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    The puzzle in the cage ③

    The first star field, unnamed star cluster.

    In the silent universe, with rotten star clusters as the background, a small fleet was leading the way. Behind the fleet, a behemoth moved forward with heat that seemed to burn the universe.

    When they are very far away, this column is like a row of shooting stars in the sky. Only when they get closer can they see clearly that the brightest behemoth is a planet tightly bound by chains.

    Calling it a planet may not be precise. Those who know it can tell from the splitting posture of this planet that this is an F-magnitude star that has been mined. Its vitality is cut off and irreversible.If the “chains” binding the entire planet were not pressed inward by repulsive force, and the internal planetary furnace condensed inward by gravity, it would probably disintegrate and disappear under the influence of the gravity of other celestial bodies in the universe.

    The journey forward is not smooth.

    Because the mothership headed by it could be seen to be a mothership belonging to the imperial army. Its flanks had been damaged, and its intelligent system was being repaired urgently.

    Inside the ship, an officer wearing an imperial army uniform was walking forward quickly. He walked through the long passage and arrived at the core of the mothership. He found the person he was looking for in the captain’s seat in the operation hall.

    He half-knelt on one knee and bowed his head in salute, “Your Majesty, I have verified the news. The rebels of the nobles have joined forces with the Alliance. The attack just now was caused by the Alliance troops disguised as star thieves who came to test. Please tell me.”

    Fenier sat in a high position, looking straight at the vast star map in front of him, “Inform the First Legion to escort, kill as many as they come, and leave no one behind.”

    “Yes!” The officer looked serious and took the order to leave.

    Soon after, an elite fleet entered the space. The fleet was divided into five squads to guard the advancing strange planet from all directions. At the same time, the monitoring ring in Fenier’s hand pushed a message.

    Fenier looked away from the star map, scanned it casually, and suddenly stopped.

    His monitoring bracelet displays the target’s real-time distance and ∞ universe standard distance.

    This is the bracelet he uses to monitor Lu Rong. It can reflect the distance between the other party and him and all the other party’s movements in real time.Normally within the royal court, the unit of distance would be switched to meters or kilometers. After entering the universe, the unit of measurement of distance would change.

    In the past few days, the monitoring reports given by this bracelet showed specific numbers, and they gradually shortened as he approached the capital star. This showed that Lu Rong was staying peacefully in that palace without any transgression.The sudden change at this moment means that the target has escaped from prison.

    Fenier stood up suddenly, turned around and left the operating room.

    Countless members who were working quietly in the hall subconsciously looked at Fenier’s leaving figure. Sensitive people could tell from his back that Fenier was not in a good mood, and they did not dare to make mistakes. The atmosphere became tense, and everyone carefully monitored the data of the mothership.

    Returning to the quiet room, Fenier immediately contacted the captain of the guard who was staying in the royal court.

    “Where are the others?” Fenier looked at the Guards Captain through the communication window.

    The captain of the guard noticed Fenier’s expression and felt guilty for some reason. “Your Majesty, Mr. Lu asked the guard about your situation a few days ago. There is nothing else.”

    Finier looked at the captain of the Guards and noticed a very shallow wound on the side of his neck. It was not obvious. Maybe the Captain of the Guards didn’t notice it himself. “He ran away. You were hypnotized by him.” Finier came to the conclusion, “Now go and confirm the situation in the inner palace.”

    The guard captain’s heart skipped a beat, “Yes!” He turned around and left in a hurry.

    Fenier looked at the monitoring distance on his wrist again. It was still the ∞ standard distance.

    The distance between Lu Rong and him has exceeded the range that the detection ring can detect, so it is displayed as ∞.

    Where will Lu Rong go this time when he leaves Silver King City?

    Some exact places, some fragmented memories, lively markets, remote but beautiful islands, desolate deserts, ships on the endless sea emerged in Fenier’s mind, or, Fenier looked at the bulky planet advancing behind the fleet.

    Would Rürong want this planet?He originally wanted to return the planet to Lu Rong.But how should he tell Lu Rong the origin of this planet and the story in it?

    If Lu Rong knew about it, would he hate him?

    Fenier’s communicator flashed, and it was a summary message sent by the captain of the Guards, “Your Majesty, surveillance shows that Mr. Lu left the main entrance three days ago and went to your study. On the way, he met Prince Shaxi who was wandering in the garden, and he took Prince Shaxi away.”

    Finier held his forehead and sighed.

    Why is there still something about Shaxi?

    Lu Rong was sitting in the operating position of the aircraft. There was a man tied to a position not far away who was looking at him tremblingly. The man’s short white hair was a little messy and his expression was nervous.

    Lu Rong glanced at the monitoring ring on his hand and said, “Your Highness Shaxi, apart from what happened just now, is there nothing else worth saying?”

    “I’m not interested in the empire’s defenses, the secrets of the alliance, or the plans of the nobles. You can think of other things.” Lu Rong looked at Shaxi, half-smiling.

    Shaxi looked at Lu Rong carefully, not knowing what to say. He had already told him everything he knew!

    He has heard of Mr. Lu, and he can even say that anyone in the empire who has not heard of Lu Rong’s name is really in vain.Everyone knew that in order to improve his estrus problem, his brother imprisoned this Alpha and ingested his pheromones endlessly.

    No Alpha can endure such humiliation. He must have been arrested because he wanted to find a way to get revenge on his brother. Maybe he had said everything, but why was Rirong still dissatisfied?!

    Who will save him QAQ.

    Lu Rong was amused when he saw Shaxi’s tearless expression. It was hard for him to understand how Feinier could have such a completely different younger brother. He followed suit and asked, “How did you and Feinier grow up? Why do you feel that your personalities are completely different?”

    Hearing this, Shaxi’s tearless expression paused. After a pause, he tentatively said: “His Majesty and I have never lived together. I lived with my mother, and he… he grew up in an underground research institute. I rarely saw him before he became an adult.”

    “Well,” Lu Rong said thoughtfully, “Then he probably has no feelings for you. He didn’t kill you after he ascended the throne. It’s strange.”

    “He’s not that kind of person!” Shaxi turned to look at Lu Rong and defended eagerly, “He can’t, Mr. Lu, he has done a lot of things for me. Although he doesn’t tell me, I know that my mother will tell me a lot about him.”

    Lu Rong said nothing. Shaxi could read his doubts from his expression, and his desire to prove his point became stronger. “It’s not just me. He must have done a lot for you. Really, you believe me!”

    “Really?” Lu Rong questioned lightly, “Then tell me?”

    Shaxi’s eyes lit up, as if he saw hope. He racked his brains to find the most convincing one, “That planet! I heard that he spent a lot of energy looking for that planet for you. He found it and has been repairing it. He will definitely tell you when it is repaired.”

    That planet?Rurong even realized after a moment of reaction that Shaxi was talking about Ashtar.

    Lu Rong pointed his gaze at Shaxi, “You mean the Ashtar Star is still there? I went there to look and saw nothing.”

    Shaxi thought he had grasped the key, “Because he moved the planet. I don’t know where he moved it, but it’s true!”

    Rürong saw something suspicious in the information given by Shaxi: Why did Fenier quietly move the Asta star and repair it secretly without telling him?The star core can be handed over to him, but the planet itself is kept secret.

    Fenier is not the kind of person who prepares surprises for others. There must be some reason if he doesn’t say it.

    This behavior seems too guilty.

    “I remember that the planet became a mine for mining star cores. The empire has always been responsible for mining in this area, right? Who did the mining at that time?” Lu Rong asked Shaxi.

    Shaxi was asked. He wanted to say something, but something seemed to come to his mind late in the day. His thoughts were suddenly stuck, “I…I don’t know.”

    Lu Rong smiled, stopped talking, and handed over the verification task to X01. An hour later, Lu Rong saw the approval document and the list of participants for the nuclear mining of the Asta star. As expected, Fenier’s name was on it, and he was still the person in charge.

    X01 concluded from this: “If he hadn’t mined Ashtar, there would be no need to repair it now.”

    Lu Rong stared at the start time and end time of the entire project and pondered for a while, and read the contents of the file several times. He did not respond to X01’s words, but closed the file and clicked delete.

    X01 floated aimlessly beside Lu Rong, “Then where should we go now?”

    “You can figure it out.” Lu Rong leaned on his chair, looking tired, and asked the question to X01.

    “Okay,” X01 couldn’t detect the solemnity of the atmosphere, and he quickly calculated, “Then let’s go north, far away from the capital star, and avoid being overtaken. In short, we can’t get close to Fenier.”

    Shaxi has been silent since she couldn’t answer Rurong’s question.No matter how dim his mind was, he realized that Fenier was responsible for most of the star core mining before, and Fenier was most likely responsible for the planet in Lujong.

    He originally wanted to find some way to save his life, but everything he exported was life-threatening. Can he still be saved?

    He accidentally hit a trap, how could he notify Fenier?

    What is his brother going to do now?

    Fenier stood at the front of the operation hall, where there was a huge visible floor-to-ceiling protective window, which stretched across the hull of the ship. People standing there looked as small as gravel. In the silent sea of ​​​​stars outside the ship, countless starships collided and exploded like fireworks, and the flying fragments became the blooming tail flames of fireworks.

    The nobles and alliance troops who were ambushing here were all wiped out, leaving no one behind.

    These were the last rebels who stubbornly resisted him.

    From then on, no one in the empire would comment on any of his decisions, and no one would threaten him.This will be a completely safe empire, both for him and for…Lürong.

    Something seems to be slipping away with the consolidation of power.

    The uniformed officer walked from the crowd passing through the operation hall to behind Finier on the long straight road, bowed and saluted, “Your Majesty, the battle is over, and Ashtar has arrived at the predetermined location.”

    Fenier turned around, looked past the officer in front of him, and scanned the people in the operation hall, “Return to flight.”

    Spanning a distance of tens of thousands of light years, Fenier landed on the capital star, the Silver King City, a few days later.

    The palaces are dense, the palaces are dazzling, and the silent palace has been engraved by time with a natural depth and tranquility.

    Fenier dismissed everyone and returned to the palace where Lürong had been imprisoned. No one was inhabiting the palace, and the palace became an exhibition hall of imperial treasures.Finier leaned against the stone pillar and sat on the railing, his eyes falling on a sunny place in the patio.

    When Lu Rong was here before, he often sat there and read.He would watch Rirong through the surveillance camera, which made him feel more comfortable. When face to face, he often didn’t know what to say.

    Now that Lu Rong was gone, he should go and find Lu Rong as usual.But now, all the problems have been solved, and those reasons in the past are no longer needed. What reasons should he use to imprison Lurong?How should I say it so that Lu Rong would not resist like before?

    In fact, deep down in his heart, Fenier was aware that he couldn’t lock Lürong, and Lürong would leave sooner or later. He didn’t leave before, but he just didn’t want to involve him and become his weakness.

    Lu Rong is a good man.

    Now, he had no reason to imprison a good man.

    Rürong will not come back.

    Fenier spent a long afternoon forcing himself to accept this disappointing fact.

    The sunlight completely disappeared from the palace. Fenier took out his communicator. Lu Rong’s name was at the top. He could not find a reason to capture the person, but other things had to be solved. Especially after Shaxi was taken away, Lu Rong would definitely ask a lot of things about Shaxi.

    He had to face the consequences of what he had sown.

    Fenier repeatedly edited the content of the message until it was so dark that he couldn’t see the plants around him and the night light was on, then he sent the message to Lürong.

    Banxia novel, a lot of fun

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