Chapter 101 The Ye Family Caravan! Identity Suspected? Escape Pods in…

The escape pod drifted aimlessly in the sea of ​​stars. Pei Qing gradually lost control of her body; her limbs grew heavy, and her consciousness faded into darkness…

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Tick-tock, tick-tock...

Inside the damp cave, moss grows thickly, and jagged rocks are scattered about. Water drips constantly from the top, and a broken stone bowl at the bottom is struggling to collect the hard-won, precious water resources.

"Cough cough! Sister..."

On a relatively flat rock deep inside the cave, two thin figures lay. The boy, who looked younger, coughed violently twice, his voice hoarse and weak.

“I’m here,” the older girl replied gently, patting the boy’s head reassuringly.

"Cough... Am I going to die...?" The boy's cheeks were burning hot, flushed an unnatural red. His lips, however, were extremely pale, dry and cracked, and he could only keep licking them to keep them moist.

Those eyes were calm yet filled with despair, like a dried-up pond, piled high with rotting fish and shrimp, and covered in filth.

“No, Xiao Yu, you won’t die,” the girl gazed intently at the unconscious boy, her expression filled with sorrow, a resolute glint in her eyes, as she murmured, “I won’t let you die…”

She held the boy tightly, her strength so great it seemed she wanted to melt him into her chest. The girl's eyes were closed, and a dazzling fluorescent blue light emanated from her chest cavity, radiating outwards and almost illuminating the entire cavern. Countless fluorescent blue specks flew out, vying to enter the boy's body.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of dripping water in the cave subsided, and the flow slowed considerably. The boy slowly opened his eyes, his silver-gray pupils gleaming with an unusual light. Upon waking, he immediately looked around anxiously, searching frantically, but the other figure had already vanished.

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In the main orbit of the Eighth Star Sector, a large, ornately decorated commercial starship is speeding forward, its iconic Ye family crest shining brightly on its hull.

"Young Master, according to the detection equipment, there is an unidentified flying object ten kilometers away heading towards the starship," the subordinate reported respectfully.

"Just shoot it down directly. Do you need to bother me with something as trivial as this?" Ye Xi frowned and closed the book in her hand. The spine of the book hit the corner of the table with a soft thud.

Cold sweat beaded on his forehead as his subordinate quickly bent down to explain, "The patriarch is right, but today's situation is a little different. We detected a faint life force within that unidentified flying object."

"Oh?" Ye Xi became interested. She stood up and walked straight to the driver's seat. "I want to see what it is."

"Young Master, an unidentified flying object is here," the subordinate said, pointing to the display screen of the detection device.

"Zoom in so I can see it." Ye Xi pointed to the small red dot on the screen.

The little red dot kept zooming in and out until the true appearance of the flying object was revealed.

"Escape pod?" Ye Xi asked softly. "Have there been any accidents in the left orbit of the Eighth Star Sector in the past few days?"

"It doesn't seem so."

"Intercept that escape pod immediately, prepare your weapons, and be wary of any special tactics used by space pirates." Ye Xi's eyes flashed with excitement. "I want to see what's inside."

"yes."

Soon, the wrecked escape ship was salvaged. After being examined with instruments, it was found to contain no dangerous materials, and the crew then brought it aboard the starship.

Ye Xi knocked on the top of the escape hull, but there was no response. She immediately ordered her men to forcibly remove the hatches.

The ship's door was removed, revealing a handsome face in a deep sleep, his black hair disheveled and his breathing weak. Ye Xi observed that the escape hull bore multiple signs of impact damage, yet the person inside did not have any fatal wounds.

Interesting. Judging from the state of this escape ship, it has probably been drifting in the sea of ​​stars for several days. The people inside are still alive. That's really interesting.

"Take her to the infirmary and make sure she wakes up. I have some questions to ask." Ye Xi waved his hand, and his subordinates nodded in unison.

Pei Qian woke up in a sticky, warm embrace, her hair clinging damply to her cheeks. Gazing at the white expanse before her, she felt somewhat disoriented.

Where...is this? This is definitely not that cramped escape pod, where is she?

"Beep! Beep! Beep! The patient's vital signs have been restored. The system is shutting down."

A mechanical voice devoid of emotion came from inside. Pei Qing wiped the wet liquid from her face and realized that she was in a treatment pod. Who had saved her?

Pei Qing climbed out of the treatment pod, her body dripping liquid onto the ground, which meandered along the path she took until it reached the doorway.

She hadn't taken two steps when she suddenly felt a chill. Looking down, she realized she was completely naked, a pure return to the womb.

With no other option, she looked around and finally found a piece of cloth to cover the equipment, carefully opened the door a crack, and someone outside heard the noise and came over.

"You're finally awake. There don't seem to be any fatal injuries. You've been lying in the treatment pod for a whole day. It's a good thing you're finally awake, otherwise the young master would have scolded me," the doctor said with a smile.

Pei Qian forced a smile. She's never had much luck. Could it be another case of escaping one danger only to fall into another?

"Um, hello, excuse me, I might need a piece of clothing..." Pei Qing carefully held onto the door panel.

"Oh, right, I forgot about that." The doctor slapped her forehead and took a clean uniform from the cabinet.

"This is all we have right now, so please make do with it for now."

"Okay, thank you." Pei Qing took the clothes and wiped away the excess liquid from her body. Most of the therapeutic liquid had already been absorbed by her skin to repair the damage. She put on her uniform, opened the door, and went out.

"I'd like to ask, where is this?" Pei Qing looked at the decorations of the infirmary and wondered to herself. It didn't look like a space pirate camp. Could it be some kind of passing caravan?

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a familiar sign, but before she could look closely, a knock sounded at the door.

"Madam, our young master is waiting for you."

Young Master? Sounds like someone with a powerful background? Pei Qing pondered to herself, nodded, said "okay," and followed her subordinate into a lavishly decorated room.

Various rare and precious ornaments can be seen everywhere. Pei Qian couldn't help but admire them. This young master of the family, whom she had never met before, was truly generous!

"This is it, ma'am. Please go in by yourself." The subordinate pushed open the door.

Pei Qing walked in nervously. A huge bookshelf occupied almost half of the room, and a woman with an extraordinary demeanor sat quietly beside an antique desk.

The woman had dazzling blonde hair, short and bold, and her deep blue eyes were like a vast ocean, concealing endless waves. The enormous emerald on her right thumb almost blinded Pei Qing.

"Greetings, young master. May I ask who you are?" Pei Qing asked directly, without the slightest hint of timidity.

"You're quite bold, aren't you afraid I'm some kind of bad person?" The woman smiled, tapping her fingertips lightly on the table. "Sit down."

Pei Qing sat down and began to boldly flatter, "You're joking. You look so extraordinary, how could you be someone with ill intentions? I haven't even thanked you for saving me yet, thank you so much."

"It was nothing, don't mention it." The woman twirled the gemstone ring on her thumb with one hand and smiled. "I am Ye Xi, the current young master of the Ye family."

"So it's the young master of the Ye family. No wonder he has such an extraordinary presence." Pei Qing was secretly astonished. The Ye family was one of the few families that didn't need to be named after a star sector. Just by revealing their surname, people would desperately try to curry favor with them. As the richest family in the Federation, the Ye family was truly as impressive as ever.

"Let's talk about you. Why are you in the escape pod? There don't seem to be any accidents happening in the Eighth Star Sector recently. Where are you from?" Ye Xi stopped turning the ring and went straight to the point.

The black-haired woman in front of her exuded a sense of danger. As the young master of the Ye family with the highest spiritual power level in history, almost no one would give her such a feeling.

“I…” Pei Qing remembered that she was in the Ninth Star Sector before, so how did she end up in the Eighth Star Sector? It seems that she has been unconscious for quite a long time.

Pei Qing's thoughts raced; she absolutely could not reveal her true experience.

Strictly speaking, she is now a federal fugitive. If we add her experience of joining the Zerg space pirate group, she would probably be viewed with hostility and suspected of colluding with the Zerg.

No, no, I need to come up with a reasonable excuse to get out of this.

"What? Do you have something you can't say about?" Ye Xi's eyes gradually turned fierce, and suspicion quietly grew in his heart.

In recent years, space pirates have frequently disguised themselves as victims and infiltrated caravans to plunder their valuables. Ye Xi had encountered this situation before.

Pei Qing's mind raced, and she resolutely spoke up, "Actually...actually, I was a student who was kidnapped by space pirates."

"A student?" Ye Xi looked at her suspiciously. "You look like..."

"Hmm?" Pei Qing blinked her clear, innocent-looking eyes, which were distinctly black and white, making her appear quite naive.

Seemingly infected by her foolishness, Ye Xi paused, "She does look quite like a student."

"Which school do you go to? Where do you study?" Ye Xi didn't let her off the hook, her eyes fixed on her.

"The First Army! My name is Pei Qing, and I study at the First Army!"

"The Allied Forces?"

Pei Qian didn't give her a chance to react at all, and rattled off a string of words: "Oh, right, right! I've always really liked Marshal Jiang Li! Marshal Jiang Li is my idol! In order to become her schoolmate, I've been studying and exercising like crazy since I was a child..."

"...And also, I've remembered her heroic deeds of repelling the insectoid race seven times since I was a child! And..." Pei Qing rattled on and on, looking every bit like a fanatical, brainwashed fan of Jiang Li.

"Stop, stop, stop," Ye Xi said, rubbing her head in exasperation. She was now truly convinced that the person in front of her was a student.

After all, apart from students, no one can maintain such great enthusiasm as always; only foolish college students who haven't been hardened by society can achieve that.

"That's enough, have some tea." Ye Xi was so annoyed by her incessant chatter that she condescended to pour Pei Qing a cup of tea herself. She pushed it in front of her, urging her to drink it quickly and stop talking.

"Haha, thank you, young master. I was a bit thirsty," Pei Qing gulped down the tea, hissing from the heat. Fortunately, judging from Ye Xi's reaction, she had made the right bet.

I'm so grateful for all the information and videos about Jiang Li that I watched when I was a kid at the welfare center; they really saved my life.

Jiang Li's identity was unique. As one of the few pure-blooded human marshals in the interstellar world, she had almost no cooperation with the various mixed-blood families at the time, and naturally received no support. She rose to the position of marshal entirely through her own hard work and struggle.

Because of her special status, although the major families in the Federation did not have much malice towards Jiang Li, they would never bring her up in their own families.

Therefore, the fervent worship of Jiang Li is basically only seen among students who are also children of military academy alumni, especially her alma mater, the First Army.

After all, a century has passed since Jiang Li's era, and her influence is gradually waning. It's normal for students who admire her deeds to know this, but ruthless space pirates would never bother to learn about such trivial details.

Ye Xi's wariness lessened considerably, but she quietly concealed the remaining portion. One should not harbor malicious intent, but one must be wary of others. Moreover, this shipment from the Ye family's caravan was extremely valuable; she could not afford to be careless.

"Knock knock." A knock came at the door.

"Enter."

The subordinate quickly approached Ye Xi and whispered in his ear, "Young Master, what about the young master..."

"That kid!"

Ye Xi, her expression furious, suddenly slammed her hand on the table. "They're really going to rebel! They're still holding a grudge! Freeze all their assets and forbid them from stepping out of the school!"

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