Chapter 10 Boundless
It's so quiet in this forest.
Lan Xiu held his breath and found that there was not only no bird singing in this area, but there was not even a trace of wind.
His heart sank as he continued to climb up the tree trunk silently. His arm muscles exerted force and the wound opened again.
But he had no time to care.
The leaves that blocked his view became increasingly sparse. When Lan Xiu climbed to the top of the tree and pushed aside the few remaining leaves, his heart sank completely.
Looking up, there were neither stars nor moon in the blue-black sky.
There was only a huge searchlight hanging high in the northwest.
It looks like the moon.
But even more cold and ruthless.
Under its reflection, Lan Xiu finally saw the blue-black sky hanging above his head.
It was a huge wall of light, inverted in the shape of a bowl over the forest.
The forest is vast and the sea of trees is vast.
It’s just like its name – “Boundless”.
The red-eyed female insect's gaze became increasingly cold. He silently raised his right hand, and a silver bracelet was worn on his delicate wrist.
This bracelet has been worn on his hand since the day he was discovered to be a member of the Lan tribe.
This wasn't a bracelet, but rather shackles used to restrain criminals. They were shaped like bracelets so as not to disturb the noble prince.
It has an embedded chip that can display the criminal's identity information, and also has functions such as positioning and electric shock, and sets access permissions for criminals to prevent them from escaping.
Of course, permissions can be set to allow him to enter the 'Boundless' area.
Past conversations flooded into his mind.
——In the lounge of the spaceship, the male insect held a teacup and tilted his head slightly.
[Lan Xiu, do you know where the 'Boundless' area is? Why are they all so scared?]
I forgot a lot of things after I had a fever.
——In the dense jungle, the male insect folded his hands with an arrogant look.
[It's boring to stay here. I might as well go to the Colosseum and watch a show.]
"Of course, I just want to watch the show."
The easygoing and kind attitude displayed by His Highness is all fake.
Yes, it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one’s nature.
How could a male insect that cruelly ordered his glands to be gouged out at the first sight be kind?
An Lang couldn't wait to rush to the Colosseum, because he wanted to watch this play.
A smile appeared on Lan Xiu's usually calm face, and his bright red eyes shone surprisingly brightly in the dark night.
All of this was planned long ago.
That prince just changed the way he played.
It really overestimates his worth. He is such a useless person who cannot awaken, but he is actually worth all the trouble of that prince.
I just don't know if his acting ability can satisfy that noble prince?
——
Night fell over the silent mountains, with only the roof of the Colosseum still brightly lit.
"Mr. Male Insect, would you like to take a break and have a meal?" the staff asked nervously. You know, this male insect has been looking at the screen for four or five hours in a row and hasn't even had dinner.
An Lang glanced at the dining cart, casually took a piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth, mumbling, "No need to turn it off, I still want to watch. If you're hungry, eat something yourself."
The staff member looked at An Lang cautiously, then turned to look at the female soldier in the corner. After hearing the female soldier shake her head in the negative, he shrank back to his original position again.
Isn't this little ancestor tired yet? Is he going to watch here all night?
Just as he was groaning inwardly, he suddenly heard the male insect utter a curse.
“Fuck—”
When the staff came to their senses, they saw the male insect sitting on the chair jumped up and ran to the light screen on the right.
"Enlarge this!"
The image of Area 43 was quickly projected into the full screen.
In the picture, a black-haired boy quickly flew over the twisted tree roots, and then a huge hard-shelled beetle used its mouthparts to uproot the entire tree.
The young man who was running on the tree roots was also thrown high into the air. He was unable to grow bone wings, so he could only adjust his posture and fall to the ground, rolling a few times to relieve the impact.
His back hit the uprooted tree hard, and the next moment, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth. He stretched out the back of his hand to wipe the blood away, and a pair of red eyes on his blood-stained face were surprisingly bright.
The boy's gaze suddenly focused on the insect-like camera, and everyone outside the screen was startled, as if they were colliding with the pair of blood-stained red eyes through the screen.
Those eyes were so bright that they seemed to burn his soul.
What a stunning pair of eyes.
The next moment, the red-eyed female insect withdrew her gaze and started running again. She was badly injured and could only flee in the face of the attack of the Star Beast. However, her movements became increasingly sluggish and she was about to be clamped by the Star Beast's mouthparts.
"Why is Lan Xiu in there?!" An Lang turned to look at the staff, "Hurry up and shout, 'Stop! Let him out!' He'll die if he keeps going like this!"
The staff member looked troubled. "Sir Male Insect, the 'Boundless' area is the habitat of the Star Beasts. After the light wall is activated, you can only enter but not exit."
"Isn't there a light wall? How did he get in?!" An Lang said in surprise.
Faced with the male insect's anger, the staff's faces turned pale with fear, and they stammered, not knowing how to respond.
Rayleigh, who was silent on the side, replied, "The criminal's wristband can record identification information and access permissions to the light wall."
Special light wall permissions like the 'Boundless' area must have been recorded in advance.
The tall female insect paused and said, "Perhaps it was a decision you made earlier."
Rayleigh didn't find it strange at all. As the Mantis Lord's capable subordinate and almost the chosen female monarch, he naturally knew more information.
It was this prince who ordered the removal of Lan Xiu's glands to prevent him from awakening. After all, congenital malformation doesn't mean it's incurable; as long as the glands are there, he could potentially revert to his ancestral form.
Digging out the glands is too cruel and would easily arouse public outrage among the female insects, so His Highness did this relatively covertly.
I heard that the female insect was quite resilient and put up a desperate fight for a while, but her arms were no match for her thighs, and her glands were eventually removed.
Since they had already formed a deep hatred, it was impossible for His Highness to be completely defenseless. The shackles on Lan Xiu's hands were the best proof of this.
If Lan Xiu did anything wrong, those shackles would take his life.
Rayleigh's expression became complicated.
After Anlang lost his memory, his opinion of this male insect changed.
Who knew that even after losing his memory, he would still be as vicious as ever.
Even more perverted.
He had been so kind to Lan Xiu before, perhaps wanting the female insect to think that she was lucky enough to be favored by His Highness, and then feel the despair of falling into the quagmire.
An Lang certainly didn't know how others evaluated him. Only then did he notice the silver bracelet on Lan Xiu's right hand - that thing was exquisitely made. He had seen it once before, but he never thought of it as shackles. He thought it was some kind of fashionable insect terminal or bracelet!
An Lang paced back and forth anxiously: "Is there no rescue team inside?!"
The staff had a hard time expressing their frustrations. All those sent in were criminals, sent there to be used as live feed. How could there be a rescue team?
"Can we talk remotely? Let's give him the light wall permission and have him run to the edge!"
The staff shook their heads again. Although there were many cameras here, there was no communication function. Many criminals would insult the nobles or reveal their secrets before their death. To prevent this from happening, there was no voice transmission mechanism in the entire "Boundless" area.
Even the performances are dubbed simultaneously, not original soundtracks.
Moreover, the access rights to the light wall must be enabled on a special instrument. Without the wristband, it cannot be enabled at all.
"Can't we use a hovercraft to rescue from above?" When An Lang came in, he saw the hovercraft parked outside the Colosseum. The hovercraft was very fast and flew high, making it more suitable for rescue than helicopters on Earth.
The staff member quickly shook his head. "Because some of the Star Beasts have wings, the light wall is in the shape of a bowl, placed upside down above the 'Boundless' area. Furthermore, to prevent the criminals from escaping, a strong magnetic field has been activated within the 'Boundless' area, rendering all vehicles inoperable upon entering."
"On weekdays, Star B beasts above rank B are kept in the partition wall and fed individually. They won't escape."
"But we captured locust rebels a few days ago, and there was a performance here three days ago. The superiors ordered that all the partitions within the light wall be opened." The staff member carefully observed the expression of the male insect while calling up the schematic diagram of the boundless area.
Normally, there were several partitions within the light wall, and each high-level star beast was kept separately. If one strayed into the 'Boundless' area, they would only encounter low-level star beasts foraging for food, so the danger was not great. But if this male insect insisted on them going in to rescue him...
An Lang carefully looked at the schematic diagram and found that the partition walls in the [Boundless Area] were quite dense, but because they occupied such a large area, each partition area was about 4,000 square meters.
The staff member reminded him, and he felt extremely unlucky to have run into such a male insect. "Activating the partition wall requires many procedures, and it won't be approved for the time being. Moreover, if the partition wall is opened rashly, the Star Beast and the insects inside may be trapped together..."
By then, the insects inside won’t even be able to escape and will only die faster.
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