Plundering in Progress

"I'd been awake for over an hour, but I still couldn't remember anything." As Captain Peyton was supported by Bower and slowly made his way toward the ship's control center, Tang Tian walked silently with both hands in his pockets. No one could see anything in his eyes behind those sunglasses.

"If this really is our ship, then this room should be locked in a certain position. Beyond that door should be the cockpit." Having recovered somewhat, Captain Peyton and Bower arrived at the cockpit door.

"My God! Someone tried to get out through here." After reaching the cockpit door, Bower stared at the parts scattered around it and spoke in astonishment.

Captain Peyton looked into the cockpit in confusion, but found nothing. Tang Tian looked at the cockpit door and smiled strangely, silently reaching into his pocket and taking out a small black metal object resembling a USB drive from his storage space.

"Captain, all the trigger keys are malfunctioning." After entering the cockpit, Bower, as a mechanical engineer, checked the situation inside and spoke.

"Yes, that's true." Captain Peyton took the coffee Bower handed him and drank as he spoke.

"I think there should be a way to restore the cockpit. It may not be everything, but it will be enough to help us." Tang Tian spoke at the right moment. His words were meant to dispel Bower's idea of repairing all the power systems, while also reminding Captain Peyton that they could restore the cockpit's power first.

"That's right. At the very least, we can restore power to the cockpit first." Captain Peyton nodded, then activated the backup energy source marked in the center of the cockpit. After he turned it several times, the cockpit lit up.

As Captain Peyton turned around, Bower burst into laughter, clearly not expecting such a way to restore power. Tang Tian looked over the cockpit, which was filled with a high-tech atmosphere, and nodded in satisfaction. The Pandorum Dimension was obviously far more advanced than the Planet of the Apes dimension. The fact that virtual reality technology had been fully applied to a spaceship cockpit showed just how powerful its technology was.

Seeing what he wanted appear, Tang Tian took out the replicated Red Queen's high-performance micro-server and inserted it into the interface. Captain Peyton and Bower both looked stunned, unable to understand what this mysterious man was doing.

About five seconds later, Tang Tian saw the cockpit mainframe screen turn red and said, "Red Queen, come out." "Main brain, welcome. I am at your service." As the mechanical synthesized electronic voice rang out, Tang Tian was delighted. His first plundering plan had been a success. If everything went perfectly, all the technology of this dimension would belong to him.

"Red Queen, your task is to connect to the cockpit computer and download all the data," Tang Tian ordered.

"Understood. I am at your service, main brain," the replicated Red Queen replied mechanically.

"Wait, what are you trying to do?" Bower sensed that something was wrong and hurriedly spoke.

"What I do is none of your business. Captain Peyton, your mission is complete." Tang Tian's voice was icy. Then Captain Peyton floated weightlessly toward the cockpit door. As a dark-blue round fired from the electromagnetic shotgun struck him, Captain Peyton's head exploded with a bang, like a watermelon bursting apart.

"All right, don't look at me like that." Tang Tian ignored Bower's fury. The man he had killed was the true culprit behind the murder of his colleagues and the abuse of the passengers—the young pilot Galo. This dimension had also been born from Galo's handiwork. As for why Galo's head had exploded just now, it was actually one application of Tang Tian's gravity ability—Gravity Bomb was one use of gravity.

Tang Tian ignored Bower's furious glare. Bower had been restrained by gravity and could not move, but Tang Tian did not intend to kill him for the time being. He could arrange for him to become the spokesperson of this dimension. Tang Tian had a fairly good impression of Bower.

"I don't need to explain anything to you. You'll understand everything in the future. All right, there's no need to say anything else. Red Queen, download all the spaceship's data." Tang Tian spoke as though he were addressing Bower, yet also as though he were talking to himself.

"Understood, main brain. Initialization complete. Beginning virus deployment," the replicated Red Queen said mechanically.

This movie dimension was actually quite simple. After Earth sent its final message of destruction, three pilots were the first to learn of it. One young pilot, overcome by panic and despair, killed his other two colleagues and planned a cruel game while mentally unstable. He awakened some of the passengers in the cryogenic chambers, locked them inside a sealed cargo hold, and allowed the foodless passengers to slaughter one another and feed on each other.

Eventually, bored of the game, he hid in a cryogenic chamber and returned to sleep. The passengers still trapped in the cargo hold gradually lost all traces of civilization in that brutal environment where only the strong survived. Over the long years that followed, they reproduced and evolved into savage human mutants. That was why Tang Tian had killed the fake Captain Peyton.

"Main brain, in about half an hour, I will completely control the ship with the virus and finish downloading all the data," Red Queen explained after connecting to the ship's mainframe.

"Half an hour? That isn't very long. It's just enough time to release the Licker." Tang Tian spoke indifferently, then made a slight motion with his hand. An iron box fell from a spatial rift. Needless to say, it was certainly the same result as at the previous colony. This time, however, there was no need to deploy satellites; the ship itself could be controlled directly.

During the time that followed, Tang Tian considered the spoils from this dimensional journey. Aside from the new colony in the Tanis planetary dimension, he would also obtain the entire technology tree of the Earth Government. In the movie, Bower had taken an energy weapon from the armory—the Inductive Small Particle-Beam Weapon. Its power was quite impressive, which showed just how advanced energy weapons were in the Pandorum dimension.

Tang Tian briefly examined the spaceship's data and was slightly surprised. The Earth Government's application of energy technology had reached an unparalleled level. From razors and flashlights to pistols, rifles, tanks, armored vehicles, and Space-Based Particle-Beam Weapons, everything was extremely powerful. Coming to this dimension had been the right choice.

"All right, main brain. Copying complete," Red Queen said calmly while Tang Tian was deep in thought. As a replica, Red Queen's expression was cold and emotionless.

Mm, this is over. It should soon be time to return and fuse with the virus. The cryogenic chambers can conveniently solve the fusion issue during the virus injection. Once the fusion is complete, I can go to the I, Robot dimension. Tang Tian thought silently.

PS: Virus enhancement officially begins. Thank you all for your support.