Chapter 240: 126 The Secret of Ram Star Chapter 240: 126 The Secret of Ram Star The closer Yang Ming got to the commercial ship, the stronger the desire grew within him.
It was as if Valyrie Po Suo was right there, but incredibly weak, easily subdued by him.
Yet rationality told Yang Ming… this was the New Federation, not the Sherman Empire.
Even a fully-formed Ancient God Life Form did not possess the ability to jump through space; at this stage, Valkyrie could not possibly appear in this distant and unfamiliar Star Domain.
“What could that thing be?”
Yang Ming murmured softly.
He watched the spaceship in the lower left without blinking.
The ship was a 300-meter-class passenger-cargo vessel. According to the preliminary scan report, the front third of the ship was passenger cabins, with about a hundred passengers, while the rear cargo hold was filled with various containers.
Normally, this commercial ship should be unremarkable, but in the corner of the cargo hold, Feinan’s Life Detector detected more than sixty life forms.
Blurry perspective imaging showed that these were over sixty fully armed Federation soldiers.
They were escorting something.
“Lyu, assess the difficulty of invading the vessel.”
“Yes… considering the current environment, the difficulty of invasion is: hard.”
“Why?” Yang Ming frowned, “This is just an ordinary commercial ship, those are over sixty regular soldiers, I could take care of them with a few grenades.”
“Boss, we are too close to Ram Star, since they have activated the Planet Ring Gravity Detection Device, they definitely have a high-power radar to go with it.
“Feinan activating the Particle Transmission Machine would easily expose us.
“If you forcibly board the ship, even if we block the commercial ship’s SOS signal, Ram Star would likely immediately become alert.
“Once they target us, the chances of Feinan successfully escaping out of New Federation territory is only fifty percent.”
Lyu added another sentence:
“You asked for everything to be handled with caution, and you cannot instantly deal with over sixty soldiers.”
“Lyu, my instinct tells me that there is something important to me there,” Yang Ming contemplated, “However, this desire should stem from my other instincts… Lyu, bring the stabilizer.”
026 volunteered immediately, turning and running to the corner of the bridge.
Soon, she returned in front of Yang Ming with a tray, crouching slightly.
Yang Ming first picked up a ‘miniature Light Sword’ the size of a finger, pressing the switch against the inner side of his right elbow to create a tiny incision.
Then he immediately picked up the metal syringe, stabbed the needle into the incision, and swiftly injected the gene stabilizer.
026 frowned watching the scene from the side.
Although she did not know the composition of the drug in the syringe, she felt… Mr. Ming actually worked very hard.
Yang Ming gently exhaled.
The agitation within him became much more stable.
“Lyu, do we still have type-six spy drones?”
“Release four, set the target to monitor those containers,” Yang Ming said in a low voice, “At the very least, I need to know what is attracting me.”
“Okay, boss, I’ll operate them.”
Lyu agreed, and her projection swiftly disappeared.
Lyu’s consciousness resided in two mainframes now, yet miraculously did not split.
The mainframe hidden on Dark Star allotted its computation power for developing strategies and overseeing the entire Luofeng Empire, and Feinan’s mainframe had ample power, making small tasks trivial.
Suddenly, Yang Ming stopped Lyu: “Wait a minute.”
Yang Ming looked at 026.
026 nervously pursed her lips.
“I remember, you’re good with your hands, right?” Yang Ming asked, “I’ve seen your handmade crafts.”
“Yes, boss, I’ve practiced painting for two and a half years.”
“Go to the deployment bay,” Yang Ming instructed in a low voice, “Find a hidden spot for the small drones being deployed, paint the Emperor Star symbol of the Sherman Empire on them.”
026 turned and ran, her back faintly glowing as her running speed surged.
A few minutes later, four thumb-sized spheres were deployed to the passenger cabin area of the commercial ship.
They located the connection points on the ship’s deck, hiding themselves within, silently waiting for the next opportunity to activate.
Feinan began to move toward the distance, once again concealing itself behind a satellite of Ram Star.
“Now all we need to do is wait.”
“I’m going to sleep, Lyu, maintain the highest level of alert, jump immediately if there’s an emergency.”
“Okay, boss,” Lyu’s projection popped up behind 026, pressing her shoulder, grinning as she asked, “Do you need 026 to tell you a bedtime story?”
026 was somewhat at a loss.
Yang Ming shrugged: “I generally don’t have any designs on my employees, don’t scare her.”
026 sighed in relief.
After Yang Ming left, 026 asked quietly: “Lyu, what’s a type-six spy drone?”
“Just spy drones,” Lyu replied, gently poking 026’s cheek with an insubstantial finger.
026 felt real contact, which Lyu previously explained was a lifelike tactile sensation developed from a simulated gravity system, it’s black technology on this ship.
026 pondered, “How is it different from the two types of spy drones I’ve learned to operate before?”
“The characteristic of type-six spy drones is their secrecy.”
Lyu continued to make small gestures:
“Conducting espionage within the New Federation is several times more difficult than doing it on the Head Star of Luofeng.
“This type of spy drone has an autonomous operating system, capable of effectively avoiding various detections, can track targets for dozens of Galaxy Time units, and if discovered by the opposition, it will automatically detonate, transmitting all gathered information before the explosion.