Chapter 390 - 391: Selection Game 20

The group arrived without a hitch at the location of the Executor base.

Thanks to the Silver Cross, no one detected a trace of them the entire way.

After smoothly ascending to an altitude of one thousand meters, they gazed at the empty sky and all turned to look at Perry Yates.

"Activate reconnaissance mode."

As Perry Yates’s words fell, the armor they wore reacted in unison. The next second, a colossal object materialized in the previously empty sky.

"This is a spaceship!"

Amber Sheridan and Dylan Adler stared at the spaceship, something they had only ever seen in games, their eyes shining with excitement. Even the ever-composed Ethan Fuller’s gaze seemed to flicker with a hint of emotion.

Dylan Adler looked at Perry Yates, hoping more than ever that her plan would succeed.

Now that they had found their target, the question was how to get inside.

They flew a full circle around the vessel but couldn’t find a single point of entry.

The ship seemed to be a seamless, integrated whole, without the slightest vulnerability.

"At this rate, we could search for a lifetime and never find an entrance," Perry Yates said, frowning with her arms crossed.

"Do you have a better idea?" Amber Sheridan asked.

Hearing this, Perry Yates scanned her surroundings, looking for anything she could use.

Looking down, she happened to spot a few Red-Eye Skitterfiends roaming below, apparently searching for prey.

Seeing her chance, Perry Yates decisively used the Space-Time Gate to transport the Red-Eye Skitterfiends onto the spaceship a thousand meters up.

Suddenly finding themselves in a new location, the Red-Eye Skitterfiends panicked like startled birds and began to frantically attack their surroundings.

The sound of the attacks on the ship’s hull quickly drew the attention of those inside.

Soon, a door slowly opened, and several Executors stepped out. They became extremely cautious upon seeing that the attackers were Red-Eye Skitterfiends.

It was a well-known fact that while both Red-Eye Skitterfiends and Phase Shrimp possessed formidable combat strength, the Red-Eye Skitterfiends had something the Phase Shrimp lacked: corrosive blood.

For this reason, Red-Eye Skitterfiends were known as "Ship Killers." There was even an unwritten rule in space: never kill a Red-Eye Skitterfiend near a spaceship.

The blood that splattered upon killing one could easily land on the ship, rendering it completely useless.

It was like the ancient story of the general who lost a battle and his life because a single nail was missing from his horse’s shoe. Similarly, a single drop of a Red-Eye Skitterfiend’s blood, if it landed in the right place, was enough to destroy an entire spaceship.

Watching the Executors lure the Red-Eye Skitterfiends away, Perry Yates and her team seized the opportunity, slipping directly through the door that had just opened.

Once inside the ship, they looked around like kids in a candy store, their eyes wide with curiosity as they took in their new surroundings.

"So this is what the inside of a spaceship looks like," Amber Sheridan marveled.

It was spacious, with a metallic texture everywhere.

Even though it was just an ordinary corridor, it felt completely different to them.

After traversing the long corridor, they came to a fork in the path. The group decided to split up.

Amber Sheridan and Ethan Fuller would go as one team, and Perry Yates and Dylan Adler as the other. Before they separated, Perry Yates equipped everyone with a layer of War God Armor, which could be a lifesaver in a critical moment.

After they split up, with only Dylan Adler for company, the atmosphere between the two of them became noticeably more relaxed.

"What’s your plan now?" Dylan Adler asked.

Perry Yates stroked her chin. "As soon as we got on board, I had 001 start trying to hack the ship’s system again.

"But to avoid being detected too quickly by the ship’s system, 001 is moving a bit slower this time. No matter how careful we are, there’s still a risk of exposure, so our main objective right now is to find the main control room.

"That’s the closest point to the main system. With 001’s abilities, as long as we can find the control room, this ship will be in the bag."

Perry Yates was brimming with confidence as she said this.

’Of course she was confident. After all, her security steward, 001, was an all-powerful item card she had created herself.’

’Just a measly ship’s main system? Taking it down would be a piece of cake.’

The plan was simple and direct, but they got stuck on the very first step.

Since it was their first time on a spaceship, Perry Yates found that all the corridors looked the same. After walking for what felt like ages, they had no idea where they were.

"We’re not lost, are we?" Dylan Adler said, stopping in his tracks.

"Drop the ’not.’ We’re definitely lost."

Just as Perry Yates finished speaking, a set of footsteps suddenly rang out.

The two of them immediately hid. Soon after, a squad of lizardmen covered in silver scales and carrying weapons walked past them.

Perry Yates and Dylan Adler watched the lizardmen’s retreating figures, exchanged a glance, and immediately followed them without a word.

Following the squad of lizardmen, Perry Yates was surprised to discover the location of the kitchen.

’So they have a kitchen. I thought they just lived on nutrient potions and Energy Bars.’

’The nutrient solution wasn’t so bad, aside from a weird herbal medicine taste. But the Energy Bars... their flavor was just bizarre.’

As it turned out, not only did this group of Executors have a kitchen, but their ingredients were quite good, too—all sorts of high-protein options.

Perry Yates looked at the various nauseating ingredients in the kitchen—a small, disemboweled lizard, a large basin of green goo—and immediately regretted coming inside.

’I should have let Dylan check the back of the kitchen while I checked the front.’

’Still, since I’m already here, it would be a shame not to leave a little something behind.’

With that, Perry Yates moved as quickly as she could, poisoning everything in the kitchen, not even sparing the seasonings.

Once she had finished, she left, feeling quite satisfied with her work.

Just as she left the kitchen, she saw Dylan Adler, who had come looking for her.

"I’ve finished checking the area outside. Didn’t find anything. It doesn’t seem to be their mealtime, so the dining hall is empty. I only saw a few cooks returning, probably to start preparing a meal."

Hearing this, Perry Yates nodded and said with a smile, "The kitchen is full of freshly prepped ingredients. I added a little something extra to all of them."

「Meanwhile」

was in the process of hacking the ship’s system. While evading detection, it managed to acquire a detailed schematic of the vessel and sent it to Perry Yates, which would allow her to find the main control room much faster.