AGTCTCC Chapter 36

Chapter 36: One Ning Li An Remains

Xiang Li’s expression remained unchanged, his gaze fixed straight ahead, not daring to glance to the side. Chu Qi assumed he was pursing his lips in thought, but it was actually out of nervousness and a guilty conscience.

…Why is Chu Qi staring at him like that?

The four were silent for a moment, their eyes all turning to Xiang Li, the protagonist of the situation.

“So, what are you going to do about Qi Xiao…”

Xiang Li said nonchalantly, “Her attacking Planet C079 is just to capture us alive. We’re weakened, but so is she.”

“With just that little Spiritual Power, she can’t alleviate much.”

Xiang Li’s eyes landed on Chu Qi, his lips curved in a smile, his gaze meaningful, as if he wanted to say something but didn’t.

Shen Gui asked, “They’re going to attack Planet C079 in twenty days. Is there really no way to contact Yan Zhou Ping?”

Xiang Li replied, “There is.”

After saying that, he simply snapped his fingers lightly. The void in front of the four of them gradually twisted, and finally, a picture appeared.

Yan Zhou Ping’s face appeared on it, looking no different from usual, except that his face was a little pale, and the environment of Planet C079 leaked from the corner was dim.

Yan Zhou Ping didn’t say anything, just nodded.

Before anyone else could react, gray smoke suddenly rushed into the interrogation room. The clean air suddenly became turbid, and the faces of the three except Xiang Li changed.

The turbid mist was as if invisible to Xiang Li. His figure gradually faded into the air, blending into one. He glanced at the surveillance camera above, the barrier covering it disappearing.

Several people rushed in from the door, surrounding the people in the smoke. They held shields made of rare Source Stone in their hands, and several others behind them held radiation guns. They all wore gas masks.

The leader, Hu Zi Mo, waved his hand, and the poisonous mist in the room was instantly sucked away by the vents. The faces of the three in the middle gradually became clear.

The three had calm expressions. Xing Zi Mu wanted to say something, but Shen Gui forcefully grabbed his wrist.

Hu Zi Mo took the lead to check the condition of the three. The mist had the effect of temporarily paralyzing Spiritual Power. After confirming that nothing abnormal was found in the room, several people came up and escorted the three away.

Hu Zi Mo rubbed his temples through the mask. Xiang Li, who had concealed his figure, leaned against the interrogation table.

On the virtual screen beside him, Yan Zhou Ping watched calmly, the screen flickering a few times, implying the signal was bad.

“Captain, Senior Colonel Chu has been escorted to prison. Team Leader Shen and Deputy Team Leader Xing have also been sent to other interrogation rooms.”

A team member came to Hu Zi Mo’s side, his voice transmitting through the gas mask, somewhat unclear.

Hu Zi Mo said with a headache, “Okay, I got it.”

He checked the room again, making sure there was nothing abnormal, before following the others out.

On the screen he couldn’t see, Yan Zhou Ping lowered his body, reaching out from outside the screen to rub his heart.

“Did you do it on purpose?” His voice was very hoarse.

Xiang Li didn’t reply.

In the other two interrogation rooms.

Interrogation soldier: “Team Leader Shen/Deputy Team Leader Xing covered the surveillance in the interrogation room. Can we assume that the two of you were discussing something secretive with Chu Qi, the traitor of the Main Star?”

Shen Gui said with a cold face, “Who are you calling a traitor of the Main Star?”

Xing Zi Mu: “Have Hu Zi Mo come out to see me.”

At this moment, Chu Qi’s dark gaze slowly swept across every corner of the prison. The surveillance cameras above flashed red dots impolitely.

The surroundings were very quiet. In fact, there were very few prisoners in the entire prison besides the soldiers. Even the location of the prison was in the most remote place, choosing the smallest place possible.

In the management office, Commander Xing Qing Kun looked at the news reported by his subordinates with disappointment. Several high-ranking officials beside him complained.

“That Xiang Li from Planet C079 is really a scourge. Ever since he came to the Main Star, trouble has come one after another.”

Someone said in hindsight, “I said it back then, people from Planet C079 shouldn’t come to the Main Star. Chu Qi said so much back then, but now, one Chu Qi, one Shen Gui, one Xing…”

As he spoke, he glanced at the commander’s face, realizing it wasn’t good, and made a U-turn: “Have all been bewitched.”

“The Zerg, Polluted Entities, Planet C079…internal and external troubles!”

At this moment, Xiang Li quietly stayed in Chu Qi’s house, Sang Quan Shi Li sitting across from him at the table, looking dazed.

Xiang Li fiddled with Chu Little Bean, who was quiet and didn’t make a fuss. Xiang Li seemed to understand Chu Qi’s enjoyment of raising stones.

The stone hitting the table made a crisp sound, calling the absent-minded Sang Quan Shi Li back to his senses.

Sang Quan Shi Li: “The three of them won’t…”

Xiang Li interrupted: “The three of them are lucky. Don’t worry.”

Although he said that, Sang Quan Shi Li was still anxious. He looked at the composed Xiang Li and asked suspiciously.

“Is all of this within your plan?!”

The latter helplessly put down Chu Little Bean, showing no guilt at all, and fooled him without changing his expression.

“Didn’t I tell you everything? I’m still weakened. What can I do?”

After Xiang Li finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something and asked, “Are your parents both biological?”

Sang Quan Shi Li was anxious. Seeing Xiang Li speak, he thought it was something important, but he didn’t expect it to be this question. He rolled his eyes.

“Your parents aren’t your biological parents.”

So his parents really aren’t biological. Xiang Li shrugged, nonchalantly poking Chu Little Bean twice.

You aren’t Chu Qi’s biological either.

Sang Quan Shi Li’s Spiritual Power had just been checked, and there were no problems. He could be ruled out.

Xiang Li: “Can you visit Chu Qi in prison?”

Sang Quan Shi Li: “No, the commander has issued a death order. No one is allowed to visit Chu Qi, Shen Gui, and Xing Zi Mu.”

Xiang Li thought for two seconds, and the fingertip poking Chu Little Bean temporarily froze in the air. From his wrist, his Spiritual Form, the little snake, slowly climbed up. The snake head arched towards Chu Little Bean, then shrank back into his sleeve.

Xiang Li curled his fingertips and said softly, “Let’s wait.”

Sang Quan Shi Li keenly caught it: “Wait for what?”

Xiang Li: “Wait for Chu Qi to escape from prison.”

After he finished speaking, he went straight upstairs to prepare to return to his room. Sang Quan Shi Li downstairs, separated by a large fish tank of roses, looked back at the destroyed gate.

He murmured softly, “How could Chu Qi possibly escape from prison.”

After he finished speaking, he was attracted by the roses in front of him: “Using Chu Little Bean’s home to hold roses…”

Boom—

A loud explosion suddenly came from the southeast direction. Sang Quan Shi Li supported the table and stood up. Xiang Li on the stairs also looked in that direction.

“!”

“The fire is on, quickly, call for people from headquarters!”

“Spiritual Power users follow behind the firefighters to comfort the prisoners!”

“Where is Senior Colonel Chu!!!” Someone shouted.

Chu Qi hid in a dark corner. The Spiritual Power little snake, which should have been on Xiang Li’s wrist, was now quietly coiled around Chu Qi’s wrist. The icy touch was in stark contrast to the scorching flames in front of him.

The surroundings were getting hotter and hotter. The black Spiritual Form little snake flicked its tongue. Chu Qi reached out to cover the little snake’s eyes, coldly watching the flames flickering not far away.

The little snake flicked its tongue and licked Chu Qi’s palm. The icy touch made Chu Qi frown, and the flames in front of him also shot over.

The black snake’s body continued to expand, its body pushing apart the surrounding walls, its head pushing open the roof. The flames that shot over exploded on the black scales on its body.

The snake head opened its mouth wide at the soldiers, and the mucus on the two fangs dripped down, making a “hissing” sound of being corroded on the ground.

Chu Qi was completely protected under the snake’s body. Explosions of flames came one after another, and the soldiers in front of him continuously attacked the black snake with the weapons in their hands.

Chu Qi’s eyes darkened. The tip of the snake’s tail circled his waist. He turned his palm over, his Spiritual Power suppressed, and he couldn’t mobilize anything.

He reached out and patted the snake god. The force wasn’t great, but the snake keenly caught it. The snake head leaned down and moved close to Chu Qi, with many wounds. The scales were cut open, and it shook those wounds in front of Chu Qi to show them off.

The blasted wounds slowly healed in front of Chu Qi, and the newly grown scales covered the wounds cleanly.

Chu Qi: “Leave now.”

The black snake didn’t listen, just circled its tail tighter and moved its head away from him.

Chu Qi: “It’s too dangerous here. Reinforcements will be here soon.”

The snake head lowered, its golden vertical pupils staring at Chu Qi. Bullets hit the snake’s body, constantly wounding and constantly healing. Its expression was inexplicably aggrieved.

Chu Qi thought to himself that the Spiritual Form really followed its owner.

“Let’s go. I’ll go with you.”

The black snake flicked its tongue. After reacting for two seconds, the snake tail tightened around Chu Qi.

Chu Qi’s house.

Sang Quan Shi Li was constantly refreshing the news from the management, his whole body was at the door, occasionally looking at the fire in the southeast direction, his face full of worry.

Xiang Li was still standing on the stairs, his hands trembling constantly by his side, his face scaring Sang Quan Shi Li.

Sang Quan Shi Li: “Xiang Li, are you okay!”

Xiang Li didn’t answer, turned around and went back to his room, closing the door.

The black snake charged around wildly, and the reinforcements’ mechs closely followed behind. Bullets were fired at the black snake without hesitation, constantly blasting open scales and then healing.

The black snake took Chu Qi directly outside the barrier. The fog was thick, and there were constant roars of Polluted Entities.

The black snake roared at them, its voice hoarse, like tearing a piece of paper. The Polluted Entities suddenly rioted.

Polluted Entities constantly charged towards the mechs, disgusting bodies blocking the mechs’ path one after another. In the end, there was no way, and the mechs retreated back inside the barrier.

The snake took Chu Qi to a quiet place, its body circling Chu Qi, its body slowly shrinking, lying on Chu Qi’s head, closing its eyes, and its tongue flicking slowly.

Chu Qi took the snake in his palm. The black snake transformed back into a little snake, and after a while, the snake’s mouth spat out a red bead. The snake head arched the bead forward.

Chu Qi reached out, wanting to pick up the bead, but the snake tail wrapped around his fingertip. Sharp teeth pierced Chu Qi’s fingertip, and a little red blood was wiped clean by the soft snake belly. The red bead was curled up by the snake tail and pressed against the wound. It quickly dispersed and drilled into the wound.

Chu Qi felt the Spiritual Power in his body gradually being mobilized, and he was shocked.

The black little snake in his hand also slowly dissipated like the red bead.

Inside the room, Xiang Li sat on the bed. Yan Zhou Ping in the void in front of him stared at Xiang Li’s pale face, closing his eyes with a headache.

Yan Zhou Ping was clearly in the shadows, but there seemed to be something wriggling in the shadows under his feet. Faintly, he could see a humanoid light, and he could see the shadows constantly separating and merging.

Planet C079 was now extremely chaotic. A body that couldn’t tell where the head or legs were was running around on the planet. Ning Le’s half face was hanging on the body’s chest.

Every year at this time, the Polluted Entities on Planet C079 would consciously hide.

Yan Zhou Ping sighed, “Chu Qi’s escape speed and acceptance are quite fast.”

Xiang Li shook his trembling hand: “My Spiritual Form was so badly injured to protect him. No matter how loyal he is to the Empire, he can’t let others get hurt because of him.”

“It’s just letting him escape from prison, not letting him betray the Empire. I know Chu Qi’s personality very well.”

Xiang Li took a deep breath, shook that trembling hand, and a black little snake flashed across his wrist, tightly closing its eyes, vaguely showing that it was trembling.

Xiang Li: “Qi Xiao has already surfaced. Although Chu Qi is now outside the barrier, he is safer than under Qi Xiao’s control.”

He instructed: “You can let go and do it.”

Yan Zhou Ping suddenly thought of something.

“I’ve investigated the matter of those missing students. They probably got someone’s genotype and entered the military academy.”

“I looked at the explosion image of the laboratory you sent me back then. The corpse that appeared after the explosion may not be Professor Ryan.”

“I’m inclined to think it’s one of the missing students, most likely the student named Yan Tian He. His family’s Spiritual Power lineage is thin.”

Yan Zhou Ping: “They kidnapped the students, probably wanting to inject them with serum for research. I saw their conjecture about this research in their notebooks. Weak Spiritual Power is easy to die.”

“Student Yan Tian He may have been the first to die because he couldn’t hold on. They disguised the corpse as Professor Ryan, probably wanting us to think that the professor is already dead and not pursue his whereabouts…”

Xiang Li interrupted Yan Zhou Ping, frowning, his eyes cold.

“What happens to them is none of our business.”

Xiang Li reached out and took a mask that had been prepared long ago from the bedside drawer. He slowly put it on his face, the edges fitting perfectly. When he raised his head again, Chu Qi’s face appeared on the screen.

Xiang Li: “Next.”

“One Ning Li An remains.”