Puppeteer [Interstellar]

Surrounded by people's blood and corpses, destroyed walls and exploded sleeping cabins, screams and gunshots are mixed together, it seems that people are dying every moment.

At this moment, Lyle and Alice were crawling forward behind the cover with their hunched bodies. Someone died along the way. The blood was spread all over the ground. They passed the corpse and were covered in the blood of the dead. He ran to the corner corridor not far away.

Then they successfully arrived at the entrance of the ventilation ducts. The ventilation ducts in the spacecraft extend in all directions. They are used to establish the aerobic air and temperature suitable for human survival inside the spacecraft.

The entrance of this kind of ventilation duct is usually in the corner of the wall. Its position is very low, basically parallel to the ground. There is a louver-shaped metal duct door at the entrance. After opening, it can accommodate women of average size to climb in, but larger ones It is difficult for men to climb inside.

All in all, Lyle can climb in. He is just a 16-year-old boy with a thin body. As for the woman beside him, this weak woman is even smaller than him.

But how to open the door of the ventilation duct is the problem they face. The door is square and not particularly strong. It is shaped like a louver, and gusts of cool air can leak out from the gap of the louver; The shutter that was covering the door was pulled out, and the door was solid and motionless, it was welded almost directly to the wall.

While they were still figuring out how to open the door of the ventilation duct, the confrontation in the hall outside became more intense. Several gunshots were deafening, and the random bullets seemed to shake the entire spaceship. Lyle could It was obvious that the gunshots were getting closer, and the woman beside him, Alice, also said anxiously, "Hurry up and find a way to open it, they are coming!"

With Alice’s urging, Lyle became even more nervous. He grabbed the shutter door and pulled it hard. Unfortunately, Lyle is not physically strong. Such a small metal door is a huge problem for him. Lyle knows With his own strength, he couldn't destroy the door violently, so he subconsciously looked around, looking for some props that could allow him to destroy the door.

There is nothing clean in this clean channel. There are metal walls that reflect light on all sides. There are handrails on both sides of the channel. When the spaceship loses gravity guidance, people will float up due to weightlessness. Self-sliding handrails for people to use, forward or backward, also known as hand-held conveyor belts; this kind of conveyor belts are occasionally used as a fixed function, and there are seat belts that can be buckled on it.

When he saw the handrail, Lyle thought of a good way. He turned his head and glanced at Alice beside him. He realized that the woman was wearing a white dress, which was made of soft and gorgeous fabric, and the skirt reached her knees. , but it was long enough, Lyle acted when he thought about it, ignoring the bewilderment in the woman's eyes, he said sorry, then reached out and hugged Alice directly.

Then he started to tear Alice's skirt, pulling out a long skirt along the edge of the skirt, he was too nervous and fast, the deafening sound of gunshots seriously disturbed his concentration, so he used some force It was so violent that Alice's skirt was torn out of shape by him, completely unable to cover her buttocks, revealing her white panties.

Alice didn't resist at all, leaning on Lyle and breathing heavily, and Lyle quickly pulled out a few loops of fabric from her clothes, and he frantically twisted the loops of fabric into twists and tied them into a rope , one side is tied to the shutter door, and the other side is directly tied to the button of the sliding armrest. The door was snapped open abruptly.

So in the midst of the gunshots that were getting closer, Lyle opened the door of the ventilation duct extremely quickly. He tore open the loose shutter door, reached out and took off the coat he was wearing, and let Alice wear it. and let her climb in first.

Alice was fairly quick, and the two climbed back and forth into the extremely narrow ventilation duct. After that, Lyle had no idea where to go, so he could only follow Alice along the way. Alice's speed was not fast. Every time she climbed for a while, she would stop and rest for a while, and she would explain it to Lyle every time she went to an area.

"We should be in the middle layer of the spaceship now. This is usually the container area where goods are piled up..." Alice seemed to be thinking when she said this, "Turn left in front, and then climb down, you should be able to climb to the lower layer to escape cabin area."

Lyle just feels admiration, he can't tell the direction at all, almost every time he climbs a certain distance in the ventilation duct, he will encounter various forks in the upper, lower, left, and right directions; however, all the ducts look exactly the same, the metal square channel , the darkness does not know where it leads, and occasionally a little light can be seen from the gap.

But in such an environment, Alice led Lyle to find a way out abruptly, and they crawled farther and farther away from the gunshots until they could not hear the deafening battle behind them at all.

Finally, Alice seemed to have found a way out of the escape pod. She switched positions with Lyle at a narrow fork in the road, so in the ventilation duct, this time it was Lyle who crawled in front, and Alice followed. Lyle's back.

It was easier for Lyle to open the way in front, because after all, he was stronger than Alice. When they climbed to the exit of the ventilation duct, there was another shutter door blocking Lyle's front. The door seems to be easier to open from the inside of the pipe, since Lyall can unscrew the screws holding it in place and kick the door open.

After they kicked open the door, they climbed out of the pipe again, and then swept around to observe the surrounding environment.

They should be in a docking port hall, which is the parking place for miniature spaceships. There are spaceships of various models and sizes in the huge hall, and most of them are spaceships for escape.

There was no one in the docking port, only some smart little robots were doing daily maintenance work, and hundreds of escape spaceships were in front of them. This was really a good opportunity to escape, so Lyle and Alice acted quickly.

As a spaceship design engineer, Alice must have experience in piloting spaceships, so they do not lack pilots, but each escape spaceship has an identification signal, and the door of the escape ship must be authorized to open. Usually only the captain and crew can have...

But this doesn't bother Alice. As a spaceship engineer, she seems to have a special skill of stealing permissions.

Lyle has heard of the profession of spaceship design engineer. In short, it is the type of person who designs the blueprint of the spaceship. They are very familiar with the structure and frame of various spaceships, and often operate the assembly and modification of the spaceship themselves. There must be a pilot's certificate of the spaceship, and all knowledge points about the spaceship must be familiar.

People in this profession have very high quality requirements. Once they make any mistake in the design process, it will cause many safety hazards in the spacecraft, which will lead to the death of countless people in space accidents.

Therefore, this profession is not only very demanding, but also extremely intensive. Each design engineer is a scarce resource for the entire Star Alliance, so it is not a suitable profession for a weak woman. When Alice asked Lyle When Lyle said he was a spacecraft design engineer, his heart was always full of doubts.

However, in the chaotic fighting situation at that time, people's screams and blood were all around, pirates were raging everywhere, and the feeling of nowhere to escape filled Lyle's body and mind. He was still very young, and he didn't want to die. Lyle could only follow Alice.

Now it seems that this is not a wrong choice. Although Alice's identity and origin are not clear, she can indeed lead Lyle to find a way out.

When they came to the port where the escape pod was parked, they decided to first go to the monitoring room of the port, where there was a computer, and Alice could use it to hack into the main system of the passenger spacecraft to gain access to the escape pod.

During this process, Lyle and the others encountered a small accident. They discovered that there were actually two pirates in uniform staying behind in this huge docking port.

The two pirates probably stayed behind in their original small spaceship. After they hijacked the passenger spaceship, they parked the combat-type K7850 spaceship they used earlier at this docking port. And left these two people guarding.

This is really unfortunate news. Lyle and Alice walked around the gaps where various spaceships were parked, stuck in the enemy's perspective, and in the blind spot where they could not see, they quietly moved towards the monitoring room of the docking port. From the angle of the gap, he observed the two left behind pirates.

The pirates stood in front of their combat spaceship, one tall and one short, all holding guns, wearing uniform red helmets, and wearing the same uniform.

They seemed to be talking to each other, but the voice was relatively small, and neither Lyle nor Alice could hear the specific content of the two people's conversation.

Alice lowered her voice and said to Lyle, "We have to find a way to divert the attention of these two people. They are blocking the front of the monitoring room, and there is no way to get around it."

When Alice said this, Lyle was immediately in a dilemma. What should they do to distract the two armed and fully armed pirates?As long as he rushed out, he was looking for death, and Lyle had no doubt that the opponent would use a bullet to cause an explosion damage.

And just when Lyle and Alice were in a dilemma, a few minutes later, something unexpected happened suddenly, and the radio at the docking port suddenly rang!

Each area of ​​the passenger spaceship is equipped with loudspeakers. The captain or crew only need to broadcast in the cockpit of the spaceship to let their voices resound to every corner of the spaceship. In this way, they can remind and inform the spaceship. passengers.

But this time, it is unknown who turned on the radio in the cockpit of the spacecraft, but this person obviously did not turn it on intentionally, because when the radio was turned on, no one spoke, just a series of gunshots, metal collisions and blows There was a violent sound, accompanied by screams and violent breathing, and the sound of someone shouting loudly in the distance.

The chaotic voice in the radio obviously made the two pirates who stayed in front of the combat spaceship look at each other and became anxious. The voice of their conversation raised a level, and one of them shouted loudly: "What happened!? Just now Was that a gunshot?"

And another pirate said, "I'll contact the boss."

As he said that, the pirate lowered his head and turned on his personal terminal with the wrist watch on his wrist, trying to dial to call their leaders, but obviously, they couldn't get in touch. every corner of the spaceship.

The voice on the radio made the two left-behind pirates feel uneasy after all. They talked to each other and then hurried away with guns on their hands. Their figures passed by the corner where Lyle and Alice were hiding. After they left, Lyle poked his head out slightly to look in the direction they left.

"They're gone." Lyle was sure that the two pirates had disappeared, and immediately stretched out his hand to pull Alice up next to her, and pulled her to run in the direction of the monitoring room, saying as he ran, "Let's hurry up... "

However, just as Lyle pulled Alice past the combat spaceship where the two pirates were staying, Alice seemed to notice something. She stopped and stood still.

And Lyle, who was holding her arm in front of her, sensed Alice's move, turned around and looked at her, "What's the matter... Hurry up!?"

"There are guns." Alice opened her eyes wide, looking at the K7850 combat spaceship that originally belonged to the pirates. When the two pirates left just now, they did not close the metal door of the combat spaceship. The spaceship was in the shape of a mechanical bird. , equipped with all kinds of heavy firepower that can be used in the universe, the appearance of the cold-colored machine is very large, and the space inside is completely enough to accommodate forty or fifty people.

The two pirates left in a hurry. The door of the spaceship was still open. It was pitch black behind the open door, and it was difficult to see what the interior of the spaceship looked like. However, under the light outside, a man was exposed inside the spaceship. Cut the steel floor, and there was a pistol on the floor, and it was unknown who left it on the ground.

Alice seemed to be attracted by the pistol. Maybe she thought it would be better to carry a weapon when fleeing. Lyle next to her looked at her and saw the pistol.

He hesitated for a few seconds, and worried that the two pirates would turn back at any time, so he decided to simply fulfill Alice's wish.Thinking about it, he took two steps forward and climbed into the pirate's combat spaceship. He climbed up to the door of the spaceship and stepped on the steel plate. He bowed his head and reached out, trying to pick up the pistol that fell on the floor .

But the situation changed unexpectedly. The light inside the pirate’s combat spaceship seemed to be a sensor light. As soon as Lyle walked in, the sensor light inside turned on automatically. Lyle, who had just reached out to pick up the pistol, was caught The sudden light was startled, and when he looked up, he was horrified to find a person standing not far in front of him.

It might not be a person, just something with a humanoid appearance.