The energy of the U3-173 battleship has dropped to a dangerous 10%, and the captain and crew are unable to wake up in antimatter space. The AI Monica, following pre-set programs, transitions the U3-173 from antimatter space to normal space.
At this moment, an individual from the White Goose Star is sitting in the captain's living room. His perception ability allows him to understand that this captain's living room can actually be separated from the battleship and become a huge escape pod, capable of briefly entering antimatter space to help the captain escape danger.
Originally, he could operate the escape pod to escape directly in antimatter space, but he hesitated. This was an enticing choice, but he was uncertain whether choosing to escape would result in the crew of the battleship being forever trapped in antimatter space. The meaning of life is above all else; he is unwilling to harm his kind lightly, so he chose to wait for the U3-173 battleship to return to normal space.
At this moment, the more than two thousand crew members of the U3-173 battleship are still sleeping in the hibernation chamber. When this third-level battleship of the Star River Alliance suddenly appeared in the space live-fire target area and gradually slowed down, the staff of the Zhendan Corporation Research Institute were surprised. This was supposed to be the Zhendan Corporation's experimental field, and the Alliance's battleships shouldn't suddenly appear here.
The AI on the U3-173 has already explained the origin of this battleship, and the Zhendan Corporation is waiting for the captain of the U3-173 to wake up from hibernation, and also prepared for defense.
Next, they were surprised to find that after the U3-173 returned from antimatter space to normal space, a huge escape pod suddenly separated from the rear of the hull, and the energy released by the ion reactor at the tail of the escape pod seemed to intend to send the escape pod back to antimatter space.
What surprised them even more was that they found that the Flame Mech, which should have returned to base, was flying towards the escape pod at an unprecedented speed.
The White Goose Star individual suddenly perceived a distress signal, "Homie! Save me, save me!"
"Huh? Who are you?"
"Huh? You can hear my voice? No one has ever been able to hear my voice, it's great that you can hear my voice! Ah, right, I am the Flame Mech, the combat mech that's flying towards you right now!"
The Flame Mech discovered that the battleship's unexpected escape pod wanted to enter antimatter space, and he thought his chance to escape had come, so he immediately concentrated all power to fly in the direction of the escape pod.
Originally, the Flame Mech wanted to subdue the members inside the escape pod before it entered antimatter space, so that it could escape together. If the members inside the escape pod were willing to cooperate, this would of course be better for it.
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The White Goose Star individual was somewhat surprised. His perception told him that there were no humans in this combat mech; it was the combat mech itself that was sending him information. He didn't think too much about it, perhaps out of the novelty of encountering a thinking existence that could communicate, or perhaps out of some instinctive impulsion, he opened the mech channel of the escape pod, allowing the Flame Mech to fly into the escape pod.
Everyone in the Zhendan Corporation was shocked by these successive changes. The research group leader asked the U3-173 why the escape pod detached from the hull, and the signal-shielded Monica replied that everything was normal on the U3-173. The young research associate Shinichi excitedly shouted, "Leader! The Flame Mech seems to be running away! It's not accepting AI operation, it really came alive!"
The ion reactor at the tail of the escape pod continued to release energy, the light in space gradually became distorted, and a miniature black hole that could only accommodate the escape pod appeared in front of the escape pod. The escape pod broke the speed of light limit and disappeared into antimatter space from the starry sky.
Shinichi was still very excited, like a child seeing a new toy, shouting, "Leader! Leader! They're gone! They've entered antimatter space!"
The research group leader's face was ashen, his lips trembling.
"Shut up!" The leader suddenly yelled, his voice silencing the noisy discussions in the lab. The leader's eyes stared at Shinichi, as if to pierce through him.
"Do you think this is what? A game?" The leader said coldly, his voice making the atmosphere in the lab heavy.
"The Flame Mech ran away, and all our research results are gone. Do you know what this means?" The leader yelled again, his voice full of anger and disappointment.
Shinichi was stunned by the leader's reaction, his face turning pale. He lowered his head and eyes, speechless. His excitement vanished in an instant, replaced by a profound sense of confusion and helplessness.
Inside the escape pod in antimatter space, the Flame Mech sat on the deck, and the White Goose Star individual stood in front of it. The Flame Mech looked at the White Goose Star individual, and the White Goose Star individual looked at the Flame Mech.
The Flame Mech was seeing a naked human for the first time. He was not tall, his skin was rough and dark, his body was well-proportioned, his muscles were solid but not bulky. His head and face were hairless, making him look a bit strange. But his eyes were the most striking, his pupils were as black as ink, and his iris was black and white, making his eyes seem like deep black holes, full of mystery and power.
The Flame Mech noticed the strong male features of this human, which made the Flame Mech feel somewhat fearful. The Flame Mech felt that in this small escape ship, if this human male wanted to do something to him, for survival, he might have to endure.
Just as the Flame Mech was lost in thought, it suddenly received a mental message from the human in front of him: "Can you communicate telepathically?"
Startled, the Flame Mech replied, "Hi, yes, yes, Homie."
"Oh, Homie, I also have to thank you for letting me hide in here. I think those humans want to kill me, and I can't not run away. But Homie, don't you consider putting on some clothes? From a gender definition point of view, I'm also a male mech, and my orientation is quite normal."
The White Goose Star individual didn't understand the real thoughts of the Flame Mech, but seriously answered, "I don't have clothes."
The Flame Mech was speechless for a moment, and after a while replied, "Okay, you can be like this. I'll put a mosaic on my visual system."
"By the way, what's your name?" the Flame Mech asked.
The White Goose Star individual was somewhat happy. This was the first time an entity asked his name. He said the name he had thought of long ago: "Leo, my name is Leo."