots, activating the advanced AI hacking program.
The waiting period wasn’t long, about ten minutes later, the player who had been watching a certain technological instrument in his hand declared that he had succeeded, unlocked most of the permissions of the space station, and successfully halted the station’s shutdown process.
Indeed, many instruments and displays in the space station’s control room showed that numerous areas were beginning to run again, proving he wasn’t bluffing.
"Is your chip really this useful? Then get the AI to find the ground base’s employee task system and resolve this month’s tasks for us!"
Initially pondering what to do if the player’s hacking failed, Wang Zhifan was overjoyed at this point and urged.
The player didn’t dilly-dally; he immediately used the instrument in his hand to issue instructions to the AI, searching the space station’s database for the ground base’s section.
And shortly after, he joyfully informed the surrounding players that his advanced AI’s attempt to acquire this part of the information went very smoothly, much simpler than seizing control of the space station’s weapon systems, indicating that the station’s officials hadn’t paid much attention to this aspect.
Subsequently, the player also tried to have the AI modify the performance statistics of the ground base employees.
He first doubled his store performance, then raised everyone’s achievements around to the level required to clear the stage.
But unfortunately, after his modifications, everyone reported not seeing the stage settlement interface, clearly indicating their efforts had failed.
"What’s going on? Our current performance statistics absolutely meet this month’s requirements! Does it have to be validated by Kai Bo headquarters to count?"
The player couldn’t help but complain about the stringent stage clearance criteria and ordered the AI to activate the space station’s interstellar communication feature, preparing to report the situation to Kai Bo headquarters.
Although this strategy had been predetermined, it would undoubtedly slow down their stage clearance pace, as who knows when Kai Bo headquarters would send someone to deal with it and how they’d handle it. Achieving success directly would have best suited everyone’s wishes.
Just as everyone was about to reluctantly accept reality, the silver-haired middle-aged woman, who had been ignored for a while, suddenly spoke: