Chapter 68 Repair of the spacecraft
Dover Strait
Xiao Ai used a laser to burn off the detonator of the mines one by one, and then sucked the damaged mines into the isolation compartment in one breath, drained the sea water, and then moved them one by one by Leo and Lucy to the container containing the nanoworms.
Because the weight is too heavy, Diana and Cathy can't move at all. Leo and Lucy are far more powerful than ordinary people, and they don't need their help. They each easily picked up one.
It was a transparent container like glass, filled with unknown liquid like mercury.
"Diana, do you really want to throw it in? It won't explode, right?"
"Don't worry, Lucy, Xiao Ai has destroyed all the detonation devices. Put them in, the nanoworms will eat them. Xiao Ai said that the shells of these things are all alloy steel, and Nanworms like to eat one of the metals."
After saying that, Leo was the first to throw the mines in his hand into the container. It was too late for Lucy to stop her, and she was always worried that she would explode.
Then a magical scene came out. The mine did not sink directly into the mercury-like liquid, but began to decompose quickly from the bottom, and disappeared completely in just a short while.
Seeing this, Lucy felt relieved and threw the mine in her hand.
"Diana, do they eat anything?"
"No, I only eat a few specific metals, and I hate plexiglass and rubber the most."
"Sister Diana, then what? What happens after you finish eating?" Leo couldn't help but ask curiously.
Diana smiled sweetly, "The nanoworms will give birth to a baby after they are full~"
Nanoworms are a black technology product of Messier civilization. This is a special form of life that can survive in many extreme environments.
Although the reproduction ability of nanoworms is very powerful, it is also extremely fragile. If attacked, it cannot continue to reproduce and may even die. Therefore, Messier is very aware of nanoworms, and its main function is to repair various metal objects.
Nanoworms are an important invention of the Messier civilization. They do not allow other intelligent species of civilization to master nanoworms, so the Messier civilization has very strict research on nanoworms.
Moreover, nanoworms have a fatal defect. After eating, they need to supplement certain energy before they can reproduce and distribute liquid metals in large quantities to repair various metal parts.
After devouring more than a dozen mines, the mercury liquid in the container rose only a little, almost invisible to the naked eye.
"At present, we only increase by 1.87%, and we need more mines, which will increase by at least about 10% to repair the main engine," Diana said.
In the next half hour, Xiao Ai made more than 100 mines, but the manual handling efficiency was inefficient. Two people moved 52 in half an hour.
Suddenly, Xiao Ai's voice sounded: "Master, I detected a warship moving 27 nautical miles southwest direction and was expected to meet us in 50 minutes."
When I heard this, I panicked. They must have been discovered.
Diana patted her chest with her little hand, took a few deep breaths, gradually calmed down, thought for a while, and asked, "Xiao Ai's current energy is enough to turn on optical invisibility."
"Ai! Yes Master! The current energy can turn on optical invisibility and last for 1 minute and 28 seconds."
"Ah!? It only took 1 minute? Xiao Ai, what should I do?"
"Master, after calculation, the current nanoworms are enough to repair 4-seater auxiliary engines. After the auxiliary engine is turned on, no one can catch up with the goddess of dawn."
"Okay, Xiao Ai, then I'll leave it to you."
After explaining to Xiao Ai, Diana said to everyone: "There is a warship approaching us, and it must be coming to us. It is probably because we have taken away too many mines and were discovered."
"What should I do?" Cathy said nervously, "Let's run away quickly..."
Cathy became like a frightened little quail again. She had not yet fully recovered from her senses when she witnessed the fierce battle on the farm. Now, when she heard about the warship, her instinctive reaction was to run away.
"Don't worry, this level of technology cannot harm us. Lucy Leo, you feed the remaining mines to the nanoworms, and we will repair the auxiliary thrusters as soon as possible so that we have enough ability to leave here."
Leo jumped up suddenly: "Oh, it's great, Sister Diana is the best!"
Diana said to Xiao Ai again: "Xiao Ai, start repairing the auxiliary thruster now."
"Okay master." Under Xiao Ai's control, the liquid in the container instantly decreased by one-third.
The nanoworms rushed to the thruster at the tail through a special pipeline, and started the repair work.
Half an hour later, the goddess of dawn, which turned on optical invisibility, disappeared on the waters of the Dover Strait.
The hiding state of Dawn Goddess' tail 4-seater auxiliary thruster sprayed out light blue flames and flew up from the sea, leaving only ripples on the water.
The captain of the warship who was rushing to the sea where the incident happened looked confused and said dullly: "Fak! Why did such a big target disappear out of thin air? Go forward at full speed! I must find out the truth!"
Unfortunately, it was destined to end in fruitlessness. A few minutes later, Diana, among the goddess of dawn, looked at the large number of ships below and asked: "Lucy, do you know where here?"
Lucy looked over and replied, "Looking at the direction, this should be Port Dover."
Diana tilted her head and thought for a few seconds, then suddenly asked, "Xiao Ai, can you control the nanoworms, right?"
"Ai! Yes Master!"
"Can the nanoworms be placed outside? Can they be collected back?"
"Yes, my master, but my maximum distance is only 200 meters. If I exceed this distance, I will lose control."
"Xiao Ai, you saw it too..."
“Yes Master!”
Diana instantly made a second appearance, stood up and pointed at the front and said loudly: "Go up! Xiao Ai! I put all my wealth there! Devour it! Grow up! Goddess of Dawn is waiting for you to save it!"
This scene made Lucy stunned. This alien girl not only looked like a character who came out of the second dimension, but why did she suddenly act like this two-dimensional?
Instead, Leo stared at Diana with excitement.
Then the shuttle slowly landed on the dock, Xiao Ai took off his shield, maintained his invisibility, and released the remaining nanoworms.
Their first goal was a cruise ship docked at the dock, which slowly surged onto the deck like water. In just a few seconds, a large hole appeared on the deck.
Later, wherever the nanoworms passed, all steel products disappeared, and gradually the number of nanoworms increased by a certain part.
It wasn't until the entire cruise ship completely disappeared that the nanoworms returned to the shuttle's containers, and they now need energy to replenish further.
Half an hour later, Xiao Ai reported that the total number of nanoworms increased by 27.82%, and then the next round of phagocytosis and reproduction began.
In the following days, several people were eating simple space food and living in the shuttle. As time went by, the number of nanoworms increased, and all the damage to the shuttle was repaired by the liquid metal secreted by the nanoworms.
Chapter completed!