The barks of the dogs far away were louder and louder, only to come to an abrupt halt in the next moment.
It was as if all the stray dogs had been cut in the neck at the same second.
Tang Xiaoxing felt that a chill was spreading from her spine to her limbs. Her every finger and toe was as rigid as if they had been soaked in ice water. She could not even cry.
The girl was of a mind to curse.
However, having been well-educated since childhood, she did not know how to unleash the fury and fear in her heart with the profanities of the bottom-level sailors. She did not know whom she should curse. Was it Speaker Cui Lingfeng of the 'rightful government of the Star Ocean Republic' or 'Senior Lin', who she had just met and seemed to have given her a glimmer of hope only to flee at the most critical moment?
Tang Xiaoxing sniffed hard and bit her lips hard. Holding back the urge to cry, she crawled from the back row to the front row.
If it was really Speaker Cui Lingfeng who launched the attack, it is very possible that Dad has been captured by them.
Even … Right now, I am the only one who can save Firefly and everybody!
I must be strong. I must get away from the attackers first!
"Chi chi chi chi, chi chi chi chi chi!"
Weird noises were echoing from the shuttle. All the units seemed to have been frozen by the cold air.
Are you kidding me?
Tang Xiaoxing was an expert of refining. Such a piece of simple-structured magical equipment like a shuttle was like a toy for a three-year-old in her eyes.
However, no matter how she sensed, maintained, and adjusted it, she could not find the source of the problem at all!
There was nothing but dead silence in the dark, dilapidated walls around her. It was a hundred times more dreadful than when the stray dogs were barking just now.
Perhaps it was her imagination, but Tang Xiaoxing seemed to see vague shadows approaching from all directions with the help of the deep blue river of moonlight!
"Activate now!"
Tang Xiaoxing's hair stood up and turned into brushes by the static electricity that was raised when she activated her technique. She bellowed and smashed the control rune arrays brutally. The weird noises inside the shuttle finally turned into comfortable rustling noises. The disc-shaped anti-gravity units below the shuttle released bright green light, and the shuttle was floating again, shaking!
"Long live!"
Tang Xiaoxing cheered in her heart. She was about to run away at full speed when she raised her head, only to discover that a fully-armed Exo was floating in front of her!
The mask made of copper and iron was expressionless. It was like a steel corpse, coldly staring at her.
Before she could cry out in alarm, three consecutive bullets were fired from the darkness behind her. With three "ding ding ding" sounds, the bullets drilled deep into the shuttle.
The three bullets released powerful electric arcs that interweaved into a blue, overwhelming net and deeply embedded into the shell of the shuttle. Not only did they penetrate through the power, anti-gravity, and control rune arrays of the shuttle instantly, completely wrecking the shuttle, they also invaded Tang Xiaoxing's veins and nerves through her pores, electrifying her and depriving her of the ability to summon her spiritual energy again!
"Huala!"
The shuttle fell from a low altitude and smashed into pieces. Tang Xiaoxing was thrown out, too.
Holding back the excruciating pain all over her body, Tang Xiaoxing struggled to her feet. Then, she sensed that at least five Crystal Suit were approaching her from all directions.
What made her more desperate was that, based on the analysis of the flames from the power rune arrays on the legs of the Crystal Suit, they were all the cutting-edge models on Firefly that had never been exported to the Dragon Snake Space Zone or the Xing Yao Federation.
"Tang Xiaoxing!"
The Exo who had blocked the shuttle a moment ago slowly landed. His iron feet tapped the ground unhurriedly. His voice was as cold, hard, and emotionless as the sound of iron hitting the ground.
A dazzling ray of light happened to hit Tang Xiaoxing's face and imposed strong interference on the Light and Shadow Mask, revealing Tang Xiaoxing's original face, which was as delicate as a porcelain doll. In the meantime, Tang Xiaoxing's eyes were mired in a white mist, making it impossible for her to see the attacker clearly.
Tang Xiaoxing only felt that a pair of cold and violent iron hands were rubbing her face hard to make sure that there was no more disguise on her face. Then, the lifeless voice said, "Tang Xiaoxing, we are the special investigators of the special investigation team of the Internal Affairs Division of the parliament. We now officially announce that you have been arrested for 'treason'!"
Tang Xiaoxing felt as if she had been struck by lightning. The world in front of her eyes turned from paleness to the most desperate darkness!
…
"Treason? So serious?"
Li Yao lurked in a corner of the dilapidated building like an earthworm lurking in the mud. While observing all the anomalies in the several square kilometers nearby carefully, he eavesdropped on the conversation between Tang Xiaoxing and the attacker through the eavesdropping chip that he had stuck to Tang Xiaoxing's body when he touched her just now.
The situation was too chaotic for him to sort out any clues yet. Naturally, he could not march into the battle in such a hurry. He had to figure out what was going on and how many forces were involved first!
Judging from Li Yao's cold observation, there were at least three forces that surrounded Tang Xiaoxing from the darkness like hungry wild dogs.
First of all, although there was only one group of attackers, they were two teams with distinctly different tactical styles.
Those who operated the 'Seismic Rapid Cannon', installed the localization chip on Tang Xiaoxing's body, and directly arrested Tang Xiaoxing and declared that she had committed 'treason' were all soldiers or special agents of the regular army who were well-trained and equipped with advanced equipment.
The Crystal Suit that every one of them was wearing was no worse than the 'Azure Thunder' that Li Yao had seen just now.
Although they were all trying to suppress their spiritual waves, Li Yao was very suspicious that many experts in the Core Formation Stage, Jin Dan, and even higher levels were among them!
Those people must be the Cultivators in space on Firefly. It was very likely that they were Speaker Cui Lingfeng's subordinates.
Despite their toughness, they were not large in number because of the restriction of their identity.
The Exos who were responsible for flanking and blocking the gaps at the periphery to provide support for them, on the other hand, were rather disorganized. The level of their Crystal Suit was much lower, too. Now and then, they would stumble and make unnecessary movements that exposed themselves. They were also somewhat lawless and reckless.
In short, they were just a bunch of mobsters.
Those people seem to be the Exos of the Four Sectors Chamber of Commerce. They must be the local tyrants of this place.
Li Yao pondered for a moment and realized what was going on. To ship the two cannons into Fish Dragon City and unfold and fix them unhurriedly, it couldn't have escaped the eyes of the Four Sectors Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, the attack, or arrest, was planned by certain leadership on Firefly. Let's say Speaker Cui Lingfeng, together with the Four Sectors Chamber of Commerce.
Perhaps Cui Lingfeng offered some benefits to the Four Sectors Chamber of Commerce. For example, the extraordinary technology or techniques from the center of the cosmos bribed the Four Sectors Chamber of Commerce. Not only did the Chamber of Commerce open the door for them, they also sent out a batch of local tyrants to provide guidance and support for the captors who were not large in number.
The super tiny bugs that were disguised as insects proved it, too.
The secret investigators of the Internal Affairs Division of the parliament might all be well-trained super experts.
However, the guides and reinforcements that the Four Sectors Chamber of Commerce sent to them were just a bunch of mobsters. They were too used to being a tyrant in Fish Dragon City to realize that they were carrying out a secret operation. After all, this place was their territory, and it was not a secret operation at all but an open arrest!
Therefore, when they were trying to capture Tang Xiaoxing, Li Yao had locked onto their commander more than easily and moved a mobile bug that was disguised as a cockroach to the commander's side.
Cockroaches were perhaps the most tenacious creatures in the universe. Even if the civilization of mankind perished one day, cockroaches might still be able to live for hundreds of millions of years or even longer in the broken planets and cities left by human beings.
There were cockroaches in Fish Dragon City, too.
Although they were not the same species as the cockroaches that Li Yao had produced, the odds of them being recognized on such a dark and windy night were slim.
"Brother Leopard, where are those guys from exactly? Why are they so arrogant as to open fire in the downtown area of Fish Dragon City? If the news spreads out, the Four Sectors Chamber of Commerce will be utterly humiliated! How can other people enjoy themselves in Fish Dragon City? F * ck! "
"Quiet! Those guys are all tough guys. Even the boss has to respect them. They are not people that the small fries like us can piss off! Keep your skin tight and listen to the orders of these people. If there's even the slightest mistake, the boss won't spare you! "
This was the only valuable information that the Eavesdropping Cockroach had collected from hundreds of meaningless spit words.
It proved that the attack was carried out by the 'local tyrants' from Firefly and the 'local tyrants' of the Four Sectors Chamber of Commerce.
However, Li Yao was not interested in the attackers but in the other two … observers.
To the southwest of the slum made of broken walls and dilapidated skyscrapers was a building that was seventeen floors tall. On the fifteenth floor was the best observation point in the five square kilometers nearby.
The two observers, whose heartbeats and breaths were almost completely frozen with secret techniques and who were as weightless as ghosts, were lurking in the place like two shadows while they observed the situation down below calmly, professionally, and carefully.
They were so professional that they even talked to each other through the Secret Voice-sending technique.
Unless someone was within a meter of them, no one would be able to discover their existence.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. They were the silent orioles.
Li Yao, on the other hand, was a hunter who had locked onto the oriole with the scope.
Even the content of the Secret Telepathy could not escape his eavesdropping.
It was because the 'best hiding place' had been 'reserved' by Li Yao for them in the first place.
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