Chapter 10
The heels of his leather shoes made a crisp sound when they clicked against the floor tiles. As the distance between them shortened, Xiyue could almost hear the man humming softly from his nose.
The elevator hasn't arrived yet.
She pulled the hood of her coat to hide a few strands of silver hair, and her eyes fell on her leather pants and boots.
I should have changed my pants earlier.
Finally, before General Yuan walked into the elevator, the elevator in front of Xiyue arrived, the car opened, and she took a step forward.
"Stop! If you keep running, I'll shoot you!"
The sudden shouting outside attracted the attention of the passengers in the elevator, and they immediately focused their eyes on Xiyue.
Covering his head and face, carrying lots and lots of bags... a thief?
There are too many things to grab, right?!
Before several passengers took out their mental weapons, Xi Yue took the initiative to exit the car and walked towards the elevator.
Fortunately, no one chased out.
She heard General Yuan's receding footsteps.
The threat wasn't directed at her, and the voice wasn't a man's, but someone she was very familiar with—Xiang Jia. Coincidentally, the black thief Xiang Jia was chasing also ran to the berth.
Xiyue hid behind the corner and looked out, only to see a black shadow shuttling among rows of suspended flying motorcycles, with Xiang Jia hanging behind it. With the help of mechanical power, the distance between them was rapidly closing.
But… she didn’t see Admiral Yuan.
Perhaps she estimated that the distance was about the same, so Xiang Jia suddenly lunged forward, and a propulsion surged from the soles of her feet, causing her body to suddenly crash into the black thief.
But just as she was about to touch the black thief, bang!
The black thief froze and fell to the ground, blood gushing out from his head, quickly staining the ground red.
Xiang Jia was stunned and looked up, only to see a man jumping down from the beam.
"General Yuan?"
Yuan Xu landed gracefully on the ground, and the strange gold on his left arm slowly faded away, as if flowing into the light brain.
Seeing this scene, Xiyue couldn't help but look at her own computer.
It turned out that the opponent's optical computer had also been modified, integrating the functions of the mecha box, and could transform parts of the body into mecha.
"General Yuan, I'll catch him soon. There's no need to kill him, right?"
Xiang Jia's voice reached his ears, and he could tell that she had tried her best to control her tone, but there was still a hint of questioning in her voice.
Yuan Xu chuckled and turned the body over, revealing the gun in the black thief's hand.
"You think he has no way to escape? He's been waiting for this opportunity. The T35's explosive bullets have a short range but high power. Even if you can't be hurt by your mech at full power, the cost of repairing your mech will be enough to make you feel distressed for a whole year."
Xiang Jia was speechless for a moment: "But..."
"But you only partially activated your mecha, leaving you less than two seconds to react, leaving you no room to fully activate it. Furthermore, how many people did he kill with this T35, Lieutenant Xiang?"
Another thing that surprised Xiang Jia was that General Yuan actually knew her name?
Although she participated in the protection mission, she never appeared in front of him.
Yuan Xu looked around and slowly changed the subject: "If I remember correctly, Lieutenant Xiang was setting up defenses here this morning. Didn't you see the female thief who stole my belt?"
"She... ran too fast. It happened so suddenly that I couldn't see clearly."
Xiang Jia originally wanted to say that she was not a thief, but fortunately she reacted quickly, otherwise she would have been exposed.
"Really?" Yuan Xu smiled.
Xiang Jia's heart tightened: "It was my negligence. I will let the general punish me."
"Oh, forget it, it's just a belt." Yuan Xu turned and walked towards the elevator. "I'll leave it to you to notify the public security bureau to clean up the scene. Oh, if it turns out he didn't kill anyone, the charges will be mine, and I'll give him whatever sentence he wants. It's just a few star reputation points."
Xiang Jia watched him disappear. Although she knew Yuan Xu was right, the words "just a little star reputation" still made her uncomfortable.
She was absentmindedly clicking on her computer when she was suddenly patted on the back. She jumped forward, turned around, and aimed the barrel of the gun on her robotic arm at the person behind her.
"Miss?"
"Calling you Miss again." Xi Yue said with a smile, "You can't be distracted while performing official duties."
"...Xiyue." Xiang Jia changed the subject unnaturally, "By the way, on the 29th, when you went there, there happened to be a pollution outbreak. Your recyclables..."
Xi Yue nodded. "Yes, we took it from their starship. They rushed over when they saw the pollution outbreak, which gave us the opportunity. Otherwise, the three of us would have starved to death long ago."
So that's how it is. Xiang Jia secretly breathed a sigh of relief and reminded her, "Miss, you can't take such risks anymore. Only things thrown away by others or found in contaminated areas are recyclable. Anything else will be considered theft by the public security office."
"Okay, got it."
Xiang Jia needs to wait for the security guards to arrive, but Xi Yue doesn't want to show up in front of the security guards, so the two separate.
Xiang Jia watched her drive away on her Feimo, and suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to ask Feimo, and he still felt uneasy.
That Feimo is obviously very expensive.
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The secondhand market is interconnected, with many unnoticed corners. In one corner, the wall slid down, revealing a dimly lit doorway.
Yuan Xu stepped in and appeared in a bright room a few minutes later.
He looked at the three empty gene cultivation boxes and asked, "You bought three at once?"
"Yes, boss." Lao Wei projected a light screen on his brain. "She also brought these recyclables, all in very good condition. Judging from her appearance, I thought she was the daughter of a high-ranking military officer. How could a first-class citizen resell recyclables?"
Yuan Xu: "Check the surveillance."
In theory, black market transactions are unmonitored, but that's just a claim. In a dangerous business, one must always leave some leverage.
The surveillance footage shown by Lao Wei was not only complete but also extremely clear.
Yuan Xu looked at the young woman wearing sunglasses in the picture and smiled. "These are the only items she brought back for recycling. Not a single belt? Inlaid with sapphires."
"...No, why do you ask, boss?"
Yuan Xu didn't answer, but suddenly frowned, turned on his light brain, found a name from the "33rd Star Zone E0 List", and clicked on it.
Name: Xiyue
Rank: Garbage Citizen (formerly First Class)
Identity: Daughter of Xihai Commander
Mental strength value: 0
Next to the simple information is a high-definition headshot that can be checked by the public security bureau.
If you say that the two are very similar, it’s not true, after all, the person in the surveillance video has most of his face blocked by sunglasses.
The two most fitting points are: age and silver hair.
Age is nothing, and neither is silver hair. Although everyone avoids polluted areas, the pollution that has lasted for thousands of years has slightly changed the genes of some people, causing them to be born with silver hair.
Yuan Xu rubbed his chin intermittently, then suddenly smiled: "Interesting."
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Although the Feimo is convenient, it does not have a survival support system and cannot enter space, so it can only be used within the star area.
Xiyue first drove the Feimo back to the East City warehouse, changed back into the clothes of a garbage citizen, and then followed the same route he took in the morning to the docking point to board the starship.
No one pays attention to dirty and garbage citizens, but that changes when they have a few big shopping bags in their hands.
There's no way, there are too many things to fit in my backpack. It seems that when I go shopping next time, I will not only bring Xipo, but also prepare a few dirty cloth bags.
Xiyue looked straight ahead and found a seat in the corner to sit down.
It was still early, and the useless citizens who came out to do odd jobs must not have finished their work yet, so there were not many people on the starship.
Seeing that there was no one around, she took out the most important thing she had gained from this trip - the remote control - from her coat pocket.
It looks exactly like the first remote control, the only difference is the countdown on the display: "236:47:12".
Xiyue silently calculated the time. It had been about three hours since she grabbed the remote control. In other words, the initial countdown for the remote control should have been 240 hours.
A full 10 days, much longer than the 2 days of the first remote control.
The second contaminated area can only be opened after 10 days?
Although there is a lot to do during this period, the gap is a bit too long. However, the latest debt is due on January 1st, which is still 18 days away, so there is still time.
Then let Shi Liheng live comfortably for a few more days.
As she thought to herself, her fingers stroking the display screen unconsciously increased their strength, and suddenly, the movement stopped.
The display screen on the remote control was actually pressed down!
The countdown disappeared and a sentence appeared: "Pollution level, level five, do you want to open it (please press again to confirm)."
There are six levels of pollution, with lower numbers indicating higher levels, from "Level 5" being the lowest and "Super" being the highest. This means the remote control can only trigger the lowest level of pollution.
Xiyue released her hand, and the small text flashed for a few seconds before resuming its countdown. Consequently, the remaining time on the countdown was nearly a minute shorter than before.
The time it takes for her to "confirm" is also included.
Xiyue thought about it, opened the light brain and searched for "Level 5 Pollution Area", and soon understood the power of this level.
One word summary: very weak.
Not only is the pollution range small, but after settling, the polluted gas can reach a maximum of 5,000 cubic meters. Calculated at an altitude of 100 meters, the polluted area is at most 50 square meters. Furthermore, the pollution concentration is very low. After complete settling, the pollutants, even in their violent state, are less powerful than ordinary pollutants in a Level 4 pollution zone.
Level 5 contaminated areas are the most common, and even Sector 33 shows up daily. However, the threat is minimal, and a few ordinary people with C-level mental power can eliminate them with a purification gun.
You know, C-level mental strength doesn't even meet the requirements for joining the army, so you can only be an ordinary working party. If you want to join the army, you need to be at least B-level.
A contaminated area that can even be eliminated by C-level mental power...can it be used to deal with General Shi Liheng of Area 1?
Xi Yue was extremely suspicious.
After all the trouble, it turns out that all I got back was a piece of crap.
She put the remote control back into her backpack without interest, paused her eyes on the black notebook inside, and took it out.
The original owner's diary.
After canceling her plan to escape alone, she still slipped out that night and put the diary in the storage box that Xiang Jia had opened. Paper was valuable, and Xiyue didn't think the Central Army would let her take the diary.
It was from the diary that she learned that the original owner had rented a secret warehouse in East City. Fortunately, the warehouse number was also written on it, otherwise she really wouldn't know how to open it.
This diary is very strange, both in its form and in its narrative tone.
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