Interstellar Survival: Invasion

Chapter 262: Imprisonment

Chapter 262: Imprisonment

Suddenly, I felt some vapor sprinkle onto my face. The puff of vapor came in bursts, and next, something gentle landed on my chest. The touch immediately woke me from my sleep. At that point, the vague figure had vanished from the exit above me.

My lips felt damp, instantly triggering my mouth as I greedily licked the tiny bit of water on and around my lips. I touched the steel floor and found that it was also covered with droplets of water. I unhesitatingly licked every bit of water I could find.

After dealing with the thirst, I finally remembered the object on my chest. I bent down and felt around. Sure enough, I found an object the size of a matchbox. I picked up the object and studied it with the help of the light above me. It was a transparent white object. It was almost weightless, and I could barely feel it when I carried it in my palm.

'What is this? Since they have given me water, can this be some sort of food?' I wondered.

At the moment, I could swallow anything due to my intense hunger. The thought that this could possibly be food made me greedily swallow the object after only a few seconds of hesitation. The object magically disappeared the moment it entered my mouth as if it never existed. At that moment, I suddenly felt a warm current go down my throat. In a few seconds, it reached my stomach. My hunger instantly vanished.

'My god. It really was food. Such a high-energy food, it's representative of the technology of a star-level civilization,' I couldn't help but gasp inwardly.

After dealing with both my hunger and thirst, what awaited me was still endless silence. I still couldn't understand the reason for my imprisonment. However, the sudden peace had allowed my brain to start thinking all sorts of thoughts. From the day I left Blue, scenes from all I had experienced since then appeared in my mind one after another.

However, remembering the past would not help much. From the moment I was given food, I was sure that this was a sort of prison. And if this was a prison, Zhang Bao'er and the others might be imprisoned nearby as well.

Suddenly, I remembered the emergency gamma ray installation mentioned by Chief Maerdo before. That installation was probably active already, but we were in a different temporal dimension. Would our emergency signals be received by Zhang Xingxing and the others?

The more I thought, the more random thoughts rose in my head. I understood that the workings of a high-level civilization weren't something I could understand for now, and the only thing I could do was to stop my brain from thinking unnecessary thoughts.

After waiting in boredom for an indeterminate amount of time, my stomach started feeling uncomfortable. The need to relieve one's bowel was one of the basic needs of humans, but this proved to be a problem in this room with nothing but glossy walls and floor.

"Damn these machines! Do they think organic bodies are the same as machines?" I cursed as the discomfort in my stomach intensified.

Darkness had covered the tiny opening above me, telling me that night had arrived. I knew that I had to think of a solution to my problem. In the darkness, my ears suddenly caught a light sound. The sound gave me a shock. I reached out instinctively and found that there was actually a rope on the ground.

I pulled at the rope in excitement and found that it was tightly fastened onto something. A pull came from the other end to shake the rope around, seemingly as a response to me. With the rope in my hand, I could feel that although chaotic, the shaking still had some sort of order to it. But due to the distance, the order was rather hard to identify. However, I could vaguely feel that it was Morse code.

'If it's Morse code, the person above must be a Blueling. It might be Zhang Bao'er and the others.'

At the thought, I turned excited and hurriedly fastened the rope around my body. Grabbing onto the rope with both hands, I stepped on the glossy wall and climbed up one step after another.

Perhaps the person on the other end had noticed my climbing. A powerful pull came from the rope, dragging me up at a rapid speed. In less than 10 minutes, I was pulled out of the terrifying underground prison cell. The first thing I noticed were the familiar faces of Old Du and Zhang Bao'er. I couldn't help but throw myself at them. We embraced tightly, disregarding the dangerous situation we were in.

"Let's focus on saving Anxashe and the other Wargod before leaving," whispered Zhang Bao'er.

"Where are Temo and Dodo?" I asked.

"Not here. They weren't imprisoned," replied Zhang Bao'er.

Only then did I notice my surroundings. The steel ground was completely smooth and flat, with countless holes on the surface. It was obvious there were quite a lot of prisoners here. The air above most of the prison cells contained a rather disgusting stench.

Old Du was tightly holding a small robot that had been fully restrained with some sort of adhesive tape. Only a single feeler was exposed. Lying on the ground not far away was the corpse of a lion-faced beast.

Before proceeding with the mission, I relieved my bowels into the well-like prison cell that had housed me earlier. Then, following the guidance of the captive robot's feeler, we rescued Anxashe and the other Wargod.

"What happened? How did you escape?" asked Anxashe in confusion.

"The security here is lax. Our weapons are in the warehouse beside the prison. Everyone, you need to get your weapons back," reminded Old Du.

"How do you know that?" asked Anxashe.

"None of us can climb out of these wells without an energy supply," replied Old Du.

"How did you get out, then?" asked Anxashe curiously.

"I still had one of the energy amulets with me," replied Zhang Bao'er. Realization hit me. Long ago, Old Du had given each of us an energy amulet. Zhang Bao'er had hidden his away. Once again, Old Du's energy amulet had saved us.

Anxashe was still confused, but at that point, we were already rushing to the warehouse. On the way, we did not encounter even a single beast sentinel. It was obvious they were extremely confident in the security of their prison. The five of us advanced while Zhang Bao'er walked ahead of us with the raygun he had snatched from the lion-faced beast in hand.

Following the captive robot's guidance, we soon reached the warehouse's entrance. Old Du immediately pushed the door open. A lion-faced beast suddenly appeared before our eyes. It seemed to be on its way out of the warehouse when we appeared.

The sudden encounter stunned all of us. At that moment, a figure darted forth from beside me. Anxashe had reacted speedily and was the first to rush forth. He grabbed the beast's neck before we could even blink.

His action roused us from our shock. We all charged ahead and worked together to take down the lion-faced beast. After dealing with the beast, we turned to face the massive warehouse. Numerous pieces of equipment were piled within the warehouse. On the counters in the middle of the warehouse, the equipment stripped from us could be seen. We rushed ahead and rearmed ourselves.

After inspecting the equipment, Old Du said, "Canyue, our gear is out of energy. We won't be able to protect ourselves. Only our laser guns still have a tiny bit of energy remaining."

"Put them on first. I'll think of a way to deal with the energy problem," I said. We could only solve one problem at a time.

Anxashe handed me a backpack. It was my original backpack, but Bulu was no longer inside it.

"We must find Bulu," said Zhang Bao'er.

The failure of our mission had placed us in a foul mood. Thus, none of us felt very talkative. I nodded at Zhang Bao'er's words. I knew very well how important Bulu was, so any reminder was unnecessary. Our current priority was to decide on our next course of action. I noted that Anxashe had refilled his arrows and had recovered to his peak combat state.

"Anxashe, where did you find those arrows?" I asked.

"You can look for suitable weapons on the surrounding shelves. There are all sorts of items there," said Anxashe while playing with a sharp dagger he had just found. The other Wargod was also equipped with a lot of new gear, looking like someone who had gotten rich overnight.

Hearing his words, we approached the surrounding shelves and found that Anxashe was telling the truth. There were numerous weapons of different varieties on these shelves.

"Everyone, be quick and pick the equipment that suits you most," I ordered before I started browsing the shelves as well.

A few minutes later, a bunch of newly rich individuals decked out in a lot of new equipment reconvened. Zhang Bao'er and Old Du had each picked a ray machine gun with excellent firepower. Zhang Bao'er even had a broadsword hanging on his back.

Old Du was also fully armed with numerous weapons. As for me, apart from a raygun and a ray pistol, I had also equipped myself with a sword and a dagger. We still lacked energy for our defenses, but we were no longer lacking in terms of offensive prowess.

"Canyue, what's our next target?" asked Old Du.

"Our top priority is to meet the worm colony brain at all costs. I need to meet Violetvoid if I want to have a chance at saving the others," I said firmly.