From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Zack neither confirmed nor denied this, only saying, "Alright, it will probably take some time for those invaders to get here. Let's go to the training room for an hour of training first."

They have just come out of the hibernation pod and cannot immediately become familiar with their bodies. Theoretically, they must undergo a week of rehabilitation training to restore their physical functions to normal levels.

But now is clearly not the time, and—

"Vice Commander, the outsiders are coming quickly to the aft deck by tram. I'm afraid you don't have an hour to prepare."

Lines of text appeared on the screen.

"what?"

In the midst of the chaos, Zach also had a question: Would the mothership offer suggestions without anyone asking?

But the situation was urgent, and he didn't have time to think too much. He could only order Alyssa, Benjamin, and Vincent to put down the food and go to the preparation room together to put on the appropriate space combat suits and pick up plasma rifles.

"Remember, switch rifle mode to electric shock mode. First intimidate them, then negotiate, then fight. Don't kill them, otherwise they'll be affected by the electromagnetic energy of the divine seal and become zombies, which would be troublesome." Zack issued the combat order.

"understand!"

The four of them agreed in unison and followed Zack to the tram station on the stern deck. Zack and Benjamin hid outside the entrance passage, while Alyssa and Vincent went down the passage and hid behind some of the inactive zombies, waiting to take down the intruders in one fell swoop.

"Om-"

As the maglev track vibrated, a tram emerged from the tunnel and stopped at the edge of the platform.

Six people.

Elisa peered through the car window to determine the number of people, then lingered on Mark for a moment before exclaiming in surprise, "One of them looks like he has a very serious skin disease."

"Don't worry about it, just proceed as planned," Zack's voice came through the communicator.

"Yes!"

Elisa exchanged a glance with Vincent, who was also hiding behind the mutated corpse. Elisa pulled out a stun grenade from her waist, activated her wristband, and threw it the instant the tram doors opened…

Chapter 1267 A Miniature "Dark Forest"

Just as the two stun grenades entered the tram, they flew back at an even faster speed.

hum-

The intense light and strong tremor caused Elisa and Vincent to close their eyes instantly. It felt like their heads had been hit by a giant hammer. In addition, they had just woken up from the hibernation pod and their bodily functions had not fully recovered, so they almost fainted.

When the two came to their senses, all their weapons had been taken away, and their hands were bound with ropes.

"Elisa, Vincent, where are you?"

Zack's voice came through the communicator.

Wearing a combat spacesuit, Bai Yuekui picked up the communicator and replied in the language of Jehrab: "Friend, don't be nervous. We are not enemies. We just want to learn the secret of the Divine Seal in order to leave this spaceship."

However, the communication was abruptly cut off.

The footsteps at the station entrance quickly faded away, clearly indicating that the other party did not trust them.

Do you speak Common Tongue?

Bai Yuekui put down the walkie-talkie and asked Elisa and Vincent in Mandarin.

In this time and space, Mandarin is the global lingua franca.

"meeting."

Elisa nodded, looking at the strange team. She noticed that four of them were wearing combat spacesuits with exoskeletons, and even though the spaceship was filled with breathable air, they still didn't take off their helmets. Moreover, the material of those helmets seemed to be much more advanced than the spacesuits they were wearing.

The remaining two, one was dressed rather... leisurely, and his hairstyle was similar to that of an ancient cultivator from the Heluo civilization, with his hair tied in a bun and his long black hair cascading down to his waist.

The other one is completely unlike a human, with a single horn on its forehead, a long tail behind it, and cracks on its arms, shoulders, back, and thighs... This is the product of gene editing.

Who are you?

Vincent asked.

"Space scavengers".

Jiang Liu spoke humorously, casually untying the ropes binding their hands with a flick of his finger. "The situation on Earth is completely different now than before you left. Disasters have struck, the Mana ecosystem has exploded, the Devouring Beasts are rampant, humanity is nearly extinct, and there are fewer than 20,000 people left in the world..."

Concise and concise.

Elisa and Vincent suspected that this person was telling them some kind of apocalyptic story.

But when the Red Girl took out a tablet from her storage ring and showed them the ground data that the lighthouse had previously recorded, they stared in disbelief.

"So don't be afraid we'll kill you. You're a valuable resource for ensuring the continuation of humanity!"

Zhang Zhiwei said in a sinister tone, "If you can get out, we'll assign you breeding tasks, and you might even get the honorary title of 'Breeding Model'."

“A breeding champion? No, no, I only like Elisa.” Vincent hurriedly shouted.

Elisa: "..."

"Besides the two of you, who are the other two people on this spaceship?" Jiang Liu asked.

"They're up there. How are you sure there are only two people?" Elisa asked Jiang Liu, snapping out of her daze.

“If you have normal thinking logic, you should be able to see that we are not ‘normal people’,” Jiang Liu said with a slightly humorous tone.

"Superpowers!"

Elisa and Vincent exchanged a glance and came up with the same answer.

"Alright, whoever they are, let's tell them that although we have intruded, we are not space pirates. We just came to find supplies, but we are stuck here. We also know that the Lalayee is a divine artifact—the Seal of God—that is used to search for the Old World of Jelayra."

Seeing that the two remained wary, Jiang Liu took the communicator from Bai Yuekui and handed it back to them, saying, "Please contact them. We don't want to start a pointless conflict."

Vincent was skeptical.

Elisa, as the chief security officer of the Lalaye, is a man of action. Although she is skeptical about the Mana taking over Earth, the best course of action for now is to follow the arrangements of these outsiders.

No matter how she tried to contact him, she received no reply. She could only give Jiang Liu an apologetic look and say, "I'm sorry, the deputy commander has already refused to communicate."

"These are rules we set ourselves!"

Fearing that these people might misunderstand, Vincent immediately added an explanation: "Since you know about the existence of the Divine Seal, you should also know about its function—it can influence a person's will and can cause the dead to mutate into a kind of monster, which we call the Corpse Mutant."

To prevent us from hallucinating and causing communication problems or errors in commands, communication will be cut off immediately once the distance between individual survivors becomes too great, and all actions will be left to the individual's own judgment.

"Understandable."

When a divine seal can influence intelligent beings and cause them to hallucinate, the best course of action if the group is scattered is indeed to ignore all information that may affect one's judgment and act only according to one's true inner thoughts.

Within the seemingly illuminated but actually dark space of the Larye spaceship, once an individual is separated from the group, they must rely solely on themselves. Furthermore, as time passes, the influence of the divine seal on their mental will intensifies, potentially leading to indiscriminate attacks on other individuals, much like—

A small "dark forest".

"Have you been wandering around inside this spaceship the whole time?"

Jiang Liu pressed for an answer.

"No, we were in the hibernation pod and only recently woke up... We suspect the spacecraft was hit by a meteoroid or some other space debris."

Vincent explained the situation.

Jiang Liu asked again, "Are only the four of you awake?"

"Yes."

This time, it was Elisa who answered.

“Next, we’ll be meeting your deputy commander, Zach Hammond. Please explain to us that we sincerely hope there won’t be any use of force,” Jiang Liu said.

"If what you say is true, then I think the deputy commander would definitely not... wait, I didn't say the deputy commander's name."

Alyssa's expression changed, wondering if Jiang Liu knew the deputy commander, or even if they were once friends but had become enemies due to conflicting interests...

"Relax, Zack and I don't know each other at all. It's not the melodramatic story you're imagining—a friend first, then parting ways due to interests..."

"I can see through all your thoughts."

"But don't be anxious. Generally speaking, I don't pry into other people's secrets, as that goes against my path of cultivation. But this Lalaye is filled with darkness, and I need to make sure you are a being created by the Divine Seal to deceive us."

Jiang Liuming explained his ability to "read minds" not only to show his sincerity to the two uneasy crew members, but also to intimidate them and warn them against any underhanded actions.

Elisa didn't want to believe it, but he had accurately stated what she had just been thinking, leaving her no choice but to believe him.

"that···"

Vincent suddenly spoke, but he was somewhat reserved. However, when he saw Jiang Liu's gentle eyes, he mustered his courage, looked at Elisa, and asked, "Since you can read minds, can you tell that Elisa has feelings for me?"

Chapter 1268 Mental Influence

Hearing Vincent's question, Elisa was stunned, then annoyed—

Is now the time to ask this kind of question?

"As I have said, I respect other people's privacy and, under normal circumstances, I will not read other people's thoughts at will."

Jiang Liu refused to answer Vincent's question. "And another thing, buddy, by asking such a question in front of everyone here, aren't you basically confessing your feelings to Miss Elisa?"

"What? No! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!"

Vincent denied it three times.

But it was precisely this flustered appearance that Elisa found quite adorable.

Obvious.

She had feelings for him too.

But Jiang Liu secretly asked, "Have you figured it out?"

【What?】

Zhang Zhiwei was a beat slow to react: "Isn't it just two people liking each other?"

Brother Zhang, haven't you noticed that these two are thinking a little too excitedly?

Lu Jin, however, discovered the problem.

The Lalaiye had experienced a zombie mutation crisis before, so these two, while not exactly paranoid, had to be constantly on guard to prevent the mummies in the station from suddenly coming back to life.

That's right!

These necromancy variants are indeed dead, with no activity in their cells. But as space workers, not all of them are elites, they should at least be able to maintain their composure. And given the long-term high-pressure work environment, how could they be so emotional?