The Trap

On the ship, several hatches opened, and some Guard Team wearing protective suits climbed out, armed with individual weapons, and fired at the Larval Form.

However, these space-based protective suits are much bulkier than the ones they wear inside the planet. And in this weightless environment, their movements are even more clumsy.

Even if they are the elite of the elite, how could they possibly be a match for these agile Larval Form in this situation?

The Guard Team who had just crawled out hadn't even fired a few shots when they were grabbed by tentacles that seemed to appear out of nowhere, disarmed, and stuffed into the bodies of some Larval Form.

Some of these Larval Form were modeled after transport ships, and their internal compartments were easily converted into temporary cells.

Moreover, without damaging the spaceship's external structure, the Larval Form didn't really have a good way to handle this lump of metal. However, the hatches opened by the Guard Team provided some immediate relief.

A large swarm of Larval Form rushed in through the hatch, throwing out the Guard Team who were still inside, and then they rushed along the passageway into the interior of the spaceship.

"Celia, quickly close all the isolation doors in the compartments!" Regi shouted urgently as he saw the situation inside the ship through the monitoring cameras. He hadn't expected things to change so quickly.

Just minutes ago, they were discussing whether there were any extraterrestrial creatures here; minutes later, the other side had already breached the spaceship's defenses and entered the interior.

Inside the ship's cabin, a series of heavy doors made of special materials were closed. There were so many of them that there was one approximately every ten meters.

Originally intended to prevent damage to the spaceship hull and to isolate damaged areas, it is now being used to defend against attacks, and the results are quite good.

The Larval Form were blocked by these gates, and although their tentacles, crackling with blue Electric Arc, lashed out at the gates, the effect was minimal.

Regi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the unidentified space creatures being stopped.

He turned his head and saw Lute's serious expression, and couldn't help but comfort him, "Lute, don't worry, they can't break through our gate. Maybe they'll leave in a while."

Lute shook his head with a grim face and said, "Regi, it's not that simple. These things aren't mindless beasts."

"What did you see?" Regi, his expression turning serious.

"Look at these surveillance videos from inside the spaceship. After entering the cabin, they only attacked the main door blocking their way, ignoring the walls on both sides without causing any damage. This doesn't seem like something a wild animal would do."

"You mean someone's directing them?" Regi also noticed something was wrong. The spaceship's doors were tightly sealed. If they hadn't known beforehand, even Riken trapped inside would have had a hard time figuring out where the doors were. And mindless beasts wouldn't understand the concept of a door at all.

"Perhaps the T85 Star System really does harbor an intelligent civilization, and this is a trap?" Thinking this, Lute quickly retrieved the surveillance video from earlier, and suddenly his eyes widened.

"If we assume they are an intelligent race, then their actions must all be purposeful. Regi, look here! From the moment they launched their attack, they didn't randomly damage the ship's hull; they only destroyed the turrets and the Light Sail. This also proves that they are intelligent beings!"

Hearing this, and considering what he had just seen, Regi was beginning to believe Lute's assessment. "If they had a purpose, destroying the turrets would be normal, but why would they destroy the Light Sail?"

The two fell silent. Suddenly, they exchanged a glance and shouted in unison, "They're going to sever our connection with our Mother Planet!"

Regi roared, "It's a trap! We can't let them succeed!"

"Hurry and send this message back to our Mother Planet, otherwise our people will come here unprepared and could suffer a great loss!" Lute shouted.

At this moment, wealth and glory were no longer important. Surrounded by alien races, their chances of survival were slim. As members of the Riken, they felt compelled to contribute their last bit of strength to their community.

"Celia! Immediately transmit my conversation with Dr. Lute back to our Mother Planet!"

"Received, Captain! Preparing to transmit. External signal amplifier damaged. Requires authorization to use more energy," the mechanical female voice announced.

"Immediately! Right now! Concentrate all our energy, at all costs!"

"Authorization granted, transfer initiated."

Swarm

"My Overlord, a massive energy accumulation from an alien spaceship has been detected!"

"What are they going to do? Detonate themselves?"

"Their radio transmitters are now operational; they're sending a message back to their Mother Planet!"

The Swarm Intellect had previously analyzed that without the Light Sail to amplify the signal, the spaceship itself would have to exhaust almost all its energy to transmit even a little bit of information.

Ships that run out of energy become easy prey, and their life support systems will fail due to energy shortages without the Swarm even needing to intervene.

Rowan was surprised by the decisiveness of the opposing captain, who, after only a few minutes of the attack, was able to issue such a desperate order.

It seems that no intelligent race should be underestimated.

However, despite the unexpected turn of events, the information still prevented them from passing it on so easily.

Only a small number of the Larval Form entered the Cat Ear Spaceship; a large number of Larval Form remained wandering outside. They had been aimlessly drifting when suddenly they paused, followed by bursts of blue Electric Arc that flashed across their bodies. These dense Electric Arc merged into a single, large-scale interference field.

This kind of interference had previously rendered the guard team's communication devices ineffective in the Underground Cavern, forcing them to rely on lip reading to communicate.

At this point, a larger-scale interference operation, though somewhat hastily implemented, still achieved some effect.

"Captain, due to interference from an unknown magnetic field, 69.3% of the information transmission failed." Even at this moment, the mechanical female voice remained completely devoid of emotion.

"Spaceship is low on energy. In accordance with protocol, shutting down the entertainment area! Shutting down the fitness area! Shutting down..."

Regi slumped in the captain's chair, ignoring the subsequent AI prompts, and muttered, "As expected, it was a trap. They were prepared. Lute, your guess was right. An intelligent race, a civilization, is hidden here!"

"Heh, what's the use of being only a few minutes early? We've all been tricked!" Lute said resentfully.

"I wonder if the people of our Mother Planet can deduce anything useful from the last few fragmented messages transmitted back."

"Don't worry, among billions of people, there will always be a few smart ones, and they can definitely do it."

"Yes, even if we can't, there's nothing we can do. We've done our best. Hasmu Squad probably encountered a similar trap back then. Do you think we should follow their example?"

Upon hearing his old friend's question, Lute fell into thought. As time passed, his face gradually contorted, as if he were struggling with a myriad of emotions.

Thank you to Old Window Without Hearing the Wind for the 500 Qidian coins.