Chapter 18

"I've been awake for over an hour, but I still can't remember anything," Captain Peyton slowly advanced with Bao supporting him towards the spaceship's control center, while Tang Tian silently moved forward with his hands in his pockets, and no one could see anything in his eyes behind the sunglasses.

"If this is really our spaceship, then this room should be locked in a certain position, and behind that door should be the cockpit," Captain Peyton said as he and Bao reached the cockpit door.

"Oh my God! Someone once figured out how to get out of here." Bao, standing at the entrance of the cockpit, looked at the parts of the cockpit door in astonishment.

Captain Peyton was very puzzled as he looked into the cockpit. However, he found nothing. Tang Tian looked at the eerie entrance of the cockpit and silently reached into his pocket, taking out a small black metallic object similar to a USB flash drive from his storage space.

"Captain, all the activation keys are malfunctioning." After entering the cockpit, Bao being a mechanical engineer, inspected the situation and reported it.

"Yes, indeed," Captain Peyton confirmed while accepting the coffee handed to him by Bao and taking a sip.

"I think there should be a way to restore the cockpit. Although it may not be complete, it should be enough to help us," Tang Tian said at the right moment. This statement was meant to discourage Bao from attempting to fully repair the power and to remind Captain Peyton that they could first restore the power to the cockpit.

"Yes, we can at least restore the power to the cockpit," Captain Peyton nodded and then opened the backup power source indicated in the center of the cockpit. After a few turns, the cockpit lit up.

As Captain Peyton turned his head, Bao burst into laughter, clearly not expecting this method to restore power. Tang Tian looked around the cockpit, filled with a high-tech atmosphere, and nodded in satisfaction. It was evident that the deep space amnesia setting was much more advanced than the Planet of the Apes setting. The application of virtual reality technology to the spaceship's cockpit alone demonstrated the power of technology.

As Tang Tian saw what he wanted to appear, he took out a replica of Red Queen, a high-performance micro-server, and inserted it into the interface. Captain Peyton and Bao wore expressions of astonishment, not understanding what this mysterious person was up to.

After about 5 seconds, Tang Tian looked at the screen of the cockpit's mainframe turning red and said, "Red Queen, come out."

"Master, I am here to serve you," echoed a mechanical synthesized voice, and Tang Tian was delighted that his first plundering plan was successful. If it succeeded completely, all the technology in this realm would belong to him.

"Red Queen, your mission is to connect to the cockpit's computer and download all the data," Tang Tian commanded.

"Understood, I am here to serve you, Master," the replica of Red Queen mechanically replied.

"Hold on, what are you planning to do?" Bao, sensing that something was amiss, quickly asked.

"I don't need you to question my actions. Captain Peyton, your mission is complete," Tang Tian said coldly. Then, astonishingly, Captain Peyton floated weightlessly to the entrance of the cockpit. With a deep blue bullet fired from an electromagnetic shotgun, Captain Peyton's head exploded like a watermelon.

"That's enough. Don't look at me with that kind of expression," Tang Tian disregarded Bao's anger. The person he killed was none other than Gallo, the young pilot who had killed his colleagues and harmed the passengers. However, the creation of this realm was also his doing. As for the reason, Gallo's head exploded just now, it was actually a part of Tang Tian's gravity manipulation ability—a gravity bomb.

Tang Tian ignored Bao's furious gaze. Since Bao was now trapped by gravity control and unable to move, Tang Tian didn't intend to kill him at the moment. He planned to make him the spokesperson for this realm. Tang Tian quite liked the feeling of having control over Bao.

"I don't need to explain to you. You will understand everything in the future. Well, there's no need to say anything more. Red Queen, download all the data from the spaceship," Tang Tian spoke as if talking to Bao but also as if talking to himself.

"Understood, Master. Initialization complete. Initiating virus release," replied the mechanical replica of Red Queen.

Speaking of this movie realm, it's actually quite simple. After receiving the final message of Earth's destruction, three pilots were the first to learn of the news. Among them, a young pilot, in panic and despair, killed the other two colleagues and planned a cruel game in a state of mental instability. He awakened some of the passengers from the cryogenic chambers and locked them in a sealed cargo hold, allowing the food-deprived passengers to engage in cannibalism and mutual slaughter.

In the end, tired of the game, he himself hid in a cryogenic chamber to continue his sleep. The remaining passengers in the cargo hold gradually lost the characteristics of civilization in the brutal environment of survival of the fittest. Over the following long years, they reproduced and evolved into a savage humanoid species. The reason Tang Tian killed the fake Captain Peyton was for this reason.

"Master, in about half an hour, I will gain complete control of the spaceship using the virus and finish downloading all the data," Red Queen explained after connecting to the spaceship's mainframe.

"Half an hour? Not a very long time. It's just enough to release the Lickers," Tang Tian casually remarked. With a slight movement of his hand, an iron box fell from a spatial crack, undoubtedly yielding the same result as the previous colony. However, this time, he could directly control the spaceship without releasing a satellite.

Tang Tian spent the next time contemplating the spoils of this interdimensional travel. In addition to the new colony realm of the planet Tennith and its technology tree, the Earth government's entire technological arsenal would also be obtained. In the movie, Bao took out an energy weapon from the arsenal—the induction-based small particle beam weapon, which showed the advanced level of energy weapons in the "Deep Space Amnesia" realm.

Tang Tian glanced briefly at the data of the spaceship and was slightly amazed. The Earth government's application of energy technology had reached the pinnacle, from small items like razors and flashlights to handguns, rifles, tanks, armored vehicles, and even orbital particle beam weapons. It was evident that coming to this realm of "Deep Space Amnesia" was the right choice.

"Alright, Red Queen, the replication is complete," Red Queen calmly said as Tang Tian was lost in thought. Since it was a replica, Red Queen's expression was cold and emotionless.

"Hmm, that's it. I suppose it's time to return and merge with the virus. The cryogenic chambers will conveniently solve the fusion issue during the virus injection. Once the fusion is complete, I can head to the Mech Enemy realm," Tang Tian silently pondered in his mind.

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PS: The virus enhancement is officially underway. Welcome everyone's support.