Chapter 2001: Chapter 770: Unexpected
The good fortune of those two escape pods was extraordinary, allowing them to avoid the berserk energy turbulence when the alien battleship disintegrated.
After the massive explosion ended, the survivors in the escape pods wiped off a cold sweat and immediately activated the escape pod’s power systems, intending to maneuver the escape pod to escape from here, then find an uninhabited planet to land on, waiting for rescue from the headquarters in the rear. But what they didn’t know was that Yan Fei had already noticed them, and the drone carrier was also flying in their direction.
This alien battleship was very unfriendly towards civilizations within the Solar System. As soon as it discovered the opponent’s quantum satellites, it immediately launched an attack. This behavior seemed inexplicable to Yan Fei, as it was indeed contrary to common sense. He had to understand the reasons behind it. The alien battleship had already been destroyed, so the survivors in these two escape pods were Yan Fei’s last chance to get answers. Therefore, he had to capture them to learn everything he wanted to know. Only by understanding his enemy could he know how to deal with this enemy. If Yan Fei encounters this alien civilization again, it could at least increase his chances of victory.
As he approached the escape pods, Yan Fei activated the quantum radar to conduct a comprehensive scan of the two escape pods. Without the protection of the energy shields, Yan Fei easily penetrated the pod’s hull and saw the situation inside. The space inside the escape pod was very cramped, only capable of seating one organism, but this organism was incredibly large, standing at more than two meters tall.
Apart from the survivor, the escape pod only contained some small self-defense weapons and food. Its energy core was also very small, without anything that could threaten the drone carrier. The situation in these two escape pods was almost identical, with the difference being that the biological entity in the second escape pod was even larger, standing more than three meters tall.
After ensuring there was no danger, the drone carrier flew quickly, carefully avoiding the debris produced by the explosion in space, and approached the escape pods. In just two short minutes, it arrived above one of the escape pods.
The organism inside that escape pod, upon discovering the drone carrier approaching itself, controlled the escape pod to change direction, attempting to move away from the drone carrier. But this was just a standard escape pod, with very limited functionality and a maximum speed of only 100 kilometers/second, so it was undoubtedly caught by the drone carrier.
A giant mechanical arm extended from below the drone carrier, striking like lightning and grabbing the escape pod in its grasp. Then the mechanical arm retracted, sending the escape pod into the drone carrier’s confinement room, using the confinement field within to immobilize it, preventing any movement. The drone carrier then continued to fly, catching up with the other escape pod and capturing it in the same manner.
The confinement room was a specialized chamber inside the drone carrier, functioning somewhat like a prison on Earth. Inside this confinement room, there were various types of confinement weapons. Once inside, unless possessing overwhelming martial force, everything was under Yan Fei’s control.
The confinement room was a special room that Yan Fei learned about accidentally during a conversation with the Artificial Intelligence “Dream.” Previously, there had been no opportunity to use it, but now it was perfect for detaining prisoners of war from the alien battleship, allowing the full functionality of the confinement room to be put to use.
Yan Fei intended to interrogate these two alien prisoners of war to learn specifics about their civilization. And to prevent collusion between them, Yan Fei confined the two escape pods separately, then said to the pod containing the organism about two meters tall, “You are now my prisoner of war. Please cooperate with my interrogation, or I cannot guarantee your safety.”
The alien prisoner of war inside the escape pod, ever since realizing it was confined, had been watching the situation outside. As time passed, it became increasingly frightened, its body beginning to tremble violently. When Yan Fei’s words were broadcast through the loudspeaker in the confinement room, its body trembled even more intensely, indicating its great concern for its current situation. However, Yan Fei’s language and its language were completely different, and the prisoner could not understand what Yan Fei was saying, naturally unable to respond.
Not receiving a response from the other party, Yan Fei frowned slightly, snapped his fingers, and a high-energy laser shot down from the ceiling of the confinement room, beginning to cut the escape pod. The alien battleship’s escape pod was extremely sturdy, the greatest reliance of its crew in times of peril, and very difficult to destroy. However, the high-energy laser from the drone carrier was a secret weapon within the confinement room. When it shone on the escape pod, it instantly created a small crack.
Yan Fei felt a rush of excitement and was about to intensify the cutting when suddenly the prisoner inside began banging on the hull of the escape pod, making “bang bang bang…” sounds. Yan Fei’s interest was piqued, and he immediately halted the high-energy laser cutting. Then he saw someone opening the escape pod from the inside, revealing the chamber within. Inside the chamber, a creature wearing a spacesuit similar to a human’s was seated.
Under Yan Fei’s watchful gaze, the creature in the spacesuit slowly stood up, raising its hands high above its head, mimicking a human’s gesture of surrender. It uttered gibberish, attempting to speak to Yan Fei, but he couldn’t understand a word it was saying. The prisoner then stepped out of the escape pod with raised hands, standing on the floor of the confinement room. It cautiously turned its head to observe the surroundings. Throughout the process, the prisoner’s movements were extremely slow, seemingly afraid of causing any misunderstanding that could provoke an attack from Yan Fei.