Chapter 190 The fate has been determined
Time goes back to 26 hours ago. At that time, the increasingly strict search network gradually compressed the space for Rong Yuan and Amirida to move around. Originally, because of the rough law enforcement attitude of the searchers and the indiscriminate treatment regardless of identity, despite the powerful military deterrence, it continued to arouse public resistance. Faced with the angry or sad questioning and crying of unarmed men, women, young and old, even though the searchers understood how serious the situation was, they could not stop the search from falling into a quagmire. Chaos is prone to mistakes, and mistakes will create gaps, which provides Rong Yuan with space to roam and take advantage of.
After the Archon's live speech, except for a few people who frantically wanted to escape the planet and were violently suppressed, the vast majority of people showed admirable understanding and cooperation. Most government departments stopped working. No matter how much property the company would lose if it stopped working, all employees were given a holiday. Vehicles stopped running, schools were closed, and almost everyone on the planet did not go out on this day. The streets were empty except for the searchers. The searchers searched door to door, and people not only stopped resisting, but also took the initiative to open their doors to cooperate with the search. Even if there were attics, cellars, etc. in their homes that were not recorded, they would take the initiative to inform the searchers without waiting for the searchers to use instruments to check. Even some people who were carrying crimes did not resist hiding, and accordingly, the searchers did not waste police force to arrest them. Both sides completed the search as if they were treating ordinary people under mutual understanding.
At the same time, photos of Amirida, who was dubbed "the accomplice of the evil criminal Paco", were all over the world. No one except Paco and Deb had seen Rong Yuan, but the doctor had a lot of information about Amirida. She was soon wanted by the entire planet. Everyone knew what this young girl who committed anti-interstellar crimes looked like.
It is conceivable that under such circumstances, it would be impossible for Rong Yuan and Amirida to hide secretly in a certain family. If they kidnapped their family in exchange for protection, Rong Yuan had no doubt that the searchers would not let them go even if they shot and killed civilians together - this was not ruthless. For the continued survival of the entire planet, sacrificing a few people was nothing at all. Even the most caring superiors would make such a decision without hesitation.
They couldn't continue wandering on the street. Two people walking on the empty street would be too conspicuous. Even if they tried their best to hide, who knew that there was a pair of eyes staring at them and preparing to report behind a window? Mimicry clothing can also provide a function close to invisibility, but after asking Amyrida, I learned that planets like Biqiu Star are naturally covered with more intensive and comprehensive monitoring systems than the Earth, and this kind of monitoring is not comparable to the simple cameras on Earth. In the interstellar universe, there are more than just mimicry clothing that can twist light and provide invisibility effects, and naturally there are various corresponding anti-invisibility methods. Even in normal times, if the monitoring system detects that someone has used some kind of invisibility method, it will immediately report it. Now, if Rongyuan and Amyrida use mimicry clothing to become invisible, it will be as conspicuous as putting a high-power spotlight on their bodies, and their location will almost immediately be revealed to the searcher.
There are naturally products in the Merit Mall that can provide complete concealment, but because they are in two different power systems from this interstellar universe, Rong Yuan can only use them on himself, but not to protect Amirida. Even if he does not consider Amirida's identity and wisdom, Rong Yuan cannot abandon her just for Paco's last request, so he rejected this option from the beginning.
But bringing Amirida with him not only limited the types of goods he could redeem, but he couldn't redeem in front of Amirida at all. Keeping the existence of the Merit Book secret forever was one of the most basic rules Rong Yuan set for himself. No matter how weak and helpless Amirida looked, Rong Yuan would never forget how smart she was. Even if she only showed a little clue, it was only a matter of time before the secret behind her was completely seen through.
He didn't trust her enough to let her know his biggest secret.
When he first landed, he was not lucky enough to return to the island where the spaceship landed, but it was not far away, with only three islands in between. Normally, it would take no more than ten minutes to go back and forth by hovercraft, but at this time, the three islands were like natural barriers. He could also summon a spaceship to this island to pick them up from a distance, but he was afraid that as soon as the spaceship took off, it would be immediately smashed to pieces by the armed forces of Biqiu Star.
Faced with such a scene, Emilida was terrified, but she was also afraid and brave enough to cry and say that she could go and surrender to the doctor, so that the alarm would be lifted and at least Rong Yuan could leave safely. However, as soon as she finished speaking, she was rejected by Rong Yuan. Rong Yuan knew very well that the other party's search to this extent could not be just for a runaway slave. Emilida was at most a by-product. Their real purpose was to get the thing hidden in another secret box that Paco was going to give him. Although they knew the hiding place, they had no way to get it under such a search.
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Over the sky of the planet Biqiu, where flying is prohibited, a silver-white spaceship approached silently. All monitoring and detection systems seemed to be blind, and the spaceship still landed on the surface of the planet. Some people on the ground saw it, and a searcher was about to step forward to ask questions and check, but was immediately stopped by his colleague, who shook his head at him.
The reason was that the logo of Kayul Company was printed on the hull of the spacecraft, and the spacecraft landed on the internal helipad of Kayul Company. This large company that spans countless planets in the universe is very powerful, and the highest person in charge stationed at the Biqiu Star branch, Doctor, is also in a high position. Even the Archon of Biqiu Star has to be doubly respectful in front of him. Therefore, even if the virus actually leaked from Kayul Company, no one dared to make them pay for it. In fact, the interior of this company is the only place that searchers cannot enter. Even the Archon Office and the Archon's home were searched very carefully at the beginning.
At the same time, facing the threat of the virus, Kayul is the only one capable of turning the tide, which makes everyone look at them with extremely complicated eyes.
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The box that exuded cold air was opened, and inside it were two rows of test tubes. The top row had only three test tubes filled with light green liquid, and the bottom row had twenty test tubes filled with transparent liquid. The doctor reached out and took out a test tube from the top row. The liquid inside shook slightly, and then it stopped moving.
The doctor handed it to Rodo and said with a pleasant smile: "Take a look."
Luo Duo held it up to his eyes and looked at it carefully, and asked curiously: "Is this what you asked the head office to send to you urgently? What is this?"
"Virus." The doctor's light words scared Luo Duo so much that he almost threw the test tube in his hand. "Such a small virus can kill everyone on the planet overnight."
Luo Duo's hands were shaking as he carefully put the test tube back into the box. He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw it was properly placed. Just this small action made him sweat profusely due to nervousness.
The doctor snorted coldly and cursed with contempt: "You are useless."
Luo Duo didn't care about the doctor scolding him. In fact, scolding people is a sign of closeness to the doctor. When he is really angry, he will make the person who makes him angry disappear completely. Therefore, Luo Duo wiped the sweat from his head and asked the question that he was most concerned about: "The virus...isn't it an excuse for us to let them arrest Paco's accomplices? Why..."
"Idiot!" said the doctor. "Since I said there is a virus, there must be a virus on this planet! There are five days left. If they can't find anyone within five days, I will send everyone to see their Bhikkhu God. This version of the story is this - Bhikkhu Star was destroyed by a virus that suddenly appeared. Only a few people survived because of the strict protection measures of Kayul Company. After we escaped, we reported this tragedy to the Alliance, and the Alliance sent people to investigate. The large-scale search on Bhikkhu Star and the speech of the Archon in these days have video records, which will fully confirm our words. Then, the Alliance's special envoys will prove that this virus is terribly contagious and lethal, and Kayul Company will issue a statement that because the virus is mutating every moment, it will take a lot of time to develop a corresponding vaccine. In order to prevent greater damage, the Alliance will make a decision to completely destroy Bhikkhu Star, and at the same time list this Sanyang star field as a star field restricted area, and no spacecraft is allowed to enter. In this way, even if the evidence held by the octopus is still in a corner of this star field, who can turn it into a threat to us?"
Luo Duo imagined the scenario described by the doctor and found that it was completely feasible. The Kayul Company had influence throughout the alliance, and there were people in the upper echelons who were completely loyal to them. With a little push, things would go exactly as the doctor had imagined. In this way, the efforts of the Biqiu people to work together for survival would instead help them to perish.
Evil, despicable, vicious... Rodo gave the doctor several labels in his mind. In his opinion, this was not an insult to the doctor, but another form of medal for him.
Luo Duo had killed many people under the doctor's orders, guilty or innocent, he couldn't remember how many. But this was the first time such a large-scale, indiscriminate massacre. In fact, despite the incident with Paco, he didn't have a bad impression of the hardworking and simple race of the Picho people. There were many Picho people in the company who were responsible for some precision instruments. They completed their work with high quality, and never slacked off, came late or left early. Each of them was a model employee. Thinking of these people who used to laugh and joke together, thinking of their families, and thinking of the countless children on Picho who were still learning to speak, Luo Duo couldn't suppress his inner pity and compassion.
The doctor naturally noticed his expression, and he scolded him, "Put away that ugly look of yours! If you hadn't made a mistake when you were on the mission, none of this would have happened. You also played a role in the destruction of this planet!"
Luo Duo's face changed and he lowered his head.
What the doctor said was that when he was excluded from arresting Paco, he shot Deb dead without verifying the facts when he heard him admit that he was the one who claimed to have saved Paco. Later, an investigation revealed that Deb was just a small Star Network base station maintenance worker. He had never left the Picho star since he was born. A few days before Paco returned, he was reprimanded by the police for lying on the street drunk. When Paco escaped, he was only driving a nearly scrapped spaceship, and was hit by artillery fire along the way, causing a lot of damage. It was impossible for him to return to the Picho star alone from a distant star field by his own strength. Someone must have helped him. This is the person they really want to kill.
After checking the travel records of the hovercraft and the video footage of the landing pad, they found that there was another person who got off the spacecraft with Paco and Deb. But when they investigated more carefully, they found that all the image data had disappeared (this was the credit of Noah II). In the only blurry image restored by technology, they could only see that it was a smaller person who did not look like a Pichu star octopus.
Seeing that Luo Duo looked depressed, the doctor softened his tone and said, "Don't worry, although the virus has spread, we will be fine. The following twenty shots are virus vaccines. In addition to you, I can also reserve two places for you. You can bring someone you like to leave with us."
Luo Duo's father was once the most loyal assistant of the doctor. He died to protect the doctor from the crazy experimental subject. Then Luo Duo's elder brother and second brother worked with the doctor and died for similar reasons. Therefore, Luo Duo grew up with the doctor since he was a child. He was like a son or nephew to him. Although he seemed strict and indifferent at ordinary times, the doctor actually cared about him. Otherwise, if it was someone else , if he made a big mistake and was still so unsteady in his position, the doctor would have sent him to death long ago.
Luo Duo felt bitter. How many employees did Kayul have in Biqiu Star alone? However, Luo Duo felt a little comforted by what the doctor said. He couldn't help but start to think about which two people to take with him. The doctor drove him out and asked him to think slowly. When he was leaving, Luo Duo suddenly thought of a question and turned around to ask: "Doctor, if the government of Biqiu Star arrested Amirida and the other two and found the secret box stolen by Paco, how can we know whether the box has been opened before?"
In fact, seeing the execution of the search on Biqiu Star, Luo Duo also felt that it was only a matter of time before the two were caught. The problem was that only the person himself knew whether the secret box had been opened. If it had been opened, then the evidence of Paco's theft would be very likely to be leaked to the Biqiu Star Administration, and Kayul Company would also face a crisis.
The doctor didn't answer, but waved his hand. The door slammed shut, locking Rodo out and almost flattening his nose.
Luo Duo stared at the blank door in a daze - how could he not find it? In the situation the doctor just described, there was no mention of the assumption that the two people were caught.
It turns out that for Monk Star, there is no second choice at all.
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Amirida was stuck in the corner, which was a blind spot for surveillance. Originally, there was no blind spot, but Noah II infiltrated the surveillance system and made a small move, which was equivalent to poking a needle-sized hole in the sky. Because it was too small, no one would notice it at all, and the result was that there was a surveillance blind spot of about two square meters where Amirida was.
- Of course, Amirida didn't know that the one who helped them was the intelligent computer clone Noah No. 2. She just thought that Rong Yuan had a companion who was very proficient in information technology and was hiding in the dark to provide assistance.
This point of hers was stationary, and there was another moving point that followed Rong Yuan. Rong Yuan had been away for several hours, avoiding any position where he might be seen. Emilida understood that his plan would inevitably proceed slowly because his speed and range of movement were greatly limited, but she couldn't help but feel worried and scared standing here. Moreover, she could clearly hear the footsteps of the searchers getting closer and closer. Although the shops and residential houses on both sides slowed down their speed, they .
When Rong Yuan came back, the nearest searcher was only around the corner away from her. Amirida was already shaking all over, tears streaming down her face, her legs shaking so much that she could only squat on the ground, waiting for her fate to befall her. Then she saw Rong Yuan, whom she thought had abandoned her, really came back, and she threw herself into his arms. If the environment had not allowed it, she would definitely have burst into tears on the spot.
Rong Yuan patted her twice to comfort her, then pulled the girl away, took out two sets of search team uniforms and said, "Change clothes, now!"
Amirida was stunned when she saw the clothes Rong Yuan gave her. She knew very well that they were very different in size from the search team. Moreover, although the members of the search team were wearing masks that half covered their faces, they could recognize each other without difficulty and would not be fooled by a set of clothes. Moreover, the search team had to transmit signals and orders from time to time, and report to the higher authorities at regular intervals. Even if they used camouflage clothes to disguise themselves as one of them, they could not be fooled.
But she also knew that Rong Yuan knew all of this, so despite her confusion, Emilida still carried out the order without hesitation. Obedience was almost a mark etched into her soul by the past.
