Cave Refuge

Awakeners like Rabbit that use peculiar items do so at the expense of life vitality. Although each activation of a peculiar item yields powerful effects, the excessive consumption of life vitality could, despite timely replenishment, slightly reduce one's life expectancy, colloquially known as "shortening one's lifespan."

Indeed, as the Martial Path gradually matured and the number of inactive peculiar items dwindled, it led to the once-thriving Awakeners faction to slowly begin its decline.

Dong Tianyu was well aware of the flaws of the Awakeners on Rabbit's side, he just didn't know if any problems would arise after awakening Super Ability and using it.

After the Superhumans on the deck had rotated through two shifts, Dong Tianyu finally used his Invisibility to stealthily enter the aircraft carrier.

Having already obtained a detailed understanding of the entire structure of the aircraft carrier through his Divine Sense, even though it was his first time here, Dong Tianyu still found his way to the laboratory entrance with ease.

At this moment, however, Dong Tianyu did not immediately enter the laboratory but instead turned to approach the nearby Storage space entrance.

Even though the Awakened Potions for Super Ability were manufactured in the laboratory, Dong Tianyu's investigation revealed that those successfully crafted Awakened Potions were all stored in this low-temperature Storage space.

It seems that even now when the fleet was in dire straits, the decision-makers within the aircraft carrier still refused to distribute the Super Ability Potions from the Storage space to the ordinary people in the Guard Squad, allowing them to consume the Awakened Potion to become Superhumans and thus better protect the aircraft carrier by increasing their strength.

The reason they would not administer Awakened Potion to others was somewhat clear to Dong Tianyu. Compared to controllable and quantifiable firearms, the Super Abilities obtained by Superhumans upon awakening were hard to manage.

After all, the Super Abilities that Superhumans awakened were varied and strange. While the straightforward Super Abilities were easier to account for, those that awakened more subtle abilities were tricky to handle, and a single misstep could easily lead to significant chaos.

Since the aircraft carrier was personal property of the Captain, in order to ensure his authority, even if there were many Awakened Potions in the Storage space, he would not easily allow others to use them.

However, precisely because of this, there were still a dozen or so potions in the Storage space.

Looking at the highly secure Storage space door, Dong Tianyu merely glanced at it before moving on.

Dong Tianyu was no fool. Although there was fierce fighting constantly happening on the deck, there was no doubt that if Dong Tianyu tried to break through this door openly, the Captain in the command room would surely be aware of the situation here.

So even though Dong Tianyu was already standing outside the Storage space door, he merely glanced at it without lingering and directly entered the adjacent room.

Facing the wall thickened on one side, Dong Tianyu sneered in disdain. Then, using his Flying Swords, he effortlessly carved a door in the thickened wall, directly entering the Storage space from the side.

Before even entering the Storage space, Dong Tianyu used his Flying Swords to swiftly destroy all the surveillance cameras in the room, then without fuss, directly transferred the cabinets storing Awakened Potions into the Storage space.

After sending three potion cabinets into the Storage space, Dong Tianyu quickly left, turning towards the laboratory entrance.

Although there were no finished Awakened Potions in the laboratory at the moment, this place possessed all the equipment, methods, and data necessary for producing Awakened Potions.

While the battle on the deck was still far from over, it had no effect on the individuals in the laboratory. The researchers staying there were either crafting Awakened Potions or conducting in-depth research on them.

When Dong Tianyu first entered the research room, the researchers paid him no mind. Although it appeared that anyone could freely enter and exit the laboratory, in reality, this floor on the aircraft carrier was a restricted area. Ordinary people were not even allowed to enter this floor, let alone the laboratory itself.

Zachary held great respect for those researchers; after all, genuine scientific personnel are considered precious talents no matter where or when. Thus, Zachary took out the Hundred Ghosts Banner and directly bestowed immortality upon those researchers.

Although the researchers' souls were more tenacious compared to ordinary people, they still represented just a group of normal humans. Therefore, when faced with the soul-capturing power of the Spiritual Treasure Level Hundred Ghosts Banner, they were utterly unable to resist; the souls of all the researchers were immediately captured into the Hundred Ghosts Banner.

Even though Zachary unhesitatingly sent those researchers into the Hundred Ghosts Banner, he still established restrictions within it to ensure that the Fierce Ghosts inside would not actively attack the researchers' souls.

After completing this task, Zachary began to systematically pack up every piece of equipment and consumable materials in the laboratory, sending them one by one into his Storage Space.

Since he was already there, Zachary swept everything clean, then directly rushed towards several storage areas detected by his Divine Sense.

The moment Zachary tampered with the storeroom surveillance, he had actually been discovered by the security personnel in the fleet's monitoring room, and they immediately reported it to the command center.

However, as the deck had fallen into a stalemate, there were no extra hands available to investigate the situation. So, the matter was temporarily put aside, with plans to deploy a team to inspect after the battle on the deck concluded.

Yet when the command center heard about similar issues occurring in the laboratory, the Captain suddenly had an ominous premonition. Although his Personal Guard Team had not yet engaged in battle and was still waiting in the next room for his command, at that moment, he had no intention of deploying his Personal Guard Team.

Since the battlers on the deck had been taken over by the Awakeners, the Guard Squad, now in reserve, was idling. The Captain immediately ordered several members of the Guard Squad to check on the situation.

By the time the members of the Guard Squad arrived at that level, Zachary had already cleaned out everything of value from that floor and left the place with his spoils.

Upon hearing the Guard Squad's report that the area had been raided by unknown persons, the Captain felt such heartache he almost fainted, then, with eyes wide with fury, he bellowed, "Those despicable villains, taking advantage of the chaos, must still be on board!

They are so greedy they even took the equipment used to make the Awakened Potion. It looks like they're planning to hit us in broad daylight.

Goodie, take half the men and search every inch of this ship for me. I am authorizing you now; you have the right to enter any room on this ship, and anyone who obstructs your investigation will be treated as an insurgent, subject to execution without trial!"

After hearing the Captain's orders, the leader of the Captain's Personal Guard Team promptly took command and then left the command room with a smile on his face.

Normally, even as the leader of the Captain's Personal Guard Team, there are still many areas on the ship that are inaccessible to him, where he has no permission to enter.

However, Zachary's brazen actions had completely blown the Captain's composure.

You see, if Zachary had only taken away all the Awakened Potions in the storage room, at most, the Captain would have been angry and distressed, but he would never have arranged for the leader of the Personal Guard Team to investigate at this time.

The battle on the deck was not yet over; though they still maintained the upper hand, facing the incessant onslaught of Water Elementals boarding the deck, nobody knew when the battle would come to an end.

Precisely for this reason, to ensure his own safety, the Captain would absolutely not let his Personal Guard Team leave his side, unless it was absolutely necessary.

Yet upon hearing that Zachary had taken away all the equipment from the laboratory, the Captain's mindset instantly exploded upon receiving the news.

After all, if only the finished Potion was taken, at most, the ship would lose about a dozen Superhumans. But if the experimental equipment was removed, those people might very well leverage this excuse to force him from his position.