Chapter 470 Initial Escape
There are a total of eighteen planets in the Dixing system.
Except for one planet with the most suitable environment for natural life and four nearby planets, they are within the sphere of influence of the Imperial Star.
The remaining thirteen planets are held by three dukes and some powerful marquises.
These planets were named after their family clans and served as their territories within the Imperial system.
Among them, Sarnak is the closest planet to the five core planets of the Imperial Star.
This is also the territory of the Sarnak family.
It took only a dozen minutes for Yolin to return to Sarnak via the intra-galactic route. He patted his cheeks to make himself look more serious before walking into the Sarnak palace to meet his semi-retired mother.
Zelia Bryce Sarnak.
She is the current head of the Sarnak family. She has been sitting in this position for nearly eighty years. Yolin is not her first child, but he is the best one among all her children.
That's why Yolin has become the eldest son now and is in charge of the entire family.
However, even though he is the acting patriarch, Yolin cannot handle everything on his own.
For example, now that Richie is missing, Yolin must report it to Zelia.
Even though she already understood the situation clearly, even better than Yolin, he still had to report.
"Mother."
In Zelia's garden, Yolin knelt on one knee in front of the woman who was sitting in the pavilion with her back to him.
Zelia has a slim figure. Although she is over a hundred years old, she still looks like a young girl.
Hearing Yolin's greeting, Zelia drank her tea without turning back. She just asked softly, "Rich is missing?"
"...Yes, he finally disappeared in the frontier planet C-10253...Currently...there is no news."
Yolin lowered his head, did not look at his mother, and reported in a serious manner.
Ding Dong.
The sound of the teacup colliding with the base was heard. Zelia put down the tea in her hand and looked at the endless sea of flowers in front of her.
The sea of flowers is almost boundless, with colorful flowers arranged neatly and swaying left and right in the breeze, like colorful waves.
Zelia looked at the sea of flowers, still with her back to Yolin, and waited for a long time before saying:
"He won't be able to run for long."
“…”
"However, it's better to let him go out and get some fresh air before getting married. After all, the child will be hard to control when he grows up."
Zelia spoke softly, without any emotion in her words.
Hearing his mother's words, Yolin clenched his fists, raised his head and asked:
"Mother, don't you want Richie to come back?"
"What's the point of trying to catch a bird that wants to fly?"
"But you clearly know why Richie wants to escape, so why do you still...!"
Yolin was about to ask.
But then his body sank and he could no longer utter a word.
The air seemed to be frozen, and the wave-like sea of flowers also stopped wavering in an instant. Everything in the world seemed to be still. Only Zelia could continue to move freely in this world of 'time pause'.
Yolin was sweating profusely. He didn't know how long it had been under such pressure before he heard Zelia's voice: "Yolin, you don't need to know why. You just need to take care of your own affairs and... protect your brother."
"…yes."
Yolin didn't dare to ask any more questions, and lowered his head again: "...Then I'll take my leave, mother, please take care of yourself."
"Um."
A barely audible humming sounded in Yolin's ears. After getting his mother's consent, Yolin stood up and left the garden.
And until Yolin left, Zelia never turned around.
Her eyes were always fixed on the sea of flowers and never left.
…
Boom!!! The aircraft fell from the sky with flames burning, and landed heavily on the sand sea on the surface of the planet.
And when the aircraft stopped steadily in the depths of the desert, Hongye immediately tore off her seat belt and ran to Li Qi, who was wearing a consciousness link device.
"Your Highness Richie! Cheer up!!"
“Ahem—”
At this moment, Li Qi's face was flushed, blood was gushing out from his mouth, nose and ears, and his white noble robe was almost entirely stained red with blood.
He coughed up blood with difficulty, and pointed at a corner of the frigate with his trembling right hand: "Emergency... First aid equipment... Puff——!"
Another mouthful of blood spurted out, almost scaring Hongye's soul out of her body.
She frantically searched for the first aid kit next to her, pulled out the first aid device, and quickly applied it to the center of Li Qi's chest.
The triangular first aid device was pressed against Li Qi's chest. A green film quickly flowed out of the device, covering Li Qi's entire body in the blink of an eye.
The life energy used for first aid quickly poured into Li Qi's body, nourishing his almost broken internal organs.
Above the first aid device, a holographic projection of Li Qi's internal organs appeared, allowing people to intuitively see the progress of Li Qi's body's recovery.
"call--"
Li Qi's breathing finally stabilized, and the abnormal blush on his face gradually disappeared. Hongye then sat down on the ground and breathed a long sigh of relief.
But just after sitting down for a while, the side effects of ultra-high-speed jump began to come.
Hongye's face turned ashen, and he suddenly jumped up from the ground, ran to a nearby trash can and started vomiting violently.
"vomit--!"
A pile of filth came out of Hongye's mouth, and was then quickly decomposed by the garbage disposal on the spacecraft, without letting any extra smell spread.
Reaching out her hand and picking up the paper beside her, she wiped the stains and blood from the corners of her mouth. Hongye coughed a few more times and turned to look at Li Qi who was receiving treatment:
“…I didn’t expect you to be so crazy.”
Just from Hongye's appearance, it can be seen that this ultra-high-speed jump has caused great damage to the body.
Even a fourth-rank mecha master like Hongye suffered some damage to his internal body, not to mention the noble Li Qi, whose body was just that of an ordinary natural person, or even weaker than that of an ordinary natural person.
It is not difficult to see from the holographic projection above Li Qi that he is only one step away from death. If it were not for his third-level mental power helping to maintain his vital signs, his soul would probably have returned to the backup consciousness.
But fortunately, Li Qi at least didn't die.
Otherwise... Hongye is really worried that the family behind her and the planet where her family lives will be treated as fireworks...
But it seemed that Hongye was relieved a little too late. Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, the outer shell of the aircraft was smashed by someone's punch.
Art, wearing a miniaturized mecha on his body, came in front of Hongye in an instant and grabbed her neck.
Bang!!
Hongye's body was slammed heavily against the metal wall of the spacecraft, making a dull sound, and Hongye whimpered in pain.
On Art's silver-white mecha, the areas where his eyes should be glowing red.
Even through the mecha, Hongye could feel the cold murderous intent released by Art.
Art is Li Qi's exclusive knight. No matter what his background is or whether he is from the same clan as Li Qi, the moment he becomes Li Qi's exclusive knight, his life no longer belongs to him.
If Li Qi survives, he can survive. If Li Qi dies, he and his collateral family will not survive either.
Even if Li Qi can be resurrected through consciousness backup!
So seeing Li Qi being seriously injured at this moment, Art was extremely angry, and he really wanted to crush Hongye to death with one hand.
However, Li Qi's voice forced him to stop.
"Stop... Art..."
"Your Highness!"
Art turned his head sharply and looked towards the driver's seat.
Li Qi, who was still being repaired by the first aid equipment, opened his eyes at some point and gave orders in a weak voice.
Although he was weak, Li Qi's red eyes revealed unquestionable seriousness and determination:
"Let her go."
“…”
Art did not disobey the order. He released his hand that was holding Hongye and let Hongye fall freely to the ground.
“Ahem…”
Hongye, who had escaped death, kept coughing on the ground. After a while, he quickly retreated away from Art who was wearing a miniaturized mecha.
Art didn't look at her. He came to Li Qi, picked him up, and whispered, "Your Highness, I will take you for treatment now."
"No need, stop! This is an order!"
Seeing that Art was about to take him to the hospital on this life planet, Li Qi immediately ordered him to stop.
"Your Highness?"
Art, who had been trained to obey orders, stopped in place before his mind did. He looked at Li Qi in confusion, not understanding why the other party issued such an order.
Li Qi's anxiety caused the wound inside his body to ache, and he grimaced in pain, but he recovered quickly and turned to Art and said:
"Art, you are my personal knight, right?"
"yes."
"Then will you obey my orders?"
"…yes."
"Okay, then I order you. From now on, you are not allowed to contact anyone except me, send out distress signals, or contact the family. Do you understand?"
Li Qi looked determined as he met Art's pair of black eyes.
Looking at the master in front of him who was as fragile as porcelain, Art's eyes were dazed, and he vaguely recalled the first time he met Li Qi.
silence.
There was a long silence.
Art waited until Li Qi's injuries had almost recovered before he put Li Qi down and said with his head down:
"Yes, I understand."
Art finally obeyed Li Qi's orders.
After all, he is different from others, he is Li Qi's exclusive knight.
If it were the collateral family that Art was in, then before Li Qi's order, they would first obey the family rules of the Sarnak family.
But Art couldn't do that. Compared to the family rules, he had to obey Li Qi's orders first.
That's his duty.
Li Qi knew this, so he felt at ease with Art by his side.
"Very good, now fix the aircraft and we'll go to the nearby city to prepare."
Seeing that Art agreed, Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief and then issued the next order.
Then he looked at Hongye who was standing beside him, and said to her with a smile: "Miss, we need you to do us a little favor now, and we hope you won't refuse."
(End of this chapter)
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