I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 962 - 690: Let Them Come Aboard

Chapter 962: Chapter 690: Let Them Come Aboard

As the technicians were busy regaining control of the energy hub operating system, the monitoring screens began to destabilize.

"Ah! Are the others incompetent??" exclaimed one of the operators in the control room as he shouted. There were maintenance engineers on other ships too, but it seemed like those on other locations were dropping the ball.

They were running around exhausted, let alone those lagging behind. The energy hub operating system had not been regained, and part of the monitoring system was hacked, causing them to lose track of Zheng Yichen entirely.

They could only rely on the ship’s damage detection system to estimate Zheng Yichen’s likely whereabouts.

The result was dire; Zheng Yichen was resolutely headed for their energy hub.

After Zheng Yichen reached the location of the energy hub, the technician in the control room stopped the follow-up operations with a look of despair, "We’re doomed..."

If it had been just the energy hub that was occupied, they could have maintained part of the flagship’s functions with some backup energy supply, but the hacking affected the operating system itself. Not only had the system been hijacked, but the enemy now occupied the energy hub as well.

This meant they were like meat packed into a container, and even their surveillance was compromised.

The hacker who infiltrated their system exhibited devastating destructive power and learning ability too strong.

"How’s the communication system?"

"It’s still operational, but it won’t last much longer."

With a heavy heart, the Captain of the flagship found it difficult to express his thoughts. If it were a normal space war, he believed he could lead and win a sharp battle, but the current situation wasn’t a universe war; it was a human being who was like a glitch in the system, fighting unstoppably.

The weaponry aboard the flagship was powerful, yet no matter what, they couldn’t attack the interior of the flagship.

The internal military force... not worth discussing, they died as many as there were.

From the route Zheng Yichen took to reach the energy hub, over a thousand crew members had died, and that was when he wasn’t even trying to kill anyone.

Now with the energy hub under control, it became impossible for them to leave.

"Transfer the intelligence we’ve gathered to the Moon base... we must provide a full briefing on this threat to the Mother Star! Also, turn on the broadcast—"

"This thing’s really huge," Zheng Yichen muttered with a slight grin as he looked at the energy hub aboard the flagship, its size too massive to fit into his internal storage space.

Next to him, Lilith stood in front of a large projection screen. The pigtails AI had now switched back to her red outfit, going all-out with firepower to complete the invasion as quickly as possible.

She underwent extensive rapid learning and successfully hijacked part of the flagship’s operating system, essentially ensuring that the quadruped extraterrestrial beings stranded here couldn’t leave.

"Boss, I’ve captured an encrypted data packet, it’ll take some time to decrypt."

"Leave it for now; let’s get full control of this thing first," Zheng Yichen knocked on the glass made of some unknown material in front of him, pondering whether this energy hub was stronger than the star core battery.

Noticing that the color of Lilith’s dress had faded from blood red, Zheng Yichen asked, "Which is more powerful, this thing or the star core battery?"

"In terms of miniaturization for use, the star core battery has more advantages. In output power, the star core is inferior to this kind of energy hub, but if the star core batteries embedded in the Firmament Wheel were upscaled, they could match each other."

"Fine, it’s useless to try and adapt this for you anyway..."

Zheng Yichen felt a bit regretful, and then the broadcast started.

"People of the human race struggling to rebuild homes, today we have suffered an invasion by the minions of the World Tree. Our fleet has barely any strength left to resist the invaders. We ask everyone to unite and fight together in this crisis!!"

"What the heck?" Zheng Yichen flicked his ear, summoning heaps of Hellfire to guard the energy hub, seeing this flagship as his spoils of war, preparing to pack it up and take it away later.

But the words of the broadcast somewhat annoyed Zheng Yichen, and he decided to make the killings quicker next.

With the energy hub under control, it meant the people inside the flagship had no chance of self-destructing. Regarding the armory, it was a secondary place. Having gained the map from Lilith, Zheng Yichen broke through walls to reach the armory, sealing it off with a new batch of Hellfire.

Moon.

All the humans living in the bases were stirred up; their ’deep friendship’ with the quadruped extraterrestrial beings evident. Now, videos transmitted from other warships showed the severe damage the flagship had suffered.

Amplified by the information relayed through the broadcasts, they dropped everything, boarded the transport ships on the Moon, ready to head to the frontline to fight, standing side by side with the quadruped beings against the minions of the ’parasitic tree.’

"Boss, you’ve become the public enemy." After Zheng Yichen had killed the nearby quadruped beings and dealt with scrub player who tried to detonate the armory, Lilith pulled up a projection screen, which Tanshia Firlo curiously watched alongside Zheng Yichen.

Dense clusters of transport ships approached the powerless flagship.

"From the intercepted information, there are a large number of humans with excellent magical talent inside, and they’ve been allocated Gene Serum, which will turn them into biological weapons fighting to their death against you. Do you need me to deploy the flagship’s weapons for interception?"

"Is that ’interception’?"

"Correction, it’s annihilation." Lilith’s eyes flickered with red data streams, "I can execute this order on my own."

"No need to execute that on your own. Open the gates and let them board. If there are extraterrestrial beings trying to escape from within the flagship, kill them directly for me!"

"Understood."

"The locked exit of the flagship has been opened, Captain. We can take this opportunity to evacuate! I can create an unmonitored secret passage for our departure." The technician in the command room immediately reported after discovering new intelligence.

They had already lost most of their control over the flagship, but they still retained some operational authority.

"What does the other side intend to do? Wait till those humans board, then launch the secret evacuation passage." The Captain of the flagship ordered and the information broadcast mobilized hundreds of thousands of humans, who came on board and directly fought desperately.

The massive number of people, combined with the effect of the Gene Serums, would give Zheng Yichen enough to kill for a long time. It would be safer for them to evacuate afterwards. If Zheng Yichen could invade a flagship alone, add to that the spatial capabilities of the enemy...

Staying here would only result in more losses. It didn’t matter if the humans died, they should preserve as many of their crew as possible.

Evacuate early, plot a good course and they could rendezvous with the reinforcements arriving here. They could either make a significant comeback or retreat collectively.

As for Zheng Yichen’s plans, whatever they might be, once those humans boarded, some results would remain unchanged, whether Zheng Yichen intended to waste his breath explaining the truth or went on a rampage, it would give them a significant amount of time.

"Where are the enemies??" A mass of fully-armed humans leaped out from the first transport ship to board, with a burly man bellowing loudly.

"Weapon Storage Six, the invaders have taken our weapon storage!" a quadrupedal extraterrestrial being said in distress. They had tried to recapture a weapon storage just before and received a harsh lesson from the Hellfires guarding it.

After several quadruped extraterrestrial beings died, they only managed to eliminate less than ten Hellfires. However, more reinforcements arrived, forcing them to abandon further actions.

The real cannon fodder from the transport ships was about to arrive...

"Understood, let’s go!"

In Weapon Storage Six, Zheng Yichen waved his hand, gathering all the scattered blood in the environment into a nearly black Blood Sphere, which rapidly disappeared from his grasp.

As Tanshia Firlo watched this scene and nibbled her finger, she too had blood abilities, but Elder Garel had sternly advised her not to emulate Zheng Yichen’s way of consuming everything.

Her constitution was not like Zheng Yichen’s; drawing blood from weak beings could accumulate more impurities, even if filtered by the Holy Relic of Life, it was best avoided if possible.

If it was the blood of stronger beings, it was fine, as their blood was inherently pure. Any abnormal forces contained within could be filtered by the Holy Relic of Life.

"Let’s go to the next place." After leaving behind a pile of Hellfires, Zheng Yichen swiftly moved towards the next location. The weapon storage areas were nearly all taken, and only the living quarters remained.

With the exits of the flagship opened, many quadruped extraterrestrial beings could not withstand the pressure and wanted to flee, congregating just for Zheng Yichen to eliminate them.

His approach remained characteristically straightforward and brutal.

Ignoring the intricate layout of the flagship’s corridors, he simply made direct paths; after all, Lilith had acquired a map. He bypassed important areas and burrowed through less significant areas.

In the corner of his eye, a small projection screen displayed the number of humans.

The flagship originally housed quite a few people. After Lilith took over the surveillance, they gathered a rough estimate, roughly four thousand people, some of whom were responsible for the flagship’s subterranean maintenance.

The number on the human count quickly increased as the transport ships arriving from the Moon began boarding.

The specifications of this flagship included ample space for tens of millions and several residential areas mainly for the quadruped extraterrestrial beings.

"Wait till they all board... no, notify me when about ninety percent have boarded."

"Boss, do you intend to save these misinformed and cultivated people?"

"I have the capability, why not try?" Zheng Yichen lightly rubbed the fishing rod in his hands.

It was just a matter of deploying a vast Divine Domain...