Chapter 46

There was no answer when she knocked on the door, so Xiyue turned the handle and the door opened.

There is no one in the study.

Going out?

She was about to leave when her peripheral vision suddenly stopped at the inner corner.

No one, but a mech.

Normally, a mecha cannot be fully operational without psychic power. However, some mecha cases have built-in display functions, allowing you to restore the mecha's fully operational appearance, making it convenient for collectors to show off their wealth.

This one... is obviously not just for display, because it is the white mecha that Yuanxu usually uses.

"General Yuan?"

No one answered Xiyue, only the breathing light behind the mecha box flickered slowly on the wall.

Xi Yue approached, looking up at the tall mecha's white visor. The light in its electronic eyes was dim, as if it were asleep.

"General Yuan?"

Still no one answered.

She reached out for the mask, and just as her fingertips were about to touch it, her wrist was grabbed.

The coldness and brutality of the mechanical arm made her frown.

The white mask turned transparent, revealing the upper half of Yuan Xu's face. His eyelids were slightly closed, and his eyes were icy cold. But he immediately smiled, and every line on his face became vivid with his smile.

"Isn't this my servant? What do you want from your master?"

Then, he saw the blue glass ball in Xiyue's other hand.

"Hmm? If I'm not mistaken, this is a mecha's electronic eye. I didn't expect Miss Xi to have a habit of digging out people's eyes."

Yuan Xu at this moment inexplicably made Xiyue feel dangerous. Beneath his playful smile, there seemed to be a hidden undercurrent. He stretched out his words, "You, weren't you trying to dig out my electronic eye just now?"

Xi Yue pulled her wrist free and kept smiling. "As a servant of the Admiral's Mansion, I'm here under the orders of the housekeeper to invite the Admiral to enjoy afternoon tea. I just wanted to cover your eyes to see if you're awake. Now that you're awake, please tell me clearly whether you want to eat or not, so I can reply to Housekeeper Ai."

"Angry?"

"Is the Admiral joking?"

"I was just joking, Miss Xi, please be magnanimous." Yuan Xu turned off the mecha and glanced at the white Qijin that had shrunk behind him. "It's just afternoon tea, so I don't think you should come here in person to treat me. Do you have something to ask me?"

"I'm only here to invite you, General." Xi Yue walked out the door. "I've delivered your message. Please make yourself at your convenience, General."

When I went out, I didn't forget to close the study door.

Yuan Xu looked at the slender figure disappearing through the crack in the door, stroking his chin thoughtfully.

"Why would she touch my mech?"

"Is it exposed?...hiss, so sensitive?"

After keeping some distance from the study, Xiyue's inexplicably tense nerves finally relaxed.

She had dealt with Yuan Xu several times and established a long-term cooperative relationship with him. She couldn't say that she was very familiar with him, but she was definitely not a stranger.

However, Yuan Xu's cold expression when he first showed up... was absolutely unfamiliar.

This person cannot be fully trusted.

That's right, after all, he was once one of the creditors, and he seemed extremely ambitious. People who are too ambitious usually have no heart.

Xiyue looked down at the remote control in her hand.

What Han Yi gave her turned out to be a mecha's electronic eye?

Xipo's mental damage hadn't fully recovered, and his current mental strength had only recovered to A81, barely crossing the threshold of A-level, and far from his S-level potential. Han Yi needed to constantly stimulate and repair him with the contaminated area.

She was being watched by the Central Star Region's investigation team, making it difficult for her to move, and there was no need to detonate the pollution in the near future. She had originally wanted Yuan Xu to help return the remote control to Han Yi, but now she had to give up.

Yuan Xu is too suspicious. Once he gets the remote control and comes into contact with Han Yi, he will definitely find out that Han Yi is also the "God of Pollution", and who knows what kind of trouble he will cause.

It’s still most suitable to find Xiang Jia.

Thinking of this, Xiyue sent a message to Xiang Jia, asking to meet when she was free.

After waiting for two minutes, Xiang Jia didn't reply, but Yuan Xu did. He looked at Xi Yue standing in front of the window and said, "Didn't you say we'd have afternoon tea? Are you waiting for me?"

Xi Yue turned her head away, with a forced smile: "If the general doesn't come, how can a servant like me dare to sit at the table?"

-

Star District No. 40 is a small star town with only one high-rise building. The lower half of the floor is an office area shared by the garrison and the public security station, while the upper half is the ruler's private residence.

At this moment, the star zone ruler, Major General Ma Liu, was kneeling on the ground crying bitterly.

"...They forced me to do it. They forced me to do it. Commander, I really didn't mean to betray you. I didn't do anything to harm the interests of the 42nd Legion!"

Gong Daimin stood in front of the large and bright floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the farming scenery in the distance, and sneered when he heard this.

She was frustrated in the No. 29 star zone and lost face in front of Yuan Xu and other low-ranking citizens, but she also used her identity as a central commissioner to find clues to the kidnapping case as soon as possible.

That unregistered pirate starship was able to move freely within her jurisdiction!

If she hadn't noticed the trick at the first moment and disposed of the starship as evidence, I'm afraid the central government would have investigated her by now!

I found a place to vent the anger I felt this morning.

"You've been with me for so many years, you should know my temper. I only care about the results, not the reasons. Your betrayal of the 42nd Legion is related to me. Why did you betray me? What does it have to do with me?"

Ma Liu froze up and began to kowtow desperately: "I was wrong, Commander, I was wrong! Please forgive me this time, Commander. I am willing to give you the 40th star zone for free..."

"Give it away?" Gong Daimin laughed loudly and turned around abruptly. "You have the right to say give it away? If this commander didn't tacitly allow you to exchange the ownership of the star zone, could you rule the 40th star zone? If this commander didn't intentionally promote you, could you be promoted to major general?!"

Having said this, Ma Liu knew that there would be no chance of being forgiven.

Miyagi was right. With her military achievements, exchanging Star Reputation for sector ownership would be easy. Giving sector control to her subordinates was simply a reward and a way to make management easier.

Ma Liu lowered his head, then quickly raised it again, gritting his teeth as he met Gong Daimin's murderous gaze.

He actually stood up.

"Commander Gong is right. I respectfully address you as Commander-in-Chief because of your support." Reaching a dead end, Ma Liu calmed down and revealed a sinister smile. "We've worked together, so I'd like to remind Commander Gong that I'm Commander Tianlang's man. Do you think you can withstand Commander Tianlang's wrath if you kill me?"

Before he could finish his words, a mecha soldier rushed up and slapped him in the face.

The mechanical arm was so powerful that it knocked out half of Ma's teeth and the right side of his face quickly became red and swollen.

The mecha soldiers wanted to fight again, but Gong Daimin said, "Don't let it get damaged. Back off."

Ma Liu was dizzy from the beating, but that didn't stop him from hearing Gong Daimin's words. He spat out a mouthful of blood and laughed.

"I... knew you were afraid of the Heavenly Wolf Commander..."

Miyadai Toshi remained noncommittal and raised his chin to the mecha soldier: "Bring it out."

The door on one side opened, and seven or eight half-naked women were rushed out by the mecha soldiers.

"Major General!"

"Major General..."

They were all Ma Liu's wives. They called out Ma Liu but did not dare to approach him and huddled together.

The rank of major general is nothing in front of the commander-in-chief of the legion.

Ma Liu didn't understand Bai Daimin's intention for a moment. He just saw her slowly walking up to the wives, her eyes wandering around their stomachs.

One woman had a slightly bulging belly, obviously she was pregnant.

Gong Daimin stretched out her hand, and the other person trembled all over. He wanted to retreat but didn't dare to. He could only let her fingers point at his belly and gently circle.

It was clearly a finger, but now it looked more like a knife.

"Are all powerful men like my father, desperately trying to marry and have children, just to produce a fruit of high spiritual power?"

Gong Daimin smiled and looked at Ma Liu, "It's just that, Ma Liu, my father has a military rank that needs to be inherited, and you are only a major general. Do you need to have such great ambitions?"

Ma Liu finally understood.

As one of Miyagi Daimin's confidants, he knew all about the shameful things she did in private.

But he swallowed and couldn't help asking: "You, what do you want to do?"

"What do you think I want to do?" Gong Daimin applied a little force with his fingers, scaring the woman so much that she fell to the ground.

However, Gong Daimin did not press on. He put his hands behind his back and looked at Ma Liu with a smile: "Don't you like to give birth? Then let you give birth."

This answer was completely beyond Ma Liu's expectations. He was even prepared for his wives to become tools, but what did Gong Daimin say?

Let him give birth?

"...I, I'm a man." Ma Liu's eyes widened in disbelief. "Gong Daimin, I'm a fucking man!"

Gong Daimin sneered and ordered the mecha soldiers: "Notify them and make preparations for the operation."

"Miyadai Toshi! Commander Tianlang will not let you go. The 42nd Legion is no match for him!"

"...Coach, please, please spare me. I don't want anything. I can do anything. I..."

Even bringing out Commander Tianlang was of no use, and Ma Liu finally reached the brink of despair.

However, no matter how he shouted, it was of no avail. His mecha box and the spiritual weapons he carried with him were taken away. He could not escape the control of the mecha soldiers and was dragged away.

In the huge living room, the only sounds left were the women's suppressed and anxious sobbing.

"Coach, them?"

"Kill them and throw them into the contaminated area."

"yes!"

The women collapsed, their cries and pleas for mercy rang out, earning a disdainful glance from Gong Daimin. She raised her arm, wrapped the Qijin around the back of her hand, and shot the pregnant woman through the belly. Then, without looking back, she walked out of the living room.

The huge fear strangled the other women's throats, and they couldn't even scream. They could only watch as the mecha soldiers pointed their gun barrels at their foreheads.

No one knew that at this moment, there was a pair of eyes in this one-story mansion.

Xiang Jia knew that the most sensible thing to do was to wait for the mecha soldiers to execute those women and then quietly leave. But those women... although they were Ma Liu's wives, they were all innocent.

It was Ma Liu, an accomplice to the kidnapping, who had implicated them. Furthermore, even though Gong Daimin was the commander, he did not have the power to execute prisoners privately. All criminals needed to be handed over to the Public Security Bureau for investigation and interrogation.

The problem was that Gong Daimin blocked the communication signal the moment she arrived. Even if she recorded the entire conversation, she couldn't send the recording file.

Through a wall, the reconnaissance system could still capture the thermal image of a person in the living room, with the mecha soldier raising his arms.

Xiang Jia gritted his teeth, and Qi Jin quickly reassembled it into another barrel and loaded it with wall-penetrating bullets.

The distance is very close, aiming is not a problem, two shots fired in a row.

The mecha soldier was hit by the first bullet and dodged the second. Xiang Jia broke through the wall at an extremely fast speed and pressed the mecha soldier, who was still struggling to stand, against the wall of the living room.

"Why don't you run?!" she said hurriedly to the women.

However, the women remained motionless, staring toward the door. There, Miyadai Toshi, who was supposed to be leaving, stood silently, his body gradually enveloped by the strange gold.

"The people of the Sirius Commander?"

The sudden electronic sound made Xiang Jia's scalp tingle. At this moment, the wounded mecha soldier seized the opportunity and kicked her away.

After reaching A-level, Xiang Jia was confident that he could handle a mecha soldier alone, and with the addition of an S-level Gong Daimin...

The person could not be saved, so Xiang Jia made a quick decision. After using the force to bounce off the wall, he turned on the flight system to the maximum and rushed towards the floor-to-ceiling window.

She dodged the mecha soldier's bullets, but not Miyagi Daimin. A shadow flashed, and a black mecha hovered in front of the French window, moving at a speed far beyond imagination.

"Now that you're here, don't rush to run away."

Black emitted a cold electronic sound, completely overlapping with the voice coming from behind.

Xiang Jia was startled and turned his head to look. There was a black mecha in the direction of the door!

Miyadai Toshi actually has a mecha clone!

The disparity in strength was obvious, but the outcome of falling into Gong Daimin's hands was even more obvious. Since death was the only option, Xiang Jia immediately decided to give it a try.

She was a mecha enthusiast and had learned about the clone function of top-tier mechas. The reason a mecha clone was so incredibly fast was because it lacked the weight of a human inside. Therefore, its weakness was also obvious: it was too light!

She simply withdrew all her weapons, used all her mental power to strengthen the mecha's defense, and directly crashed into the mecha clone!

In the blink of an eye, countless weapons attacked her, but she succeeded. She pushed the mecha clone through the floor-to-ceiling window and came to the outside of the hundred-meter-high building!

Run, you must escape from Gong Daimin's pursuit before the mecha's defense is completely destroyed!

-

Egg drop milk, cream bread, almond cookies, a pot of chrysanthemum tea and a plate of cut fruit.

An afternoon tea is not a luxury, but it is definitely plentiful. After all, this is an interstellar world where most of the garbage citizens can only rely on low-quality compressed food to fill their stomachs.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit strange. The two people who were sitting down were very quiet. Only Butler Ai, who was standing by the table serving, was talkative and chattering enthusiastically.

"Miss Xi, try this milk. It was just delivered today and is very fresh. General, please help Miss Xi serve a bowl!"

"The cream is made with this batch of milk, it's smooth but not greasy. Admiral, please help Miss Xi cut a piece!"

"Cookies are so difficult to make, so I bought them from a store in the Central Star Region. They smell so good when they're fresh out of the oven. Hey, Admiral, get Miss Xi one!"

"The fruit was just delivered this morning, and the leaves are still green! Admiral, give the young lady a piece of green apple. It's sour, sweet, and very refreshing... My dear Admiral, don't just eat it yourself!"

It was like a useless stream of heat penetrating between two icebergs.

Yuan Xu had long been accustomed to it. He took a piece of apple and put it in his mouth, raising an eyebrow at Xi Yue: "You'll get used to it."

Xi Yue smiled: "Butler Ai, I will do it myself. It is unreasonable for the master to serve the servant. - General, you are serious about the salary."

"Salary?" Butler Ai was stunned.

"The admiral asked me to be his servant, with a salary of 10 million per month."

Butler Ai was so frightened that he almost lost his balance: "How much?"

Xi Yue raised her index finger, but her eyes turned to Yuan Xu: "Ten million star coins."

She had only said she was helping Yuan Xu, and it was Yuan Xu who pointed out that she was a servant. She could be a servant as long as she was paid enough.

Butler Ai: "Miss Xi, are you kidding me?"

It's definitely a joke between a young couple.

Yuan Xu slowly wiped his mouth with a napkin, tapped his fingers on the table, and tapped his fingertips lightly.

"Of course I'm serious."

He knew Xiyue was just trying to disgust others, and as long as he wasn't disgusting, then he wouldn't be disgusted. Besides, it was only 10 million, which was a drop in the bucket compared to the difference in asset value that Xiyue had earned by working together.

"Uncle Ai, I'll sign a new employment contract for Miss Xi later. The monthly salary is 10 million. Of course," Yuan Xu said in a long voice, "high salary comes with high requirements. She will need to pass the monthly assessment before the salary can be paid."

Butler Ai: “…”

I get it, employee and boss, role-playing! It must be a flirting tactic between a young couple!

How could someone use 10 million to support a servant? It's more like supporting a wife! As for the "assessment" the general mentioned...

Hey, this kind of detail is even more indescribable.

"Okay!" Butler Ai responded happily.

He was efficient, and shortly after afternoon tea, he found Xiyue with the electronic contract. The amount was correct, and the terms didn't mention any assessment requirements. Xiyue happily signed it and entered her biometric information into the contract.

"Butler Ai, I want to go out later. Can you let my son give me a ride?"

Xizi is the driver of the Admiral's Mansion. Xiyue caught a glimpse of him from afar when she arrived today. He was the person who picked them up from Star Sector 44 yesterday.

"Why not? That big idiot is idle anyway, so Miss Xi can just order him around from now on." Butler Ai said with a smile, "Also, Miss Xi, don't call me Butler Ai from now on. It sounds strange. Just call me Uncle Ai, just like the general."

"Thank you, Uncle Ai."

Xiaozi's room was next to Butler Ai's, both on the first floor. The door was open, and a burly old man lay half-recumbent on the bed, legs bent, twirling his pistol intermittently.

Seeing Xiyue standing at the door, he paused with his gun and looked over. After Xiyue explained her purpose, he jumped up from the bed and landed on the ground with a lightness that was not in line with his size.

"Go wait outside the door." Then he went straight upstairs.

Xiyue knew that he had gone to drive the starship parked on the top floor, so she turned on the light brain to take a look.

More than an hour passed and Xiang Jia still hadn't replied to the message.

Maybe there's a pollution outbreak somewhere and they're busy?

The remote control's countdown has exceeded 24 hours, reaching level 4 pollution. It needs to be delivered to Han Yi as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the pollution reaches level 3, the explosion will spread too far and may hurt innocent people.

Creating a polluted environment to stimulate Xipo's spirit and further restore his spiritual power only requires level 5 pollution. Every extra day that passes wastes a level 5 pollution zone.

It would be better to go to the garrison and wait for Xiang Jia. Firstly, Xiyue didn't know Xiang Jia's address, and secondly, it was a good opportunity to go and see the officers in the garrison. If their reaction to seeing him was the same as General Zhai's, maybe they would be useful in the future.

Xiyue thought as she walked out of the door. A starship landed right in front of her. She walked over and waited for the hatch to open, only to see a face that didn't belong to Xizi.

"Miss Xi," Qiao Mingjin glanced at the falling starship next to him, "Want to go out?"

He just said he would come to visit half a day ago, and he came so soon.

Xi Yue remained calm and smiled, "What does Captain Qiao need from me this time?"

Qiao Mingjin glanced at Xizi's starship out of the corner of his eye and said, "If Miss Xi has something urgent, we can talk on the way."

"Sorry, Captain Joe, this is a private starship, and Admiral Yuan is a mysophobe."

"I don't have mysophobia, Miss Xi can ride on my starship."

"Captain Qiao, just ask whatever you want to ask. With the Central Army following us, I'm afraid no one will dare to talk to me if I go out."

Qiao Mingjin was a very well-mannered man, and even though Xi Yue made a few sarcastic remarks, he didn't show any annoyance at all.

He turned on the computer screen: "This is the itinerary record of Miss Xi's manned starship yesterday, from the 42nd star zone to the 44th star zone. Since Miss Xi has a close relationship with Admiral Yuan, she should know that the kidnapping den is in the 44th star zone. But no one saw Miss Xi at the crime scene..."

"What do you mean by close relationship?" Xi Yue interrupted him, her smile cooling. "If word of this gets out, it'll ruin my reputation, but how will others view General Yuan? Not only did he take over the position of commander of the 33rd Legion, but he also took over the previous commander's daughter."

"That's not what I meant..."

"I don't know about any kidnapping or robbery. I went to sectors 42 and 44 on the orders of the Admiral to investigate."

"What are you investigating?"

"Food wholesale market in Sector 42, trade transit station in Sector 44."

Xiyue was prepared for the possibility that her travel records would be discovered.

The largest food wholesale market in the entire Orion Belt is located in Sector 42. As for the transfer station in Sector 44, most of the goods are shipped from the Sirius Belt. Both places have a large flow of people and a mixed crowd. It is difficult for Qiao Mingjin to find out the whereabouts of a certain person.

Sure enough, Qiao Mingjin thought for a moment and then asked, "Miss Xi went alone?"

There is a pitfall in this question, because the system only has Xiyue's one-way record, no return trip.

Xiyue naturally looked at Xizi's starship: "I went there alone, but later I got tired, so I asked the pilot from the mansion to pick me up. If Captain Qiao doesn't believe me, you can ask him."

Qiao Mingjin actually went there and got a positive answer from his taciturn younger brother.

Xi Yue watched him walk back and asked expressionlessly, "Captain Qiao, do you have any questions?"

Qiao Mingjin shook his head and looked deeply into her eyes: "Not for now. Sorry to disturb Miss Xi T's trip. Please."

However, Xiyue said "Goodbye," and walked towards the door.

"Miss Xi, aren't you going out?" Qiao Mingjin asked from behind.

Xi Yue said without even turning her head: "Captain Qiao is too nosy. I'm not in the mood anymore."

Seeing this, Xiaozi also returned to the cabin and drove the starship to the top berth.

A few minutes later, Qiao Mingjin's starship flew away from the Admiral's Mansion. Xi Yue withdrew her gaze from the window and turned to look at Xiaozi coming down the stairs.

Just to give it a try, she asked, "Is someone watching?"

The younger brother is indeed very secretive: "East, west, south, north, east, west, one kilometer away, there are eyes."

Sure enough, Qiao Mingjin came with an entire star team to investigate, but there were only two people on the starship, which meant that he had dispersed the others, and half of them were used to monitor her movements.

Xi Yue: "There is a way to get out, but without alerting them?"

Younger: "None of them are safe. Where are you going?"

It wasn't that Xiaozi was incompetent, but rather that the equipment in this world was too advanced. Since they could monitor from a distance of a kilometer, they were sure to be able to detect any anomalies in the General's Mansion.

If he took the risk of going to the garrison to find Xiang Jia, it would be very likely that Xiang Jia's existence would be brought into Qiao Mingjin's attention, and his actions would be further restricted in the future.

Thinking of this, Xiyue shook her head: "Forget it."

Wait patiently for news from Xiang Jia. The General's Mansion is the residence of the commander-in-chief of the 33rd Legion. It is normal for officers to come and go. Xiang Jia came here under the pretext of looking for the general, so it should not arouse suspicion.

However, after waiting for two days, the pollution level of the remote control rose to "Level 3", but Xiang Jia still did not respond.

Xi Yue noticed something was wrong, and after breakfast, she stopped Yuan Xu before he left.

"Xiang Jia?" Yuan Xu acted like a forgetful nobleman. "Oh, it's an external transfer. It's normal to take a few days off before taking up your post. Anyway, the security station in Sector 29 hasn't been expanded yet."

"Can't reply to messages during vacation?"

"Who knows?" Yuan Xu spread his hands. "I don't like being disturbed in my free time. I work so hard in the contaminated area, so I have to have some private time outside of it, right?"

Xi Yue squinted her eyes and looked at him for a moment, then handed the remote control over to him: "Then I'll have to trouble General Yuan to arrange for someone to deliver this to Xipo."

There was no other way. Another day of delay would raise the pollution level to Level 2. Using Level 2 to stimulate Xipo's spiritual power was an overkill and might even lead to greater trouble, such as the 33rd Legion's mecha star team.

Yuan Xu wasn't completely trustworthy, but he could trust him for now. Furthermore, even if he knew the electronic eye was a remote control, he couldn't see what it looked like.

Xiyue had expected Yuan Xu to offer a frivolous joke when sending an electronic eye to Sector 29, but he was surprisingly straightforward. He took the electronic eye and put it in his pocket without asking a single question.

Abnormal.

This guy is definitely hiding something from me, and it's most likely about Xiang Jia.

Xi Yue thought about it and decided to ask General Zhai for some information.

"Good morning, Uncle Zhai. Uncle Zhai, you still remember my former bodyguard, Xiang Jia, who has now been transferred to the garrison. I have something to ask her, but she hasn't replied..."

I waited for Zhai Zhengqi's reply for another long time.

After lunch, Zhai Zhengqi drove over in his starship and asked as soon as he entered the door, "Where is the coach?"

Butler Ai asked in surprise, "Didn't he go to the garrison? Didn't he see General Zhai?"

"I..." Zhai Zhengqi didn't finish his words and Xi Yue called him aside with a look.

"Uncle Zhai, have you found Xiang Jia?"

"I'm here for this very thing. The Commander transferred Xiang Jia to the Public Security Bureau, and now he's nowhere to be found... I need to ask the Commander for clarification!"

Xiyue's heart sank: "What do you mean by can't find it?"

Zhai Zhengqi: "Xiang Jia has been missing for three days!"