Interstellar Survival: Invasion

Abruptly, I woke up from my sleep. I saw that I was still alone in the cell. My hand was holding onto a cold and stiff hand. I hurriedly pulled my hand back. At that moment, I noticed to my astonishment that on my forefinger, a blue fingerprint had appeared. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't rub it off.

I suddenly understood that the fingerprint might be the highest authority promised by King Carter. However, I still had a difficult obstacle to overcome: the prison. Only after escaping would I be able to meet the divine bird. I recalled that the old king had just passed away moments ago, and Bulu would be able to help me escape.

"Hey, you two, I think the old man in the cell beside me is dead. Come take a look!" I started shouting at the two sleeping guards.

The two guards were awakened by my shout. They hurriedly rushed over to check the cell beside me. Shortly after, they called five more guards over. Together, they covered the old king's corpse with a cloth before carrying it out of the cell.

I gazed at the old king's corpse silently, sending him off with my eyes. This was a king who had worked hard to serve his people his entire life only to meet such an end. I couldn't understand what these Wargod guards were thinking. They were perhaps fully under the empire's control. The resulting noise woke everyone else in the prison.

"Canyue, who was that person?" asked Zhang Bao'er after the Wargod guards left.

I was about to answer when I noticed a round silhouette bouncing forward before leaping onto the control desk of the guards. After staying there for a bit, Bulu jumped toward me.

"Well done, Bulu!" I praised.

A clear palm print could be seen on Bulu's body. It stopped before my cell, but as it was too short, it couldn't reach the door. Seeing that, I lifted Bulu and stopped before the door. There, Bulu allowed the security lock of the cell door to scan the palm print on its body. And surprisingly, it worked. The door swung open.

I intended to open the rest of the doors using the same method, but I suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the building. The guards were returning.

"Watch out, Canyue. They're back," said Old Du.

To be safe, I returned to my cell and shut the door without locking it. After returning, the two guards did not say anything else. Instead, they sat down and continued to sleep. They did not seem to care about the old king's passing.

Before long, the two guards were snoring. I waited in silence for an hour. During the wait, all my companions were also staying silent with their eyes wide, waiting for me to start my operation.

I had a feeling that it was already very late at night. I stood up and slowly pushed the door open. Then, I crawled toward the piled equipment. All our equipment was left there. Perhaps the Wargods were very confident in their combat prowess. Thus, they couldn't be bothered with properly organizing what they seized from us.

With one look, I found my laser pistol. I slowly reached out and grabbed it. And with a gun in hand, my confidence immediately soared. I was about to switch the pistol to non-fatal mode before I recalled how the two had treated the old king and stopped.

I crawled toward the back of the two guards. On my way there, I saw Zhang Bao'er open his eyes and mouth wide in shock. When I was behind the two guards, I stood up and fired into the back of their heads, ending the lives of the two criminals.

"Well done!" I heard Zhang Bao'er's praise.

The situation was urgent, so I did not waste any time. With Bulu's help, I started opening the other doors to release the others. Suddenly, the alarm blazed.

"What is this?" asked Zhang Bao'er nervously.

"There is a monitoring system here. Our actions have been discovered," said Old Du after looking around.

"Old Du, you're faster. Carry Bulu and release everyone. Zhang Bao'er, grab your weapon and guard the door with me," I said.

Zhang Bao'er and I hurriedly put on our equipment. We could already hear footsteps coming from the outside.

"Fire!" Both of us started firing at the entrance. A few Wargod soldiers could be seen collapsing onto the ground.

Before long, the other released prisoners joined us. Since the entrance was narrow, we were able to temporarily suppress the enemy. After releasing everyone else, Old Du placed Bulu in my backpack.

"We won't be able to last long like this. We need to look for a new exit and leave," said Zhang Xingxing.

"This is a prison. I don't know if there is a back door here. Have Lin Feixue, Master Crystal, and Dondon look around," I suggested.

Following my suggestion, Lin Feixue, Master Crystal, and Dondon started searching for a second exit. At that point, the Wargod soldiers were starting to use their shields. Slowly, they marched into the prison. However, the entrance was too narrow, making it hard for the Wargods to mount an effective defense. Our tracking bullets were able to knock down even more Wargods, turning their heavy shields into an obstacle for the Wargods.

"Hahaha, you call yourself Wargods? Bring it on! Let's see how you're going to enter now!" shouted Zhang Bao'er in excitement.

"Canyue, who's that old man from before?" asked Anxashe, who had come beside me without me realizing it.

"It's the old king, King Carter. He has just passed on to the afterlife," I replied calmly, not stopping my attacks even when speaking.

"What? That's King Carter? Didn't he lock us all in here?" asked Anxashe in astonishment.

"That was a fake King Carter. The one who had just died was the real one," I replied.

"What? Ahhh!" Infuriated, Anxashe roared and fired an arrow at the entrance.

In his fury, Anxashe was able to unleash a tremendous amount of strength. His arrow shot through a shield and hit the soldier behind it. That display of strength seemed to have scared the attackers. Sounds of rushed movements came from the entrance before their advance stopped completely.

"That was amazing, Anxashe! Looks like they have all been scared off by you!" said Old Du.

"No. They have merely gone looking for stronger weapons to break through our defenses. The Wargods have a habit of changing their offensive method once they lose more than 50 people in a single battle," said Anxashe. He was furious, but he was still able to stay clear-headed.

"Stronger weapons? Are they going to use siege weapons? This is a prison. They won't be able to break into here so easily, right?" said Domo while looking at the prison's thick walls.

Suddenly, a loud sound of collision rang out. The entire prison shook, and we all hurriedly turned on our shields.

"Anxashe, what a jinx! They're really here with a stronger weapon!" complained Zhang Bao'er.

The sounds of collisions continued ringing, and I noticed that cracks were starting to appear on the walls.

"This is bad. They're going to break through the walls. Without the walls, they can put their mechanical beasts to use as well. We won't be able to stop them," said Carter.

"Commander, we found an exit!" Lin Feixue suddenly reported.

"Where is it?" asked Zhang Xingxing.

"Dondon found an entrance to the sewer with his nose. We can leave through the sewer. We already found the entrance," said Lin Feixue.

"Everyone, let's leave," ordered Zhang Xingxing.

All of us were excited to hear that we could finally escape. We started rushing toward our escape route under Lin Feixue's lead. Sure enough, there was a narrow tunnel at the corner of the prison. At the bottom of the tunnel was an exit leading into a dark sewer.

An unpleasant smell was wafting out of the tunnel, and I could see the look of disgust on Zhang Xingxing's face. However, our safety was more important, so Zhang Xingxing still ordered everyone to enter the tunnel. Eventually, only Zhang Xingxing and I were left above the tunnel.

"Xingxing, you go first. I'll install a timed bomb here to bury the entrance to the tunnel," I suggested.

"Ok. Withdraw right after you're done installing the bomb. Be careful," said Zhang Xingxing with a nod before leaping into the tunnel.

At that time, loud sounds were coming from the outer prison. The Wargods had finally broken through the wall they were attacking. Before long, the Wargod soldiers' orderly footsteps could be heard. From the footsteps, there were probably around 300 of them. Sounds of random mechanical beasts could also be heard amid the orderly footsteps.

After setting a high-energy bomb to detonate after 15 seconds, I jumped into the tunnel. And moments after I slid down the tunnel, the ferocious face of a mechanical beast appeared atop it.