Puppeteer [Interstellar]

For these unscrupulous pirates, the Alliance Army chasing them is almost within reach. A few light years away are the spaceships and armor of the Alliance Army, loaded with heavy firepower and strictly trained troops.

These well-trained troop soldiers are driving spaceships, using space folding technology to quickly approach the pirates, the distance between criminals and soldiers is getting closer, and these fleeing pirates naturally realize that their situation is not as good as theirs As wonderful as imagined.

Regardless of the spaceship and the munitions loaded on the spaceship, their firepower is not as powerful as that of the military. Once they are tough and confront the alliance army, the fate of the pirates will be obvious.

However, the problem that puzzles these pirates is that they just stole a puppet from the research and development base. Why would the alliance government lead an army to hunt them down? Hundreds of fighters, maybe there are also mechs And a large number of spaceships loaded with heavy weapons, just to deal with such a group of pirates with less than fifty people.

Although they didn't understand what the alliance did, the group of helpless pirates only wanted to survive at this moment. At this time, the passenger spaceship appeared in front of these ferocious criminals like a godsend. They started and captured all the passengers on the spaceship, the crew, flight attendants and the captain of the spaceship. There were more than 300 people in total, all of whom were picked out one by one and gathered in the hall of the deep sleep cabin.

The pirates who realized that the hostages were in their hands seemed to feel that they had an extra life-saving talisman in their hands. The trembling and fear of their passengers made the pirates feel a certain self-confidence in their hearts. Intimidating and mocking the poor passengers, the pirate leader used the communication device to directly connect with the Union Army chasing behind him in front of all the hostages, as if he wanted to use these hostages to negotiate conditions with the military. .

A huge virtual display screen soon appeared suspended in midair in the hall. After the pirate leader successfully connected with the military, several soldiers in black military uniforms standing upright appeared on the huge display screen in midair.

Standing in the crowd, Lyle carefully raised his head to look at the virtual screen, and saw a very familiar face at a glance. Lyle was surprised to find that it turned out to be his father, the best general in the alliance, 'Rein' .

Rein's face obviously startled the pirate leader too. The pirate leader didn't expect that they just went to the golem R&D base to steal a golem, and the general of the alliance actually went out to lead it himself. The soldiers came to hunt them down, this situation is unscientific no matter how you think about it!

But it doesn’t matter whether it’s scientific or not. At this moment, the pirate leader has made a big mistake, and he has no choice but to shoot. He pulled the collar of his red uniform a little nervously, and said to General Rain on the huge virtual display screen. , "Oh, this really shocked me. Isn't this General Rein who has long been famous? Shouldn't you be on the front line? Why do you have the time to hunt down an unknown junior like me?"

"Let's talk nonsense." On the virtual screen, Rein's face was stiff and expressionless. He looked about 40 or [-] years old on the surface, but his tall and straight body and a vigorous military uniform made him look younger , with a decent appearance and a compelling temperament, but this face is actually a little strange in Lyle's impression.

Lyle did not expect to see his biological father on such an occasion. Although there were many people around to cover up, but the moment Lyle saw Rain appearing, he still couldn't help but bow his head slightly to lower his back. own presence.

But after thinking about it, Lyle felt that there was no need to do this, because he knew that it was impossible for Rein to recognize Lyle's son. From the time Lyle entered the door of the Hawk family, the number of times he met this father was only There are countless hands, and the number of direct conversations with him is even less, so Lyle can imagine that Rein has no idea what Lyle looks like, and he doesn't remember his name.

This is really frustrating, but Lyle is used to it. Now that I think about it, it might be a good thing that the other party can't recognize Lyle under such circumstances.

Just when Lyle lowered his head and struggled, Rein over there glanced at all the pirates present through the display screen, as well as the group of hostages who were surrounded by pirates and controlled them with guns. Rein also seemed to have expected this group of pirates Intent, showing a sneer, said to the pirate leader, "Speak quickly if you have anything to say, this will be your last words before you die."

The pirate leader took a step back deliberately, exposing the large number of hostages behind him in front of the screen. He seemed a little afraid of this famous general, but the pirate leader still tried his best to suppress his voice. Regaining his own hand, he said to Rain over there:

"General Rein, as you can see, I have more than 300 hostages in my hands. I won't say much. As long as you evacuate immediately and let our spaceship successfully leave the territory of the alliance, I will not move a hair on these people. We I will put them on the border planet after leaving the territory, otherwise... I will kill a hostage every 10 minutes until I kill all the people in this group!"

The pirate leader said that he was a little confident. With so many lives at stake, he didn't believe that the other party would not withdraw his troops. However, when he was full of confidence and thought that Rein would definitely agree to his request, Rein displayed on the screen There was just a mocking sneer on the other side, and he said:

"You can kill as much as you want, it's not just more than 300 people, as a citizen of my Star Alliance, you must always be ready to sacrifice for the alliance!" General Rain on the display screen said something shocking , still with a sneer on his face, "And in the next time, I will punish you on the spot to recover this blood debt for these sacrificed citizens."

What Rein said immediately shocked the pirate leader. The calmness that the pirate leader had managed to maintain disappeared, and he looked at Rein in disbelief, "Are you crazy!? There are more than 300 people here , and how many of us are there!? This is how your alliance government treats your citizens!?"

Obviously, it wasn't just the pirate leader who was terrified, all the pirates and the passengers and hostages gathered in the hall were also shocked. When they were hijacked by the pirates, everyone believed that the alliance government would send troops to rescue them. In the middle of the fire and water, I never expected such an ending to come!General Rein, who has always been trusted by the public, chose to give up all the hostages without hesitation at this moment...

This action obviously caused the hostages to start a commotion, the crowd was restless, some people started to cry or tried to escape, until a pirate raised his gun and shot at a target who wanted to escape, blood and gunshots This group of restless passengers immediately calmed down a lot.

Rein on the display screen turned a blind eye to all this, he continued to sneer, he straightened up slightly calmly, raised his chin, and faced the pirate leader with an extremely arrogant look, Rein said, "You can do whatever you want Killing, this will be the last and best moment of your life..."

The pirate leader was really in a hurry this time. He waved his hand to greet the accomplices next to him, and then continued to negotiate with Rein. He gritted his teeth, "Rein, listen! Even if you really can ignore this The lives and deaths of more than 300 people, but among these hostages are your alliance officials and several family members of the Hepburn family—"

When the pirate leader said this, his fellow pirates forced Lyle, the woman beside him, and several men and women who had been additionally selected from the passengers to move forward at gunpoint, forcing them to come into view. Down.

Lyle didn't dare to look at the display screen, he supported the weak woman beside him, and kept his head down.

The young Lyle was very frightened at this moment. Although he didn't meet this so-called father much, Lyle had also heard about some of Rein's methods from some family members. Rein catering to the public on the surface, He is an excellent, fair, and friendly general, but this is just a disguise, because Rein represents the face of the alliance government, so in front of many people, he has a righteous and awe-inspiring look.

But actually?

In fact, he was nothing more than a cold-blooded, cruel, unscrupulous villain who dared to kill his relatives and friends for the sake of power. The so-called superficial tricks and hidden tricks refer to people like Rein. The only advantage he said is that he He is indeed the lackey of the alliance, and everything he does is to ensure the interests of the alliance.

And this time the incident of hunting down the pirates was also set out for the benefit of the alliance. The order Rein received was to kill all the pirates and bring back the things they stole. Rein only needs to execute this order and kill all the pirates It's none of Rein's business to bring back the puppet, and how many hostages died in the middle. He knows that the alliance government will help him clean up this mess.

So Rein can do whatever he wants, and he is only holding the mentality of playing prey with this group of pirates. He likes to see these people struggling before they die, which will make people feel happy.

These stupid pirates still tried to make the last stupid struggle. They slipped out those hostages with family backgrounds and wanted to continue to talk about capital with Rein, but after a glance at the hostages, Rein just sneered again , "Kill it, I don't mind, and I believe those officials and the Hepburn family won't mind either."

The pirate leader saw that all the chips had no effect in front of Rein, he was shocked and mixed with anger, and roared, "This is impossible! I don't believe you will turn a blind eye to so many hostages!"

"Oh, this is really funny." Rein said slowly, "I, Rein, have killed more than tens of millions of people or monsters. Do you really think I care about hundreds of lives? Don't worry, even So what if I let you kill all the hostages? Anyway, the media will tell other people afterwards——before the rescue of the Alliance Army arrived, these terrible and evil pirates went crazy and killed all the hostages, Ray It's still a step too late because the general tried his best—yes, the people will only get such news, and all of you will die here..."

"You madman!" Rein's words did not make the pirate leader continue to roar, but the hostages who were held hostage began to panic and roar. The general who was trusted by the masses exposed his beast-like nature in front of them without hesitation, which almost made these hostages go crazy.

The crazy hostages began to curse and scream, and there was another unscrupulous commotion. This time, even the pirates fired warning shots, it didn't work. Those hostages used their bodies to block the guns under the madness. Everything was done, and the scene suddenly fell into chaos. The commotion of hundreds of people at the same time was not so easy to suppress. Although the pirates had guns, there were only about fifty people in total. The crazy people rushed forward immediately Knocked several pirates to the ground and took their weapons.

Then, a scuffle began.

Rein in the virtual screen looked at all this with a smile, and said to the pirate leader standing there sluggishly, "I wish you good luck!" After speaking, he turned off the video connection, and the virtual screen suddenly went dark Then it automatically disintegrates.

The situation on the scene has completely lost control. The crowd began to scatter and flee in all directions. The pirates tried to maintain order. In the chaos, Lyle took advantage of the chaos and helped the woman around him stumble to find some cover. Crouching in the corner, and trying to move to a safe place, bullets flew past the two people like a hail of bullets.

Lyle was flustered and terrified. He didn't know where he should go. There was a sick and dying woman by his side. In fact, Lyle could leave her behind. They didn't know each other at all and had no relationship or relationship. He is not a bad person, nor is he kind, but he can't do such a thing as abandoning a sick and weak woman.

Moreover, Lyle couldn't think of whether he could really survive under such circumstances.

Even Lyle, who is not deeply involved in the world, can understand at this moment how bad the situation he is facing now. Although Lyle was already mentally prepared when he walked out of the gate of the Hawk family, he just didn't expect the disaster to come so quickly. quick.

They were surrounded by pirates or people shooting randomly with guns, because they realized that the damn Rein would never come to rescue them poor passengers, some radicals among the passengers started to save themselves, they snatched weapons and tried to save them. A counterattack with the pirates, but the result is usually tragic, so in just a short moment, the hall is full of corpses and blood.

In this chaotic and stalemate situation, the woman next to Lyle seemed to be touched. She put her hand on Lyle's shoulder, raised her hand and pointed a direction for Lyle, and Lyle followed the direction of her finger Squinting and looking over, I found that at the corner of a passage not far away, there was an entrance to the ventilation duct of the spaceship.

"Climb that..." The woman next to Lyle was named Alice, she took a deep breath to calm her breathing, her illness seemed to have passed, her face was a little rosier, and she was able to speak to Lyle in a normal voice up.

"I'm a spaceship engineering designer..." Alice said, "I'm familiar with the design of this passenger spaceship. Through the ventilation pipe, you can climb into the escape cabin on the lower level of the spaceship. Let's leave here in an escape boat."