Chapter 437: They are knives
"Xiao Shi, did you pull someone out of there again?"
Anno watched as the two people who came in from outside took off their raincoats, revealing numbers 25 and 61 on their arms respectively.
The two approached Anno, carefully examining her, Sitar, and Mingxiao. Seeing that they had no identification numbers or mechanical modifications, they looked at them with the same curiosity as the other children.
"You...aren't Lyca people, are you?"
25 looked sharply towards the room at the bottom of the stairs on the left and asked Xiao Shi, "Who's here?"
Xiao Shi leaned lazily against the table: "Who else do you think came? Besides you guys, who else could I let in?"
Upon hearing her words, Erwu and Liu exchanged a glance, both showing a hint of shock in their eyes. "Why is he back?"
Just as the two voiced their doubts, Zero Nine came out from inside, saw Two Five and Six One, and nodded slightly to them as a greeting.
Erwu's expression instantly turned serious, and Liuyi almost jumped up from the ground. She was pleasantly surprised to see Lingjiu for a moment, but only for a second. Her tone was full of anxiety, worry, and confusion, "Lingjiu, you...you're back?"
He ran up to Ling Jiu and looked him up and down: "Wait, why did you come back? You finally got to leave Tianzhi City. You don't get another chance like this. Even if you stayed in Midu, it would be better than staying in this godforsaken place."
Zero Nine didn't answer him, but instead handed the two combat suits to Anno and Sitar.
Unlike Liu Yi, Er Wu was not emotional. He saw Ling Jiu squat down in front of the pretty little girl and say, "You did this for them."
Liu Yi then stopped asking him questions and turned his attention back to the three people. To be honest, they couldn't tell what race the three people were, but they were definitely not Lyca aliens.
The Laika Galaxy has been isolated from the outside world for hundreds of years. The intelligent races that exist in the Laika Galaxy have long since lost their information. Although people from other galaxies can enter one-way through some spatial portals, very few people can enter. There are many races in the entire interstellar space, and the races they can recognize are limited.
However, they could vaguely sense a special energy emanating from the three, similar to the energy stone they were using. If they hadn't come from the City of Heaven, but rather from Zero Nine, their abilities wouldn't be weak.
Erwu's gaze lingered on Anno's band of light for a moment, then he suddenly asked, "You are... the Fire Seed?"
Anno hadn't heard that word in a long time. She turned to look at Erwu and asked in surprise, "You know about fire?"
Erwu said, "I heard from a brother of mine that the Fireseed are the most precious race in the Northern River Star System. How did you end up here?"
Anno smiled and shook his head: "I am not the spark, and there is no spark in the North River system now, only the fireflies of the Zerg."
"The Zerg?!"
Erwu and Liuyi spoke up at the same time, clearly indicating that they knew about the Zerg.
Anno considered these two to be friends with Lingjiu, and since they weren't in a hurry to go to the City of Heaven, he was willing to tell them about some of the changes happening outside. He briefly explained the North River system and the war in the entire interstellar space to them.
She spoke for a while and noticed that all the children were sitting on the stairs listening very attentively, their eyes full of longing and curiosity for the outside world, so she spoke a little more carefully.
Hearing that the Interstellar Alliance has now been reorganized and is moving towards peace under the guidance of the Zerg and star systems such as Tianyun, Erwu smiled and said, "Hundreds of years ago, the Lyca star system was almost destroyed. I didn't expect that there was such fierce fighting outside. But now that the Interstellar Alliance is so peaceful, Lyca didn't catch up with the good times. I wonder if we will be able to leave in our lifetime."
Upon hearing his words, Zero Nine paused in his work of handling weapons, but he didn't say anything, only glancing at the children in the room.
Anno noticed Lingjiu's actions, and a thought flashed through her mind as she asked Mo, "Is there anywhere else we can get out of here?"
Mo said, "I will monitor every corner of the City of Heaven. You can only leave when I am gone. Ling Jiu was able to leave because I was offline for a short time last time."
Anno understood, so only if she succeeded this time could the people in the house leave safely.
She could sense that Zero Nine's heart was not as cold as his mechanical body. The children's joy at seeing him, and the trust and care that Little Ten and the others showed him, all indicated that Zero Nine had a warm heart.
He possessed the soul and consciousness of Caesar, who was not a cold-hearted person to begin with.
Aside from Anno, Mingxiao had the deepest understanding. He watched as this Vanguard Lord's clone initially attacked them and even tried to kill the main body, but in many ways, he and Caesar were similar.
He possessed emotions that transcended those of the Zerg, not just his feelings for their prince, but others as well.
Those irrational emotions allowed Caesar to keep this useless guy alive, enabling his alter ego to carry out the mission of finding the little prince, and to save and warm others while suffering immense pain.
At this moment, Anno and the others felt that Caesar's division had its reasons.
"You want to enter the City of Heaven?!"
At the dinner table, Liu Yi looked at Anuo and the others in surprise. Ling Jiu ladled two bowls of soup and placed them in front of Anuo and Xitar, saying, "We need some energy stones, can we get some?"
Erwu said, "You can take it, but why do you want to go in?"
As soon as he finished asking, Xiao Shi said, "Is there anything else? Do you want us to come in with you?"
Ling Jiu initially wanted to say no, as he never liked to burden anyone, but this time he was bringing Anuo and the others along, and the level of danger inside was no longer a matter of whether he liked it or not.
He looked at Anno, his eyes asking if she needed more help.
Seeing Ling Jiu looking at Anuo, Xiao Shisan and the others already understood that Ling Jiu had returned this time for the sake of this little queen insect of the Zerg.
Even if Anno didn't say it, they knew she was a Queen Zerg. Among the Zerg, only the Queen and the Heir are female; the rest are all male. No matter how isolated they were, they knew about the Zerg, a powerful race in interstellar space.
In the past, when they fought against those scum in Heaven's City with Zero Nine, they knew that Zero Nine had been looking for something. His desire to leave Heaven's City was also a desire to continue searching.
Although they didn't understand his persistence and purpose, seeing his peaceful and composed appearance and the way he looked at the little king insect, they knew he had found it, and they were genuinely happy for him.
Without Zero Nine, they would have had a hard time getting out of the arena.
Anno received Lingjiu's gaze and immediately understood what he wanted to ask. He asked Mo in his mind, and Mo said, "Of course, the more people the better. These knives are still very sharp."
They silently referred to Xiao Shi and the others as "Knife".
He also told her that these people who came out of the Sky City arena were all killing machines who had emerged from countless fierce battles, and that the top 100 modified humans were no less capable than the second-class relatives or above of the Zerg.
Currently, more than half of the top 100 modified humans remain in Sky City. The other half died on the day Zero Nine led the others to escape from Sky City. Zero Nine and his group killed them. It wasn't just Zero Nine and his group who planned the escape; six of the top ten were also involved. However, apart from Zero Nine and Xiao Shi, the others died during the pursuit.
As Mo recounted the events of 2009 to her, Anuo felt her palms sweating and, for the first time, felt a little nervous.
A warm hand grasped hers, and Anno looked up to meet Sitar's deep, dark blue eyes.
He took her hand and gently pressed it against his cheek. "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
She smiled slightly, touched his hair, and instantly felt at ease.
Anno didn't reply to Lingjiu immediately. After finishing her meal, while Xiaoshi and the others were helping to find weapons, she pulled Lingjiu aside and asked, "Mo told me that having more people would be better, but they finally got out of Heaven City. Do we really have to drag them back in?"
Blue light, reflecting particle data, flowed in Zero Nine's eyes. He patted Anno's head and said calmly, "You don't need to worry about these things. If we need them, let them go. Our goal is to kill Mo and destroy the entire City of Heaven. Anyone who wants to leave the City of Heaven will want to join us without us having to say anything. They've been hiding here long enough."
After he finished speaking, Xiao Shi and the others threw the weapons they had found onto the table, crossed their arms, and said, "We've waited long enough for this day. It's so uncomfortable being cooped up here."
Looking at the thirteen children's spirited expressions, Anuo glanced at the other children in the room and asked, "What about these children?"
Xiao Shi laughed and said, "Don't worry, they are not ordinary cubs. Ordinary guards can't do anything to them. There is no danger for them to stay here. They can take care of themselves."
Hearing her say that, Anuo felt a little relieved.
But considering the formidable enemy she was about to face, she felt she needed to be fully prepared.
She placed her hand on the core of her chest. She now had two cores in her body, but they were both sealed off. She had to find a way to unlock the energy of the cores.
She woke up Feixing, who knew about her and Mo's plan. After a moment of contemplation, Feixing said, "Don't worry, Anunu, leave it to me. I will help you break the core blockade between you and Sitar."
As he spoke, he instructed Anunu to ask Zero Nine and the others for a few energy stones.
Upon seeing these energy stones, Anno asked in confusion, "Aren't these the energy stones of the Zerg? Why would they be found in the Lyca Galaxy?"
The Zerg's energy stones are not only different in composition from those in other star systems, but most importantly, they contain the unique aura of the Zerg.
Fei Xing said, "Before the Leica Galaxy was sealed off by the magnetic field, it also had trade relations with other galaxies, so it should have been left over from before."
Lingjiu also said, "These energy stones were all taken from the City of Heaven. Only the City of Heaven has such good energy stones."
Anno understood. Under Feixing's guidance, he absorbed all the energy from these energy stones and then waited for Feixing to use this energy to gradually unlock the core's seal.
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