* Swoosh *
Calamity set sail and quickly left the Duan Ying Empire for the depths of the outer realm.
It usually took eight days to travel from the Duan Ying Empire to the Scorching Star Region.
However, Calamity was equipped with a mechanical core and was three times faster than an ordinary frigate, so it only took less than three days.
Long-distance voyages usually used automatic navigation. The route was set in advance in the main control computer, and the warship only needed to advance according to the flight plan. It was very convenient.
Xia Fan's hands moved quickly on the console, and soon the route was set. Then, he took Fo You to the bottom of the warehouse.
After the door opened, Fo You was surprised to find that there were four people in the warehouse.
The leader was Pardo, the son of the imperial city's chief.
Although Pardo had been tortured by Sandgate, he was not dead. His face was haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot.
At this moment, Pardo and a few of his trusted subordinates were locked in a corner of the warehouse with some food and water at their feet. After eating something, their complexions improved, but they still looked terrified and uneasy.
"When did you bring them in?" Fo You asked in surprise.
Xia Fan said faintly, "It wasn't me. I ordered Dylan to do this."
"Shouldn't these guys be given to Hai Dongying? They are the accomplices of the old emperor's death. "Fo You was puzzled.
Xia Fan shrugged. "If I hand them over to Hai Dongying, they'll die anyway. But if I keep them alive, I might be able to find out the truth. You know, I can't sleep until the truth is out."
Fo You was speechless. Xia Fan was indeed the type to get to the bottom of things.
Take Chen Changsheng for example. Xia Fan not only wanted to catch him, but he also wanted to know why he turned from a doctor to a murderous and dismembered demon. Only by figuring out the truth could Xia Fan feel at ease.
On the other hand, Fo You had no interest in the truth. He preferred to live a muddled and free life. Although they were partners, Xia Fan and Fo You had different personalities.
* Slap *
Xia Fan gently wiped his finger on his spatial ring, took out the bottle containing the truth-telling serum, and uncapped it.
In an instant, the pungent smell filled the entire warehouse.
Pardo was so scared that his face turned pale. He knew that the truth-telling serum used by the Special Task Force had great side effects. After taking it, apart from confessing the truth, there was an 80% chance that one would become mentally disabled due to the side effects.
That was an ending even more painful than death. They would be surrounded by nightmares day and night, living a life worse than death.
Xia Fan smiled and squatted down in front of Pardo. He looked a little like his father. He was slightly plump and had fair skin. One look and anyone could tell that he was a person who had lived like a prince.
Xia Fan said in a low voice, "You have two choices now. Either you answer my question, or you take the truth serum and then answer my question. Which will you choose?"
"I'll talk! I'll tell you everything! " Without waiting for Xia Fan to finish speaking, Pardo shouted. Two beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. The rest of his trusted subordinates rolled to the side as if they were avoiding poisonous snakes.
Xia Fan nodded. "Good. First question, how did you contact Sand Gate?"
Pardo hurriedly replied, "It's the sister who passed through the Sandgate! He has a crippled sister. Although Sandgate is cruel to his victims, he takes good care of his sister. The expenses of the sanatorium have always been paid by Sandgate. "
Pardo told Xia Fan and Fu You about Sandgate's situation. It turned out that Sandgate's father was a pirate who was forced to leave the organization because he was injured. His mother was a slave bought by his father. Not long after giving birth to Sandgate and his sister, his mother could not stand his father's long-term abuse and committed suicide.
After that, his father became even worse. He drank and gambled every day, and brought women home to fool around.
Sandgate's young sister was responsible for the heavy housework. One time, after getting drunk, his sister did not bring out the food in time. Her legs were broken by her father, and she was crippled for life.
Everything in the world had a cause and effect.
Sandgate's antisocial personality was formed in such a family environment.
After listening to Pardo's story, Xia Fan and Fu You were shocked. There was no love without reason in the world, and there was no hate without reason. It was because Sandgate's father planted the seed of evil that there was finally an emotionless psychopath in the world.
"You killed the old emperor, but why did you secretly take care of Hai Dongying? Why did you help him get promoted among the four princes? What was the reason? "Xia Fan asked again.
Pardo swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his expression changing again and again. In the end, the fear of the truth-telling serum overcame everything. He gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and said, "Hai Dongying is my father's child, my younger half-brother from a different mother."
Fu You was startled and exclaimed, "What the hell! Is it true that neither of the two empresses is clean? The second empress has a red-eyed eagle as her lover, and the first empress and your father … Oh my God, you guys are so messed up! "
Pardo shouted, "It's not like that at all! The old emperor was licentious and tyrannical. He liked to send people into the eagle park to be bitten by those beasts. He also took Luo Die and her sister back to the palace! "
"You people in the region have no idea how that damned old emperor was so tyrannical!"
"The Luan Eagle Empire only has a population of 50 million, but it has rich mineral resources. With these mineral resources, the people could have lived a good life! The reason why they are so poor is all because of the royal family! They deserve to die! "
Xia Fan seemed to be mentally prepared, and he did not look too surprised. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He stood up and put the cap back on the bottle of truth-telling serum.
Everything was clear now. As the saying goes, even a vicious tiger would not eat its cubs. Although the old director hated the royal family, he had expectations for his son and felt that Hai Dongying would be a wise emperor.
So he killed the old emperor, changed his will, and let his son ascend the throne.
Thinking of the scene where Hai Dongying forced the old director to his death, Xia Fan felt a chill in his heart. That was his father.
"What should we do now?" Fu You crossed his arms and asked Xia Fan.
Xia Fan looked at Pardo, who looked like he had just survived a disaster, and said faintly, "The old emperor is a tyrant, and he deserves to die! But it's also unforgivable for you to send those poor people to the devil! "
"I'll give you a minute. Pray."
After that, Xia Fan walked out without looking back. Behind him came the heart-wrenching screams of Pardo and others. He was begging Xia Fan to spare him, but Xia Fan did not say anything.
Swish ~
The sealed cabin closed, and Xia Fan stood outside the door, looking at the timer in his hand.
A minute later, Xia Fan pressed the switch, and the corridor was filled with alarms and red lights. Through the glass on the sealed door, he could clearly see the outer door of Warehouse No. 3 slowly rising.
The moment the door opened, the vacuum of the universe instantly sucked away everything in the cabin, including Pardo, turning him into a stiff, livid corpse floating in the universe.
Fu You shrugged, "Should we announce that Hai Dongying is not of the royal family's bloodline?"
Xia Fan shook his head, "Forget it. A chaotic Eagle Empire is not good for anyone. If the royal family starts a civil war, the people who will suffer in the end will be the ordinary people."
.....
After two days and twenty-three hours of flight, Xia Fan and Fu You arrived at their destination, the largest city in the Scorching Star Region, Fire Beacon City.
In the densely populated outer region, it was rare to see a large city like Fire Beacon City with more than two hundred million residents. There were as many as thirteen airports on the periphery of the city.
Looking down from the sky, although Fire Beacon City had a large population, there were few high-rise buildings and only low-rise houses. It was obviously less prosperous than the cities in the inner region.
A large number of slums were scattered throughout the city.
There was a clear distinction between the rich and poor areas. Inside the city, there were beautiful flowers, swimming pools, and luxurious hotels. Outside the city, there was garbage everywhere, and it was full of shacks.
Xia Fan and Fu You found a remote airport to dock. Because Calamity's appearance was eye-catching, Xia Fan rented a simple warehouse for twenty-five grams of gold per day and parked the ship there.
There was no customs in the outer region, so people could enter and leave at will. After docking, Xia Fan went to the exchange office at the airport to exchange a Level 3 energy crystal for gold coins.
Gold coins were fifty grams each, so one Level 3 energy crystal could be exchanged for ten kilograms, which was two hundred gold coins. After deducting the one percent processing fee, the actual number of gold coins was one hundred and ninety-eight.
Xia Fan and Fu You got into a taxi. The taxis in the outer region did not have a meter, so the price had to be discussed with the driver.
"Are you two doing business in the inner region?" The taxi driver with dark skin and green tattoos on his face asked enthusiastically.
Xia Fan smiled, "How do you know we're here for business?"
The driver said, "Nine out of ten people from the inner region are here for business. After all, people from the inner region would not come to a crappy place like ours for sightseeing. Don't you think so?"
Xia Fan said, "That makes sense. Now we need to find a place to stay. Do you have any recommendations?"
The driver laughed, "That's easy. People from the inner region who do big business like to stay in the big hotels in the city. They are expensive, but they have good facilities and are relatively safe. The people who stay there are all big business people, so it's easy to communicate.
If the business is not too big, stay at the Garden Hotel. It's cost-effective, and it's close to the black market. It's also a place where people from the outer region gather. "
Xia Fan thought about it, "Then let's go to the Garden Hotel."
"Okay!" The driver agreed, and the car wobbled into the air. This hover car of an unknown model was assembled with discarded parts, so it was not comfortable to ride and made a lot of noise.
The hover car quickly flew over the city. When it passed a very long wall, the driver pointed down and said, "Look, this is the Fire Beacon Grand Market. Of the three major markets in the Scorching Star Region, Fire Beacon is ranked first."
Fo You stuck his head out and looked down curiously. He muttered to himself, "So this is the legendary black market. It doesn't look like much."
The driver laughed, "That's what you people from the inner region call it. Here, the market is the market. The arms, drugs, and slaves that are not allowed in your region are all legal here."
"I see that this is your first time here, right?"
Xia Fan nodded, "It is my first time."
The driver said, "Then I have to remind you that the market is a mixed bag of good and bad people. You'd better find a guide, or you may be at a disadvantage."
"My cousin has been a guide for more than ten years. If you need him, I can call him over. He will be at your service 24 hours a day. You only need to pay two gold coins a day."
Xia Fan frowned, "Renting a warehouse of two thousand square meters only costs half a gold coin a day, and a guide costs two gold coins a day. That's not cheap."
The driver said frankly, "There are different levels of guides. The street children around the market can follow you for a whole day just by giving you something to eat. Do you dare to use one?"
"These two gold coins are not for my cousin alone, but for his team. A car, a guide, and a bodyguard and driver. Such a professional team only charges two gold coins a day. It's very cheap."
"Alright, tell your cousin to meet me at the hotel," Xia Fan said straightforwardly, not wanting to haggle over such a small amount of money.
The driver was very happy. He didn't even take Xia Fan and Fo You's taxi fare and led them to the Garden Hotel. After checking in, he wrote down Xia Fan's room number and immediately called his cousin.
Just as the driver said, the Garden Hotel was surrounded by many beggars and street children. But when they entered the hotel lobby, they found that 90% of the people staying here were from the inner region. Their clothes and temperament were obviously different from those from the outer region. Many of the businessmen looked fat.
The room was on the top floor, and the rent was one and a half gold coins a day. It had two bedrooms and a living room, and the decoration was quite luxurious.
After Xia Fan and Fo You tidied up a little, the guide arrived.
His skin was fairer than the driver who had driven Xia Fan and Fo You there. According to him, he was a mixed-blood of people from the inner and outer realms. He was half of the Cangyue bloodline, and his name was Tony. Tony was well-dressed and very talkative.
"We are looking for this." Xia Fan showed him the metal bottle with the Heaven Wings logo.
Tony opened the bottle and sniffed it. "Looking for medicine? That's easy. The 17th and 18th sections of the market are all drug dealers. I know them very well. "
Xia Fan thought for a moment. "It's afternoon now, and the market hasn't closed yet. Let's go now."
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