The damage to the Soil Layer Voyager's outer armor and internal decks looked severe, but it was actually one of the easiest types of damage to deal with. Under standard contingency procedures, there was no need to deploy additional manpower; the onboard Smart Brain could automatically assign repair robots to handle it.
As the duty non-commissioned officer, Shan Nong only needed to monitor a few key readings.
Most of his attention remained on the exchange between Ronan and Le Zuo. However, he found the information they revealed rather difficult to understand. Shan Nong was, after all, a technician, and he had experienced some of the earlier events. In particular, the keyword "Segmenter" helped him grasp the main point: Ronan had once claimed to release half a base number of Segmenters outside the Maintenance Station, and Shan Nong had even roared at him over it. The memory was still fresh.
The problem was that, aside from the group circling Field Officer Zhong He earlier, Shan Nong had not seen any other Segmenters, neither inside nor outside.
After thinking it over, he truly could not hold it in any longer and cautiously asked, "Officer, are those Segmenters you released earlier still doing their job?"
"Mm, that's right." Ronan gave a simple answer, actually admitting it.
But Shan Nong still did not receive a clear explanation. Fortunately, once they dared to imagine, the brains of intelligent creatures could always sort out some kind of logic.
Le Zuo trusted Shan Nong enough to leave him on duty alone in the control room, so his mind was certainly sharp enough. After hesitating, he tried to analyze it again.
"Could it be that the Segmenters that got swallowed interfered with the Electric Spine Serpent's long-tail signal?"
Ronan did not correct him, indicating that this line of