Chapter 42
On the ground of Red Prison Star, a strong wind blew, making a whistling sound that made people tremble with fear. The brown-yellow dust blown by the wind covered the sky and blocked all vision. At this moment, all creatures on Prison Star were hiding in the deep mine tunnels, waiting anxiously for the hurricane to pass, so no one noticed that above Prison Star, there was a flat round spaceship that was almost one-third the size of Red Prison Star.
Below the spacecraft, something as small as rice grains was constantly falling towards the Red Prison Star. When you get closer, you can see that it is a group of unmanned small probes . Although these machines are small, they have extremely powerful performance. Even in this strong wind that can blow rocks apart, they are still stable as before. They fly along the arc track at a very fast speed to all directions of the Prison Star, and then circle back and forth near the ground.
As these small probes moved, a holographic projection of the Red Prison Planet gradually appeared in the center of the command hall inside the spacecraft. It not only showed the mountains, valleys, gullies, meteorite craters, etc. on the surface of the Prison Planet, but also the mine tunnels inside the Prison Planet that twisted like a tangled hemp rope. Then, there were darker red dots. Looking closely, these small red dots were scattered here and there, with extremely irregular distribution, and a large part of them were still moving. If this holographic projection was magnified hundreds of times, it could be seen that these small red dots were not regular circles, but faintly showed heads, torsos, limbs...
Each red dot here represents a person on Prison Star.
In addition, there are many blue dots of different sizes, representing all creatures on the Prison Star, from ants to stegosaurus, but at this time, no one cares about them.
Next to the projection of Red Prison Star, there stood a dozen people in military uniforms. Standing at the main seat was a handsome man with silver hair, half-long hair hanging messily behind his neck, and a pair of golden eyes that shone like flowing gold. He wore his uniform casually, with the collar wide open and sleeves half rolled up, but his standing posture was indescribably beautiful. Even among the people who spent every day with him, some could not help but cast their eyes on him frequently.
In less than an hour, all the detection work had been completed, and the final statistical data was synchronously projected in the void. Looking at the numbers, some people secretly swallowed their saliva and thought to themselves: Someone is going to be unlucky this time!
The silver-haired man did not look surprised, but simply said, "The total population is 536,000, of which 29,000 are children. How many people are on the Red Prison Star's roster?"
A subordinate behind him said, "If the prisoners sent to Red Prison Star in recent years did not die accidentally or due to illness, and all lived to the average age of their race, according to statistics, there should be 194,000 people on Red Prison Star now. And..."
"And what?"
"On other planets in the empire, the proportion of children to the total population is generally 15% to 45%. On Prison Planet, the proportion of children is... around 5.4%."
The subordinate, who spoke in a stiff and rigid tone, could not help but pause when he mentioned the last number. Even on some planets in the empire where the fertility rate was extremely low and population growth was restricted, the proportion of children would not be less than 15%. No one prevented the normal reproduction of the people on the prison planet, but the number of children was less than half of the normal number. He did not even dare to think about the chilling darkness behind this number.
There was silence in the room for a moment.
The silver-haired man did not make any comment on this, but simply asked: "What is the situation in Central City?"
The subordinate hurriedly said, "The situation has been brought under control. We are screening and rescuing people. We have also contacted them and taken over the live broadcast rights. Major General, please instruct us on what to do next."
The silver-haired man said, "Don't worry about the live broadcast, just do your job."
"yes."
The subordinate responded. Then the silver-haired man looked at the place with the most red dots in the holographic projection and turned to leave. The subordinate hurriedly followed him and shouted, "Major General, where are you going?"
The silver-haired man waved his hand and said, "Just keep an eye on this side. I have things to do. Don't follow me."
"...Yes." Before the subordinate could respond, he saw the silver-haired man quickly walked out of the command room. He was stunned for a moment, turned to look at the others, and asked, "What should we do now?"
After a while, someone said, "We have followed the rules. It's okay to relax a little to follow public opinion. The whole world is watching us now. The most important thing is not to bring shame to the empire."
"That's right."
"That's it."
Everyone responded, their expressions still heavy.
On a smaller display screen on the other side of the command room, only the live broadcast of the Star Network was playing - a heroic and handsome Imperial soldier leaned over and picked up a cute child who had lost his eyes, revealing a resolute yet gentle smile.
Bai Le didn't know that he had gone from being the protagonist of the live broadcast to an irrelevant passerby. In fact, until this moment, he didn't know that there had been a small camera following him and filming day and night. He just watched Snow and Bai Xiang being lifted onto the rescue airship, let out a long sigh, and was at a loss for a moment.
After the imperial soldiers rushed into the underground central city, they quickly and decisively subdued everyone. When Bai Le came to his senses, he found that Rong Yuan had disappeared again, and all the people who besieged them, including Han Yue, had been knocked down. Some medical staff had already started to treat the dying Snow. Bai Xiang seemed to have expected all this, and waved his hand to signal all his men to cooperate. He himself did not struggle when he was stuffed into the treatment cabin, but his expression was full of joy and could not hide his disappointment.
Bai Le was also treated immediately. However, his injuries were much lighter than those of the other two. The treatment device rotated twice on his body, and the bleeding of the wounds had stopped. A layer of translucent ointment was also applied. If nothing unexpected happens, those minor injuries will be healed before tomorrow. Some of the more serious wounds will be healed after one or two more treatments.
He also saw that the first ones to receive treatment were mostly children. Among the adults, only the three of them were exceptions. Even Germain and Kadi had to wait a little longer. If Bai Xiang and Snow were seriously injured, then he, who only suffered some minor injuries, was obviously given some kind of preferential treatment. Although he didn't understand why, he thought it must have something to do with Rong Yuan.
——In fact, this is because Bai Le, as a blogger, is very popular among the audience. So the doctor in charge of the treatment this time followed the calls of countless viewers during the live broadcast and treated Bai Le first. Anyway, it didn't take much effort, and it could also quickly appease the excited people on the Star Network who were about to rush to the Landia Imperial Capital to question the royal family.
Bai Le didn't know this, but he saw that, except for the children, the older Prison Star people, regardless of whether they were injured or not, and whether they participated in the chaos just now, were controlled by the soldiers. Even the dying Snow was put on electromagnetic handcuffs when he was put into the treatment cabin. Only he was thrown aside and no one cared about him after a short treatment. Bai Le sat aside , his eyes moving around with the busy soldiers, really hoping that someone would come to take care of him. As a result, a few minutes later, a young soldier ran over, stuffed him a bottle of water and some food, and then hurried away.
Bai Le took two bites without appreciating the taste, his mind in a state of confusion.
He had told Rong Yuan before that he was willing to give the opportunity to leave to others and stay on Prison Star himself. This was the truth; but it was also true that he dreamed of leaving Prison Star day and night.
Bai Le had imagined the best outcome, that Rong Yuan would take him, Bai Xiang, Snow, Germain, Kadi and all the people he cared about away together, because they had done their best to fulfill his request. But every time he imagined this, he immediately reminded himself to return to reality, because what he cared about was not what Rong Yuan cared about, and that man was definitely not the kind of person who would love someone and be manipulated by others.
But Bai Le did not expect that Rong Yuan would choose such a method - he summoned the empire's regular army.
Bai Le was puzzled: Wasn't Rong Yuan exiled to Red Prison Star by the Empire? Could it be that he still maintained a close relationship with the royal family?
Bai Le couldn't figure it out, but he quickly put the question aside and started to care about other issues.
What happens next?
Judging from the actions of these soldiers, they will obviously rescue all the children here; there are quite a few innocent people sent to the prison planet, such as Mia, who may be released after a thorough investigation; as for him, he would not have been sent to the Red Prison Planet in the first place, and he has redeemed himself for all his sins in the 98 years here. In fact, according to the law, minor crimes should be punished severely, and the empire should also give him a large amount of compensation.
But Bai thought differently, because he had committed a serious crime, punishable by life imprisonment. Would Rong Yuan plead for him because of the time they had worked for him?
Bai Le was not sure, because he knew that for Bai Xiang, it would be enough for him to leave ; and Bai Xiang was a mortal enemy of Princess Serinda of the royal family, so the possibility of him being released was very small.
The question now is not whether Bai Le wants to leave, but whether the empire will allow him to stay.
Bai Le thought about it and finally decided to go find Rong Yuan. He stood up and walked around a group of injured people lying on the ground towards the small building. When he got there, he found a strange silver-haired man standing in front of the door of the small building, raising his hand to knock, but he hesitated and didn't put his hand down.
Bai Le thought the man's back looked familiar. He took a few steps closer and saw the man's profile. The distant scene suddenly came back to his memory. Bai Le subconsciously called out, "Yisili!"
The silver-haired man turned around.
