Chapter 584 The Golden Pocket Watch That Pauses Time

Brilliant fireworks bloomed in space. It was the burning light of the starship after it was broken. This scene not only shocked the personnel of the two accompanying "Tracing Light Wing" class starships, but also many officers on the pursuit fleet had their pupils trembling, watching this scene anxiously.

Yes, Blanche was a big suspect and might be brewing a great disaster, but before all this became clear, her identity was still a registered singer in the Federation. Unless the Supreme Court of Justice, the Golden Flame Flower Cathedral, and the Federal Central Council jointly passed, they could deprive her of her identity and punish her. If Blanche died here, no matter what mistakes she had made before, they would be ignored. As a result, the singers of all the people in the Western Star Regions were killed on the spot by the federal officials for no reason.

This kind of news would be like a nuclear explosion, drastically affecting the stability of the entire Federation, and even more terrible than the rebellion in the northwest star regions. This means that the authority of the Central Star Region is broken, and other star regions will no longer trust it, and will have a sense of separation, and it will be a handle for many hidden anti-government organizations to attack. The other singers who are currently alive will probably be chilled and stay away from the Central Star Region.

Everyone knows that this plan is not perfect, but no one thinks that the pursuit fleet will directly fire at the main guns of the starship that Blanche is on, but it happened just like that, in a form that no one can accept.

The two sides rarely ceased fire together, and the two accompanying starships sent search and rescue ships to shuttle around the explosion debris area like crazy, looking for possible survival signals.

Inside the pursuit fleet, on the flagship bridge.

"General, according to the emergency order sent by the Federal Parliament, you are now relieved of your duties and arrested, and you are not allowed to contact anyone." The accompanying Inquisition investigator raised the silver-blue machine pistol in his hand and pointed it at the man in military uniform in front of him, and beside him, there were about ten Inquisition entourage members who also raised their guns.

The other officers in the bridge watched this scene anxiously. Many of them were the general's confidants, but at this moment, they didn't know what to do. If the general's crime was confirmed, it would be no different from treason.

Even they knew how harmful it would be to rashly kill a singer without following the procedures. It can only be said that the general's order to open fire just now was too unexpected, so that when the starship exploded, they remembered the terrible consequences.

According to the normal process, they arrested Blanche and imprisoned her. The Central Council will use this to negotiate with the representatives of the Western Star Region. Although Blanche may be placed under house arrest, she will not be executed. After all, all her current actions are only at the stage of suspicion. The official and the people of the Western Star Region will not let her die for no reason.

If Blanche is alive, the Central Council has countless ways to make the Western Star Region compromise and stabilize again, but if Blanche dies, even if the Western Star Region does not rebel, there will be violent turmoil.

"I don't regret what I did today." The general told his men not to raise their guns.

"I know the consequences of opening fire much better than you do. You won't understand it today, but you will understand it many years later." He raised his hand and asked the court to disarm him and put on a limiter.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the scene that just happened was quickly uploaded to the Internet by someone with ulterior motives. In response, the Federal Network Supervision Department implemented the most severe blocking and deletion measures, but there were still many people who used various methods to disguise files and convert forms to spread the news.

About 9 hours later, the entire Aijika network was temporarily closed, and only the local area network within each star field was retained to maintain the operation of the public system.

Without the Aijika network, each star field was like an isolated island, and the speed of information transmission dropped greatly. Such a sudden change caused an uproar in the Federation. Countless people were curious and questioned, and various voices and speeches began to spread. Some people who got the news in advance also spread the video of this incident on the local area network within the star field.

At first, many people did not believe it, thinking that this was another fake false information, but the severe measures taken by the federal officials seemed to self-evidently acknowledge the authenticity of the incident, so various hypotheses began to play out.

Some said that the dead person was the governor sent by the Federation, some said that Blanche was killed, some said that the travel starship that Orles was on was blown up by a terrorist organization, and some said that Shui Yanqing was killed by radical elements, etc. At present, all the more famous singers in the Federation have been speculated and suspected.

Three days later, the Aijieka network was restored, and the official obituary of Blanche's death was issued. As expected, fierce demonstrations broke out in the northwest star regions, which were already in a powder keg stage.

Many people attacked the government building, and some people issued death warrants online, aiming to assassinate those senior officials who supported the Central Council. This made the governors and officials of the Western Star Region feel insecure and had to make statements in support of the people, asking the Central Council to give an official explanation.

"Today, a million-person demonstration broke out in 27 star regions. Many people opened fire on the streets, and many police officers were injured. In the Hemu star region, the military and police forces responsible for peacekeeping mutinied, and many government officials died in the riots."

"The Central Council announced Blanche's crimes, expressed regret for her behavior, and will severely deal with the general who gave the order. However, most people in the Western star region do not accept this result. They believe that this general is just a tool to execute orders, and there must be higher-level and higher-level forces that are not good for the singer in the Western star region."

"They are lying and afraid!"

"They are afraid that we will unite under one voice again. They are afraid that the bullied people will unite to resist!"

"They are not stupid, but carefully calculated evil. They wiped out our hope!"

The excited crowd shouted when facing the camera of the reporter.

This incident resonated and sympathized with many people. The governors and congressmen of other star regions also put pressure on the Central Council, hoping that the authorities would give a more powerful explanation and punish those who drove the pursuit fleet to open fire.

No one dared to take the blame. This crime was not a political show, but was really engraved in the history books. Even if the person died, his descendants would be implicated in hatred. Maybe assassins sent by the Western Star Region would eliminate them one by one a hundred years later.

The Federal Central Council was arguing over this. The general who gave the order investigated again and again. Anyone who had any connection with him, regardless of their identity, was arrested and interrogated, but no convincing evidence was found to show that he was ordered to open fire.

If he was allowed to stop all the charges, it would be in line with objective reality, but it was extremely inconsistent with the current turbulent situation. People's anger needed an outlet, and a fleet commanding general could not bear this firepower.

The official delay in giving an answer disappointed more and more people. Finally, a gunshot was heard in the Hemu Star Region, and the star region declared independence from the Federation and confiscated all the property of the central star region's capital. The star regions in the west began to respond one after another.

Just as everyone held their breath and nervously watched this shocking situation, an even more explosive news came: Blanche, who was seriously injured but not yet dead, appeared in the Shark Star Region.

No one knew how she survived. Almost her entire body was severely deformed. When she appeared in the life support cabin with medical bandages all over her body, the entire Western Star Region was ignited by this scene. The star region that was still wavering immediately announced its support for the independence of the Hemu Star Region.

In order to suppress the rebellious group, the military police and fleet deployed by the federal government in the Western Star Region opened fire on the rebels. The two sides began to fight in the streets, government buildings, the sky, and the starport.

"This is simply the worst result." A member of the Central Parliament commented.

Even if Blanche had returned to the Western Star Region before, the rebellion would not have had such a big impact. It would have been easy to suppress it with the official military force. However, because of the rash opening of fire before, the official lost its righteousness and justice, which allowed many people to justifiably refuse to execute the order to suppress the rebellion, and the star regions in other regions would not stand on the official side, but choose to wait and see.

"Forget about opening fire, you've done something bad anyway, but the most unacceptable thing is that you haven't done anything even though you've caused such a bad impact. You're just a waste!"

...

Six days ago, the moment before the starship exploded.

The piercing alarm sounded, and the entire starship was in a violent vibration and swing. Many people were pressed against the inner wall of the starship by inertia, screams were heard, glass and blood were flying, and the surging high-temperature heat flow continued to spread from the fracture of the starship, rushing through the entire corridor, drowning the members along the way.

Blanche was sitting in the miniature ship used for escape. At this moment, she felt dizzy. Before her ship could start, the entire escape protection area was penetrated by a violent high-energy ion flow. It was obvious that the enemy had observed this area when shooting and paid special attention to it.

In the fire and explosion, her escape ship was lifted up and hit the inner wall of the port area. The ship was deformed and the entire outer contour was melted. If it weren't for the special protection system installed in this ship, Blanche would probably be burned and melted in it.

In the protective cabin, Blanche's consciousness was close to coma. Because the shock wave of the explosion hit her body and fractured multiple parts, she could only barely open her eyes and press the ejection button at hand to let the protective cabin break away from the high temperature environment and rush out of the environment that turned into a sea of ​​​​molten lava.

However, it was not long before the starship engine exploded. If she could not leave the starship in a short time, she would be swept away and melted by the violent explosion sooner or later.

Blanche, who was lying in the protective cabin, had not realized this yet. She just sat up with difficulty, injected herself with healing potions, and then let the protective cabin start running the only power system, pushing forward to leave the gap torn by the starship, and heading to the relatively "safe" interior.

Along the way, she could see many burned and melted corpses floating in space. This scene made her feel a little nauseous and shocked her spirit.

Did I do something wrong? At this time, her originally firm thoughts began to waver.

Before she could think too long, another burst of fire flooded the outer periphery of the protective cabin, and then a vague figure rushed over. The other party tore open the outer shell of the protective cabin with a sword and pulled Blanche out urgently.

"Let's go!"

The figure pulled Blanche into the sea of ​​stars, and then a violent explosion came from the starship. The strong impact lifted the two people away, and then when the high temperature heat flow was about to drown the two people, Blanche only felt that everything around her became blurred, as if she sank to the bottom of the deep sea, and all the light and sound disappeared.

Time seemed to have stopped at this time, everything became extremely silent, and the surroundings were also terrifyingly empty. There was no matter, and the body seemed to no longer exist.

In coma and trance, she felt her consciousness slowly weakening. Although she could not feel her body at this time, Blanche knew that she was not far from death.

So tired...

My mind was like a rusty gear, turning with difficulty.

I didn't want to do anything.

My eyes could no longer see anything.

My brain was quiet, and only a few vague thoughts were still running

...

The last string was slowly weakening.

The soul consciousness tended to dissipate.

Everything began to enter the final countdown

...

"Click..." The pointer moved slightly.

[According to the host's condition, it is currently in the dying stage. In order to fight for the last chance, time will be suspended here-Alice's pocket watchmaker, dedicated to serving you]

The originally still clock began to turn, and the faint golden ripples continued to spread, enveloping Blanche's consciousness and body, like golden bubbles.

As the ultimate product of the well-known giant company "Alice's pocket watchmaker", this pocket watch played its due role at the most critical moment. Perhaps it was thanks to the previous unsuccessful assassination that the Inquisition paid attention to the singer's safety and equipped it with this extremely precious prop.

Unlike the real world, Blanche was sent into the high-dimensional Sea of ​​Ekakar to avoid the impact of the explosion. However, such a space is not suitable for the existence of physical life. If it were not for the golden pocket watch she carried with her to freeze the time, her entire body, including her soul, would disintegrate in the Sea of ​​Ekakar and turn into particle fragments.

Because of the difference in the speed of time between universes, when she escaped from the Sea of ​​Ekakar again and slowly descended into the real universe, three days had passed. At this time, the scale of the pocket watch was exhausted, and her life would come to an end again.

"So, we are really lucky."

Wearing a white protective suit and a hooded cloak, Laguier carefully lifted and lowered the faint golden bubbles floating in the space and sent them into the life support capsule. With the sound of dripping, the life support capsule began to stabilize Blanche's body, and several high-level members of the cult also surrounded her and performed special secret rituals. A faint halo enveloped the life support capsule, so that Blanche's consciousness would not dissipate and break.

"'Generosity' died. Before he died, he sent Blanche into the Sea of ​​Aegeka. This was almost a life-or-death situation." Another blond youth slowly described the situation at that time. He was 'Sincerity' among the seven virtues.

"I didn't expect that the struggle had not even begun, and there had already been sacrifices." He folded his hands and prayed for his dead companion.

"Sacrifice is inevitable, or it is an unrealistic fantasy to want to achieve a happy ending without any sacrifice." 'Hope' Laguier on the side pressed his hand on the glass shell of the cabin, and a golden talisman emerged, forming an eggshell to protect Blanche and prevent possible sudden injuries.

"Even the four originals we believe in have experienced several deaths, and many high-level Seraphim fell in the chaos disaster of that year." After doing what he should do, Laguier stood up again.

"I will pray for 'Generosity', hoping that he can rest in peace in the Sea of ​​Aegeka."

"Then we should inform those bigwigs who have been waiting for the news. I think they are anxious right now." After saying that, the two looked at Blanche who was sleeping in the life support cabin. At this moment, her long chestnut-gold hair was burnt and messy in many places, her face was pale and bloodless, and parts of her body were still shaking uncontrollably, as if she was having a nightmare.

"Sometimes I feel a kind of shame. It was obviously our idea, but we had to use this innocent girl to realize it."

"There is no way. She is too important. Too many people have waited for this opportunity for most of their lives. As long as she can survive, the entire Western Star Region will have a real backbone and a flag that can be clearly erected."

"This is the singer, the miracle that changed the situation of civilization in the Sixth Era."

(End of this chapter)