Chapter 43
Although they belong to different legions, Gong Daimin is the commander after all. Out of superficial courtesy, Zhang Wei cannot turn a blind eye.
He walked over: "Commander Gong..."
Gong Daimin didn't even look at him, staring at the contaminated area. "Why waste so much time in a Level 5 contaminated area? With Xi Hai's death, your 33rd Legion is becoming increasingly useless. Do you want me to help you?"
There was a huge difference in rank between the two, but Zhang Wei did not hide his displeasure at all.
"According to the code, in the event of a pollution incident occurring in a no-man's-land, the mecha team that arrives first has priority. No need for you, Commander."
Miyagi Daimin sneered, "Why are you so nervous? I'm not trying to steal your military achievements."
Zhang Wei believed this to be true. A mere Level 5 contaminated area wasn't something a military commander would shamelessly fight over. But since she wasn't here for military exploits, there was only one possibility: she'd been commissioned by the Central Committee to investigate Major General Ning Peng's death.
That's right, a major general died in an area with the lowest level of pollution. Everyone would be suspicious at first hearing it.
Chen Yu also arrived. He didn't know Gong Daimin, but looking at the whole row of mecha soldiers behind him, he knew that his rank was high.
"Corporal Chen Yu from the Central Military Region Public Security Bureau, greetings, sir!"
"Responsible for the security management of Sector 29?"
"yes!"
"Tell me, who was Ning Peng with before he died?"
Chen Yu looked doubtful: "Sir..."
Gong Daimin projected his identity information onto a screen: "The Central Committee has appointed me to investigate the cause of death of Major General Ning Peng."
Chen Yu was clearly startled by her identity and quickly saluted again. "Reporting to Commander Gong, Major General Ning is here to investigate a kidnapping case and has requisitioned our police station. We weren't with him, and we didn't see anyone else enter the station. Captain Wang was the only one with Major General Ning before the incident."
He anticipated that higher-ups would come to investigate, and all these were prepared in his mind.
Gong Daimin looked at him deeply, and said with a smile: "Then let's see how many bodies are inside."
This remark caused Zhang Wei, who was about to leave, to turn around. The contaminated area was small, and the team's report of only two human contaminants should be correct. However, Gong Daimin seemed certain that more than two people had been infected and mutated.
This pollution incident does not seem to be a simple secondary pollution.
However, General Zhai reminded everyone that the times are different now that Commander Xi is no longer around, so they should not create friction with other legions, especially the most powerful Legion No. 42.
Zhang Wei didn't mind his own business and returned to his starship.
A team of ten people could overkill Level 5 pollution. Even with the violent pollution, it only took two minutes longer than usual.
Miyadai Toshi stopped Team Star from clearing the battlefield and took his own men in.
The results were exactly as Chen Yu had predicted. Among the bodies scattered across the ground, only two were mutated humans. The mecha soldiers she brought with her searched the entire battlefield but couldn't find the third human contaminant.
Zhang Wei waited for a while and said, "Commander Gong, can we clean up the battlefield now?"
Cleaning up the battlefield is also part of the military achievement, and there is no reason to give it away.
Gong Daimin looked at him, and the suspicion and scrutiny in his eyes made Zhang Wei feel puzzled.
She eventually withdrew from the battlefield and called Chen Yu over. Zhang Wei's mind stirred, and he quietly activated the sonic capture device. The first word he heard froze him.
Gong Daimin: "Where is Xiyue?"
Xiyue? Were those the two words he'd thought of? Commander Xi's daughter... wasn't dead?
Chen Yu had never heard of this name before and found it baffling. Gong Daimin didn't have the patience to listen to his denial and simply had him carried to Chen Rong.
"I'll ask you one last time, Xiyue, where are you?" Qi Jin spread out from the mecha box and wrapped around Gong Daimin's arm.
Chen Yu looked at her mechanical arm and swallowed his saliva: "Commander Gong, we really haven't seen the person you are talking about."
Gong Daimin's cold gaze shifted to Chen Rong's face: "What do you think?"
Chen Rong supported his unconscious mother, his face solemn and he shook his head.
Gong Daimin's mechanical arm suddenly pressed down on Chen Yu's shoulder. Hiss—a burst of white smoke came out of his shoulder, and the smell of burnt flesh spread.
Chen Yu let out a lung-wrenching scream of pain.
Chen Rong's eyelids twitched, and he said coldly: "We are from the Central Army Corps. Commander Gong has no right to lynch us!"
Gong Daimin was disdainful. He raised and pressed the mechanical arm again, and the scorching heat burned off a large piece of Chen Yu's skin again.
Chen Yu's arms were clamped by two mecha soldiers, and he couldn't struggle free. He could only shout in a cold sweat: "Who is Xiyue? I really don't know!"
The sound carried far away to the stone steps leading underground.
Xi Yue narrowed her eyes; they were indeed coming for her. She had no reconnaissance or sound capture equipment, so she hadn't heard what they were saying until Chen Yu called out her name.
Seeing the starship of the No. 42 Legion, Xi Yue roughly guessed that it was sent by the Central Committee to investigate the cause of Ning Peng's death. After all, apart from the No. 33 Legion, only the No. 42 Legion was the closest to here.
Yuan Xu said that because of the deaths of Shi Liheng and Tang Zhishang, the central government was already investigating him, so the central government did not choose to appoint Yuan Xu, but instead appointed the No. 42 Legion, which is understandable.
In other words, the tall woman was most likely the commander of the 42nd Legion, Commander Miyadai Toshi. The black mecha also matched the one seen in the 42nd sector.
Gong Daimin tortured and interrogated, and it was revealed that the Chen brothers had concealed her existence, otherwise Gong Daimin would definitely have associated "Miss Ji" with Xi Yue.
The two brothers were being tortured for her.
Xiyue was about to walk up the stairs when someone suddenly grabbed her shoulder. She turned her head and met the white electronic eyes of the white mecha.
Yuan Xu...When did he arrive?
"As soon as I received the pollution alert for Sector 29, I knew it was you." Yuan Xu's electronic voice was also lazy. "Think about it, Commander Gong is coming for you."
Xi Yue: "Do you have a better solution?"
Yuan Xu spread his hands: "How about killing her? Gong Daimin is also your big creditor."
"General Yuan will lend a hand, yes."
"No, I'm a good citizen of the galaxy. I promised you I wouldn't kill anyone. At most, I'll clean up the mess. This is the division of labor we've already made clear, isn't it?"
"So much nonsense."
Even if Yuan Xu was willing to take action, Xi Yue wasn't sure she could kill Gong Daimin. The two Level 5 detonations she'd activated against Ning Peng had completely exhausted the remote control she'd transformed from her sapphire belt. Now, all she had left was the new remote control Han Yi had given her, and with the accumulated countdown, the detonation level was only at Level 5.
Miyagi's mental strength wasn't top-tier, but she was definitely formidable, a fact recognized by the entire Star Network. Furthermore, she brought a mecha team with her.
Chen Yu's heart-wrenching cry of pain rang out for the third time.
Xiyue walked towards the ground again.
Yuan Xu asked from behind: "Do you have a way to deal with Gong Daimin?"
Xiyue didn't even turn her head: "No."
"Your presence in front of her means that the entire galaxy knows that you, Xiyue, are not dead. Have you really thought this through?"
"Don't worry, General Yuan. I've considered everything I do."
"Oh. If it were you, I'd say just stay here quietly. Those two brothers might not betray you, and maybe this could be resolved."
"If you ask me, Admiral Yuan should have more empathy and stop testing human nature."
Human nature is always unreliable. Besides, if Gong Daimin threatened Chen Yilan, it would be understandable for the Chen brothers to betray her.
The energy generated by the Juhe core was extremely powerful. Chen Yu knew that if Gong Daimin hadn't intentionally controlled the temperature, he would have died long ago. Because of this, he felt that Gong Daimin couldn't possibly kill him, so he held on tightly and refused to let go.
He was not stupid, so he naturally thought of the "Xi Yue" mentioned by Gong Daimin, which was most likely Ji Mingshu, Miss Ji.
As long as we can hold on... and make Gong Daimin believe that he really doesn't know Xiyue, this matter will be over.
But he didn't expect that this time, Gong Daimin's mechanical arm would come towards his face.
A magma-like light flowed in the metal palm, and the scorching temperature brought the breath of death.
"It's just a statement. Of the two of you, only one should be left. What do you think?"
"Commander Gong!"
The pleasant voice stopped Miyadai Toshi from moving.
Everyone nearby cast their eyes towards the source of the sound at the same time, watching the young woman with long silver hair walk up the last step with a calm step.
The two were not far apart, and Miyadai Toshi could see her face clearly without activating the reconnaissance system.
"Xi Yue, it's you." Gong Daimin said, but the mechanical arm still reached out to Chen Yu's face.
"As far as I know!"
Xiyue's voice interrupted her movements again, but she walked slowly towards Gong Daimin without any haste.
"Intentionally killing a second-class citizen without receiving a suspended death sentence requires a price of 100,000 Star Reputation Points. Commander Gong, do you think the life of a mere corporal officer is worth 1 billion Star Coins?"
Gong Daimin laughed: "This commander only executed the accomplice who killed Major General Ning Peng. How did it become intentional homicide?"
"Accomplice? Major General? What is Commander Gong talking about?" Xi Yue looked surprised. "Did these two officers kill the Major General? Then why didn't Commander Gong just take them to the Central Security Bureau?"
Xi Yue's performance can be described as exaggerated, but the meaning expressed is very clear. Gong Daimin executed Chen Yu without any evidence, which was intentional homicide.
Moreover, her "complete ignorance" made her own and Ning Peng's deaths completely innocent.
This galaxy was twisted, but it was also a society that upheld the law. Unless Gong Daimin produced evidence, even arresting someone wouldn't be justifiable, let alone publicly murdering a Central Star Region security guard.
As expected, Gong Daimin retracted the mechanical arm, and Qi Jin retreated into the mecha box. The two mecha soldiers also let go of Chen Yu and, at Gong Daimin's signal, walked towards Xi Yue.
But another mecha soldier fell from the sky and blocked Xiyue's way.
"Miss Xi...it's really Miss Xi..." Zhang Wei opened the mecha mask, "Miss Xi, do you still recognize me? I am Zhang Wei, captain of the A4 star team of the 33rd Legion."
The Xiyue of the past recognized it, but the Xiyue of today naturally doesn’t recognize it.
Xiyue didn’t know how familiar she was with Zhang Wei, so she could only look at him without saying anything.
Zhang Wei blushed: "It's normal that Miss Xi doesn't remember me. After all, we only met once..."
"Enough of reminiscing?" Gong Daimin interrupted disdainfully, walking up to Zhang Wei. "Captain Zhang, Xi Yue is the suspect in the murder of Major General Ning Peng. You can step aside."
He ordered his men: "Take them away!"
But the next moment, several more mecha soldiers flew over and wrapped Xiyue tightly. The entire 33-A4 team came over.
Miya Daimin did not get angry but laughed instead, pressed the switch of the mecha in front of his chest, and black gold slowly flowed out.
"Captain Zhang, are you trying to hinder this commander from performing his duties?"
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