Chapter 2713

The hatch of the space station's docking bay opened slowly, and a small ship flew in. But unlike the main cabin next door, there were no employees with anxious faces wanting to take a ship to leave. To be precise, there was nothing here because this was originally a cargo bay used for transporting goods. It was Nick who opened the remote authority that allowed the ship carrying Schiller to come here.

Ben Parker had to show his face in front of people, but Schiller didn't necessarily have to. One in the light and one in the dark was the best choice, because now no one knew what was going on with the space station accident. If the mastermind hadn't left yet, then there would be a good show to watch.

As soon as Ben Parker got off the ship, he rushed toward the large conference room at the fastest speed. He pushed the door open with a bang. Countless eyes stared at him, and even more people stood up.

"God, Ben?! Didn't you already go back for treatment? How could you be here?!" An old employee under Parker rushed up, and Ben Parker hurriedly hugged him.

"I'm back, friends. I heard that the power system here had a problem and you were trapped, so I tried to find an old friend of mine at S. H. I. E. L. D. and came over on the plane that was evacuating you."

"You are truly crazy." Another female scientist shouted, "Now we are trapped. Do you want to be like us too?! You shouldn't have come back!"

"I know, of course I know, oxygen is limited..."

"That's not what I meant. It's dangerous here!"

Seeing that she seemed to be implying something, Ben Parker walked up and looked at her, saying, "The Earth hasn't given up on you. They have been actively thinking of ways. Now they are already mobilizing ships from the solar system's starport to come and pick you up..."

"No, don't let them come." Another black man walked up and said, "This isn't right. I mean, someone might have been lying in ambush for a long time."

The female scientist took Ben Parker to the table nearby. There were many research materials on it, as well as many traces of their writing and drawing. The ink hadn't dried yet, and one could tell it had just been discussed.

"This is Li, who is responsible for the safety system of the photovoltaic integration system. This is Fan Dier, the space station software coding engineer. This is Mohammed, the physical structure engineer..."

After the female scientist introduced them to Ben Parker, she said, "We were idle here anyway, so we started discussing the cause of the accident. At first, Li proposed that the photovoltaic integration system couldn't be broken by a wrench and a hammer. Then Fan Dier also discovered that the damage to the software and hardware happened almost at the same time. That power engineer didn't have the ability to invade the space station's power control program..."

The more Ben Parker listened, the deeper his frown became. He knew that these colleagues he worked with were all human elites, or rather, he was the one with the lowest education and background among them. The others were all graduates of famous schools, with an average of four or five doctorates. They wouldn't talk nonsense.

"Letting the ship come now might cause problems." The black man proposed a very terrifying possibility. He said, "If someone can destroy the photovoltaic integration system in this way and make half of the space station fall, he could definitely make the whole thing crash. But he didn't do that. I'm afraid he just wants to use us as hostages."

"His purpose is worth deep thought." The female scientist crossed her arms and said, "In fact, this space station has taken a new step in the field of human science, but it's not a big one. Most of the technology used here is an upgraded version of Earth technology, not any new original technology. The materials also borrowed the light of metal from outer planets."

"To put it exaggeratedly, even we are not the most cutting-edge group of scientists. The true national treasure-level figures are all on Earth. Whether destroying us or destroying the space station, it cannot be considered a heavy blow to humanity. If I were that guy who is hostile to humanity, I wouldn't stop there."

The more Ben Parker thought, the more he felt something was wrong. He said, "You mean the other party's target is very likely the ship?"

After the several scientists looked at each other, they said, "I'm afraid it's worse than that. Their target is likely Earth."

Seeing Ben Parker somewhat confused, one of the physicists stood up and said, "The ships we captured from the Kree and the small ships from Wakanda are completely different things, not to be mentioned in the same breath. Their frigates are real spaceships, not transportation tools within the galaxy."

"If we were to use an analogy, the Wakandan ships are roughly equivalent to bicycles. They are easy to operate, don't take up space, have no energy consumption, and more importantly, are very safe. There are no parts on the whole body that could cause serious harm if they exploded."

"The Kree frigates are roughly equivalent to oil tankers. Regardless of whether you drive them or not, as long as they are started and parked there, they can be called a huge threat."

"Because of what?" Ben Parker asked.

"Gravity." The female scientist replied, "The Kree ships have very complete gravity control devices, but Earth doesn't. This is equivalent to you driving a newly released oil tanker onto a bonfire. The former has protection, but the latter doesn't."

Ben Parker thought for a moment and then said, "If gravity gets out of control, what kind of disaster will it cause?"

"Most Kree frigates are not big enough, and combined with the exquisite gravity control system, they are not enough to directly change Earth's orbit. But gravity imbalance is very likely to trigger tidal loss of control. Tsunamis might break out on Earth, and land might also be submerged by the sea."

Ben Parker was shocked, and the Chinese scientist turned to get the data and pointed it out to Ben Parker, saying, "The current space station is still orbiting Earth in a predetermined orbit. Assuming the ship to pick us up arrives in two hours, the space station will be directly above the North American continent. If the evacuation work is to be completed within half an hour, the main frigate cannot be too far from the space station."

"This kind of distance is already enough to trigger tidal fluctuations." The female scientist pointed to the diagram they drew above and said, "As long as the ship's gravity control system has the slightest problem, North America will trigger a terrifying tsunami, followed by spreading to the whole world. The worst result is that a large amount of seawater on Earth will completely submerge civilization."

Ben Parker felt his head buzzing. He said, "But that ship has been modified by many scientists, so there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"Theoretically, of course not, but don't forget, the space station theoretically shouldn't have any problems either."

Ben Parker realized that if no one interfered with the rescue work, perhaps it could proceed smoothly. But he couldn't help it if someone was up to no good. Before finding out how the space station accident happened, no one could guarantee that the other party didn't have the ability to mess with the ship.

Ben Parker looked from the outside. Now the vast majority of the staff were concentrated in this area. However, there were very few large rooms on the Star Core Space Station, so they were mostly divided into different small groups by department and stayed in different rooms.

It is said that this was the idea of the person in charge of the research department. Staying with familiar people could reduce panic, and not gathering in large numbers could also prevent panic from spreading. As long as there was one clear-headed person in a small group, becoming the backbone of four or five people was not a problem. Any more than that wouldn't work.

Ben Parker was very grateful for this decision now. The vast majority of the staff were ordinary technicians. They thought it was just an accidental accident caused by a technician's operational error and didn't realize that this might be a man-made disaster.

Once they were discovered by the people on Earth that their rescue might have concerns, the panic emotion would be very difficult to control.

Ben Parker knew what he should do most now. He slipped into various rooms to visit at the fastest speed, indicating that he had returned from Earth, and the purpose was to bring good news. The United Nations had basically decided on a rescue plan and was fully confident in rescuing everyone before the oxygen ran out.

His pacification was very effective, because in people's eyes, a brave person who chose to go against the current at this time wouldn't lie to them.

Ben Parker's reputation had always been very good, and everyone also knew that his nephew was a pivotal researcher and had a close relationship with Stark. Even if it were to save Ben Parker, they would definitely do their best. They wouldn't be left here to wait for death.

But back in the original room, Ben Parker was also somewhat worried. He looked at these scientists and said, "Do you have any way to investigate what exactly is going on?"

"In fact, there is a method." The Chinese scientist spoke up, "So far, except for that technician who works on the guide rail, no one has seen how the photovoltaic integration device was destroyed."

"Are there no cameras around?" Ben Parker asked.

"In fact, there are, but the program was also destroyed. This is the key." Several scientists gathered in front of the table. One of them took a pen and drew a rough diagram. He said, "The damaged photovoltaic integration device is the largest in the whole space station. There are 18 cameras nearby that can capture the exterior of this integration device, of which about 6 can capture the full picture."

He drew the approximate positions of the 6 cameras on the diagram. Clearly, he had inspected it when the space station was just built and had remembered it.

"These 6 cameras were not physically damaged, but as the hardware of the photovoltaic integration device was destroyed, the software was also invaded and deleted. The surveillance images stored by the cameras were also deleted. This is the biggest evidence that this disaster was man-made, because a technician doesn't have the ability to do these things, unless he has an accomplice who is proficient in computers."

"Still the same sentence, although the images were deleted, the cameras were not damaged. As long as we can restart the cameras, we can capture the appearance of the photovoltaic integration device being damaged. I am very familiar with this thing. As long as I can take a look, I can probably determine what exactly is going on with the other party."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Ben Parker said.

But soon the black scientist shook his head and said, "Otherwise, why would I say someone is playing tricks? The main control room that can deploy the cameras around the photovoltaic integration device is in the other half of the space station. We just tried to send a message to an acquaintance over there, but not one of them replied to us. They might have all..."

The atmosphere in the room fell silent. Ben Parker said, "No, they didn't die. Before I came, I heard that the other half of the space station fell, but now it is floating above the sea south of Australia, and the people inside are just unconscious."

"Oh, I see, because of the rapid descent, right." The old white scientist among the scientists sighed and said, "They are really lucky. If it were me, I would have died the moment I fell."

"This person can even hit the photovoltaic integration device from outside the space station, which shows that his equipment must be very complete. We can't beat him just by ourselves."

"But we must secretly investigate his identity. This also concerns whether the frigate can come to save us, and how to save us."

"Indeed." The female scientist pushed her glasses and said, "To investigate this, we must send someone to the other half of the space station... Ben, how did you come?"