Chapter 423 The Predator Trapping Plan (22)
Chapter 423 The Predator Trapping Plan (22)
Qin Jiu picked up the planetarium, stared at it for a long time, and a hint of ferocity slowly crept into his eyes. He gripped the planetarium so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
"Where did this thing come from?"
Yan Zhen had just finished drinking water and was a beat slow to react: "Huh?"
Qin Jiu suddenly became agitated. He strode up to Yan Zhen, grabbed her collar with one hand, and lifted her up, her feet off the ground.
He roared, "Speak! Where did this thing come from!"
Yan Zhen was startled. With her back to the dim light in the cabin, she finally saw Qin Jiu's appearance clearly—the veins on his neck were bulging, and the muscles in his cheeks were twitching slightly.
It was clear that he used immense self-control to refrain from attacking her.
The commotion alerted Shen Rong at the base. She rushed over and saw Yan Zhen being lifted up by Qin Jiu and pinned against the cabin wall as soon as she entered the repair spaceship. Qin Jiu's eyes were so fierce that they looked like he wanted to kill someone.
"What are you doing!" Shen Rong rushed forward, her fist aimed straight at Qin Jiu's temple. "Let her go!"
Qin Jiu didn't even glance at her. As soon as Shen Rong approached, it was like hitting an invisible wall. She was thrown back and crashed to the ground.
Yan Zhen frowned and answered Qin Jiu's question very quickly: "I found it."
Where did you find it?
"A junkyard." Yan Zhen recalled for a moment, "It seems to be in the junkyard in District D, taken from a fighter jet."
"Fighter jets?" Qin Jiu immediately put Yan Zhen down, grabbed her hand, and dragged her outside without saying a word. "Take me to that place now, right now!"
Upon seeing Yan Zhen being dragged away, Shen Rong immediately got up and tried to chase after him.
But as soon as she reached the door, Qin Jiu, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, waved his hand and slammed the cabin door shut in front of her, trapping her inside the cabin.
Shen Rong was extremely anxious. She tried to push and shove the door, but to no avail. She could only watch helplessly through the window as Qin Jiu "kidnapped" Yan Zhen and left.
She kicked the cabin door angrily: "You son of a bitch!!!"
Yan Zhen, with Qin Jiu in tow, piloted the aircraft to District D.
It was completely dark by then, and the metal forest was pitch black.
Yan Zhen turned on the small lamp as a flashlight to illuminate the path under his feet, and walked towards the location of the fighter jet where he had picked up the ornament, relying on his memory.
The night is the territory of the alien species. In just a few kilometers, the two encountered three groups of alien species that harassed them.
Qin Jiu gripped Yan Zhen's arm with one hand and snapped his fingers with the other, causing the mutant to explode into a spray of blood in front of him.
This was the first time Yan Zhen had witnessed the terrifying strength of a 3S powerhouse, and she finally understood that Shen Rong's earlier advice not to provoke a mental power expert was not an exaggeration.
After searching for almost an hour, the two arrived at the wreckage of the fighter jet. Qin Jiu immediately let go of Yan Zhen, kicked open the fighter jet's cockpit door, crawled inside, and headed straight for the cockpit.
Yan Zhen then climbed in and saw Qin Jiu, a tall man, huddled in the cockpit, seemingly fiddling with something. She went over to him and shone a flashlight to illuminate his vision.
Qin Jiu spent a long time groping around in the cockpit, sweating profusely. He didn't know if he hadn't found anything or what, but when he finally crawled out, his face looked terrible.
"What's wrong?" Yan Zhen asked. "What are you looking for?"
Qin Jiu remained silent and quietly sat down in the driver's seat.
But as soon as he sat down, something bumped into his butt, causing him to stand up immediately. His head hit the cockpit, and he hissed as he clutched the back of his head.
A series of unexpected events left Qin Jiu both embarrassed and furious. He turned his head and found that the pilot's seat in the fighter jet had been removed.
"Damn it!!!" He kicked the bare driver's seat, yelling, "Who's so heartless as to tear up even the trash!"
Yan Zhen: "..."
She raised her hand and whispered, "Me."
Qin Jiu was taken aback: "What?"
“I said, I took it apart,” Yan Zhen repeated.
Upon hearing this, Qin Jiu seemed to have thought of something, grabbed Yan Zhen's collar, and pulled her in front of him: "How much stuff did you take from here?"
"Hmm... a decorative item, a speaker, a seat, and a black box."
Upon hearing the words "black box," Qin Jiu's breathing quickened: "Where is that black box?"
"On my spaceship." Yan Zhen said, his gaze towards Qin Jiu slowly changing. "You are... Qin Shao?"
Qin Jiu: "...How did you know?"
"I've heard the contents of the black box."
Qin Jiu: "..."
His hands were trembling: "What did you hear?"
“A man named Andre killed Griffith and framed you,” Yan Zhen said. “They also had an accomplice, but I don’t know his name.”
"Are the contents of the black box still there?"
"exist."
"go!"
Yan Zhen was once again dragged out of the fighter jet by Qin Jiu—or rather, Qin Shao.
Qin Shao was eager to return home and found Yan Zhen too slow. Once outside the fighter jet cockpit, he simply tucked Yan Zhen under his arm and carried her through the metal forest.
Yan Zhen was being held by him, feeling like a doll being tossed around, and in just a few moments they were back at the aircraft's parking spot.
Before she could react, Qin Shao had already tossed her into the passenger seat. Qin Shao jumped into the driver's seat, started the aircraft, and with a "whoosh," it took off.
Yan Zhen took a ride on the fastest aircraft he had ever seen since arriving in this world.
Back at the base, Qin Shao once again "clamped" her up and hurried back to the repair spaceship.
As soon as the spaceship door opened, Shen Rong, wielding a large pair of pliers, slashed at Qin Shao.
Qin Shao conjured a blue halo in his palm, which wrapped around Shen Rong, and was about to throw her out of the cabin.
At the critical moment, Yan Zhen grabbed his arm: "Stop! Don't hurt her!"
Qin Shao finally stopped, put Shen Rong on the ground, and quickly closed the cabin door after letting go, keeping Shen Rong out.
He didn't let go of Yan Zhen throughout the entire process.
After doing all that, he shoved Yan Zhen into the driver's seat: "Open the black box."
Yan Zhen said with difficulty, "No, the last time we started the spaceship, we exhausted the stored energy, so we can't start it now."
Qin Shao: "..."
He walked to the cockpit, placed his hands on the main control panel, took a deep breath, and a blue aura spread from his body, flowing into the main control panel through his hands. The cockpit screens gradually lit up.
Yan Zhen stared at this scene in astonishment. Mental power was simply too heaven-defying. To possess such an innate talent was no different from having a cheat code.
However, starting the spaceship with mental power is obviously very energy-consuming, and Qin Shao's forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat: "Can we open the black box now?"
"I'll give it a try!" Yan Zhen immediately set about activating the black box.
Shortly afterward, a conversation could be heard coming from inside.
"Andrei, are you crazy! This is illegal! If you're caught, you'll be court-martialed!"
"As long as we don't get caught, that's fine."
"But Griffith is dead! He came out on this mission with us. How are we going to explain this to the Duke when we get back?"
"How can you explain this? Qin Shao killed the man. You and I witnessed it with our own eyes. There are witnesses and physical evidence. How can you explain this? He's the one who will be sent to a military court and sentenced to death."
……
After listening to the contents of the black box, Qin Shao loosened his grip and slumped into the passenger seat.
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