Chapter 18
"Repay the debt?" Shi Liheng looked at the guard and thought, "What does he look like?"
"...a man and a woman. The man is quite tall, and the woman has silver hair."
The admiral's reaction made the guard uneasy. He might have heard of Xi Yue, but he had never seen her. He just wondered if she was someone the admiral knew.
Thinking of this, he quickly added, "They refused to tell me their names."
Fortunately, after Shi Liheng's expression changed, it finally settled into a sneer.
"It's strange they dare to reveal their identities. Humph, they didn't die in the contaminated area, yet they dare to come to my house... Bring them to my study."
"yes!"
The guard left and Shi Liheng was still thinking when he suddenly heard a chuckle in his ear.
"Is General Shi Shang busy? Then we can have this drink another day."
Shi Liheng then remembered that he had guests present and hurriedly stood up to keep them. "It's okay, it's okay. What could be more important than entertaining General Yuan? General Yuan, please sit down. Please sit down."
Only then did he realize that this was an opportunity.
The people in Legion No. 33 are lawless and very loyal to Xihai. Anyone who takes over will have a headache, and Yuan Xu is no exception.
Last time, he used the temporary jurisdiction order and the Central Army Corps to detain everyone at the garrison, which gave him the opportunity to deal with Xi Hai's children. If they knew that Xi Yue and the other two were still alive...
Shi Liheng personally poured a glass of wine for Yuan Xu: "General Yuan, do you know why Commander Xi is not favored by the central government?"
Yuan Xu gently swirled the red wine in his glass and uttered four words: "Hold your troops and be strong."
Shi Liheng looked at him in surprise and gave him a thumbs-up. "General Yuan hit the nail on the head. Everyone needs only to be loyal to the Code and the Central Committee. If the 33rd Legion knew that Xihai's child was still alive..."
"But as far as I know, they died in the pollution outbreak in Sector 29, didn't they?"
Shi Liheng laughed meaningfully twice: "Just because a bedbug has a cheap life doesn't mean it has a weak life. By chance, I can solve this problem for General Yuan. All it takes is the wholesale market on the 28th..."
Before he finished speaking, Yuan Xu took over with interest: "Oh? Sure."
Yuan Xu agreed so readily that Shi Liheng was stunned for a moment before he reacted and showed his joy on his face.
"Wait a moment, General Yuan. I'll be right back."
He left in a hurry, leaving Yuan Xu and the waiters in the luxurious restaurant. Yuan Xu glanced at the waiters, who were frightened and lowered their heads.
No one noticed that the commander from the 33rd Legion lit up the light screen and sent a message to the pilot on the starship.
"Send me my mecha box."
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Ordinary people are naturally not qualified to enter the admiral's mansion through the front door, not to mention that these two people have obviously offended the admiral.
The guard took Xiyue and Xipo in through the back door and went around to Shi Liheng's study.
Xiyue was about to go in when she was stopped.
"Wait, security check," said the guard.
The two men were unarmed, so it was fine. However, when searching Xipo's body, the guard's eyes suddenly lit up.
Hidden under the hem of the dress was a sapphire belt, which looked very valuable.
Xiyue noticed his expression and narrowed her eyes.
The body search was part of the plan, so she simply gave the remote control to Xipo. After all, to others, it was just a belt. And a men's belt would fit Xipo perfectly.
But I didn't expect that the guards of the general's mansion would be tempted by money.
And they can't wait a moment and start grabbing it immediately.
The guard grabbed Xipo's belt buckle and said, "This looks like a psychic weapon. Take it off."
There are belt-shaped psychic weapons. For example, a half-mecha can be made in this shape.
But this belt is made of leather, and apart from the sapphire, there is no place where the Juhe core can be loaded. The guard's words are obviously misleading.
Xipo quietly clenched his fist with the hand raised in the air, and at this moment, footsteps were heard.
The guard glared at him angrily, stepped back, turned around, and saluted: "General!"
Shi Liheng didn't look at him, his attention was all on Xiyue's face: "It's you."
After being publicly refuted by Xi Yue that day, his anger had finally subsided, but when he saw this face this time, he still felt hatred gritting his teeth.
Xi Yue greeted with a smile: "General Shi."
At the same time, he took a step forward, blocking half of Xipo's body to remind him not to be impulsive.
Xipo suppressed the hatred that surged up in her and focused on observation.
Shi Liheng didn't have his mecha case on his back at home, nor did he even have a pistol on his waist. Besides this guard, there were no other soldiers nearby. A study... a private place, presumably.
There is no doubt that this is the time when Shi Liheng's defense is the weakest as a general.
Moreover, Shi Liheng obviously did not take them seriously. After all, to him, the people standing in front of him were just two rubbish citizens with E-level mental power.
Shi Liheng pushed open the door of the study: "You, guard outside the door. You two, come in."
"Yes!" the guard replied.
Xiyue and Xipo followed him in, and the guard closed the door behind him. Shi Liheng stood in front of a set of shelves, his hands behind his back.
The things on the shelf made Xipo's heart tighten.
Pistols, laser cannons, crossbows... all were psychic weapons. Some of them emitted a faint glow, clearly equipped with Juhe cores, making them semi-mechas.
Shi Liheng's hand slowly slid from one side of the weapon rack to the other. He glanced back at the two of them with a scornful smile.
"What? Are you scared? Since you've managed to save your life in the contaminated area and aren't staying in a rat's nest, why do you dare to come here?"
Xi Yue smiled and said, "If it weren't necessary, I wouldn't want to bother the Admiral. It's just that paying back a debt is a matter of course. The 100 million star coins owed to Admiral Shi is about to mature, and my sister and I have no choice but to come and pay it back."
"Repay the debt? With what?"
Shi Liheng seemed to have heard a huge joke, and his eyes wandered over Xi Yue unscrupulously.
"Woman? Do you think this admiral is short of women? Oh, Xiyue, if you had realized this earlier and agreed to marry me..."
Xipo couldn't bear to listen any longer and gritted his teeth: "Shi Liheng!"
Xi Yue raised her hand to stop him. When her hand fell, she pressed his waist twice without leaving any trace, then pulled out a piece of cloth from her sleeve.
It is about the size of a palm and square.
"I'm not kidding. General Ishi, this thing in my hand is worth at least 100 million."
Shi Liheng stared at the cloth for a moment, then suddenly pulled out a gun from behind him and pointed it at Xiyue: "Are you kidding me?!"
At the same time, a ball of gray light suddenly distorted his vision.
“Alert, alert, pollution detected! Alert, alert, pollution detected…”
Suddenly, a penetrating electronic sound was heard inside and outside the room.
Inside the study, the three of them looked up at the same time. In the increasingly distorted light, the pollution detection equipment was rapidly flashing red light.
Bang!
Shi Liheng fired, but the first shot wasn't aimed at the rapidly expanding gray hole, but at Xiyue. The glowing bullet shot straight at him, and Xipo instinctively rushed forward, but Xiyue grabbed his arm tightly.
The bullet stopped suddenly, as if blocked by an invisible barrier, unable to move forward.
Xipo was stunned, and Shi Liheng was also stunned, until the bullet had exhausted its propulsion force and fell to the ground with a ding.
The rapidly expanding gray hole exploded silently.
The thick fog surged in all directions like a dam bursting, instantly engulfing the entire study. Fortunately, there were no plants in Shi Liheng's study, otherwise they would have already begun to mutate.
"Alarm, alarm, pollution concentration exceeds the minimum standard, space closure has been activated..."
As the security system announced, a sharp, high-frequency crackling sound filled the air. The gaps between doors and windows were blocked by pre-installed equipment, sealing all the polluted gases in the study.
The thick fog had nowhere to go and could only surge back after hitting the wall, further obscuring the view.
In this extremely poor visibility environment, gunshots rang out continuously.
Xiyue stared at the direction the bullet came from, and without turning back, she told Xipo: "Follow me closely."
Then he rushed forward, and within a few steps he saw Shi Liheng standing there with a gun.
The man's face was covered by a mask, but his torso and limbs were still exposed. It was obvious that he had quickly chosen a half-mech to protect his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.
Simply turning on the third level of pollution couldn't kill him.
Xiyue's pure zone was limited, and Shi Liheng's half-mech lacked reconnaissance capabilities, so each side could only barely see the other's appearance. But for Shi Liheng, seeing such a calm, unremarkable citizen in the midst of a pollution outbreak was enough to detect an abnormality.
"You...is this pollution related to you?!"
The question came out of his mouth, and he immediately recalled that when Xiyue and the other two were sent to Sector 29, pollution broke out immediately. And she obviously did not die in the contaminated area.
There must be a connection. This woman must be related to the pollution outbreak!
Shock turned into terror, causing Shi Liheng to shoot again.
At the same time, Xi Yue and Xi Po charged forward once more. She exerted all her strength, practically throwing herself at the enemy. Three bullets collided with the force field of Pure Space in the blink of an eye, but this time, they didn't stop at all, being catapulted to all directions by the force field.
Following closely behind is Shi Liheng.
Shi Liheng, who was holding a gun, collided with the force field. Not only did he fail to enter the pure space, but he was bounced back by the force field and slammed into the weapon rack.
Puff——
There was a short sound of a sharp blade entering flesh, and then Shi Liheng suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body slowly slid to the ground.
He brought down a weapon, which landed with a clang. It was a crossbow from the weapon rack. In the quiver, the steel arrow was unfired, but the arrowhead was completely red.
As luck would have it, it got stuck on the back of Shi Liheng's neck.
Polluted gas visibly surged into the wound, rapidly rendering Shi Liheng unable to move. His face grew increasingly pale, but his eyes remained clear, revealing a mixture of disbelief and terror.
Xi Yue’s approach made it difficult for him to raise his hand and pull the trigger.
But still no bullet could break through the force field of pure space and touch her at all.
Xi Yue leaned over, gazing down at the admiral who had been showing off his might just a minute ago. She had been taking a gamble when she rushed towards Shi Liheng, but the result proved that her gamble had paid off.
Even if high-level spiritual power can resist infection, it is only resistance, which does not mean that Shi Liheng is completely "clean." And a pure space cannot tolerate even a trace of pollution.
Therefore, Shi Liheng was repelled from the pure space and was bounced away by the impact of the force field.
However, this phenomenon seemed to only occur on living things, because Xiyue successfully picked up the gun that Shi Liheng dropped.
She smiled slightly and shook the rag in her hand at Shi Liheng: "General Shi, I really am here to pay you back. If you don't believe me, just look."
A string of neat numbers was written on the scrap of cloth: "100,000,000 Star Coins (Hell Money)".
Afraid that Shi Liheng wouldn't understand, she specially marked in the lower left corner: "For the dead only."
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