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"This means that the enemy either has absolute confidence in their own defense, or... they have already laid a trap for us."
As he spoke, he carefully observed his surroundings.
There seemed to be many tightly closed metal doors on both sides of the passage, and it was unclear where they led.
He tried hard to recall the details from the anime, attempting to find a "safe" path to the command room.
However, Saitama clearly lacks the patience to "navigate a maze".
He walked to the nearest metal door and knocked.
A dull sound echoed in the passageway.
"Hello, is anyone here? We're here to fight monsters," Saitama asked politely.
Lin Mo: "..."
He wanted to cover his face. Brother, we're here to "infiltrate," not to "check the water meter"!
There was no response from inside the door.
“Hmm, looks like nobody’s here.” Saitama nodded, and then… he raised his fist.
"Wait!" Lin Mo hurriedly called out to stop him.
He didn't want Saitama to punch through the door and trigger the entire spaceship's alarm system.
Even with Saitama around, any enemy will ultimately only meet their demise in the Northwest.
But Lin Mo didn't want to rush through recklessly. What if a powerful monster jumped out from behind the door and launched a massive attack on them without any explanation? Saitama would be fine, but Lin Mo's body couldn't withstand that kind of damage.
We must be cautious, absolutely cautious!
“This kind of door should have a control switch,” Lin Mo said, pointing to a panel flashing red light next to the door.
"Look here, these are their energy lines. As long as..."
Before he could finish speaking, Saitama impatiently reached out and lightly poked the panel with his finger.
With a soft sound, Saitama poked a hole in the control panel with his finger, just like poking tofu.
Sparks flew and hissed from the wiring inside.
Then, with a "whoosh," the heavy metal door slowly slid open to one side.
Saitama turned around with an innocent expression that said, "Look, it's open now."
Lin Mo was speechless with frustration and could only console himself: This must be good luck, he just happened to hit the key line... Yes, that must be it!
He took a deep breath to calm his wildly beating heart and walked through the door side by side with Saitama.
The space behind the door opened up into a huge warehouse.
Countless oddly shaped boxes were piled up here, and further inside were some huge glass jars soaking in green nutrient solution, with the embryos of some kind of creature seemingly dormant inside.
"Wow, there's so much stuff here." Saitama remained completely calm. "I just don't know if there's anything edible."
Lin Mo was focused on being on guard around him when he heard this and almost stumbled.
Brother, we're inside a dangerous alien spaceship right now, surrounded by embryos that are clearly living organisms, and you're still thinking about whether we can eat them?
Just then, Saitama's gaze was drawn to a half-open metal box.
The box seemed to contain some strip-shaped things, like energy bars. Curious, he walked over and picked one up.
“This looks like beef jerky.” He squeezed it, then brought it to his nose and smelled it.
The instant he picked up the "beef jerky," the entire warehouse suddenly glowed red! A piercing alarm blared throughout the entire spaceship!
"W-W-W-W-!"
"Unknown biological invasion detected! Unknown biological invasion detected!"
"Level 1 combat alert! Cleanup procedure initiated!"
Chapter 75 Goryuganshupu
A cold, mechanical synthesized voice echoed in the warehouse.
Immediately afterwards, one after another menacing-looking cannon turret emerged from the surrounding walls, their scarlet muzzles all aimed at the two of them.
Lin Mo's heart jumped into his throat.
He instinctively wanted to hide behind Saitama, but it seemed too late.
"Ah, it seems I accidentally triggered something."
Saitama scratched his bald head, a hint of apology on his face, as if he had simply broken a cup while visiting someone else's home.
The next second, those dozens of gun emplacements opened fire simultaneously!
“Swish, swish, swish, swish—!”
Dense beams of energy poured down like a torrential rain, instantly sealing off all their escape routes.
However, Saitama only made a simple movement.
He waved.
Such a simple action generated an incredibly powerful wind pressure!
The dozens of energy beams were completely annihilated in mid-air the moment they came into contact with the wind pressure, as if they had never been launched.
Immediately afterwards, the remaining force of the wind pressure surged toward the gun emplacements.
In an instant, those gun emplacements were crushed into twisted scrap metal, which then fell to the ground with a clatter.
The entire process takes no more than one second.
The alarm stopped abruptly.
The warehouse fell silent again, with only the lingering smell of burning in the air.
Lin Mo opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
He knew Saitama was strong, but every time he witnessed that strength, it lowered the bar of his understanding.
Saitama, the instigator, looked down at the "beef jerky" in his hand, noticed it was covered in dust, and then casually threw it away.
"Oh, it's all dirty now," he sighed.
Just then, an arrogant voice rang out in their minds.
"Oh? To be able to take down my security system so easily, you must not be ordinary planetary natives. You exude the aura of powerful beings... no, to be precise, it's you, that tall, blond man."
This sudden telepathic connection sent a jolt through Lin Mo's body.
He looked towards the source of that spiritual energy and saw a figure slowly floating out of the shadows at the end of the warehouse.
It was an alien that looked like an octopus, with a huge head and four floating tentacles. Its body was covered with strange blue patterns, and its eyes gleamed with a light of intelligence and cruelty.
"I am one of the three top-ranking combatants of the Dark Matter Pirates, the universe's number one telekinetic master, Goryuganshoop."
Its voice carried a condescending, judgmental tone, and its gaze was fixed intently on KING.
"I can feel the immense roar within you, like a planet collapsing! What is that? The outward manifestation of your surging power? Interesting... very interesting! Only a powerhouse like you deserves to be crushed by my own hands!"
Goryuganshup clearly misinterpreted King's frantically accelerating heartbeat—the "Emperor's Engine"—as a symbol of his strength.
Meanwhile, Saitama, who stood to the side with an ordinary air about him and who had just been agonizing over "beef jerky," was completely ignored by it.
Lin Mo broke out in a cold sweat.
Being targeted by a top executive under a cosmic overlord is not a pleasant experience.
He could only force himself to remain calm, staring coldly at the other person with his face, which was naturally radiating an aura of "I am strong".
"Number one in the universe?"
Saitama, standing to the side, repeated with unusual excitement, "Really?"
Only then did Goryuganshup spare a sliver of attention for Saitama, his eyes filled with disdain:
"Shut up, you small fry. You have no right to interrupt the conversations of the strong. Once I've dealt with your leader, you'll be next."
Having said that, it ignored Saitama and concentrated all its mental energy on KING.
"Come on, golden-haired powerhouse! I'll show you what true power is! What the universe's strongest telekinesis is!"
"Ultimate Move: Mind-Powered Flowing Stone Wave!"
With a loud cry, all the metal fragments in the warehouse, and even the remains of the cannons on the ground, floated into the air!
Under the psychic power of Gale Gypsy, they were spun at high speed, forming a terrifying torrent of metal, with each fragment shooting toward King at an alarming speed.
Lin Mo's pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints. Under such a dense barrage of attacks, he couldn't even withstand a millisecond before being torn to shreds in an instant.
It's up to you, Saitama!
At this critical moment, the bald man who was considered a "minor character" made a move.
He just found it annoying that these flying things were raising a lot of dust.
So he bent down and picked up a small stone left over from the explosion of the gun emplacement.
Saitama gently called out to the massive psychic storm.
Goryuganshup was basking in the thrill of his amazing feat. He could already foresee KING being torn to shreds, and he laughed contemptuously:
"It's no use! All resistance is meaningless before my telekinetic powers! Turn into cosmic dust!"
"Is this all the level you've got...?"
Saitama shook his head in disappointment and flicked the pebble away with his finger.
That little pebble just flew away like that.
It easily passed through the telekinetic storm composed of countless high-speed fragments.
The smile on Goryuganshup's face froze.
Its telekinetic power couldn't even detect the trajectory of the pebble.
It could only watch helplessly as that ordinary pebble passed through its proud ultimate technique and through the layers of mental barriers it had erected.
Then, it struck its forehead precisely.
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