Chapter 29

Xiyao never expected that the situation requiring the use of the light-blasting gun would occur the next morning.

She pointed the laser gun at Sanpi and tried to stop her hands from shaking: "Put down the knife!"

On the cold earth, everyone was stunned at the same time.

Xipo's clothes were torn in several places and covered in dirt, but there was only a small cut on his arm, and the flesh wound was not serious.

Compared to him, the thugs who gathered with Brother Sanpi on the opposite side looked so miserable, with bruised faces, broken limbs, all because of being beaten by Xipo.

Even without mental power, the fighting skills of the top students of the Mecha Academy are still enough to defeat ten people at once and win in a crushing manner.

However, Sanpi grabbed Shi Hanyi and pressed a small knife made from metal fragments against Shi Hanyi's carotid artery.

Xi Yao was startled and drew her gun immediately, but she only had D-level mental power. Even when she was in school, she was not qualified to practice shooting, and even her aiming movements seemed clumsy.

Sanpi noticed this clumsiness and her rapid breathing.

After a brief stalemate, he grinned fiercely and the tip of the knife pierced Shi Han's neck, drawing a little blood.

"Shoot if you can! Bah!"

I'm sure Xiyao can't activate her mental weapon.

If the level of mental strength is high enough, will it still end up in the garbage zone?

Who among those who live in this gutter doesn't rely on their skills!

The tall man's martial arts skills were indeed impressive, and he was able to defeat all of his subordinates by himself. But no matter how powerful he was, he was still defeated by a child!

Sanpi spat out a mouthful of blood and glared at Xipo fiercely: "Get back!"

The oppressive feeling brought by Xipo made him so nervous that he didn't notice at all that the little boy he was holding was not crying or making a fuss, and didn't even show a trace of fear.

Even when his neck was pierced, he didn't make any sound, as if he didn't feel any pain.

Not only Sanpi Ge, but everyone at the scene had no energy to pay attention to Shi Hanyi's abnormality.

Xipo stared at Sanpi's eyes, and after quickly weighing the pros and cons, he kept a short distance away.

A group of younger brothers followed Sanpi's footsteps and rushed to the edge of the ravine. After walking along the ravine for a while, they heard voices coming from below.

The foreign woman whom he hated so much.

He listened for a moment, then suddenly yelled downstairs, "Fuck your rent-free policy! You want to waive rent for them? Sure! But you have to pay me! The price is the same as yesterday, 10,000 per square meter!"

The bottom of the ditch suddenly became quiet.

Xiyue raised her head and saw Brother Sanpi leaning out half of his body, seeming to be holding something in his hand.

As the other party shouted, she finally recognized that in his left hand was a knife, and in his right hand... Shi Hanyi!

About ten minutes ago, she was explaining the policy of rent-free land to the residents when Xiyao suddenly came over and said that Hanyi was missing and she was going out to look for him. Unexpectedly, Shi Hanyi was caught by Sanpi.

How did it fall into Brother Sanpi’s hands?

Xi Yue didn't have time to think about it. Just as she was about to speak, Xi Yao's voice faintly floated from above.

"Let him go, or I'll shoot!"

"Go ahead and shoot, you stinky piece of shit!"

Xiyue below didn't answer, which made Sanpi feel that he was looked down upon. Xiyao on the ground was pressing forward with a pretentious pistol, which made him even more irritated.

A surge of hot blood rushed to his head, and he pushed Shi Han to the edge of the ravine: "I'm going to throw him to death!"

"Bang--"

With an unexpected gunshot, all the sounds suddenly stopped.

Xiyue only saw a strong light above her head, and then blood and flesh fell along with the human figure, creating a deep pit in the middle of the crowd at the bottom of the ditch.

The residents scattered in a hurry, but strangely, no sound was made.

All dull eyes were cast on the unrecognizable corpse.

The range of the blaster was only ten meters, and the closer the distance, the greater the power. Xiyao and Sanpi were only about ten meters apart, so the bullet failed to penetrate the latter's head and exploded close to his face.

Instantly, the facial skin and bones melted away, emptying all the brain matter.

"Kill, kill people!"

Someone shouted, and everyone fled in all directions. Even Sanpi's minions on the ground were limping and running away.

The moment Sanpi fell, Shi Hanyi would have fallen into the ravine as well. Fortunately, Xipo reacted quickly and rushed over to grab the child's arm.

He picked up Shi Han and didn't bother to comfort him to see if he was frightened. He walked quickly towards Xi Yao.

Xi Yao looked at the light explosion gun in her hand, her whole body was shaking and her mind was blank.

Xipo called out several times before she came to her senses and called out "Brother" with trembling lips.

Then he was embraced by his brother.

"Don't be afraid, he deserves to die. Don't be afraid..." said Xipo.

What puzzled him more than Xiyao killing someone was how Xiyao could activate the light explosion gun that required C-level mental power to start.

But there are indeed more troublesome things to deal with right now: the security guards are coming.

The ones who came were of course two security guards from the only security station in the 29th star zone, Corporal Chen and his private brother, Chen Rong.

Perhaps they knew that Xiyue knew General Yuanxu, so although the two of them came to investigate the murderer, their attitudes were still quite good.

"I also heard a little about the conflict between you and Sanpi yesterday. I was originally thinking of mediating, but I didn't expect it to go wrong so soon. Although we were transferred to No. 29 for a short time, we know what kind of people they are, so I definitely believe Miss Ji's testimony."

Chen Yu glanced at Xiyao as he spoke, and seeing that the little girl was still in a trance, he had to give up asking questions for the time being.

"According to what Miss Ji described, you were giving a lecture to the residents when Sanpi and his men came to cause trouble. Mr. Gu chased them to the ground in order to expel them. Later, Sanpi threatened them with hostages, and Miss Ji opened fire to rescue the hostages..."

Xipo frowned and suddenly interrupted him: "The order is wrong. They didn't cause trouble first. I found them in advance and stopped them from causing trouble."

Chen Yu was surprised and subconsciously glanced at Xi Yue.

Xiyue closed her eyes helplessly.

What does it mean to be stubborn? This is stubborn. Is stopping someone from causing trouble the same as preventing them from causing trouble in advance? Violent cases always depend on who strikes first. Doesn't Xipo's words mean he was the one who started the trouble with Sanpi first?

Although this was true, after Chen Yu clearly showed his partiality, he rejected the other person's good intentions in front of him...

Chen Yu chuckled. "Mr. Gu's words were a bit confusing. I didn't understand what he meant. Anyway, it was the Three Belts who caused trouble, so the conflict arose, right?"

Xipo was about to answer when Xiyue pinched her lower back hard.

Xi Yue: "Yes, Commander Chen. They came here to cause trouble yesterday. If the people from Photosynthesis Technology hadn't used mental weapons to deter us in time, I'm afraid the three of us wouldn't be standing here right now. Many people saw it with their own eyes. Commander, just ask and you'll know."

Chen Yu nodded, recorded something on the computer, and then deleted a recording.

"We have learned the details of the case. I will send the investigation report to my superiors. However, until the verdict is announced, you and the young lady need to remain in the police station."

Xi Yue frowned: "Does it require locking someone up for self-defense?"

"Ms. Ji may not be familiar with the legal code's definition of violent crimes. On the surface, Ms. He was indeed acting in self-defense, but there are two problems."

Chen Yu explained: "First, Miss He has not registered this light blaster in her name, and she has not obtained a weapons license. Second, Miss He's mental strength is C-level, and she possesses a weapon, which gives her an overwhelming force advantage over the E-level..."

Xiyue and Xipo looked at each other and interrupted him at the same time: "Wait a moment."

Xipo: "C-level? Yao...her mental power is not C-level, it's D-level, 20-level. Commander, are you mistaken?"

Xi Yue was wondering in her heart, could it be that Xi Yao's optical computer identity - He Xin - originally possessed C-level mental power?

But didn’t Lao Wei say that all light-computer identities are garbage citizens who have not awakened their mental powers?

Chen Yu looked strange, thought for a moment, and called in his brother who was outside investigating the crime scene.

"Brother, what are the results of the Miss's mental strength test?"

Chen Rong glanced at him and said weakly, "Captain, didn't I send the results to you?"

"I saw it, C54. Are you sure the result is correct?"

"If the captain doesn't trust my work, then test it again yourself."

Chen Rong threw the mental power detector over with an unhappy look on his face, then walked out the door and continued taking pictures of the scene.

"Hey, being a subordinate to my younger brother, it's inevitable to have some emotions, haha."

Chen Yu smiled awkwardly and personally helped Xi Yao measure her mental strength.

As the metal magnetic disc was placed against the helix, lines resembling brain waves soon appeared on the screen. Amidst the beeping sound, the number in the upper left corner representing the mental strength value kept jumping, and finally stopped at "54".

Chen Yu nodded. "It's C54, that's right. Ah, haven't you guys known Miss He's mental power level? Or was it really D-level in the last test? Miss He, how long has it been since you tested your mental power?"

Xiyao's mind was in a mess, and she could only answer such simple questions.

But Xiyue spoke before she could, "It's true that I haven't had a test in a long time. It was supposed to be a happy occasion, but I didn't expect to find out under these circumstances..."

If it's a D-class case, it's usually not enough to activate the laser blaster, so it won't be considered as the party with overwhelming force when sentencing. If it's a C-class case, the situation changes: self-defense is very likely to become intentional violence causing death.

It's almost the same as intentional homicide, and both will be sentenced to suspended death penalty.

Chen Yu, of course, understood the difference. His naturally smiling face shifted to a sorrowful expression as he said, "Anyway, I'll do my best to smooth things over in the investigation report. But be prepared, as the sentencing for violent crimes is often quite harsh."

"I'm ready here. Are you done asking?" Chen Rong appeared outside the door on a flying motorcycle.

"Alright." Chen Yu turned around and responded, putting mechanical handcuffs on Xi Yao. "Miss He, please come with me."

The handcuffs were made of a mixture of stone and metal and felt cold to the touch. This finally cleared Xiyao's mind a little and she began to panic.

"Big sister, brother..."

Interstellar sentencing is simple: minor offenses are punishable by fines, while serious offenses receive suspended death sentences. In Xi Yao's case, either acquittal for self-defense or suspended death sentence for violent murder was possible. The former, however, was no longer possible due to the inexplicable increase in her mental power.

In this case, what we need to think about now is how to deal with the punishment for serious crimes. There is only one way - star reputation value.

The deceased was a trash citizen, and for a mere 1,000 Star Reputation points, their suspended death sentence could be waived. For an additional 1,000 points, even the charges could be expunged, eliminating any criminal record from their personal file.

The problem is, the three siblings don’t even have military party status, so where do they get their star reputation points?

"Wait a minute." Xi Yue called Chen Yu, not knowing what to ask for a moment.

Instead, Chen Yu quietly reminded her, "Doesn't Miss Ji know General Yuan?"