To get to the capital from Old Chang's planet, one had to change flight paths. That was why Silin had to learn about the routes at the major ports before he left. He also had to book a ticket in advance so that he wouldn't have to wait.
Booking a ticket was one of the advantages of being a noble. They had their own ports, routes, and starships. They didn't have to pay attention to the situation at the major ports like commoners.
Cillin had booked a ticket to the largest passenger terminal in the twenty-third star region. It was the largest passenger terminal in the twenty-third star region, and it was also known as an important transportation hub in the twenty-third star region. Of course, that was only for the average person. Nobles had their own routes and ports, so they wouldn't use the same stations and starships as commoners. It would be demeaning to them.
Silin and Huimao had to take a passenger starship from Old Chang's planet to the terminal. Unlike the route that Silin and Bel took to Baelen Baator, this route took much longer.
Silin sat in the cabin and pulled up the foldable screen on each seat to observe the situation outside.
The passenger starship wasn't a direct route. It would stop at a few stations along the way, and every time it stopped, a passenger spaceship would leave the starship and head to the destination. Once the spaceship left, the starship would continue its journey.
Because of this, the seats of the passengers were divided according to the stations. People at the same station would sit in the same cabin. When they arrived at their destination, the cabin would be transferred to the passenger aircraft and transported to their destination by the passenger aircraft.
Silin watched the scene on the screen. A passenger spaceship left the starship and flew towards their destination. From the screen, he could see a planet that wasn't all that big, but there was more than one planet nearby. Silin could see another planet a little further away, but it was surrounded by battleships. Yes, not passenger starships, but battleships.
He made some visual adjustments and zoomed in on the screen. Perhaps it was a fixed setting, but he couldn't see the planet clearly. He could only see the general situation on the outside. Even so, the general situation was enough for him to guess many things.
The planet was at war.
The flickering light spots and the obvious black mushroom clouds that rose from time to time told the people who were watching the situation that there was an intense, large-scale war going on on this planet. Since these weapons of mass destruction could be used without any scruples, and regardless of whether these weapons would leave a lasting impact, who was the target of the war?
It didn't take long for Silin to learn the truth from Huimao — a war among races.
Huimao stayed in a place where people wouldn't pay attention and wouldn't be noticed by the starship's defense system and detection system. He learned about what was happening on the planet through some connected networks.
Silin had a listening device in his ear, which was specially used to communicate with Huimao. It wouldn't be detected by the passenger starship's detection system. If Silin wanted to say something to Huimao, he only needed to write it on the electronic board set up on his seat. Huimao could know what Silin wrote on the electronic board through the starship's network. After reading it, he would hack it into the network and erase all traces, and it wouldn't be detected by the surveillance personnel on the starship.
In fact, Huimao really wanted to communicate with Silin through machine language, but Silin only had a superficial understanding of machine language at the moment. Compared to human language, machine language was far more difficult to understand. Left with no choice, he could only communicate with human language. However, because Silin and Huimao were too familiar with each other, they often used characters that other people couldn't understand to replace the meaning that both sides understood. Therefore, even if they were seen by others, they might not be able to understand what they were saying.
The listening device in his ear transmitted the information Huimao had collected. "The military clashed with the locals. Oh, the locals look different from us. They're aliens! Wow, what a big bomb … "
The moment Huimao mentioned aliens, Silin could roughly guess what was going on.
Not long after he arrived at the Mist Bodhisattva Empire, Cillin had done some research on the situation there. One of the things he learned was that the Mist Bodhisattva Empire was very different from GAL, and that was their attitude toward aliens.
In the League of Stars, genetic rank was the most important thing, not race. In fact, there were many Sectors in the League of Stars where aliens were the majority, just like the Binger Family in Sector H. Especially people like the "Mermaid Princess" Warsaw. There were also Ba Dao and Chifeng … they were all aliens, but as long as they had the ability, they too could live a good life in the League of Stars. Needless to say, the Binger Family was a very influential force in Sector H. People like Ba Dao and Chifeng could walk on the noisiest street of the most prosperous planet in the ten Free Trade Sectors, and no one would say anything about them. At most, some people would cast them a curious glance or two, but that was all. There was no obvious rejection.
But it was different in the Mist Bodhisattva Empire. Race was a very distinct topic in the Mist Bodhisattva Empire. The ruler of the Mist Bodhisattva Empire, the three kings, the nobles and the other bloodlines were all biased towards the common human race. Even if there was a difference, it wouldn't be too big. For example, the aliens who looked obviously different from humans and were more beast-like were the absolute targets of oppression. Most of the empire's slaves were these aliens, the aliens that the nobles called the "ugly race" because they looked too different from the common human race.
Zani was an alien himself, but first of all, he looked no different from the common human race and didn't attract much attention. Second, he had entered AF2 and joined "Wing", so his status was no longer the same as before. Even if there were nobles who were dissatisfied with him, they could only voice it in private and not in public. That being said, if Zani ran into another alien, such as one who looked more like a beast, he probably wouldn't feel any sympathy either.
The human heart was strange like that. The difference in race and bloodline was like a deep crack that was difficult to mend.
Some of the passengers in the cabin knew what was happening on the planet, so they started talking about it. They laughed and talked about "those aliens", "those ugly monsters", "those ugly monsters".
… …
Silin had always thought that the League of Stars was cruel enough, but after coming to the Mist Bodhisattva Empire, he realized that it was even worse.
To the people of the Mist Bodhisattva Empire, an alien race couldn't even compare to a pure beast.
After the war was over, even more aliens on the planet would become slaves and be sold to other people. Those who resisted would be killed, and only the obedient ones would be kept. But even then, they might not be able to live long.
Through the image Wheeze transmitted to the electronic board, Cillin saw the aliens on the planet. They had brown skin, no hair, some hard protrusions on their heads, and a lot of hard folds on their skin that looked like tree bark. The soles of their feet were very long … In short, other than the fact that they all had a head, a pair of hands, a pair of feet, a pair of eyes, a nose, and a mouth, they didn't look much like a normal human.
Even if they had their own civilization and their own language, there was nothing they could do about it. In the eyes of the Mist Bodhisattva Empire, aliens were disloyal. It would be fine if they obediently obeyed the empire's orders, but if they tried anything funny, they would be suppressed with great force.
The people in the cabin were still talking, but Silin wasn't in the mood to listen to them. Should he be glad that he looked similar to the people on this planet?
Silin pulled the hibernation helmet over his seat and closed his eyes. He was silently telling the person who was about to drag Silin over to join the conversation: I'm going to sleep, don't disturb me.
While Silin was waiting expectantly, the starship finally arrived at the planet they were looking for.
From the outside, it was obvious how busy the planet was. Be it day or night, there were a lot of starships and spaceplanes coming and going.
When Silin and the others landed on the planet, it was still daytime. To be more precise, it was morning. Silin had booked a flight in the afternoon, so Silin still had time to find a place to eat and comfort his internal organs.
The moment Silin stepped out of the cabin, he only felt one thing — people, people everywhere!
The port was packed with people, and the population density wasn't much lower after they left the port. They were all in a hurry, and they all had one thing in common — they were all civilians.
It couldn't be helped. The nobles had their own private ports, so there was no way they would come to a place as crowded as a pig farm.
When there were so many people, there would naturally be some people with dirty hands and feet. Those who looked like refugees dressed in rags might not necessarily be rich people. Even if they went out and made a fortune, they would know not to show off their wealth. They dressed themselves like refugees to avoid being remembered.
Silin's attire was considered relatively good among these people. Silin didn't expect it to be like this. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Silin quickly left the port after punching a person who was about to attack him. After leaving a certain distance, he and Huimao went to a restaurant to eat, but the few restaurants they found were basically full.
Since there was still time, Silin and Huimao took a taxi and went to a place further away from the port.
There were indeed some elegant places further away, but the prices were too expensive. However, Huimao had his eyes on the big screen outside the hotel that advertised its signature dish.
"Fish! What a strange fish! It looks delicious. Silin, let's go there! "Huimao raised his paw and pointed in that direction.
Silin looked over. Just by looking at the exterior of the hotel, he knew that the expenses inside were not low.
"Huulu, let's make a deal. Right now, we don't have as much money as when we were in the League of Stars. We can go there, but other than the platter of fish from the four seas, I'll order everything else. " Cillin didn't have the heart to turn down the gray cat's offer when he saw that it was staring at all kinds of nameless fishes swimming around the big screen. He guessed that the gray cat would throw a tantrum if he did, and this fellow would act stupidly when it did.
"I know, I know!" Huimao nodded repeatedly.
After getting Huimao's guarantee, Silin walked into the hotel with it.
The hotel's service was pretty good. There was even a special pet parlor, which was filled with people with pets.
As soon as they entered, they saw a large mastiff. Perhaps because of the presence of this large mastiff, the pets in the pet parlor were quite obedient. They didn't dare to make a sound, curling up in the arms of their owners and eating the food that their owners fed them.
But Huimao was an exception.
Huimao walked in front, walking around the parlor with his tail raised. He found a place that he was satisfied with and jumped onto the table. He clapped and scratched, indicating that Silin should sit there.
Seeing that Huimao was ignoring him, the large mastiff announced its dominance and let out a low growl.
Huimao was probably in a good mood today. After hearing the large mastiff's warning, he was still in the mood to stick out his tongue at the large mastiff. The large mastiff was also intelligent. Previously, it was the boss here, and all the pets that came in obediently chose to obey it. However, this cat dared to be presumptuous in public. The cat could tolerate it, but the dog couldn't!
After a while, Silin brought Huimao to a small cubicle, a cubicle that only Silin and Huimao used. This was arranged by the hotel staff, and they didn't pay extra money. After all, if Silin and Huimao stayed in the pet parlor, the hotel's loss would be much greater. And the large mastiff that was still in the pet parlor had a few obvious claw marks on its nose.
Huimao didn't care about the guys that it classified as idiots outside. It buried its head in eating its "Four Seas Fish Platter." But its ears that moved twice like a radar from time to time told Silin that this guy was paying attention to the situation around the hotel.
Suddenly, Huimao paused, raised its head, licked its lips, and said to Silin, "There's a situation in one of the rooms."
The image projected from Huimao's eyes converged on the soup on Silin's plate.
The image was of a luxurious suite on the top floor of the hotel.
There were a few people outside the suite, and there were also people inside. In the suite sat a young master. There was only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy sitting at such a large table, enjoying the table full of dishes.
The guards that guarded this young master were all wearing uniform clothes. The clothes were made of very good material, which ordinary families couldn't afford. Logically speaking, they should be a noble, but strangely, these people didn't have any representative symbols on their clothes, so it was impossible to tell which noble they were.
Suddenly sensing a small commotion outside the door, the young man asked his men to bring in the people outside.
Two people were sent into the suite, a middle-aged man and a beautiful young girl. The middle-aged man was one of the hotel's management staff, and the young girl was a waitress. Looking at the young girl's torn collar and the slap mark on her tear-stained face, Silin could roughly guess what had happened.
Although the young man was young, he was clearly able to see things clearly.
When the young girl saw the young man, it was as if she had seen her savior. She told him everything that the middle-aged man had forced her to do.
The young man smiled and comforted the young girl, then ordered his men to send the young girl out, and picked up the spoon to eat the porridge in front of him again.
The young girl was very grateful. She took two steps forward and stopped before the bodyguards stopped her. She bowed to the young man, wiped her tears, and was about to turn and leave. But the moment she turned, the young girl and the middle-aged man who was kicked in suddenly pulled out a gun and shot at the young man.
But not far from the young man, other than a slight electric fluctuation, the young man was still fine.
Transparent Energy Shield?!
Almost at the same time the young girl and the middle-aged man fired, their necks twisted irregularly with a crack, and then fell limply, their eyes no longer bright.
Strangely, none of the bodyguards standing around the young man made a move, and the two people's necks were broken just like that.
The young man drank a spoonful of porridge, and his expression did not change. He gently waved his hand, and the two people lying on the ground were silently dragged into a room on the side. Still, it was not the bodyguards who did it. From the video, the two dead people seemed to have automatically floated into the room.
Silin knew that someone was invisible beside the young man, and the two assassins did not notice at all.
But just from the way the two people's necks were twisted, the invisible person acted very quickly, killed them in one blow, and was very skilled. One look and you could tell that he was a veteran.
The young man put down his spoon, frowned, and looked around. One of the people standing behind him asked, "Young Master, what's wrong?"
"I have a feeling that I'm being watched."
The bodyguards looked at each other, all very puzzled. They had already confirmed that there were no surveillance cameras in this room, including the entire hotel's surveillance system. Even if there were surveillance cameras, no one would be able to see them.
The young man stood up and walked around, passing by every bodyguard. After he finished walking, he suddenly said, "Take out all your communication devices!"
After the young man said this, Huimao cut off the video.
"Wow, who is that little guy? Isn't he too sensitive? "Huimao cried.
"That's called sensitive."
"Same meaning." Huimao flicked his ear. "I felt something was wrong there before. So there's an invisible person hiding there."
"Alright, hurry up and eat. We'll leave after eating, so that we don't get into trouble." Silin patted Huimao's head. "Have you erased the traces?"
"Nonsense, of course. Let that kid worry about it."
After that, Huimao stopped talking about the young man and hurried to finish his fish.
Meanwhile, inside the hotel suite, the young man stared at the pile of communication devices in front of him with a frown. After a while, he said, "Send these back and have the technical department check them again! Check this hotel thoroughly! "
"Yes, young master."
… …
When they were finally done eating, Silin and Huimao rested for a while before heading to the airport to board the plane. Huimao was so familiar with the young man that he disappeared in a flash. Silin wasn't worried that the young man would be discovered, so he boarded the aircraft and found his seat.
He boarded the aircraft an hour early, and Silin closed his eyes to rest after he sat down. Although his eyes were closed, his mind was still thinking about what he had seen in the hotel today. Who was that young man? Silin was convinced that the young man was a noble, and a high-ranking one at that. How could a thirteen or fourteen-year-old react so calmly to an assassination attempt? Compared to Bel and Gen Xingming whom Silin knew, the young man was far too calm. It was as if he was indifferent to death. People like him were either used to seeing life and death, or they were naturally cold and apathetic.
Time passed quickly while Silin was lost in thought. One minute before the aircraft was scheduled to land, the person sitting next to Silin finally arrived. There were two seats on each side of the aircraft. Silin sat on the outside, and the young man sat on the inside. There were two seats on each side of the corridor.
The young man sitting next to him looked like an optimistic young man.
"Oh my, I finally made it. Phew —"
The young man let out a long sigh before sitting down. He looked at Silin and flashed him a friendly smile. "Have a good trip, brother!"
"Have a good trip!"
One does not slap a smiling person. Since the other party was acting very friendly, Cillin could not keep a straight face.
Not long after he sat down, the aircraft finally took off after a series of inspections. It flew into a starship at the spaceport, and just like the previous flight, the passenger cabin was transferred to the passenger starship's main cabin.
However, not long after the passenger starship left the planet, it suddenly came to a stop before it could enter warp speed. This was because there was a noble's carrier in front of it.
It was common knowledge that civilian starships had to make way for the nobles' spaceships and starships.
The ticket Silin bought was for a normal starship. Luxurious passenger starships were too expensive, and Silin didn't want to spend the money. Normal passenger starships were slower, and some ports and routes were not open to them. Therefore, it took longer than luxurious starships, and the cabin conditions were much worse.
Therefore, it was unavoidable to fly and stop on a civilian starship. This was also why many people couldn't stand it and chose luxurious starships.
Silin looked to the side. The young man sitting next to him was already drooling in sleep. Even the loud discussions around him didn't disturb him.
Finally, they could continue flying. A voice came from the cabin, reminding the passengers to wear their hibernation helmets to avoid any discomfort, and what to do if they did.
In fact, for people who felt uncomfortable flying on a starship, if the situation was serious, it could be life-threatening. Therefore, such reminders would usually be broadcasted before the flight. However, most passengers had to take the initiative. After all, the people here weren't nobles, so even if someone died, it wouldn't affect them too much.
Silin looked at the guy who was sleeping soundly next to him. After some thought, he woke him up.
"What … what's wrong?"
The person who was woken up by Silin was sleepy. He smacked his lips and wiped off the saliva at the corner of his mouth with his sleeve. He looked at Silin in confusion. He was just puzzled, not annoyed by being woken up.
"We're about to enter flight mode. Aren't you going to wear your hibernation helmet?" Silin pointed around. Most of the people in the cabin had put on their hibernation helmets. Only a few people, perhaps used to it, didn't wear their hibernation helmets.
Hearing Silin's words, the person scratched his head and said with a smile, "Oh, thank you."
Although the person thanked him, he still didn't wear his hibernation helmet. Instead, he pointed to himself and said, "My physique isn't bad. I don't need to wear it."
Silin didn't bother with him anymore. Silin didn't wear it either. When the surroundings were still quiet, he didn't want to wear it either. It was too stuffy.
Midway through the flight, the person woke up once. He was hungry and ordered the starship's combo.
When the robot brought the combo over, Silin woke up.
"Sorry to wake you up." The person took the combo from the robot, feeling a little embarrassed.
"It's fine." Silin also ordered a combo. "I also want to replenish my energy."
The person chuckled, opened the combo box, and started eating. He seemed to be very hungry and ate in a sorry state.
After eating, the person chatted with Silin about the combo. Although he ate in a hurry, his evaluation of the combo was very powerful and pointed out the key points.
As Silin listened, he pointed at the corner of his mouth and said, "There is food residue."
"Oh."
The person wiped it with his sleeves.
Silin pointed at his nose again. The person stuck out his tongue and licked it.
Silin: "…"
If he wasn't mistaken, this person's tongue was too long …
After licking, the person realized what was going on and turned to look at Silin. Seeing that Silin didn't show any signs of discrimination, he licked it again. This time, he licked it even further. It went past his eyes and almost reached his eyebrows.
Silin raised his eyebrows. "Your tongue is quite long."
The person's mouth gaped. "Don't you find it strange?"
"Strange."
"Don't you think … that …" The person opened his mouth again and pointed at his teeth.
Silin watched as the person's teeth moved. His teeth intersected and rubbed against each other, causing the food residue to come out from the gaps between his teeth.
Silin was silent for a moment. "Quite unique." He didn't even need to brush his teeth.
After confirming that Silin didn't show any signs of discrimination, the person smiled happily. "My name is Libero! Nice to meet you! "
"I'm Silin." Silin continued to finish his meal.
A mutant. Indeed, Libero was a mutant. Although he looked like a normal person, these small details showed that he was different from a normal person. If one looked closely, they would find that Libero's pupils weren't round, but oval. Libero's fingers could become very long or retract, just like a normal person. This was just what Libero showed.
"You don't discriminate against mutants? That's strange," Libero said.
"There's nothing to discriminate about. I'm not a noble."
Libero shook his head. "In the Empire, whether you're a noble or not, everyone discriminates against mutants. That is, unless you reach a level where no one dares to discriminate against you!"
As he said this, Libero's eyes lit up.
Silin nodded, but he didn't say anything.
It wasn't easy to find someone who didn't discriminate against mutants. Libero was very happy, and he chatted with Silin for the entire journey. However, it was mostly Libero talking. Silin didn't say much.
With people chatting, the journey became a lot faster.
The final stop of this trip was the Imperial Capital, but very few people actually arrived at the Imperial Capital Station. When they arrived at the Imperial Capital Star Field, many people in the cabin began to change their clothes. They changed out of their ordinary clothes and put on expensive and bright clothes. It seemed that such luxurious clothes could increase their confidence a little.
Silin and Libero looked at these people. They hadn't expected this, and they hadn't prepared for it.
The people in the same cabin were all going to the capital, but Libero and Silin didn't explain in detail what they were going to do. Libero only said that he was here to study, and Silin said that he was here to try his luck.
Many people came to the capital to try their luck. There were many nobles in the capital, and there were many opportunities. However, the pressure that came with it was also much greater. Most of the people in the same cabin were here to try their luck.
After parting ways with Libero, Silin met up with Huimao and started to think about what to do next.
After thinking about it, Silin decided to go to AF1 first. The matter with the Gen family wasn't easy to solve.
However, Silin didn't expect to see Libero again at the entrance of AF1.
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