The captain stuffed the thing into Bai Lixin’s hand as if he were offering a treasure.
Bai Lixin looked at the black, hard, and slightly prickly cylindrical object in his hand, his expression was subtle: “Lightsaber?”
Captain: “Yes, what else did you think it was?”
Bai Lixin: “Are lightsabers very precious in this world?”
Captain: “There are only a few in the entire universe, so they should be very precious.”
Bai Lixin raised his eyebrows: “Such a precious lightsaber, and you just casually put it in the bedside table?”
‘I didn’t think anything, I didn’t think too much!’
Haha, I also wrongly accused Dijia. I really thought he was talking about that….😅
He lowered his head and examined the lightsaber in his hand. He had used a lightsaber before; its principle of operation was different from that of a laser gun, as it was powered by mental power.
The longer and stronger the mental power, the greater the power of the lightsaber.
But even the worst lightsaber was incomparable to other weapons.
It could cut through almost anything with ease, even bullets.
Bai Lixin tried to inject mental power into the lightsaber. As a steady stream of mental power entered the hilt, a highly saturated condensed beam of light gradually appeared in front of him, accompanied by a slight buzzing sound of electric current and vibration.
Although the sword part of the lightsaber looked like light, it was not actually light but an ion aggregate.
After mental power is injected into the lightsaber, it stimulates the energy device in the lightsaber. The mental power in the whole body is rapidly condensed and transformed in the energy device, turning into a highly concentrated aggregate that is only three fingers thick.
It had been a long time since Bai Lixin had touched a lightsaber, and he immediately started playing with it after drawing it.
He was originally tall and thin, and no matter what he wore, he could exude the elegant demeanor of a noble son. Now, playing with the lightsaber, he looked even more like an ancient chivalrous hero. His sword moved like a swimming dragon, and the “buzzing” sound accompanied his every move, like a dragon’s roar shaking the air.
After the sword dance ended, Bai Lixin withdrew his mental power and retracted the blade into the hilt.
Bai Lixin was very satisfied with the comfort of this lightsaber. Although the weapon he usually uses now was a scythe, he was born in an ancient an era dominated by weapons. At that time, the sword was the first weapon he came into contact with, so it was the most familiar and handy to him.
Moreover, with the lightsaber, he felt even more empowered.
The escape game lobby could weaken his external strength, but it couldn’t diminish his mental power.
After all, he was a main god, with mental power was as vast as the universe and inexhaustible. He wasn’t worried about an embarrassing moment like the lightsaber failing halfway through.
The only regret was that this world view was very likely to still be a virtual world.
So no matter how useful and handy this lightsaber was, it could only be a limited prop in a limited copy, just for enjoyment. It couldn’t be brought into the real world, let alone put into a backpack and taken to the game lobby.
Bai Lixin caressed the uneven surface of the hilt with some regret and asked casually, “You gave me this, what will you use?”
Captain Dijia looked indifferent: “This thing is just scrap metal to me. I am an intelligent robot and don’t possess the mental power that you all have.”
…
It only took half a day for Li Cangshan to lead his team members to find Dijia. He made it clear that all members had passed and decided to break into the warehouse area.
Dijia: “Have you all really made up your minds?”
Pink Hair: “We will definitely die if we don’t go in. If we go in, there is still a chance of survival, even though it’s a slim one. Although I’m still a little scared, I’m the only healer in the team. Everyone needs me, so I can’t back down.”
Big Guy: “Even uncivilized animals know how to survive, let alone us humans. We have to give it a try and escape from death.”
Other people nodded in agreement.
“That’s right, for the sake of survival, we have to give it a try.”
“I hope we can still see the sun three days from now.”
“Wake up, buddy, even if it’s today, you can’t see the sun. This is the depths of the universe. Where is the sun?”
“When do you plan to set off?” Dijia glanced at the noisy crowd, and everyone immediately fell silent, not daring to say a word.
He directed the question to Li Cangshan. After thinking for two seconds, Li Cangshan said, “How long does it take to enter the warehouse area and obtain the capture device?”
Dijia: “Through data analysis, ten hours is the safe peak time for a round-trip. If it exceeds ten hours, the probability of death increases with each additional minute.”
Li Cangshan lowered his head and silently calculated the time. “Can you give us a training room? Although the weapons are advanced, they are just a pile of scrap metal without proper training. Me and the others need to practice. It won’t take long, just twenty-four hours. We will set off after twenty-four hours.”
Dijia agreed readily: “Of course, no problem. I’ll open ten training rooms for you, and you can practice inside freely. I’ll remind you right on time after twenty-four hours.”
Then came the boring training time.
When there was something to do, time always flew by quickly. Before everyone can become more familiar with the weapons in their hands, the agreed twenty-four hours have already arrived.
Without waiting for Dijia’s reminder, Li Cangshan had already led everyone out of the training room five minutes before the agreed time.
During these twenty-four hours, they not only completed their training but also got sufficient rest. At this moment, they were in the perfect state of alertness, energy, and muscle memory.
Just twenty-four hours had passed, and under Li Cangshan’s training, they seemed to be very different from who they were twenty-four hours ago.
Dijia glanced around at the crowd before leading them to the closed gates of the warehouse area.
“I will open the gate to the warehouse area for only ten seconds. You need to enter quickly within those ten seconds.”
“I’ve scanned the warehouse area in detail these past two days. Although most of the wiring equipment has been damaged by space creatures, fortunately, some areas still have lighting systems.”
“This is what the capture device look like. Come and identify it.” Dijia raised his hand, and immediately, a metal mechanical claw and a black box appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone immediately approached, staring at the images attentively.
“There are two types of tools. The claw is used for grabbing, and after grabbing, you’ll put the flare fragments into the black box and bring them back. Both of these tasks need to be completed outside. The claw and the box are made of materials from inside the star, with melting points above the temperature energy brought by solar flares.”
“There are four sets of claws, each with two pieces. There are two boxes in total.”
“The weight of each item is not light. Take as much as you can carry, but remember to take both, not just one. These two tools are used in conjunction with each other and are indispensable.”
“Have you all seen what they look like?” Dijia flipped his hand, and the image in front of them flickered, and the scene changed in an instant.
What appeared was a three-dimensional map, with a small red dot and a drawn route marked on the map.
“The red dot is where the tools are stored, and the route is the suggested path calculated from the data. But don’t stick too strictly to this route; there may be ambushes by space creatures along the way. Adapt as needed.”
“I’ll wait for you here to come out.”
Pink Hair was somewhat surprised: “Aren’t you going in with us?”
Dijia’s eyes darkened: “A space meteor shower is about to arrive here, it is the butterfly effect caused by the movement of solar flares. When the meteor shower passes by, it will bring magnetic field interference and powerful shockwaves. I need to stay outside to ensure the spaceship isn’t destroyed by the meteor shower. This meteor shower will last for several hours, and when the meteor shower arrives, the ship will occasionally experience turbulence. If you feel the vibrations inside, there’s no need to panic.”
With that, he looked at Bai Lixin beside him, with a hint of helplessness in his tone: “Sorry, master, I have to temporarily inconvenience you to act with these ordinary people. If the meteor shower here ends quickly, I will come in to find you.”
All the ordinary people: “…”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘I suspect you’re trying to attract hatred to me.’
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The heavy iron gate required several switches to open.
From the moment the gate opened, everyone on the scene immediately became nervous and rushed inside as quickly as possible.
The last person entered the warehouse area on the tenth second, and at the same moment, the heavy gate closed firmly once again.
A burst of flying dust choked everyone, causing them to cough repeatedly. Subconsciously, they covered their mouths and noses to prevent more dust from entering their nostrils.
At the entrance of the warehouse area, items were piled up in a disorderly manner, it was like a mansion ravaged by a storm, a mess. The debris in front of them was shredded, as if it had been gnawed and eaten by many wild beasts.
Bai Lixin held his breath for a moment, then gently wiped his fingers on the debris beside him, and his fingertips were immediately covered with a layer of dust.
“Why is there so much dust? Isn’t this area supposed to be sealed?” a team member asked.
A blue-haired alien replied, “These may not necessarily be dust ashes. Don’t forget, there are more than two hundred space creatures in this warehouse, and they metabolize.”
One sentence made several teammates who were planning to wipe off the dust immediately retract their hands.
“If these are really the metabolic products of space creatures, judging from the quantity, they have been here for a long time, right?” Pink Hair asked with concern. “There were more than two hundred when they were driven in at the beginning. Now, after such a long time, wouldn’t there be several times more?”
“It’s also possible that they have been trapped for too long and couldn’t absorb energy, so they died of starvation one by one.” Li Cangshan comforted, “Since we’re here, let’s not think too much about it. We should set off.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a violent jolt occurred under everyone’s feet, accompanied by a muffled rumble.
Everyone knew that the meteor shower had come.
The overhead lights began to flicker and shake with the ground after the turbulence, emitting a constant “static” sound. The lights blinked and flickered several times.
“Damn it, are these lights going to go out?” Big Guy exclaimed.
He had just finished shouting, and the lights above him went out decisively, as if they were cooperating with him. They were still shining brightly just now, but this time, they went out decisively with a “snap”.
The surroundings instantly plunged into darkness.
In the darkness, someone muttered, “Who was the crow mouth just now?”
Big Guy: “…”
‘Oops.
Who would have thought it would be so coincidental?’
Amidst the commotion, there was another violent jolt.
The miscellaneous items around them, which were already on the verge of collapse, now rolled down from the ceiling with the shaking, clanging and clattering as they hit the ground.
Amidst the curses from the group, they hurriedly dodged in the darkness.
Bai Lixin grabbed onto the nearby shelves to steady himself. In this chaotic darkness, besides the sounds of falling goods and the noisy crowd, he seemed to hear other sounds as well.
“Shua—”
“Shua—”
It sounded like something was rapidly crawling along the ground, fast and light.
Bai Lixin tilted his head, wanting to identify where the sound was coming from, but it suddenly came from another direction.
The noisy crowd seemed to have heard this eerie sound too. After someone shouted, “Stop making noise, there’s movement,” everyone immediately fell silent.
While the shaking and rumbling had not ceased, the crowd instinctively quieted down.
They all pricked up their ears.
But the eerie sound had disappeared.
As the vibrations and rumbling subsided and the overhead lights flickered a couple of times, the space was illuminated once again.
“Ah!!!”
As soon as the lights came on, Pink Hair let out a scream.
Everyone subconsciously looked at her, only to see her retreating several steps with a pale face , pointing in a certain direction with a shocked expression on her face.
Everyone looked in the direction of her finger and saw two Big Guys standing near the wall.
Everyone: “…”
