Grace spread her hands and explained, "Since things have come to this point, we probably can't pretend nothing has happened and continue to hide! So, rather than sitting here waiting to die, we might as well take the initiative to attack, and use the module jammer hidden by Rui Fu near the spaceship's thrusters to sabotage the ship's power system as soon as possible. This will strand the ship in this area where it's difficult to get rescued, and wait for the virus X that has infected the crew to perish on its own after the food runs out and it can't grow anymore."

"That's right! They will eventually find Dr. Geroto's body, and we will surely be suspects. By that time, we might really struggle to prevent them from entering the Vis people's world!" Yun Ge agreed wholeheartedly. As for whether he could successfully escape on an escape pod after accomplishing their mission, Yun Ge didn't want to think too much. Because at all costs, even if it means dying, preventing virus X from entering the Vis people's world is the awareness that an excellent space pilot should have!

After affirming his conviction, the rejuvenated Yun Ge asked, "So, what do you think we should do next?"

Grace propped her chin and thought quickly, then replied, "Dr. Zhang Hao should be back soon, right? First, we don't know if anyone will come back with him; second, we don't know if we will run into him if we leave now. So——, how about we do this?"

Grace's timing was very accurate because shortly after the two prepared for what was about to happen, they heard the sound of a door opening.

"Ah! Sorry to keep you waiting! When I got to the mess hall, the chefs just started serving new dishes, so I was delayed for a bit! Burp! How are they doing?" After the door was opened, Zhang Hao pushed a meal cart full of food in and asked after seeing Geroto, who was forced to sit in front of the medical testing instrument.

"Oh, what problems could we have? I really don't understand the significance of you examining our bodies so carefully?" Yun Ge, with one hand on the table, feigned dissatisfaction with being inspected, and answered first.

"Ah! The captain ordered a physical examination for everyone's sake! Besides, with the two of you developing so rapidly, new life could be conceived at any time. Of course, we need to check your bodies thoroughly to ensure you can bring a healthy life into the world! Ah? By the way? Where is Grace?" Zhang Hao explained while pushing the meal cart towards Yun Ge and asked.

"Oh, she's still lying there because Dr. Geroto is about to perform a gynecological examination on her." Yun Ge casually pointed to the medical bed that was temporarily shielded by a partition.

Zhang Hao made an expression as if to say 'I see,' and then said to Geroto with some confusion, "Hey? Why aren't you talking? You're not angry because I just ate alone in the mess hall, are you?"

As Zhang Hao spoke, he stopped the meal cart and prepared to go forward to pat Geroto, who had been sitting with his back to him all along. But as soon as Zhang Hao reached out, a mechanical hand grabbed his chin from behind. Then, before Zhang Hao could react, his neck was snapped by Grace, who had snuck up on him, with a crisp crack.

Seeing Grace succeed, Yun Ge also immediately got up and checked Zhang Hao's body to make sure he was thoroughly dead. Then, Yun Ge and Grace arranged all the food on the table and used a stick to secure Zhang Hao's upper body from the chest, making it look like he and Geroto's bodies were sitting in front of the table enjoying a meal. After making sure there was no one outside the door, Yun Ge and Grace carefully closed the door and quickly left the prison located at the lowest level of the ship.

Since the crew of the Express Vanguard was still concentrated in the mess hall for meals, and the prison was located at the lowest level of the ship, Yun Ge and Grace could more safely rush to the power thruster compartment on the left rear side of the ship and quickly activate the module jammer hidden there by Rui Fu, thereby completely destroying all power systems of the Express Vanguard.

Of course, to ensure a smooth escape from the ship after the sabotage, the two also took a detour to the ship's emergency escape area on their way to the power thruster compartment. As soon as the two entered the emergency escape area, they saw the escape pod with a blue identification stripe parked on the runway. Since Yun Ge and Grace were the main control crew members of the ship, they were naturally very familiar with the structure and operation method of this type of escape pod. This allowed the two to quickly confirm that the escape pod was in good condition and soon found signs of tampering on the other escape pods.

After confirming that all other escape pods were rendered unusable due to human interference, and only the one with the blue identifier was operational, Yun Ge and Grace had mixed feelings. It seemed Rui Fu had not lied; he had indeed made preparations to escape from the ship. It's a pity that Rui Fu eventually failed to realize his plan and had become a delicacy praised by the crew. Thinking of this, the two once again offered a simple prayer for Rui Fu before quickly inspecting the escape pod and the escape runway to ensure they could smoothly escape from the site later.

Of course, when the two made their escape preparations in advance, they did not activate the escape pod or other escape assistance launch devices. Because once they did that, the main control room at the top of the ship would immediately receive the startup signal of the escape pod. Their actions might bring more unpredictable variables to their plan.

However, even though that's what they said, a small accident occurred when the two were inspecting the escape devices. Grace had another sudden epileptic seizure while inspecting the escape pod. Fortunately, the two had taken all the antagonists from the infirmary before leaving the prison, which gave Yun Ge the opportunity to immediately inject Grace again with the antagonist through the intravenous catheter she had previously placed in her right arm, and soon helped her recover from the acute epilepsy.

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"Grace! How are you?" Seeing Grace's body gradually calming down, Yun Ge asked anxiously again.

"Huff! Huff! I... I'm okay! That virus just tried to attack my nervous system again! In addition, I also feel that it seems to be running out of steam. If it doesn't manage to take over my body soon, its life will be exhausted! So, as long as I can inject the antagonist in time, it won't be able to control me; it can only wait to die in weakness!" Lying on the pilot's chair of the escape pod and panting, Grace replied.

"How about you rest here for a while, and I'll come back for you after I activate the jammer, and then we'll leave this hellish place immediately! In this way, you'll get rid of virus X soon! We can all completely get rid of the threat of virus X!" Yun Ge suggested.

Grace, however, grabbed Yun Ge, who was about to leave, and said, "No! It's not possible! I must go with you! Otherwise, I can't trust you, who are so clumsy! Hush——! Let me adjust a bit more, and then we'll rush over to destroy the ship's propulsion system! Hush! This virus is too terrible! We absolutely must not let them enter the Vis people's world!"

Since Grace insisted so much, Yun Ge had no choice but to agree to her proposal. Because Yun Ge was clear about the importance of this mission, and he also knew that facing such an important task, two people looking out for each other and working together would definitely have a lower error rate than acting alone. After all, this is an important action that can only be executed once. If they failed to seize this opportunity due to improper operations, then they would never have a way to stop these crew members controlled by virus X from returning to the Vis people's world!

Grace had already experienced an attack from virus X once, so she just rested a little more and then regained her spirit. So, the two immediately left the emergency escape area and hurried towards the power thruster compartment on the left rear side of the ship.

The two smoothly entered the power thruster compartment on the left rear side of the ship and immediately began to search for the module jammer in the area where the newly replaced independent energy conversion module was placed, according to Rui Fu's description. However, the two obviously underestimated the difficulty of finding the jammer. Because the ship's propulsion system is, overall, an extremely complex high-tech precision device. If Rui Fu wanted his jammer to work, it had to be placed in a key position of the independent energy conversion module. So, the two, who didn't have a very good understanding of the structure of the independent energy conversion module, could only carefully search on this nearly ten-meter-high, extremely intricate independent energy conversion device to ensure they accurately and effectively find the jammer placed by Rui Fu and activate it.

Since the thruster's independent energy conversion module has a large volume and a very delicate structure, Yun Ge and Grace, despite trying their best to search, still haven't found the location of the jammer after a long time, which made Yun Ge and Grace extremely annoyed with themselves for being too careless at the time and not asking Rui Fu about the specific installation location of the jammer. But there's no way, since things have come to this point, the two can only continue to search for the jammer urgently. Because the two must destroy all the propulsion systems of the ship before the other crew members find out that they killed two doctors and escaped from prison. Otherwise, once they miss this opportunity, they may never have a chance to prevent this group of crew members infected with virus X from returning to the Vis people's world.

Thinking of this, Yun Ge and Grace couldn't help but speed up the process of dismantling the outer casing of the energy conversion module again, so that they could better search for the jammer placed inside the energy conversion module. However, after removing a few more panels, before they had time to continue searching for the location of the jammer, a change occurred. The two heard a bang, and the door to the propulsion compartment, which had been locked from the inside by the two, was forcibly breached by an external force.

"Secure the area! Get in there and bring them out for me!" After the door to the propulsion compartment was breached, Yun Ge and Grace immediately heard Captain Tim's command.

Not good! We've been discovered! It must have been after Captain Tim finished his tasks and went to the prison to check on their situation, discovering that they had killed two doctors and escaped from prison! This was Yun Ge's first thought as he saw Captain Tim shouting and leading a group of armed crew members rushing in through the gaps between various devices in the propulsion compartment.

Then, Yun Ge frowned and thought: No, that's not right. Even if the captain and others discovered their escape, how could they be sure they ran here?

The situation is too urgent for Yun Ge to think more. In order to attract Captain Tim's attention and buy more time for Grace to find and activate the jammer as soon as possible, Yun Ge threw a sentence at Grace, telling her to keep looking for the jammer, and then quickly circled to the other side of the propulsion compartment before Grace could react.

Damn it! It seems that even if Grace can activate the jammer now, it won't be easy for us to leave here! Forget it! No matter what! If we have to, we'll play it by ear, fight our way out, and forcibly escape the ship! Yun Ge thought. With the action to destroy the ship's thrusters about to succeed, Yun Ge had no panic in his heart at this moment, but focused all his attention on how to buy more time for Grace to have the opportunity to discover and activate the jammer.

Yungo took a deep breath, trying his best to calm his nervous mood. Then, with a look of panic and astonishment on his face, he raised his hands high and stepped out from behind a power monitoring device of one of the propulsion systems, shouting towards the three crew members who were about to run in the direction of Grace's hiding place, "Don't, don't shoot! I, I surrender!"

Seeing Yungo show himself, the crew members who were about to search the propulsion compartment immediately ran over and surrounded him, aiming their weapons at Yungo from four directions with great vigilance. Seeing this, Yungo immediately pretended to be panicked again and shouted, "Don't, don't shoot! I don't have any weapons on me! Don't kill me!"

After Yungo raised his hands, knelt on the ground, and admitted defeat, two crew members went over to search him. After confirming that Yungo was not carrying any weapons or suspicious items, the crew members brought him to the door of the propulsion compartment for Captain Tim's interrogation.

Captain Tim stared at Yungo with a cold look for a while before asking, "Why are you alone? Where is Grace?"