Chapter 341: A Clever Disguise (1/2)
Chapter 341: A Clever Disguise
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Han Jia's mechanical arm gave the shade of the rock a gentle touch.
Amidst the silence of the boundless space, a crater was suddenly created at the bottom of the rock - that was what the stunned the folks in the ship. They could not see Han Jia but they could see what was happening. The crater was of a size that could fit a rescue craft.
Without hesitation, Ye Chong headed into the giant piece of rock.
His instinct was right.
It was a spaceship.
It was a spaceship disguised as a piece of asteroid in the space. Old Xu was really imaginative and creative. With the rocky surface of the ship, no one would have suspected the boulder when they traveled by, since one could see asteroids everywhere in space, boulders like this would be given equal ignorance as the grasses and the pebbles you see by the road. The cost of the disguise however was horrendous. It was not because of how the rocks could be expensive but it would be a major operation to coat the entire body of the ship with meteorites. Moreover, the ship would certainly be limited by its disguise for it must float, hover like the other asteroids in the space. It could neither accelerate nor perform a space-jump. Consequences would be there if the ship was exposed.
The spaceship seemed to be created quite some time ago. Old Xu was such an insightful planner, although ironically he still suffered from his inescapable fate. Sigh, fate was such a capricious being sometimes.
Ye Chong piloted Han Jia and sank to the inside of the spaceship. There was no security measurement of any kind that required an identity verification. Ye Chong travelled smoothly, all the way to the core of the ship, the commander's room to be exact.
Ye Chong took out the blue chip and inserted to the main processor.
*Beep*
”Verification complete. Password confirmed. All program activated. Ship: Cornerstone welcomes the lord.” A mechanical voice rang sweetly like an angel whispering to the ears of Ye Chong.
He then prompted the layout statistics of the ship. The interior was designed fairly well, the resources were pretty complete, all units were operative, there was even an advanced alchemy laboratory located in the ship.
”Tsk, tsk. Such spaceship,” said the little boy when everyone joined the Cornerstone. ”Whoever thought of this idea must be a genius.” He carried on giving his comments as he inspected the area. Then he spat his tongue, ”Though the other places were unimpressive.” People were being transferred to the interior.
They took a look at the surrounding, curiously wondering how there would be an unknown world hidden inside a piece of asteroid in the space. Fei Si was excited upon seeing the alchemy lab. It was not spacious but those were some of the most advanced apparatuses there. Old Xu probably intended to have this lab for Fei Si, which justified its quality. Technically, the spaceship was pretty decent in terms of performance, since it was a kind of escape pod for Old Xu, of course he had to be serious building it.
”What's your plan? Where are we going?” asked the little boy. He did not seem to be concerned of his own safety as he elaborated, ”A strong electromagnetic zone had been enforced all around Zhou Jian, you can't be thinking of space-jumping.”
Ye Chong then called up the intergalactic map and began thinking.
”We don't head out,” reminded the boy, ”The design of this ship might be clever enough to swindle some random patrol guys but the armies of the Aristocrats could never miss it. It's impossible to run, especially with Huang Jiming, Ye Yin and Xue Nuolan leading the armies. Those are the smart ones, extremely cautious ones too. They would be shooting down every piece of weird pebble upon seeing it on the way.”
The expression of those bodyguards was turning odd, except for the scarred guardsman, who seemed to be unmoved by the statement.
As mentioned, there was electromagnetic field to interrupt the transfer, so a space-warp would be implausible. Ye Chong must travel the traditional way, which would take about forever...
”What's your thoughts then?” asked Ye Chong.
”Hmm...,” the little boy pondered for a moment.
Three minutes lapsed, ”We could go here...,” grimly he replied, pointing one spot of the intergalactic layout, ”Mhm, we might indeed encounter a few regular patrolling teams but they would not be a problem. The armies of the Aristocrats should not be arriving yet, not so soon at this point of time.” It was really odd to see a 6-year-old acting all grim and dead serious, even for an oddity like Ye Chong himself.
”What's after that?” interupted Ye Chong while the boy was explaining.
”We head here!” Pointed the tiny finger.