Chapter 29: Danger Approaches
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Dusk Cloud Galaxy
An undeveloped natural star.
Night had already fallen. Mu Jiao, who had been busy all day, was sleeping soundly on the big bed in the car. Bichon Frise was lying next to Mu Jiao's legs, covered with a small blanket, curled up in a ball, snoring evenly.
There was silence and peace...
However, outside the car, there was faint starlight and the night was deep. Three young imperial soldiers were driving mechas, fully armed, and quietly approaching the camp where Mu Jiao and the others were.
Danger is creeping in...
Huo Qi, who was sleeping in the tent, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.
It came, faster than he thought...
In fact, he knew that the pulse signal sent by the optical computer would be noticed by someone sooner or later when Mu Jiao was using it without knowing it.
There is actually basically no difference between the Federation and the Empire's optical computers. The only difference is that the pulse signal waves emitted by the two are different when used.
The Muyun Galaxy has already belonged to the Empire. First of all, the Empire will immediately modify the computer identities of all surrendered citizens and turn them into citizens of the Empire.
Three days later, once anyone who has not been modified is detected, the imperial army will treat them as enemies and encircle and suppress them.
Mu Jiao's optical computer identity has not changed. As long as there are imperial mechas or warships passing by, they will definitely be discovered by the detection system immediately. So they will naturally come to search and check.
He had been waiting for their arrival these days. If his guess was correct, the Empire would have sent a large number of people to search for him after he disappeared. Now, he just didn't know, who came first, the enemy or...?
If it was an enemy, given his current physical condition, he could still use his innate power.
However, judging from the situation, there seemed to be only three mechas approaching outside, so the probability of them being enemies was very small. The combat method of this group was quite similar to that of his third brother.
He's lucky, isn't he?
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"Knock, knock, knock..."
"Brother Huo Qi, Brother Huo Qi... wake up quickly, Brother Huo Qi, are you awake??? I'm coming in???"
Huo Qi was thinking when he heard Mu Jiao's anxious voice from outside.
"You're awake, come in." Huo Qi replied.
"Brother Huo Qi, I think something's wrong. Mengmeng just woke up suddenly and kept yelling at me.
I don’t know what the situation is now, but we still have to leave quickly. If the enemy finds our tracks, we’ll be finished…”
As soon as Huo Qi finished answering, he saw Mu Jiao, wearing a thin teddy bear pajamas and with messy long hair, crawling into the tent. While talking, she pulled his hand and pulled him directly onto the garbage truck.
He was not given any chance to speak.
Huo Qi: "..."
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Just now, Mu Jiao was still immersed in her dream when she was awakened by Meng Meng's screaming.
The little guy seemed very uneasy, jumping and dancing around Mu Jiao, and even kept pulling at the corner of her clothes.
Mu Jiao realized something was wrong and immediately got out of the car. Outside, the night was dark and very quiet, without a single insect or bird chirping. It was so quiet, so quiet it was scary.
Realizing that something was wrong, Mu Jiao immediately went to wake up Huo Qi. Without even bothering to pack up the tent or the herbs drying outside, she prepared to drive the garbage truck to escape first.
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Unfortunately, Mu Jiao had just started the garbage truck and before it left the ground, she was surrounded by three tall mechas, blocking all her escape routes.
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There is a mecha shining brightly above his head, and he is surrounded by a mecha on each side.
After failing to escape, Mu Jiao had strange thoughts in her mind. Her current situation was just like the scene of capturing a wanted criminal in an American blockbuster movie she had seen in her previous life.
"Enemy soldiers in the garbage truck, please get out and surrender immediately. Get out and surrender immediately..." The voice of the person on the mecha came out...
Well, now it's more like...
What the hell is she thinking right now?! This is the worst possible situation, her life is almost over...
What should she do now???
Get out of the car and surrender?
But think about the federal news I saw before, the survival rate of war criminals is less than one in ten.
She was a minor, only 18 years old, and was still under the protection of the Interstellar Convention. If these enemy soldiers had obeyed the Interstellar Convention, she might have been able to escape death.
But that wouldn't work. There was also Brother Huo Qi. He was a Federation soldier, and these Imperial soldiers would definitely not let him go. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, he would probably be imprisoned in darkness, a life worse than death. What should he do? What should he do?
Mu Jiao felt like an ant on fire, running around in a panic. The countdown to surrender that kept ringing outside was like a death warrant.
Mu Jiao forced herself to calm down. In less than a minute, she thought of the best solution at the moment.
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"Brother Huo Qi, I will go down and surrender by myself in a moment, you must not get off the car.
At least one of these three mechas will come down to catch me. When that happens, I'll run and try to keep them at a distance. While they're trying to catch me, you can take the opportunity to drive the garbage truck away. I'll leave Meng Meng in your care for now."
Huo Qi saw the frightened child sitting in the driver's seat, and was about to get out of the car when he heard the child's words...
"...Why? Aren't you afraid of death?"
Huo Qi was shocked. He didn't expect that the child would suddenly tell him these words after sitting there for less than three minutes after being surrounded. She wanted to leave him a chance to live.
Huo Qi was in a complicated mood...
"I'm a minor, protected by the Interstellar Convention. I won't necessarily die if I surrender. But if you're caught by them, you're doomed..."
"Actually... we don't have to run away..."
"Hey, there's no time. I have to get off. You should take this opportunity to escape. I know you must be very touched now, but don't give up the chance to live. We can't all be killed in one fell swoop. If we run away one by one, we will be the last one to escape." Mu Jiao said, and regardless of Mengmeng's struggle, she stuffed it into Huo Qi's arms, opened the car door and walked out.
In fact, she was panicking...
Oh my god... It's so scary, my legs are shaking...
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"Boss, isn't that the minor who caused us to write self-criticism? Am I seeing things?" the big soldier Wang Lei exclaimed in shock.
"No, it's her." Signalman Zhao Yunlan rolled his eyes.
"She looks even smaller than in the photo... She looks... so... so cute, so well-behaved... I have to say, kind of adorable, like a doll. Are all those idiots in the Federation dead? They actually let a child go to war!!!!" The big guy whispered softly, watching Mu Jiao's obedient surrender. After all, he's a lolita complex. Even though he looks big, there's a cute girl inside him... Mu Jiao's appearance perfectly fits his image of a lolita...
"Fuck, put away your frivolous behavior, Zhao Yunlan. Go down and tie her up, and we'll be leaving."
Under the light, Mu Jiao saw a fully armed young soldier getting off a mecha.
In his hand... uh, holding a rope.
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