Everyone in the snake cave was surprised to find that their leader, the snake lord Lu Taipan, suddenly started wearing a bite stopper again.
This caused some of those who did not know the truth to feel a little worried. After all, since Su Liang became his partner, Lu Taipan had not been forced to wear this kind of specific decoration for a long time.
Is there something wrong again? A few people had a brief flash of worry in their minds, but they soon found that their worries were completely unnecessary. Because they soon discovered that their boss showed no signs of mental instability at all. On the contrary, the man became more energetic and radiant than ever before, looking even more perfect and stronger than he had been before the Canaan War.
"...So this is what it's like to have a wife? I feel like I've become a lot younger. Ah, I want to find a wife too."
Xue Yinhuan looked at her baby face in the mirror more than once, and then sighed to the Black Mamba with envy.
Under such circumstances, under the leadership of Lu Taipan, the Snake Cave's pursuit of the Ning family went quite smoothly. The only inconsistency was probably the temporary disappearance of Ning Tangsheng, the "youngest boss" of the Ning family.
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"Sorry, your current contact is busy and cannot talk to you. Your message will be conveyed by artificial intelligence--"
A dull electronic voice of low-level artificial intelligence came from the other end of the old public communicator. Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, the tall young man with slightly sunken cheeks and greasy hair standing by the road hung up the phone with a pale face, and then he quickly ran into a dilapidated and dirty alley.
Blocked by the huge suspended track above his head, the light in the entire area on the ground was very dim, and the young man walked very quickly, and the dirty water in the potholes on the ground splashed onto the backs of his feet with his hurried footsteps.
The wet and sticky feeling made the young man, who had been pampered for many years, instantly show a look of disgust.
“Damn it.”
Ning Tangsheng cursed under his breath.
The place where Ning Tangsheng is now is a slum that he would never set foot in before.
He simply couldn't imagine that there would be such a backward and dilapidated place in the First Star Zone. It was like a hellish place. However, under the snake cave's methodical and overwhelming siege, this has become the only place Ning Tangsheng can stay.
A drizzle of rain fell from the sky. The Ning family's luxurious and exquisite life, the power and wealth at their fingertips, the fawning and flattery of others...all those beautiful things seemed to be just yesterday. But what Ning Tangsheng now faces is only the bleakest reality.
Ning Tangsheng wrapped his dirty coat tightly, walked through the intricate alleys, and finally stopped beside a smelly garbage dump.
He suppressed his nausea, pushed open a small secret door on the brick wall and crawled in.
This is the safe house prepared for him by his subordinates, and it is also the last one left in the entire First Star District.
Even once you go indoors, the environment inside is not much better than outside. The garbage dump used as a cover has been emitting a foul smell, and the place is also filled with an indelible stench. When he first came here, Ning Tangsheng even felt like he could vomit at any time, but now he has gotten used to it. He found a place to sit down with difficulty. Thinking about the result of his communication just now, the young man bit his nails anxiously.
The situation was not good. The call he had just risked making was his last straw, but there was no one on the other end of the line that should have been picked up immediately.
The game is over.
Ning Tangsheng realized this very clearly.
He tried to control his breathing, desperately thinking if there was any other way to go.
He needed to leave the First Star Region immediately. As long as he left the First Star Region, he could at least have a chance of survival. But if he continued to stay here, he would be found by the people in the Snake Cave sooner or later, which would mean his complete doom.
This shouldn't be the case.
After Ning Jiayi "disappeared", Ning Tangsheng didn't even pay attention to his family, but quickly disappeared into the crowd along the retreat route he had arranged many years ago.
However, he did not escape from the First Star Sector successfully. He had no idea how the people in the Snake Cave did it. All his secret accounts were completely blocked, and all his allies of interest disappeared silently at the same time.
The escape route he had left behind was completely blocked.
These past few days, Ning Tangsheng felt like he was living like a rat, with only his tail between his legs as he moved and hid in the stinking sewers of the First Star District. He hadn't had a good rest for many days and couldn't sleep, because once he fell asleep, he would meet a man's cold and gloomy eyes in his dreams.
"Lu Taipan..."
He chewed on the name word by word, his tone full of resentment and fear.
Before he truly became the enemy of the Lord of the Snake Cave, Ning Tangsheng had no idea that there was an existence in this world that was so close to the god of death.
Ning Tangsheng already had a very bad premonition that perhaps he really could not escape this time.
Is my life going to end here? When Ning Tangsheng thought about what he might encounter after being arrested, his eyes fell on the weapon he carried with him.
His breathing became more and more rapid, and his face was as pale as a drowned ghost.
——Once he is found guilty in the Covenant court, he will face a punishment more terrible than death.
It is said that all living things will be locked in a mental prison, they will be completely isolated from the world, and the alien technology will ensure that they live longer than ordinary people on Earth.
Then, they will be injected with the memories of the so-called "victims" and experientially experience what they encountered over and over again as "victims" in a mental cage.
Of course, all criminals who were confirmed guilty by the Covenant Court never appeared in front of the world again, and there were only some vague rumors about the executions of the criminals by the Covenant Justices. But when Ning Tangsheng thought of the information he had looked up before, he still felt deeply fearful.
Maybe, he is indeed...
Just when Ning Tangsheng was in a trance and unable to make a decision.
Suddenly, there were several rhythmic knocks from the other side of the security door.
Ning Tangsheng jumped up from the ground instantly, grabbed the weapon and pointed it at the door.
Is it a snake cave? Did the Snake Cave find him so quickly? When was it exposed? Was it just now? Damn it, damn it, damn it—
Ning Tangsheng's mind went blank and sweat poured down his back.
Then Ning heard a completely unexpected voice coming from behind the door.
"Don't be nervous. I'm not from the Snake Cave, and I'm not here to arrest you."
"I'm here to help you..."
Ning Tangsheng looked at the door in shock.
A few seconds later, the person cracked the lock of the security door quite easily and walked in with a calm expression.
Seeing the man's face, Ning Tangsheng's hand was on the trigger, but he couldn't decide whether to press it.
"Lu Zhizhao...how could it be you?"
He swallowed and asked with some trembling.
Lu Zhizhao tilted his head slightly and looked at Ning Tangsheng.
For some reason, Lu Zhizhao's eyes at this moment made Ning Tangsheng feel the hair on his back stand on end.
There was something strange about the man in front of me.
Very strange.
Is this really Lu Zhizhao? Ning Tangsheng even began to doubt.
Lu Zhizhao's aura was completely different. When Ning Tangsheng met Lu Zhizhao's eyes, he even felt that he was hallucinating because of the despair of fleeing in the past few days: he was obviously the one who was fleeing, and he was also the one who was about to lose everything, but the Lu Zhizhao standing in front of him now looked even more haggard and weird than Ning Tangsheng himself.
Lu Zhizhao reminded Ning Tangsheng of the gambler he had seen many times before, the kind who was at the end of his rope, who had lost every last chip in his possession and even had his organs pawned in advance.
Ning Tangsheng couldn't believe that someone like Lu Zhizhao would suffer such a severe blow because of the destruction of his fiancée's family. Something must have happened that he didn't know about.
“What do you want to do!?”
Ning Tangsheng calmed himself and asked tentatively. He still didn't put down the gun.
Lu Zhizhao was also looking at Ning Tangsheng.
...In his previous life, this person seemed to have been sent to the Star Alliance Court by Lu Taipan and sentenced to death. The things this person left behind, including the laboratory and illegal human experiment data, provided him with a lot of help.
In that previous life full of regrets, Lu Zhizhao borrowed the remaining equipment and "raw materials" from the "farm" to carry out his own research so smoothly.
But this time, Lu Zhizhao felt that it was a waste to arrest someone like Ning Tangsheng for nothing.
It took Lu Zhizhao a long time to completely recover all the memories of his life.
Fortunately, it's not too late.
"I've said it before, I'm just here to help. Of course, you can also think of this as a win-win cooperation."
Lu Zhizhao spoke word by word and found a seat in the room and sat down.
There was an unnatural hoarseness in his voice when he spoke.
"Master Lu, stop joking. As a member of the Lu family, you can't be unaware of what's going on with me. Tell me, what do you want?!"
Ning Tangsheng asked hurriedly.
"Yeah, I know what you did - illegal human experiments, organ trafficking, illegal human modification, trafficking of Omegas, trafficking of Omega glands, illegal drug research... Oh, and you also happen to be this generation's 'farmer', right?"
Lu Zhizhao pointed out Ning Tangsheng's true identity as if nothing had happened. It seemed as if he didn't notice the other person's face suddenly turned pale.
"I also know that as long as you can leave the First Star Region and be outside the jurisdiction of the Earth Alliance, the 'Farm' still has many resource points that were originally established with the Canaanites. By the way, your largest supply base and laboratory have not been exposed yet."
"You, how do you know..."
If the charges that Lu Zhizhao listed at the beginning were true, Ning Tangsheng could still comfort himself that they were revealed by the Snake Cave.
So, his biggest trump card, the location of the "farm" in the experimental base of the alien galaxy still has a use. When it was suddenly revealed by a member of the Lu family, Ning Tangsheng was still shocked and speechless. He almost pulled the trigger at Lu Zhizhao in panic, but before that, Ning Tangsheng heard Lu Zhizhao's proposal, which sounded unusually friendly and kind.
"I hope you can remove Su Liang's information gland for me."
"What?"
Ning Tangsheng was a little confused about what he had just heard.
"Only your 'Farm' can do this, to peel off a person's information gland from the body... My request is very simple, isn't it? In exchange, as long as you can peel off Su Liang's information gland, then I will help you leave the First Star District."
"Master Lu, your request..."
"I want Su Liang to turn back into beta."
Lu Zhizhao seemed to know what Ning Tangsheng was going to say. He responded with a smile, and there was even a hint of sweetness in his eyes.
He stated his plan as if nothing had happened.
"I don't think you care too much about Ning Jiayi. Anyway, from the beginning to the end, both Ning Jiayi and I are just tools in your eyes. However, I am different from cold-blooded people like you. If it weren't for Su Liang, I really... couldn't continue to live in this world. I really, really, really, really love him. I love him more than any of you think. But something went wrong, you know? He should have been a beta. If he was a beta, we would have lived happily together. However, he became an omega, and that's what messed up everything."
As he spoke, the muscles on Lu Zhizhao's face began to twitch.
"I need to get everything back on track. I finally have a chance to make amends. Just wait until he turns back into Beta, and everything will be the same as before, but this time no one can stop us from being together. Without that damn high-level Omega information gland, Su Liang will recognize the facts, and he can stay with me peacefully and won't be fooled by that disgusting old man anymore..."
Lu Zhizhao may have gone crazy.
This was the first thought that flashed through Ning Tangsheng’s mind.
He really couldn't understand Lu Zhizhao's thoughts.
Will letting Su Liang turn back into Beta put things back on track? And how could Lu Zhizhao send him away from the First Star Zone under the surveillance of the Snake Cave? Just because of his identity as the expelled young master of the Lu family?
Of course, Lu Zhizhao also saw Ning Tangsheng's distrust, but he remained calm.
Ning Tangsheng is just a fool, he will never be able to guess Lu Zhizhao's cards.
In his previous life, Lu Zhizhao almost made enemies with the entire world in order to resurrect Su Liang. What's more, before the matter was exposed, he had always been the Lu family's most proud S-level Alpha. The old man was seriously ill and dying at the time, which allowed him to smoothly take over part of the peripheral forces of the Snake Cave.
As long as he wanted, he would indeed send Ning Tangsheng out of the First Star Area quietly, and he was also very confident that he would live a happy and joyful life with Su Liang in the future.
"You can either believe me or not. You don't have much time left."
Lu Zhizhao said to the young man in front of him with a smile.
Ning Tangsheng's breathing became rapid.
Unless he is crazy, he would not believe Lu Zhizhao's nonsense.
He thought.
At this moment, the monitor in Ning Tangsheng's hand flashed. He glanced down and clearly saw a large area of densely packed red dots surrounding the area where he was.
The Vipers are on their way.
Maybe it would be ten minutes later, or maybe it would be the next second. If he continued to stay here, he would soon be taken away by the people from the Snake Cave and then brought to court.
Ning Tangsheng put down the gun and gave Lu Zhizhao a very ugly smile.
"Then I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."
He said in a hoarse voice.
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Ten minutes later——
"Bang--"
With the door breaker violently dismantled, the Vipers quickly rushed into the foul-smelling safe house.
However, the target that was supposed to appear here has disappeared.
Under the team leader's dark combat mask, his expression instantly became solemn.
Three hours later—
A material transfer ship used internally by the Lu family left the first star zone silently in accordance with the prescribed route and procedures.
Before the ship set sail, a "stowaway" handed a suitcase to Lu Zhizhao.
"As agreed, this is the deposit."
Ning Tangsheng said.
Lu Zhizhao ignored her. After confirming the contents of the suitcase, he turned and left the port.
Five hours later—
The Lu family's inner courtyard.
There is a warm and peaceful atmosphere inside a cozy cottage. A young woman has made some soup and is sharing it with her husband.
In the seemingly deserted cottage garden, several "Vipers" were carrying out the task handover as usual.
But at this moment, the venomous snakes suddenly turned around and pointed their guns at the approaching man.
For some reason, the safety protection program suddenly failed.
In the darkness of the night, someone's figure was moving.
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The identity detection program gave the man's identity in the next second, but this did not make the "Vipers" put down their guns. They looked at the man coldly and issued the first warning.
"Stop, or you will be regarded as an invader and exterminated—"
The S-class Alpha with a thin figure and sunken eye sockets had a crooked mouth. He looked at them and smiled.
The next second, several micro-bombs emitting dark green characteristics suddenly exploded in the grass.
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"Bang--"
A cup fell from the table and broke into pieces.
Su Liang sat up in front of his desk in astonishment and looked at the shattered cup on the ground.
For some reason, he always felt a little stuffy in his chest.
The cleaning robot slid over quickly and cleaned up the debris on the ground, but Su Liang was inexplicably unable to concentrate for a short while.
"Su Liang, I have news to tell you."
Then, he saw his lover walk in with an unprecedented solemn attitude.
"Mr. Mi? What happened?"
Su Liang had never seen Lu Taipan look so ugly before. His heartbeat began to speed up.
Lu Taipan looked at him deeply, and after a brief pause, he half-knelt down carefully, with his hands protecting the boy's sides.
"The Lu family was attacked by what is suspected to be the remnant of the Ning family. Su Nuan was implicated and injured."
Lu Taipan said to Su Liang.
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