back to Earth

Looking at the number of mercenaries gradually decreasing in the opposite room, Cheng Zhen counted silently in his heart.

This is the fourth batch of mercenaries who were taken out of the room.Every day, those white masked people will take away a group of people.Cheng Zhen didn't know where these mercenaries were taken and what happened to them.

Because they never came back.

The remaining mercenaries seemed to have lost their self-awareness. Even though they watched the number of companions around them decrease day by day, their godless eyes remained unresponsive.

When will it be your turn?

Cheng Zhen thought to himself.He remembered a conversation he had heard when he woke up that day.Judging from the analysis of that conversation, it seems that this group of people will not do anything to him for the time being.

Cheng Zhen seems to have received some kind of "special" treatment by pretending to be a member of the Van'er tribe—at least, it is different from those mercenaries who are treated as cannon fodder.

With a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, Cheng Zhen thought that he was at best a more advanced experimenter.

It looked like the luck ended on day three, though.

Today, the people in white clothes who walked into the prison area did not take away the few remaining mercenaries, but walked towards Cheng Zhen's room.

"Hey, you, come out."

A man in white said to him.

Cheng Zhen sat up straight from the bed and walked towards the door.As soon as he left the room, he was escorted away by people in white clothes.

The man in white was no stranger to his obedience, but seeing that Cheng Zhen followed them without hesitation, he still couldn't help but speak.

"You don't care about where we will take you at all?"

In the past three days, those mercenaries have gone and never returned. They believe that the Vatican is also watching.Why is it his own turn now, but he is not nervous at all.

Cheng Zhen raised his head and looked at the man in white who spoke.Although all the men in white were wearing masks, he still recognized this man by the tone of his voice.The one who asked the question at this time was the one who showed hatred towards Cheng Zhen's fake identity of the Fan family that day.

"Worried?" Cheng Zhen replied with a vague smile. "Worry if it's useful, you will let me go?"

His provocative words were regarded by the man in white as an expression of arrogance.With a cold snort, no one paid any attention to him.

"Look, who is here. Isn't this our distinguished guest?"

While Cheng Zhen was secretly looking at the surrounding environment, the man in white at the side pushed him into a room rudely, and before he could react, someone made a sound.

That voice was somewhat familiar, it was the voice of one of the people in the conversation that Cheng Zhen heard the first day he woke up.

He raised his head and looked into a pair of dark eyes.Deep hair and deep eyes, very ordinary appearance, but with features that Cheng Zhen is no longer familiar with.

There are no sharp ears, no weird hair color and eye color, no weird interstellar race characteristics, everything is the familiar appearance of Cheng Zhen in the past and present—human beings.

The pupils tightened suddenly, and Cheng Zhen looked at the person in front of him in surprise, trying to restrain his emotions.

After being captured for three days, the first high-level figure of this mysterious organization I saw turned out to be a human being!While this fact verified some of Cheng Zhen's earlier guesses, it also made him feel unspeakable.

"Why, surprised?" The man smiled and walked towards Cheng Zhen. "Still, with the pride of your Vail race, you don't want to admit this fact, being captured by a 'lower' race than you."

Gals Fanna is just an identity that Cheng Zhen pretends to carry out hidden missions.Originally, it was only used to avoid people's eyes and ears, but unexpectedly, it has other functions.

Clenching his fists calmly, Cheng Zhen looked directly into the deep eyes of the other party. "I never thought there was any difference between the Vail race and other interstellar races, and the same is true for humans."

Hearing this, the man seemed to laugh mockingly. "They said that you are different from ordinary mercenaries, and it is true. Mr. Garth, should I say that you are a brave person with high skills, or that you have no sense of tension?"

This seemingly high-ranking human being walked around Cheng Zhen twice with his hands restrained, and said slowly. "Do you think you can change your situation by saying something on the scene now? Or, when did you Vail people learn to abandon their self-esteem to please others?"

"..." The malice in the man's eyes was obvious, and Cheng Zhen was all too familiar with it, the human's jealousy towards the Vatican.

There is an irreparable gulf between human beings and the Vatican race, two races born from the same root.

Cheng Zhen knows that it is useless to say too much in front of prejudiced people.He chose silence.

Seeing Cheng Zhen shut up, the man seemed to know that it would be useless to say more, he frowned, and then waved to his subordinates behind him.

"Take him there and test it."

"However, my lord, regarding the disposal of this Vatican, that person has not yet given an approval..."

"What? Without his order, you wouldn't listen to what I said?!"

"No, I dare not, but if the lord asks..."

"I will be responsible for all the consequences, you don't have to worry about it so much." Impatiently waving his hand, the man glanced at Cheng Zhen and showed a malicious smile. "Send him to the laboratory, a test subject of the Vail tribe, I believe that group of research madmen will also be very welcome."

"Yes!"

There was no further dispute, and Cheng Zhen was escorted out of the room by the men in white.When he left, he didn't miss the obvious killing intent in the human's eyes.

It seems that this trip seems to have a bright future.

After thinking about it, Cheng Zhen was not as worried about himself as expected.At the very least, he confirmed a few things when he went out this time.

This so-called journey to explore the ancient star field is just a cover.This group of mysterious people of unknown origin seems to just want to use this to summon a large number of mercenaries to make a certain oath.A mercenary who is a mech pilot is a rare experimental material.

And this so-called experiment seems to be related to the weird disease that appeared on the front line.Cheng Zhen had to guess whether this group of people's actions were related to some larger actions that would appear on the Algar defense line.

But at least, Cheng Zhen doesn't have to worry too much about Li Yang's safety now.After all, this is a mysterious plan that also involves human beings, and the other party will show some affection for Li Yang.

Humanity……

Thinking of this, Cheng Zhen couldn't help but feel bitter.

This plan must have something to do with "those enemies" on the front line.And what role did humans play in this plan, and how many people participated in the plan?Did they already plan to betray Interstellar?

Cheng Zhen didn't dare to think deeply about any of these guesses.He was afraid that if he probed further, he would completely deny himself and all the efforts he had made so far.

For human beings, is he the one that is completely unnecessary.Everything so far is just Cheng Zhen himself singing a one-man show.

No, I dare not think about it.Cheng Zhen squinted his eyes to cover up the panic that gradually surfaced in his heart.

Never before has he been so full of doubts about his own existence and efforts.

And at this moment, he inevitably thought of someone.

I remembered what that person had said to me in the past.In Storm Fortress, that person had doubts about the Far East and Sean.And Cheng Zhen fell out with the other party because of this.But at this moment, he could only smile wryly.

Rhine, it seems that, as it turns out, you're the right one.And I...

"The laboratory is here." The escort's cold tone interrupted Cheng Zhen's recollection.

He raised his head and looked at the huge white metal door in front of him.The cold and dangerous breath is slowly leaking out through this door.

Facing the eyes of the man in white next to him as if looking at a dead person, Cheng Zhen raised his foot and walked towards the door.

Let him gamble this one last time.

Give it a try and see if you can find an opportunity to escape in this experiment.

"Master Rhine, Lord Rhine?"

The man with blond hair and golden eyes snapped back to his senses, and looked at his subordinate who was calling out to him.

As if to cover up his momentary loss of focus, Rhine took a few steps forward and said sharply. "What's the news?"

"This is the analysis form of the enemy's recent attacks that you requested last time." A non-commissioned officer said while handing over the information in his hand.

Picking up the information and flipping through it, Rhine's brows furrowed as expected.

"The frequency of their recent attacks is gradually increasing." Rhine said.

"Yes, my lord. According to the intelligence department's analysis, the other party's frequent attacks seem a bit abnormal. Several other emperor-level lords on the front line have also expressed their views on this..." Before the non-commissioned officer who reported the situation finished speaking , Rhine has turned around.

"Pay attention to the situation on the front line, and be careful that the other side will make big moves." Rhine said, already walking away.Compared with these, he seemed to care about another thing more.

"Yes!"

The rest of the non-commissioned officers looked at the back of the emperor of the golden family, and they couldn't help talking quietly.

"Master Rhine seems to be a bit different recently."

"Yeah, didn't you see that the lord was in a trance just now? Have you ever seen the lord distracted in the command room before?!"

"Yasai, what do you think? Ever since Lord Rhine brought back the unconscious Captain Randall, it seems that something is not quite right. Could it be that you are worried about the captain?"

Yasai, a member of the shadow, looked back, and glanced lightly at his companions around him. "no."

"Ah? What did you say?"

Ignoring the non-commissioned officers who were whispering beside him, Yasai watched Rhine's figure walking away, but he knew it in his heart.

Lord Rhine's anomaly was not because of the unconscious Randall, but because of another person.All along, only that person can so easily provoke Rhine's emotions.Seeing Rhine's back gradually disappearing, Yasai prayed silently in his heart.

Cheng Zhen, whether it's for Lord Rhine or for yourself.You have to come back safe and sound!

Not knowing that the subordinates behind him were speculating about his strangeness, Rhine returned to the office and sat silently like that.Like a silent statue.

It wasn't until the sound of the communicator at hand rang that he had some subtle reactions.

His fingers twitched uncontrollably for a moment, and after a moment of calm, Rhine connected to the communication.

"The latest news, half good and half bad, do you want to hear it?" Moyun Siluo's usual casual voice was on the other side.

"Don't talk nonsense." Dissatisfied with the other party's nagging, Rhine frowned and said coldly. "Updates!"

Over there, Mo Yun seemed to chuckle a few times.

"Rhein, when will you get rid of this bad habit of yours." Mo Yun said with a smile. "You obviously care about it in your heart, but you just pretend not to care. If I didn't know your fault, I would really be like Vickery, thinking that you don't care about that human kid at all."

Seeing that the word Chuan between Rhine's brows became more and more wrinkled, Mo Yun quickly stopped chattering and started to get down to business.

"Okay, let's talk about the bad side first. The signal transmission of that human kid stopped at noon today." Mo Yun paused for a while, as if he was paying attention to Rhine's expression.

However, under the cover of the black goggles, no one can see through the emotions of this emperor of the golden clan.

Mo Yun gave up and continued. "Although there are no more signals to send, we cannot guarantee his safety. However, there is another piece of good news. Before the signals stopped sending, we have already determined his exact location. And Cheng Yu has also taken action, very Those people from the East are hooked." Having said that, Mo Yun blinked.

"What, do you want to start moving?"

After a few seconds of silence, it took a long time before the usual steady voice came.

"Catch them all."