Chapter 133 The Truth
As Jiang He stretched her hand out of the dark red pool, tentacles wrapped around her wrist and pulled her out of the pool.
After landing, Jiang He looked up at Brother Octopus.
Although the other person's eyes were calm, when he noticed that all the bodies in the pool had disappeared, when Jiang He looked at him, his scalp inexplicably tightened, and he was shrouded in a sense of crisis.
He took a step back, then another. "I, I wasn't wrong, was I? You can regain your memory by going into the pool. My master said that as long as you enter the pool, I will be free. I can leave here, leave the mountains, and go wherever I want."
After he said that, he turned and ran away under Jiang He's strange gaze.
His eight mechanical legs were like afterimages as they took turns running. This was probably his first time running like this. Before he reached the door, two of his own mechanical legs tripped over each other and he fell. He was so scared that he quickly turned his head to look at Jiang He.
His movements were too funny, especially against her features. Jiang He said slowly, "Slow down."
When Bazhua heard Jiang He say this, he hesitated and asked, "You, you won't kill me, will you?"
"No," Jiang He said, "but if you want to get out, I need to help you unlock the module."
"Ah?" Octopus hesitated for a moment, his mind overwhelmed by the freedom outside. Not wanting to be trapped here any longer, he asked cautiously, "Will you help me unlock it?"
Jiang He waved at him, "Come here."
Octopus slowly walked over and asked tentatively, "Jiang He, where did those things in the pond go?"
"They hold memories, and if I take the memories away, they're gone."
Octopus didn't quite understand, "Can you just say it's gone?"
"Um."
Bazhua walked up to her and said, "Well, now that you've recovered your memory, you know that you and I have a good relationship, right?"
"Yes, we have a good relationship."
Bazhuage breathed a sigh of relief, "Well, that's good."
His expression was so silly that it was really hard to look at him. Jiang He pressed her finger between his eyebrows, and a white light shot out from her fingertips into Octopus Brother's forehead. Octopus Brother's body froze as if the power button was pressed.
Jiang He touched his head with her hand, as if she was touching her own. She retracted her fingers and slowly walked towards the woman in the vessel, step by step.
The woman had been staring at Jiang He before, but now, although she was clearly awake, she didn't dare to look at Jiang He. She drooped her eyelids to avoid Jiang He's gaze.
Jiang He walked up to her and stood in front of her.
The other person's body was shaking slightly, perhaps because he was scared, but he didn't faint again.
She was soaked in this container that could only accommodate an upright body, and had to remain standing the entire time, unable to sit or lie down.
It must be painful for the human body to be like this for a long time.
Jiang He could tell from her state that Yi hated her.
But she wasn't going to intervene.
Humans believe in cause and effect. The other party's pain is nothing compared to the lives of more than 47,000 soldiers on the Tianlong. Even if the other party has more than 47,000 lives, Jiang He is not willing to let her life be exchanged for one. No matter how many lives she has, they are far from worth the life of an expeditionary soldier.
Jiang He asked her, "Ayue, why?"
The voice is calm, even gentle.
The woman in the vessel slowly raised her head and looked towards Jiang He. Her eyes were wet as if there were tears in them, but she was immersed in liquid, so the tears were not noticeable.
She opened her mouth as if she wanted to speak, her palms slapping the wall of the glassware anxiously, and she silently mouthed, "Sister, save me out, save me out."
Jiang He's hand gently stroked the utensil, as if he was stroking Ji Yue's eyebrows through the glass.
She ignored Ji Yue's sudden intense emotion and continued to ask gently, "Ayue, why?"
The other party avoided the question, but Jiang He didn't intend to ignore it. She looked directly into Ji Yue's tearful eyes and said, "The number one and two engines of the Tianlong have malfunctioned. I can't figure out who would have tampered with them. The Zerg can't be, and my soldiers are even less likely to do so. When I first arrived in this barren land, I kept wondering every day, who would dare to tamper with my Tianlong."
She couldn't figure it out, but she wouldn't classify the failure of Engines 1 and 2 as accidents.
All of her soldiers sacrificed themselves for her and the Tianlong, and died without a trace. She absolutely did not believe that her soldiers had betrayed her and become traitors.
But who touched the Tianlong?
Jiang He couldn't figure it out, and she was unwilling to give up. She kept thinking about it, thinking about it over and over again, as if she was possessed.
Until, she experienced amnesia and logged into the Evil Abyss Forum after the amnesia. She learned that after her death, Queen Shenguang passed away and Ji Yue ascended the throne with the support of the ministers. The questions she couldn't figure out suddenly popped up.
Before the Tianlong took off from the capital's star port, a grand farewell ceremony was held. Outsiders were definitely not allowed to enter the Tianlong, and the officials who entered were guided by the ship's crew to go to some regular places to perform the ceremony.
But her sister can go anywhere on the Tianlong ship.
Ji Yue is a master of mechanics. She is a genius in mechanics. Although she is young, the Tianlong was designed by Ji Yue herself and she participated in it.
If there really is someone who can tamper with the engine and remain unnoticed, and if a malfunction occurs and it cannot be repaired in a short time, it can only be Ji Yue.
But, why?
Jiang He knew that Queen Shen Guang had always wanted Ji Yue to inherit the throne. She had made her attitude clear in front of Queen Shen Guang, saying that she would do her best to assist her sister. This came from her heart. She had no interest in the throne, and if there was no war, she would not even be interested in the title of general.
The servants around Queen Shen Guang had the ability to read people's expressions. If she had lied or been hypocritical, they would have definitely noticed it.
She and Queen Shen Guang share the same attitude towards the succession to the throne, so it is impossible that Queen Shen Guang instructed Ji Yue to do this.
So, it is Ji Yue’s independent claim.
Queen Shen Guang probably didn't tell Ji Yue about the agreement between her and Jiang He. Ji Yue was afraid that she would go back to inherit the throne, so she took the initiative to destroy the engine of the Tianlong?
This is just Jiang He's guess.
Ji Yue is ten years younger than Jiang He. Queen Shen Guang spends most of her time fighting outside, so Jiang He almost raised this younger sister single-handedly.
She thought no one knew her sister better than she did. She thought her sister was a kind, gentle, energetic and lovely girl.
But now, she didn't understand.
Ji Yue was still crying. Jiang He looked at her like this and remembered that her sister had done something wrong when she was a child. Every time the Queen of Divine Light scolded her, she would cry like this, softly and weakly, as weak, pitiful and helpless as a kitten. Every time, she would stand up and willingly take the blame for her sister.
The memory is too old, like a faded photo, so blurry that I can only rely on my imagination to fill in the colors.
At that time, Queen Shen Guang might not have been unaware that it was Ji Yue who had done something wrong, but she was always worried that Queen Shen Guang would find out that it was Ji Yue who did it, and she was afraid that this weak sister would be punished.
Jiang He didn't wait for her response, and asked patiently and gently, "Ayue, tell me, why?"
Ji Yue pleaded pitifully and silently: "Save me."
Jiang He ignored her behavior and looked at her gently, just like every time before, she gently looked at this sister who was as bright as the sun.
Without getting a response from Jiang He, Ji Yue seemed to finally realize that she could not use the same trick to divert the other party's attention. The other party wanted an answer, and she could not escape it no matter what she did.
She had no choice but to write on the glass wall with her finger: Li En asked me to do this
Li En?
Jiang He was not unfamiliar with this name.
Although she and Ji Yue have different fathers, they are both the biological daughters of Queen Shen Guang.
The royal family has always claimed that Queen Shen Guang only has two daughters, but in fact she also has a son.
That is Li En.
Of course, this son is not Queen Shen Guang’s biological son.
Li En's life experience is somewhat complicated. He is the child of Ji Yue's father's ex-wife. Although Li En's biological mother is Ji Yue's father's Bai Yueguang, Li En and Ji Yue's father have no blood relationship. Bai Yueguang entrusted Li En to Ji Yue's father before her death. After Ji Yue's father was with Queen Shen Guang, Li En's status became a bit awkward. Although Queen Shen Guang adopted him as her adopted son, Li En has always been a transparent person in the royal family's official channels to the outside world.
Outsiders only knew that Li En was a young man with a strong backing, who spent his days in debauchery and had no knowledge, but they didn't know that he came from the palace.
It’s not that Queen Shen Guang is jealous, but Li En’s ability is too terrifying, even the officials want to suppress him.
Li En is two years older than Jiang He. They attend classes and train together. If that incident hadn't happened, Jiang He couldn't say for sure whether she or Li En would be the candidate for the position of General Xining.
But Jiang He didn't believe Ji Yue's answer. She continued to ask, "Why?"
She didn't think Li En could persuade Ji Yue, and she didn't believe that Li En would have the idea of murdering the expeditionary force.
Who knows, maybe Li En is the scapegoat like her.
Ji Yue initially begged Jiang He to save it with tears, but Jiang He still waited patiently for her response.
She had to continue writing on the glass wall: Destroying the two engines can delay your return home, and then I can be crowned as queen by my mother.
Jiang He was increasingly confused about her train of thought, but he could see that Li En was indeed the scapegoat chosen by Ji Yue.
Without waiting for Jiang He to say anything, Ji Yue wrote again with grievance: Li En likes you because you are very capable and you can be the queen. If I become the queen, he will definitely like me.
I didn't know the Tianlong would encounter Level 13 turbulence in the Redstone Galaxy. Level 13 turbulence, rarely seen in a century, is so rare that even a ship with top-tier defenses like the Tianlong couldn't avoid it. If I hadn't caused the two engines to malfunction, the Tianlong would have been able to avoid the turbulence at a faster speed. This is my biggest regret. I'm so sorry, sister.
Jiang He: ???
More than 47,000 soldiers died, so many lives, is it just a trivial regret?
Causing two engines to malfunction was actually a trick the other party came up with to snatch a man away?
At this moment, Jiang He could even hear his bones creaking, and his blood was smoking as if it had exploded.
If Li En were here, she would definitely strip Li En naked and throw him on Ji Yue's bed.
He's just a man. If he wants you, he'll take you. No need to be so long-winded! He actually used the lives of tens of thousands of people as obstacles to their love. How foolish!
How could someone be so stupid? And this person was her beloved sister, whom she held so tightly in her hands that she was afraid she would melt away.
Perhaps sensing Jiang He's change in mood, Ji Yue trembled all over and continued writing: Sister, they deceived me, they stole the royal power of our Ji family, they are stupid and bad, and Li En is also a bad guy
Jiang He smiled softly, her gaze towards Ji Yue was still so gentle, but there was no warmth in her eyes, they were as cold as ice.
Jiang He read the history of the decline of the royal family in a post on the Abyss of Evil.
Although Ji Yue succeeded Queen Shen Guang and was named Queen Renhe, power was soon transferred from the royal family to the hands of officials and tycoons. Even the royal family was eventually thrown onto the Rose Planet by officials and tycoons, which was a disguised form of house arrest.
Presumably, the mastermind behind instigating Ji Yue to destroy the Tianlong's engine was not the so-called Li En, but those officials and tycoons.
The Zerg signed a peace agreement and had no external worries. Naturally, they wanted to control more power and did not want the queen to hold all the power.
With her around, officials and tycoons could not obtain military power, so they simply came up with this method of sowing discord and causing internal fighting within the royal family.
But Ji Yue, this idiot, actually fell for it.
At that time, Queen Shen Guang had not yet died of illness.
Does Queen Shen Guang know about this?
Is the Queen of Divine Light involved?
These two questions made Jiang He's heart feel like a black hole had opened up, and a cold wind rushed towards him.
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