262: Leaving clan civilization, leaving and coming back

At the same time, just as Li Shan and the others' battleship scanned the No. 6 Peak Mech, the No. 6 Peak Mech also detected their presence.

In an instant, the main power engine, which had just shut down, reloaded, and the No. 6 Peak Mech abruptly lifted its head, its eyes glowing red as it looked at the gradually approaching battleship, while simultaneously moving the two escape pods beneath itself, preparing for battle.

On the battleship, seeing the No. 6 Peak Mech's eyes glow red and target the battleship, Li Shan and the others instantly snapped back to reality.

Li Shan stared at the No. 6 Peak Mech for a moment, then couldn't help but say, "This mech seems to be an autonomous combat mech. Looking at its design, it doesn't seem to be an ordinary mech. It feels even more advanced than our clan's highest-grade Li Clan mechs."

"Ah? More advanced than a Li Clan mech?" Li Mu was instantly startled.

"Hmm, although I can't tell the specific level of the mech, I believe my feeling is correct."

Li Shan nodded, then glanced at Li Mu: "You just said that this place wouldn't be discovered by anyone else, and now other presences have appeared. Do you realize your mistake?"

Li Mu's face instantly flushed, and he mumbled, "I know I was wrong, Uncle Li Shan."

"If you know your mistake, you must correct it. I just said to revere the universe. I hope you will remember this lesson for life."

Li Shan nodded slightly, then looked back at the No. 6 Peak Mech.

Li Mu nodded vigorously, then asked, "Uncle Li Shan, what should we do now?"

"Let's try to communicate first. It seems to be guarding those two escape pods, and there should be people inside the escape pods."

As Li Shan spoke, he directly ordered the battleship to stop temporarily and used special equipment to shout at the No. 6 Peak Mech: "Hello, intelligent mech, we are the Li Clan Civilization subordinate to the Tianji Federal Empire. It appears your spaceship and crew have encountered an accident. Do you require assistance?"

However, the No. 6 Peak Mech did not respond.

This made Li Shan ponder for a moment, then he said again: "Intelligent mech, this is a resource planet discovered by our clan. Our clan has reported it to the Tianji Federation, and this is our clan's territory. Your current location contains important minerals for our clan. Our clan needs to land and mine. If you do not require assistance and have no hostility, please move. Thank you for your cooperation."

As he spoke, one of the battleships began to slowly approach for a test landing.

The No. 6 Peak Mech still did not respond.

This made Li Shan frown: "Intelligent mech, if you do not move, our clan will consider it an infringement on our territory, and our clan will have the right to expel you!"

The No. 6 Peak Mech remained motionless.

Seeing this, Li Shan did not immediately attack, but instead rescanned the escape pods and said again:

"Intelligent mech, our side has detected that there are living people inside the escape pods you are carrying, but the environment of this planet is not suitable for survival. If your spaceship has crashed and no other rescue can arrive, they will surely die when the oxygen in the escape pods runs out. Our side can provide rescue for the personnel inside the escape pods."

The No. 6 Peak Mech remained indifferent.

Li Shan frowned. He tried to get a reaction from the intelligent mech by offering rescue, but he didn't expect to get any response.

Seeing this, Li Mu, who was beside him, said, "Uncle Li Shan, this mech must have received an instruction to protect the escape pods before the spaceship crashed."

"Normally, escape pods open automatically after they are ejected and land safely, but these two escape pods obviously encountered an accident after ejection and did not open on their own. And this mech will certainly not hand over the escape pods until it receives a new instruction."

Li Shan frowned and nodded: "It looks that way."

"It's a pity. The people in the escape pods probably didn't expect the escape pods to have an accident, which led to them falling into a coma now and being unable to give the mech new instructions. They will be suffocated to death in the escape pods," Li Mu sighed.

"This is difficult to handle."

Li Shan also sighed:

"The intelligent system of this mech obviously also knows that the external environment is not suitable for survival, so it doesn't dare to actively open the escape pods."

"But if the escape pods are not opened, rescue is impossible. Without rescue, these two people will not wake up. If they don't wake up, they can't give the mech new release instructions. They can only let the mech guard the escape pods and wait for the oxygen to run out and die. It's a dead loop."

"Uncle Li Shan, what should we do now? Should we try to attack the mech and rescue the people?" Li Mu asked.

"Not really." Li Shan shook his head, "This mech is more powerful than our clan's high-end Li Clan mechs. Once a battle starts, it will be difficult for us to withstand its firepower. Even if we barely withstand it, we will suffer damage, and we might even lose a few spaceships. The cost is too great, and we cannot afford it."

"Alright, then for now we can only hope that the people in the escape pods wake up before the oxygen runs out." Li Mu didn't say anything more.

Li Shan nodded: "Either that, or hope that the mech's energy runs out before the oxygen does. Otherwise, there's really nothing we can do."

Even though they wanted to save people, it was very difficult now.

After all, they were strangers.

They couldn't risk losing several spaceships to forcibly rescue people from the mech.

"Let's go mine resources elsewhere first. This mech doesn't seem to attack proactively. It should be in some kind of guardian mode and will only counterattack attackers. Let's wait and see for now. If the mech's energy runs out before the escape pods' oxygen, we'll rescue them. Otherwise, we can only say that those two were unlucky."

Subsequently, Li Shan observed for a while longer, then allowed the other mining ships to continue working while avoiding the mech.

"Uncle Li Shan, since this mech is so high-end, when its energy runs out, can we take it back for research?" Li Mu stared at the No. 6 Peak Mech, constantly examining it.

"Hmm, a rare high-end mech." Li Shan nodded, then said:

"By the way, dispatch two small teams to search the vicinity and see if they can find the crashed spaceship. Since the other party has such a high-end mech, their civilization level might be higher than ours. If we can find the crashed spaceship, it will also be very beneficial for improving our spaceship technology."

"Okay, Uncle." Li Mu immediately responded.

Li Shan, meanwhile, stared at the No. 6 Peak Mech and tried to communicate several more times, stating his willingness to provide free rescue, but he received no response from the No. 6 Peak Mech.

Time passed little by little, and three hours went by unknowingly.

The light from the No. 6 Peak Mech's power engine also began to grow dimmer and dimmer.

Seeing this, a look of joy appeared on Li Shan's face: "It seems the mech's energy is going to run out first."

"The people in the escape pods are lucky. They met us, so they're saved," Li Mu laughed.

"Hmm, go prepare. We'll rescue them soon," Li Shan said.

"Okay, Uncle, I've already prepared," Li Mu chuckled.

"You rascal..." Li Shan laughed heartily, just about to speak.

But the next instant, he heard an alarm sound again inside the spaceship.

"Unknown life form detected approaching at high speed, please be advised!"

This alarm instantly made Li Shan and Li Mu's expressions change.

"There are other unknown life forms?"

The two couldn't help but look at each other.

Then, before they could react, a figure appeared in front of the spaceship, standing beside the No. 6 Peak Mech, staring at their spaceship.

It was Lin Mu, who had returned.

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