Chapter 132
The woman was wearing a headscarf, but her brown fur was still visible on her head and neck.
She wore an unusually large skirt and hid the children behind her. But when they heard the movements of Lin Qingge and others, they couldn't help but pop out from behind their mother one by one.
When Lor saw these children for the first time, he was stunned.
He was not as lively and active as Mu Xiaohu. During the days since he came to Zhongwu Star, although Lor had learned a lot of inside information about this planet with his good observation and extensive reading, he had not actually seen many alien races except Lacini.
At this time, he saw that the children of the Lacini family, who were obviously from the same father and mother, looked very different. Some were covered in fur and armor, some had human bodies and animal heads, some looked like square tree stumps, and some looked normal, but their skin color was like old tree bark, and he didn't know how it was inherited. Only the youngest child looked like a puppy that was born not long ago, with watery eyes, furry paws, and a pink tongue licking his front paws.
Most importantly, even with the age filter, these children are not good-looking at all. Maybe they can be called cute from their aesthetic point of view, but they are undoubtedly weird or even disgusting in the eyes of humans. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why humans have a difficult situation in human society. After all, most humans are visual animals. Even if they are of different races and standpoints, as long as they are good-looking, they can easily win people's love.
"Are you also friends of the eldest brother?" The child whose head looked like an elk asked curiously while looking at Mu Xiaohu and the others.
"Yes." Lin Qingge said to the woman in the headscarf, "Aunt Dana, you know the current situation. It's very dangerous for you to be here. These two are Luo Er and Mu Xiaohu. They are both friends of Lacini and are willing to help us. Don't worry, they will take you to a safe place."
Lor and the other man smiled and greeted them. Dana glanced at them timidly and quickly before looking away. She held a gray package tightly in her hand, as if her life depended on it.
Dana was nervous and scared, and didn't dare to look anyone in the eye, but she still mustered up the courage to say to Lin Qingge: "Thank you, Master Qingge... I really, really thank you so much... If it weren't for your help, it wouldn't be a big deal for an old woman like me, but these children... I'm afraid my children would..."
"It's okay, don't worry, nothing will happen." Lin Qingge held her hand and comforted her.
"Qingge, Master Qingge..." Dana said cautiously, urgently and fearfully: "Lasini... How is my Lasini?"
The children who were originally whispering behind her suddenly became quiet, staring at Lin Qingge with their dark eyes without blinking.
Lin Qingge was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "There is no news yet. But to be honest, if he was caught, he would not be dealt with secretly, and it would definitely be publicized. So now, no news is good news."
Dana sobbed, tightly holding Lin Qingge's hand, and murmured, "I know... I know... there must be a good person who saved him... Lord Qingge, please help us speak. Lacini... Lacini is the kindest and best child in the world, he will not hurt anyone... Please, Lord Qingge, please help him..."
"I will." Lin Qingge solemnly promised: "Lasini is my friend, I will do my best to help him through this difficult time."
Until the few people were sent on board the spacecraft, Dana had been begging Lin Qingge and others with a humble attitude, assuring again and again that Lacini would never be involved in such a terrible assassination, asking them not to give up on him, and repeatedly promising that she would repay them in the future, and promised that her family would serve them like slaves in the next life and the next.
It's not that she didn't hear Lin Qingge's assurance, but her experience had long made her not believe in the Celestials, and did not believe that their friendship would really make Lin Qingge pay such a high price to save Lacini. Even if they had been living in the slums and had no access to information, the information she had received so far was enough to let her know how terrible the disaster was that Lacini had been involved in this time. Although he was an innocent victim, no one would consider whether he was innocent at this time. Being involved in such a vortex, even a small wave could crush a low-ranking alien to pieces, not to mention that Lacini was in the center of the vortex?
In fact, Dana knew that although Lin Qingge was already an unattainable figure for them, he did not have much power in the Celestial Clan. The one who really had this power was his brother Lin Qingsi, but Lin Qingsi had no friendship with them, and there was no need to offend the supreme ruler of the empire for a mere alien race. Being able to protect them might have been the limit of what Lin Qingge could do.
But she still spoke and begged again and again, willing to sacrifice her only life and dignity, making futile efforts, as if she was trying to grasp the last straw to save her life. And Lin Qingge also comforted her again and again, using all her strength to support this old mother who was almost on the verge of collapse.
The children were also unusually well-behaved. You could see that they were a little scared, but they still did whatever they were told. They didn't ask any questions or demand anything. They just followed their mother closely, even breathing softly, as if they were afraid to disturb others.
Perhaps it was because of Dana's attitude, or perhaps it was because of the eager looks in their eyes, but after watching Dana's family being attracted by the beam of light projected by the spacecraft, Lor and his companions still felt very heavy-hearted.
There were actually people from the Zhongwu Star government around Rong Yuan's spaceship , but it was arrogance for them to want to monitor the spaceship with their backward technology. Lor and others sent Dana and others onto the spaceship right under their noses, but they didn't notice anything. There was even a team of guards who walked by very close, but it was as if their eyes and noses were completely out of order, and they neither saw their figures nor heard their voices.
Lin Qingge couldn't help but say: "Many people are still worried about what to do if you want to invade and occupy Zhongwu Star. But with this technology, even if Zhongwu Star is really occupied, ordinary people like us will not be able to discover it."
"So you should be thankful," said Lore. "Fortunately, the first alien civilization Zhongwu Star came into contact with was us."
"I have also recently learned about some laws of the Interstellar Alliance. It is said that when an advanced civilization discovers a planet with a backward civilization, it should focus on assistance, guidance and trade with appropriate concessions. In that case, will invasion still happen?" Lin Qingge asked naively.
"Of course." Lor rolled his eyes. "The Interstellar Alliance is not a paradise. All kinds of crimes are everywhere. For example, your Zhongwu planet is so remote. Even if something like genocide really happened, who would know about it? You don't have the ability to file a complaint in the Alliance court."
"However, even though there are many bad people in the Interstellar Alliance, and I have seen some of them with my own eyes, I still feel that..." Mu Xiaohu suddenly said, "I think it is much better than here. This planet... always makes me feel particularly depressed."
"Well, I don't like it." said Lor.
"Not happy." Mu Xiaohu said.
"Want to break it." Lin Qingge also said softly.
Mu Xiaohu and Luo Er looked at him and asked in unison: "Are you serious?"
"Of course." Lin Qingge said, "I have long felt that the social structure of Zhongwu Star is... How should I put it? Depressing, gloomy, deformed, and precarious. If no changes are made, I am afraid that one day in the future it will explode with a bang and destroy everything. I want to change all this, but I don't know what I can do. I can only stop myself from going along with them, be nicer and fairer to the aliens, but my influence is too small to change other people's attitudes."
"Me too, I want to do something for people like Dana and Lacini." Mu Xiaohu has also learned a lot of things in private these days, and he has great sympathy for the aliens who are deeply oppressed by humans. As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at Luo Er warily and said, "You won't stop me again, will you? Brother Xiaoyuan also said that I can do what I want!"
“Humph!” Luo Er snorted, raised his head and looked at him with contempt, saying: “Do you think you are the only one with sympathy?” Then he said to Lin Qingge: “Count me in!”
“Great!” Lin Qingge exhaled and smiled brightly: “Suddenly I feel like we can do something big!”
"Yeah, a few minors actually boasted about changing the world. If other people knew about this, they would be laughing to death," Lor complained.
"By the way, according to the calculation here, we should all be considered as the Celestial Race, right?" Mu Xiaohu suddenly laughed, "Haha, the Celestial Race is plotting to overthrow their rule?"
"What? Of course we can't overthrow it completely! Do you think social change is that easy? If we don't handle it well, either the aliens will suffer heavy casualties, or humanity will suffer a catastrophic disaster. The situation here is very complicated, okay?" Lor said.
"Yes, yes!" Lin Qingge said hurriedly: "Let me make it clear first, our goal is only to change the current situation where the alien races are oppressed, not to exterminate the Celestial Race!"
Mu Xiaohu sighed: "Of course I know, but...ahhh...it feels like it will be so troublesome!" As he thought about it, he suddenly felt a little crazy.
"Huh... Yes, the resentment accumulated over hundreds of years is no exaggeration to say that it is a blood feud... It is almost impossible to eliminate the hatred between the two sides, but how can the two hostile parties achieve equal and peaceful coexistence?" Lor couldn't help but sigh.
Lin Qingge thought absentmindedly for a while, and suddenly asked: "How did the Interstellar Alliance do it?" He looked at the two and asked: "There are many different races there, right? How did you manage to make the concept of equality of intelligent races deeply rooted in people's hearts?"
Luo Er and Mu Xiaohu looked at each other, and then Luo Er said, "That was a long time ago. The historical records of that time are incomplete, and we don't know much about it. But what is certain is that before the establishment of the Interstellar Alliance, it actually went through a long period of dark ages. The first reaction of many advanced civilizations when they discovered backward civilizations was to invade and massacre. It is said that more than 80% of the planets with developed civilizations were destroyed when they first came into contact with alien civilizations. Some even destroyed the entire star system. War was the main theme at that time. Later, it was only after countless sacrifices and the efforts of many peace-loving races that the current Interstellar Alliance was formed."
"Well, although the current alliance is not very good, it is much better than before." Mu Xiaohu also said: "Sometimes when I read history books, I feel that that era was really terrible! No matter how powerful the civilization or how powerful the people were, they were always in danger. You never know when a devastating attack will come from another distant planet inexplicably, and the reason may be just because the other party took a look at your home planet!"
Lin Qingge imagined that kind of world. Just from imagining a few words, he suddenly felt a chill, and at the same time he had a deep admiration for those ancestors who lived countless years ago in that untouchable and distant world - what kind of great mind, what kind of strong will, what kind of firm belief, could they come out of such a terrible dark age and lead the world to light?
They were quiet for a while. Mu Xiaohu stretched and moved his body. He said, "Forget it. Don't think about so many complicated things! Anyway, the world will not work according to our ideas! No matter what, let's do the things in front of us first!"
"Lasini!" Lin Qingge said.
"Well, we have to find him first." Luo Er asked Lin Qingge, "Who could have taken him away? Qingge, do you have any idea?"
"I don't know." Lin Qingge paused and said, "But I think it should be related to the resistance army. The Celestials would not do this, and ordinary alien races do not have that ability."
"Rebels..." Lor frowned and thought for a moment, then said slowly: "Maybe... I can find a way to ask someone."
“Drip—drip—drip—”
In the white ward, the lines on the monitor changed rhythmically with the sound of the heartbeat. The silver-white beast lay on the soft big bed, its long eyelashes trembling slightly, and then it opened its eyes.
