Chapter 39 Silent Lake
A certain planet.
In the dense forest with mottled light and shadow, there was a floating mist, but it was surprisingly quiet, as if no living creature had ever set foot here.
Until the noisy footsteps broke the silence.
A black shadow flashed through the dense jungle, followed by an angry roar.
"Stop! Thief!"
In less than a few breaths, a tall and straight man wearing animal skin ran here. His muscular body was not heavy. Every step he took was so light and flexible, and the sound of his broad feet landing on the green plants was so soft, as if he had received some special training.
The figure holding a bone knife flashed by, and the jungle returned to its former tranquility.
The shadow passed through the overlapping trees and came to a lake.
The sparkling lake stretched as far as the eye could see. The black monkey, who had revealed his true face, realized that he had chosen the wrong direction. For him who couldn't swim, the road ahead was a dead end.
His sharp ears heard the anxious footsteps behind him, and he was thinking a lot. He couldn't escape.
In a flash, his slender hands took out a small red fruit from his arms. He had snatched it from the orc just now.
He didn't know what kind of fruit it was, but the fact that the chief of the Black Wolf Tribe valued it so much that he was willing to give up his seriously injured prey and follow him meant that this fruit must be something extraordinary.
He originally wanted to bring it back to the tribe to show the priest what it was, but the beastman behind him was chasing him too closely. He had no other choice to survive.
He had to eat it and fight to the death.
The black hand was about to put the fruit into his mouth, and his sesame-sized eyes were filled with infinite excitement, as if he would be invincible as long as he ate it.
At this time, a certain variable fell from the sky, and a small dot became bigger and bigger.
The black monkey seemed to have sensed something, stopped what he was doing, and looked up at the sky. The sense of crisis made him take a few steps back reflexively, and the thing in his hand fell out of his hand before he knew it. When he saw clearly what fell,
the forgotten fruit was kicked into the water along with a slender body.
The next moment, the black monkey's eyes were red with anger, staring at the rippling lake.
"No! My treasure!"
"Thief!"
Yao had just chased to the edge of the lake when he saw the black monkey kicking an innocent boy into the water. His scarlet eyes and resentful mood showed that simply kicking a person into the deep lake could not make him vent his anger.
Guessing this, Yao was furious, his feet were flying, and his fists were waving.
The monkey tribe makes a living by stealing, and is one of the most hated tribes among the nearby tribes. Unfortunately, they are agile and run fast, so ordinary beastmen can't catch up with them at all.
And the powerful beastmen can't stay in the tribe forever, hunting is their main task.
And no one knows where their tribe is, so the beastmen have no way to take back the supplies.
Therefore, the monkey tribe has a high chance of success. Only by catching them on the spot can they have a chance to get back the lost things of the tribe.
The black monkey's luck is obviously not very good today. When stealing the spoils of the black wolf tribe, he was discovered by the strongest beastman of the black wolf tribe.
He is quite smart. He knows that the huge body of the black wolf is useless in the dense forest, so he deliberately ran to the nearby forest, which is the world of them.
If it weren't for this unexpected lake, the black monkey would have escaped long ago.
In addition, the treasure he just got was lost, and the black monkey is now very uneasy. I don't know what gave him the courage to compete with the strong men on the grassland.
He actually roared, beat his chest with both hands, and rushed towards the two-meter-tall beastman in front of him with a mighty step.
Can a race known for its fast escape speed beat a fighting race?
The answer is no.
Yao turned his wrist, twisted the black monkey's neck, and threw it far away.
Beastmen never show mercy to their enemies.
Without pausing for a moment, he tore off the beast skin skirt around his body and jumped directly into the water.
The water was as deep as Yao thought. Generally speaking, huge aquatic beasts live in deep waters. He didn't have any hope, but he didn't want an innocent life to die in front of him.
If he didn't do something, his heart would always remember his inaction today.
The lake water was clear and bright, and Yao found the unconscious boy without much effort.
He swam to his side, held his waist, and swam towards the surface with him.
The quiet lake made Yao feel as if something was wrong. It was not
until he put on the fur skirt and looked at the boy's body that the only wound on his forehead that no longer bled was intact.
Yao realized that he was not injured at all in the lake.
Why is this happening? Where are all the water beasts?
Holding the unconscious boy, staring at this lake he saw for the first time, Yao frowned in thought.
There is no life in the lake, is this normal?
He did not have much time to think, and he looked around but did not find what he was looking for, so he thought that the thing was eaten by the black monkey.
He felt regretful, but there was no other way.
He just felt that killing the black monkey like this was a bit too easy for him.
The lake returned to its silence, and from time to time there were rustling sounds in the forest.
...
"Your Majesty, there's news from there that no trace of Your Highness has been found."
"Got it! Keep looking."
After listening to Andre's report, Qi Jingmu's face was silent, without showing any extra emotions.
"How's the investigation going at the research institute?"
Andre called up the report that had just been sent to him and showed Qi Jingmu a few pictures.
"The current investigation results show that the master behind the institute is from the Federation, and all the test samples were obtained from the remote planets of the Empire."
Qi Jingmu tapped the table with his fingers and sneered, "Federation? When will the Federation be able to reach out to the Empire? If the Federation is so capable, why doesn't it solve its own territory first? Andre, do you believe this investigation result?"
"Of course not, Your Majesty."
This matter had nothing to do with Andre. Qi Jingmu calmed down and mentioned the dying experimental subjects who were rescued.
"How are those experimental subjects?"
Andre looked sad. "Your Majesty, most of the experimental subjects can't hold on. Their bodies are soaked in drugs. The treatment equipment and repair cabins are useless to them. The damage to their mental sea is so severe that even the highest-level healers can't heal them." Qi Jingmu
was silent.
After a moment, he changed the subject.
"Have you found out where the blood sample came from?"
Blood has many uses. For the benefit of the family, the noble families will not easily let the blood flow into the hands of others, especially the families with bloodline inheritance.
"Federation." Andre's eyes flashed.
It's amazing! No matter how you investigate, it's the Federation. The people behind it are very powerful!
"Investigate again! I don't believe there is no trace left."
"Also, notify all star regions to strengthen patrols. I don't want to see artificial blood vessels appear in the Empire again."
"Yes!"
...
A gorgeously designed civilian spaceship slowly sailed in the Tianshu star region.
"Huh? Look, there seems to be a mecha over there."
"Where? Where?"
"It seems to have experienced a battle. I wonder if the people inside are still alive?"
"Wow~ A light blue mecha, so cool! Should we go and take a look?"
Light blue? My brother's mecha seems to be light blue, but he is now in the Federation with His Majesty, so it's impossible for him to be here.
Thinking of this, Xia Mengke couldn't help but stand up and squeeze to the window.
Then she was stunned, "Brother?"
She pushed away her friends who were around her and ran outside in a panic, pulling out the necklace around her neck as she ran.
"Meng Ke?"
"Meng Ke, what are you going to do?"
"Xia Meng Ke! Dare to push me, you wait for me!"
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