Chapter 207
Mapu was pushed hard and fell in front of Todd. His armor had been forcibly removed and one of his legs was broken. He was in a very bad state. But he did not show any fear, but laughed softly.
Todd grabbed his collar and lifted him up, then asked coldly, "What are you laughing at?"
Mapu seemed to have thought of something funny. He just smiled at him without saying anything.
Todd's brow was throbbing with veins, and he punched him in the face, almost deforming half of his face.
Mapp licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, slowly turned his head back, looked at Todd and smiled: "You are too sensitive, Ade. I am only laughing at myself, not at you."
Todd looked unhappy.
"Ade, you are too weak."
"Ade, you disappoint me!"
"Ade, I don't need someone who is too soft-hearted!"
Todd had always heard Map say this since a long time ago. Although he had always regarded Map as a mentor, father, and brother, in fact, those seemingly casual words of Map brought great pressure to the young Todd, making him fearful, uneasy, and ashamed. Then he subconsciously twisted himself into what Map wanted, trying his best to please him, hoping to hear a word of affirmation from him, or even just a satisfied smile.
He almost sacrificed his entire life for those empty praises!
At this moment, seeing that Mapu could still say such words that were like a spell to Todd in this situation, Todd's heart was filled with rage, and he could not help but have all kinds of cruel and violent desires. He wanted to tear that face from the corner of his mouth! He wanted to cut Mapu's face dozens of times! He wanted to press him to the ground and crush him! He wanted to make him never show that hateful smile again!
But in the end, Todd just tightened his grip on Mapu's collar, took two deep breaths, and asked coldly, "Where is Liu Ka? What is his weakness? What is the secret of the Eighteenth Floor?"
Mapu tilted his head to look at him, and after a long smile, he said, "Ade, you have indeed grown up, and you are no longer as easy to manipulate as before. However, Lord Liuka is dead, killed by your men. Have you forgotten?"
"Don't fool me with that puppet! Where is the real Suka?" Todd said.
"Don't be so aggressive, Ade. Do you think you really won?"
"Answer me!" Todd didn't want to be disturbed by him, so he pulled Mapu closer, looked into his eyes and asked, "Where is Liu Ka? What is his weakness? What is the secret of the Eighteenth Floor? You'd better answer directly, otherwise... You should know best what methods our Supervision Department has. Lord Mapu, do you want to try it yourself?"
"I know you definitely want me to say yes, so that you can take the opportunity to take revenge, but let's not do that." Ma Pu said, "I know I can't stand the torture, so I'd better say it directly - Lord Liuka is in the central area of the 18th floor. No matter which road you take, you will eventually reach Lord Liuka, and that Lord has no weaknesses. What do you think, do you dare to find him?"
At this time, one of Todd's subordinates said, "Sir, don't trust him easily! He confessed so easily, there must be a trap!"
"Of course there are traps." Mapu said calmly: "The biggest trap on Liukasao is Lord Liuka!"
"What do you mean?" Todd asked.
"Shouldn't you know this best?" Mapp grabbed his hand and pulled it to make it easier for himself to breathe, then said, "What were you investigating some time ago? Do you need me to remind you?"
"So..." Todd narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Villana degeneration... and Lanxi Star, Tono Star, Debia Star... the destruction of these seven planets are really related to Suka?"
"You are wrong. It is not just related. To be precise, it was all caused by Lord Ryuka himself! And he was alone!"
Mapu slowly looked at the faces of the people around him, and said with a smile on his face: "You people can't even imagine the power that Lord Liuka possesses! Even though you have a slight advantage now, it's only because you are facing me! In front of Lord Liuka, you people are nothing but ants and maggots!"
Someone said in a hoarse voice: "If we kill you, all the mechas on the spacecraft will be under our control! No matter how strong Ryuka is, he is only one person. Can he resist so many mechas?"
"Summer insects cannot talk about ice!"
Ma Pu sneered and didn't bother to argue with him.
Todd was silent for a while, and suddenly asked: "Since Ryuka is so powerful, why hasn't he come to save you when you are in this state?"
"Lord Ryuka, you don't need to save me! It's my responsibility to lose to you. Even if I die, it's what I deserve!"
Mapp said without hesitation, and then added: "But... believe me, in front of that adult, you really have no chance at all. Even if I die, you will come down to accompany me soon!"
Because he said it so confidently, even Todd's people couldn't help but waver. Logically speaking, with such powerful firepower, there is no need to be afraid of a single person. Even a god of war can kill him with a suicide tactic. But the destruction of planets like Lanxi was beyond common sense. People couldn't imagine what kind of power could cause such a result. They were more afraid because of the unknown.
"Interesting." After a moment's silence, Todd suddenly said, "You are afraid of us torturing you, but you act like a martyr in the face of death?"
"I've told you before, you don't understand. As long as Lord Ryuka is here, I am immortal!" Mapu said, "Even if you kill me, Lord Ryuka will resurrect me! In front of Lord Ryuka's power, even the god of death will give in."
"Ha." Todd sneered, pulled out a knife and put it in front of Mapu's eyes, raised his eyebrows and said: "Then let me kill you now and see if your Lord Liuka can resurrect you!"
No matter how calm he spoke before, looking at the blade right in front of him, Mapu couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.
There was a hint of satisfaction in Todd's eyes, and he was about to insert the blade into Map's eyeball!
“Drip, drip, drip!”
At this moment, the communication on Todd and the others suddenly rang. He frowned, pushed Map aside to let his men look at him, and then turned on the communication.
Although the Supervisory Department has always been loyal to Todd, some people have a strong sense of belonging to Liukasao, so not everyone was informed of Todd's actions and intentions.
Therefore, the information sent by some uninformed subordinates was basically information about the pirates' attack, some people claiming to be from the Singer pirates in Liukasao killing people wantonly, and chaos on all decks. In the latest information, the subordinates who had not received a response for a long time were temporarily led by the first-level inspector to resist the pirates. In addition, a group of people from the fighting department took the same action as them.
Todd ignored the information and continued to look at other things.
Todd assigned various tasks to his subordinates who knew about the situation, such as creating chaos on other ship floors, taking the opportunity to eliminate Mapu's confidants, taking over important departments, and some people waiting in the construction department to start the mechas to attack the 18th floor. They encountered some accidents while performing their tasks, such as the construction department was subdued by unknown people before they arrived, and a large number of mechas were missing; for example, they encountered some killers disguised as space pirates who were killing high-ranking officials and their families.
Similarly, because they could not receive orders from Todd, they chose to act independently. After discussion, they ignored the killers and pirates, but took the opportunity to control the important departments of the ship, especially the energy and power systems, which were all under control. At the same time, 90% of the targets on Todd's blacklist had been killed, and only some people with uncertain whereabouts were still being hunted down.
Todd issued a few commands and put away the bracelet. Then he heard Lloyd next to him say, "Sir, my son said he was in danger. Please, for my sake, make sure someone protects him."
"Don't worry, we've sent people to protect him," Todd said.
Lloyd nodded, his face pale.
He didn't really believe what Todd said, but he had to believe it because he had no choice but to hope that things would turn out for the best.
Mapp laughed and said, "Lloyd, you are so naive! When has Todd ever cared about his promise? Why do you still believe him? If you had told me earlier that your son was kidnapped by him, maybe I could have found a way to save him. Now? You just wait to collect his body!"
The person that Map hated the most at this moment was not Todd, who had put him in prison and ruined his plan, but Lloyd's betrayal.
After all, Todd's betrayal was understandable. In fact, Mapp had never considered Todd as a real confidant, but just a useful tool.
Therefore, Todd's betrayal not only did not make him angry, but instead made him somewhat appreciative.
But Lloyd's betrayal made Mapu extremely angry. He asked himself if he had done anything wrong to Lloyd. On the contrary, he had always admired him and promoted him to a position second only to the four general managers, and also let him take charge of the most important department - the airport.
Where did Todd and his team get their mechas and weapons? You know, no adventurer or outsider is allowed to bring mechas on board the spacecraft, and every mecha made by the Construction Department has been monitored and tracked by Ochi since the beginning of design. The mechas of the Combat Department are monitored all the time. If they are out of monitoring for a few seconds, the highest alarm will be triggered. No one can get the mechas without being seen by Mapu.
It is this self-confidence that has led to Max Planck's failure today.
Because he trusted the wrong Lloyd.
Lloyd was in charge of the airport. It was far away from the spacecraft, and few people except the management would pay attention to it. Even Ochi 's surveillance could be tampered with.
All the adventurers' spaceships were parked in the airport. Most of the spaceships had a large number of mechas. Map believed that Todd's mecha was stolen by Lloyd from the airport, so he was particularly angry.
After hearing what Mapp said, Lloyd's fingers trembled slightly, his eyes fluctuated, and he couldn't help but look at Todd.
But then, he thought of the millions of nanorobots running through his son Cindy's body and blood, and he regained his calm look, lowered his eyes, and remained unmoved.
As said before - he had no choice.
Todd ignored Mapu's provocation. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then asked, "Are those killers disguised as pirates on the spaceship your people?"
"Obviously," said Mapp.
"Were you also the one who informed Singh of the location of Liukasao?" Todd continued to ask.
"That's right," said Mapp calmly.
Everyone looked at him in disbelief, and Lloyd couldn't help but say, "You're crazy!"
Although the Lukas'ao has been flying near the Pillar of Creation, the gravity in this area is very strange and often changes, so the spacecraft's navigation is not on a fixed trajectory. Adventurers who want to board Lukas'ao need to contact on the star network in advance, and then Lukas'ao will send their spacecraft encrypted navigation guidance. In other words, although the adventurers' spacecraft can be guided to the vicinity of Lukas'ao, they do not know the location of this giant spacecraft before they meet.
It was impossible for the pirates to pretend to be adventurers and deceive Liukasao. Firstly, the famous pirate group like Singer had already been listed on the Star Network, and was subject to various restrictions, and the alert level was also very high. They did not have a quantum base station, and could not log in to the Star Network at will, and could only secretly use the local area network in the star field.
Secondly, there is actually a very strict censorship system on Suokasuao, and all the spacecraft coming and going carry quantum encrypted identification numbers, so it is difficult for pirates to disguise their spacecraft.
In this case, it is almost impossible for the Singh Pirates to accurately find the location of Suocasao in the vast space, just like two dust particles wanting to meet in the atmosphere - unless someone continuously sends the spacecraft's positioning information to the pirates.
Before this, no one would have believed that Mapu could do such a thing. Everyone knew that Mapu was the one who had contributed the most to the development of Liukasao. In people's eyes, Liukasao was like his child, maybe even more important than his child. No one expected that he could destroy Liukasao with his own hands.
After this incident, even if Liukasao could kill the pirates, it would definitely be in a state of decline for a long time and would never be as prosperous as it is now. Even some of the measures that Liukasao has always insisted on pursuing, such as not allowing adventurers to bring mechas in, would definitely be strongly resisted. Because Liukasao has proven that it cannot protect everyone's safety well, people must choose a way to protect themselves.
But once the regulations are relaxed, it will inevitably cause greater damage to spacecraft in the near future.
Even if Todd and the others were enemies, it was hard to believe - why would they go to such lengths just to deal with them?
Although Mapu has now become a prisoner, he could not have foreseen this before, and he must have contacted the Star Pirates a long time ago. Before this, Mapu always thought that he had Todd and others in his hands, and even now he looked arrogant. How could he make such an extreme decision?
Seeing the way everyone looked at him as if he were a madman and a fool, Mapu was a little angry. Perhaps he had wanted to talk to someone for a long time, or perhaps he was sure that these people in front of him were just grasshoppers in autumn and would not be able to jump for a few more days, so he sneered and said, "What do you know?"
"The Singh Pirates are the most reasonable excuse to clean up Liukas'ao. If they don't attack Liukas'ao, how can I explain to the Interstellar Alliance that so many people died on the ship?"
"Although this will cause great damage to the reputation of the spacecraft, it doesn't matter. Liukasao has completed its mission!"
"The existence of this spaceship has never been to provide a trading platform for those foolish adventurers, nor to make a lot of wealth, but to..."
Mapp paused halfway through his speech and continued, "What's more, those pirates and everyone on Liukasao are just bait. The only difference is whether they are swallowed a few days earlier or later. Even if you, Todd, and Singer were not there, this spaceship would no longer exist in two months at most. Nothing can be changed!"
His expression was so calm, his eyes were so smug, but the words he said... made everyone feel cold from the bottom of their hearts.
What bait?
What does it mean that in two months at most, Liukasao will no longer exist? What about the millions of people on the ship?
What does he mean?
At this moment, perhaps because Todd had never cared about people outside his small circle - whether it was a few hundred people or millions of people, no matter how big the number was, it would not make any difference to him - he was the only one who remained calm.
"Two months later..." Todd hesitated for a moment and said softly, "...Draan Star?"
Mapp's expression changed slightly.
