98: Dude, you call this takeout?! [Good review + 2 more updates]
Ark Project?
Su Jue keenly captured this keyword.
A new note immediately popped up on the system panel regarding the Capybara's background information.
[Background Story: The Capybara was once one of the experimental subjects of an advanced biotechnology project called 'Ark'. The project aimed to create non-human biological commanders with ultra-high intelligence for deep space exploration. However, the project was forcibly closed and sealed by the Federation due to funding shortages and ethical issues, and all experimental subjects were ordered to be 'disposed of'. In the chaos, the Capybara, relying on its awakened spiritual wisdom and hacking skills, not only escaped from the laboratory but also deleted all core Data concerning itself.]
I see.
Su Jue suddenly understood.
This Capybara was not some wild desolate beast at all.
It was a... man-made super-intelligent Life form!
No wonder it understood technology, knew how to use all sorts of strange equipment, and could even analyze its own genetic sequence.
Its 'brain' was likely a faster-than-light quantum core!
This is like an enhanced version of Rocket Raccoon!
"So, you came here to hide from them?" Su Jue asked.
"Hide?"
The Capybara sneered.
"Just because of those primitives who haven't even fully figured out curvature navigation? They're worthy of making me hide?"
"I came here only because I discovered through calculations that this planet's magnetic field and spiritual energy environment are particularly suitable for sleeping."
"..."
Su Jue felt his fists tighten again.
This guy's posturing technique... was simply natural and seamless.
"Then why didn't you fight back just now?" Su Jue pointed at the remains of the Black Armored Warriors on the ground. "I saw that you seem to have a lot of powerful gadgets."
"Fight back?"
The Capybara looked at Su Jue with an expression as if looking at an idiot.
"Why fight back?"
"Do you understand that fighting consumes a lot of energy? If I move once, I might get ten minutes less sleep."
"With that effort, I'd rather construct a few more layers of energy shields and let them hit me slowly until their own energy is exhausted."
"If you hadn't suddenly popped out, my plan would have been flawless."
As it spoke, it looked at Su Jue resentfully with an expression that said, 'You disturbed my sleep, you owe me.'
Su Jue: "..."
He found that he completely couldn't align his brain waves with this Capybara.
The Dragon Race's logic was: whoever provokes me, I kill them.
Simple, crude, and straightforward.
This Capybara's logic was: whoever provokes me, I'll take a nap first and wait for them to tire themselves to death.
This was simply beyond ridiculous.
"Fine."
Su Jue gave up on continuing this topic with it.
He cleared his throat, put on an expression he thought was extremely majestic, and unilaterally announced:
"From today on, you are my pet."
"Follow me, and I'll cover you. From now on, whoever dares to disturb your sleep, I'll turn them and their whole family into ash."
"In return, you have to..."
Before he could finish his sentence.
"No."
The Capybara flatly refused.
"Being a pet is too much trouble. You have to be petted and be responsible for acting cute."
"I just want to be a puddle of mud."
As it spoke, its body went limp, and it really slumped on the ground like a puddle of mud.
The bully Su Jue was about to lose his cool.
"Are you sure?"
His tone became increasingly unfriendly.
The gray Power of Decay swirled around his fingertips again.
This time, he swore that even if this guy fell asleep again, he would corrode it along with its pillow into nothingness!
Facing Su Jue's undisguised killing intent, the Capybara finally scrambled up from the ground.
Its half-squinted eyes looked at Su Jue.
"Okay, okay, don't get excited."
It raised its two short front paws in a gesture of surrender.
"Cooperation isn't impossible."
"But, I have one condition."
"Speak," Su Jue spat out a single cold word.
"I'll help you find delicious food, find powerful desolate beasts, and even help you analyze laws and design weapons."
The Capybara said slowly.
"But you have to promise me that you won't want to eat me whenever you feel like it."
"Moreover, you must guarantee me at least twenty hours of sleep every day."
"Also..."
It paused, its eyes suddenly becoming a bit crafty.
"I know a place where there is a feast you will definitely be interested in."
Oh?
Su Jue's eyes widened.
"Where?"
The Capybara gave a mysterious smile.
"A forgotten..."
Before it could finish its sentence.
Rumble—!!!
In the distant sky, a violent roar suddenly echoed!
Over a dozen black warships, even more sinister in design and larger in size, tore through the clouds, pouncing toward their location with an aura that could destroy heaven and earth!
On the leading warship, an emblem composed of gears and lightning appeared exceptionally piercing under the dim yellow sky.
"Not good!"
The Capybara's expression changed.
"It's the Machine God Cult's 'Inquisition' fleet! Their main force is here!"
"Run!"
As it spoke, it tried to burrow into the ground.
However, Su Jue grabbed the soft scruff of its neck and lifted it up.
"Why run?"
Su Jue licked his lips, watching the dozen or so warships drawing closer, his gaze gradually becoming crazed.
"The takeout has been delivered to the door; how can I not eat it?"
"Takeout?!"
The Capybara, held mid-air by Su Jue's single hand, almost choked upon hearing those two words.
"Big brother! You call that thing takeout?!"
It extended its short, fat front paws, pointing at the aggressive fleet in the sky, its voice changing pitch.
"That is the Inquisition of the Machine God Cult! It's their most elite law enforcement unit!"
"The leading 'punisher' class capital ship can level a mountain here with one shot of its main cannon! There's at least one 'Grand Inquisitor' of the Divine Ability Realm sitting on it!"
"The two of us combined aren't enough to fill the gaps between their teeth!"
"Still thinking about eating? We'll be lucky if we aren't eaten!"
The Capybara was truly anxious.
Although it was lazy, it wasn't stupid.
In its brain, that faster-than-light quantum core was calculating frantically at a speed of billions of times per second, and the conclusion it reached was only one—
[Escape Probability: 7.3%]
[Frontal Confrontation Win Rate: 0.0001%]
[Suggestion: Immediately, instantly, right now, cling to this madman's leg and have him take you through a space jump!]
However, Su Jue turned a deaf ear to its warning.
He just weighed the Capybara in his hand and said with a face full of disgust: "You're so heavy, you need to lose weight."
Capybara: "..."
I'm talking business with you, and you actually complain about my weight?!
Is there any justice left!
"Let me down! I can run by myself!" The Capybara gesticulated wildly in mid-air with anger.
"Shut up."
Su Jue glared at it and then casually tossed it behind him.