I became a mermaid egg and saved the Imperial Marshal

The original text did not describe the details of Planet M, but Ling Qing later mentioned the name Cardillo.

It was he who led the bandits to capture the city of Manladi after Ling Qing and the Seventh Army evacuated.

"Shen Yi will arrive in another hour." Wen Yi whispered the latest news to Huo Linyuan.

Once the shuttle reaches the desert, it will be useless. They could have driven the mecha directly to Manladi City, but because Lu Ke and his group were there, Wen Yi had to notify Shen Yi to send someone to pick them up.

Huo Linyuan nodded, then said to Cardillo, "Lead the way."

Hearing this, Cardillo breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that his bet was right. The other party was indeed from the Seventh Army, and he had a hunch that the other party's identity must be extraordinary.

Sitting on the dune buggy, Qi Yan looked around curiously. Because Qi Yan wanted to experience the feeling of a dune buggy, Huo Linyuan switched the force field of the Kokura to gravity mode.

A dune buggy is a minecart-like vehicle pulled by a giant animal that looks a lot like a pangolin. Because the bottom is made of a single piece of metal plate, sitting in it feels like riding a sled.

Qi Yan watched the rapidly retreating scene with great interest, and from time to time he touched Huo Linyuan with his little tentacles, as if to convey his joy.

However, his excitement soon faded away because the scenery around him had not changed at all, with only yellow sand.

If the dune buggy hadn't occasionally jolted when passing over the sand dunes, Qi Yan would have felt like they were spinning in circles.

After seeing enough of the desert landscape, Qi Yan turned his attention to the people in the car.

At this time, there were a total of eight people in their car, including Huo Linyuan, including Cardillo and his six men, while Wen Yi, Lu Ke and others were in another car.

Cardillo sat upright opposite Qi Yan, his eyes wandering and his face solemn, as if he was thinking about some important matter in his life.

His men sat closely around him, and it was obvious that these people trusted Cardillo very much.

From ambush to active show of goodwill, these people did not raise any objections, as if as long as it was Cardillo's decision, they would obey unconditionally.

Qi Yan was really surprised that a bandit leader could have such cohesion.

Because interstellar bandits are a complex group, they often gather all kinds of people, some are fugitive criminals, some are homeless refugees, and some are business travelers in distress.

These people have different backgrounds and experiences, but they have one thing in common: they are unwilling to obey discipline.

Therefore, it is often difficult for interstellar bandits to accept others as their leaders. Rather than forming groups, they prefer to act alone or form temporary teams.

Qi Yan looked at them and a thought came to his mind: Unless these people are not bandits.

Eager to verify her guess, Qi Yan used her little tentacles to pull Huo Linyuan's hand and wrote the word "question" on his palm.

Huo Linyuan pinched the little tentacle, not knowing whether to sigh or feel relieved. It seemed that his own balls were a little too smart.

However, Huo Linyuan had always been unconditionally fond of Qi Yan. He looked at Cardillo and asked, "Who are you and why are you attacking Manradi City?"

Huo Linyuan's words were tantamount to telling them directly: Tell them the truth and I will make the decision for you.

Cardillo naturally understood what Huo Linyuan meant. For some reason, he felt that the person in front of him could do it.

After struggling for a moment, he exhaled heavily, his tone unable to hide the suppressed anger: "We are all Mantalis."

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The dune buggy stopped at the edge of a huge pit. Qi Yan watched Cardillo click on his personal terminal, and then saw a beam of blue light emitted from his mechanical arm and shining directly into the sand pit.

Then the yellow sand below suddenly separated to the sides, revealing a dark hole.

After a while, two large discs about 20 square meters in size floated up from the bottom of the cave.

Cardillo jumped onto the disc first, and then invited Huo Linyuan: "You can follow me to the mine, and you will know that I am not lying."

The Mantalis live under the yellow sand. They are born and live with the mines. The mineral veins are the foundation of their life and economic source.

From Cardillo's narration just now, Qi Yan understood the whole story.

Planet M was originally an unowned barren planet. It was later discovered by interstellar scavengers who wandered here. The scavengers settled here and gradually developed into a tribe. They are the current Mantalis.

The Mantalis have been living by mining the copper mines on Planet M. They trade the mined copper with interstellar merchants and live a peaceful and tranquil life.

Until a year ago, people from the three major families came and deceived the Mantalis with lies, seized the mines, and drove all the Mantalis to the marginal areas.

In order to "reasonably" obtain ownership of Planet M, the three major families fabricated the Mantalis into bandits, and the reason behind all this was because of the rare gold.

Qi Yan drove the Xiaocang and followed Huo Linyuan onto the disc. They passed through the sand waterfall and entered a deep passage with blue lights on both sides.

From time to time, quicksand would pass through the gaps above the head and fall onto the transparent cover above the disc, and the view looked like there was a layer of light yellow sand fog.

Not long after, a row of buildings appeared in Qi Yan's sight. They were lined up in rows and densely packed on the stone walls of the cave. From time to time, children poked their heads out from among them and looked curiously towards the entrance.

The disc stopped in the middle of the cave, and Cardillo walked down first. At this time, many men, women, old and young walked out of those buildings.

Qi Yan looked at them and recalled Cardillo's description on the road.

The Mantalis all have a pair of dark golden pupils, which is said to give them good night vision and enable them to easily identify directions in the mines.

Qi Yan looked at these people carefully and saw that they had slender hands and feet, deep eye sockets, and were just like the Mantalis he had seen before, with pale and thin faces.

Cardillo walked up to a hunched old man with a white beard and said something. The other man nodded and turned to leave the crowd.

At this time, Cardillo came back and said to Huo Linyuan and his group, "Please follow me."

Qi Yan used his small tentacles to pull Huo Linyuan. Although he had already believed what Cardillo said in his heart, the situations were somewhat different from those in the book after all, so Qi Yan had to remain vigilant.

Huo Linyuan pinched the little tentacle and said to Cardillo, "No hurry."

Cardillo was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that you don't trust me. Well, now that things have come to this, I dare not hide anything anymore. We do have some new information about rare gold, but can you tell me your true identity?"

Wen Yi took a step forward to refuse, but was stopped by Huo Linyuan's wave of his hand.

Huo Linyuan looked at Cardillo and said after a moment: "Okay."

Seeing that Huo Linyuan did not reveal his identity directly, Cardillo knew that the other party was unwilling to make it public, so he made an invitation gesture: "Please let me talk for a moment."

After saying that, he walked towards a row of buildings on the left. Seeing this, the other Mantalis all stepped aside and automatically made way in the middle.