Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1290 - 490: Divergence (Part 2)

Later, Ma Wei’an’s mother came to plead, but this operation is very important, and there’s no reason to withdraw after registering. After consulting Ma Wei’an’s own wishes, Chen Qiao refused the plea.

After reading this information, Ren Zhong thought to himself, no wonder the Falcon was able to issue a warning first; it turns out it was thanks to Ma Wei’an.

Afterwards, Ren Zhong also glanced at Ahmed Sammy’s personal profile, which also caught his attention.

He remembered the name; before the personnel selection began, he had noticed the three brothers of the Sammy family, which is why he decided to ban all descendants of the family from entering the work ship.

He didn’t want these families to end up extinct.

This Ahmed is the eldest son of Mamnun Sammy; both father and son are exceptional pilots. Mamnun is extremely rare for having followed him from start to finish, having participated in almost every large battle and still being alive to die of old age. He was one of the earliest Viper Fighter pilots in the Starfire Corps.

But Ahmed surpasses in excellence, ranking among the top hundred in comprehensive quality among all the captains who signed up for the action.

Ren Zhong quickly conducted a thorough check on the status of the work ship and all operation records of the past hour, and was shocked.

Apart from high energy consumption, the Falcon showed almost no anomalies.

After extremely intense violent maneuvering, the Falcon’s damage was below 5%, and now, under the remote assistance of the mechanic and Sun Ai, the damage is rapidly being repaired, expected to be back to full state in ten minutes at the latest.

If the Falcon was just lucky, it would have been one thing. But according to records from the black box, the Falcon wasn’t just unlucky; its situation was worse than that of most work ships.

Within an hour, the Falcon was driven into desperate situations nearly twenty times by dark energy clusters, but under the perfect cooperation of Ahmed, Ma Wei’an, and other crew members, they all managed to avert danger.

While escaping and repairing, they employed various extreme driving maneuvers, yet always managed to stay on the edges without breaking apart, and multiple times found the balance line while encountering the superimposed interference of multiple dark energy cluster gravitational fields.

Even in the face of multiple unstable dark energy cluster speeds, where the balance line wasn’t a straight line and required drastic directional changes to navigate steep curves, the Falcon succeeded.

Even if the pilot were replaced by Ren Zhong himself, he might not be able to perform better than Ahmed Sammy at his peak.

Moreover, Ma Wei’an not only provided information guidance for the Falcon, but could also occasionally communicate with Hua Yuelan on the frontier simulation ship amidst severe interference, assisting in quickly adjusting the algorithms.

The longitudinal data link number 997 can still barely operate stably, thanks to Hua Yuelan’s great contribution, with Ma Wei’an at least having thirty percent of the credit.

Ren Zhong couldn’t help but feel some regret.

Both Ahmed and Ma Wei’an are such geniuses, yet they are destined to die young.

The one responding now is Ma Wei’an, because Ahmed Sammy fell into exhaustion after nearly an hour of intense outburst just now, lacking even the strength to open his mouth, only able to listen, not speak.

Ren Zhong thought and observed so much, yet in fact, only five seconds passed. He opened his mouth and said, "The situation has changed now. I need you to reach the communication coverage area of ship 997-27 within 16 hours to take over the signal relay task. Can you do that?"

Two answers came simultaneously from the other side.

Ma Wei’an: "Forgive my bluntness, Earl, that’s not realistic. We’ve already started moving in that direction, but it will take at least 18 hours."

Ahmed: "Yes... Yes, sir, Earl... cough cough."

Ma Wei’an replied from an objective, logical standpoint, knowing it was impossible.

Ahmed Sammy, on the other hand, upon hearing Ren Zhong’s direct order, forced himself to muster up the energy to accept the command.

For the eldest son of the Sammy family, he wouldn’t consider whether the order from the Earl is feasible or reasonable.

He only knows that once he receives the order, he must do his utmost to complete it, he has to complete it.

Because he firmly believes the Earl wouldn’t deliberately give an impossible order; it was the objective reality that dictated it could only be done this way.

Ren Zhong slightly frowned.

The contrasting statements of the technical officer and the captain left him a bit troubled.

He didn’t want to use empty promises or speeches to encourage the crew of the Falcon; it’s meaningless since he also knows the request is indeed unrealistic.

Ma Wei’an was correct. Although Ahmed had the spirit of a soldier, sometimes sheer will can’t solve problems.

Currently, the entire hope of the Source Star Fleet is pinned on this small Falcon, yet the crew members are internally conflicted.

Ren Zhong could now use compulsory orders to force them to attempt it, but it may dampen Ma Wei’an’s enthusiasm, enlarging the divide and resulting in a counterproductive effect. He needs every member of the Falcon to perform exceptionally, so he must be attentive to everyone’s psychological state.

Sure enough, before Ren Zhong could speak, a quarrel had already erupted on the other side.

Ahmed Sammy seemed to have found some strength and shouted, "Shut up, Ma Wei’an! It’s a command!"

"Nonsense. Orders can’t override scientific logic."

In the meeting room, everyone changed colors upon hearing this, looking towards Ren Zhong with tense expressions.

Especially the interim temporary steering man from the Ma family was extremely nervous, fearing that Ma Wei’an’s disrespectful act would anger Ren Zhong and bring disaster upon the whole family.

At this moment, Ren Zhong simply said, "Falcon, proceed for now, and I’ll think of a way."

After speaking, he closed his eyes, seemingly deep in thought.

Moments later, he opened his eyes again.

During that time, he made two attempts.

First, he considered having Sun Ai take remote control of the Falcon, with himself, Sun Ai, and the entire Artificial Intelligence Institute collaborating as the captain and technical officer. He was slightly stronger than Ahmed overall. Regarding piloting a spaceship, Ahmed had to perform extraordinarily to match his normal level. But even with fast information flow and communication, there was a one-in-ten-thousand-second delay in remote controlling the Falcon, affecting his performance. Even for him, passing through the radiation zone caused by the dark energy burst after half an hour within 16 hours would be extremely difficult.

Second, he made another attempt at foresight. As before, even though he knew the crew level of ship 981-27 was outstanding, they ultimately still had to accept failure.

Time ticked by slowly, and Ren Zhong opened his eyes again, saying, "The preparations for 997-27 should be almost complete. Bring them into the communication system. Until the last moment, I won’t give up."