Chapter 30
After a moment of shock, Orion suddenly lunged forward, hit back with his left elbow, and quickly took out a powerful electromagnetic gun with his right hand like a ghost. He passed it through his armpit and fired a shot towards the place where the sound came from. At the same time, he turned his body sideways and looked behind him.
There was no one behind him.
His elbow was tapped, his arm went numb, and the powerful electromagnetic gun fell uncontrollably and was caught by one hand. The other hand tapped him several times. When Orion fell to the ground, he found Rong Yuan standing beside him. The gun, poison needle, stun gun, miniature bomb, etc. hidden on his body had fallen into Rong Yuan's hands. He clasped his hands together without any effort, and these things turned into a pile of fragments, which fell to the ground with a clang.
Orion's mouth opened wide, his face filled with despair.
He was very tall and strong, as strong as three or five Rong Yuans, but at this moment he was lying on the ground, trembling and terrified like a chick facing an eagle, his face so pale that people suspected he would faint in the next second.
Rong Yuan looked up and took a look at the environment he was in. This was a secret room. The area was not large, but the defense level was very high. According to his estimation, the power of the explosion outside was enough to blow away half of the mountain, but there was no damage here. There were not many things in the secret room, including weapons, medicines, food, drinks, etc., all of which were good things that could not be produced at the level of Prison Star.
He looked down at Orion, who seemed to have lost all the courage to resist, and said, "As the boss of the Tyrant Army, isn't your reaction a bit embarrassing?"
Orion's palm twitched, his face turned pale, and he kept silent.
Rong Yuan squatted down and saw that Orion was so startled by his action that he shrank back, almost merging with the floor, and his body was as tense as a bowstring that was about to break.
"Are you so scared of me?" Rong Yuan tilted his head, his eyes full of scrutiny. He thought for a while and said, "Before I came here, I heard that the boss of the Tyrant Family had been in Prison Star for more than 200 years. I was not born at that time, so you and I should have never met before."
Orion's eyes rolled around, but he still didn't say anything.
"If you heard my name from the prisoners who came to Prison Star... Honestly, my enemies are all dead, and my friends are unlikely to come to Prison Star. The only people who know me here are Bai Le and his son. And they... don't know my true strength."
"You had never seen me before I entered the hall. Even if you heard some rumors, it is impossible for someone like you to believe them without verifying them with your own eyes. Even if you believed them... you would take such extreme measures without trying to resist. I really can't understand this. Why don't you explain it to me?" Rong Yuan said slowly.
Orion had come to his senses from the extreme panic just now, his face gradually calmed down, but he seemed to have fallen into a deeper and clearer despair, with his eyes drooped and his mouth clamped, looking like he had lost all hope. His behavior made Rong Yuan feel that if he hadn't just taken off all the weapons on him, this man might try to commit suicide.
Rong Yuan stood up and took a bottle of transparent reagent from the shelf next to him and took a look. This was a banned item in the empire, commonly known as corpse-dissolving water. It could easily melt human muscles and bones, and animal scales and fur into water. It was very powerful.
Playing with the corpse-dissolving water, Rong Yuan admired the various similar contraband items on the cabinet and said, "Since you don't want to tell me, I'll just make a random guess. See if I'm right."
"From these things, it seems that you have a connection with someone in the empire. You work for him, and he sends you various materials to help you control the Red Prison Star... Huh?" Rong Yuan paused, picked up a small cylinder the length of a finger from the cabinet, pointed it at the empty space in the room and pressed the switch on it. Suddenly, many holographic images of beauties appeared in the room. They were all dressed very coolly, posing seductively, as if they were real people in front of him. He smiled, turned off the player and said, "There is such a thing. It seems that you are working together happily."
Although he didn't look at Orion, his mental power was always monitoring him. Rong Yuan noticed that when he suddenly stopped, although Orion's expression didn't change, his breathing tightened and his heartbeat seemed to stop for a moment, and he was obviously very nervous.
——There was something here that he was afraid Rong Yuan would find.
Rong Yuan did not show any abnormality and continued, "He must have told you about me. You received the news before I arrived at Prison Star. At the same time, you also received an order, something like - kill me at all costs." He narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. "Also sent with it was the space button, a mecha with only one shell, and a sniper plan."
"There's a saying that goes, knowing yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. From another perspective, if you don't know the inside story, you may fail in the operation due to misjudgment." Rong Yuan turned to look at Orion and said, "In order to prevent you from failing to kill me due to arrogance or carelessness, the other party described my abilities to you in detail and warned you very seriously how powerful I am, so that you firmly believe that there is no way to kill me except to detonate the bomb in the mecha at close range as planned. So, after the plan failed, you gave up directly and waited for death. But even if you die, you have to keep that person's secret."
"Why are you so loyal to him?"
Rong Yuan guessed, "Favor? Since you have been in Prison Star for many years, even if that person had done you a favor in the past, it must have worn off over the years. Even if you don't change your original intention, that person may not still trust you; fear of his power? Impossible. No matter how powerful that person is, it is not easy to do anything to you across the distant starry sky, and I am in front of you now. So, you should be more afraid of me. Therefore, there is only one answer."
"—family, right?"
The muscles on Orion's face twitched violently, as if someone had pricked him with a needle, and his face turned pale and cold.
Rong Yuan lowered his eyes and said, "Your children are still in the imperial capital, under the control of that man. He can give them wealth and glory, or he can make them live a life worse than death. For their sake, even if he wants you to die, you have to agree."
Orion 's face was filled with deep sorrow and pleading. He said hoarsely, "Since you have guessed it, please don't ask. My son, daughter, grandson, and a family of fifteen are all in his hands. I... I have no choice."
"Heh." Rong Yuan chuckled and said, "What makes you think that I'm a good person who would let go of my enemy out of sympathy?"
Orion turned pale and said nothing more.
Rong Yuan squatted down again, looked into his eyes, and said, "I will leave. If you know me a little bit, you should know that Prison Star cannot trap me. I will leave and return to Landia... Then, do you think I will find them?"
As he spoke, he flipped his wrist, took out something , and placed it in front of Orion. Orion's face changed drastically, and he rushed forward with a roar, but Rong Yuan slapped him back, and his chest collapsed immediately. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wow", then fell down weakly, and this time he really couldn't get up.
What Rong Yuan took out was a photo.
There were about ten people in the photo, all of whom looked a bit like Orion. They stood together with big smiles on their faces, looking very happy.
“Please… please… they are still children, they know nothing…” Orion was in a state of panic, begging with tears streaming down his face: “Please let them go, they know nothing… they have never done anything bad…”
Rong Yuan said coldly: "Your child is a treasure, but are other people's children weeds? What do you think about the matter of Paradise City?"
"Well, that was established by the Tyrant Army hundreds of years ago. When I took over the Tyrant Army from the previous generation, Paradise City already existed. And...and Paradise City is the bond that maintains the relationship between the Tyrant Army and many forces. For the stability of the central city, I can't change it easily, so...I..." Orion stammered and argued.
Rong Yuan was not interested in his excuses. No matter what the reasons were, they were not worthy of forgiveness. He just sneered, "Took it over from the previous generation? Did you snatch it from the previous generation? I heard that the Tyrant Army was a real family inheritance before, but it became a weird thing in your hands. If they were real children, would you sacrifice them as cannon fodder just to let me relax my vigilance?"
Orion's face was burning, and he couldn't help but defend himself, "I, I didn't want to either... But this is the plan he gave me, I have no choice, I can only act according to the plan, otherwise... Otherwise, if they fail, they will also end up being killed by you."
"There's nothing you can do about this, there's nothing you can do about that, so what can you 'do' about?" Rong Yuan said calmly, "Also, don't act as if your action was successful. You are still a loser now."
Orion's face was full of misery, and he couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood.
Rong Yuan said, "There is one thing I don't understand. Assassinating me was just a sudden mission. What was your deal before that?"
Orion pursed his lips but did not speak immediately.
Rong Yuan said: "Obviously, that person can give you a lot, but what can you give him when you are trapped on the Red Prison Star?"
"There are no mineral deposits here for a long time. Everything else, no matter what it is, is much better outside. The only thing is that it is a precious specialty that only exists on Prison Star and not in other places."
"people."
Orion gritted his teeth and said, "Yes. He...he has a friend who committed a crime and was sent here. He gave me supplies, and I found and took care of the person for him. Then...there will be a big hurricane every three years on Prison Star. At that time, everyone will hide underground, and I will take the opportunity to send people to the surface...He will let a spacecraft land near the mine in advance. The spacecraft can send them out of the atmosphere, and he will send people there to meet them."
"If that's the case, why didn't you leave with them?" Rong Yuan looked at him for a while and asked.
"I, I can't. He won't allow me." Orion stammered.
"Oh?" Rong Yuan expressed his disbelief, saying, "You are not a law-abiding child. With so many weapons, didn't you try to steal a flying vehicle and escape?"
"It's useless." Orion said bitterly: "The spacecraft will send out combat mechas to pick them up. If they find that there are people who shouldn't be in the aircraft, they will directly blow the aircraft into pieces."
"Oh, it seems you have already tried it." Rong Yuan understood.
"Yes." Orion said, "That time, they killed all the men I brought with me, and also killed one of my sons as a warning. He said... if it happens again, our cooperation will end. None of my children will survive."
"So you have been working together for many years, including recently, you have been in contact." Rong Yuan had long discovered that the food around was still very fresh, and some weapons and medicines were only launched in recent years. He asked, "What kind of friend of that person would go to Prison Star for a tour every now and then, and ask you to stay here to rescue him."
"Well, it's not just friends." Orion said, "There are some special criminals that he wants me to rescue. I don't know what he will arrange for them to do... I just..."
"Okay, stop making it up." Rong Yuan stopped smiling and said, "I just had a guess, but now that you've said that, I'm more certain of my thoughts."
"Talents are everywhere. Landia is so big that it doesn't need a few lawless criminals. Moreover, if you rescue the criminals on Prison Star without going through the court procedures, once they are exposed, no matter who they are, it will be a serious crime, enough for him to come here to be your partner. Even if he has relatives and friends on Prison Star who he cannot leave, rescuing them once or twice is fine, and sending them out of the domain immediately will not necessarily be discovered. But..." Rong Yuan sneered, "Establishing such a long-term rescue channel, does he think he is not exposed fast enough?"
Orion stammered and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Rong Yuan said: "So, what that person wants is not the criminals, but the children of Prison Star, right?"
"Without family, without ties, without identity documents, they won't have any unnecessary troubles in doing anything. They are as pure as a blank sheet of paper, and can be painted at will. Their parents are the elites of the original society, so they may have extremely excellent talents. They have experienced unimaginable pain in their childhood, and this experience has given them a steel-like will and a tenacious spirit. No matter how big the setbacks they encounter in the future, they will not give up easily, and their plasticity is unparalleled. Born in hell, they will definitely be grateful to the person who pulled them out of hell and gave them a new life, and will swear to serve them until their death... In addition, because of the existence of Paradise City, even if you secretly send ten or eight children away, the people around you will only regard it as a normal loss and will not doubt it at all, right?"
The look on Orion's face was enough to prove that he was right.
"I want a name - who is that person?"
Orion hesitated and said, "I, I can't say."
Rong Yuan closed his eyes and continued, "To be able to send the space button and the mecha to Prison Star, he must be in a high position and have close ties with the military. You trust him so much, which means he keeps his word and has a very good reputation. He has been planning for many years and has sent people to Prison Star many times, but he has not been exposed. This shows that he is far-sighted and thoughtful. In the entire empire, there are not many people who can meet these conditions. Considering the relationship between him and me, there are only two or three people who are possible... Do you really think I can't guess it?"
He tapped the photo on the ground and said, "I'll only give you one chance."
Orion followed his gesture and looked at the photo. A trace of pity and pain flashed across his face. After a long time, he whispered, "Promise me...promise me...as long as I tell you, you won't hurt them...and you won't let that person hurt them..."
Rong Yuan said: "As long as they behave themselves, I guarantee that nothing will happen to them... Speak!"
"It's...Princess Serinda."
