Chapter 136 Chapter 136 (Supplement)
Ever since Ruan Shiqing entered the cell, Rong Heng has been guarding outside.
Seeing the man finally come out, he subconsciously stood up and went to meet him, looking at him with concern. Seeing that he was normal and even had a vague solemn expression, he guessed that he might have asked something: "What did you ask?"
"I did find out a lot of things, but..."
Ruan Shiqing looked at Rong Heng, paused, and then told him the clues he had found out from the interrogation.
The more Rong Heng listened, the tighter his brows furrowed.
Ruan Shiqing wasn't sure whether he thought the same thing as himself.
But he still reminded: "I think His Majesty is planning something..."
He had never dealt with Si Yan, and only pieced together a vague and not very kind image of the emperor from the news and fragments of other people's words.
In the book he had read, Si Yan was a cruel "mad king"; in Rong Heng's few words, he was an indifferent father who did not love his only son; in the news media, he was an ambitious politician who ascended the throne in the body of an ancient human, who was obsessed with war and did not care about the future of the empire or the life and death of his people.
His actions cannot be analyzed according to common sense. Although he is not as crazy and cruel as described in the book, he is not much better.
Madness without reason and madness when sane are both madness.
Ruan Shiqing didn't have a good impression of him.
But after learning from No. 4 about the forces that participated in the murder of Queen Farah, a thought vaguely emerged in his mind - did Si Yan do all this on purpose?
Did he already know that Queen Farah died in a conspiracy and was seeking revenge for his wife?
Now the four great tycoons are completely under the control of Si Yan. The four people in power follow his lead and do whatever he wants. Since it was revealed that the Sgar Blue Star cooperated with the Zerg Tribe, the Empire has sent troops mercilessly and used all its power to attack the Sgar Blue Star, in order to escort the leader of the mermaid tribe to the military court for trial. The Nine-tailed Fox Tribe, which has always been in cahoots with the mermaid tribe, had to take sides because of the civil war provoked by Si Yan, and was dragged into the water, unable to protect itself...
Now Si Yan controls the four major tycoons, and warships and weapons are continuously transported to the battlefield. After waking up, Ruan Shiqing occasionally paid attention to the civil war situation, and was shocked to find that the Sgarlan Planet and its affiliated planets, which seemed to be able to compete with the Empire before, have fallen behind.
The news media also revealed that Tutar and some planets that followed Sgaran had intended to negotiate with the Imperial Army, but they were all rejected.
His Majesty the Emperor is determined to catch them all.
Everyone believed that the emperor was deliberately attacking the four ancient tribes because of his ancient human race identity, and even had the ambition to destroy them at all costs to overthrow the empire. Before this, Ruan Shiqing also believed so.
But now that I think about it carefully, what they thought might not be the truth.
In this way, it seems to explain why Si Yan was unwilling to let Rong Heng know the truth and get involved.
What Ruan Shiqing thought of, Rong Heng naturally thought of as well.
In fact, because he knows Si Yan better and is more aware of the current situation of the empire, he thinks more deeply.
After he was attacked, he hid on Planet B3024 to avoid the attack. Later, he recovered from his injuries and activated Noah, contacted the old subordinates of Yanjis and Lucien, and then, under Lucien's persuasion, he decided to complete his mother's last wish...
Looking back on all these events now, they all seemed to have a traceable path, as if an invisible hand had pushed him forward.
Yankis's former subordinates had fought alongside him day and night, so he was confident that they would not be betrayed. The only one who might have a problem was Lucien.
After Lucien, the chief elder of the White Robe Council of Elders, went to the Yanjis region to fight against the Zerg, his contact with him gradually faded. Their real close contact began after he was attacked.
When his mother was still alive, there were thirteen elders in the Council of Elders, all of whom were elites from all walks of life. They followed the queen and were independent of the Imperial Parliament.
But since Rongheng reached a cooperation with the Elders Council, the only person who kept in touch with him was Lucien. As for the other twelve elders, he had never seen them.
Not to mention Lucien's all-seeing abilities. It seems that no matter when and where, he can always get all the news related to the Parka Palace and the banquet at the fastest speed.
Si Yan has never been a stupid person. Is it really so easy to find out information about him?
It’s not that Rong Heng didn’t doubt Lucien in the past, but he never considered Lucien to be a reliable comrade-in-arms. In the cooperative relationship of mutual benefit, he naturally turned a blind eye to Lucien’s abnormality.
But at this moment, a guess suddenly emerged, and two completely different faces gradually overlapped...
Rong Heng clenched his fists subconsciously. He took a deep breath and managed to calm his turbulent emotions.
"Let's go back first." His voice was a little deep, with a hint of suppressed silence.
Ruan Shiqing knew that this was a knot between father and son that could only be untied by themselves, so he didn't ask any more questions and just went home with him.
On the way, they received a communication from Dareth, saying that the battleship led by the cubs accidentally discovered another Zerg nest on the way back, but they were short of manpower and firepower, so they sent a distress message to the B3024 planet.
After receiving Dares' message, Rong Heng immediately rushed to the helipad and gathered people for support.
Ruan Shiqing sent him to the tarmac and watched rows of soldiers organize themselves at the fastest speed, board the battleship, and set sail.
After the fleet left, Ruan Shiqing drove the landspeeder back to the repair shop alone.
The two Xiong brothers were not at home because they had taken an external order, and Ruan Jiao was still in the laboratory and had not returned yet, so 09 was the only one at home.
The little golden robot saw him coming back and came over quickly, holding a crystal ball in his hand: "Sir, I found this under the bed in the bedroom."
The crystal ball, which was the size of an adult man's head, looked normal, but Ruan Shiqing recognized it at once. It was sold to him by the mysterious stall owner as a gift along with the key. Later, he was so tired while studying the key that he fell asleep. When he woke up, he found that he had traveled back in time. The key was no longer in his hand, so he naturally thought that the crystal ball had disappeared along with the key.
But now 09 says he found the crystal ball under the bed.
Ruan Shiqing took it with a frown and looked at the crystal ball carefully: "Did you find it under the bed?"
09 nodded and described the scene when he found the crystal ball: "When I was cleaning the bathroom, I suddenly found something glowing under the bed. I leaned over to look for it and found that it was a crystal ball. But it only flickered for a while and then there was no movement."
"Glowing?" Ruan Shiqing murmured, looking at the crystal ball carefully, but found nothing unusual.
He thought for a while and didn't let 09 put the crystal ball away. After all, it was sold to him by the mysterious stall owner. Although he hadn't found any use for it yet, there was no guarantee that it wouldn't come in handy in the future. So he put the crystal ball on the bedside table, thinking that if it glowed again next time, he would have the opportunity to study it.
Busy during the day, Ruan Shiqing went to bed early at night.
The crystal ball placed casually on the bedside reflected the moonlight outside the window, covered with a thin halo. The halo was still at first, and then began to flow slowly like water waves. Brilliant light spots appeared on the clear surface of the spherical surface, and the spots became lines, and the lines became surfaces, gradually flickering into one piece, just like the deep universe.
At this moment, the person lying on the bed had spiritual power around him that was like ripples. Layers of invisible waves collided with the crystal ball, and there seemed to be an eternal sound echoing.
Ruan Shiqing vaguely heard the sound of the tide, the waves hitting the coast, making waves.
But how could he hear the sound of waves in the bedroom?
Ruan Shiqing struggled to open his eyes out of alertness, but when he saw the environment clearly, he was stunned - he was not in the bedroom at this time, but in the boundless universe.
Surrounded by twinkling stars, with the Milky Way flowing beneath your feet, countless twinkling points of light are moving according to their own laws, endlessly.
Ruan Shiqing took a tentative step forward, and the Milky Way beneath his feet suddenly began to flow and change, with ripples spreading out faintly. A mysterious feeling enveloped him, and a sense of desolation and loneliness arose in his heart.
It's like being on the top of a mountain and looking down on all the other mountains, feeling isolated and lonely.
His body paused slightly, and as he was looking around for a way to leave, he saw the stars around him gathering together and forming a human figure in front of him.
The human figure was tall, looking down at him like a god, with light and shadow flickering around him.
The blurred outline gave Ruan Shiqing a vague sense of familiarity. He frowned and thought for a while, then said with certainty: "It's you. Who are you?"
The human figure formed by the stars gradually solidified, and the tall figure gradually shrank. In the blink of an eye, a young man with a smile on his lips stood in front of Ruan Shiqing. His appearance had not changed, but the gray robe was no longer as gray and inconspicuous as before. Instead, thousands of stars condensed on it, shining brightly.
He slowly opened his mouth, his voice floating and resonating: "Believers like to call me God, scientists like to call me the universe. But to be more precise, I am the world string. Countless strings make up me and also make up this world."
His words were mysterious and convoluted. Ruan Shiqing frowned subconsciously, but did not directly question the other party's identity.
This mysterious stall owner's origin is unknown, and his methods are extraordinary. His sudden appearance here must not be a coincidence. Ruan Shiqing did not insist on exploring the other party's identity, but asked: "Did you bring me here? What do you want?"
"Just to save myself." The stall owner looked at him with a smile, but seemed to see through his doubts.
He stretched out a finger and tapped Ruan Shiqing's forehead from a distance: "After you read it, you will understand."
Ruan Shiqing only felt his brows getting hot as countless complicated scenes flashed before his eyes, but finally stopped in a dead and desolate space.
The universe is vast and boundless, but it breeds countless planets, and countless lives on the planets. Just like the night before dawn, the first ray of light is born in the extreme darkness, and life is brewing in the dead silence.
But at this moment, there was no sign of life as far as the eye could see.
Stars fell, life became extinct, and in the vast and dark universe, only the remains of the Big Bang remained.
"This is the future." The stall owner's brows were filled with worry. "This world has been destroyed countless times. I have tried to save myself countless times, but all in vain. This time is the closest to success. This is the last chance for me and all of you."