San Tian Liang Jiao
Chapter 524 One Step Late
It only took a few minutes for the spaceship to complete its short-range warp and enter the orbit of Scum-Scum-Scum-Scum Star.
This planet looked quite similar to Shrug Star’s home planet. Seen from space, they were both tan-colored planets, except Scum-Scum-Scum-Scum Star was slightly smaller.
“Hmm… the gravity I felt on Shrug Star was basically the same as on Earth.” While rushing into the atmosphere, Feng Bujue was still calculating those minor details in his mind. “Assuming this planet’s density is similar to Shrug Star, then its gravity would definitely be correspondingly smaller… if a battle occurs later, I have to pay attention…”
“The gravity of this planet is slightly less than that of Shrug Star, Poker Face, you have to be careful after disembarking,” Tap Dance Oddball happened to turn his head to remind him at this moment.
“Oh, I understand,” Feng Bujue responded.
After this period of contact, he had also roughly grasped the personality traits of these two heroes. Breakdance Hero was a relatively calm person. Although he wasn’t taciturn, he rarely spoke useless nonsense. Tap Dance Oddball, on the other hand, was more talkative. His personality was relatively lively and easy to get along with. He often cracked jokes.
“Aside from the extremely heavy Indian accent and the strange hero names… these two are quite normal…” Feng Bujue mused in his heart. “It seems that people in this universe are just relatively naive, but they still have basic intelligence. At least I haven’t seen any complete idiots yet…”
“Hahahaha… Hahahahaha…” A burst of arrogant laughter interrupted Brother Jue’s thoughts, and in a sense, slapped him in the face.
Just as the Curry entered the atmosphere and began to decelerate, a baffling image suddenly cut into the spaceship’s main screen. In the image, a Shrug Star person was standing there, wearing a mechanical exoskeleton and a mechanical helmet. Judging from his laughter and expression alone, it was clear that… this was not a good person…
“Hahaha… Ultra-Union, you guys really came!” That person laughed for a while before finally speaking.
“Who are you?” Tap Dance Oddball shouted at the screen.
“Hmph… you don’t even recognize me, you ignorant fools,” that person snorted coldly. “I am the great genius scientist Dr. Weak-Weak-Weak-Weak!”
“Geez… what grudge do you have against your parents…” Feng Bujue thought.
“You can actually invade this spaceship’s communication channel?” Breakdance Hero looked at the other party and uttered in a deep voice.
“Hahahaha!” Dr. Weak laughed. “How ridiculous, this kind of thing is just a piece of cake!” He paused, putting on a ferocious expression. “Listen up, heroes, I advise you not to meddle in things that don’t concern you. Just obediently turn around and go back, otherwise…”
“Oh? You dare to threaten us?” Breakdance Hero interrupted. “So… are you the mastermind behind this crisis?”
“Hmph… to be able to see through that instantly, you’re quite smart too…” Dr. Weak snorted.
“Is that even considered smart?” Feng Bujue was shocked and shouted inwardly, “You might as well write ‘I am the villain’ on your face.”
“Now that things have come to this… there’s nothing for me to hide anymore,” Dr. Weak continued. “That’s right, my real title should be the great, evil, invincible genius scientist… Dr. Weak-Weak-Weak-Weak~ that’s right.”
“What have you been hiding!” Feng Bujue was really worried about the other party’s IQ. “What have you concealed from beginning to end? The only difference is the addition of ‘evil’ and ‘invincible’ self-descriptions? Are you aiming to become a thief!”
“What exactly are you plotting?” Tap Dance Oddball glared at the other party and said.
“Hahaha… you’ll know soon enough,” Dr. Weak said, and then cut off the communication.
During their conversation, the spaceship had descended quite a bit. At this time, Breakdance Hero adjusted the spaceship’s navigation mode, switching to autopilot within the atmosphere.
After doing all this, Breakdance Hero said, “This Dr. Weak is really arrogant. It seems this mission won’t be easy to deal with.”
Tap Dance Oddball continued, “Yeah… after all, it’s a C-level mission. We’ll have to confirm the specific severity with the local government forces who issued the alert.”
“Hey… you two…” Feng Bujue finally couldn’t help but remind them from behind, “Since the other party was able to successfully invade the Curry’s communication system, doesn’t that mean our location has already been exposed…”
The two people in front were stunned upon hearing this.
“The other party knows our location but hasn’t launched an attack on us, which is illogical…” Brother Jue continued. “Of course, it’s also possible that the conditions don’t allow him to attack, for example… his location is on the other side of the planet, making it impossible for him to pose a threat to us in the short term; or, he doesn’t have any effective means of attacking from the air. Therefore… he can only threaten us in the communication.” He paused. “But… he just confidently stated that we ‘will know soon’ what his intentions are, so… there are only three possibilities…” He raised three fingers. “First, he’s confident that he can quickly control us after we land; second, the ‘crisis’ he created has already affected the entire planet, so no matter where we land, we’ll be immediately affected; third, he’s talking nonsense…”
Feng Bujue paused for a few more seconds, as if waiting for the two heroes to digest the information he had said, and then said, “Personally, I think the second situation is the most likely, followed by the first. But regardless of which assumption it is, it foreshadows that we are likely to encounter some kind of danger when we land…”
“Oh! You’re a genius! Poker Face!” Tap Dance Oddball suddenly widened his eyes and shouted at Brother Jue.
“Ah… no no… I’m just thinking logically…” Feng Bujue really wasn’t being modest, but the other party didn’t give him a chance to continue speaking…
Even Breakdance Hero looked horrified: “So, in addition to superpowers, you’re also a hero with ‘super intelligence’!”
“Hey… are you implying that the average IQ of all intelligent races in this universe is below 80…” Feng Bujue naturally wouldn’t say these words. He silently complained in his heart, “It’s no wonder that Dr. Weak just said you guys were smart… but is this kind of setting really okay? How did you guys develop to the interstellar age? Relying on a small number of geniuses to drive historical progress…” When he thought of this, his expression changed slightly. “Hmm… wait… come to think of it, this seems quite normal… the technological advancement of humanity in the real world is also driven by some outstanding talents at the top of the pyramid…”
Tap Dance Oddball didn’t notice Brother Jue’s change in expression. He continued, “Poker Face, you may not know this, but no super-intelligent heroes have appeared on Earth for many years, and heroes with both superpowers and super intelligence are rare throughout the universe!”
“Heh… hehe… so I’m that amazing,” Feng Bujue replied with a dry laugh.
“Of course! There are currently two super-intelligent heroes on the League’s highest council,” Tap Dance Oddball said, “They are Frog Hero and Tin Foil Hero.”
“Could these names be any more embarrassing…” Brother Jue thought.
“Although they don’t have any superpowers, they possess unparalleled wisdom,” Tap Dance Oddball continued to explain. “Moreover, they are very wealthy and possess almost endless financial resources. In the early days of the League’s establishment, when it hadn’t received any sponsorship, they were the ones who supported the operation of the entire organization.”
“This setting sounds awfully familiar…” Feng Bujue thought to himself. “Also… why is this guy starting a detailed explanation with great interest just because I casually said a few words… aren’t the NPCs in this world a little too easy to get information from.”
Tap Dance Oddball’s narration wasn’t over yet: “Frog Hero, whose real name is Enway Slub, is the only son of the Slub family, the richest family on Mahat Star. Enway witnessed his parents being murdered by criminals when he was a child. He vowed to eradicate evil and prevent other children from suffering the same fate. To this end, he visited famous teachers everywhere, mastered various detective knowledge and combat skills, and relied on the Slub Group to create a large number of high-tech equipment, beginning his holy war. During the day, he is seen as a brainless rich second generation, a playboy; at night, he is the dark knight who strikes fear into the hearts of criminals – Frog Hero.”
“Is it okay to blatantly copy Batman’s setting like this? Is it okay that you even told me his real name? Also… why a frog? Why? It’s completely meaningless!” Feng Bujue was about to burst. He really wanted to shout all these words out, but he couldn’t…
“Tin Foil Hero…” Tap Dance Oddball was still saying, “whose real name is Kertas Nito, is the heir to Nito Enterprises. His hometown is Mud Star, which is known for its technological civilization. He is a world-renowned arms dealer, physicist, engineer, philanthropist, inventor, adventurer, billionaire, and playboy. He wears a power armor that he developed himself, which grants him superhuman strength, endurance, flight ability, and various weapon systems, allowing him to fight for justice. And the power source of the armor is the mini arc reactor on his chest…”
“Uh… let me interrupt for a moment…” Brother Jue couldn’t hold on any longer. “Then… why is he called ‘Tin Foil Hero’? Could it be that his armor…”
“Yes, that’s right. The basic material of his armor is the ‘super tin foil’ he developed,” Tap Dance Oddball replied. “This material is very light, almost like a close-fitting suit, and it is pressure-resistant, heat-resistant, and can be combined with his molecular-level technology to…”
“Hey! Look!” At this moment, Breakdance Hero, who was controlling the spaceship’s descent, interrupted their conversation. He switched a split screen to the front main screen. “This is what the spaceship’s monitor captured…” He said nervously, “What are those things on the ground?”
Tap Dance Oddball immediately turned his head and exclaimed, “This… this is definitely not a regular mechanized unit of the military…”
Feng Bujue was struggling in the abyss of pain at this moment, and was close to his breaking point, so no matter what happened next, he didn’t care anymore…
Brother Jue looked up at the screen and saw a large black shadow slowly moving on the tan-colored plain below the spaceship… Upon closer inspection, it was an army composed of mechanical creations. Countless mechanical monsters of various shapes and sizes were forming formations and advancing at high speed on the land…
“What’s going on…” Feng Bujue thought. “Dr. Weak, couldn’t you just create some Shrug zombie virus or something… how are we supposed to deal with an army of mechanical beasts… By the way, isn’t the wealth and execution ability of you villains a bit too outrageous! Wouldn’t it be better to do something proper with the same cost and effort?”
“The coordinates of the alert are not far from here. I’m switching to manual driving mode to approach,” Breakdance Hero said, placing his hands on the console. “Tap Dance Oddball, try to contact the government forces.”
“Understood,” Tap Dance Oddball responded, and then picked up the communication device, pressed a few buttons on the console, and waited for more than ten seconds. “Strange… I can’t find a signal.”
“It’s possible that the government forces have shielded the base’s signal to hide their location…” Breakdance Hero couldn’t finish his sentence, because he saw the base with his own eyes as he spoke.
“Hmm…” Feng Bujue also saw the scene in the distance and said in a deep voice from behind, “We’re too late…”