Chapter 50
"Alarm, alarm, pollution concentration has exceeded the standard, pollution concentration has exceeded the standard, please evacuate the medical cabin as soon as possible, please evacuate the medical cabin as soon as possible..."
The so-called medical cabin is a large treatment device equipped with a life support system. It forms a small, enclosed space that can isolate contamination to a certain extent.
However, with the pollution concentration in the secondary pollution zone compressed exponentially, it cannot last long.
A thick layer of polluted gas had already coated the cabin's surface, giving it a grayish appearance, along with the indicator lights on its edges. The pollutants behind them had clearly sensed the scent of life emanating from within, and each was ready to move, but they were all stopped by Xiyue's pure space.
Xiyue glanced at them and silently repeated "purification" in her heart.
The medical cabin was successfully integrated into the pure space. The gray dust on the surface quickly dissipated, revealing the oval transparent glass on the cabin cover.
Not Xiang Jia.
Beneath the glass was a face distorted with fear, but Xiyue recognized it—Ma Liu. She had looked up photos of the rulers of various star regions on the Starnet on her way here.
Ma Liu tried hard to raise his head, his pale face was flushed with a sickly color, veins bulged on his neck and forehead, and he was shouting something, but it was blocked by the medical cabin and could not be heard.
Xiyue thought for a moment, then found the "unlock" button on the cabin. With a slight gasp, the hatch slowly opened.
“Save me, save me…”
That's what they were shouting.
But even with the hatch open, Ma Liu still couldn't get up. His hands and feet were tied up with restraints. Because he struggled so violently, his wrists and ankles were covered in blood, but there were no wounds.
He must have been healed in the medical cabin.
Xiyue glanced at the nutrient solution delivery tube stuck in his body and nodded secretly.
They tortured me while I was being treated. I couldn't even go on a hunger strike. It didn't feel like healing, it felt more like torture.
He was wearing a loose surgical gown. His abdomen was bulging under the thin cloth. There were two hoses hidden under the clothes. It seemed that they were inserted into his stomach and were still pumping unknown liquid.
"Help me untie it, help me untie it quickly..."
"Where is Xiang Jia?"
"……who?"
"Xiang Jia, Lieutenant of the 33rd Legion."
"Who is that? I don't know. I've never seen her... You want to find her? Sure, I can help you find her. Help me unlock it first, and I'll send someone to help you right away. We'll find her no matter where she is..."
His doubt and urgency did not seem to be pretended, which made Xiyue confused.
Wasn’t it Ma Liu who did it?
Could it be... that it really is Miyashiro Toshi?
But where did Xiang Jia and Gong Daimin intersect?
"No matter who you are or why you're looking for someone, I have hundreds of soldiers under my command, and we promise to help you find them! Let me out now!"
Ma Liu's panicked cry interrupted Xiyue's thoughts. She looked at his unusually large belly again and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"I……"
Ma Liu opened his mouth, his face turned from white to red and then to purple, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed and angry.
Xiyue had already discovered it without waiting for him to say anything.
There is a screen on the inside of the opened hatch. On the left side of the screen is a pattern similar to a color ultrasound. A small baby is curled up in the dark background, motionless.
There are two lines of heart rate on the right side of the screen. The heart rate on the upper one is fluctuating, while the heart rate on the lower one is already a straight line.
This unexpected discovery shocked Xiyue so much that it was even more shocking than discovering that he was the God of Pollution.
"You're a grown man and you're pregnant?"
"Or a stillbirth?"
Xiyue's eyes swept across the meticulously designed medical cabin: "You're lying here, are you trying to revive the stillborn baby?"
"He was dead from the beginning!" Ma Liu collapsed and yelled, "They forced him to use nutrient solution and oxytocin. In just two days, he grew so big!"
"They? Miyashiro Toshi?"
"You...you know?"
"Know what?"
"That bitch Miyagi Toshi has been..."
Bang!
A loud crash interrupted Ma Liu's words.
Xiyue looked in the direction of the sound and found the outline of a door in the thick gray fog. It turned out that there was another room inside this room, and the one who was knocking on the door...
There was a burst of intense roars.
Oh, it's pollutants.
"What has Miyagi Daimin been doing?" she asked, but received no response.
Ma Liu was stunned: "They are all dead, they..."
He stretched his neck as hard as he could and finally saw the pollutants behind Xiyue.
Fear crept onto his cheeks.
"You...you...who are you?" Perhaps because he was in a hurry to escape, he didn't realize that Xiyue was not wearing a mecha, but just an ordinary leather jacket and a Feimo helmet.
Xiyue turned her attention back to him and smiled slightly: "Me? Xiyue."
"Xiyue?"
It seemed that Ma Liu had no idea what her name was.
"How could Major General Ma so easily lend 12 billion Star Coins without even finding out about the other party's family members?"
"12 billion..." That was half of Ma Liu's wealth accumulated over the years. He immediately remembered, "Xi Hai? Are you Xi Hai's daughter?!"
Before he could finish his words, the door was smashed open with a crack, and a small figure crawled out of it. It climbed over the wall and ceiling at an extremely fast speed and came to the top of the medical cabin.
But it found no target.
The pure space perfectly concealed Ma Liu's breath of life, making it seem like it had lost its prey. It circled on the ceiling and let out sharp cries.
The voice is like a baby.
Xiyue noticed that Ma Liu looked strange, and was about to ask when the door was completely knocked open. Distorted pollutants squeezed out. The door frame was too narrow and the pollutants were stuck and were eventually pulled out of the wall.
The mutation was so severe that Xiyue could only vaguely make out that they might have been women when they were alive.
They stopped roaring and began to wander aimlessly in the room like the pollutants brought in by Xiyue.
Xiyue glanced at Ma Liu's big belly again and guessed something: "They... are all your wives?"
Whether it is polygamy or polyandry, polygamy is extremely common in the interstellar world.
"No, they are all monsters, rescue me, quickly!"
If Ma Liu had calmed down a bit, he would have noticed that there was no trace of polluted gas around him, and even the alarm in the medical cabin had stopped. Unfortunately, he had already been tortured to the point of collapse.
Xiyue still remembered the information he hadn't finished telling her: "You just said Gong Daimin has been..."
Before he could finish his question, the outer door of the room slammed shut, metal plates clanged down, and the sealed space opened up. The pollutants seemed to have discovered their target and rushed towards the door, but were intercepted by the metal plates and piled up layer by layer.
The room suddenly lit up.
Dozens of gun barrels emerged from a circle around the ceiling and opened fire simultaneously.
Even with the gray fog shrouding the area, the flames were still so bright that it was hard to open your eyes. When Xiyue regained her vision, she saw that all the contaminants had been strangled, their bodies riddled with holes and still smoking.
The metal plate sealing the door began to move again, sinking slowly.
Xi Yue narrowed her eyes and stared over, and suddenly heard a clang sound, and the medical cabin under her nose was pulled out of the pure space by a huge force!
Make a feint to the east and attack in the west!
Only psychic weapons could kill the contaminants. This room had clearly been modified, transformed into a supernatural psychic device. Someone was controlling the device from outside, and taking advantage of her distraction to pull away the medical cabin!
The medical cabin was too large, and a small part of its front and rear inevitably exposed outside the pure space, which allowed the other party to succeed.
Xiyue flew over immediately. The information about Gong Daimin from Ma Liu must be very important. He cannot die before getting it out!
However, all the gun barrels were pointed at Ma Liu!
The room seemed to be raining fire. Despite Xi Yue's speed, she could only block half of Ma Liu's body. His lower body and stomach were completely bruised, and black blood gushed out like thick chocolate syrup.
He died, and a layer of white film quickly appeared in his wide-open eyes.
The metal plate behind him was still sliding, and Xiyue made a quick decision to turn back and smash the person outside the door against the wall of the corridor.
A mecha soldier, his expression unclear under the mask, but he was very calm. He opened his palms and projected a screen of light.
There was a contact with a black avatar on the light screen. There was no name, but Xiyue was very familiar with her voice.
"Xiyue?"
"Miyaro Toshi."
"Oh, you finally came, and didn't make me wait in vain."
"Xiang Jia is in your hands?"
"You mean this one?"
After Gong Daimin finished speaking, another voice rang out: "Leave me alone...Miss, don't listen to...her, leave me alone..."
It sounded like she was dying, but it was indeed Xiang Jia's voice.
Xi Yue said calmly: "What do you want?"
"Don't be nervous." Miyadai Toshi's tone was filled with a dangerous smile. "I just want to invite you to visit Sector 42, the God of Pollution."
Five minutes later, Xiyue followed the mecha soldier in a hidden elevator and went underground.
As far as she knew, interstellar skyscrapers generally only built upwards, rarely having basements. As it turned out, this underground space was indeed unusual. It took a full thirty seconds to get from the first floor to the basement.
It is more like a deep underground passage than a basement.
It is impossible for Gong Daimin to dig out such a large-scale project on short notice. It must have been prepared by Ma Liu in advance in case he needed to escape after his kidnapping and theft activities were exposed.
After exiting the elevator, there was a metal door on the opposite side of the narrow space. As the metal door slowly opened, a deep passage came into view.
She paused slightly.
The passage was lined with mecha soldiers on both sides, one every few meters, leading to the invisible end.
Miyagi Daimin was really generous in order to ambush her.
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The two mechas flew across space at high speed and arrived precisely at the location of the Xizai starship.
Yuan Xu let Han Yi into the cabin first, then tilted his head and asked, "How's it going? Did I catch up?"
The news of the high-level pollution outbreak in the home of the ruler of Sector 40 was posted on StarNet half an hour ago.
Xizi nodded and showed him the surveillance video on the screen. "We released two long-range surveillance cameras, one was destroyed, and the other hasn't been found yet. The 40th Regiment hasn't made any moves, and Miss Xi hasn't come out either."
"What about Qiao?"
Xiaozi shook his head. Seeing Yuan Xu open the mecha mask, he couldn't help but say, "Admiral, you..."
Yuan Xu's face looked extremely pale, without a trace of blood, and cold sweat continued to seep out of his forehead. This was a typical symptom of excessive use of mental power.
"It's okay, there's just one that's a little more troublesome to deal with." Yuan Xu took a long breath and looked towards the back seat. "Stay here for a while, I'll go pick up your mom."
Whether it was "who to deal with" or "how did Xiyue have such a big son", Xiaozi didn't care. He just took Yuanxu's mecha box, checked the remaining amount of various supplements inside, and then pulled out a box from under the seat and poured various supplements into it according to category.
"Admiral," Xiaozi said as he observed the battle damage on the surface of the mecha box, "I'll go get Miss Xi for you."
"Need not."
"It's too late."
Yuan Xu and Han Yi spoke at the same time.
Yuan Xu was startled: "What do you mean?"
Shi Han turned his head and looked outside the cabin: "Mom is gone."
Yuan Xu and Xizi followed his gaze at the same time. In the distance, from the bottom of the barrier of Star Sector No. 40, a starship flew out... No, not just one, but more than a dozen, an entire fleet!
"You mean, Xiyue is in the fleet? Who took her away, Gong Daimin?"
Han nodded, a rare hint of worry appearing in his calm eyes.
Xiaozai: "Looking at the direction, it should be heading towards the 42nd star zone. Should we go over there?"
Regardless of the reason, Xiyue falling into Gong Daimin's hands was like falling into a dangerous situation. Of course, the two of them alone could not compete with an entire fleet.
Unless... use the electronic eye in Han Yi's hand to create a pollution incident and fish in troubled waters.
Yuan Xu looked at Shi Hanyi.
However, the boy did not show any reaction.
To become the true God of Pollution, this is the test Mom must go through, although... Mom may die.
Yuan Xu also understood what Shi Hanyi had meant when he said Xi Yue would die. Unable to communicate directly through words, his understanding was limited, and he couldn't let go of his worries.
"You take Han Yi and hang him at a distance. I'll sneak over and take a look."
Yuan Xu had just finished speaking when a call came in.
Chen Yu, the security guard from Sector 29? What did he want from me at this critical moment?
Yuan Xu wanted to hang up, but then he thought that if something happened to Xiyue's sister-in-law, Xiyue would definitely not let him off easily.
"Coach!"
Chen Yu spoke in a hurried tone, deliberately lowering his voice and sounding mysterious, which happened to be when Yuan Xu was in a bad mood, making Yuan Xu subconsciously want to cut off the communication.
However, his next words made Yuan Xu stop.
"I received a major crime tip about Miyadai Toshi!"
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Qiao Mingjin never took the second-level pollution seriously. Even in a small space, its pollution concentration was comparable to that of the first level.
He was just a little bit bothered.
When living things first come into contact with polluted gases, they will undergo genetic mutations, which is what is commonly known as pollutants. Even when they enter a violent state, they will continue to mutate in the direction of their previous mutations.
But secondary pollution is different.
Secondary pollution can trigger a second genetic mutation in pollutants. While secondary pollution often refers to pollutants going berserk, it's actually a battle between two mutations within the pollutant. Some pollutants will self-destruct, while others will develop extremely challenging abilities.
For example, this time, most of the pollutants in this living room have developed regenerative capabilities. Simply put, they cannot be killed.
Hit by gunfire or artillery fire, even if they were charred or cut into small pieces, tissues as fine as mycelium would always grow from those corpses, piecing them together and continuing the attack.
"Damn it."
Even though he was well-educated, he couldn't help but swear.
The human-mutated pollutants were relatively easy to deal with, as they were large and regenerated more slowly. The more problematic part was the pile of large, ant-like mutant plants, which were small and fast, especially regenerating at a rate almost as fast as the Qijin recombinant weapons.
There are still a lot of them. After killing this wave, the previous wave will regenerate.
Pollutants can be turned into perpetual motion machines, but his mental power is not infinite.
Qiao Mingjin looked at the switch of the space containment device and simultaneously released magnetic blades with both hands, slicing a batch of pollutants in half. Then he activated his cryogenic weapon to slow the movement of the pollutants and rushed towards the switch.
For now, we can only seal up the pollutants and clean them up when we find a way.
However, just as he was about to press the switch, a mechanical arm suddenly appeared and blocked his way.
A flaming mecha.
The other party raised his hand and fired, shooting down a pollutant that was flying towards Qiao Mingjin's back.
His mental strength level is very high - this was Qiao Mingjin's first judgment of him.
"You have frozen them, why don't you just deal with it?" the other party asked.
Qiao Mingjin: "They will regenerate."
The other party gave a short laugh. "I see you're quite strong, but you have so little combat experience? To deal with regenerative pollutants, all you need is low temperatures and a purification gun."
After saying that, he held a cryogenic gun in one hand and a purification gun in the other. After using the cryogenic gun to freeze the nearest pollutant, the purification gun followed closely, and the pure beam of light covered the entire body of the pollutant.
In just three seconds, the pollutant shrank and never moved again.
"I've cleared out the outside, leaving only this area. Yeah, there are quite a lot of them. Should we join forces? We can finish this sooner rather than later and avoid being laughed at by the people outside."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Mingjin looked at the time.
Indeed, more than half an hour had passed since he entered the Star District Building. He had once claimed that he could handle this polluted area by himself, but he had never expected to fall victim to this batch of pollutants.
Qiao Mingjin didn't hesitate any longer, and he and the unidentified mecha warrior took action simultaneously. After mastering the method, it took less than five minutes to completely remove these difficult pollutants.
The two mechas looked at each other, each raised an arm, and shot out two strong but pure beams of mental power from the purification gun, enveloping the entire star zone building.
As the light shrank away, a purification bead floated in front of each of them.
The gray fog was swept away, and the surrounding scenery suddenly became clear.
Qiao Mingjin also saw clearly with his naked eyes the strange companions around him. The battle scars all over the opponent's mecha made him feel ashamed.
He turned off the mecha and extended his hand to the other party: "Central Corps, Qiao Mingjin."
But the other party showed no intention of shaking his hand and tapped the purification bead in front of him: "No?"
"...It's yours." Qiao Mingjin pushed the purification bead over. This military achievement was indeed what the other party deserved.
The other party was not polite either. He put away the purification beads and gave him a thumbs up: "As expected of the Central Army, you are so generous."
"Excuse me, who are you..."
"A dedicated citizen who wishes to remain anonymous."
Before Qiao Mingjin could react, the other party had already activated the flight system and flew out of the hole in the ceiling.
He looked up for a long time and roughly understood why the other party was unwilling to reveal his identity.
They were either mercenaries operating outside the military system, or mecha soldiers from a certain legion doing private work. The former was illegal, while the latter would offend the legion by stealing military merits and pollute the area. Regardless of the situation, they could not reveal their identities.
Seeing that the pollution was purified, Feng Yangxing's team, who had been guarding outside the building, flew in.
"Captain," Feng Yang gave him a thumbs-up. "You solved the secondary pollution problem by yourself. You are worthy of being called the captain."
"No..." Qiao Mingjin didn't want to take credit for it, but his explanation was interrupted by the message that popped up on the computer.
The sender was Yuan Xu, whom he had been avoiding.
"What's wrong, Captain?" Xie Wenbo asked, "Are there any new clues?"
Qiao Mingjin thought and shook his head: "It was General Yuan Xu. He said he was waiting for me downstairs."
"Downstairs?!" Xie Wenbo ran to the window and looked out. "It really is downstairs!"
The reconnaissance system captured Yuan Xu's figure, and the other party even waved and greeted him.
Hundreds of mecha soldiers were stationed outside the Star Zone building. Seeing that the contaminated area was gone, they all shut down their mechas. Seeing Qiao Mingjin landing, they tacitly made way for him, though their eyes were unfriendly.
Yuan Xu saw it and smiled slightly.
Qiao Mingjin was bound to take the blame for running to the local star region to grab military merits.
"General Yuan." As soon as Qiao Mingjin landed, he didn't ask anything, but, "How did you know I was here?"
Yuan Xu replied as if it was a matter of course: "Captain Qiao came to visit our 33rd Star Zone, but he left without saying hello. As the host, of course I have to inquire about his whereabouts."
Xie Wenbo curled his lips behind Qiao Mingjin.
To put it nicely, isn't it just stalking?
But Yuan Xu was a general after all, and he had no right to speak here, so he had to keep his complaints to himself.
Qiao Mingjin: "General Yuan said there was something important. What is it?"
Yuan Xu glanced at the people of the 40th Corps nearby, then his gaze fell on the starship of the Central Corps: "Let's talk about this somewhere else?"
Qiao Mingjin also observed the vicinity and did not find the two starships owned by Yuan Xu, and Yuan Xu did not carry a mecha box.
He took the lead and walked towards his own starship, and asked nonchalantly, "This place is not close to Sector 33. How did Admiral Yuan get here?"
"Of course it's a starship. Can I really pop out of a crack in a rock?"
Yuan Xu smiled and said, "But this is Commander Gong's territory. I dare not bring anyone in here casually. A few days ago, when I passed through Sector 42, she caught me and questioned me for a long time... Oh, Captain Qiao has found out all these details, right?"
Qiao Mingjin did not comment, nor did he expect to get any flaws out of Yuan Xu's mouth, so he took him on board the starship.
Feng Yang and Xie Wenbo, the two captains of the Star Team, also followed and seemed to be on guard against Yuan Xu.
Yuan Xu didn't care. Instead, he patted Feng Yang's back in the driver's seat and said, "Walls have ears. Turn on the signal shield."
Feng Yang was suspicious and looked at Qiao Mingjin for instructions before doing as he was told.
Before Qiao Mingjin could speak, Yuan Xu got straight to the point: "There's a major case that Captain Qiao will surely be interested in."
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