RoleplayNovel Chapter 52: The Military Coup at Propilea Railport!
Chapter 52: The Military Coup at Propilea Railport!
"Crimson Crown", the standby bay on the wing of the third hangar.
Zhang Nanhai stood in the maintenance room of the rapid interception squadron. The ship's gravity maintenance system was operating stably under his feet, allowing the crew to walk like people on the ground.
He held a fleet-issue [Sacred Judgment-9 Smart Pistol] in his hand.
This weapon is a standard firearm for shipboard security. Its projectile can receive micro-guidance from the ship's fire control system, making it suitable for suppressing targets in confined compartments. Under normal procedures, all shipboard smart weapons are locked by the
But now, the red locking indicator on the gun has been turned off.
[Shipborne weapon lock: Released!]
[Intelligent ballistic assist: Now available!]
[Identification Friend or Foe Chain: Temporary Rewrite!]
[Access rights provided by Ares/ZhiShiLang joint coverage]
Behind Zhang Nanhai, the drivers, maintenance workers, ordnance field staff, and two communications personnel of the rapid interception squadron had all changed into light tactical uniforms. These people were all Skydrive members.
Zhang Nanhai scanned the crowd and addressed them as follows:
"I have said what I should say as a member of Skydrive. I believe that humanity will eventually protect its civilization with a sound spirit. Until that day comes, the mistakes made by those corrupt ones will be corrected by Skydrive."
As he said this, he slowly raised the muzzle of his gun, his gaze falling on the passageway outside the maintenance room leading to the hangar control room.
"The time for change has come. The Skydrive will reclaim Mars from the Holy Cardinals and liberate humanity from the shackles of planetary gravity. Humanity must be freed from its eternal cradle!"
The moment the words left his mouth, the entire ship, Corona, shuddered violently.
The white lights on both sides of the passageway instantly switched to red, a piercing alarm blared from the ship's public address system, and long strings of red characters appeared on the ship's control terminals, which had been operating smoothly.
[WARNING: Shipboard data anomaly!!!]
[WARNING: Unidentified entity has infiltrated the ship's network!!!]
[WARNING: The Machine Soul Sanctuary has entered a locked state!!!]
[WARNING: Shipboard permissions are being reallocated!!!]
Zhang Nanhai raised his head. He knew that Saint Sophia, Ares, Chishiro, and Kaur had already made their move.
The next second, Kaul connected to the squadron's encrypted channel with a static-filled voice.
"South China Sea, it's time to take action."
Without hesitation, Zhang Nanhai loaded the [Sacred Judgment-9 Smart Pistol], and a line of cold light lit up on the ballistic assist bar on the side of the gun.
He looked at the Skyward members behind him, his tone turning somber.
"Now, purge all those who obstruct change!!!"
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The military coup at Propylene Orbital Port erupted from the standby bay on the flank of the third hangar of the "Crimson Crown".
Zhang Nanhai led his men out of the maintenance room, their first target being the hangar control room.
Beep beep~ Beep beep~
Beep beep~ Beep beep~
The ship's gravity maintenance system operated stably, and red warning lights lit up one by one in the corridor. The Sky Destroyer crew members split into three groups along the passageway: one group blocked the catapult tracks, another group cut into the arms handover point, and Zhang Nanhai led the main force straight to the temporary office section of the four major faction delegations.
By the time the ship's security personnel reacted, all of their smart weapons had already become ineffective.
Those fleet-issue smart rifles, smart submachine guns, and smart riot control weapons were all locked by the
Ares and Chishiro prematurely unlocked the weapons of the Skydrive members, turning what the church had originally intended as a means to prevent a space military coup into a disastrous outcome that ultimately killed their own people.
"Lay down your weapons! Accept regulation!"
Most people chose to follow their hearts, while the members of the four stubborn factions tried to resist. One of them, a member of the Iron Templar Knight equipped with a high-end cybernetic body, charged out directly.
His shoulder armor opened, a section of his wrist blade popped out, and he charged towards the Sky Drive rebels.
However, his charge was quickly brought to an abrupt halt because Chiseirou's [Mechanical Technique: Prosthetic Delay] was directly injected into his neural interface through the ship's monitoring system.
puff~
The rebel fell to the ground on the spot, his prosthetic body still twitching. Zhang Nanhai raised his gun and fired, each shot hitting the head.
Seeing the tragic deaths of the resistance fighters, the others were glad they had followed their hearts, while Zhang Nanhai directed the other Skydrive members to continue their operation.
The hangar control room was quickly taken over.
Two controllers were forced to the control panel with their foreheads pressed against the muzzle of a gun, and were forced to hand over the real-time control interface for the ejection trajectory.
The Sky-Destroyer maintenance technician inserted a portable locking device, rewrote the aircraft permissions of the rapid interception squadron into the ship's internal system, and simultaneously locked all the SAs originally stationed on the ship. The Sky-Destroyer successfully took control of the SA strike group on the aircraft carrier.
Zhang Nanhai did not stop and led his team to continue advancing towards the delegation's section.
It was only then that the four factions realized that the so-called "abnormal shipboard authority" was not a system malfunction at all, but a complete betrayal!
[Shipboard communications: Temporary verification locked!]
Please wait for authorization from the Truth Investigation Committee!
"The Truth Investigation Committee? St. Sophia?!"
"Damn! I knew this country bumpkin would do this sooner or later..."
No sooner had someone uttered a curse than the hatch was blown open by Skydrive members using breaching bombs.
boom--!
The blast doors inside the ship collapsed inward, and several flashbang grenades rolled into the temporary conference room. Gunshots rang out one after another, and the armed personnel accompanying the delegations of the four major factions fell in droves, with unlocked smart weapons scattered all over the floor.
During the purge, Zhang Nanhai encountered the lieutenant colonel of the Iron Templar Knights who had once tried to win him over at the second cross hatch.
The other party was equipped with a military prosthetic body, with thick chest armor. He braved the first round of bullets and rushed out of the cover, attempting to grab Zhang Nanhai with his mechanical arm.
Two Skydrive members fired simultaneously from the side, their smart warheads striking his knee joint, shoulder servo shaft, and waist steering assembly in quick succession. Ares simultaneously implanted [Mechanical Method - Loop Misalignment], causing his prosthetic movements to abruptly stop.
The lieutenant colonel fell heavily to his knees, his metal knees denting the floor.
His breastplate was pierced in several places, and sparks flew from his shoulder, but he still raised his head and stared intently at Zhang Nanhai, his eyes filled with anger and sudden realization.
"I see... I see..."
"Saint Sophia, that damned village girl, is the mastermind behind the Skywards..."
Zhang Nanhai stopped in front of him, lowering his gun. The Sky Chaser members behind him continued to advance, clearing out the faction guards who were still resisting on both sides of the corridor.
The lieutenant colonel coughed up a mouthful of blood and said in a hoarse voice:
"Zhang Nanhai, it's not too late for you to turn back now... The Sky Chariots can't protect you, and Saint Sophia can't protect you either... How could the Church be so easily overthrown... What you're doing is courting death..."
He raised the still-intact mechanical arm, pointed it at Zhang Nanhai, and continued to persuade him:
"It's not too late for you to turn back now. Kill the other Skyward Underground members, and I'll be your witness... You'll become a hero in suppressing the rebellion, the Holy Cardinals will remember your merits, and the Iron Templars will give you a position."
"You're still young, don't follow a bunch of lunatics and crash into the church wall."
After listening, Zhang Nanhai suddenly said something out of the blue:
"Any technology that existed when I was born is simply part of the normal world order."
The lieutenant colonel was taken aback: "What?"
Zhang Nanhai continued speaking to himself:
"Any technology that is invented between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five will be a revolutionary product that changes the world."
"Any technology that is developed after I turn thirty-five is heretical technology that violates the laws of nature and will be condemned by the gods."
Zhang Nanhai looked at him and explained:
"These are the three laws of technology proposed by Douglas Adams. They sound silly, but they are perfectly applicable to the College of Cardinals."
The lieutenant colonel's face gradually contorted, and Zhang Nanhai continued:
"Hyperspace technology, intelligent machinery, free creation... these technologies that are enough to propel humanity into the stars are revolutions in the eyes of young people, the future in the eyes of engineers, but in the eyes of you old folks, they have become heretical technologies that go against nature, blaspheme the machine god, and must be locked in the sanctuary and the censorship cabinet."
He raised the [Sacred Judgment-9 Smart Pistol] and aimed the muzzle at the lieutenant colonel's forehead.
"You are the old humanity, the old ideas, the old morals; you are the stubborn rocks and the curse that prevent humanity from reaching the stars."
"The new humans of the future need new ideas and new morals. If the new humans want to reach the stars, they must break this curse of yours."
The lieutenant colonel opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something more.
boom--
Gunshots rang out in the passageway.
The intelligent warhead pierced his forehead, shattering the armor on the back of his head. Blood and prosthetic coolant splattered onto the wall. The lieutenant colonel's body fell backward, his mechanical arm clawing at the ground twice before losing all power.
Zhang Nanhai stepped over the corpse and didn't look at it a second time.
Ahead, the hangar control room, catapult tracks, and arms handover points have all received completion signals, and the resistance from the four major faction delegations has been completely suppressed by the Skydrive.
Although the red alert for the Crimson Corona is still flashing, the armed forces of this flagship have now been eliminated from within by the Sky Destroyer.
Zhang Nanhai raised his hand to connect to the Skydrive channel.
Zhang Nanhai raised his hand to connect to the Skydrive channel, his calm voice resonating throughout the various action groups.
"Broadcast to the entire ship."
"Anyone who accepts the takeover of the Sky Destroyer shall lay down their weapons and await reorganization; anyone who continues to obey the Holy Cardinals and attempts to retake the bridge, armory, hangar, and communications center shall be regarded as an armed resistance fighter."
"Eliminate the armed resistance fighters on the spot."