Chapter 172: You Know So Well
The violent fluctuations of the space-time gate and the roar coming from behind made everyone present tense.
Finally, the space-time gate began to twist, and a rotating light emerged.
And something seemed to break free.
Oink oink!
Shortly after the formation master shouted, figures jumped out from the other side of the space-time gate.
"Roar!!!" The figure that appeared from behind the space-time gate let out a thunderous roar the instant it arrived.
Just like the roar, there was also thunder wrapped around its body.
As one figure after another emerged from the space-time gate, these roaring black shadows were completely revealed in front of everyone.
It was an alien race that looked like a bear, with lavender hair all over its body, wearing white armor with a linen robe underneath.
These purple-armored giant bears were each over 3 meters tall, massive compared to the human race.
And the purple thunder surrounding them made it clear to everyone that they were definitely not beings to be trifled with.
"Get started!" Zhou Shang roared immediately.
The regular army mind masters guarding the space-time gate base took action.
As regular army mind masters, the weapons they controlled were all standard pistols.
Both ends of these pistols were extremely sharp, with powerful penetration and blood grooves.
The pistols, covered in blood, stabbed toward the giant purple bears in front of them like a blood-colored rainstorm.
"Roar!!!"
The roars rang out once more from the mouths of the giant bears that rushed out from behind the space-time gate.
Along with their roars, fierce purple lightning emerged.
These purple bolts of lightning seemed to form an electric net, spreading out to block the incoming blood-red pistols.
And this action was indeed effective, causing many blood-red pistols to be deflected.
However, the dense storm of pistols quickly shattered the electric net.
After breaking through, the bloody pistols pierced into the bodies of the purple giant bears.
"Something's wrong!" Huang Hui suddenly exclaimed. "Why do these aliens look so miserable?"
At this moment, everyone noticed what he meant.
These purple giant bears on the outer edges were riddled with dense pistol wounds.
The giant purple bears further inside were spared from this wave of attacks.
But the real issue wasn't just their wounds. Huang Hui was right—something was off.
They were already injured before they even came through the space-time gate!
That's right, these giant purple bears all had wounds on their bodies, and their fur was missing in patches.
Their armor had been broken into pieces and was in tatters.
Even some marks of whipping could be seen on their bodies.
They looked listless, and judging from the strongest giant purple bear among them…
Was it only Level 5?
Based on past experience, the advance team that opens the space-time gate should always be elite warriors, ready for all-out war.
But this time… why did it look like they had sent a bunch of defeated soldiers?
Buzz!!
The fluctuations of the space-time gate emerged again.
To everyone's surprise, the fluctuations calmed down completely.
Simply put, the space-time gate had closed!
"..."
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. The giant purple bears, with their fierce expressions and continuous roars, were glaring at the humans surrounding them.
But looking at their pathetic state…
There was no tragic war, no desperate battle.
Instead, it was just a bunch of humans surrounding some injured alien refugees.
"Capture them alive…" Zhou Shang sighed and waved his hand.
Xue Xiao, his expression dark, rushed forward with his spear in hand.
The battle ended quickly, with the giant purple bears' roars gradually weakening.
Five of them were killed for resisting too fiercely, while 25 were captured alive.
No one from the human side was killed, and most of the injured were those shocked by the space-time fluctuations.
However, the alert level of the space-time gate had been raised significantly.
Zhou Shang had already reported the situation to his superiors, and a meeting would be held to study the matter.
This whole situation was bizarre.
The space-time gate had opened briefly, spat out a group of wounded purple giant bears, and then closed again?
Zhou Shang was dazed. Was this a space-time disaster… or a delivery service?
Some time ago, his disciple had been asking what alien race was behind the space-time gate, wanting to develop new dishes.
Then the gate opened, dumped new ingredients, and shut again.
Was he supposed to wait for his beloved disciple to perfect his recipes before going hunting?
This was ridiculous!
In the special cafeteria, the alarm for the space-time disaster was lifted, and the alert status of the entire new campus of Hongwu University returned to normal.
Jiang Tian and his friends stopped preparing massive amounts of braised food and waited curiously for a notification from the school.
When the notification arrived, it simply stated that the space-time disaster event had temporarily subsided and the state of war had been lifted.
However, shortly after, Jiang Tian received a direct message from Zhou Shang.
His teacher was calling him over.
After receiving the message, Jiang Tian left the cafeteria and gave instructions to the students in the experimental class to finish packaging the braised food.
It would be served as dinner in the cafeteria.
After giving the instructions, Jiang Tian left for the space-time gate base, where he saw Zhou Shang waiting for him.
"Teacher?" Jiang Tian called out upon arriving.
Zhou Shang wordlessly gestured for him to follow.
Jiang Tian was soon taken to the cages, where the captive purple giant bears were being held.
These giant aliens were all injured, their expressions gloomy.
"Although these aliens understand the common language, they refuse to speak and won't cooperate with interrogation," Zhou Shang explained.
"So, we need your help."
Jiang Tian looked puzzled.
"Teacher… I don't know anything about interrogations. How can I help?"
Zhou Shang shook his head and looked at him seriously.
"No. You know too much about interrogating aliens."