Interstellar Survival: Invasion

Chapter 192: Dondon's Baiting Operation

Chapter 192: Dondon's Baiting Operation

"Good idea. These droids' databases must contain information about the restored ships. So long as we can catch one of them, we can have it show us to one of those ships. What a surprise that the exit of the core would lead here. Even the heavens are helping us," said Zhang Bao'er gleefully.

"We need to find a way to capture a droid fast enough that it can't send a warning out and expose us," said Baron Sisse.

"All of them have those antennas on them. Just have Anxashe shoot the antennas down. That will be enough to stop them from transmitting data," I suggested.

"No. It is also possible that their antennas are merely acting as amplifiers. We don't know if destroying their antennas will completely sever their data transmission," said Master Crystal.

"Do you have a better idea, old man?" said Zhang Bao'er as he started to get grumpy again.

"If we really have no choice, we can have Wind Spirit show herself and use her identity as the military observer to commandeer a ship from them. I doubt any of them would dare to question her," said Master Crystal.

Wind Spirit firmly refused.

"I think the master's idea is perfect. I agree with him," said Zhang Bao'er, taking the chance to step on Wind Spirit.

"No, the princess can't show herself easily, or her life might be in danger," said Baron Sisse.

Wind Spirit hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Baron, why do you say so?" questioned Zhang Bao'er, not satisfied with what the baron was saying.

"It's because the war on Rumble had the direct participation of the Sacred Wing race. I believe that the Sacred Wing race has long disseminated the news of the princess's cooperation with us to the various armies. Thus, we can't do anything so risky. The princess is only a military observer. She lacks proper combat experience. She can hurt herself easily in the event of enemy aggression," said Baron Sisse. His argument was strong enough that none of us could refute him.

"I have an idea. We can capture one of the patrolling soldiers and use the soldier to control the droids. A regular soldier won't be able to send out a warning signal as fast as a droid. Also, it will be much easier to keep a regular soldier under control," said Anxashe.

"Anxashe's plan is very feasible. Let's do it. We'll first get ourselves a spokesperson to connect us with the droids," I agreed.

With the plan set, we started observing our surroundings to identify a suitable target. The sun still hung in the sky, but it was actually getting late as only about a third of the Eternal soldiers were still around. The others seemed to have returned to their rooms to rest. Many soldiers were patrolling alone, and these were all suitable targets for us.

"Canyue, look at that fellow," said Zhang Bao'er as he pointed after tapping me.

When I looked to where he was pointing, I saw a frail-looking Eternal military repairman. The repairman looked young. He was standing alone beneath a damaged battleship and was studying a tablet in his hand.

At that point, the surrounding Eternals seemed to have finished their work for the day and were gradually leaving the repair center. However, the Eternal repairman we saw was still seriously studying the tablet in his hand, standing all alone without any intentions of leaving.

"That guy will be perfect for us. Let's think of a way to grab him," suggested Zhang Bao'er.

"Yes, he does seem like a decent target. He also looks like someone with a decent understanding of this repair center. But he is still about a hundred meters away from us. We need to think of a way to get him closer," said Baron Sisse, who also agreed with Zhang Bao'er.

"This repair center is probably filled with sensors and monitoring devices. On Eternal, their monitoring devices utilize the genetic lock system. I suggest that we lure him over before making any move on him," I said.

"Easy for you to say, but how are we supposed to lure him over?" said Wind Spirit.

That question stumped all of us. We all stared blankly at the repairman, not knowing how to get him to approach us alone.

"I have an idea," said Old Du after a few minutes.

When everyone looked at him, he pointed at Dondon.

"Have Dondon pretend to be an animal and walk on all fours to lure the repairman over," said Old Du.

"Great! That sounds fun!" Wind Spirit clapped in agreement.

Dondon was about to refuse, but when he saw Wind Spirits smile, he nodded in agreement. Dondon was still clad in his ragged outfit. I stepped forth and helped him remove his weapons. After giving his head a pat, I said, "Be careful. Run back the moment you encounter danger."

Dondon nodded at me and ran toward the ship's bottom level without any hesitation. We all watched through the window. Before long, we saw Dondon rushing out of a hole on the bottom level.

Without a doubt, when Dondon ran on all four legs, he truly resembled a cat on Blue. The only difference was the slight blue shine on his fur. He ran rapidly along the trail of damaged ships. Shortly after, he arrived at a position about 10 meters from the repairman. The repairman was still focused on the tablet he was studying, completely oblivious to Dondon's arrival.

Abruptly, Dondon ran out from the bottom level of a ship and rushed past the repairman. He even intentionally flipped several metal sheets on the ground, creating some noise as he ran through.

Surprisingly, the frail repairman did not even bother to raise his head, still fully focused on the tablet in his hand. That confused Dondon, who tried to run by the repairman again. This time, Dondon picked a big metal pot to flip, creating a noise loud enough for us to hear from afar. However, the repairman still did not react. His attention was still solely on his tablet.

I understood what Dondon was trying to do. He wanted to attract the repairman by creating some noise before luring the repairman closer to our hiding spot. However, the repairman was too focused on his work, to the point he was completely unaffected by his surroundings. Dondon was starting to get impatient as he slowly approached the repairman.

"Watch out, Dondon. He has a pistol strapped on his left leg. Be safe," reminded Old Du through the communicator.

Despite the warning, Dondon continued to approach the repairman. As the distance between the two shrank, our hearts thumped faster and faster. I could clearly hear how fast my heart was beating. At that point, Old Du had raised his gun and aimed at the repairman, ensuring that the repairman wouldn't be able to suddenly harm Dondon.

Shortly after, Dondon was about three meters away from the repairman. However, the repairman was still oblivious. It was unknown what was interesting enough to capture all his attention. Meanwhile, we were all dripping with sweat from sheer nervousness. At that point, Dondon seemed to lose all his patience as he ran straight beside the repairman.

When the repairman continued to ignore him, he bit the end of the repairman's pants. If the repairman still didn't react, I would start suspecting whether he was someone without any senses. Finally, the repairman reacted to the sensation. The moment he set his tablet down, he noticed Dondon standing beside his leg.

We were all extremely nervous. I even wondered if all the nervousness would burst a blood vessel or two in me. An astonished look covered the repairman's face. His shock was clearly due to the meeting with an animal he had never seen before. He slowly crouched down.

I could see Old Du's finger on his trigger. Perhaps the trigger would be pulled the moment the repairman's hand neared his pistol. Fortunately, that did not happen. After crouching down and looking at Dondon, who was sitting obediently like some house pet, the repairman reached out to pat Dondon's head with a loving expression on his face.

"Looks like the fellow has taken the bait. He thinks Dondon is just some cute animal," said Zhang Bao'er gleefully.

However, the repairman only spared Dondon a few minutes of his attention before standing up and refocused on the tablet.

"My god. This fellow is a super nerd. He's only focused on that tablet," said Zhang Bao'er helplessly.

None of us had expected that. This repairman was actually without any sense of crisis. We found that hard to comprehend, and even Old Du removed his finger from his trigger. I could see that Dondon was growing anxious as he ran in circles around the repairman.

Suddenly, Dondon performed a shocking move. He jumped up and bit down on the repairman's tablet before pulling it out of the frail repairman's hand. Then, he turned and ran toward us.

The sudden change stunned the repairman. He had not expected that a tiny animal would have the courage to steal his tablet. He started giving chase. At that moment, I saw Old Du raise his gun yet again.

Fortunately, the repairman was still not reaching for his pistol. Rather, he kept chasing after Dondon. The distance of 100 meters was quite short. It did not take them long to come close to the ship we were hiding in. Just as I was about to go to the bottom level, I discovered that Zhang Bao'er and Anxashe were missing. I hurriedly ran toward the bottom level.

"Bao'er, use the tranquilizing bullet. Don't harm him," I reminded.

At that point, Dondon charged into the ship through a broken window. Shortly after, the repairman climbed through the window as well. The moment he was through, I saw Zhang Bao'er activate the tranquilizing mode of his gun and shoot the repairman. The repairman instantly fell onto the ground.

"Success!" exclaimed Baron Sisse in excitement. He had been paying close attention to the entire process.

Not long after, Anxashe returned to the top level carrying the repairman without even breaking a sweat. Old Du helped with removing the repairman's communicator. Then, we started waiting for the repairman to wake up.

"Bao'er, what dosage did you use for the tranquilizing bullet?" I asked.

"I used the weakest dose. He will probably wake up in half an hour," said Zhang Bao'er.

At that time, Dondon arrived beside me and handed the tablet the repairman was studying to me.