Chapter 93 Chapter 93 (Part 2)
Go back in time.
At the time when the transport ship of Balem was hijacked, Mr. Rong was on a mission with his cubs. He also brought back a weapons production line in a production workshop and several expensive high-tech experimental equipment. When B3024 was threatened by Sjaran, Mr. Rong went to Balem to "borrow" planetary weapons, and the cubs followed him.
The time and location match.
In addition to age, the characteristics of the three wanted criminals, "Sea Monster", "Fire Fox" and "Dragon", can be matched with the little mermaid, the little fox and the little dragon respectively.
If Ruan Shiqing guessed correctly, these three wanted criminals were the grown-up little cubs.
Although he didn't know how the cubs suddenly turned into adult humans, it was known that Mr. Rong could turn into a cub like Snowball...so it was not impossible for the cubs to suddenly grow up.
In fact, if you think carefully, the cubs had undergone significant changes a long time ago.
For example, the little dragon grew horns and wings, the little fox's silver eyes became narrow and elongated, and... the little mermaid gradually had the outline of a young boy.
The cubs are starting to grow up more or less.
It was just that he and the cubs lived together day and night, and he had never thought about it in other ways. He would not doubt the cubs for no reason, so he did not keep any abnormalities in his heart.
Now that I think about it carefully, I am shocked to realize that the kids' concealment methods were actually very crude and full of flaws.
Staring at the clueless kids outside the crowd, Ruan Shiqing gritted his teeth slightly and suddenly wanted to hit the kids.
But there were so many bills to settle that he didn't know where to start.
The crowd gathered in front of the electronic bulletin board continued to grow. Many people were whispering about the "God of Death" wearing a pure white smiling mask. Previously, when the conspiracy of the invasion of the Star Sjarlan and the Zerg was exposed, the "God of Death" had made a big splash. Now that he was on the wanted list along with other members of the "Eastern Alliance" and had occupied the entire Star Balem, it naturally caused a heated discussion.
Balem is a resource star under the Naxi Group! There is also a joint venture Balem Arsenal on it!
Ordinary people don't feel sorry for the wealthy and just watch the fun with great interest.
Ruan Shiqing pushed through the crowd and prepared to go out, but when he turned sideways he saw that the interface of the electronic bulletin board had changed again. What was displayed on the screen was no longer a wanted criminal, but a blue battleship.
The battleship is called "Oriental" and was converted from a retired old battleship. It is the battleship that Mr. Rong often drives.
His steps, which were about to leave, stopped again, and Ruan Shiqing turned back to read the content of the wanted notice carefully.
When he saw that this battleship once belonged to a very famous interstellar pirate group and the various evil deeds it had committed, his eyes froze.
He had seen this passage before - in a novel he had read.
Even the descriptions of "Interstellar Pirates are fighting among themselves, the 'Eastern Alliance' has replaced the former interstellar pirate group, and their evil deeds have reached a new level" are exactly the same.
However, in the novel he had read, the battleship was not called "Orient" but "Black Phantom".
But it once belonged to a famous interstellar pirate group. Later, this interstellar pirate group suddenly disappeared. This modified old battleship was taken over by another interstellar pirate group that suddenly emerged, and suddenly became the "Black Phantom".
In the following years, this group of newly emerged interstellar pirates, driving the "Black Specter", committed numerous atrocities and became the most notorious pirate group in the Galactic Empire, topping the Empire's most wanted list.
These notorious interstellar pirates wear masks so no one can see their true faces.
Even the wanted warrants only refer to them by code names, namely "Death", "Sea Monster", "Firefox", "Dragon", and "Cyborg".
Unexpectedly, part of the content of the novel he had read overlapped with the world he was in now. Ruan Shiqing was confused, not knowing whether it was a coincidence or he really just traveled into a novel.
Since traveling to another world is possible, it seems possible to travel into a novel you have read.
He tried hard to recall the contents of the novel, but found that a considerable part of his memory did correspond to this world, but the time nodes were different.
At the beginning of the novel, the Black Ghost has become famous and everyone in the Galactic Empire is terrified. Wanted orders have been issued one after another, but no one has been able to catch these interstellar pirates.
This group of interstellar pirates acted recklessly. As soon as they appeared in the novel, they blew up Queen Seya's royal spaceship.
The emperor at the time was cruel and mad, and ignored state affairs. He even did not attend the imperial meetings. The Queen Seya took over the government. He was called the "Mad King".
The mad king was indifferent to the queen's death and did not even attend her funeral.
The whole novel is told from the perspective of Soma, the son of the Mad King and Queen Seya.
After Queen Seya's funeral, the protagonist Soma, in order to avenge his mother and save the entire empire, stood up in the turmoil of the empire. He conquered the four major tycoons with his ruthless tactics and organized his own army. He quelled the civil unrest and fought against the insect tribe. Finally, he turned the tide and stabilized the empire that was on the verge of disintegration.
The five interstellar pirates, as the main villains in the story, frequently interfere and destroy the protagonist's career and the peace of the empire.
In fact, Ruan Shiqing did not finish reading this novel, because he was usually busy with research and work, and he did not have the habit of reading novels. He only read half of this novel, and he did not know when he had some free time in his busy schedule to read a little.
But he had a very good memory, and after thinking carefully, he remembered the general content.
——Where he gave up writing, the protagonist Soma, through careful planning and arrangement, set a trap with his confidants and ambushed the "Black Ghost" in preparation for revenge for his mother.
The "Black Ghost" was caught off guard by an ambush. In order to break out, the pirate member "Dragon" transformed into a black dragon, with bat wings covering the sky and the sun, and finally dragged the entire Imperial fleet into the universe...
Ruan Shiqing originally had no feelings about the content of the novel. After all, it was just a casual pastime and there was no need to feel real emotions.
But when he realized that the world in the novel might be the world he lives in now, and the five notorious interstellar pirates in the novel might be the little ones around him, he felt his heart beating.
He didn't believe that the cubs would do so many bad things, and he was even more unwilling to believe that they would end up in a miserable way.
The wanted notice on the electronic bulletin board scrolled around and started over again. However, Ruan Shiqing no longer cared to look at it. He hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and told the kids to go home.
His mind was in a mess right now. All the explosive information made him unable to think about anything for the time being. He just wanted to get the kids back to the hotel safely first.
——Although there is no match between the boys and the criminals on the wanted list, he is still prepared for the worst and he doesn’t dare to take the risk.
"What's written on the bulletin board?" Seeing his father coming back, the little dragon climbed up along his father's trouser legs, preparing to sit on his father's shoulders to take a look.
Ruan Shiqing quickly hugged him and held him in his arms, his expression unperturbed: "There's nothing to see. It's getting late. Let's go back to the hotel."
The little dragon cub was held in his father's arms and saw nothing. But he didn't insist, and simply found a comfortable position in his father's arms, squinting his big golden eyes and swinging his tail happily.
Ruan Shiqing lowered his eyes and looked at him. No matter what, he could not compare him to the "evil dragon" in the novel that dragged the entire imperial fleet to its death.
He didn't want the cubs to see the content of the wanted warrant, so he didn't even wait for the hotel's tour bus to pick them up. He directly caught a taxi boat and had someone take them back to the hotel.
Back in the hotel suite, Ruan Shiqing didn't bother to settle accounts with the kids. He locked himself in the room and sorted out his thoughts.
He listed two timelines.
One is the timeline from when he traveled to Planet B3024 and adopted the cubs one after another; the other is the timeline from the beginning of the novel.
When he traveled to planet B3024, it was the end of summer in 2021. Now, nearly a year has passed, and it is already the early summer of 2022.
However, the story of the novel takes place in 2038, a full 17 years different in timeline.
Comparing the events and information he remembered one by one, he found that there were indeed many similarities. For example, they were both the Galactic Empire, the capital planet was Tinkin, the empress of the empire was called Seya, and the Caesarea region where the "evil dragon" and the imperial fleet perished together was also one of the nine administrative regions of the current Galactic Empire...
But there have been changes in many areas.
For example, there is no longer a "Black Ghost", only an "Orient".
The notorious interstellar pirate gang, which is wanted, is no longer just five people, but has also included several other individuals.
Ruan Shiqing combed the loose hair on his forehead back with his fingers, then lay down in the armchair and let out a long breath.
There were so many overlapping pieces of information and events that even if Ruan Shiqing didn't want to believe it, he had to.
He probably really did travel into a novel he had read, and the time was seventeen years before the official start of the novel.
The cubs he picked up one by one and brought home to raise with great care are notorious interstellar pirates in the novel, and are the villains who will eventually be defeated by the righteous protagonist.
And at some point he didn't know, the cubs he had carefully raised were gradually embarking on the path of villains.
Ruan Shiqing stared at the ceiling for a while, his confused expression gradually became firm. He stood up, opened the door and walked towards the living room.
He would not let the cubs continue to go down the wrong path, and he would never let anyone hurt them again.