Chapter 180 Interrogation
Thank you for coming to rescue me.
He whispered in his ear.
Inspector Van Melo walked into the room. This cabin had been temporarily soundproofed and protected from eavesdropping and snooping. It had been isolated as an interrogation room.
In his career at the Eye of Supervision, he had been a regional inspector for nine astronomical years. In another astronomical year, it would be ten years. In the eyes of outsiders, the moment they saw the badge of the Eye of Supervision, they were all terrified and trembling. But in the promotion system of the Eye of Supervision, although the inspector and the supervisor were only one level apart, their status was very different.
Not long ago, Inspector Fanmeiluo's immediate superior, Inspector Shafujia, was assassinated, leaving the position of Inspector of this area vacant. Before the Eye of Supervision decides to appoint a new Inspector, Inspector Fanmeiluo will perform some of the duties of the original Inspector.
The position of the Inspector was vacant, and Van Melo knew that countless people were eyeing this position. There were even two planetary governors who came to Van Melo in person to inquire about the new Inspector. But he could only remain silent.
Because he really knew nothing about the resolution of the Supreme Council of the Eye of Supervision, and at the same time, he also had a small ambition in his heart, that is, he could be promoted and appointed as the new regional inspector. But he also knew that for an inspector without background, this was undoubtedly a foolish dream. Even if he had been a senior inspector for ten years, it was still an unattainable delusion to be promoted to an inspector.
Unless he can achieve outstanding achievements.
And now, the perfect opportunity has come.
Inspector Van Mero looked at the Homo sapiens handcuffed to the wall. This was a male Homo sapiens with black hair. He looked underage and had a pair of black eyes. He looked around in fear.
A voice sounded in his head (he was still a child.)
This is the sound of "Mei".
Vanmelo is a Marafu. Individuals of this race are generally composed of three life forms, which are parts of each other. The essence of Vanmelo is the three bodies of Van, Mei, and Luo.
"Fan" is cold and rational, "Mei" is softer, more emotional and compassionate. In Fan's opinion, Mei is always a little indecisive, and "Luo" is impulsive and full of desire. The three life forms combine into a whole, taking turns to dominate depending on the situation.
(No, he is the suspect carrying blasphemous objects.) Brahman's consciousness said.
Luo shouted frantically: (Interrogation!! Interrogation!!)
May continues: (The child looks terrified.)
(Do not be deceived by him, our hated enemy always uses this disguise to deceive our senses.)
(Interrogation!! Interrogation!!!)
Inspector Vanmelo reached out his hand and slowly stroked the badge of the Eye of Supervision, which symbolized his supreme authority. Luo's mind was splitting, urging Vanmelo to perform his duties.
Over the years, most of the cases he handled were trivial and low-level, mostly ordinary conflicts caused by poor communication between different races and civilizations, as well as some insignificant superstitious rumors.
He stared at the evidence Chen had placed on the table: a small knife. This blasphemous knife seemed to have said it all. This would be his biggest opportunity since he joined the job. Maybe he would really have the day to climb up to the position of Inspector.
There were two knocks on the door.
Rachel came in and reported a piece of news to him.
A photo of a boy appeared in the air. Rachel said, "The Thorn Star Office has received news that someone from another faction has found a male Homo sapiens on Thorn Star. Judging from the photo, it's him."
Liu Xingquan opened his eyes.
He was hung on a wall. His arms were bound apart by metal shackles. His throat was dry, and every breath he took seemed to burn his throat. All his bones were trembling, silently screaming in pain.
Why am I here?
He thought confusedly.
He soon remembered.
After killing the spiny-tailed lizard, before he could come to his senses and check on Little Ross's injuries, he was surrounded by a group of aliens. Those people were the "Eyes of Supervision" that Little Ross had mentioned.
He was caught and knocked unconscious by them, and when he woke up he was already handcuffed here.
A shadow loomed over his face, and he saw a green mask, but the mask was alive and moving, ferocious and terrifying. He heard those people call him Inspector Vanmero.
The inspector's cold eyes were fixed on him.
"This is your knife." The inspector said. The knife Yan Zhen gave him was now in the hands of Inspector Fan Meiluo. It looked like an ordinary knife, shining silver under the light. But just now, it burst out with amazing and shining brilliance, burning the terrifying beast to ashes.
"Where did you get this knife?"
This is the knife Yan Zhen gave him. Liu Xingquan lowered his head and remained silent.
"Where did you get your knife?" He motioned for a follower to pull his hair, "What is your purpose?"
I was just trying to save little Rose. I was just trying to save my friend.
Little Ross, is he still alive?
His last impression was of him lying in a pool of blood.
"Don't think you can get away with silence," Inspector Van Mero repeated coldly. "Tell me, where did you get the knife?"
This is the knife Yan Zhen gave me. But if I tell them, they will definitely go find Yan Zhen and hurt him.
Liu Xingquan said: "I don't know."
A heavy punch hit his chest. His nerves screamed and the air in his lungs almost exploded. He screamed in pain.
"We don't have much time." Inspector Van Melo's voice was icy cold. "You may have been deceived and led astray because of your ignorance. If you had spoken up earlier, we would have helped you."
"I picked up the knife," Liu Xingquan said breathlessly, "I don't know anything else."
This time he was not beaten. Several of Inspector Van Melo's followers dragged up a machine and tied him to it. The red light on the machine kept flashing. What was this? Liu Xingquan looked at the suspicious gray device in fear.
"Don't try to hide it, don't play tricks, we will know everything in the end."
Liu Xingquan took a breath and remained silent.
The machine started up, and with a buzzing sound, Liu Xingquan seemed to see tens of millions of silver lights entering his body. He wanted to struggle, but his body could not move. His internal organs were screaming, and his heart seemed to be squeezing out of his throat frantically.
He wanted to breathe in but couldn't even breathe out. He screamed in fear and wanted to strangle himself with his hands, as if this would be the only way to get rid of the pain. The pain was so long that he almost went crazy. The machine finally stopped.
He stared and gasped. He wanted to tear his skin and dig out his eyes, because only in this way could he distract himself from the pain in his body. But he was tied tightly to the machine and couldn't move, so he could only bite his lips hard.
"How does it feel?" Inspector Van Mero said, "This is just the most common torture device."
He remembered what Little Ross had said to him. Being taken away by the Eye of Supervision and embracing death is the greatest mercy.
Van Melo showed the knife in front of him, "Where did you get this?"
I also want to know where this knife came from. Liu Xingquan looked weakly at the knife in Inspector Van Meilo's hand. There was an Ouroboros emblem on the handle. What did this emblem represent? He once asked Yan Zhen, but Yan Zhen said he didn't know. They all thought it was an ordinary knife. He believed that when Yan Zhen gave him the knife, he just thought of it as an ordinary gift.
"What is your relationship with the Hidden Serpent? What is their purpose in sending you aboard the Impeccable?"
What is the secret snake?
"I don't know. What is this knife...what is it? What is the hidden snake?"
"This knife is a forbidden and blasphemous object. The Secret Snake is the enemy of the Federation." Van Melo's mask rippled, his face changed to a more friendly look, and his originally icy voice became much softer. "The person who gave you this knife wants to use you to achieve a dirty purpose. Child, you still have time to tell everything now."
Liu Xingquan glanced upward at the machine.
If I don't say it, will I have to experience the same feeling again?
The pain was so severe that it almost drove people crazy.
…
…
He said, "I found the knife."
So he watched as one of his followers pressed a button on the console.
Crazy pain swept through his body again. He felt that this machine was making his internal tissues hate his brain, using all kinds of means to make his brain struggle violently and madly until it died.
He began to lose consciousness. A sharp buzzing sound kept echoing in his ears.
He lost consciousness.
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…
When Liu Xingquan walked into the school, Cui Mingzhi told him that Yan Zhen had been called away by the teacher.
The fight between the two of them and Fei Ge was reported to the school by Fei Ge's parents. The teacher questioned them, but Yan Zhen took all the responsibility and said that it was just a matter between him and Fei Ge, and Liu Xingquan came to mediate, and it had nothing to do with Liu Xingquan.
Yan Zhen spoke very bluntly, without mentioning Liu Xingquan at all. However, the teacher favored Liu Xingquan, a good student who was always well-behaved, so in the end only Yan Zhen was severely criticized and almost received a warning.
Liu Xingquan was very indignant, but Yan Zhen just said calmly: "Aren't you going to be selected as the district's three best students recently? You can't involve this matter." There was a smile in his black eyes and his tone was relaxed, as if he was not the one being scolded at all.
He was not happy. In his opinion, Yan Zhen's self-righteousness was a disloyalty that abandoned him. In the end, he was successfully selected as the district's three good students, and the fight incident was also exposed like the previous group fight incidents.
Because Yan Zhen's family was rich and well-off, he never cared about these things. Liu Xingquan, who was upset at the time, even had an idea: If Yan Zhen's family was not so well-off, he would not be so nonchalant and take on all the problems for him.
Now it seemed that this was just an ugly idea to make himself feel better. Every time he thought about this, he felt ashamed.
Mom and Dad, Uncle Yan, Aunt An, Yan Zhen and Cui Mingzhi, they don’t know that the real me is such an ugly and selfish guy.
He opened his eyes.
The interrogation of the Overwatch Eye continues.
Inspector Vanmelo's green mask began to change again. This time his mask became ferocious and brutal, as if he had lost his patience.
An attendant pulled a device off the machine, which was a hemispherical cover, and he saw that it was densely covered with long and thin silver needles. They pushed the cover over Liu Xingquan's head.
"No one has ever been able to hide the truth in front of the eyes of the supervisor." The inspector said, "I'll give you one last chance."
Liu Xingquan stared at the densely packed silver needles in the cover without saying a word.
Rachel, who was standing behind the inspector and had pink skin, explained, "Once the device is activated, these needles will pierce your brain and directly read the memories in your brain. Everything you have hidden will be exposed. Of course, after the reading, your brain will be severely damaged and you will lose control of your body. You will become a paralyzed and incontinent person."
An attendant pulled up Liu Xingquan's sweaty hair and dragged his head towards the hood. He was now completely exhausted and allowed the alien to drag him. The silver needle in the hood was getting closer and closer.
The name Yan Zhen was already on the tip of his tongue. If I say this name, will be free? He felt his teeth chattering. If the other party pushed him a little more with words, he would surely cry and beg for mercy and say this name.
So will Yan Zhen suffer the same punishment as him?
"Hurry up and tell me!! This is your last chance!!"
He closed his eyes and said nothing.
Time had never moved so slowly, and he trembled as he welcomed the coming pain.
…
You can't hurt him.
A young girl's voice echoed in the air, tearing through time and space like a raging gale.
At that moment, the door to the interrogation room exploded. Pieces of the door flew into the room.
A bomb was thrown in. The room was instantly filled with acrid white smoke .
Liu Xingquan opened his eyes but could not see anything. His heart was beating so fast that he almost collapsed. He heard the angry shouts of Inspector Fan Meiluo and the screams of others. People kept falling to the ground, twitching and shouting. A figure rushed in front of him, cut off the shackles on his body, and carried him on his back. Then he lost consciousness.
I don’t know how long it took.
In the chaotic darkness, he lay on the ground, feeling that he was about to die.
[No, it’s not time yet]
Liu Xingquan raised his head, and in front of his tearful eyes stood a young girl. Her face seemed familiar, and her eyes were as calm as a pool of water.
"Who are you……"
【Hello】
"Where is this?"
Your consciousness is now out of the realm of the moment.
"What?"
[This is the boundary between the real universe and the virtual universe]
He tried his best to understand the girl's words, but he couldn't understand a single word. Liu Xingquan asked, "Then may I go home?"
The girl said gently: [Liu Xingquan, if you want to go home, you must go to the designated place first]
"What's the meaning?"
[The person who came to pick you up is waiting for you. Wake up.] The girl said softly.
"Who is the person who picked me up?"
[He will protect you until you reach your destination] She said gently. Her voice was so clear and peaceful. Liu Xingquan couldn't help but ask her to stay with him for a while. But her face was blurring, and the light of the stars was fading with her body.
Liu Xingquan stared at the girl's familiar face and blurted out, "You are... my mother?"
The girl disappeared.
…
He opened his eyes. It was like waking up from a nightmare. He was lying on a recliner.
In front of him was a cabin ceiling he had never seen before. He was in a small spaceship. A stranger was sitting in the driving chair not far from him.
"You are..." Liu Xingquan looked at the stranger, who had smooth brown skin and a pair of bright brown eyes, and smiled at him friendly, "Are you the one who saved me from the Eye of Supervision?"
"Yes," the stranger replied, "it was not easy to get you off the boat." He turned back to the stance lever on the control console.
"Thank you. Why did you come to save me? Who are you?" Liu Xingquan wanted to ask more questions, but the boat shook and he stumbled back into his chair.
"Fasten your seat belts. The minions sent by the Eye of Surveillance are biting us hard." said the stranger while operating the joystick.
"Where are we going now?"
"Hope Township," the stranger replied.
