Chapter 107 Ultimatum
It's a wonderful feeling to look at this planet from orbit in outer space.
In the dark and deep space, it is covered with a blue coat, and the complex white and yellow patterns make it look mysterious and beautiful, crystal clear and fragile. It is the only home of countless lives in this galaxy. Even in the Milky Way Star Region, it is a very rare habitable planet, a fascinating mother of life. She is just like the first time she saw it in Yan Zhen's body, making people unconsciously moved and fall in love with her.
"Isn't it beautiful?" said a man next to Xiaozhen. He was wearing a pair of glasses and a cheap suit. He was a middle-aged man with a tired look. If he wasn't on the empty bridge, he would look like a tired office worker that you can see everywhere. His name is Ma Jingshi, and he is Mr. Cat's subordinate in the office on this planet.
"Yes. It looks really fragile." Xiao Zhen replied, "I just didn't expect you to park a station in outer space orbit..." Xiao Zhen thought about the wording. How should he describe it? Space station? Mobile fortress?
"Mourners, that's what we call this fortress." A robot slid out, a blue-green robe draped over its metal shell. The pattern on it showed that it was a member of the "Rational Robot Mutual Aid Society."
"Hello, you are..."
"You can call me Roken M89. It's an honor to meet you, Yan Zhen, Captain Ban." It said that it was also a subordinate member of Mr. Cat in the Supervisory Eye Planet Office.
The name "Mourner" sounds full of murderous aura of a supervisory eye.
Not long ago, after witnessing the tragic situation on the street, Xiao Zhen strongly demanded to go to the Security Committee to ask for an explanation and ask them to return Chen Yuxin, so Mr. Cat took him and Captain Madara directly to this memorial fortress parked outside the atmosphere. Under the silent gaze of Xiao Zhen and Captain Madara, Mr. Cat replied. "Oh, this is the headquarters of the Eye of Supervision on this planet." It said very calmly, as if the huge fortress under it was an ordinary office building.
This is a space fortress that can accommodate thousands of people. On the way to the command room, Xiaozhen and Captain Ban saw at least nearly a hundred logistics personnel walking in and out of the passage. Whenever Mr. Cat walked by, a staff member would immediately stop and bow to Mr. Cat.
Mr. Cat's two subordinates, Ma Jingshi and the robot Roken M89, followed closely behind Mr. Cat. The two subordinates also showed enough respect for Mr. Cat's two friends.
The feeling now was wonderful. Half an hour ago, he was an ordinary middle school student named Yan Zhen who lived on land, but now he was standing in a magnificent alien fortress, being led by a man who was said to be the highest official of the fortress, gazing at his home from space.
In front of the command room, a bright corridor with ten columns stood majestically. At the end of the corridor was the door of the command room, guarded by two fully armed sergeants. The door was engraved with the symbol of the Eye of Supervision, a huge eye. When Mr. Cat, Xiao Zhen and others approached, they knocked on the floor with their long guns in unison. With a creaking rumble, the heavy door of the command room opened.
In the command room, dozens of officials were busy, all wearing blue and black uniforms. The moment Mr. Cat stepped into the room, everyone stopped what they were doing, stood up and saluted Mr. Cat.
Mr. Cat was undoubtedly the center of attention. He walked in calmly and jumped onto the central strategic table. His movements were graceful and calm, and he had a very natural aura in the face of everyone's respect. With a slight buzzing electronic sound, a three-dimensional image floated above the strategic table.
"Report to me, Ma Jingshi."
Ma Jingshi, who looked like an ordinary office worker from an industrial company, stepped forward immediately. He adjusted his glasses nervously and said, "We have confirmed that Chen Yuxin has been taken away from the local planet. She is now on a destroyer." Ma Jingshi quickly operated at the central strategic table, and soon a 3D image of a ship appeared on the table. "The login information of the destroyer is the Goddess of Wisdom, which belongs to the Ninth Department of the Security Committee. The coordinates are XOTG-85-189, in the public orbit of the local planet."
"Look at what you have done," said Mr. Cat.
"It was my fault." Ma Jingshi said with sweat on his forehead, "We judged that the other party was just an ordinary human woman with no fighting ability, so we made this mistake."
"This is your shame." Mr. Cat said coldly, "We'll talk about punishment and self-examination later. Now, let's talk to the bastards on the Security Committee first."
"As you command, my Lord."
"Evelyn, report the contact."
A slender alien woman said: "We have sent out a communication signal requesting a conversation, but there has been no response from the other party so far." She was an extremely beautiful alien with smooth brown skin and curved horns on her head. Her voice was like a pleasant musical instrument.
Mr. Cat said, "Maintain course and speed, and continue approaching."
"But my Lord..." Evelyn said hesitantly, "We are almost within the range of the Minerva."
"Maintain speed and continue approaching."
The command room fell into silence, with only the hissing of electricity and the humming of power pipelines.
A few minutes later, some screens in the control room flashed. Evelyn held the headset with her hand and said, "The communicator received a message from the goddess of wisdom."
"Turn on the loudspeaker," said Mr. Cat.
"Haha, look who's here." A frivolous voice echoed in the command room. Roken M89's eyes flashed with electronic light, and it said, "I can analyze who this voice is. He is Cao Yu, the little minion of Sheying."
"May I ask what I can do for you, gentlemen?" asked the voice on the other end of the communicator.
"Stop talking nonsense to me, bastard, and hand him over."
Xiao Zhen said, "Wait a minute, is this how you, the Eye of Oversight, usually talk to the Security Committee?"
"It's just common diplomatic language. We are just communicating in a friendly manner." Mr. Cat said calmly.
Inspector Sheying sat in his seat, looking at the aqua blue planet in the deep universe. He liked this blue planet very much. The environment here was pleasant and full of vitality, and it was a peaceful and secluded place far away from the galactic disputes. At first, when Inspector Sheying was transferred here, he was full of resentment, thinking that this was actually a demotion. However, after actually living on this planet for a few years, he fell in love with it.
It would be nice if I could live on this planet forever, he thought.
Dozens of years ago, he was still a young man with burning passion and ambition. His home planet was a red planet with extremely harsh environment, eroded by storms all year round. But this was already the best living environment for them. Every dozens of years, because of the approach of the satellite, his home planet would shake, the mountains and rivers would be razed to the ground, the flat land would turn into the sea, tsunamis would hit, volcanoes would erupt, and various disasters would follow. After that, it was a scorching hot summer, and not a drop of rain would fall from the sky. Many lives would die in the long hot summer. For a long time, the projection inspector thought that survival was so difficult and death was commonplace. The gods like to use this harsh environment to select the strongest people. When he left his home planet, he never thought that the sky of a planet could be so clear and beautiful , and the land of a planet could be so quiet and gentle. It cares for all the lives on its land for free and compassionately.
The natives of this planet are loved by the planet and blessed by the stars.
But Sheying never resented his home planet. It was his home planet that shaped the Sheying he is today.
Because of his outstanding ability, Sheying passed the assessment and joined the Security Committee. When he put the badge of the Security Committee on his chest, he saw the fear and respect in people's eyes. He admitted that he was also complacent and intoxicated by this power at first. With the increase of qualifications, he handled more and more affairs and touched more and more secrets hidden in the depths of galactic civilization. He was no longer the young and energetic boy. Over the years, he handled too many cases and witnessed too many tragedies.
Many things must be done with caution.
Except for those idiots facing the Eye of Supervision.
…
Cao Yu came to him with a data pad. He was a young and lively guy, and he could always see himself in him. He had a spirit of vigor and energy, with neat brown short hair, and wore the silver uniform of the Safety Committee, with the badge of the Safety Committee proudly pinned on his chest. In fact, there were no civilized regulations within the committee for members to wear badges, but Cao Yu always wore the badge very neatly, with the second decorative button facing the standard, just like he did back then.
"Sir, the Eye of Overseer has sent a communication. The source of the information is the mourner, that fortress."
"oh."
Robot UN852-R3 said: "They are seeking the suspect who murdered Commander Herac's son, the human female Chen Yuxin."
"Yes, and quite rude." Cao Yu played a recording to Inspector Sheying. The recording was mixed with a noise: "Bastards, hand over the person!"
"How dare he threaten us like that? We are the Security Committee!" Cao Yu threw the data pad on the table viciously, "Who does he think he is? Even the planetary governor wouldn't dare to speak to us in this tone."
"Who is the other party?"
The metal arm of robot UN852-R3 opened the screen facing the void, and some information about Mr. Cat was displayed on it. "He is the new supervisor of the Eye of Supervision sent to this galaxy. He has just registered and is called 'Mr. Cat'. He is an Alte and has recently officially taken over the office on the local planet."
"Any other information?"
"There is very little information available. It can be said that apart from the information about the Alts, almost nothing else is registered."
Sheying tapped the table with his fingers. "He is definitely not an ordinary person to have parachuted in and taken over the mourners in such a short time. Can you find out the faction behind him?"
A series of binary codes flashed across UN852-R3's screen. "The transfer order is classified at level one. If I want to hack into it by force, it will take at least 1893 hours of local time. Do you need me to decipher it now?"
"No need. The confidentiality level is so high..." Detective Sheying whispered, "Which faction does he belong to?"
"The mourners sent a formal document." Cao Yu looked at the data board and said, "They formally asked us to hand over the suspect Chen Yuxin..."
"What’s wrong with you?"
"The other party ended by saying that if we don't hand it over, we will be responsible for all the consequences."
"An old-fashioned way of threatening." Sheying chuckled.
"... Sir, take a look." Cao Yu handed the data pad to Inspector Sheying. "The last signature is Lord Luo Kun of the Eye of Supervision. It has his mark and authorization code on it."
"This is impossible... Lord Luo Kun has not been involved in worldly affairs for many years. How could he give such great authority to a newcomer?"
"I don't know about that." Cao Yu said, "Maybe it's fake. Those bastards of the Overseer's Eye love to treat others as idiots."
"It's hard to say. Cao Yu, you know that there's a big mess in the Eye of Supervision. Grand Master Mansfield passed away suddenly, and all the balances have been broken." Inspector Sheying couldn't help but lower his tone when he mentioned Mansfield. Even though it was the Eye of Supervision that he hated the most, Grand Master Mansfield was still an object of respect.
"Sir, did you say that Master Mansfield really passed away?" Cao Yu also looked a little annoyed. "It's too sudden for such a hero to leave like this."
"When we received the news of Master Mansfield's death, even Director Kamudanti was mourning for him. I stood silently for him all night. This is my etiquette for legendary heroes. At that time, the Eye of Supervision was still worthy of praise. But now, it's just a bunch of idiots who are waving big banners." Inspector Sheying stood up and said, "Reply to them."
"What reply?" Cao Yu asked.
"Get the hell out of here!"
Two minutes later.
The crew member shouted, "The other party sent a reply!"
Cao Yu picked up the data pad and read: "... Please allow us to remind you bastards that all you have is a destroyer. After careful consideration by us, your weapons and manpower are laughably shabby. Even if you send a message to the Security Committee space station in the nearest galaxy, it will take them 86 local hours to receive it after we block it. This means that you will not have any reinforcements in a short time. Please allow us to remind you again that we have enough ammunition in our fortress, enough to destroy a large cruiser fleet within an hour. The above reminders are all out of our compassion. Please hand it over immediately..."
"That's enough!" Inspector Sheying slammed his fist on the table. He stood up and sneered, "Hand him over? Dream on!"
"Sir!" a crew member shouted, "The Fortress of the Mourners is approaching us."
"It will be within our firing range in about 20 minutes."
"15 minutes left."
"Ten minutes left."
Inspector Sheying straightened up and glanced at the crew and combatants in the bridge. "Captain, the defense is now in your hands."
The captain looked up. She was a serious middle-aged Homo sapiens woman. "Don't worry, Detective. We will make those idiots of the Overseer's Eye pay this time."
"Then, everyone, be ready for battle." Inspector Sheying tried his best to make his tone sound less angry: "It's time to teach them a lesson."
The mourners are in the command room.
Roken M89 said: "The other party did not call back."
Xiao Zhen said: "To be honest, no matter who it is, after receiving such a richly worded and beautifully written ultimatum from you, no one would want to reply, okay!!"
"Wait a moment." said Mr. Cat.
"Will the mourners continue to approach the Minerva?"
"Of course. Maintain course and speed, and continue approaching."
"But if we get any closer we'll be within their range."
"Keep the speed."
"We'll be within range in 15 minutes." Evelyn announced calmly.
"Ten minutes left."
"Seven minutes left."
"Oh my god." Captain Madara pointed at the information on the screen and said, "This signal shows that the enemy destroyer is activating the defense shield and activating the weapon at the same time."
Evelyn said, "There are still three minutes before the other party activates their weapons and fires their main guns."
Another string of electronic data flashed across the screen of Roken M89. It said, "Minerva is calling."
"oh."
“The other party replied: Go to hell, idiot.”
"Very good." Mr. Cat nodded, "All fortress main guns are ready to fire!"
"I say." Xiao Zhen finally couldn't help it. He glanced at the blue planet outside the ship window and said, "Are you really going to fight in orbit?"
"Of course! Beat him up!"
