Chapter 10
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Translator: Silver Dragon
Chapter: 10
Chapter Title: Chapter 10
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Translator: Silver Dragon
Chapter: 10
Chapter Title: Veterans' Hand-Holding Guide (2)
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Title: Newbie, just smash this bastard to pieces.
This guy's even worse than you. You weren't that aggressive when you were a newbie...
I'll give you that lololol
Just an all-time destruction god, that's what.
Newbie, show us you ripping off those Xenomorph heads quick!!!
Title: First time seeing a newbie I don't have to worry about at all.
Not the newbie, worry about the old geezers lololol
Is humanity from your neck of the woods all battle maniacs like this?
Still, the opponent's Ancients. Aren't you guys worrying too little?
Title: You crazy bastards...;
While skimming the popular posts, I arrived at the destination.
A single ship drifting leisurely through space.
'Is that a ship?'
Its exterior looked nothing like a ship.
Like four cubes mashed together.
How the hell does something like that even generate thrust?
'When science and tech advance that far, ships start looking really bizarre.'
I couldn't help feeling overwhelmed by that mysterious shape.
I could somewhat understand why the Galrummers feared the Ancients.
Click!
I snapped a photo right away.
Title: So what do I do now?
This guy's eyes are open now.
I've made contact, but now what?
And just occurred to me—couldn't I just blast it with the ship's cannons?
Why bother going inside when we have ship guns?
Isn't he getting corrupted by bad influences too fast?
Ancients' ships can't be scratched by your weapons. Try a radar scan first and ask the AI to check for threats.
I followed the Cleaning Specialist's advice.
"Orca, radar scan and check for any threats."
"Understood."
The scan showed no threats detected.
Interior was unscannable.
Which meant I'd have to go in myself to check.
Title: Scan done, nothing showed up.
What now?
Take a small survey craft inside.
How do I get one?
Should be in the hangar. Meant for planetary entry, but fine for this.
Ooh... thanks for the tip!
BTW, the Eggies fight better than you'd think, so don't go alone—bring some.
Oh, Eggies can fight?
Stronger than you'd think lololol
I started prepping as the Galrummers advised.
About an hour later.
All preparations for exploring the ship were complete.
(OP) [Auto-Nickname 1582]: Heading out now.
Right after posting that last comment.
I sat in the survey craft's cockpit and hit launch.
– Whiiiing!
The craft spat flames and lifted off.
It left my ship and headed into the infinite void.
"Whoa... up close, it's freaking huge."
From the bridge, it looked small.
But this close, it was an enormous science vessel.
My ship wasn't small either.
Over 2 km long.
But Chiltoom's science survey ship was at least twice that.
Absolutely massive.
'Traversing that thing would take days, right?'
Getting lost inside would be a nightmare.
[Connecting to mothership automatically...]
A window popped up in the corner of my AR helmet's HUD.
Orca's face appeared in the screen corner.
[Engine ignition]
[Commencing takeoff]
The survey craft started moving automatically under Orca's control.
Engines roaring, slicing through the void.
As it neared the Chiltoom science ship, it slowed gradually.
The craft slipped into a gap between the cubes.
Weaving through the interior space, it soon picked a landing spot and powered up again.
[Commencing landing]
The craft came to a full stop.
Cockpit opened after successful landing.
I grabbed my gun and disembarked with the Eggies.
Title: Landing successful.
Feels like an empty city.
Whoa... first time seeing inside an Ancients ship in my life.
The vibe is totally fucked, so eerie.
Whoa shit lololol Ancients ships insides are bizarre too.
Not a ship, more like an abandoned city...
Less city, more temple vibe.
The Galrummers were all amazed.
These folks were hundreds, thousands of years old.
Yet even they were seeing something new for the first time. Wild.
I looked up and surveyed the surroundings.
Nothing in sight, not even the tiniest sound.
The long road stretched into impenetrable darkness.
'Thought it'd be crawling with monsters. Surprisingly not.'
I'd imagined dodging monsters, but reality was flipped.
I was the hunter stalking monsters in this ship.
'That'd be too annoying.'
I shouldered my gun.
Pulled the trigger, spraying bullets everywhere.
– Tatatang!!! Tatatatang!!!
The startled Eggies tilted their heads at me.
I said, by way of excuse,
"Don't you think monsters would hear this and come out?"
"...?"
Right after, I snapped a pic of myself unloading and posted it.
Title: Why aren't these things coming out?
Too lazy to hunt around, so making noise on purpose to draw 'em out, but nothing's showing.
Is there even anything here?
You crazy fuck, are you sane??? Trying to die?!?!
Lmao knew he was nuts but this is next level psycho.
Newbie, does your world not have the concept of fear?
This guy's got adrenaline instead of blood, confirmed.
Sir, please quit dopamine. You're seriously addicted...
For some reason, the comments were freaking out.
'Why? I thought this was a perfectly reasonable idea.'
I started replying right away.
(OP) [Auto-Nickname 1582]: Making noise like this means no need to search one by one? Just lure 'em all and firepower sweep. Mission clear, right?
Is this guy the weird one, or is his whole world fucked?
In my country, we exorcise with cannons too. This is nothing.
???? Exorcise with what now?
First time hearing someone exorcise with cannons ffs lololol
So blow up the house and everything, problem solved? lololol
The Galrummers just didn't get it.
Cannon fire's great communication. Can't they appreciate the culture?
Title: Enough chit-chat, tell me what to do.
Gun aggro plan failed, it seems.
What now? This place is huge. Search everywhere?
No exaggeration, it'd take over a month.
Didn't you know? Clearing one Anomaly takes about that long.
Hate that... any fast clear method?
This newbie's brain is already fried.
I'll tell you basic survey setup. Check my post.
Title: Basic Search Setup Guide
Max out the Eggies first.
They're top-spec baseline, super versatile.
Find and activate their auto-recon function.
That'll have them radar-map in 3D.
Shaded spots on the map? That's where stuff usually is.
Just check those points.
Keep mothership comms on too.
That way, Eggies gather intel, mothership analyzes and feeds it to you.
These two alone slash search time massively.
After reading the Cleaning Specialist's post, I followed his advice.
"Activate this and this... like so... done!"
– Beep! Beep-beep!
Radar kicked in, Eggies started emitting light.
Reflected waves returned to radar.
Orca built a 3D holographic map from the data.
Shaded areas marked anomalies.
Highest probability spots.
I decided to check the nearest first.
"You, 1st squad up to there. You to you, 2nd squad. You to you, 3rd. You three, guard the shuttle here. 1st squad, advance!"
Left a reserve to guard the shuttle.
Marched out with the Eggies.
About an hour in.
Something appeared ahead.
"Xenomorphs?"
Exactly like in that earlier video.
Chiltoom—the 1-Tier civ's species.
Approached the fallen ones cautiously.
Poked their metal bodies. No reaction.
Clearly not alive.
Dunno why they died.
That's when I picked up some device they dropped.
'Looks like a portable computer or storage.'
When in doubt, ask the Galrummers.
Title: Found something just now.
(Pic of storage device from corpse angle)
This a storage device, right?
Wonder if there's useful info.
Looks like storage? Check with a computer nearby if you can.
First Chiltoom corpses I've seen o_o
Why'd they die? No visible damage.
Probably infected.
Can you snap closer pics of the corpses? Don't touch.
Uh? Already touched it a bit?
Highest chance they died to infection. Wanna touch that?
Hand sanitizer should be fine?
Fuckin newbie!!!
I took more photos.
This time, closer on the corpses as requested.
'This should do.'
Uploaded ten at once.
Now wait for Galrummers.
[New comment!]
The moment I checked the first comment.
Hey!!! RUN!!!
A scream of a comment.
It left me baffled.
(OP) [Auto-Nickname 1582]: Why all sudden?
You idiot! Corpses move a bit in each photo!!!
Those aren't fully dead, RUN!!!
I checked the photos as the Galrummers said.
Lined them up, flipped through one by one.
Sure enough, corpses twitched incrementally.
Reaching toward me.
Then, a chill hit.
Slowly turned toward the corpses.
"Grrrrr..."
And locked eyes with the monsters.
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