Even if he recalled this life many years later, Xiao Hong would not forget what happened that day.
Less than half a minute after he shouted, "Give me freedom, or I'd rather die", he raised his hands without hesitation as he looked at the person who walked past the corpses in front of him.
"Don't, don't shoot! I surrender, I surrender! I'll give you whatever you want! Don't kill me! "
After confirming the bodies on the ground, Wang Peng moved the muzzle slightly and aimed at Xiao Hong and his "incompetent advisor" Gao Ruiming, who were sitting behind the bunker. He spoke in a cold voice.
He spoke in a cold voice, "Hand over Academician Lu."
"Academician Lu?"
"Don't play dumb."
The muzzle moved down an inch, and Wang Peng pulled the trigger impatiently.
Xiao Hong listened to the gunshot and looked at the concrete fragments splashing on the side of his pants. He was so scared that he subconsciously shrank back and screamed in panic.
"F * ck! Play dumb?! I want to know where that guy went! Wait, who the hell are you? You're definitely not from the Pan-Asian Cooperation … Academician Lu should have been transferred away by them! Gladstone! It's you! It's you, right?! I knew you cultists couldn't be trusted! "
Wang Peng frowned slightly as he looked at Xiao Hong, who was almost in a state of madness.
Gladstone?
This name is so familiar …
If I remember correctly, isn't this guy just an ordinary entrepreneur? He seems to be the manager of the Alpha Centauri Exploration Colonial Fund, and he has recently been raising funds for the "Noah's Ark" project.
Wait …
Cultist?
Could it be …
A possibility suddenly appeared in Wang Peng's mind.
Although it was a bit far-fetched, it was not entirely impossible …
"You mean, the well-known Alpha Centauri Exploration Foundation is a product of The Spirit of The Universe Foundation?" The muzzle was aimed at Xiao Hong's forehead again. Wang Peng continued in an interrogative tone, "That Gladstone, is he their white glove? Or are they the higher-ups of The Universe's Spirit Foundation? "
"Haha, why are you still pretending?" Xiao Hong looked at Wang Peng coldly and said in a voice like a poisonous snake, "Who knows better than you what he does —"
"I'm the one interrogating you, not you." Wang Peng looked at him coldly and continued, "I advise you to answer this question properly. This is related to whether you can get a reduced sentence in court."
In the face of the black muzzle, Xiao Hong felt that all the courage in his body had been drained.
Although he had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, the impatient look on the face of the person in front of him made him not dare to say a word of nonsense.
Slowly, he squeezed out a sentence from his throat with difficulty.
"I say …"
Looking at Wang Peng's eyes indicating for him to continue, he tried to calm down the tremor in his voice and continued.
"That was last month … Gladstone came to me and asked me to make things convenient for him and approve his' Noah's Ark 'plan. When I first got the plan, my first reaction was what the f * ck was going on. But I suddenly thought that building such a large starship could drive the shipbuilding industry of the entire Tiangong City, and this was an opportunity for us. And the warp speed technology they needed happened to be something we also wanted.
"Then we discussed it. First, we invited Lu Zhou to Tiangong City in the name of academic exchanges. Then, the city hall gave the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Fund a credit endorsement. We used the preferential conditions of the Pan-Asian Cooperation financial policy for the colony to issue pre-sale tickets and corporate bonds. But actually — "
Wang Peng: "Actually, part of this money was transferred to the account of the city hall as a 'war debt' to raise military expenses?"
Although he wanted to deny it, at this point, this secret couldn't be hidden anymore.
After hesitating for a while, Xiao Hong finally nodded awkwardly.
"Yes, as you can see …"
Wang Peng spoke in a cold tone.
"Using our money to make guns and cannons to hit us. You guys are really capable of doing anything."
"It wasn't my idea …" Xiao Hong whispered this sentence and looked at Gao Ruiming, who was sitting next to him and smiling awkwardly. "I was only responsible for signing …"
In any case, this had already happened.
The Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Fund hooked up with the rebels in Tiangong City, and they also transferred the funds raised for the colonization of Proxima Centauri to the account of the Tiangong City Hall. In the end, forget about building a "Noah's Ark", the huge fine and the management in the know could make this company directly declare bankruptcy.
It was almost foreseeable that when the truth was revealed, a financial tsunami would be inevitable …
Wang Peng glanced at the two of them and continued to ask.
"Let's put these minor things aside for now, so where is Lu Zhou?"
"Lu Zhou … I don't know, I really don't know." Seeing that the eyes of the person in front of him were getting more and more dangerous, Xiao Hong hurriedly explained, "I admit, we are indeed looking for him! His warp drive is the key to our victory! And according to our experts' speculation, the hyperspace transition should be able to be interfered with in some way. As long as we master the technology to interfere with the hyperspace channel, we can prevent the Pan-Asian Cooperation fleet from flying directly over our heads … "
Looking at Wang Peng cautiously, Xiao Hong gulped and continued.
"Later, we went to his room, but he wasn't there at all, and he was missing a few pieces of clothes. Later, we tried to investigate the surveillance, but since he left the hotel, he seemed to have disappeared. We couldn't even find a single frame of surveillance! At that time, we suspected that you had already set your eyes on our plan and moved him away in advance. "
By now, Xiao Hong was basically able to conclude that the person standing in front of him was not a cultist, but an agent of the Security Bureau. As for the unknown armed forces who attacked the town hall, Wang Peng didn't seem to know them.
If that was the case, those people could only be sent by Gladstone to silence him …
Thinking of this, Xiao Hong's face suddenly showed an angry expression. He gritted his teeth and spoke.
"I see! That despicable and shameless man! Those people are not the special forces of the Pan-Asian Cooperation at all, they are assassins sent by them to kill me! These idiots dare to stab me in the back! Listen, your Academician Lu is not with us. If he is not protected by your people, then he can only be in the hands of the foundation! "
"They want to get rid of us …"
Just as Xiao Hong was cursing, the ceiling of the underground garage suddenly trembled with an explosion.
Hearing the intensive footsteps and the sporadic gunshots that suddenly began to sound, a touch of despair appeared on Xiao Hong and Gao Ruiming's faces.
"It's over … Everything is over."
Staring at the ceiling, Gao Ruiming muttered in a low voice.
However, for some reason, when he said this, there was a sense of relief in his heart.
It was much better to fall into the hands of the Pan-Asian Cooperation than to fall into the hands of those cultists.
After working with Gladstone for so many years, he knew what that guy had done like the back of his hand, and he knew how cruel and dirty those people's methods were.
Xiao Hong raised his dull eyes and looked at Wang Peng, who had a solemn expression, and spoke in a weak voice.
"This information … How many years is it enough to reduce my sentence?"
"Maybe twenty years, maybe thirty years. The key is to see how big a fish we can catch based on the clues you provide."
Hearing this answer, Xiao Hong gradually breathed a sigh of relief, and his tightened shoulders also relaxed a little.
Glancing at this guy's ugly appearance, Wang Peng grinned disdainfully, and there was a hint of mockery in his tone.
"Don't be happy yet.
"You have to discuss with the judge about the specific sentence of a few hundred years."
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