Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 166 - 167 Escape Successfully

Chapter 166: Chapter 167: Escape Successfully!

Chapter 166: Chapter 167: Escape Successfully!

Time ticked away, second by second…

In just five minutes, Zhang Yuan had made up his mind.

The most precious thing to humans is life. If one could survive, what was a little sacrifice?

His time for escape was limited, the longer he hesitated, the slimmer his chances of survival. “Well, that settles it then, I have to choose the option with a greater chance of escape…”

Zhang Yuan didn’t know how to describe his current state of mind—it might be the greatest ordeal of his life… or a valuable treasure?

“If I had a choice, I’d rather not have such a treasure. Missing arms and legs… luckily, technology is advanced, otherwise, it would be a disaster…” Zhang Yuan scoffed at himself with a wry smile.

The next second, his eyes firmed up, and he slowly extended his left leg out into the fourth dimension.

Soon after breaking through that barrier, his left foot began to lose warmth, and waves of intense pain penetrated to the bone marrow.

It was so painful, incredibly painful, akin to being thrown into boiling oil; sweat drenched his clothes in no time.

To prevent his mentality from collapsing, Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but ponder over more questions.

“Why doesn’t the air inside the space suit leak into the fourth dimension, or even the fifth dimension?”

A three-dimensional space suit, though sealed, is not closed off in the fourth or fifth dimensions; that’s why his left leg could easily leave the suit.

He always found this phenomenon very strange.

“Perhaps the thermal motion between molecules instinctively rejects the extra dimensions? That’s why it doesn’t escape? Or maybe they move within these dimensions by nature?”

“… Right, my own flesh and blood is actually open to the High-dimensional World. The blood in my vessels isn’t splattering everywhere. The brain matter isn’t floating out from my skull into the extra dimensions.”

“Or maybe, there is a three-dimensional membrane on my body that prevents this from happening?”

“Ah… The civilization that designed this space must have considered these strange phenomena.”

As he lost himself in such wild thoughts, an hour passed, and his left leg had completely lost sensation, even the sense of pain was gone.

Zhang Yuan took a comparatively sharp knife from the toolbox and began to cut off his frozen left leg.

After all, his wife was a doctor, so he had a basic understanding of human anatomy. Human limbs have major arteries, and cutting without freezing first would not only be excruciatingly painful but also result in bleeding to death. However, under these circumstances, he could visibly see that the blood flow in the vessels had stopped.

No feeling, no sensation whatsoever, it was as if he was cutting a piece of aged frozen meat.

The blood was completely coagulated; it felt as if it wasn’t his leg at all.

After all, his body had been twisted into an ellipse, and he could touch his foot easily, making the cutting quite convenient. Yet, the sight of flesh being sliced made his skin crawl, his adrenaline surging.

Particularly at the moment when he hit the shinbone, that shaking sensation as the joint popped nearly drove him to the brink of collapse!

He had to distract himself by thinking about other developments in biology and bionics.

“Damn it, with current technology, I’ll be able to recover and walk normally, and it won’t affect my life…”

“Yes, it won’t affect anything… certainly not!”

“As long as I don’t castrate myself, Lin Xuanyuan surely wouldn’t despise me?”

“… Is she crying outside now? She would probably burst into tears of joy seeing me escape!”

It took roughly twenty minutes to completely sever the calf. Then he tied it with a rope and placed it in a position he had calculated.

He moved once more, slightly bent.

But it wasn’t enough!

Not enough!

Having made his choice, Zhang Yuan clenched his teeth, feeling feverish throughout his body; he threw all his chips into the pot like a desperate gambler, trying to snatch a chance at survival.

He extended his right leg into the fourth dimension again, repeating the same trick to freeze it stiff.

As he did this, he even felt that traveling through higher dimensions was quite convenient, being able to step out of enclosed three-dimensional space with ease, reaching his own heels became exceptionally simple.

“If this were used in industry, how advanced that civilization would be!”

“The legendary wormholes, they’re achieved by using extra dimensions, aren’t they?”

This bizarre experience was simply beyond description…

Perhaps because he was a bit overexerted, the task of severing this calf proved much more difficult, consuming an entire hour. Humans are indeed fragile creatures, easily fatigued to the point of collapse. Zhang Yuan had more than once contemplated giving up and resigning himself to his fate, but driven by a strong survival instinct, he stubbornly held on.

After all was done, Zhang Yuan swallowed hard, his heart pounding, and placed it in a carefully calculated position.

The curvature point shifted once more.

Still, it missed by a tiny bit!

Just a tiny bit!

In that instant, his eyes widened, his hands thrust forward mightily, his body bending as much as possible!

A miracle happened; in that moment, due to the spatial shift, the curvature point finally exposed itself in a seemingly reachable place!

Zhang Yuan’s heart raced as he cautiously reached out with his right hand, slowly feeling forward. He knew he couldn’t rush at this time, couldn’t recklessly grab at the curvature point.

For each slight movement he made, the mass distribution would change, and with it, the position of the curvature point.

Blindly grasping was impossible; it would only uselessly deplete his strength. He had to approach it slowly, tentatively, allowing the curvature point to come to him on its own.

Finally, after 15 minutes of trying, his fingertips met with the curvature point!

It was a strange sensation, as if touching something, yet it felt somewhat cold.

His entire hand stretched out and suddenly disappeared from view!

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yuan fiercely activated the jet apparatus of the space suit, charging towards the spot where his arm vanished!

As he escaped the curvature point in a flash, a massive load of information reappeared in his mind—skin, bones, blood, a range of bizarre images assaulted him, causing dizziness and a storm in his stomach, triggering a strong urge to vomit.

Suppressing his excitement, in that moment, he had only one thought.

Don’t faint; push through, you must push through!

Before him was true light.

His entire body… was out!

The moment he escaped the curvature point, the once settled fragment suddenly reignited with light, generating a powerful attraction!

Zhang Yuan was shocked. If he had just escaped only to be sucked back in, that would have been the absolute end. He wouldn’t have anything left to sacrifice, and there would be no possibility of another attempt.

The power of the jets in his space suit was already at its limit, but it was still far from enough!

“Go, push through!”

“You must break out!”

His vision returned to normal, and Zhang Yuan instinctively noticed a large robotic device nearby, probably a specialized scouting probe, with a safety tether attached to it.

This chapter is updated by freēwēbnovel.com.

Like a true savior, Zhang Yuan instinctively grabbed it with a death grip. Blood boiled throughout his body, veins on his forehead bursting out. In that moment, driven by the will to survive, he unleashed all the potential in his body!

Hold on, you must hold on!