Chapter 90.1

“…Is it over?” Enfei asked with difficulty while lying on the ground. He was still conscious and able to move, which was enough to show how much ShouHe had held back his punch just now. YaoJin half-knelt in front of the spacecraft hatch and looked down, quietly watching ShouHe disappear into the clouds in an instant. Lian Yu mercilessly interrupted Enfei’s hope, “Stop dreaming.”

“How much longer for the jump?” Cen Zhen raised his voice to ask Pan in the cockpit, who immediately replied: “Ten minutes and nine seconds.”

“……” Cen Zhen silently retrieved the snow leopard back into his spiritual space and took the initiative to disconnect the spiritual connection with Lian Yu. This move stunned Lian Yu for a moment, but he instantly understood Cen Zhen’s intention while regaining control of his five senses.

Lian Yu has always been sharp; otherwise, he would not have lived to the moment of suicide in his previous life. His brain worked quickly, and in an instant, he constructed a basic plan based on Cen Zhen’s ideas, which Cen Zhen had not even expressed. Not only that, he also mapped out several possible outcomes.

It seems… There is a chance? Although the success rate is very low, as long as it is not zero, it can be regarded as progress. Lian Yu turned around and asked Cen Zhen: “Are you sure?”

“No.” Cen Zhen was honest and blunt, “I just learned this skill, and I can barely control two masked men with cognitive issues when my mental power is at its fullest. Yet this time is different from before. I don’t need to control ShouHe for long. What I need to do is just to let ShouHe leave the spaceship at the moment of the jump… No, I don’t even need to control him completely. I just need to influence ShouHe and cooperate with your force to restrain him, so that he can’t move at the moment of the jump.”

“……” Lian Yu sighed, “Then you have to think clearly. If you get caught again, it will not be a crime of obstructing public service, but a blatant attack on the police.”

Cen Zhen curled his lips and showed a faint smile, “It’s okay. With the same crime, maybe if you ask ShouHe for mercy, he can put us in the same cell.”

Lian Yu spent three seconds daydreaming about the so-called prison infatuation mentioned by Cen Zhen. He inexplicably felt rushing excitement and was thrilled. For example, the two of them could mess around through the iron bars of the prison door that only allowed one arm to extend. However, since the arm could pass through, what else couldn’t pass through…

While Cen Zhen was speaking, he had already laid out his vast spiritual net. This invisible network spread out like light and shadow, touching every possible surface. The first thing the tentacles caught was ShouHe, who was still floating in the sky while pressing his ear, clearly speaking to someone—likely using a communicator embedded in his ear communicating to the ground.

Since their only target had already broken into his spiritual network like an ignorant moth, Cen Zhen carefully prepared by saving his mental energy to shrink the network when needed. However, two more existence broke into the network unexpectedly at this time. Cen Zhen frowned and saw that they were two spaceships slightly larger than the one they were in. The tail wings of the spaceships were all marked with the Interstellar Police Department’s symbol of justice and fairness.

The radar of the IVS01 model spacecraft naturally detected the two police spacecraft that suddenly appeared. Jiu immediately turned on the defense mode. It only took Pan a few seconds to read the other party’s intention to double-team them from the front and back. The two police spacecraft would extend their mechanical arms to fix their airships. Even if they could not stop them immediately, they could come to their airships through the aisle formed by the mechanical arms and catch them all in one fell swoop.

Pan’s driving lessons were never in vain, but his strategy lessons were obviously learned with his feet. After reaching the above conclusion, Pan’s mind went blank, and he could not think of any solution. He quickly told the four people outside the cockpit and asked for countermeasures.

“……” It was not as obvious when facing just ShouHe in plain clothes. As soon as these spaceships equipped with police badges appeared, YaoJin’s guilt immediately soared to a level that could not be ignored.

He is not like Lian Yu, the thieve master, who is used to doing evil things on weekdays; nor is he like Cen Zhen, raised under the world view of a professional assassin since childhood and does not have such a strong sense of the boundary between black and white; nor is he like Jiu and Enfei, who have reached a dead end and have no room for retreat, and can only go down the path until its end; nor is he like Pan, who has given up thinking, with the sole mentality: no matter what the consequences, I will listen to YaoJin.

The guilty conscience made YaoJin question life involuntarily, thinking about who I am, where I am, and what I am doing.

“We must not be touched by them!” Jiu said seriously, “This will lead to the failure of the jump.”

“If it doesn’t work, we can take them with us.” Lian Yu said, “As long as ShouHe is not here, the others are useless.”

“We can’t.” Jiu shook his head, “Not enough energy. I set a quantitative jump this time. Two more ships will lead to failure. We won’t be able to take them with us.”

“So…” Cen Zhen concluded, “Pan, it’s up to you.”

“Ah? Why is it up to me?” Pan was about to cry, “Why do you and Lian Yu have blind and excessive trust in my driving skills?”

“No, if there is really someone here who has superb flying skills to escape the police, it must be you.” Cen Zhen said seriously, but unfortunately, no one believed it except Lian Yu. Although Pan was truly moved. Not because he’s convinced, but because his best friend’s willingness to make up absolute nonsense just to encourage him.

After being moved, Pan took a deep breath, adjusted the hatch to allow only one person to enter and exit, then turned off all the autopilot functions and switched to manual control, then adjusted the safety speed limit threshold to the maximum. Jiu stared in the co-pilot seat, calling Enfei to find the safety rope quickly.

The facilities inside the spacecraft had long been replaced in combat readiness, and all leisure and entertainment facilities were turned to the bottom of the cabin. There was a row of seats against the cabin wall on the top, and under the seats were handy weapons. Next to them were safety ropes strong enough for deep-water mermaids to grind their teeth, and on top was an oxygen mask that could be reached by a rise of hand.

Lian Yu skillfully took out two, handed one to Cen Zhen, and tied the safety rope around his waist, while YaoJin imitated him in a similar way.

The next second, the IVS01 invisible spacecraft flew out at the speed of light.

Translator’s Note:

I don’t even know what to say… As soon as I promise I will do everything I can to update every week, my dad pulled our house wifi because he’s mad my brother missed half a day at school due to oversleeping. I lost all access to my file until today, and guess what? The wifi is back only because my brother’s school got flooded over the weekend due to the heavy storm in town, and they switched to e-learning; which requires wifi. It’s so ridiculous, I have no words. I honestly was planning to go to the library if I can’t get wifi today. Anyway, expect three updates this week since this chapter is broken into 2 parts. （>∩<。）