At the border between Sector C and Sector A of the League of Stars, there was a heavily guarded planet surrounded by five satellite planets.
Right now, Silin was on one of the five satellite planets.
According to the star calendar, it had been more than twenty days since the "Nightmare Tapir" incident.
More than twenty days ago, Silin had produced the complete antibodies, and the military had taken care of the aftermath of the "miracle". After the incident was over, Silin was brought to this planet.
The Eleventh Squad had left planet J-C335 before the incident, and no one knew where they went, be it the military or Vanguard. It was as if the Eleventh Squad had vanished into thin air.
Although the League of Stars was a huge planet, the eight legions and some of the major families had sent people to investigate the Eleventh Squad to no avail. It was unsettling to the people who had been plotting something.
At first, they thought that they had the Eleventh Squad in their hands after they imprisoned Silin, but they didn't expect something like this to happen.
However, to everyone's surprise, Silin was unusually calm even though he was imprisoned on this satellite planet and awaiting his final trial. For the past twenty days, he had been doing the same thing every day. He would eat, sleep, wake up, read a book, and sleep again when he was tired. Of course, most of the time, he couldn't sleep well because people would come to talk to him from time to time.
Right now, Silin wasn't convicted, so Silin couldn't be considered a criminal until his final trial. Therefore, compared to the convicted criminals, Silin had a little freedom, but only a little.
Similar to Ci Jincheng's small base, this planet was shrouded in a gigantic protective shield and had an internal life support system to sustain life activities. The planet's primitive conditions weren't suitable for normal human habitation at all. Of course, it was also a form of protection to prevent the people imprisoned here from escaping.
One part of the small room was surrounded by a transparent wall, and the ceiling was transparent as well. It was possible to see the stars outside and the patrolling fleets that passed by from time to time.
Of the five satellite planets, the one Cillin was staying on had people who were waiting to be judged. They could be found guilty in the end, or they could be found innocent. Everything could only be decided after the final trial.
The final trial would take place on the planets orbiting these few moons. Even from here, Silin could see a round golden building on the big planet. It was the place where the trial was held.
If they were found not guilty, they would be allowed to leave. If not, they would be imprisoned in the other four satellite planets' prisons.
Ever since the prisons at Sector S were abolished, the League of Stars had decided to build prisons on these four satellite planets. The people imprisoned here were all very special criminals. Some were similar to Si Fang back then, and some were criminals who had committed terrible crimes but couldn't be sentenced to death for the time being. All in all, the people imprisoned here were all once famous people.
One of the people who came to ask questions yesterday told Silin that his life was worth it to be imprisoned there.
Worth it?
Celine looked at the other four satellite planets. They looked cold and devoid of any signs of life.
Ever since Silin was imprisoned here, people would come to talk to Silin every day. They used all kinds of methods, such as threats and temptations. However, since Silin had some people supporting him, the people who came were polite to Silin. At the very least, they didn't use force.
These people who came to talk to him were people from all eight corps and politicians. Their goal was nothing more than one — the shortcut channel technology.
Silin didn't know who said this, but the current situation was that all the decision-makers knew about it. This was why they were waiting for Silin to fall into Besor's trap.
Recently, the people who came to talk to Silin said that they would be lenient if he handed over the channel technology. They even promised him a lot of benefits, but Silin never relented. The people who came to talk to him in the past two days were especially numerous because they couldn't find the Eleventh Squad. They thought that Silin was ready to give up on himself, and that the Eleventh Squad must've left for the other end of the passage. They weren't in the League of Stars, and they weren't planning to return either. Wouldn't returning be suicide?
By Silin's estimation, the day of the trial was almost here.
The reason the trial date hadn't been decided until now was mainly because the people had underestimated the complexity of the matter. At first, they thought that they could tie Silin to Besor's case, and then force Silin to hand over the channel technology. At worst, they could go easy on him during the public trial. However, as Silin was locked up, more and more people submitted applications to participate in the public trial, and the development of the matter exceeded their expectations.
Moreover, these people who submitted applications to participate in the public trial originally weren't on Silin's side. However, a few days after Silin's phone was turned off and locked up, some people started to change their minds and stand. This made the decision-makers very troubled. As a result, the involvement grew bigger and bigger. The number of people participating in the final trial increased, and it became more and more complicated. The waiting time grew longer and longer, and even now, the date of the public trial hadn't been set.
It sounded nice for the public to participate in the trial, but in reality, the so-called "public" who participated in the trial were also some important figures in the Star Alliance. The power and personal influence in their hands could shake an area, and they were also the leaders of local forces that had been officially recognized. These people would cooperate with the decision makers in the higher-ups of the Star Alliance to maintain the stability and order of the Star Alliance.
After every chaos, there would be a replacement between the old and the new.
Take Alkenthus for example. In the past, he was far from qualified to do this. The representative of Sector V to participate in the public trial and administrative affairs was another Sector V colonist, but this colonist had been stepped on during the chaos of the League of Stars this time. Alkenthus seized the opportunity to develop the Freedom Army into the largest and most formal force in Sector V, and during the "Nightmare Tapir" incident, the Freedom Army was the first group in Sector V to receive treatment. This caused the already influential Freedom Army in Sector V to become even more popular in the Sector.
Although the bigwigs didn't really think much of the Freedom Army, and even less of these Sector V lunatics, they had to admit that a force of this scale would cause a lot of trouble in the future if they didn't take this opportunity to negotiate.
Therefore, as the leader of the Freedom Army, Alkenthus also received an invitation from the decision-makers. The meaning was that after the chaos, they hoped that he could cooperate with them to re-establish order and maintain the stability of the League of Stars. The people of Sector V were the most worrisome of all. If they could have someone like Alkenthus to restrain, maintain, and focus their firepower, then the decision-makers would be more than happy to give Alkenthus an invitation.
When Alkenthus accepted the invitation, he also submitted an application to participate in the trial. However, Alkenthus was alone, and his vote alone shouldn't have much influence. It wouldn't change the outcome either. Even if the decision-makers were displeased, they didn't take it to heart as long as they knew that the outcome wouldn't change. However, not long after, when the three leaders of Sector S's three great forces received the invitation from the decision-makers to maintain order, they expressed their agreement to cooperate with the League of Stars government and the army to maintain order in the League of Stars. The condition was that they would participate in the public trial.
The people who received the invitation from the decision-makers did indeed have the right to participate in the trial. It was just that they had the right to choose whether to participate or not. Most of the time, if it didn't involve them or had nothing to do with them, these people wouldn't participate in this kind of secret, complicated, and scheming trial. This time, the decision makers didn't expect that the position of the captain of a small Hunter squad would involve so many people. Moreover, many of them were targets that the decision makers wanted to rope in.
Because of this, the decision-makers conducted an in-depth investigation into Silin. The deeper the investigation, the more they discovered that Silin wasn't a simple person. Right now, the decision-makers were a little regretful that they had dragged Silin into Besor's incident. Of course, it was only 'a little' regret, not absolute regret. After all, they coveted the passage technology more.
Silin looked at the starry sky outside. There were a few spaceports between the five planets and the central planet they revolved around. Right now, a starship had landed at the spaceport closest to Silin's planet, and it didn't take long for a spaceplane to depart from the spaceport and fly towards him.
Silin had seen this situation many times already, and every time he did so, someone would come over and 'talk' to Silin and demand that he hand over the passage technology.
Who was it this time?
The answer was revealed very soon.
"I was thinking that you would show up soon." Silin put down the book in his hand and looked at the newcomer.
Yu Linglong walked into the small room and stared at the person sitting calmly on the chair with a complicated expression. Yu Linglong originally thought that since Silin had the passage technology, he would definitely leave the League of Stars together with the Eleventh Squad when he realized that something was wrong. She didn't expect that Silin would actually cooperate and come here.
She knew that Silin wouldn't give in so easily and would definitely have a backup plan. The increasing number of applications to participate in the trial was proof of that. Some of them were people who were more familiar with Silin, such as Angenia and so on. The other group of people who submitted applications included people from both the political and military circles. They were all people who had interfered in the "Miracle" incident or had secretly violated the law.
There were a lot of people involved in the 'miracle', but a lot of them had erased the stain when the 'miracle' had gone down. However, Yu Linglong didn't expect that Cillin would have the evidence and blackmail to force those people to change their minds.
Silin had relied on this blackmail to force those people to participate in the trial. It was true that the Eleventh Squad had left the League of Stars, but Czedow and Mengi Aro had stayed behind. They had shown the stain that some people thought had been erased a long time ago.
During the years Silin had been a Hunter, he had never stopped collecting information other than when he was out on missions. For example, Silin had obtained a fragment of Olillo's star map and a chip from the "Miracle" base where Xueqiu and Chifeng had been captured. The chip contained a lot of information and even some secret transactions, and Silin had been supplementing the information according to the chip. Now, it was time to use them.
"What are you thinking? Or should I say, what are you trying to do? " Yu Linglong asked with a frown. Perhaps it was because she was used to being in the Yu Family, she unconsciously used a questioning tone when she spoke. However, she quickly realized that this wasn't a good way of speaking. After adjusting her tone, she said, "I know that you have a lot of dirt on them, but those old foxes won't let you have it forever. Right now, it's only because it's too sudden that they don't have the time to deal with it. When the matter calms down, the situation will be disadvantageous to you."
Cillin didn't say anything, and Yu Linglong looked a little annoyed. A while later, when Cillin didn't say anything, she continued, "As far as I know, be it sincere or forced, you have a lot of supporters right now, but it still doesn't exceed half … If there are no surprises, the final trial will be held in three days."
Among the people participating in the trial, Yu Linglong's investigation found that the number of people who supported Silin was less than half. There were new supporters every day, including some famous people in the League of Stars. Even if they didn't have the right to participate in the trial, they would still use their connections. For example, Food King Hara, Great Master Jiu Xun of the pharmaceutical world, and former Senator Sang Bo.
Another example was the Hunters. Right now, Ji Feng was busy working with Lan Hudie to deal with Heaven's Birth, so he didn't have the time to come personally. However, Ji Feng, Lan Hudie, and Prisa, these three Star Level Hunters had all contributed to this matter. Some of the people who submitted the application to participate in the trial were also because of them.
Although the Eight Great Marshals hadn't made their stance clear, there were people in the Eight Armies who had already expressed their support for Silin, and the one leading them was Mo Qing. There were also some people who had been instructed by Ci Jincheng, Knight, and Pride. Although they were confined by their families and there was a limit to what they could do with their current abilities, it was enough. At least not all of the Eight Armies were standing on the opposite side.
However, Yu Linglong didn't think that the number of people who supported Silin would reach half in three days.
"This time, my grandfather and father won't be participating in the trial. The Yu Family will be participating in the trial along with me and my two cousins. This can be considered a test from my grandfather. I will help you. "
If they stood on the wrong side, they would definitely be criticized in the competition for the successor. Yu Linglong's two cousins were standing on the other side, and only Yu Linglong chose to stand on Silin's side. Many of Yu Linglong's subordinates were against her decision, so it was obvious that Yu Linglong was still under a lot of pressure.
"Silin, if you take out the shortcut tunnel technology, I'm sure that more than half of the people will support it." In Yu Linglong's opinion, Silin didn't have the ability to protect this technology at the moment. Instead of that, he might as well take it out and make a deal with the decision-makers. Not only would he gain some benefits, he would also be able to avoid more jail time.
"I won't say anything about the tunnel, at least not now. I won't use the tunnel technology in exchange for the support of the trial. Still, thank you for your help. Here's a gift for you. "Silin smiled as he took out an item and handed it to Yu Linglong.
It was the ruby that had been found on the transport ship of the Douance Family that had been slaughtered.
Yu Linglong's pupils constricted when she saw the gem that had a fracture on it.
"Blood Sun …"
The ruby in her palm reflected a demonic blood-red light. At this moment, Yu Linglong's emotions could no longer be described as complicated.
"Blood Sun" was a rather precious ruby, and the owner of this ruby was Yu Linglong's second cousin, Yu Xing. However, Yu Linglong had only seen "Blood Sun" once. At that time, "Blood Sun" hadn't been cut into ornaments yet. Later on, Yu Xing embedded the cut "Blood Sun" into a ring and gave it to his mistress, Padlola.
Later on, Cillin found Padrola when he was investigating Yu Xing. He found a photo of her and Yu Xing, and in the photo, the ring on Padrola's finger was this ruby.
Padlola looked like a woman who relied on her appearance to get her position, but in reality, she wasn't simple at all. She was also one of Yu Xing's right-hand men. Yu Linglong had already sent a few subordinates to investigate her, but none of them had received any news.
"This … Where did you find it?" Yu Linglong remembered that the earliest information she received said that Padlola liked "Blood Sun" very much and always carried it with her.
Silin explained the situation. "Not only that, when you return, you'll receive some information about that massacre."
Yu Linglong nodded and put away the chipped gem. According to Silin, the massacre might have been Yu Xing's doing. Yu Linglong had suspected it before, but she hadn't found any evidence at the time.
If there was sufficient evidence, then the Douance Family would definitely stand against Yu Xing. It was very possible that Cillin would gain another supporter, and all Yu Linglong had to do was to arrange things properly. The Douance Family would also become a helping hand in the competition between her and Yu Xing.
There were no surveillance cameras in this place, and even if there were, they would've been dismantled. After all, no one who came to talk to Silin would want their conversation to be leaked.
Cillin stared at Yu Linglong's spaceplane and thought about the news Yu Linglong had brought him. The trial was in three days. Although the notice hadn't reached this place yet, it had to be true.
Three days should be enough.
Yu Linglong's analysis wasn't entirely correct. Cillin had asked Czedow to bring out the weaknesses of the people who had done many large scale illegal transactions with "Miracle" and drag so many people into this mess. One reason was to gain more support, and the other reason was to stall for time.
While he was thinking, Silin noticed that a new starship had docked at the spaceport. It was a military starship, and anyone who could use this kind of starship had to be of very high status in the military. After that, another spaceplane flew over from the spaceport.
Which big shot in the military is it this time?
While pondering, Silin looked up and discovered that another medium-sized spaceplane had flown past the spaceport. Compared to the previous military starship, this spaceplane was far too plain and ordinary. However, it was exactly because of this spaceplane that the security at the spaceport suddenly tightened. Even the patrol fleets were gathering at the spaceport as if they were on high alert. Silin could feel their nervousness even from where he was standing.
The spaceplane stopped at the spaceport for a moment before flying over. It was probably a routine inspection just now.
At a landing field not far away from where Silin was being held, a spaceplane with a military insignia on it landed. The hatch opened, and a man walked out of it. He looked to be middle-aged, but the military rank and a certain special insignia on his military uniform were enough to send shivers down people's spines.
The person in charge of this place quickly walked over and saluted him. That person seemed kind, or rather, he gave off a refined and easy-going feeling.
The duo walked toward where Silin was being held while talking to each other. However, they had only taken two steps when the man looked up and saw a spaceplane flying in their direction and preparing to land.
After the ordinary-looking spaceplane had landed, the hatch opened, and two people walked out side by side. One was a man and the other was a woman. The man's age couldn't be determined, and his appearance wasn't outstanding or ugly. He was dressed casually, but this seemingly ordinary person made everyone who got close to him feel an inexplicable sense of fear from the bottom of their hearts.
The woman walking beside him was wearing the style of training clothes that mercenaries and hunters liked. She was frowning slightly, and no one knew what she was thinking about. She walked and talked to the person beside her.
When the person in charge who was accompanying the officer saw the two of them, he felt as if there was a gun pointed at his head. The man was big trouble, and the woman … When he first saw her, the person in charge looked like he had seen a ghost. He stared at her for a long time before he suddenly remembered something and carefully glanced at the officer beside him.
Sure enough, the officer beside him was also staring blankly at her.
"Hey, girl, he's looking at you. Aren't you going to say hello?" Si Huang smiled and looked at Pian Huo, who had appeared in public for the first time.
Pian Huo paused and said, "Why should I say hello to someone I don't know?"
Si Huang raised his hand and rubbed Pian Huo's head, messing up the hairstyle that the little girl had taken a long time to do. Before she lost her temper, Si Huang said, "You go and find Silin. I'll stop this one."
"Okay."
Pian Huo didn't say much and directly went to the passage where Silin was kept. Soon, she entered the passage and disappeared.
After watching Pian Huo go in, Si Huang walked to the side and took out a cigarette. He leaned against a pillar and slowly smoked.
The person in charge's eyes twitched. Generally speaking, smoking was not allowed here. However, that was "generally". If it was this person, then forget it. It was better to avoid trouble.
Wei Ting watched the figure that was extremely similar to the one in his memory disappear at the end of the passage.
It was really similar, especially when he looked at people sideways, the curve of his eyebrows was exactly the same as Si Fang's.
What was the first time he saw Si Fang? Wei Ting thought back. It might not be easy to remember that person just by looking at his appearance. Standing in the middle of a group of female soldiers, he wasn't the most beautiful, nor was he eye-catching. But after that, he could clearly remember that person and remember that person's appearance. He was wearing a training uniform, holding a submachine gun casually, and his every frown and smile had a heart-palpitating flamboyance and ease. Then, such a person kept appearing in his mind, lingering and lingering. He didn't know when it had penetrated into the depths of his heart.
But, he was no longer here.
Wei Ting waved his hand, indicating that the person in charge didn't need to accompany him, and walked straight to Si Huang.
"Although Little Fang's last words were to let her choose freely, if that girl also chooses to enter the army … I'll break her legs!" Si Huang looked up at the entrance of the passage. His calm tone was steady and firm, and his imposing manner was irrefutable. However, he didn't look at Wei Ting, who was walking over, and didn't even look at him. "But, the good thing is, she didn't let me down. Being a hunter is better than entering the army and following her mother's footsteps."
"She wants to be a hunter?"
"That's right." Si Huang seemed to have thought of something interesting. He smiled and pointed to the place where Silin was locked up. "Her future captain is locked up there."
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