Chapter 396: The Crew of the Zejin
Felice folded her elytra and bowed her head deeply, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being late in coming to support you."
"Black Box's plan to this point is not your fault alone." The queen replied, looking at the muddy corpses and bloody flesh under her feet. They were all her people. This was also her sin. A trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.
"Who are they?" she asked, looking forward.
It seemed that these aliens who had strayed in happened to save them.
Guard Captain Felice looked at the group of people who were running towards them in confusion, "They are aliens. Wait, that one is..." She recognized the last person, "He is from the 23rd Corps..."
The Queen said, "He is Officer Rites of the 189th Regiment of the 23rd Corps." The Queen had an extraordinary memory and could remember the names of even the most insignificant subjects she had met long ago.
Boom.
The landing craft behind them was engulfed in blazing flames. As the wind blew, these people rolled and crawled in front of the queen and others. Felice stood in front of the queen with a weapon in hand.
Rites, one of them, immediately knelt down, his tone full of respect, "Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty? Is this Queen Xiyichi???" Several aliens behind him widened their eyes.
At this time, the queen was covered in blood, her cloak had been torn in the battle, and her damaged breastplate revealed its internal structure, but the queen still maintained her noble grace and majesty.
"Why are you here?"
After a brief conversation, the Queen's face became increasingly solemn. The development of the situation was almost the same as the worst case scenario she could have imagined.
"All network communications are down. We can't contact any relevant units."
"Before the network went down, there was a message saying that the Xiyiqi killed the Saidi foreign minister."
"The airport is in chaos right now." "It was the Sadis in orbit who opened fire and provoked the incident."
"The Siyiqi military is returning fire."
But the queen showed no sign of panic or hesitation. She said she already knew that "the Sadis were also pawns in this conspiracy."
"What?"
"This is a tragedy deliberately created by the Black Box Society. It is to draw our two tribes into a malicious war."
"Black Box Meeting?" Not only the imperial guards present, but also the Liu, Guan, and Zhang brothers and Fei were all shocked. For most citizens of the Galaxy, the Black Box Meeting was just an illusory urban rumor. They were really not prepared to be involved in this political struggle involving interstellar races.
Yin Ran whispered, "It turned out to be those guys..."
" Your Majesty should return to Xiyiqi immediately to take charge of the situation!" Felice said. This is the reality that is obvious before their eyes. In this chaotic situation, only Her Majesty the Queen can stop this crazy trend.
A guard picked up the communicator, and everyone present could hear the hissing noise inside, countless garbled characters mixed with the rising and falling electric currents. "I have been trying since just now, but now all communications are broken. I can't get in touch with the outside world at all."
"We should return immediately."
"It won't work now." Rites interrupted the guards, "The orbital defense system of Xiyiqi has been controlled by the Black Box Society. As soon as we rise above Guido II, we will immediately become a target for concentrated fire. We were hit in mid-air just now and had to make an emergency landing."
"Are you sure that the orbital defense system has been controlled by the black box?" Guard Captain Felice scolded angrily, "You are responsible for what you said! How could our Xiyiqi's security system be so easily..."
The Queen said, "Look at the bodies on the ground, Felice. Could you imagine that my people would come to assassinate me? Look at them. There might be people you know among these dead. Alsiel told me yesterday that the Black Box Society has been planning in our Xiyiqi for a long time, and their infiltration is far beyond your imagination. In the face of the Black Box Society's weird technology, you must throw away all common sense."
Felice lowered her head.
The queen turned to look at Rites again, "Rites, you showed up just in time. Tell me, is your target the command tower of Guido II?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Shocked by the Queen's sharpness, a look of admiration appeared on Rites' face. He replied respectfully, "The control console in the command tower can restart the orbital defense system and re-establish the link."
As soon as he finished speaking, a violent rumble shook the sky. The accident on the track was still expanding, and the Sadie military was also in the chaos. Under the atmosphere deliberately created by the Black Box Society, they might have thought that they were under attack from Xiyiqi and opened fire to fight back.
"This is an absurd tragedy. Neither the Xiyiqi nor the Saidiqi can make the situation worse." The queen tightened her voice and said, "I can't stay here. I must return to Xiyiqi to stop all the disputes."
"Going back now would only play into the hands of the Black Box Society," said Rites. "Your Majesty, please let us go to the command tower to restart the defense system."
"But it has been occupied by the rebels." The queen said, "With the number of people we have now, it is impossible to capture the command tower."
"Your Majesty, I have an idea," said Rites.
"What?"
"We have a thief expert here who is renowned in the galaxy." Rites said, "Ms. Yin Ran."
All eyes turned to her.
Yin Ran groaned heavily.
Yin Ran wanted to tell this group of people that she had retired and that she was just an ordinary tourist. Of course, before she could finish her words, the Queen said, "I've heard of the name of Octopus Spider Yin Ran, the omnipotent interstellar crime master. I've heard of your name for a long time."
Omnipotent? How do you think I got along with this crew? She gave a dry laugh and told them that her abilities were really limited. "The command tower was surrounded by heavy troops. They even dared to kill the queen. Why do you think I can restart it?" Before she could finish her sentence, burning hail struck from the sky, and Felice screamed for everyone to retreat.
As soon as they dispersed, the ground was torn apart by a huge impact. One of the imperial guards was directly blown away, and another imperial guard had a limb cut off by the debris, and blue-green liquid spurted out.
"Go!! Go!! Go quickly!" Felice shouted.
Yin Ran soon realized that the fact was very obvious - that is, if they continued to stay on Guido II, their lives would be in danger.
At this point, she didn't have any other choice.
After they temporarily hid in a hidden air-raid shelter, Yin Ran finally had the opportunity to express his opinion, "That's a command tower surrounded by heavy troops! It's not something that can be taken away casually."
"You once stole a star," said Rites.
"I just found a way to create a solar eclipse to deceive the local natives." Yin Ran said, "And I always make full preparations for my work, at least I will prepare the necessary props. Theft is an art, and the means are nothing more than those few, diverting attention, misleading, deceiving and intimidating, and tools are indispensable in this process. The current conditions are too embarrassing, and I am not a god... Wait a minute, maybe there is an opportunity."
She cast her gaze towards the Queen as she pondered.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to ask a question."
"Go ahead."
"Your Majesty, there is some kind of connection between you and your people, right? I've heard that the queen of the hive has a kind of control over the swarm similar to an information link."
"There is a natural genetic connection between me and my people. But the Black Box Society has done something to those rebels, and I can feel that my control has been basically cut off. Now they are no different from puppets of the Black Box Society."
"They are still receiving information from the outside world normally, right?"
"Yes, their sensory organs are functioning normally. At least they can identify my scent and come to assassinate me one after another." The queen smiled bitterly.
"Okay." Yin Ran said, "That's great."
Ferris said angrily, "What did you say?"
"Well, actually I just came up with a plan that I need your cooperation with."
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The guards of Guido II's command tower were monitoring the surroundings. The rebels guarding the command tower had previously killed all the guards who had not been baptized in the command tower. The current guards were all loyal believers who had been secretly infiltrated by the Common Happiness Society for many years. In their minds, the once noble queen had become a hateful target for killing, and they were fighting for the bright future of Xiyiqi.
As long as they killed the queen, they would be one step closer to the supreme sea claimed by the Common Happiness Society. In order to win this honor, they would do anything. When they thought of this, their brains would produce a kind of excitement similar to electric shock. The Common Happiness Society baptized them, transformed them, and made them see the true mystery of the universe.
The queen was just an ordinary thing. She could not understand the nature of the galaxy, nor could she understand what the Forerunner civilization meant. She could only watch her children fall into the abyss of mutation. This planet clearly had the legacy of the Forerunners who once stood at the top of the universe, but she ignored it. It was the queen who abandoned them. She was too timid, too ordinary, and too humble. She was not worthy of being their queen, their mother. Now they have met a truly trustworthy god, and they have gained true faith. The queen is not worthy of being worshipped by her people, only the White God, who will lead all life beyond death and achieve the ultimate evolution.
Before that can happen, the Queen must die.
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The scent of the queen suddenly poured in, and that hateful, strong, irritating smell immediately made these rebels who were wholeheartedly praising the White Light God restless.
It’s her, it’s her!
They are the obstacles to our realization of the well-being of the galaxy! They are the targets we must eradicate!!
The queen appeared, and she appeared at the edge of the camp in the command tower with a bold and arrogant attitude.
Kill her, kill her, only by killing her can we achieve the well-being of the entire galaxy.
The guards rushed towards her, and the burning beams of the queen's weapons tore the traitors in front of them into pieces. But the traitors did not stop, and the blue-green liquid splashed everywhere. Aim and shoot, the number and firepower of the rebels are enough to crush a queen without control.
The scent of the Queen suddenly rushed in again. The rebels' sensory nerves were buzzing.
A second queen emerged in the other direction.
The rebels rushed towards her like a swarm of agitated bees.
In the opposite direction, the third queen attracted some attention with her whistling bullets.
The fourth queen calmly announced her presence with a laser gun.
The fifth queen flapped her wings and floated into the air, energy lightning flowing on her spear.
"The queen is here, kill her!"
"The Queen is here!!"
"Queen……"
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Guan Yu said, "I want to play the queen, too."
Yin Ran said: "This kind of scent disguise can only be effective between Xiyiqi people. Xiyiqi people use different scent information to distinguish each other. Fortunately, the queen herself is here, so I can extract samples and make a sufficiently credible information simulation. Your Majesty's group of imperial guards seem to like pretending to be their monarch, and they run fast enough."
Liu Bei asked, "Are there ten queens now?"
"And I will be the eleventh." Rites equipped himself with a disc-shaped instrument. At this moment, in the sensory system of the Xiyi people, he was no different from the real queen.
"Octopus Spider, I believe you can succeed."
"Well, I will still try my best to find a way to escape." Yin Ran said, "Master of the Eye of Supervision, you are going to be a bait to attract troops. Do you have any last words?"
Rites thought for a moment, then turned to Liu Bei and said, "Gnus, when this is over, let's find a place to have a glass of glittering liquid." He lowered his voice and said, "I know a secluded place where no one will disturb us."
"Get the hell out of here!" Liu Bei said angrily.
Rites left with a big laugh.
Zhang Fei stuffed something into his mouth and started crunching it. Liu Bei stared at him.
Zhang Fei continued to make crunching sounds.
Liu Bei asked, "What are you doing?"
“I’m eating puffs.”
“Why puffs! Why are you still eating puffs at a time like this! Where did you get the puffs!!”
"I bought it for the cat, bug, Nirm and the others when we were on the road. I ate it when I was hungry."
"Don't you have anything else to do??"
Guan Yu said, "Brother, calm down. Because it seems that we really have nothing else to do now."
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Guan Yu was telling the truth. The first step of Yin Ran's plan was to divert the rebels defending the command tower. In the minds of the rebels controlled by the black box, killing the queen was the top priority. The queen's imperial guards used the scent information props made by Yin Ran to transform into pirated queens, taking turns to attract and disperse the rebel forces.
Although the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang wanted to help, this kind of smell tool that modifies sensory perception only works on Xiyi people and cannot be used by aliens.
在十来个女王的努力下，指挥塔周边的兵力已经被分散殆尽。
Fei raised the data tablet and nodded to Yin Ran.
Guan Yu said: "Are you going to sneak in now? Can we go in together?"
Yin Ran looked ahead. She didn't say anything. She turned around, picked up a puff from Zhang Fei's backpack and threw it towards the command tower.
"Ah...wait!" Zhang Fei shouted.
Before he could finish his wailing, after a crackling arc of lightning, the puff in the air turned into a charred black block.
"It's a defensive field." Fei frowned.
Yin Ran said calmly, "If you take a few more steps forward, you will all be electrocuted into burnt flesh in an instant."
"I see, you should find a stone." Zhang Fei muttered.
"So all of you wait here." Yin Ran said, "Let the experts do the infiltration."
Guan Yu said: "But isn't this really a way to commit suicide?"
"Think about who I am?" Yin Ran said, "I am an octopus spider."
Liu Bei stared ahead. The air, seemingly empty, was filled with murderous intent. "Are you sure you can sneak in safely?" Zhang Fei asked, "Instead of turning into a burnt puff?"
Yin Ran waved her hand and walked forward.
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In the past, stealing, which Yin Ran defined as a romantic art, she actually didn't like to break into such a defensive mechanism with layers of protection. In her mind, obtaining the target should be a series of exquisite layouts and calculations, creating a deception through early reconnaissance, diverting attention through clever means, and even using props to create enough lively chaos, and finally taking the target in a swaggering manner. Only in this way can the infiltration operation be enjoyable.
It is a fool's errand to challenge the security traps set by the enemy.
But now she could only force her way in without any preparation.
Although she doesn't like it, it doesn't mean that Yin Ran doesn't have the ability to challenge security traps. As a professional, every adventure is like dancing on a tightrope, and facing ever-changing emergency situations is a daily routine for her.
Yin Ran put on the goggles, and red threads crisscrossed in front of her. If she was touched, she would be turned into charcoal like the puff.
Conventional arrangement, she thought.
She leaped forward and jumped into the defensive field filled with endless murderous intent.
Her feet were equipped with special energy phase devices that could slightly deviate the position of these red rays. Although it could only deviate a little distance, it was enough for her to swim in these originally dense silk threads.
This is a smooth dance, and every step she takes is on the edge of destruction and survival, jumping, spinning, sprinting, twisting her body into incredible movements, calculating the next step between breaths. She is like an elegant spider, cruising in her own territory, fast and silent.
Although this defense field was normal, it had complex variables set up. When Yin Ran crossed it, she found that these deadly threads would randomly change their positions every short period of time, but this did not bother her, as her body's reaction was even faster than her thinking.
Repeated game between life and death, repeated dance in the web of death.
Finally, she managed to jump out of the defense with an elegant somersault.
But as soon as she landed, bullets flew towards her.
Are there any more rebels? Yin Ran cursed inwardly as several dangerous bullets grazed her arm. One of them hit the ground beside her, raising a cloud of dust.
Yin Ran jumped up and fired forward. The bullets bounced off the metal armor. A huge robot stepped out of the dust with heavy steps. It looked as solid as a tank. The barrel on its chest fired. This time the bullets turned into a heavy roar.
She rolled out of the way as the wall behind her exploded. Debris and building debris flew everywhere, like a rain of explosives. Her arms were pierced by the debris, and her eyes were covered with dust. Through the blur, she could see the greasy glitter behind the gray fog.
With superhuman agility, Yin Ran threw an electromagnetic bullet. Under the guidance of magnetic force, it firmly adhered to the shell of the robot. Soon, crackling electric light moved up and down the shell of the robot, and small plasma balls buzzed. The robot issued a hissing overload alarm. "Goodbye!" With a muffled thunder, the robot finally stopped moving.
She picked herself up from the ground and took a moment to regain her normal breathing.
The control tower is just ahead, she thought.
This time she will fight alone.
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The crew of the Zekin was waiting for her in front of the conning tower.
Zhang Fei waved at her: "You are here."
Guan Yu said, "You look very unhappy." Fei and Liu Bei nodded.
Yin Ran glared at them.
She asked: "How did you all get in!!!"
"Anyway, we're in."
"How did you all get in?!"
"Because of puffs." said Zhang Fei.
"What?"
"After you left, Nirm came out of the backpack to mourn its burnt puffs."
"Who is Nirm?"
"Captain Ban brought a furry little cutie on board. He has been in his backpack for the past few days and has hardly come out." Zhang Fei said, "It is the cutest creature in the universe. Believe me, you will be fascinated by it when you see it."
"What does this have to do with you coming in?"
"Just as Nirm was about to hit the defense net, a rebel saw it."
"What does this have to do with you coming in?"
"Well, here's what happened," Zhang Fei said, "This confused rebel suddenly said he was willing to give up everything in exchange for touching Nirm."
"Ah? This is impossible!!"
“So that’s how we came in.”
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