Interstellar Survival: Invasion

will come for Skyhawk in four hours, ” said Baron Sisse.

Hurrying up would definitely be the right choice, so we followed Jack and ran through the tube.
After a while, we finally arrived at a more open space.
A semi-circular bioelectrical pool had appeared before us.
We could clearly see that all the blue electrical agents had been gathered into the pool, and blue electrical currents were constantly flowing within it.
This pool was evidently the final destination for the electrical life forms.

A steel door blocked our path ahead.
The other half of the semi-circular pool was located on the other side of the door and was most likely the door that would lead us into Skyhawk.
Some blue electrical life forms were still left on the door before us.
It was clear that the door acted as a divider to split the flow of the blue electrical life forms into both halves of the pool.

Since the transmission had stopped, Jack stepped forth and inserted a security code into the door.
Now that we had arrived before this door, we became much less nervous than before.
We would arrive inside Skyhawk after going through this door.
And with this ship, we could both escape and complete our main mission.
Surprisingly, Jack seemed to have encountered some trouble.
Even after five minutes, the door was still shut.

”Hey, I thought you could hack through all the locks here? Why are you taking so long? Open the door already.
I don ’t want to stay near this pool, ” Zhang Bao ’er started complaining again.

”Odd.
Why did the staff change the procedures for this security lock? ” muttered Jack as he continued trying to hack through the lock.

”Jack, can you open this lock? ” asked Baron Sisse.

”Definitely.
Someone changed the procedures, but it won ’t stump me.
I ’m already at the code reassembly stage.
The door will open in 10 minutes, ” said Jack confidently.

We felt relieved, so we continued waiting patiently.
Standing beside Jack, I could clearly see the timer on his tablet.
I felt like the nervous waiting would feel faster by staring at the timer.

Before we knew it, eight minutes had passed.
We were only two minutes away from cracking the lock and leaving.
I even grew excited as those thoughts entered my mind.

Since arriving at Cloudcast, everything we did had been accompanied by danger and difficulties.
We only wanted to steal a ship, and we had not expected it to be so difficult.
Right at that moment, a loud boom sounded from the far end of the tube.

”My god.
What weird monster is going to appear this time? ” asked Zhang Bao ’er worriedly.

”Shit.
The electric transmission has been resumed.
The electrical agents will arrive soon, ” said Jack.

”What? I thought the baron said that they wouldn ’t resume the transmission of energy so soon, ” said Zhang Bao ’er.

Clearly, the baron had guessed wrong, but it was pointless to blame him right now.

”Jack, how long will it take the electrical agents to reach us? ” Baron Sisse asked.

”Only 1 minute, ” said Jack.

When we looked at the timer on the tablet, there were still 50 seconds.
In other words, if everything proceeded smoothly, we would only have 10 seconds left to make our escape.
Our hearts raced.
The threat of death was so close, but the only thing we could do was wait.
That was a sensation no words could capture.
My adrenal glands were probably working overtime from all the nervousness.

The booming sounds grew louder and louder.
Traces of blue could already be seen from the far end of the tube.
In the final 20 seconds, I could clearly see the blue electrical agents on the other side of the tube.
It took less than a second for the flashes I saw to turn into a surging river of blue.

The following 10 seconds were the longest 10 seconds I had ever experienced in my life.
The surging blue torrent was so very near, and despair covered our faces.
The blue torrent before me felt just like the ocean monster we had encountered on Sirius with its jaws wide in preparation to swallow us.

During the final moments, a beep sounded, and the door to Skyhawk opened.
We had less than 10 seconds to make our escape.
No order was required as everyone scrambled through the door with the blue torrent right behind us.

Jack was the first through the door, and after everyone else entered, he hurriedly inputted the command to shut the door.
The surging blue torrent was blocked on the other side, but some of the blue agents still managed to slip through right before the door was closed, entering the room.

Nevertheless, the door was still able to fully shut.
Only a small amount of the blue life forms could be seen on the ground.
Without the support of the rest of the blue electrical agents, they could only flap helplessly on the floor.
In their struggle, some almost reached us.

We hurriedly stepped back, barely avoiding them.
After three minutes, all the agents finally died down, and the blue on their bodies dimmed.
They finally ceased to be a threat.
The past 10 seconds felt like a miraculous reversal from death to life.
No words could describe our feelings.
The overwhelming pressure and joy caused all of us to slump weakly onto the floor.