Chapter 531: Godlike... Teammates?
Chapter 531 Godlike... Teammates?
Ten minutes later, inside the underground safehouse.
This was Zhazhazha Planet's government's final defense line. As long as the sole exit was sealed, the reinforced safehouse could withstand attacks from any conventional warfare weaponry.
Unfortunately... due to the existence of a traitor, the planet’s officials never had the chance to escape here—the entire building was already overrun.
Now, this place had ironically become Doctor Sui’s sanctuary.
"Tch… So they actually made it all the way here", Doctor Sui muttered, watching the surveillance monitors flicker one by one to black, allowing him to deduce the superheroes’ advancing path.
"Mm… This is strange", Stupid Advisor said solemnly, staring at the blank screens. "Why are they moving with zero deviation? It’s like… they already knew the safehouse’s coordinates?"
"Hm… All the robots we sent out to intercept them were destroyed one by one too", Doctor Sui added.
Both muttered in unison, "Why… why…?"
"Are you the traitor!" They both shouted simultaneously, pointing at each other.
"What a joke! Are you out of your mind? I'm the boss here! Why would I betray myself?" Doctor Sui snapped.
"Hmph…" Stupid Advisor scoffed. "Who knows? The least suspicious person is often the most suspicious. Isn’t that how detective novels work? The least likely culprit is always the criminal."
"Nonsense!" Doctor Sui retorted. "Only two of us are left here. Logically, the traitor must be you! You’re just trying to shift suspicion away from yourself! Heh…" He sneered, "You think I’d fall for such a cheap trick? In front of my unparalleled wisdom, your psychological games are nothing but child’s play!"
Bang—
A deep, resonant impact cracked the thick ultra-alloy door as three figures strolled into the room.
"Ahh~ Found you at last…" Feng Bu Jue muttered listlessly, eyeing the two occupants.
"Dammit… They arrived so quickly?" Doctor Sui gritted his teeth.
"Hm… They cut straight through the corridor where the robots were deployed, not once straying off course", Feng Bu Jue sighed. "Sigh… When I saw those micro-robots earlier, I actually thought your IQ might be decent. But… sigh… Why did I even bother destroying the surveillance equipment along the way?"
"What?!" Both Doctor Sui and Stupid Advisor exclaimed.
"Huh?" Feng Bu Jue blinked, genuinely confused.
"Hmph… Well played", Doctor Sui glared. "I underestimated you. No wonder you’re a Super Wisdom Hero. You found us so quickly using this method."
"And almost incited an internal conflict between us", Stupid Advisor added. "Your two-birds-with-one-stone strategy truly sends chills down the spine."
Upon hearing this, Feng Bu Jue froze for about two seconds…
Then he took a deep breath, inhaling sharply.
Next, Feng Bu Jue slowly walked to a corner of the room, turned to face the wall, hands in his pockets, swaying slightly. Then… he began using his forehead to gently bang against the wall.
"What are you doing!" Doctor Sui and Stupid Advisor both leapt backward (both wearing armor-plated suits). "Is he launching an attack? Damn it!"
Feng Bu Jue ignored them, continuing his rhythmic headbutting…
The other four in the room had no idea what he was up to, choosing not to act rashly.
After maintaining this steady cadence for a minute, Feng Bu Jue turned around, adopting a smug expression. "Hmph… I’ve accepted your scenario. You’re finished."
"Eh?" Doctor Sui blinked. "What do you mean…?"
Feng Bu Jue ignored the question, suddenly thrusting a finger forward with dramatic flair. "Shuai Shuai Shuai Shuai! What a terrifying scientific genius! You’ve gone this far! What’s your ultimate goal?"
Doctor Sui burst into laughter. "Hahahaha! Scared now, are you? Since you’re so eager to hear it, I’ll tell you! I plan to conquer the entire universe with my mechanical army!"
"Whaaat!" Feng Bu Jue feigned alarm. "So Zhazhazha Planet was just your stepping stone? Next comes Shrugging Planet, then the entire star system!" His expression suddenly shifted. "Wait… That doesn’t add up! With your current forces, you could occupy at most one or two planets. How could you possibly control an entire star system?"
"Hahaha! You’re too naive!" Doctor Sui chuckled. "In an underwater base four hundred and eighty Suo away from here (a unit of measurement from Shrugging Planet’s human society), my automated factory is producing four mechanical beasts every hour. Now that I’ve seized the resources of Zhazhazha Planet’s government, it won’t be long before I establish hundreds of such bases. Soon, the entire universe…"
"Ah… So the hostages and government officials were sent there too", Feng Bu Jue mused, stroking his chin.
"Ah!" Doctor Sui suddenly realized his slip-up, shouting, "You underhanded scoundrel!"
Stupid Advisor’s face turned pale. "This… He extracted such critical intelligence right in front of me without even flinching. This man is terrifying…"
"Well… My task is complete." Feng Bu Jue turned to the pili dancer warrior and tap monster guest. "Gentlemen… The rest is up to you."
"Ah! Well done, Poker Hero", the pili dancer warrior praised in his Indian accent. "Very good!"
"So now it doesn’t matter if we kill them off, right?" Tap monster guest turned his gaze toward Doctor Sui and Stupid Advisor.
"You… You…" Doctor Sui was drenched in sweat. "Don’t think you can act smug just because you defeated my Three Pathetic Generals! My armor-plated suit can… Ah!"
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Ten-odd minutes later, the five had returned to the streets above.
Just now… As Beat It played, the pili dancer warrior and tap monster guest performed a duet that left Doctor Sui and Stupid Advisor utterly defenseless, forcing their immediate surrender. Without their armor-plated suits, the two wouldn’t have survived the encounter.
"Ha! Look, the Alliance’s spacecraft are coming!" Tap monster guest pointed to the sky shortly after stepping outside.
Feng Bu Jue had already spotted the approaching dark specks. "Hm… They brought quite a few. There must be over a hundred shuttlecraft."
"Eh? This configuration is odd", the pili dancer warrior added.
Tap monster guest nodded. "Hm… The logistics, rescue, and transport teams are using medium-sized or larger spacecraft. I count only about ten of those." He paused. "So why so many small combat-configured spacecraft?"
"Could they be worried we can’t handle a C-rank crisis?" the pili dancer warrior joked half-heartedly.
At that moment…
A muddy-yellow frog-shaped shuttle shot out from the fleet, arriving before the group at blistering speed and halting abruptly.
It was a tiny craft, half the size of Curry Ship. Its hatch opened, and a humanoid figure clad in toad-like armor leapt out, landing directly in front of Feng Bu Jue and the others.
"You’re under arrest", Toad Hero declared upon landing, addressing Feng Bu Jue.
A member of the Universal Superhero Alliance’s Supreme Committee, his voice was deep and resonant. Though his physique was similar to an Earthling’s, his face was hidden behind a mask, concealing his true appearance.
"Uh… Are you sure you’ve got the right person?" Feng Bu Jue replied. "While I’m not exactly famous, I am a hero…"
"Liar." Toad Hero interrupted, his voice unwavering and authoritative. "I tested your hair found aboard Curry Ship. There’s no doubt—you’re a pure-blooded Earthling. Yet neither Earth nor any human colony has a Dna record of you…" He paused, studying Feng Bu Jue’s expression. "Even if you were born without records, living decades in the world leaves traces. But you… appeared as if from nowhere. The Universal Superhero Alliance’s database has no evidence of your existence." He stepped closer. "Therefore… you must be from another universe. Perhaps even another dimension."
Feng Bu Jue’s expression remained unchanged, though internally he grumbled: Is this game mode out to get me? The difficulty just jumped from Pong to Mega Man! Where did this IQ monster come from? Does he even share the same world as these guys?
"Also…" Toad Hero continued. "Judging from your actions earlier, your humanity itself is questionable."
"Oh?" Feng Bu Jue’s sharp instincts caught subtle clues. "So you can monitor me even after I left Curry Ship?"
Toad Hero replied coldly, "Any problem?"
"Hmph…" Feng Bu Jue smirked. "Got it. You’ve planted micro-surveillance devices on both pili dancer warrior and tap monster guest."
"What!" The two gasped in unison.
"Is this true, Toad Hero?" Tap monster guest demanded.
"Stay calm", Toad Hero said evenly. "We can discuss this back at the Alliance."
Feng Bu Jue chuckled. "I think he means, ‘Yes, I did it, but let’s not air this in front of outsiders.’" His gaze met Toad Hero’s piercing stare. "If I’m not mistaken… Every hero ranked star system-level or higher, and some with special abilities… have your surveillance devices on them."
"Poker Hero!" Pili dancer warrior barked. "Is he saying…"
"Yes", Toad Hero admitted. "But surely you’ll grant me the chance to explain?" He turned, giving Feng Bu Jue a last piercing glance. "Everything will be clarified once we return this ‘unknown, undefined threat’ to the Alliance Headquarters…"
(End of Chapter)
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