Now that he had come to this point, it was time for Ves to open a portal and lead everyone back to normal space.
After Ves and a number of specialists studied the convoluted attempts of the pescans to gain control over the main control center, they found that the pescans had employed a lot of clever solutions.
"These aliens had years to decipher how these alien crystals work. It shouldn't be surprising that they managed to gain control over them in their own way."
The pescan texts and pictograms were not completely unreadable. The pescans studied humans long enough to develop rudimentary translators. It was easy to obtain the software and quickly reprogram it so that it could translate the pescan data screens.
That didn't bring them any closer to opening a portal because it turned out that the entire control system was still in a locked state.
"Oh. So it hasn't been lifted yet." Ves furrowed his brows.
Several hours ago, Ves and the pescans issued a lot of conflicting orders to the prison systems. This caused the entire controls to lock up and enter into a forced security mode.
In the end, Ves not only had to use the purple control crystal that he had fabricated inside the System Space, but also work together with a bunch of computer engineers and other specialists to lift the lock up state.
Though it took a bit longer than he wished, the people working on this problem were absolute leaders in their own fields!
After all, anyone invited to attend the founding ceremony at the VIP seating blocks were part of the cadre of their respective organizations.
Ves inadvertently impressed another batch of people in this way. They became astounded by the ingenuity of the purple crystal that he had made and how easily it was able to fool the alien controls so well.
"We did it, sir!" A virtual security engineer called. "We have managed to get past the final checkpoint. I think these settings are related to the portal."
Turning on the alien portal was not as simple as flipping a switch or pressing a button.
The reason for that was because there was no existing portal back in normal space.
Fortunately, it was not as if this portal tech was equivalent to that of human beyonder gates. A destination gate was not necessary, but recommended.
According to the information provided by the control interface, the current settings enabled an authorized user to specify the coordinates of the exit position.
Anyone who passed through the portal would appear in any space within a certain range of the center of the Government District.
This could also be used to transport people in the city directly into a cell!
"So this is how the pescans managed to abduct us in the first place." Ves looked enlightened. "Can you find out whether the aliens used this system to abduct humans in the past?"
"We have yet to find any logs. It may be buried in a different alien menu."
"Nevermind, then."
Ves was pretty certain that the pescans covertly used this powerful teleportation function to kidnap a bunch of unwitting humans in the past.
The pescans needed to learn more about the humans that had taken over their planet by force, and getting their information out of the mouths of government officials could provide them with a wealth of key information!
This may have been how the aliens who were completely unfamiliar with humans and human society in the past not only knew about the founding ceremony, but knew exactly who to target in order to gain maximum leverage!
"Did we find any human prisoners or... their remains?"
"No, sir."
"A pity."
No one cared about those unlucky victims if they existed. The former human captives just wanted to go home now. They all concentrated their efforts in understanding and deciphering the complicated portal settings.
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