Dimensional Hotel
Chapter 681 - 680: The Infiltration Plan
This was the first time Luo directly faced the flash of thought from the Idea King of the Boundary Land—of course, to say it was the first time is not entirely accurate, it's just that the last time she was a victim of the idea, and this time the perspective is obviously different.
But she could tell that the others in the travel agency were clearly very familiar with this kind of sudden idea from Yu Sheng, and were even overjoyed.
Erin had already started planning what to do after the Star Gate was moved over—her initial idea was to hang it over Boundary City for Ironclad Expression to show off, but this plan was immediately rejected. Then her idea was to hang it over the valley, hang it high as her Aileen's Army Sky City, but this whimsical idea was also rejected, the reason being that the sky height of the valley was not enough, and such a gigantic structure for those half-meter-high mass-produced puppets to live in was simply a waste compared to giving it to the cultists...
Obviously, Erin had no concept of the true scale and function of this Star Gate, she might not even have understood a word of Luo's introduction just now.
Her understanding of the whole thing probably stayed at the stage of "it seems like they're getting a new appliance at home"...
Fortunately, there were always people on site who were using their brains and thinking seriously. Hu Li's ears twitched and soon she raised a practical question: "Such a big thing... It's unlikely that Savior can 'convert' it in just a moment, and once the Star Gate loses control, there will definitely be a big commotion. At the very least, the garrison in that 'Star Castle' over there would notice it immediately, right?"
Yu Sheng chuckled and rubbed the fox girl's head: "Who said I was going to completely convert it in one go?"
Hu Li blinked her eyes: "?"
"Completely bringing it over is something we do after sweeping away the garrison, but for now I'm just going over there to open a door," Yu Sheng said casually, "When you normally go shopping at a mall, do you have to buy the entire mall before you can open the door and go in?"
Hu Li's ears flapped a few times: "Well, no, not really..."
"I'm just going to modify the door-opening path—the 'Star Gate' is still theirs, but the 'door' is mine," Yu Sheng's expression turned serious as he mused and continued, "Based on my previous experiences with various ships, space stations, and space fortresses, occupying a facility from a complete physical structure is a very slow process, and as soon as the modification begins, it's easy to be discovered. But if you're just looking to utilize part of its functionality, it doesn't have to be so troublesome, especially for something like a 'door'..."
He paused here, his gaze crossed the nearby large observation window, looked towards the majestic structure glowing red in space.
This time he was looking directly at the 'Star Gate' with his naked eyes, not through a holographic projection.
Yu Sheng was good at musing, but that did not mean his ideas were solely based on whimsical 'muses'—he had his own reasons and 'intuition', but many things were difficult to explain to others.
He indeed saw a door, a ready-made... passage, the door stood out in space shining brilliantly, its blank door frame sending out a silent invitation, seemingly needing only a gentle push to open like any ordinary door in the world, leading elsewhere.
It was the first time in his life seeing a Star Gate—in the very first instance, he noticed the different scenes seen through the holographic projection on the ship bridge versus directly through the observation window, and from that moment, this bold idea popped into his mind.
"How do you plan to get over there?" Luo's voice rang out from the side, pulling Yu Sheng out of his thoughts, "The Otherworld Inn can't approach any closer, and small craft can't evade the safety scan of the Star Gate itself—anything with engine power will trigger the defense system, you need to control that door... at least make contact with it."
As a scientist, Luo couldn't understand Yu Sheng's ideas at all, after all, theoretically explaining them was impossible, but as someone already victimized by him taking over a space station, she always maintained an attitude of incomprehension but respect for her boss's ideas.
In fact, she recently even started trying to theoretically interpret Yu Sheng's various abilities—just not having found a line of thought yet.
Yu Sheng began to muse while pinching his chin.
"No flying craft at all? Not even the smallest ones?"
Luo shrugged: "Intercepting illegal aircraft is the basic security feature of the Star Gate, and how small can it be? You first have to cross that long distance between the Otherworld Inn and the Star Gate—even the smallest unmanned craft can't fly that far."
Yu Sheng clicked his tongue: "Tsk, I was originally thinking of using Jumping Yu Lei—that thing hasn't been experienced in a long time."
Luo was bewildered: "What is Jumping Yu Lei?"
"It's a torpedo," Erin eagerly stood on the chair armrest and explained excitedly, "hollowed out inside, put Yu Sheng in it, that's why it's called Jumping Yu Lei—launch and grab wherever, that's how it was done when fighting the final form of the Inference Star Body..."
Luo was already shocked halfway through the explanation, and almost jumped up after hearing it: "Is that even possible?!"
Yu Sheng: "Hey, hey, you're an elf—"
"I'm trying my best to be elegant, Boss! But without some interjections, I can't express my feelings—this method absolutely won't work!" Luo was getting a bit flustered, "That thing absolutely won't evade the safety scan, a fortress torpedo—air defense radar isn't blind, it doesn't care what's inside... um, no offense to you!"
"I know, I know, that's why this plan was vetoed from the start," Yu Sheng waved his hand and continued musing, "A small shuttlecraft definitely can't get through, Jumping Yu Lei won't work either... drone range isn't enough, and that thing also has an engine, it might get scanned too..."
He mumbled and suddenly stopped, catching a glimpse of a silver fluffy tail joyfully swishing back and forth at his feet.
Yu Sheng looked up at the holographic projection on the communication platform.
"What if it's a fox tail carrying someone flying through space?"
Hu Li's ears perked up with a "ding" sound, and her multiple tails began to wag excitedly.
"Right, right!" Erin also caught on, "That's a thought!"
Luo: "…?"
Yu Sheng gestured to the fox girl next to him: "Do you think the air defense radar near the Star Gate can detect her tail? Her tail does shoot fire, but it's not a conventional engine. That thing is, in a sense, a spell—like a Wizard's broomstick, you know?"
Luo still looked puzzled: "…?"
After another two or three seconds, the golden-haired elf finally jumped up: "Wait, is this how you usually plan your operations?!"
"This is considered quite restrained today," Erin crossed her arms and nodded seriously, "If it weren't for the fact that this is a secret infiltration, with our usual style, Yu Sheng would have been thrown into a high-speed trajectory and shot out—and perhaps even loaded for a second launch."
"…Holy crap!"
"Just tell me how feasible it is," Yu Sheng said, looking at Luo's projection, "If the success rate is over thirty percent, I'm in."
Luo was stunned for a couple of seconds before she reluctantly began to simulate the plan based on her understanding of the Star Gate architecture and its defense technology.
In fact, she felt a bit guilty even calling this thing a "plan"—if she had dared to write "the probability of a flaming fox tail detected by Star Gate radar" in her thesis back in school, she might have been hung from the Tower of Xilantis by an outraged mentor.
But now she had to consider the possibility of such a ridiculous scenario.
"…Theoretically, first, the Star Gate radar wouldn't react to such a small target, and since the speed isn't fast, even if it was captured, you're likely to be identified as a meteorite or some other space debris. Secondly, given the massive defense range of a facility like the Star Gate, due to the huge amount of radar data, it usually responds quickly by preprocessing according to 'characteristic codes,' and, uh, the fox tail surely isn't in the 'feature library.'
"The only risk is that your energy response during the flight might catch the attention of that armed Star Fort. That space station has a very prominent detection antenna array, which I suspect is specifically for Spiritual Energy, and it constantly scans the entire airspace, but I don't know the sensitivity of that array.
"As for the unluckiest scenario, being directly observed visually… that probability is the lowest. Given the scale of that Star Gate and the vastness of the area itself, tiny flying objects are basically impossible to spot with the naked eye. As long as you fly through sparse areas, unless there's a patrol ship right in your face, no one will discover you."
Yu Sheng listened attentively to Luo's analysis.
"Alright then, let's do it."
He said as he stood up from the captain's seat, and Hu Li followed suit immediately, raising her hand to yank her tail from behind.
"Wait, wait a minute—" Luo finally panicked at this and couldn't help but speak up, "Are you really going to just go ahead with this? What if that armed Star Fort actually detects you guys? Wouldn't the whole operation be exposed after that?!"
Yu Sheng stopped, turned his head, and looked at Luo with a half-smile: "Exposed to what?"
Luo instinctively started to say: "Exposed to the follow-up…"
She got stuck halfway through her sentence.
"Let's analyze this logically," Yu Sheng chuckled as he looked at her, "Suppose you're the Star Fort Commander—now you're watching someone riding a fox tail right across space in front of you, and you successfully blow them up with one shot in space. Aside from thinking this is extremely bizarre, through how many steps of association do you have to go to connect this to 'in a few days a main fleet will appear directly in the Star Gate'? Even if you know you need to be more vigilant next, can you be sure what specific situation to be 'wary' of?"
Luo stood there with her mouth slightly open, dumbfounded.
"I'm actually quite sensible," Yu Sheng seemed quite pleased, rubbing Hu Li's ears, "Common sense is a good thing, very useful—Hu Li, let's go."