Chapter 59
The night Yuan Xu left, new "instructions" appeared in Xiyue's eyes.
New command received
Pollution Level: 3
"Mecha Level: A"
「Number of mechas: ≥3」
"Number of pollutants: unlimited"
Pollutant status: Normal
"Opening time limit: 23:59:54"
At that time, Butler Ai was introducing the grilled steak with mushrooms that he had spent an entire afternoon preparing. Xi Yue was distracted for a few seconds before returning her attention to Butler Ai's words.
Naturally, Butler Ai was distracted during dinner, which made him sad for half the night. He vowed to improve the steak recipe.
Without tracing the source, the instructions are not difficult to understand: detonate a Level 3 contaminated area, requiring the presence of three or more Class A mecha warriors on site, without creating pollutants or detonating secondary contamination, and must be completed within one day.
From the perspective of completing the order, the only difficulty lies in the number of mecha warriors. Considering the current situation, there is another difficulty for Xiyue: the location of detonating the contamination.
There are targets, including some small creditors in other star regions in the Orion Belt that are not under the jurisdiction of the 33rd Legion. However, Qiao Mingjin has just left with great difficulty. If another ruler dies, it will probably attract the attention of the central government again.
It is best not to create unnecessary complications before the supervision order is resolved.
So Xi Yue thought about it and decided to detonate the pollution at the garrison in Sector 33. There were many mecha soldiers there, and the pollution could be controlled and eliminated immediately without implicating innocent people.
The operation went smoothly, but unexpectedly, we encountered an outbreak of high-altitude pollution on the way back.
Xi Yue originally thought it was a coincidence, using the property of pure space to eliminate pollution to help the manned starship break free from the tide. Unexpectedly, in a quick glance, she had a strong intuition.
Someone on that manned starship was watching her.
This is at least a level three pollution area, and it was opened by the other party!
Within one day, Xiaozi's usually calm heart was stirred up twice.
The first time was when I witnessed Xiyue moving freely in the contaminated area.
The second time was when I heard that there was a god of pollution on that manned starship!
Just in case, he did not shut down the mecha, but turned the starship around and headed south to chase.
The gray fog, like thick clouds, was still slowly rising, and the starship was like a boat cutting through the water, leaving a straight trail on it.
When the mecha soldiers saw them, they didn't suspect anything. They just thought that they were visitors who had just entered the barrier and were frightened by the contaminated area, so they ran away in panic.
The manned starship has disappeared.
After gaining some distance from the contaminated area, Xizi gradually slowed down, thought for a while, and turned on the reconnaissance system on the starship, trying to find some clues.
But then Xi Yue said, "The pilot must have been terrified and wouldn't have flown very far. Where is the nearest parking spot? Let's fly over and take a look."
Star District No. 33 is a large star city, and many buildings have parking decks. However, vehicles with large passenger capacity are generally parked at large parking spots on the ground.
Coincidentally, there is one in North City.
Before landing, Xizi used the reconnaissance system to lock onto a starship at the anchorage: "That."
Xiyue followed the direction he was looking down, but her naked eyesight was far inferior to that of a mecha. As her altitude rapidly decreased, she also spotted the starship that Xizi had mentioned.
The passengers were as panic-stricken as ants on a bloody scene. They must have had a near-death experience and were all still in fear.
Some passengers were relatively calm. They paused outside the cabin and then went to other manned spaceships. It was probably because they had not yet reached their destination.
This berth does not allow small starships to dock, so a patrol ship from the police station came rushing over and stopped Xiaozai.
Xizi looked at Xiyue: "Did you find it?"
Xi Yue frowned and shook her head. From a height of more than ten meters, she could clearly see the pilot of the manned starship being helped down, his legs still weak, but… that strong intuition didn't appear.
"Hover here first." She heard the patrol ship's warning not to land. "Go down and ask where the starship was originally going."
Xizi opened the hatch and jumped down.
Seeing a mecha warrior fly out of the starship, the patrol ship's warning sound paused for a moment, then continued to sound, rather like a stubborn protest. Xi Yue lowered the window glass and raised the uniform in her hand.
"Sir, we'll be leaving soon."
The warning sounded silent for a moment, and then the security guard inside loudly announced the ship number of Xiaozi: "Illegal landing, occupying the navigation channel, one warning, and a fine of 50,000 star coins!"
After saying this, he flew away with great vigor and confidence.
Xi Yue: “…”
It seems that Coach Yuan Xu is really unpopular in Star Sector 33!
After all, it was Yuan Xu who was punished, and it had nothing to do with her.
Xiyue waited in the starship with peace of mind, and soon, Xizi flew back.
"It departs from Sector 32, stops at Sector 33 and Sector 36, and ends at Sector 45," Xiaozi said concisely, pointing to a manned starship that had just taken off. "That ship's route is the same, except it departs from Sector 33."
"Follow him."
"Are you sure the other party's destination is not number 33?"
"I'm not sure, but I tend to think not," Xiyue replied. "Don't ask why, it's just my intuition."
Xiaozai: “…”
Well, he believed in the intuition of the God of Pollution.
He turned off the mecha, took the mecha box off his back, poured supplements into the box, and controlled the steering wheel with one hand, keeping up steadily.
This was Xiyue's first time seeing supplements in person; she had only seen this type of operation on StarNet videos before. The box containing the supplements was divided into many compartments, and each compartment contained a square metal bottle. The bottles were all silver-gray, but the liquid poured out was a different color.
Xiyue knew that all the liquids were rare gold. Some were used to repair mecha damage, and some were used to replenish mecha ammunition. As for how they were divided specifically, it was unknown.
She stared at it for a while, then smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, you don't need to do anything here."
Xiaozai kept his hands busy and replied in a muffled voice, "It's better to be prepared."
Although mercenaries are always risking their lives, they also cherish their lives very much, so it is always a good idea to be well prepared.
Star District 36, also the territory of Legion 33, lies just south of Star District 33, and can be reached in half an hour. There is only one anchorage in the small star town, so to avoid alerting the enemy, Xiyue has Xiaozi hover high in the air.
Observe the passengers leaving the cabin through the starship reconnaissance system.
Xizi operated the system, and Xiyue stared at every face that appeared on the central control screen until all the passengers who wanted to get off had done so, then she shook her head.
Neither.
"Then we're still in the cabin," Xiaozi said. "Let's go to the terminal."
South of Sector 36 was a junk sector, numbered 43, under the jurisdiction of Legion 42. With Miyadai Toshi's death and the change of leadership, morale had probably been somewhat low. There was only one patrol ship, flying slowly over the sector, with no intention of checking for passes.
The manned starship did not stop in this star area. Xizi and Xiyue followed behind and passed through smoothly. After crossing a section of space, they entered the manned starship's terminal station - Star Area 45.
This was a small star city, and the pass check was obviously stricter, but not as strict as the last time they tracked the kidnappers into Sector 42. They only checked the starship and the pilot's pass, and passed smoothly.
"Do you want to land too?" Xizi asked, but got no answer.
He turned his head, and the mecha reconnaissance system keenly captured Xiyue's somewhat dilated pupils.
"Miss Xi?"
Xiyue was distracted because she received new instructions a few seconds ago.
New command received
Pollution Level: 3
"Mecha Level: A"
「Number of mechas: ≥5」
「Number of pollutants: ≥3」
Pollutant status: Normal
"Opening time limit: 2:59:51"
It's certainly a good thing that she has become the remote control herself, so she doesn't have to look around the world for remote controls made from other things. But... aren't the commands coming too frequently?
Less than two hours ago, she had just detonated a Level 3 contamination bomb! And the previous order had given her a full day to execute, but this one only had three hours?
Could we go back to Sector 33 right away? It would take an hour and a half to fly back from here!
Xiyue suddenly realized that perhaps the other god of pollution lurking in the manned starship did not intend to detonate pollution among the crowd.
Whether it's a mysterious command or a traditional remote control, there's a countdown. When the countdown ends, pollution naturally erupts. What if the remote control in the other person's hand just happens to have its countdown reset to zero at that moment?
Xi Yue shook her head, rejecting the idea. Even with only three hours left, there was plenty of time to find a less crowded area and detonate the contamination. Considering the casualties and damage caused by the contaminated area across the interstellar space, many pollution gods probably had no awareness of harming innocent people.
"It's okay," she said. "No need to land, just observe from high altitude."
Shi Hanyi, the man who killed Xi Hai according to Gong Daimin, and the unknown god of pollution in the manned starship, made Xi Yue increasingly suspicious that there was a mysterious organization behind her that was controlling the pollution of the entire interstellar space.
She wasn't sure if the other members of the organization were as friendly as Han Yi. If they detonated the pollution at the anchorage point due to a disagreement, the consequences would be disastrous. After all, the anchorage point was the most densely populated place in the star region.
Xiaozi followed his instructions and activated the starship's reconnaissance system. The central control screen showed a slowly landing manned starship. As the starship's hatch opened, the screen suddenly turned red with an exclamation mark.
"Occupying the waterway, please evacuate. Occupying the waterway, please evacuate..."
"Is it impossible to hover in this route?" Xi Yue asked.
"No, as long as it doesn't interfere with the flight of other starships, all channels can be hovered." Xiaozi looked in the rearview mirror, "There's a starship coming from behind, I'll move over."
"hurry up."
As Xi Yue spoke, she also glanced at the rearview mirror, and when she saw it, something strange happened!
The two starships at the rear were flying towards this side, one in front and one behind. The bow of the starship in front suddenly swung, and then it suddenly slowed down. The starship at the rear could not react in time and crashed into it directly!
The rear bow of the ship crashed into the front engine and exploded!
Fire and shockwaves arrived simultaneously, pushing Xizi's starship off course. Xizi hurriedly controlled the steering wheel and turned his head to look back. The reconnaissance system clearly captured a figure flying out of the exploded starship, rushing towards them at an extremely fast speed!
Furthermore, alarms popped up simultaneously on both the mecha and the starship: "Attack detected! Attack detected!"
The mecha actually fired a shot directly at them!
The two were too close to each other. It was too late to steer the starship to avoid the projectiles. Without hesitation, Xiaozi pressed the red escape button on the steering wheel, and a square escape hatch appeared below each seat in the cabin.
The seat belts automatically unfastened, the seats suddenly tilted forward, and Xizi and Xiyue fell out of the escape hatch at the same time.
At the same time, shells hit the starship.
Xizi instinctively grabbed Xiyue, but the distance between them and the starship was too close, almost sticking to the bottom of the cabin, and the shell hit the starship's engine accurately, causing the core of the Juhe to explode suddenly.
Both the flames and the deafening explosions were far greater than the previous one!
An explosion of this magnitude, at such a close distance, wouldn't be stopped even by the mecha's defenses. The most important thing was Xiyue; she had no mecha protection at all!
Xizi could only hold Xiyue in his arms, bend his back and face the source of the explosion, trying to use the shock wave generated by the explosion to push himself away.
This is the only way out in a situation where death is inevitable. At least one of the two people can survive.
He closed his eyes, waiting for the last moment of his life.
Even through the mecha, he could feel the bright flames hitting his face. Strangely, however, there was no heat, nor the expected extreme impact.
He opened his eyes in confusion, only to see himself surrounded by dazzling flames from all directions, while he was standing in the center of the flames, motionless.
High in the sky, his feet were undoubtedly air. He hadn't even had time to activate the mecha's propulsion system, but his body was floating. That strange buoyancy was in his arms.
Xizi finally saw Xiyue's expression clearly. Her eyebrows were furrowed, her eyes were narrowed, and the color of her pupils was extremely light under the firelight. She was slightly tilting her head and looking in a certain direction.
The moment Xiyue saw the starship explode behind her, the instructions in her eyes changed.
「Mechanic level meets the requirements」
「The number of mechas meets the requirements」
The amount of pollution meets the conditions
Pollution status meets the conditions
It wasn't until she fell out of the cabin headfirst and saw the shell with a tail flame that she immediately opened the contaminated area.
It would be more accurate to say that the shell hit the gray hole rather than the starship, but before the contaminating radiation dissipated, the pure space failed to appear and protect the starship.
Just half a second.
Half a second later, pure space expanded, just enough to isolate the extremely destructive explosion. At the same time, she tried to capture the location of the person who fired the cannonball.
If the explosion continued, with the flames blocking the way, she might not be able to find it. Unfortunately, the ash hole was about to explode.
The billowing gray fog swallowed up all the flames with an unexpected speed, more effective than a fire extinguisher. The polluted gas surged violently, spreading a net across the sky and earth, entrapping its target.
Even though he was already a hundred meters away, Xi Yue still easily caught up with him.
Xiyue pushed Xiaozi out and said, "Cooperate with me."
Xizi finally reacted and immediately mobilized his rich combat experience. He activated the propulsion system of the mecha and used the magic gold in each hand to reconstruct a lightsaber. The two swords overlapped to form a cross and blocked the target behind him.
Xiyue had already flown to the front of the target and pressed back swiftly!
Bang!
The pure space collided with the mecha, leaving the target no chance to escape, and forced it to fly backwards!
clang!
The back of the mecha hit the cross lightsaber with great force. Because Xiaozi had loaded the propulsion force of the mecha to full capacity in advance, instead of knocking Xiaozi back, the lightsaber penetrated deep into its back.
An electronic scream of pain echoed from the mecha's visor.
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