Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 879 - 623 Alienation_2

"Alright!" The spy wasn't one to waste words.

Understanding the urgency of the situation, he only occasionally muttered something to adjust his mindset, but his actions were never delayed by it.

"This is a repair station, right? If it works, turn on the power for me." The spy, climbing swiftly up the scaffolding, shouted at the baron below.

The baron remained where he was, staring at the spy with an odd expression. "It's just a support frame. I didn't even plan on repairing anything here. Why would there be two full repair stations installed here?"

"..." The spy's face darkened, his movements pausing for a moment.

After a brief silence, he burst out with a coarse curse, "Fuck!"

"Find people! Get someone immediately! Anyone with strength, lend a hand. If you can repair, get on it. And go grab a few cranes! Without professional repair stations, how the hell am I supposed to fix these beasts? And it's two of them!"

Catherine wasn't surprised at all. She had just received a message over her earpiece from Freeport's top leadership, and her expression relaxed a bit. "We've been searching for them… and they've already been found." free𝑤ebnovel.com

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A motley group of individuals, escorted by a squad of Freeport guards, was moving quickly in a specific direction.

Among them, Wild Wolf, caught in the reverse-moving crowd, spoke with a curious tone to the leader he had just started following. "Boss, can you really repair mechas?"

"Repair mechas?" Bai E's eyes drifted into a trance, recalling a distant time. "I guess I can… although I haven't done it in ages. No idea if I'm out of practice."

According to that clown-like voice, all of his power had been stripped away. He wasn't even sure if his technological or academic skills had also been completely removed.

When he consciously tried to recall, fragments of theoretical knowledge and practical standards on mecha structures were still in his mind.

But when it came to actual hands-on work, who knew if it would be up to par?

Especially since higher-level skills were a bit mystical. Like "Rapid Mecha Repair," which had some connection to Spiritual Energy—those capabilities defied simple knowledge-based explanations.

What Bai E wanted to figure out most was whether he could still use these skills.

Even if he could, using planetary technology to repair interstellar mechas—Bai E wasn't sure if the two would be compatible.

If they were from entirely divergent technological systems, the skills might not be useful after all.

He didn't know.

So Bai E decided to just take a look at the situation. Maybe there'd be a gap where he could actually help.

Wild Wolf kept nervously glancing back at the silent ships docked at the port. His eyes were filled with reluctance. "But, Boss, does this mean we've totally lost our shot at getting on one of those ships?"

After all, boarding a ship was the only way to survive in this cold universe.

If they stayed on Freeport and it got attacked and dismantled, there'd be no chance of survival!

Right now, every ship had returned to dock due to the invisible barrier isolating them. But the moment there was a breakthrough in the situation, those same ships could launch again at any second. Staying aboard a ship clearly offered greater odds of survival!

Quickening his pace, Bai E shot Wild Wolf a sideways glance. "If you're scared, go back by yourself."

Wild Wolf shook his head vigorously, "No way! Since I decided to follow you, there's no way I'm leaving you behind!"

Bai E shook his head slightly and explained further: "The current situation is simple: either the unknown attackers intend to silence everyone on Freeport, or Freeport finds a way to fight back and escape the enclosure of that barrier. There's no third option."

Even if Bai E didn't fully grasp the basic rules of the universe, he believed that the essence of human nature should be the same everywhere.

Judging from people's reactions, this kind of method—sealing an entire space city—likely wasn't something common even in the universe.

The forces behind this extraordinary barrier obviously had no intention of letting anyone escape. Their goal was for Freeport's inhabitants to perish and become nothing more than a floating heap of cosmic debris.

In this kind of situation, being aboard a ship or staying in Freeport was essentially the same.

Now that they had no choice but to stay on Freeport, the only way to possibly survive was to do whatever they could to support Freeport. Only by doing so could those with real power stand a chance of carving a path out.

However, as the technician team was being escorted, a chilling voice rang out across Freeport through the public speakers—

"Attention, everyone on Freeport! The Psychic Energy Canopy has been deployed. You have one hour to hand over the traitor, Catherine! She has stolen critical data from our Peak Alliance. Surrender Catherine, and we will leave immediately! Otherwise, every single one of you on Freeport will pay for her crime with your lives!"

"Attention, everyone on Freeport! The Psychic Energy Canopy has been deployed…"

"Quick, cut the signal!" At the sudden broadcast, the Freeport administrators gathered in the Dome Hall fell silent for a brief moment.

The announcement repeated once before one sharp-thinking staff member managed to hastily cut the feed.

The hall was blanketed in heavy silence.

Everyone exchanged glances, unease flickering in some of their eyes.

"They're lying!"

"Don't believe their bullshit!"

"There are infiltrators inside Freeport!"

Some of the leaders, clear-headed and quick to grasp the situation, spoke up immediately to stop anyone from being driven to rash, dangerous thoughts.

"Catch the infiltrators immediately! Don't interfere with the Star Alliance spy's mission!"

"Yes, yes! Also, calm the civilians! Don't let them disrupt the plan!"

On the surface, the voices of support seemed unanimous.

Even those harboring ulterior motives wouldn't openly rebel at a time like this.

But as the crowd began to disperse, certain individuals clearly carried entirely different intentions in their gazes.

Though the Freeport staff had reacted swiftly, the message in that chilling voice had already reached the ears of everyone on Freeport.

Hearing this sudden announcement from where he stood in the crowd, Bai E's expression darkened, realizing that the attack from the orchestrators of the so-called "Psychic Energy Canopy" had already begun.

This tactic? Classic divide and conquer.

Even time was no longer on their side.

Not far away, the sounds of unrest were already audible.

"Stop them! They're helping Catherine repair her mecha to escape!"

"Grab Catherine! We're not dying with her!"

"The mecha is in the C-Zone port warehouse! That bitch Catherine will be there! Let's grab her and prove our loyalty to the Peak Alliance!"

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Inside the storage depot, a few people had also heard the commotion rippling through Freeport.

Even with the warehouse walls providing sound insulation, the utterances outside were perfectly clear amidst the warehouse's eerie quiet.

Catherine's gaze flickered, her eyes cold and piercing.

Noticing a chilling shift in the air, Baron Norwitz stepped back half a pace with a sheepish smile, raising his hands in a conciliatory gesture toward Catherine. "My lady, you know I'm not one of those fools. The Peak Alliance clearly doesn't intend to spare a single soul here. I'm completely and firmly on your side!"

Catherine glanced at him without a word before looking upward toward the Star Alliance spy working atop the scaffolding, running basic diagnostics. "Move faster!"