Chapter 1 After Being Arrested

To be honest, Feng Bujue felt much more at ease after being locked in the cage.

Back on Earth, it was as if he had already been handcuffed and put in a prison van. That was the difference between a prisoner in custody and a fugitive... A prisoner in custody was equivalent to being "controlled." As long as he didn't violently resist, the law enforcement officers would have to ensure his safety. But a fugitive was different; any movement could lead to being shot.

At this point, Feng Bujue dared to communicate with the other party more boldly, and he immediately shouted loudly, "Hey! Where am I? What planet is this? Shoulder shrug planet?"

The system's translation function would solve language problems. Whether players spoke in classical Chinese, idioms, or dialects, the system could accurately convey the meaning to others without worrying about miscommunication.

"You are not qualified to ask questions, intruder," Jie Jie Jie Jie replied. "Go and talk to the person who interrogates you."

"I am Jie Jie Jie Jie. Capture Plan No. 3 has been completed. First Squad requests to return to base, over." Jie Jie Jie Jie then reported the situation using the communicator.

"Return approved, over." The reply came quickly this time.

Thus, Jie Jie Jie Jie led the First Squad of eleven mechas back towards their military base.

Feng Bujue stood silently in the palm of the robot, waiting.

Although he didn't have to run himself, he wasn't feeling well at all right now. Because the robot's palm was made of metal and had already been scorched by the sun, the temperature in the "palm cage" was no lower than outside. The red sunlight shone through the gaps, roasting Jue-ge in his long suit. He really felt like he was playing "teppanyaki."

"Hmm... He claims to be a Second Lieutenant, which means I've encountered the military, not the police," Feng Bujue could only use thinking to distract himself. "It's a bit far-fetched to say I stole military secrets... What secrets are there in this vast desert..." He exhaled a breath of hot air, "Oh... a weapons testing ground, is it... That makes sense."

"Ah... It's getting hotter and hotter..." Jue-ge tugged at his collar, which was smoking, "Seeing these guys wearing thick uniforms and helmets, I guess their technology includes the invention of 'air conditioning'..." He wiped away a few strands of sweat flowing from his forehead to his eyes, "What if these guys are all naturally heat-resistant, and the mechanical creations on this planet are all heat-resistant too... Then I'll really suffer."

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of something else, "That's right... Although I can't take off my clothes myself, what if the people on this planet take off my clothes... For example, to dissect me and study me?"

Unfortunately... he was overthinking it. With the system in place, this kind of thing would never happen...

...

In short, about ten minutes later, a desert fortress came into Jue-ge's view.

It was a very magnificent building, estimated to be over fifty meters tall. The shape of this building could be described in one sentence: it was a giant "m."

"Where do I even start complaining about this..." Feng Bujue muttered softly while throwing a [Baseball Fist] at the air, "It's probably impossible to avoid a certain well-known fast-food brand..."

"First Squad has returned, requesting entry to the base, over." Jie Jie Jie Jie contacted the base again using the communicator.

"Entrance No. 3 is ready, please enter from there, over."

"Understood," Jie Jie Jie Jie replied.

Before long, the eleven mechas headed towards the right pillar of the "m" in a mighty formation.

Arriving in front of the fortress, the mechas of the First Squad all stopped. Accompanied by the rumbling sound of machinery, a large door in front of them slowly opened.

This door was obviously designed for large vehicles to pass through. After opening, it was directly a sloping asphalt runway leading underground. Under the leadership of Jie Jie Jie Jie, the mechas of the First Squad entered one after another. Then, the door behind them closed again, and the red sunlight was finally blocked, replaced by the white light strips on both sides of the runway.

"Phew..." Feng Bujue breathed a long sigh of relief, "So that's how it is... Even without air conditioning, the temperature is much lower in a place where the sun doesn't shine."

After traveling for a while, they reached the end of the runway, which was a semicircular space, as large as three football fields. On the "arc" of this semicircular space, there were six tunnel entrances of various shapes, extending into six runways; and on the straight side, there were four giant mechanical doors dozens of meters high.

The four doors were marked with four strange symbols. When Jue-ge focused his gaze on those symbols, the system translation displayed the corresponding text. In fact, the four marks were equivalent to the Arabic numerals "1, 2, 3, 4."

"Oh... this text looks quite interesting." Feng Bujue seemed to have no idea about his own situation. He was quite interested in studying whether the shapes of those alien characters had any rules to follow, as if he wanted to learn another language here.

"Second Lieutenant Jie Jie Jie Jie and all members of the First Squad have come to report!" Jie Jie Jie Jie stopped the mecha in front of an officer, opened the hatch of the cockpit, and shouted loudly below.

The officer was wearing a cyan uniform and a strange pointed hat. He extended the three fingers of his right hand (he only had three in total) and patted his forehead, "Well done, Lieutenant. Leave the rest to me."

"Yes, sir." Jie Jie Jie Jie made the same gesture as the other party. It seemed that this posture was equivalent to a "salute" in the Shoulder Shrug Star army.

After responding, Jie Jie Jie Jie sat back in the driver's seat and pressed a few buttons on the control panel. Then, the "palm cage" surrounding Feng Bujue deformed and unfolded.

The next second, four Shoulder Shrug Star soldiers with live ammunition surrounded Jue-ge.

At this moment, Feng Bujue could see the appearance of these Shoulder Shrug Star people more clearly. When viewed up close, it could be seen that, in addition to the height of their shoulders, their faces were also very different from humans...

The faces of the Shoulder Shrug Star people were not flat like humans, but like fish, narrow in the middle and wide on both sides. They had two eyes, both bulging high, growing on the sides of their cheeks. It was obvious at a glance that they were creatures with a very wide field of vision... if they weren't blocked by their own shoulders.

Their noses (which seemed to be noses) had no obvious nasal bones. There were about a dozen extremely small nostrils distributed on the front of their narrow faces, shaped a bit like the small holes on a telephone receiver.

Their mouths were not very different from humans, but due to the shape of their faces, they seemed relatively wide.

Feng Bujue watched for a while and did not find any organs similar to ears on the heads of the Shoulder Shrug Star people. He wondered... the auditory organs of the Shoulder Shrug Star people might be located on the back of their heads, or in other parts of their bodies. Because the two sides of their heads were blocked by their shoulders, from an evolutionary point of view, ears should not grow on the sides of their heads.

"Earthling, you understand our language, right?" the officer said.

Feng Bujue stood still, not acting rashly. He replied calmly, "Yes." After looking at the appearance of these aliens, he began to observe their weapons without showing any signs.

The four soldiers around him were all holding a metal object, posing in a posture that looked like they were ready to shoot at any time. The guns in the hands of these Shoulder Shrug Star people were very similar to their counterparts on Earth, but the shape was slightly different.

The angles of the eyes, necks, and shoulders, the length of the arms, and the number of fingers of the Shoulder Shrug Star people were all different from humans... and these factors all affected the shooting habits of this species when using weapons, which would also affect the shape of the guns.

"Oh? You can actually speak our language?" The officer said with a slight surprise.

"Sorry, sir, he did say a few words to us after he was captured, but I didn't report it," Jie Jie Jie Jie added from above.

"It doesn't matter, Lieutenant." The officer glanced up and replied, then said to Jue-ge, "It seems... you are a veteran spy... Earthling."

Feng Bujue had watched a lot of spy movies, and he immediately made a very sharp response: "Hmph..." First a cold snort, then a contemptuous look. "Can I ask for your rank?"

"Hmm?" The officer sneered, "I am Colonel Ke Ke Ke Ke of the Shoulder Shrug Star Army." He paused, "I wonder... what is your identity?"

"Ha!" Feng Bujue laughed loudly, his expression stern, "Get your superiors to talk to me!"

Ke Ke Ke Ke paced back and forth, sizing Jue-ge up and down, "Heh... you're a prisoner..." He spat on the ground (the saliva of the Shoulder Shrug Star people looked crystal clear), "Quite arrogant, aren't you?"

"Hmph..." Feng Bujue raised his head, but said nothing more. His unspoken words were: I have nothing to say to someone of your level.

"Good... so you're going to resist to the end..." Ke Ke Ke Ke glared at Jue-ge, nodding slightly, "You have guts." He waved to the soldiers, "Take him to the interrogation room."

Before he finished speaking, the soldiers standing behind Jue-ge came up and pushed him, shouting, "Move!"

"What are you pushing for!" Feng Bujue suddenly lost his temper and shouted violently.

This sudden, almost hysterical yell stunned the soldier.

"I'll walk myself." Two seconds later, Feng Bujue added. Then, he raised his head arrogantly and swaggered forward.

Ke Ke Ke Ke took a deep breath and calmed his anger. He straightened his collar and gave a few instructions to the members of the First Squad before leaving with the group of soldiers.

...

Perhaps some people will wonder, Jue-ge was clearly behaving very docilely before he was captured, why did he become so lawless after being caught?

This... is what is called "different times, different circumstances."

Before, Feng Bujue was extremely lacking in information, so he adopted a "cooperative" attitude. But now that he knew some of the basic settings of the script, the situation would be very different...

When he first entered the script world, Feng Bujue knew nothing about the settings of this world. At that time, he did not dare to offend anyone. Because he was an extreme person, his philosophy was this: "If I stepped on a cockroach and it happened to be the pet of the supreme god of this world, then I would have to burn 500,000 game coins to buy a lesson."

And now, Jue-ge had some contact with the Shoulder Shrug Star people and had a better understanding. He was confident that, with his combat abilities, he could run rampant in this base.

His basis was actually very simple... because the weapons in the hands of those soldiers and those combat mechas showed that this was a planet that focused on technological civilization. A race that focused on technology would not have exaggerated physical combat abilities. The universe was very fair: either technology was developed, or the body was strong, or they were proficient in magic... not just focusing on one and losing sight of the others, but rather a choice of evolution.

If a race of people could blow up a planet with one punch, how could they study pistols and missiles? If a race of people could use magic to teleport to any corner of the universe, why would they study interstellar spaceships? Technology served its inventors. Without demand, there would be no technology.

Therefore, Feng Bujue could conclude that the combat power of these Shoulder Shrug Star people themselves was very limited. Even if it was higher than ordinary humans, it wouldn't be much higher. If their fists and feet were faster than bullets, why would they need guns?

...

Chhht--

The electronic door of the interrogation room slowly opened. The next second, Feng Bujue was pushed into the room.

The figure of Ke Ke Ke Ke appeared at the door, "Just wait here for a while... big shot." After saying that, he snorted coldly and turned to leave.

A soldier on the corridor then pressed a button on the control panel next to the door. The device made a soft "beep" sound, and the electronic door closed.

Only Jue-ge was left in the interrogation room.

"Hmm... this is quite interesting." Feng Bujue turned around and began to observe the environment inside the room.

This room had no windows or obvious ventilation facilities. There was only one door to the outside, which was the electronic door that had just closed. The upper half of the wall opposite that door was a smooth, flat mirror.

"One-way glass, is it..." Feng Bujue walked to the "mirror wall" and knocked on the surface twice with his empty fist, "It's more and more like a spy movie from the last century..." He pondered, "There are no camera probes in any corner of the room..." He walked to the middle of the room, where there was a table and two chairs, all made of metal and nailed to the ground so they couldn't be moved, "It doesn't seem to be on the tables and chairs either..." He simply sat down and raised his head, "The light is coming from above the ceiling, and the lamps are not installed inside the room... Hmm... good, it can prevent the prisoner from destroying the lighting equipment and then using the broken glass as a weapon..."

Jue-ge put his hands behind his head, crossed his legs, and sighed, "Although I don't see any vents, the air conditioning is very comfortable..."