Chapter 142 Top Alpha: He was once a crippled Omega. 52. I…
Qi Pingye ran through the passage.
Behind them, lasers swept wildly, indiscriminately shattering or melting glass and metal with deafening bangs. Countless miniature intelligent machines swarmed in like a bee, emitting eerie arcs of electricity, deforming and twisting the passage section by section, sparks flying everywhere.
Qi Pingye's body was half charred, but his pace quickened.
Although he had anticipated various situations and prepared various countermeasures when he chose to replace Black Deer and enter the laboratory, the moment when he was truly exposed came much earlier than he had imagined.
The signal problem has also been discovered, and his communication with Shen Wu has been cut off. He believes that Shen Wu will take measures immediately, but for now, at least for the time being, he can only fight alone.
Fortunately, the small intelligent machines he had spread on his way here, risking discovery, were already working; otherwise, it would have been much more difficult to act now.
With the help of those tiny machines, the metal door opened a few cracks, and Qi Pingye's armor flashed and changed, carrying him through the cracks in an almost bizarre manner, sliding past at high speed.
He ran and dodged like the wind.
But the blockades ahead became more numerous and denser, forcing him to constantly change routes based on his analysis of the underground structure. However, this was clearly only a temporary delay.
His escape speed was nowhere near their blockade speed.
After all, this is their home turf.
[Can Qi Pingye... still escape?]
I don't know, but I really hope he can escape and survive! He's the one who brought the truth to everyone; he can't die!
[My god, following him in this holographic perspective while he escapes is almost suffocating! How can he run so fast? Faster than a laser!]
Did you see his movements? They were incredible! He's definitely professionally trained! His AI armor is also exceptional; there are obvious signs of modification. Did he modify it himself?
[Probably. His mechanical skills are excellent, but I've never heard of his physical abilities before; they're incredible too. He graduated from military academy, right? Why didn't he join some special forces unit? That doesn't make sense...]
[Didn't you know? Qi Pingye graduated from military academy as the top student in combat training, the only Omega to achieve this result in the last ten years. The military was preparing to recruit him specially, but he refused, saying he wanted to take it one step at a time. In the end, he didn't report for duty as a regular recruit. The Qi family said he couldn't handle the blow and left Central Star...]
[So that's why the rumors of being kept by a sugar daddy/sugar baby started later?]
[Now it seems so obviously fake, how could someone like that be so depraved as the rumors online suggest!]
[Could this be a rumor deliberately spread by the Qi family or Qi Mingzhao? There's absolutely no truth to it, yet they're making it sound so convincing...]
So, who exactly is Qi Pingye working for now? And who orchestrated this livestream exposure? Why would Qi Pingye get involved in these things out of the blue? I think something's fishy here...
[Get out of here, you PR trolls! Instead of questioning yourselves, you're pointing fingers at the anchor, aren't you? That's the real conspiracy theory! Stop surfing the internet here, go collect your master's corpse at the Parliament Building!]
[I think everyone in the live stream should be collecting Qi Pingye's corpse first. Look, he's doomed!]
As this comment appeared, Qi Pingye abruptly stopped in his tracks.
The metal door in front disappeared, replaced by a huge, seamless metal wall.
Slippery liquid slowly flowed down the wall, spreading to the floor, and the air was instantly filled with the smell of fuel.
A loud crash came from behind, the path collapsed, and the passage twisted completely into a contracting spiral.
There's no road left!
The viewers in the live chat exclaimed in surprise.
"The game is over, Mr. Black Deer." The doctor's voice echoed through the enclosed metal space.
Almost simultaneously, the live stream experienced a sudden burst of static, followed by complete darkness.
The viewers in the live stream paused for two seconds before they reacted.
What happened? Why is the screen black?
[Did the live stream end?]
The Light Party has gone mad!
[Can anyone help this streamer?!]
[Immediately detain the speaker, hold the president accountable, and rescue Qi Pingye!]
Detain the speaker, hold the president accountable, and rescue Qi Pingye!
The sudden shutdown of the live stream and the uncertainty surrounding Qi Pingye's fate caused the already explosive public opinion to explode even further. The surging waves crashed against the already riddled dam, and everything was on the verge of collapse.
However, at this moment, inside the New Era Laboratory.
Qi Pingye seemed to have heard something unbelievable. He narrowed his eyes slightly, raised an eyebrow, and looked towards the extremely high corner where the voice was coming from, where the communicator was hidden. "Did I hear that right? You said you're not going to kill me?"
“You heard me right,” the doctor said calmly. “Your real name is Qi Pingye, the adopted son of Qi Yun and Gu Yuran, the former young master of the Qi family, right? As long as you are willing to change your story and say that the whole thing about the live broadcast was instigated by the Citizens Alliance and that it was slander, we will not kill you and can give you anything you want.”
"You hate Qi Mingzhao, don't you? This culprit who shattered your peaceful life and caused you to be abandoned by your beloved parents... If you want, with my authority, I can easily deal with Qi Mingzhao, exile him to a garbage planet, or just kill him, it's all possible."
"I guarantee that Qi Yun will not say a word, and everyone in the Qi family will still dote on you as before and regard you as the treasure of the Qi family."
When the doctor revealed his true identity, Qi Pingye did pause for a moment.
But soon, as the doctor spoke more, Qi Pingye's heart gradually calmed down.
His appearance was so sudden that he, or rather they, still had the same impression of themselves as they did two years ago, and they knew nothing about the present. At least, they didn't know what he valued most now.
“I do dislike Qi Mingzhao, but that has nothing to do with whether he disrupts my life,” Qi Pingye said with a smile, raising his eyebrows slightly. “Isn’t it normal for petty people to be disliked? As for the Qi family, do you think I really want to go back to the Qi family?”
The doctor paused for a moment: "It seems you don't really want those expired family ties."
Qi Pingye scoffed.
"So, power, money, fame, or even beauty—you must have something you want, right? Everyone has desires," the doctor said confidently. "You can choose anything that exists in this world. There's nothing the Light Party can't give you."
“Even if I said I wanted to become the next president?” Qi Pingye said casually.
The doctor paused for two seconds before saying, "Yes, even if you want to be the next president."
Qi Pingye smirked, slightly clicking his tongue: "Doctor, you and Director Liu, the top leaders of the two laboratories, should both have secret communication methods with the high-ranking members of the Bright Party, right? It's just that these methods are limited; they can't be used normally, and they're greatly affected by signals from nearby airspace. Now, are you using the restored communication methods to communicate with the Speaker or the President?"
"The fact that these two were willing to back down to this extent, whether they were just fooling me or it was true, is enough to show that my live broadcast achieved a perfect result, exceeding my original expectations, right?"
"So, what makes you think I would want to destroy this outcome with my own hands?"
"Just because of power, money, fame, and sex?"
"Don't be impulsive, Qi Pingye. Think it over carefully, think about your future..."
"future?"
Qi Pingye's armor was silver-white, and his tall figure stood on the freely flowing fuel oil. His smile was mocking, yet it possessed a blazing light that the artificial sun in this underground building would never have.
"I don't know what I will choose when I'm 34 or 44, but right now, at 24, I can tell you that power, money, fame, and sex are all bullshit."
"All I want is for the truth to come to light, and for good and evil to be rewarded in the end!"
The transmitter was silent for a moment, then the doctor's suddenly cold voice came through: "Very well, you won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences. Since you pursue the truth, then take your truth with you and die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Pingye's muscles bulged, and his android form suddenly changed. Like a cannonball, he wielded a light blade and slammed into the metal wall. He knew he couldn't break through the wall with his own strength, but he couldn't just sit and wait to die.
Almost simultaneously, an electrical explosion occurred, sending countless jets of fuel fire shooting several meters high into the air, instantly engulfing the space!
In a very distant place, an even louder alarm seemed to sound, a warning of an approaching airspace storm.
On the edge of the storm, Chenwu hung up the last communication, expressionless, and pushed the control stick all the way down.
The silver-white spacecraft crashed into the small satellite housing the laboratory with a loud bang.
...
Zorro Planet, a certain garbage dump.
Less than two hours after the sandstorm passed, a bunch of snotty-nosed kids rushed out, dragging snot and sacks, like a swarm of flies engulfing the garbage dump, searching everywhere for the good stuff the sandstorm had brought.
Before long, one of the curly-haired, snotty-nosed kids made a major discovery, jumping up and down excitedly waving his hands: "Erpang, Erpang! Come quick! There's a lump of iron here! Brother Qi told me about it, a lump of iron!"
"A lump of iron?"
"What kind of iron lump?"
"Brother Qi has mentioned many lumps of iron, which one are you talking about, Juanjuan?"
Hearing the shouts, several snotty-nosed kids nearby scrambled and crawled toward them, yelling as they went.
In the center of the landfill, a large crater had appeared out of nowhere, and inside it lay a metal container that looked as if it had been squeezed by some great force and then violently burned. The metal container had lost its original shape and looked like an irregular lump of iron.
"What do you mean by a lump of iron? This is an escape pod! Brother Qi taught us about it in class when he was explaining mechanical knowledge. It's obvious you weren't paying attention, Juanjuan!" Erpang took out his small binoculars, observed for a moment, made a judgment, and then, as a top student, sternly reprimanded the underachiever Juanjuan.
Curly grinned and wiped the sand off his face. "Oh, whatever, what escape pod or lump of metal? Erpang, let's go over there and drag it away. It's so big, and it's metal, it must be valuable! I want to buy candy!"
"I want one too!"
"Me too! Me too!"
The moment the word "sugar" was uttered, it immediately drew cheers from all around.
Erpang also craved candy. Ever since Brother Qi went on his long trip, they had rarely eaten candy. But he remembered what Brother Qi had said: although these lumps of iron were valuable, they could carry people inside, so they had to be careful whether there was anyone inside when they towed them away. But they couldn't just pick them up like they did when they found him. Instead, they had to distinguish between good and bad people.
As for how to distinguish between a good person and a bad person...
Erpang looked around, then turned and ran outside, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Grandpa Mayor! Grandpa Mayor! There's an escape pod here!"
Of course, it should be left to the adults who are shrewd enough.
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