Interstellar Survival: Invasion

Chapter 287: Red Biscuit

"Absolutely not! This peasant is intolerable!" said Temo, who was clearly still angry.

"Temo, I'll promise to give you a gift after the task. I guarantee you'll like it," said Old Du.

"What gift can you give me?" asked Temo.

"A large amount of information that you will be happy to obtain. Of course, you have to ensure our safe passage," said Old Du, basically revealing his intention of accompanying me on the trip.

"Right, I'm going with Canyue as well!" said Zhang Bao'er, who was reminded by Old Du's words.

Then, Anxashe and Baron Sisse also offered to come with me. Everyone seemed to have completely neglected the fact that Temo had not agreed to help. Feeling rather helpless, Temo was finally pressured to help.

After Zhang Xingxing gave us her usual words of concern, we entered Markus. Dodo had joined us on the trip as well. Like our entry, a guide was assigned to lead us through the invisible minefield. Soon, we reached the empty space between the two opposing armies. There, the superweapon awaited.

When we were still quite far away from the superweapon, Markus's alarm blazed. The system indicated that the superweapon's offensive functions had taken aim at us. The mood in the ship turned nervous. After locking onto us, the enemy could easily strike us down at any time. During the critical moment, I ordered Temo to send the same Morse code containing my name to the superweapon.

The message proved useful. The alarm in the ship immediately stopped, and the warning system dropped to the lowest level, indicating that the superweapon had stopped aiming at us.

"Temo, you should know the way into the superweapon well, right?" I asked.

"Don't you worry about that. Just worry about fulfilling your promises to me," said Temo confidently. Under his control, Markus entered an opening in the superweapon's lower shoulder.

"This superweapon is actually not protected by even a single battleship? It is indeed here for you," said Old Du.

The moment Markus entered the superweapon, two drones came forward to welcome us. We were brought to the lower levels of the superweapon.

"Weird. Why are they bringing us down? Shouldn't the worm colony brain be at the upper part of the superweapon?" muttered Temo.

"Prepare for combat. Something is off. Stay alert," I ordered.

Following the two drones, our ship descended rapidly. This was Baron Sisse's first time inside something built with a star-level civilization's technology, so he was fully focused on the view outside the window, greedily taking in everything he could see.

Our ship continued descending for a while, and we were hit by the realization of just how massive this superweapon was. It felt like we were descending down a bottomless abyss. After a few hours, during which Zhang Bao'er fell asleep and woke up twice, our ship finally slowed down. We seemed to have reached our destination.

"This must be the leg portion of the superweapon. It is very far away from the worm colony brain in the head of the weapon," said Temo.

"This is odd. Why don't they lead us in at the bottom instead of wasting so much time taking us down inside the super weapon? This doesn't make sense," said Old Du.

"It doesn't matter. We're already here. Be attentive to your surroundings," I said.

Our door opened, and we stepped onto a massive platform. The same drones continued leading the way. We seemed to have arrived at a large docking platform. However, there were only a few ships in the area. We followed the drones to a row of control rooms. One of the doors opened, and it was then that the two drones left us.

"Where is this? Do we enter?" asked Dodo.

"The drones had spent so much time guiding us here. If they really intend to harm us, there is no need to go through so much trouble. We'll enter," I decided.

We stepped through the opened door. After we entered, the door shut behind us. We were in a relatively small room. The room was rather oddly designed. It looked like the bedroom of a life form unknown to us, and the designs of the furniture in the room were completely alien to us. Nevertheless, the room still gave us a comfortable and warm feeling.

"Why does this room look like a bedroom?" said Zhang Bao'er as he sat down on a round piece of furniture that looked like a bed.

"Everyone, welcome to a bedroom of Planet Wisdom's design," a voice suddenly rang out. The image of Bluevoid suddenly appeared inside a mirror-like screen in the room.

"Bluevoid, it's really you! Why are you in the mirror?" I asked in excitement.

"My brother Tiltvoid summoned me mentally, letting me know about the difficulties you need help with. Since I am still at Sirius, I can only communicate with you through image transmission with the help of the worm colony brain here," explained Bluevoid.

"Why are we here at the bottom of the weapon? Wouldn't it be easier for us to meet at the worm colony brain?" asked Old Du.

"The worm colony brain of this weapon is showing signs of mutation. However, it is still the nearest brain to you that is still not fully under the empire's control. As a precaution, I set the meeting place far from the brain in a virtual room. That way, the brain won't be able to accurately pinpoint our position," said Bluevoid.

"Is the brain not aware that we have entered the superweapon?" asked Old Du.

"The worm colony brain of this weapon is still undergoing mutation. Half the cores are loyal to the great sovereign while the other half are loyal to the imperial clan. Every hour, the control of the superweapon switches hands. We snuck you in during the time when the half loyal to us are in charge. As of now, our hunters are already on the way here," said Bluevoid, causing all of us to grow nervous.

Old Du wanted to ask more but was stopped by Bluevoid with a gesture.

"The plan was to lure Li Canyue into the weapon before capturing him. Both halves of the cores agreed on that. Violetvoid had arranged to scheme against their scheme, giving us the chance to meet. We don't have enough time to give you a detailed explanation," said Bluevoid.

"How long do we still have before the hunters arrive?" I asked.

"They're already here. In fact, they're only a few minutes behind you. But they are searching for the virtual room, so they will take some time," said Bluevoid.

"Shit! Our ship is still outside," said Dodo.

"I have moved your ship to a place close to the exit. After you're done here, you can leave directly. We're running out of time. Are we talking about your plan to rescue the great sovereign from Pluto?" asked Bluevoid.

"Yes. There is a super virus on the planet. It can instantly kill any organic life. Only the great sovereign can survive it. To ensure the success of the rescue mission, we intend to personally go with our robotic army. Thus, we need your help to allow organic life forms to step on Pluto," I said.

"I understand. Li Canyue, you will be able to step on Pluto just fine. Do you remember the red biscuit Violetvoid made you eat?" asked Bluevoid.

"Of course. That's something that can improve my constitution," I replied.

"In his great wisdom, Violetvoid had foreseen that you would encounter such trouble. Thus, he had given you the red biscuit in advance. The virus won't be able to harm you. Feel free to participate in the rescue operation," said Bluevoid.

"How about us? We need to go with Canyue as well," said Zhang Bao'er.

"This is the room of Violetvoid's ancestor during his youth. What you need has been prepared by Violetvoid in advance, but to use them, you need to look for them. After finding them, the exit will open. Your ship will be waiting for you. I must leave now, or the hunters will be able to locate me. You don't have much time left either. Be quick. Good luck, everyone," said Bluevoid before vanishing from the screen.

"Hey, hey, hey! What is the meaning of this?" shouted Zhang Bao'er.

"What is wrong with these worms? Why are they playing a guessing game with us at a time like this?" said Anxashe.

"Alright, let's focus. Maybe the red biscuits are really very valuable. That's why they have to keep them hidden as a precaution. Let's start looking so that we can leave as soon as possible," I ordered calmly.

Only then did everyone start paying attention to the room we were in. Although the items in the room were completely alien to us, we could still vaguely guess the function of each item.

"Let's search the objects that look like cupboards or trunks first," suggested Old Du. We started our search.

"Why would a worm need a room? And why does a worm need so much furniture?" complained Zhang Bao'er as he searched.

The virtual room wasn't big, so it did not take us long to finish searching for all possible hiding spots in the room. However, we found nothing. The thought of the approaching enemies caused the few of us who were more impatient in nature to grow restless.

"You guys are underestimating this. If we can find what we're meant to find, would this still be considered a puzzle?" said Temo, criticizing us from the perspective of someone from a higher civilization.

"If you're so incredible, why don't you give us an idea? You hadn't lifted a finger to help us while we were searching. Do you think I didn't notice?" said Zhang Bao'er.

"I indeed have a good idea that can immediately find the hidden items," said Temo coldly.