Interstellar leader

In the underground prison near the palace, each compartment is completely separated from the outside world by glass. The internal gas circulation device prevents the prisoners from dying of lack of oxygen. A small microphone allows them to hear the sound of the outside world.It is no exaggeration to say that if the jailer does not open the door, not a single ant can crawl out.

Abel was imprisoned in the cell where Elvis had been imprisoned, his hands were handcuffed and hung in the air, and blood flowed out from the penetrating gunshot wound, converging into winding streams.Ever since Elvis was executed by Ling Chi, the place hadn't been cleaned thoroughly, and the stench, bacteria, and rotting pieces of meat were all suffocatingly decomposing and fermenting inside.The disgusting stuffy air made it hard for him to breathe, and his hair was wet with sweat and stuck to his forehead in strands.

He heard footsteps.Even though they were walking very quietly, his keen hearing still made out the sound of hard boot heels hitting the floor.

He raised his head, and a person appeared in his somewhat blurred and blackened vision.

The man stood outside the transparent glass, the broken hair on his forehead was neatly combed, his black aristocratic long trench coat was spotless, and the uppers of his shoes were polished brightly.Compared with him, Abel looked like a monster from a savage world.

He looked at Abel with a half-smile, the dim lights of the prison reflected in his dark pupils.

"His Royal Highness Duke Bastal." Abel licked his dry and cracked lips, his voice was weak and hoarse like a sick mosquito.

The jailer who led Li Qing over was a little surprised, this was the first time the assassin spoke.

"Go down first." Li Qing said to the jailer.The latter responded and disappeared at the end of the dark corridor.

"What's your name?"

Abel noticed that Li Qing's fingers were trembling imperceptibly, with strong regularity in frequency and amplitude.

He is typing code.Abel understood what he meant.

Is it just you?

"Abel." His fingers also tapped the code in the shadows.

Is it just me, is the organization okay?

"Tell me, what is your purpose in assassinating His Majesty."

It's okay for now.I have to say this is a stupid move, you should just kill Chris.

"He's a tyrant."

I can't kill him.He is an A+ level genetic ability user who can foresee danger.

"I will not allow you to slander the great monarch of the empire like this."

I can't save you.Tell me about your status in the Freedom Army.

"Great Monarch? Huh?"

I'm Abigail's brother, the leader of the Freedom Army.

"To shut up."

Why did you come in person?

Abel said nothing more, just continued to gesture: because none of them dared.It was me who was in a hurry.

Li Qing showed a sneer.He didn't need to ask Abel any more, he wasn't in a hurry to assassinate the emperor.But eager to break the situation - Chris's investigation and removal of rebel organizations is increasing day by day, and it is a very challenging task to carry out secret activities under the eyes of the emperor.But at this time, Li Qing appeared, with a mysterious identity and a bottomless source of information in his hands, with an unknown purpose.

Such people demand "cooperation", and the Free Army knows very well that he is actually using them.But being clear doesn't mean they can refuse.Multiple pressures have driven them almost into desperation.

Li Qing felt that they were too naive.How about he helping them, and how about providing their information to the emperor?Their strength against the Empire is to strike a stone with a pebble, even if no surprise can win the result.They are the moths to the flame, doomed to perish.This is not something that Li Qing's strength can stop.

"You're going to die in no time, so be prepared."

Abel closed his eyes, hiding his complicated expression.He is not afraid of death, he is afraid of the failure of the Freedom Army, a darker future with no bright future.

He bowed his head, and silently recited their creed as if praying: Give me liberty or give me death.

Before Li Qing turned to leave, he took one last look at Abel, his eyes clearly said: even if you die, future generations will not be free.

At two o'clock in the morning, Li Qing came to the hospital where the queen was being rescued.As soon as the elevator door opened, he bumped into several doctors head-on, and pushed a hospital bed with his hands, covered with layers of white organic fiber cloth, with spots of red blooming like plum blossoms blooming on the snow. .A few strands of smooth brown hair protruded from under the fabric, hanging limply over the edge of the bed.

The queen is dead.

He turned his head and saw Chris coming from the other side with his daughter in his arms, his steps hurried, his eyes full of suppressed and burning anger, like a volcano about to erupt.Little Catherine was lying in his arms, looking around blankly with her clear green eyes inherited from her mother, not knowing what was going on.

Unexpectedly, there was no sadness on Chris's face.

When he walked to the hospital bed, several doctors lowered their heads and stopped.He stretched out his right hand, and was about to lift off the heavy cloth, but Li Qing firmly grasped his wrist.

"Isaac, what do you mean?" Chris glared at Li Qing irritably, but couldn't pull his hand away.

Li Qing sighed, and pointed to Princess Catherine, who was terrified by the anger in her father's tone. "No matter how young a child is, they still have memories. Do you want to leave her with a psychological shadow or something?"

Chris' expression softened a little.He directly handed Catherine to Li Qing, who walked out of the room with a group of doctors to avoid disturbing the ruler of the empire to see his wife for the last time.

The door of the room was closed, and Catherine in Li Qing's arms suddenly burst into tears. He stood in the corridor, and suddenly a chill slowly crawled from the soles of his feet to his back.

When Chris came out, he saw a corner of the room from the corner of his eye. Ada was lying almost half naked on the cold white sheet. Uncleaned wounds and microtraumas pierced by surgical robots were densely covered with snow white. The skin looks particularly shocking.

He didn't even cover his wife with a white cloth again.

Catherine cried harder.

"give me."

Li Qing handed Catherine back to her father according to her words, but the little girl clung to his lapel tightly, as if there was something frightening about Chris.

Does he really love his wife and daughter?Li Qing was puzzled. When he gave Chris the photo of Ada, the deep love in his eyes did not seem to be fake-why is it like this now?

Of course, this mess has nothing to do with him, he just needs to leave the muddy waters of the empire.

Li Qing's dream reappeared again.As a result of Chris' anger, he summoned a group of noble officials to personally execute Abel in the hall of the main hall of the palace, where the last enthronement ceremony was held.

This was the only ceremony held in the main hall of the imperial palace that was allowed to be broadcast by the media. The reporters brought various camera robots and surrounded the outer part of the main hall.Chris's move was to deter the unknown organization behind Abel and every rebel group operating in the dark. Naturally, he chose the most visually shocking type of torture.

Abigail Lan was also present, she was standing only ten meters away from Li Qing, and Li Qing noticed that she was trying her best to control her emotions.

Chris read the charges one by one, and Abigail's fists tightened.Finally, Chris gave an order, and the floor in front of him slid open to both sides, revealing a gap of 1.5 meters square, leading to the dark underground.

Abigail watched helplessly as a black cage was raised to contain her dear brother.His clothes were ragged, his hair was disheveled, and his exposed skin was covered with scars.He had nowhere to escape, but could only sit in that small cage, looking unyieldingly at the emperor.

She wanted to cry, to escape to safety with her brother, to end this nightmare, but there was nowhere for her to escape.What bound Abel was the cage, and what bound Abigail was responsibility.

Li Qing turned to look at Chris, he smiled cruelly, his eyes were full of joy of killing.

coming soon.he thinks.

"dm1742." Chris ordered.Apparently, this is a one-time code to activate a facility.

The two parallel pillars in the dream appeared.Abel started yelling too.Unlike in the dream, Li Qing could understand what he was saying this time.

"I know you are afraid, Christopher I. You will become the last emperor of the Windesh Empire, and you and your decadent dynasty will perish together!"

Li Qing is not sure whether the last emperor of the empire will be Chris or Catherine, but what he can be sure of is that this regime is really on the verge of collapse.This is the wheel of history, and no one can stop it.

What a wonderful prophecy.

Chris frowned, and his sword-like eyes aimed straight at the dying prisoner.Abel raised his head and stared back without fear, the eyes of the two met in the air, and the deadly cutting wire was approaching him, and he shouted:

"give mee death!!!"

Two pillars passed through him, and Chris stopped the contraption and walked over to the cage, tapping its edge with his staff.A weak force broke the balance of the whole, and the cages that had been cut into pieces spread out together with the human body and were spread on the floor. Red blood, pink muscle, white brain, and yellow fat looked greasy. One piece, horrible.

Li Qing felt like she was about to throw up.

Abigail's nails dug into the flesh.She lowered her head, her shoulders trembling slightly.Fortunately, people around her reacted in the same way when they were frightened, so she didn't look very strange.

Chris turned to the reporters and camera robots and smiled.

"Empires live forever," he said.

After this cruel ceremony, Li Qing stopped Abigail, she seemed to be planning to find a place to cry.

"Take me to your base."

"Can you give me a little more time?" Abigail was stunned.

Li Qing watched her seriously. "There's no time. You guys are too reckless this time. I can't suppress Chris for long. The plan is about to start."

"Remember." Li Qing raised his hand and put it on Abigail's thin shoulder. "You are a leader."

Li Qing followed Abigail out of the palace, walked through the intricate streets, turned into the narrow corridor between two skyscrapers, and stopped at the edge of the intersection.In front of them was an ordinary high-rise building. The clean and shiny glass curtain wall reflected the bright lights at night. Just like all the buildings here, it was completely unreminiscent of rebel organizations.No one would have thought that this rebel organization was right under the eyes of the emperor.

Abigail walked into a room on the first floor, and projected a strange pattern with the tablet in her hand on the light screen in the room.The floor opened silently, revealing a dark staircase leading down into the ground.

Even though the Freedom Army had tried their best to keep the ground dry and clean, Li Qing still felt that the air was damp and sticky, with an indescribably unpleasant smell.The passage is winding, and the walls are lit with blue energy-saving lamps, like a haunted house in a horror movie.

After walking for a while, they finally arrived at their parliament.Looking at this cave, Li Qing felt a little familiar. In his dream, this was the place where Abigail led a group of men in black to swear an oath in front of a coffin.

There are many men in black sitting here, with uniform cloaks and hoods, looking a bit mysterious.Seeing Li Qing coming in, they stood up at the same time, and some even reached into their waists to grab their weapons, with unconcealable hostility on their faces.

"Don't be nervous." Li Qing said calmly, "I'm here today to talk about cooperation. Since it's cooperation, I won't harm you."

The expressions on the faces of the members of the Freedom Army softened a little.

"I'll just say it bluntly. I can help you crack most of the mechanical defenses of the palace and block all monitoring and alarm measures." Li Qing paused, and was satisfied to see the excited expressions on everyone's faces. "I have only one request. You must do your best to cover and cooperate with me to escape from the Windsor Empire. You must burn and smash one of the starship warehouses to cover up the one I sailed away from; in addition, I need to make Chris think that I died in In your attack."

He looked over a strong man and looked at a person in the corner.

"You are here too. Don't hide, come out."

The woman took off her hood and looked a little pale.

"I'm a little curious, why are you here, Ms. Director of the Institute of Biology, Viscount of the Empire, Angela Xiao."

Angela shot back without showing any weakness: "I'm also curious why you are here, Your Excellency the Duke."

Li Qing spread his hands and said: "As you can see, I want to leave this ghost place. I am very happy to meet you here, which makes my plan easier. I need you to cultivate a right arm for me, I'll send someone over to you with stem cells. My plan is for Chris to find my arm and make him think I'm dead."

Angela's eyes fell on Li Qing's right wrist, where there was a golden imperial identity bracelet.

"How are you going to take it off?"

A confident smile appeared on Li Qing's face. "It's none of your business, Ms. Xiao. If it can be put on, I will naturally have the ability to take it off."

Li Qing then discussed some details with members of the Freedom Army, and formulated a main plan and several backup plans.There was a slight worry on everyone's face, they all knew the gap between their side and the armed forces of the empire's center, even if Li Qing promised to provide a lot of help, they couldn't take it lightly.

But they can't back down. This is the best opportunity they've seen in decades, and if you miss it, it won't exist.

"I have a last question." Li Qing finally asked. "Whether your organization's creed or manifesto is in Old English?"

Abigail was silent for a few seconds, but decided to tell the truth. "Because it's written like this in our scriptures. We don't know ancient English either, so we just read this sentence, as well as its interpretation and pronunciation from the scriptures."

"The scriptures?" Li Qing looked at the black robes on them, and finally understood where the sense of disobedience that had been lingering in his heart since entering this base came from—indeed, they were more like a church than a political party or an army.

"Can you show me?" He used interrogative sentences, but his tone was very strong.Abigail sighed softly, and ordered someone behind her to fetch their so-called scriptures.

It turned out to be a physical book, made of leather, with gilt letters engraved on each page, and intricate patterns on the edges of the pages.

Li Qing feels in a trance that what he travels through is not the future, but medieval Italy.

He looked at the cover carefully, and there was a line of big characters on it, which read "Freedom Army Declaration" in the interstellar lingua franca. The color was very fresh, and it did not match the age of the leather, and it was newly added.

But beneath it, a line of small, faded words caught his eye.

debokirresosagaia

Li Qing couldn't understand the first three words.In his previous life, besides his mother tongue, he was also proficient in English, and had a little knowledge of a lot of similar languages ​​in Europe. He didn't think these words belonged to any of the earth languages, not even Latin.

These may be the "Gaian language" spoken by Ilois, the early language of the interstellar age.But he understood the last word "Gaia", which was enough.

Li Qing controlled the excitement in his heart and flipped through the book pretending to be nonchalant.There are only two pages that look the same year as the cover, the rest should have been added after the Free Army got it.Most of it was full of nonsense, but on the third page, Li Qing saw something strange.

It was an arrow-like pattern with a word "yes" next to it.Further to the right, is the word "stenortista".

When Li Qing was in the First Military Academy, he unearthed a Gaia relic. An iron plate said that the name of the current East Ortesa-Nine Earth Age is Rigel, and Li Qing remembered the distance from most known stars to the earth. , so a coordinate is obtained.And the current terminal star, its name recorded on the iron plate is "stenortista".This is not a correct name, and Li Qing has no way of knowing its distance from the earth.

Now there are clues.

Arrow, yes, terminal star.

What does this strange pattern like an arrow express?Li Qing didn't have time to think about it, so he had to quickly scan the image.He couldn't stay here for too long, and it would be troublesome if Chris found out.

The author has something to say: a chapter of nearly [-] words!Are you moved?

Ahem, it's actually to make up the number of words on the list. (fly by pia)

Thanks to @小云@花自治来，水自流@Zhan Zhan Zhan Zhan Zhan for irrigation

Thanks @Pikaxiu for throwing mines

I didn't know that irrigation can be viewed by id before, I am stupid.So I'm sorry I didn't thank you qaq for the cute ones who irrigated before May