Chapter 392 - 393: Selection Game 22

Perry Yates watched the video feed. The people on screen were, indeed, all fighting Executors.

Although the starship was enormous, the corridors were still confined. They used this limited space to their advantage, not only holding their own while surrounded by multiple Executors, but even managing to kill several in return.

With the War God Armor, their lives were largely guaranteed.

However, as Perry Yates watched their attacks strike the ship’s walls again and again, leaving behind a trail of marks, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of distress.

"001, how much longer until you have complete control of this starship?" Perry Yates asked.

"Another half hour is required," 001 replied.

"In that case, can you start by throwing all the Executors off the ship?" Perry Yates said. "I have no desire for a battered, beat-up starship."

"I can."

The moment 001 finished speaking, the alarm, which had previously fallen silent, suddenly blared once more.

This time, it was far more urgent than before, and red emergency lights bathed the entire ship’s interior in a crimson glow.

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! UNAUTHORIZED INTRUDERS DETECTED. INITIATING PURGE MODE.

PURGE MODE ENGAGED!

Upon hearing the alarm, the Executors fighting Ethan Fuller, Amber Sheridan, and Dylan Adler all ceased their attacks simultaneously, even taking a few steps back.

They knew that once Purge Mode was activated, anyone designated as a target for purging would be ejected directly from the starship.

But it wasn’t as simple as just being sent outside. The starship’s external weapons were already active, and anything ejected from within would be instantly attacked.

However, the mode had a single flaw: the system was prone to error and might purge those who weren’t targets. Therefore, as soon as they realized Purge Mode was active, all the Executors swiftly disengaged from combat and distanced themselves from those they presumed were the targets, hoping to avoid becoming collateral damage.

And yet, just as they were preparing to watch these audacious targets—prey who had dared to infiltrate the Hunter headquarters—be teleported outside, just as they were ready to listen for their final, desperate screams, they realized something was wrong.

’Why the fuck are *we* the ones being teleported?!’

But they had no time to dwell on it. Just as they’d anticipated, the starship’s external weapons were active and had already locked onto them.

Before they could even react, their bodies were blasted into smithereens.

In the main control room, Perry Yates watched her task progress suddenly leap forward. A satisfied smile spread across her face. Now, only ten percent of the Executors remained.

That meant they had roughly two hundred enemies left—a number that paled in comparison to the original two thousand.

And the number was still dropping, as the Executors still on board were continuously being purged.

As the seconds ticked by, just as 001 was on the verge of success, the system—which had returned to normal—suddenly began to glow faintly red again.

WARNING! EXTERNAL ENTITY DETECTED INTRUDING SYSTEM. SYSTEM COLLAPSE IMMINENT. INITIATING FINAL CONTINGENCY. STARSHIP WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN FIVE MINUTES. COUNTDOWN COMMENCING!

Seeing the red countdown timer on the screen, Perry Yates shot up from her seat.

"001!"

"Don’t worry, Master. I’m on it."

As it spoke, 001’s processes visibly accelerated. It not only wiped out the last traces of the original system, taking complete control of all starship operations, but it also successfully located the self-destruct sequence and shut it down.

The red alarm vanished once more, and Perry Yates couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.

"Master, I have fulfilled my duty."

Although it was only text, Perry Yates could sense 001’s happiness through the words.

"Alright, just one last step. Confirm if there are any Executors left on board."

At Perry Yates’s command, 001 initiated a diagnostic scan, searching every nook and cranny of the starship, inside and out. It actually found several stragglers and, after dispatching them all, returned to report.

"Master, all Executors have been eliminated."

"Excellent. Next, retrieve the remaining armor fragments, and then send them down to the ground."

The "them" Perry Yates was referring to were clearly Ethan Fuller, Amber Sheridan, and Dylan Adler.

As long as those three were on board, she wouldn’t be able to store the starship in her System Space.

Meanwhile, Evan Fuller and Amber Sheridan still hadn’t figured out what had happened, though they vaguely sensed it was related to Perry Yates. Dylan Adler, on the other hand, knew exactly what was going on, and he was ecstatic, guessing that Perry had succeeded. Suddenly, the armor encasing their bodies vanished.

Before they could react, a beam of light enveloped them, and a second later, they found themselves on the ground.

After sending the three away, Perry Yates didn’t recall 001. Instead, she had it remain on the starship to familiarize itself with the systems. Then, she departed the vessel herself and stored it in her System Space.

Before she left, Perry Yates added, "Oh, right. Find a way to dispose of all that food I poisoned."

’It was all prepared for those Executors. To think I never even got to use it. What a shame.’

When she arrived on the ground, the moment she landed, she was met with three pairs of intense eyes.

Perry Yates took two steps back. "Why are you all looking at me like that?"

Dylan Adler closed the distance in a few quick strides, moving to Perry Yates’s side and assuming a protective stance as he faced Evan Fuller and Amber Sheridan.

"What did you do?" Evan Fuller was the first to ask.

Perry Yates’s expression was unchanged. "I didn’t do anything. The enemies on the ship were mostly cleared out, so I just had 001 send us back down."

"Then where’s your 001?" Amber Sheridan asked.

"It consumed too much energy, so it’s out of commission for now. But it’s not a big problem. There aren’t many Executors left anyway. It won’t take long to finish them all off."

Faced with Perry Yates’s explanation, neither Evan Fuller nor Amber Sheridan believed a word of it. They might as well have had the six words "Do you think I’m an idiot?" written across their faces.

However, since Perry Yates wasn’t talking, they didn’t press the issue. As for killing her and taking her things, the thought hadn’t even crossed their minds.

After all, she was the only person so far who knew how to upgrade cards. If they actually tried anything, not only would Dylan Adler fight to the death to protect her, but the other Hunters would likely never let them hear the end of it.

Besides, Perry Yates had just signed contracts with all those other people, and there was a high probability that they, too, would need to rely on her in the future.