Chapter 69
When the post first went viral, Shan Zhuang wasn't sure it was actually Xi Yue. He'd just gotten home from work, and before he'd even left the starship, he told Ge Sheng and the technicians, "Second Boss hasn't replied to my text. I'm worried. I'm going to go back and ask."
Ge Sheng also followed.
The two returned to Sector 29 and found Xipo, who acquiesced without saying anything further. When asked if Admiral Yuan was also in the Central Sector, Xipo said he probably was, but wasn't entirely sure.
A group of people have appeared in the post questioning Xi Yue's identity.
Shan Zhuang wanted to help testify, but Ge Sheng said, "Why don't we go to Sector 33 to see if Admiral Yuan is there?"
In the video uploaded by the poster, the two combatants were encased in mechas, making their identities difficult to discern. However, the female voice in the video clearly identified one as Yuan Xu and the other as Leng Chengzhou, Deputy Director of the Secretariat.
However, no one recognized Yuan Xu's mecha that looked like a flame burning in the darkness.
So the two of them hurried to the Admiral's Mansion in Star Sector No. 33 and met Butler Ai.
Butler Ai had met Shan Zhuang and, without intending to conceal anything, grimly admitted that the Admiral had indeed gone to the Central Star Region. Not only the Admiral, but Xiaozi had also sent a message saying that he and Miss Xi had also rushed there and were now with the Admiral.
Shan Zhuang and Ge Sheng immediately replied to the post, confirming that it was indeed Xi Yue who had posted it. However, as soon as the two of them walked out of the gate, they were surrounded by a dense crowd of soldiers.
"Is this forum ID yours?"
"Do you really know Miss Xi?"
Shan Zhuang and Ge Sheng had never seen such a scene before, and were so frightened they couldn't even speak. Finally, Zhang Wei descended from the sky in a mecha and confirmed that Xi Yue was indeed still alive and had recently returned to Sector 33 and was staying at the Admiral's Mansion.
The 33rd Legion immediately went into an uproar.
At the instruction of General Zhai Zhengqi, only a very few people knew that Xi Yue was still alive, because they were afraid of this scene.
Commander Xi had been dead for just over a month. Even with their short memories, the Legion's members wouldn't have forgotten the soul of the Legion so quickly. On the contrary, this was the moment when the soldiers were feeling most suffocated. Xi Yue also felt that the public perception of a "trash citizen" speaking out against the central government had amplified the outburst.
Ge Sheng quietly nudged Shan Zhuang with his elbow.
Shan Zhuang was smart for once: once the door was opened to cutting jobs for useless citizens, all the preferential policies set by Xi Tongling would be tightened one by one, and the land his parents had worked so hard to cultivate would sooner or later be confiscated by the central government.
So he mustered up his courage and said loudly, "Miss Xi not only fought for the garbage citizens, she also joined forces with Admiral Yuan and worked tirelessly to build a survival barrier in Garbage Star Sector No. 29. Miss Xi has inherited Commander Xi's legacy!"
People are kindhearted. Even if the members of the Legion have awakened their spiritual powers above level B, who doesn't have the families of some of the lesser citizens? Moreover, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents while carrying out their missions?
Among Xihai's alternative policies, many provide compensation for the families of soldiers who died in the line of duty. The central government can issue a directive to expel undesirable citizens, and just as easily issue another to cut other preferential policies. The former already adds to the burden on the families of soldiers, and the latter... simply cuts off everyone's livelihood.
"Go to the Central Star Region to support Miss Xi!"
I don't know who shouted first.
The spark quickly spread across the eight star regions under the 33rd Legion.
Thousands of starships and hundreds of thousands of mecha soldiers gathered over Star Sector 33, and the navigation lights made the huge star city as bright as day.
Upon hearing the news, Zhai Zhengqi hurried over from the 42nd star zone and tried to calm everyone down.
"Why are you all fooling around like that!" he scolded his two fellow generals. "Let me ask you, how will this all end if so many of the Legion rush to the center?! If a conflict breaks out, all eight star regions will be empty, leaving only useless security guards. What will we do if the other star regions attack? We'll have nothing left!"
After all, he was Xihai's most trusted deputy, second only to Xihai in the legion. His scolding was not without reason, like a basin of cold water poured on the legion's head.
However, at this moment, a nearby starship shifted sideways, making room. A private starship slowly approached the edge of the survival barrier.
After hovering, a mecha flew out of the starship.
When the mecha's visor opened, even Zhai Zhengqi gasped: "Xipo?!"
"And me, Uncle Zhai." Xi Yao also stuck her head out of the starship window and called several uncles in a row, all of whom were familiar high-ranking legion officers.
"It's the Young Master and the Second Miss!"
“It really is!”
"Great! The Commander's children are still alive. This is truly wonderful..."
Only Zhai Zhengqi didn't feel good. After being shocked, his face was complicated and he couldn't speak for a long time.
Why did Xipo and Xiyao appear at this time? What did they want to do?
Xipo nodded to several other senior military officers he knew, and then his gaze fell on Zhai Zhengqi's silent face.
"My elder sister asked me to ask General Zhai a few questions." He didn't wait for a response and continued, "First, upon receiving the supervision order, General Zhai immediately accepted the facts and pushed General Yuan to carry out the order. Why? At the same time, you yourself used the temporary jurisdiction order to hide in the 42nd star zone. Isn't it too coincidental?"
Likewise, Xipo didn't give Zhai Zhengqi time to explain. "Secondly, when Shi Liheng led the team to arrest the three of us, General Zhai claimed that he was trapped by the temporary jurisdiction order and couldn't come. Is this true?"
Behind Zhai Zhengqi, two generals looked astonished.
"Third, does General Zhai's opportunity to take the position of Legion Commander-in-Chief have to wait until all the policies formulated by Commander Xi are invalidated and the morale of Legion No. 33 is weakened?"
"Fourth," Xi Pert gritted his teeth unconsciously, "Have you known about Commander Xi's death for a long time?!"
"Zhai Zhengqi!!!"
An admiral couldn't help it, so he rushed forward and punched Zhai Zhengqi with such force that his transparent mask was immediately broken.
"Admiral Qin." Xipo stopped him, remembering Xiyue's instructions. "Now is not the time for reckoning, nor is there any need for it. I heard everything Zhai Zhengqi just said. I have another question for everyone in Sector 33."
He flew to the side of the starship and turned up the volume of the amplifier to maximum.
"Commander Xihai has overcome countless difficulties, worked tirelessly, and dedicated his entire life to eliminating unequal citizen classes. Now all of this is facing collapse. You, legions, working party members, and trash citizens, would you rather endure and retreat, or fight to the death?!"
The electronic voice, accompanied by a slight crackling sound of electricity, spread to every corner of Star Sector 33.
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Yuan Xu was quite surprised: "Have you already discovered that Zhai Zhengqi has evil intentions?"
Xi Yue shook her head, lowered her head and flipped through the posts that had been covered with millions of layers, and uttered two words: "Intuition."
This was the only benefit that loan sharking had brought her: it allowed her to keenly detect whether the person in front of her had good intentions or bad intentions. Similarly, because she had never sensed any ill will towards Yuan Xu, Xi Yue had tolerated this "creditor" hanging around her for so long.
If you intuitively determine the result and then look for supporting evidence, things will be much easier.
"Why did you lend money to Xihai in the first place?"
The truth of the interstellar world has been revealed, so there is no need to hold back on such trivial questions. Xiyue chose to ask out of pure curiosity.
The answer was exactly as she expected.
"Why else? He has a positive outlook and is a good person. Besides, he's introduced so many equal rights policies that openly contradict the Interstellar Codex, making it clear he's an Awakened."
"I was curious. Even if he was a super S-class mecha god of war, what was he in front of the cloud system? How could he survive for so long? Later I realized that the system was treating him like a leek."
Yuan Xu sighed, "But I couldn't think of a better way to turn the situation around than him, so I just quietly transferred some money to him. I swear, this was just a simple transfer of money, not a loan. If I had known he would secretly create a loan agreement and upload it to the asset management center, I wouldn't have given it to him."
After saying that, he glanced at Xiyue's reaction.
Xi Yue didn't look up. "The 66th Legion you were in wasn't that big, was it? And you were only promoted to general a year ago. How could you give 100 billion right away? Where did you get so much money?"
"To make some extra money. I'm always alone wherever I go, so I don't have to share my achievements with others." Yuan Xu thought for a moment and added, "I can also do some small business."
Xi Yue raised her eyes and asked, "Are you the boss behind Buyi?"
"You know?"
"Only someone like you who craves chaos would come up with such a shady idea as to create a fake identity."
Yuan Xu touched his nose and smiled awkwardly, but saw Xiyue lowered her head again.
"here we go."
Yuan Xu leaned over and said, "Is the 33rd Legion really coming to attack? Haha, all these years of Xihai's development have not been in vain. But with such a big commotion, the central government must have known about it a long time ago. The central army has a lot of mecha soldiers, so they probably can't get in."
Xi Yue smiled, looking out the window at the night sky which was noticeably darker than before. "No need to come in. First, we are building momentum. Second, we are secretly attacking Chencang while openly repairing the plank road."
The central star zone includes four star zones. Since they are not far from each other, they are covered by the same survival barrier at the same time. Regardless of scale or height, they are extremely dazzling in space.
At this time, in the direction of Star Sector 98, the dense fleet blocked the light of the barrier, and from a distance it looked as if a large corner of the crescent moon had been eroded.
A bit ugly.
The fleet from the 33rd Legion rushed straight forward.
"It's a sprint formation!" Shocked cries rang out simultaneously from the communication equipment of all the starships of the Central Legion. "They want to sprint directly!"
Another deep voice interrupted: "All star teams gather and prepare to intercept!"
The central fleet began to gather.
However, they did not expect that Fleet No. 33 would come to a sudden stop and stop steadily in front of the Central Fleet, and then spread out into an encirclement formation.
"What on earth do they want to do? Don't they have the Interstellar Codex in their heads?!"
No one could answer the angry questions from the central command ship. Similarly, in the silent space, no one noticed a dark shadow circling back to the direction of Star Sector 97 and quietly disappearing into the barrier.
Xiyue was waiting for someone, but unexpectedly an unexpected visitor arrived.
The receptionist informed me, "Lieutenant Colonel Qiao Mingjin from the Secretariat said there's a case that requires Miss Xi's cooperation in the investigation..."
"Qiao Mingjin?" Yuan Xu frowned. "Why would he come to you at this time?"
Xiyue sensed the confusion and asked, "Even though it's the middle of the night, why not?"
Yuan Xu explained, "Bo Yucheng is Qiao Mingjin's adoptive father. Bo Yucheng had been dead for several hours, so there's no reason for Qiao Mingjin not to know. Besides, the contaminated area happened in Central Xinghui, so he couldn't be so isolated from the news."
"Oh, I see..." Xi Yue smiled, feeling relieved. She asked Yuan Xu to return to the front desk and invite Qiao Mingjin up.
Compared to when they first met today, Qiao Mingjin's face was noticeably paler, but that wasn't the biggest change. Xi Yue keenly noticed that the gaze he gave her was no longer filled with mere speculation and suspicion, but rather with a touch of complexity.
Xiyue opened the door. Yuanxu and Xiang Jia were sitting in the living room waiting. They didn't know what Xiyue was up to. At the same time, they were also wondering whether Qiao Mingjin's purpose was the same as Leng Chengzhou's.
Xi Yue smiled politely as always: "Lieutenant Colonel Qiao came to visit late at night, and is it about Ma Liu's case?"
Qiao Mingjin's pupils trembled.
The Tang Zhishang case, the Ma Liu case, and the Gong Daimin case, all three cases were related to Xiyue, especially in terms of order, the Gong Daimin case occurred last, but Xiyue pointed out Ma Liu as soon as she opened her mouth.
what does that mean?
She was trying to convey a message to him.
Why use such an obscure way to convey the message, and what message do you want to convey... Qiao Mingjin couldn't figure it out for a moment, but it didn't stop him from connecting to Xiyue's channel.
He nodded. "We found a flying motorcycle at Ma Liu's house with Miss Xi's biological information left on it. It... is yours, Miss Xi?"
"Lieutenant Colonel Qiao, you're joking. If you check the assets under my name, you'll know whether I own a motorcycle or not."
Xiyue denied it but opened the door.
Qiao Mingjin continued, "Then Miss Xi needs to explain it in detail."
Followed in.
He knew Yuan Xu must be in the room, but he hadn't expected there to be a third person. Thinking about it for a moment, he immediately connected it with the unconscious victim rescued from Miyadai Toshi's laboratory.
Xiang Jia, captain of the 33rd Regiment, was mentioned repeatedly during the investigation of the case, but he was never found.
It is impossible for it to be a coincidence that three people related to three cases gathered in one room.
Yuan Xu greeted him with a lack of interest and said half-jokingly, "Lieutenant Colonel Qiao is only interrogating Xiyue, right? Then should we both step aside?"
"No need." Xi Yue and Qiao Mingjin said in unison, and then looked at each other.
We thought of the same thing.
Qiao Mingjin hopes that there will be more people so that he can capture more information from everyone's reactions.
Xiyue also hopes that there will be more people so that she can convey accurate information to Qiao Mingjin.
She was worried that there was something missing in the subsequent arrangements, and Qiao Mingjin, who had just lost his adoptive father, was the perfect candidate.
Yuan Xu and Xiang Jia also looked at each other and vaguely guessed that Xi Yue seemed to want to win over Qiao Mingjin.
Xiyue took two glasses of water and sat opposite Qiao Mingjin.
Seeing that Qiao Mingjin was still deliberating, she smiled and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Qiao needs my assistance in investigating the case. Of course, I will tell you everything I know, but I need to make two points clear in advance."
"First, my cooperation is not out of fear of the law, but out of respect for Lieutenant Colonel Qiao's dedication to his duties."
The key point, Xiyue thought to herself, the Interstellar Codex is garbage in my opinion.
"Secondly, everyone has private matters they prefer not to share. Colonel Qiao, please be careful and refrain from asking about private matters."
Continuing with the key point, since you've already discovered my biological information in the contaminated area, you must have suspected me of being the God of Pollution. If so, you should understand what I'm saying. Don't ask directly about the secrets of the interstellar world.
Otherwise, I'm afraid that as soon as Bo Yucheng died, you, his adopted son, would have to follow him to fulfill your filial duties.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Mingjin's eyes darkened: "Are you threatening me?"
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