"Clang!"

Just as Lu Xiaoxiao and the others were fiercely battling, the lights in the slave quarters flickered.

"What's going on?"

A space pirate glanced at the somewhat disheveled but spirited rebels, instinctively thinking someone had damaged the energy system.

"Crap!"

In the control room, a space pirate immediately realized something was wrong. All the monitors were down!

As soon as they realized this, all the doors in the slave quarters were opened again!

"Someone's here to save us!"

Seeing the doors open, Gudelian, who had also been captured and locked inside, suddenly had a glint in his eyes. As expected, the flickering lights earlier had been a signal, not his imagination!

"Quick! Go out and provide support!"

Gudelian wasn't a front-line fighter, but his keen perception had long detected some special individuals among those imprisoned.

He grabbed a player who seemed to have a special identity and shouted, "Hurry out! There's a fight outside!"

"How do you know?"

The sudden opening of the doors made some players wary. For a moment, no one moved. They even suspected it was a trap.

"Are you dumb? The lights were signaling that our people found the control system and are helping us! The message was for you guys to get out there and help!"

Gudelian blurted out a long string of words, then took a breath.

"Didn't you understand? Do you know more about mechs than I do?"

Gudelian had shown his face a bit earlier when everyone was left to fend for themselves.

Many players knew he repaired mechs and starships, so it wasn't strange that he knew more about starship matters.

Besides, thinking about the flickering lights, it did seem like a message was being transmitted.

So, after hearing this, they immediately rushed out with a group of NPCs without looking back.

The remaining ordinary NPCs hadn't even reacted.

"Th-then do we go too?"

A player NPC looked bewildered at the group rushing out.

"What are we going to do out there?"

"Let's not act rashly in this situation." Gudelian advised the ordinary NPCs, "These aliens have ulterior motives. Our country saw through it long ago, but they took the risk because their strength was insufficient. All you can do now is protect yourselves. There's probably no way to escape."

After Gudelian finished somberly, a regular NPC couldn't help but worry, "Th-then if we fail, will they take it out on us, no, I mean, on the planet? My wife and kids are there!"

"Damn, you have a wife and kids, why did you sign up?"

A young man who looked like a single dog stared incredulously at the young man beside him, who showed a bitter smile. "It's because the family burden is heavy. My wife gave birth to quadruplets last year."

"Holy crap, dude, you're awesome, four at once!"

Even Gudelian couldn't help but take a few more glances. In interstellar society, most people only had one child, maybe two or three at most, which was already incredible.

Quadruplets!

Four at once!

"Is the Hua Lan star gene like this =.=" Gudelian even considered whether he should find a Hua Lan star girl as a partner in the future.

"But, I heard Hua Lan star girls are hard to get..." Gudelian muttered softly.

"Yeah, four is great, but it's also bad for the body. My wife has been recovering, and it hasn't gotten much better after more than a year. The doctor said she needs to drink more purified water and take medicine..."

"Ah, purified water..."

The cost alone was terrifying. Adults and purified water, and you had to keep drinking it. Who could afford that?

No wonder he had to work hard!

"So, here I am, right? Maybe being a pioneer will let me earn money in the first batch." The man's smile was almost a cry. He had thought it through, but no one expected the situation to be like this.

"You're so stupid. My grandpa said there's no good in coming here."

Another girl with a ponytail and a pale face couldn't help but mutter, "My grandpa wanted to sign up before, but my dad and the others stopped him. Then my dad wanted to come, but my mom stopped him. Then my brother wanted to sign up, but my mom and dad wouldn't let him..."

"So, they let you come?"

The single dog who had envied the quadruplets just now proved why he was single.

He opened his mouth without thinking and directly earned a glare from the girl.

Seeing them all talking about their families, Gudelian suddenly felt a pang of emotion, as if he were soaking in hot lemonade.

Everyone had a different reason for coming here. Some died during genetic modification, and some survived, but they were all thinking about the people back home.

If… if they were to witness the destruction of their loved ones' homes, how heartbroken would they be?

Gudelian didn't dare to think about it. Thinking about it only made him feel more suffocated.

The lights outside the slave quarters flickered again. Gudelian looked up at the flickering lights and suddenly stood up.

The light in Gudelian's eyes was ignited by the signal from the flashing lights!

"Hey, young man, where are you going?"

Seeing Gudelian's sudden movement, others were confused and quickly asked.

"To save the world."

…

"Will anyone come?"

Mingmei watched Mu Chen, who had been very interested in the energy lights of the starship since just now. Besides cutting off the power to the robots and turning off the monitors, he spent most of his time "playing with the lights."

"If Gudelian's genetic modification didn't fail, he will definitely come. He knows more than we do."

Mu Chen replied firmly. Mingmei couldn't help but nod and believe him.

"Can he find this place?"

"Yes, he should be more familiar with it than we are."

As Mu Chen spoke, he pulled Mingmei toward another place.

"Where are we going now?"

"To rendezvous with Gudelian. The space pirates won't be ignorant of what we're doing. We can't get caught in a trap."

As he spoke, he handed Mingmei a jagged blade.

"Where did this come from?" Looking at the sharp blade, the metallic luster didn't seem like something brought up from below.

"I got it from the robot I killed earlier, but it's not complete. You take it."

Mingmei was about to ask him what he would do when Mu Chen showed Mingmei the strong silk thread in his palm: "This is perfect for me."