Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 566: Rampant Home Appliances

Stones with eyes gathered toward the beam of light, sticking onto the mechanical monster.

As more and more stones gathered, the movements of the mechanical monster became increasingly sluggish.

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Yan Wu seized the opportunity and charged again, leaping onto the back of the mechanical monster, evading the sneak attack of two external air conditioning units, and forcefully pried off a washing machine door from its back.

The hardware store owner pulled out Lao Hei, who had been unconscious for a long time, then kicked away an Earth Rock Person trying to stick to him, quickly jumped down from the mechanical monster's body, and retreated outside of the light beam.

At that moment, the mechanical monster was still valiantly fighting the Earth Rock People in mid-air, its thirteen tentacles swinging fiercely, flinging the approaching Earth Rock People away.

However, the number of Earth Rock People in the meteor crater was simply too many, totaling in the tens of thousands. As one was repelled, more would swarm forward.

The mechanical monster, facing numerous foes, gradually fell into a disadvantage, its body covered in Earth Rock People until it could no longer move.

Ma Lu maintained the light beam for a little longer, then eventually disabled the Light Illumination Technique, and sat down on the ground, catching his breath.

To avoid being stuck by those Earth Rock People, he kept the light on the mechanical monster while he also ran and dodged.

If not for The Moon having only one-sixth of Earth's gravity, Ma Lu's physical strength would have probably given out much earlier.

Fortunately, his strategy in the end was effective; using the phototactic behavior of the Earth Rock People, he successfully trapped the mechanical monster.

...

Half an hour later, the control room of the Pink Whale Ship regained its lights, and the ship's life support systems also started operating.

Five minutes later, Ma Lu saw the green light above, indicating safety, light up, then he took off the frog headgear he had been wearing for most of the day.

Yan Wu also returned from outside at this time.

"Is it fixed?"

"No," the hardware store owner shook his head, "There are many damaged parts of the ship. The Pink Whale Smuggling Group must have had a fierce battle with the Dimensional Pirates, but that's not the point.

"Ninety percent of a ship's functions are not important. If they're broken, they're broken. Only the power and energy systems are absolutely crucial."

"Are the power and energy systems of this ship broken?"

"Not broken, they are gone," the hardware store owner said. "I just went below and saw that the energy core and the Warp Pulse Engine are missing.

"I rigged a temporary line and connected the circuits to the spare battery we brought, only then the life support and lighting systems temporarily recovered."

"So... the energy core and that engine were taken away by those Dimensional Pirates?"

"Probably so, remember there are big holes they left in the ship? Moreover, those two items are the most valuable equipment on the entire ship."

"Does that mean if they come back, I'll have to find them and ask about the whereabouts of the energy core and the engine?"

"No need to ask, those items have already been sold," said Lao Hei, who had previously been unconscious.

She finally opened her eyes, sat up from her seat, and massaged her sore shoulders.

"Those Dimensional Pirates never keep plundered goods overnight, especially valuable items. They adhere to the ancient tradition of securing the loot quickly. If the plundered goods are not exchanged for something they can use, in their eyes, it's just a bunch of useless junk."

"So you're saying if I want the Pink Whale Ship to fly again, I need to buy a new energy core and a set of engines?" Ma Lu frowned, "How much will that cost?"

"The black market price for the pulse engines is about 12 million Star Currency, and typically a Plane Spaceship needs both a primary and a secondary engine."

"And the energy core is roughly 60 million Star Currency." Lao Hei, having been a smuggler, was quite familiar with these prices.

Although he had been mentally prepared, Ma Lu still gasped upon hearing these two figures.

That means he would need to spend at least 84 million Star Currency to fix the Pink Whale Ship—an astronomical amount in repair costs.

Now the Universe Infinite Canteen was gradually gaining fame among visitors from the Different Dimension, with weekly revenues consistently over 10,000 Star Currency, plus catering to the Dimensional Pirates.

Each month, products equivalent to 700,000 to 800,000 Star Currency were accounted for, but even then, it would take almost 60 years to accumulate enough for the repair costs.

Lao Hei, seeing Ma Lu's dilemma, suggested, "Boss Ma, you could also consider selling the Pink Whale Ship."

Yan Wu added, "The Dimensional Pirates just took the energy core, warp pulse engine, and the goods on the ship. They didn't touch much else. With some time, even the damaged equipment can be repaired."

"All these items together could also be worth about 50 million Star Currency," Lao Hei said. "It's a significant sum."

Hearing this, Ma Lu felt a bit better.

The Pink Whale was given to him by the Pirate King after being persuaded by Old Wang's food, which was practically a steal.

So, Ma Lu had already prepared for the worst scenario, thinking that the spaceship might have been totally scrapped in combat before he arrived.

The current situation was actually quite alright; the ship still had some salvage value, and it wasn't small.

By selling it, not only could he repay the money he owed Yan Wu, but he could also achieve some degree of freedom with Star Currency.

In the future, acquiring fun high-dimensional artifacts at Old Wang's store wouldn't be a problem, and filling the collection cabinets in his new villa's basement should be easy.

With this in mind, Ma Lu was somewhat tempted but he didn't rush to decide; instead, he brought up another matter with Lao Hei.

"Didn't you say earlier that there are no other intelligent life forms on the Moon? Then what was that attacking us outside just now?"

"Rogue home appliance form, it's indeed not a native of this planet," Lao Hei said.

"What?"

"Rogue home appliance form, simply put, is when ordinary home appliances are transformed into a primitive silicon-based life form through the alteration with active energy," Lao Hei explained.

"These modified beings generally exhibit severe tendencies towards violence and chaos, but there's a demand for them on the black market, and occasionally there are requests to purchase such entities."

"So that thing is actually from Earth?"

"Yes, it was also part of the cargo the Pink Whale was carrying this time. To transport it, we even specially modified a cell.

"I guess that cell was damaged in battle, and then the rogue home appliance form escaped from the ship."

"I see," Ma Lu realized. "No wonder no one was attacked when the Pink Whale docked here previously."

Lao Hei also felt the lingering fear, "I owe you and Boss Yan this time; otherwise, I think I would have died here. Honestly, when I was constantly tumbling inside the drum, I really thought I was going to die."