Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 183 Landing on the Drilling Platform

Its disaster resistance capability can withstand giant waves up to 20 meters high and earthquakes of magnitude 9.

The platform's power system consists of three steam turbines and two generators, enabling it to operate completely autonomously.

The platform is capable of extracting and processing more than 5,000 liters of oil per day, with an annual output of more than 2 million liters.

Thanks to the advanced equipment on this drilling platform, it is able to extract oil from a depth of 6800 meters underwater.

This platform can accommodate 147 employees to work and live on the platform.

Seeing this, Lorraine couldn't help but feel puzzled. Why would the intelligence system indicate that there were a large number of ordinary zombies inside? Given his current strength, he could easily eliminate a cluster of 1 zombies.

Unaware of the situation, Lorraine decided not to send all his troops up immediately. Instead, he planned to send two Rainbow 1 vertical takeoff and landing drones from the top of his flagship to scout the area.

After reviewing the intelligence, Lorraine discovered something rather awkward: the oil drilling platform's pipeline led to a nearby port.

"The pipeline issue is not too bad. The oil tankers docked outside the shipyard can transport 30 tons of oil at a time, which is enough to keep the fleet running for a long time."

Since they were unaware of the situation inside the drilling platform, Lorraine's flagship stopped at the southern part of the oil drilling platform.

Below the fleet is the underwater pipe that needs repair.

While launching the drones, the flagship first deployed two unmanned underwater vehicles into the water. After reaching the designated depth, the two unmanned underwater vehicles headed north and south respectively, searching for locations that needed maintenance.

Five minutes later, the two Rainbow-1 drones transmitted the first message about the offshore drilling platform.

Inside the cockpit, Lorraine and Platinum frowned as they looked at the unknown nest located beneath the drilling platform.

The nest is black and red in color and clings to a giant concrete pillar, directly connected to the lowest level of the drilling platform. The surface of the water section is relatively smooth, and there is no obvious entrance or exit.

Judging from its appearance, the nest appears to be constructed from biomass, and Lorraine now understands why the intelligence system indicated the presence of a large number of ordinary zombies.

But the videos transmitted back by the next two Rainbow-1 drones made their hearts stop abruptly.

The giant, dark red nest throbbed slightly.

Seeing this, the two remained silent for a moment, but then breathed a small sigh of relief.

The two breathed a sigh of relief because Lorraine's flagship carried more than 2000 unmanned combat units.

Among them are 240 humanoid robots of various models. These robots have all been modified by Lorraine, with smaller and more powerful batteries installed. Lorraine also installed cushioning pads made of steel plates and rubber on the soles of their feet.

These robots are also equipped with two new items: a small laser cutter and an electromagnetic kinetic shotgun.

This small laser cutter can cut through a 15-centimeter-thick homogeneous steel plate.

This electromagnetic shotgun is equipped with 36 barrels and can fire 45 rounds continuously. Because it fires steel balls directly, the ammunition capacity of this weapon can support more than 300 rounds.

Due to the special nature of the oil drilling platform, Lorraine could only use high-energy laser weapons to eliminate some of the zombies active at the edge of the platform.

But this is far from enough, and the Peregrine 35 helicopters generate a lot of noise when taking off and landing, which will cause the zombies to gather on the tarmac by following the sound.

After a moment's thought, Lorraine decided to divide the helicopters into two groups: helicopters 1-3 in one group and helicopter 4 in a separate group.

During the landing, aircraft number one to three hovered in the northwest corner of the platform to attract all the zombies there, while aircraft number four took the opportunity to drop troops over the helipad on the south side.

After the four Peregrine 35 helicopters, fully loaded with humanoid robots, took off, Lorraine and the rest found a suitable firing angle.

One kilometer away from the drilling platform, four helicopters operated separately. Helicopter No. 4 hovered at a height of 200 meters, while helicopters No. 1 through No. 4 descended and flew around the platform at a height of 100 meters.

After circling the platform once, the first three machines all stopped at their designated positions, with a large group of zombies gathered below them.

Then, the No. 4 drone quickly flew towards the drilling platform. Just before it reached the platform, the drone turned around and approached the south-side helipad in reverse.

During this time, the rear hatch had been opened, and two assault robots stood side by side at the door of each hatch, raising their QJD-10 electromagnetic machine guns and watching the platform below warily.

When the rear hatch was only one meter away from the helipad below, the two assault robots, each carrying an electromagnetic machine gun, were the first to leap off the helicopter and land heavily on the helipad.

When the rear hatch touched the tarmac, two heavy-duty robots and four assault robots were already standing on the tarmac.

Fourteen seconds later, the remaining 14 humanoid robots in the cabin all left the cabin and stood on the tarmac.

The last two robot pilots took the helicopter off the helipad and headed to meet up with helicopters 1 through 3.

After helicopter No. 4 rendezvoused with helicopters No. 1 through No. 3, helicopter No. 1 flew north. After flying 1 kilometer, the helicopter began to turn and circled around to arrive at the helipad on the south side of the drilling platform.

After one round of rotation, all 80 humanoid robots have arrived at the helipad.

Since this operation was being conducted on an oil drilling platform, all of these electromagnetic weapons had their output reduced and were loaded with low-penetration subsonic projectiles to avoid penetrating or damaging the equipment on the platform.

After installing silencing devices on the electromagnetic weapons, the zombies could only hear the faint sound of bullets flying.

Before the zombies could even realize what was happening, these humanoid robots had already wiped out half of the zombies on this floor.

When the four Peregrine 35 helicopters returned to the drilling platform, the robots could clearly see the two electromagnetic machine gun turrets hanging below each helicopter.

Under the cover of the helicopter noise, the 80 humanoid robots operating inside the drilling platform quickly split into groups of four, with each group consisting of two heavy-duty robots and two assault robots.

Upon arriving at the area where zombies were densely packed, under the cover of the heavily armored robots, the assault robot adjusted its electromagnetic machine gun to normal output and began firing at the swarm of zombie robots.

When the four helicopters were about to leave, there were almost no living zombies left on the first level of the drilling platform.

The drilling platform has four entrances leading to the second floor. The robots deployed the four-person teams with the least ammunition consumption to the vicinity of the entrances to keep watch.