Chapter 96: Star Chasing Journey (16)
Yu Jinling slowly opened her eyes, and a dim yellow light pierced her vision, causing her to instinctively squint.
As her consciousness gradually cleared, she found herself in a small, damp room. The walls around her were covered with large patches of mold. Because there were no windows, the air was filled with a heavy musty smell and a faint scent of blood.
She tried to move her body, but found her hands firmly cuffed to a heavy wooden table, and the Spiritual Qi within her was completely unusable.
She looked up, and a chill ran down her spine.
Opposite her, a weird object in a dark blue uniform was staring intently at her with its smooth, poreless face.
“When did you start following Professor Tang?”
“When did you participate in their ritual?”
“And when did you join the resistance army?”
The weird object’s questions echoed in the interrogation room, each one forceful. Although it had no mouth, its voice clearly entered Yu Jinling’s ears, sounding cold and devoid of any emotion.
Yu Jinling felt confused and panicked for a moment. She didn’t know what kind of existence this weird object was, nor did she understand why it was asking her such questions.
She tried to recall the scene before she was captured, but her memory was blurry. She only remembered resting in her room, then her parents coming to find her, followed by chaos.
No, her parents had died long ago; she had buried them herself!
“If the door is knocked while you are sleeping, please do not open it, because good team members will not disturb other team members’ rest.”
Yu Jinling finally remembered this sentence, and a chill went down her spine.
She had actually been bewildered by the influence of the ghost domain, leading herself into this predicament.
“I… I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Yu Jinling’s voice was weak. Although her heart was full of doubt and fear, she still tried to remain calm.
“You people always try to disrupt our order and spread your absurd superstitions.”
The weird object’s voice grew colder; it seemed dissatisfied with Yu Jinling’s answer.
“Just like your Professor Tang, feigning madness and stupidity. You won’t be honest until you suffer a bit.”
Yu Jinling’s heart tightened. Before she could react, she heard the weird object let out a cold snort, and its slender fingers clenched around her fragile neck.
“I… cough cough… I really don’t know what you’re talking about… I… just signed up for a travel group…”
Her neck was gripped by a cold hand, and Yu Jinling could barely breathe.
Upon hearing this, the weird object released its grip: “Universe Exploration Travel Agency’s Star Chasing Journey?”
Yu Jinling nodded frantically, gasping for breath and unable to speak.
“Then why do you say you don’t understand what I’m saying?” the weird object said mockingly, extending its deformed fingers towards Yu Jinling again.
“I don’t understand! I’m just an ordinary team member!” Yu Jinling quickly said.
“Oh?”
“So you don’t believe Professor Tang?”
“You also don’t want to explore the Universe?”
“You also don’t plan to be an enemy of our Federal Government?”
The weird object asked in succession.
Upon hearing this, Yu Jinling finally remembered what “She Chan” had said about the Cosmic Village fighting the Federal Government.
So the weird object in front of her belonged to the so-called Federal Government?
She wanted to answer yes, but hesitated, not daring to answer, always feeling that something was strange.
“Don’t want to talk?”
The weird object said nothing more. It stood up, picked up the candlestick, and walked out the door.
Before leaving, it coldly left a remark: “We will make you remember how to speak.”
The door then closed, leaving only darkness in the room.
Yu Jinling was left in this cold interrogation room, alone and helpless.
She didn’t know what would happen next, nor was she sure how her teammates were doing now.
But she could do nothing but wait for them to save her.
However, would they really come?
Yu Jinling felt a bit of despair.
…
Yu Jinling didn’t know that outside the prison where she was located, not far away on a hillside, there was a flying car with a deformed front and dented body.
Inside the car sat Liu Sheng, Wen Weilan, and Chen Shanyuan, while the temporary “passengers” were nowhere to be seen for the moment.
Of course, there was also Doll Tree, whom everyone overlooked. She remembered the grudge against Chen Shanyuan and the others, and at this moment, she was as quiet as a mouse, which Liu Sheng was very pleased with.
Looking out from the damaged baffle at the front of the car, down the hill was a small brick and tile building, surrounded by a three-story high wire mesh fence. Inside and outside the wire mesh, countless spider-like weird objects in uniform patrolled and guarded.
Lu Junan looked at the heavily guarded prison, swallowed, and hesitated, “Sister She Chan… is this… really feasible?”
Just thinking about her crazy plan, the wound on his waist, which had just healed, started to ache again.
Although Chen Shanyuan didn’t speak, he also looked hesitant, turning his head to Kuang Bowen, wanting to hear his thoughts.
However, he saw Kuang Bowen with a look of defeat, as if he had been dealt a blow from somewhere.
“If you’re scared, you can wait for us here,” Wen Weilan said indifferently.
Although Wen Weilan didn’t mean to look down on him, Lu Junan immediately stammered and dared not say more upon hearing this.
“Of course, I cannot guarantee that my plan is foolproof, but I think this method is feasible,” Liu Sheng explained seriously when she saw the situation.
“First, I have repaired the levitation and flight formations, so we can fly again, and I’ve changed the mode to manual control.”
“Secondly, I am very good at constructing stable acceleration formations. Although there are ten acceleration formations stacked now, our car speed will be as fast as an arrow, no, it will be even faster, directly piercing through the wire mesh, and then penetrating the brick wall.” Liu Sheng said with a smug look, “But I can assure everyone that the car should not explode, and you should not get motion sickness, well, not too severe motion sickness.”
“Also, I have repaired and strengthened the damaged protective formation, and I will also have means to protect everyone from harm.”
Little Tentacle, who had evolved into a brilliant starry sky version beside Liu Sheng, proudly emerged to greet everyone.
Chen Shanyuan and the others instantly recalled the scene where Liu Sheng, like a Heavenly God of Tentacles, descended and pulled them out of the pile of weird objects, then beat a pile of weird objects into a pulp.
Their hearts chilled, and they dared not voice any more doubts.
Kuang Bowen finally couldn’t help but ask in a daze, “Are you… from Hanshan Academy’s Tiangong Department?”
Liu Sheng raised an eyebrow: “Yes.”
It seemed she had been recognized.
But she didn’t quite remember who this person was, nor did she care much.
Everyone suddenly realized. No wonder Liu Sheng’s actions, from stealing the car to repairing it, were like a fierce tiger, with the help of the weird object and all the flashy tricks, looking quite skilled.
It turned out she was a top student from the Tiangong Department of the Ten Great Academies!
Kuang Bowen, confirming what he had thought, became even more dejected. So… it was her…
Liu Sheng temporarily put aside the matter of her identity being revealed and said, “Are you ready? Now put up your shields!”
The spiritual light of shields lit up one after another inside the car.
“Alright, everyone, hold on tight.”
“Three!”
“Two!”
“One!”
Liu Sheng injected Spiritual Qi into the flying car’s Starter.
The flying car slowly ascended, hovering in the air.
Then, Liu Sheng took a deep breath, focused, and began to control the flying car to sprint forward. The surrounding air seemed to be distorted by a strange force.
Under the effect of the acceleration formation, the flying car shot towards the prison like a light arrow!
“Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah—”
Everyone’s screams echoed through the valley.
“This is too fast!”
“I can’t ride in a fast car!”
“And why do we have to go up into the sky first?!”
“Oh, I forgot to say I wanted to try some new tricks I learned.”
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