Chapter 44

In the desolate star region, two mecha teams, each surrounded their leader, and engaged in a confrontation.

If Xihai were still around, the strength of the armies under the command of the two commanders of the Orion Belt would be equally matched. Even if the opposing team was led by Gong Daimin, Zhang Wei wouldn't have to worry about anything.

However, Commander Xi was already dead. The new commander of the 33rd Legion was only a general, and he was not involved in the affairs of the legion. Zhang Wei had no hope of relying on him for support.

Zhang Wei knew full well that someone among the mecha soldiers across from him was definitely filming the video. Gong Daimin didn't even have room for negotiation, directly accusing him of "obstructing public service."

The other party is carrying orders from the central government. If a conflict occurs at this time, his star team will definitely be held accountable afterwards.

So he could only endure and do his best to delay time.

But Gong Daimin didn't give him this opportunity.

"Take him away!" she repeated, her red electronic eyes fixed on Zhang Wei from within her black mask. "If you and your worthless men dare to stop me again, I will be forced to resort to coercion."

The threat is extremely strong.

The so-called coercive measures were just a rhetoric of high status. Miyashiro Toshi was clearly threatening their lives under the pretext of "obstructing public service."

It would be no problem for her to wipe out Zhang Wei's star team by herself.

"Wait a minute," Xi Yue boldly stepped out of the protective circle and approached Gong Daimin. "Commander Gong wants to arrest me, why doesn't he ask for my opinion?"

At such a close distance, if the pollution is detonated... forget it, the opponent's mecha is fully activated, let alone level five, even level three pollution will hardly hurt her.

"You said I killed a major general. You have to provide evidence, right? If you don't, then everyone at the scene, including you, the commander, will be a suspect."

"Besides, I'm afraid everyone here knows exactly what my mental power level is. I can't even use mental weapons, and you say I killed the major general? Could it be that a major general is also a useless piece of shit without any mental power?"

"Oh, and where did the Major General die? Where's his body? Commander Gong, would you let me see the body so I can confirm if I recognize him?"

Zhang Wei's heart moved, and he reminded: "Major General Ning and Captain Wang both died in the contaminated area. Their bodies were completely mutated and were just purified by our star team."

Xi Yue looked at the dilapidated police station and nodded in sudden realization: "So the victim that Commander Gong mentioned died in the contaminated area? What does that have to do with me?"

"Yes, what does it have to do with Miss Xi?"

"Miss Xi can't enter the contaminated area at all."

"Arresting people randomly, are you looking for an excuse to cause trouble for Miss Xi?"

Zhang Wei's subordinates began to talk indignantly. Without being reminded, they all tacitly turned on the reconnaissance system and recorded videos.

But no one can interfere with Gong Daimin's actions.

Her two mechanical hands closed together, then separated, and a complete electromagnetic knife gradually appeared in her left hand.

The S-class mecha warrior exuded an oppressive aura, making Zhang Wei and others nervous.

Gong Daimin stared at Xiyue: "You are so eloquent. It won't be too late to argue for yourself when you get to the police station. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Xi Yue stared back at the red electronic eye without flinching. "Faced with unreasonable demands, I must have a reason. Commander Gong, please show me the evidence of my murder."

"Do you think I need to reason with a suspect?" Gong Daimin sneered and ordered for the third time, "Take her aboard the starship!"

Before he finished speaking, a high-pitched voice came from the sky: "Even if you can't reason with the suspect, you have to reason with me, Commander Gong!"

"General Zhai!" Zhang Wei was delighted, he had finally waited for it.

The entire Mecha Star Team was boosted in morale.

General Zhai...Zhai Zhengqi?

Xiyue remembered a name she had heard from Xipo: the most senior general officer in the 33rd Corps, and Xihai's most trusted deputy.

She looked up and saw a crimson flame in the dark sky. As the mecha in front dived, it left a trail like a burning meteorite.

The mecha crashed to the ground, stirring up a wave of heat. The man in red armor walked steadily in front of Xiyue. Zhai Zhengqi ignored the gloomy Gong Daimin and immediately shut down the mecha. A kind smile appeared on his calm and resolute middle-aged face.

"Miss." He paused slightly and said, "It's good to be alive."

When he looked at Miyadai Toshi again, his eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Arresting people without any evidence, Commander Gong really doesn't take the law seriously."

In terms of military rank, he was one level lower than Gong Daimin, but they belonged to different legions and he was not his direct superior, so he was not afraid at all.

Furthermore, purely in terms of personal strength, S-class mecha warrior Zhai Zhengqi is even more fearless.

Official authority was useless, and her strength was not enough to crush the enemy. Gong Daimin could only move out of the central star region again. She was extremely impatient, and her actions and tone were a little rough.

She raised her hand, and a screen of light was projected from her palm.

"The Central Star Region has assigned this commander to investigate the cause of death of Major General Ning Peng. The last thing Major General Ning did before his death was to use facial recognition to retrieve Xiyue's identity information. The system records it clearly."

The light screen first displayed the central government's delegation order, then the system query record, with the name of the Central Security Office in the upper left corner.

Only people with corresponding authority in the public security department can use the facial recognition function.

So that's how it is. Xiyue was amused, because Gong Daimin had far less evidence than she'd expected. She'd thought Ning Peng had uploaded the entire interrogation video... It seemed like letting Xipo take Ning Peng's laptop was the right decision.

After that thing was damaged, it lost its connection to the system. Maybe the video and other things are stored in the device and can be found as long as it is repaired.

Sure enough, without Xiyue saying anything, Zhai Zhengqi came out to question her.

"Is this Miss Xi's murder evidence? Commander Gong, don't you find this ridiculous? Major General Ning died in a contaminated area, his body infected and mutated. This is a fact that everyone can see. What does a little research record mean?"

Gong Daimin finally couldn't help but laugh, "So General Zhai thinks that Major General Ning's facial recognition of Xiyue before his death was just a coincidence?"

"What else?" Zhai Zhengqi asked as a matter of course.

"This is the facial image retained by the system. It's extremely clear! This means Xiyue was by General Ning's side before he died!"

"Commander Gong is making another rash assumption. Don't you know that the optical computer has the function of a flying camera? With Major General Ning's status and financial resources, the configuration of the optical computer can't be too low, right? The camera can fly up to a hundred meters away, taking pictures of distant objects. Is that strange?"

Zhai Zhengqi's words were unexpectedly fluent. After he finished speaking, he looked at Xi Yue with a smile.

"Miss, have you passed by here before?"

"About an hour and a half ago." Zhang Wei added.

Xi Yue pretended to recall: "An hour and a half... Yes, I came here to take a manned starship. Before I even got to the starship, I heard the pollution alarm and quickly got out of the way."

Her expression and tone were completely different from before Zhai Zhengqi arrived. There was even a hint of panic on her face, and she glanced at the Public Security Bureau with lingering fear.

The face that was previously full of the cunningness of a criminal now turned into that of a frightened rabbit.

Miyagi Daimin unconsciously clenched his teeth and demanded, "Can anyone prove it?!"

This question is easy to answer. When people hear the pollution alarm, they all run away in panic. Who would look at who is around them?

Before Xi Yue could even open her mouth, Zhai Zhengqi sneered, "What do you mean, Commander Gong? If you want to arrest someone, find a way to provide evidence. There's no point asking someone to prove their innocence. If that's the case, once the Grand Commander opens his mouth, won't everyone in the galaxy be scrambling to find an alibi? Put aside your work, forget about clearing the air, and first find a way to dispel Commander Gong's accusations."

"Zhai Zhengqi! Ning Peng is a senior officer of the Central Army Corps. This is a mission assigned by the Central Committee!"

"Did the Central Committee send Commander Gong to investigate the case, or to arrest people randomly?"

"you!"

Xi Yue finally understood why, after eliminating Xi Hai, these people had chosen to appoint the irrelevant Yuan Xu as their new commander. The 33rd Legion was indeed "wild and untamable." If Gong Daimin sat atop Zhai Zhengqi, the two would likely be locked in a daily battle.

Gong Daimin was experienced after all, so he quickly calmed down and sneered, "You want evidence? Fine, search the 29th star area thoroughly and find Ning Peng's optical computer!"

Xi Yue's eyes darkened.

Xipo had the optical computer, so getting rid of it wouldn't be difficult. She could just dig a hole and bury it. The star region was so vast, she didn't believe Gong Daimin could dig deep into the ground.

The problem was that once the entire star region search began, her second identity, Ji Mingshu, would be unmasked. Xipo and Xiyao would also be exposed, and from now on, they would likely be forced to face both open and covert attacks.

Gong Daimin turned off the mecha, glanced at Xi Yue with a provocative look, and said to Zhai Zhengqi: "I'm going to find my evidence. General Zhai won't stop me, right?"

Zhai Zhengqi didn't think that the murderer was Xi Yue. As long as Gong Daimin stopped targeting the eldest lady, he would naturally not stop her.

Gong Daimin ordered his men: "Go get the detector and find the optical computer within an hour!"

Xi Yue was stunned.

In a moment of negligence, I forgot that this is a high-tech world where metals are scarce. Of course, there are instruments specifically designed to detect metals!

Judging from Gong Daimin's tone, one hour is enough to search the entire star region!

Zhai Zhengqi, however, regarded the matter as a temporary end, and turned to look at Xi Yue: "Miss, please follow me first."

But then a white mecha flew over silently.

"Why are you leaving? Your house was robbed, and you didn't even bother to stop them?"

"Coach? Why are you here?"

Yuan Xu also took off his mecha, stretched, and glanced at Gong Daimin.

"Nothing much. I just bought myself a sector and came to see what the place was like."

Zhai Zhengqi was stunned.

Gong Daimin immediately questioned, "You bought the 29th star zone?! Impossible. The police station here are still under the Central Army Corps."

"Maybe or not, Commander Gong, just go to the Asset Management Center and take a look and you'll know."

Yuan Xu said this as he walked casually towards Gong Daimin's starship. The mecha soldiers who had just taken out the metal detectors from the starship were frozen in place by his half-smile.

First it was Zhang Wei, then Zhai Zhengqi, and finally Yuan Xu. Each one of the people who appeared from the 33rd Legion was of a higher rank than the last, all protecting her. Xi Yue thought about it, and then stopped pretending, and went straight to Yuan Xu.

"When did it happen?"

"just."

"So you're just watching the fire from the other side of the river, waiting for this?"

"That's not the case." Yuan Xu smiled. "The exchange application has been submitted a long time ago, and we just completed the process. I wanted to give you a surprise, so I had to reveal it in advance."

Xi Yue didn't hide her suspicion: "Are you planning to keep it to trick me?"

The ownership of the star zone is in Yuan Xu's hands. In a sense, she is working for him by building a garbage star zone.

She curled the corners of her lips in a noncommittal manner, only to see Yuan Xu raise his eyebrows and look at Gong Daimin.

"Commander Gong, have you seen the notice?" Yuan Xu ignored the other party's gloomy face and pretended to be enlightened. "Commander Gong is here to investigate the case as assigned by the central government, so I will definitely cooperate. It's just that I'm a bit of a germaphobe and don't like others walking around on my territory, so--"

In the sky, military starships one after another penetrated the dim survival barrier.

"Whatever Commander Gong is looking for, the 33rd Legion is willing to do it for you."