Therapy Planet No. 13

This is a well-kept data room. It is not so much an ancient data room with piles of old documents piled up, but rather a core secret repository.

Now paper resources are almost eliminated from the stage of history, and most paper documents are also man-made recycled materials to provide a placebo to those who are fond of the old times. Once used, they will be quickly cleared without leaving any traces. .

All information will be packaged into data and uploaded to the vast star network. Unless it is really to avoid the manipulation of people on the interstellar worm side, such a traditional method will be adopted for important secret orders. When you get out of the prison, you will be presented with high-level identification.

There are not many documents in this room. They are neatly placed on low cabinets. It seems that no one has flipped over them for a long time. On the outside of the information bag, a big "13" is written with a thick black pen.

"Damn, it's white inside!"

Angel opened a book and found that the inner page was blank.

"It should have used invisible ink." Lu Yi was quite familiar with this set, and then flipped through the document, and sure enough, there was a blank space, and he couldn't even see a shadow, "Don't look at it, the invisible ink model is still quite good now. There are many, unless you know the model and find the corresponding developing water, otherwise it will be no use."

Since traditional paper is listed as a high-level security procedure, it is natural that more efforts will be made to keep secrets in traditional ways.

Humans have a natural desire to protect their privacy. Before the age of the big starship, humans who were still on the earth learned to write on paper with things such as milk or lemon juice.

With the continuous development of different material resources in the universe, the confidential ink will naturally not be limited to such things as pure milk and lemonade. Since its development, corresponding invisible inks and corresponding visible medicines have naturally emerged in an endless stream. Almost every It is unique to the formula, as long as the dosage is slightly wrong, it cannot be interpreted successfully.

Angel gave up the struggle. She threw the document on the ground, and followed the information bag on the shelf with her fingers, trying to find something different from the eye-catching 13.

"The arsenal has been found!" Jessica's voice sounded in her ears at the right time, "You go out, turn left from the fourth exit on your right, there is a staircase at the fifth corner, and I will make the fingerprint lock for you in advance. Open it, there is a private storage room below, which should be there."

"Okay." Lu Yi nodded, and turned his head to pull Angel out.

"Wait!" Angel gripped Lu Yi's wrist with a backhand, with a hint of joy in his tone, "Look! What is this?!"

This is a bookshelf closest to the wall in the reference room. A number 1-12 is marked with a red marker on the bottom column, and 12 books are placed equally above this column. Heavy information booklet.

Lu Yi couldn't help but look at Angel.

If No. 13 refers to the treatment room, then the 12 information books here are undoubtedly the first 12 punishment rooms - but Louie doesn't think that putting people in a dark room and beating them is something worth recording. .

Angel flipped through the information booklet on this floor, but sure enough, it was still blank.

"There's one more document missing here." Lu Yi keenly found the gap on the shelf next to her, she leaned down, her eyes were parallel to the shelf, carefully scrutinized the floating ash on it, and determined, "Not long ago, the things here were destroyed. People moved."

But if 1-13 refers not to the room number but to the planet number...

"What are you doing?" Lu Yi suddenly found that Angel began to tear the title page of the information book.

"Souvenir." Angel kept answering, and he tore the first of all twelve booklets in one breath, "You think, the title page of a book is usually something like a preface. I will also write about what kind of experiment this is at the beginning of the experiment report. The whole book is not easy to get, and the first page should be able to guess. Woolen cloth."

Lu Yi nodded, she would never stop him from such a small gesture. Watching Angel shove the paper into his pocket, he felt Jessica's urging voice explode in his ears. Lui waited until she stuffed the last piece of paper into the pocket, then lowered his voice and pushed the door backhand:

"Walk!"

Under the intelligence of Jessica, they passed by several search teams and arrived at the weapons depot safely and smoothly.

The arsenal is not difficult to find, and even the concealment of the entrance is not as concealed as the data room just now.

The only tricky thing was the combination lock when they just came in. However, this has also been completely taken over by Jessica who controlled the background, and the two easily sneaked into the most powerful place of the school's armed forces.

"Tsk." Angel looked at the huge basement and couldn't help but praised, "I didn't expect our Principal Qi's family to be so rich."

Columns of small mechas are like swarms of ants crawling quietly in the bottom abyss; particle shot guns, from the original model test model to the latest standard; complete battlefield cruise models; and various sizes Or military or civilian weapons firearms.

"...He doesn't have a habit of collecting, right?" Angel became more and more shocked. "Except for a small number of civilian devices, almost all of them are military weapons! Smuggling from the dark web also takes a lot of time, right?"

"It's not smuggling." Lu Yi narrowed his eyes.

Her previous position was enough to give her access to non-external sources within the military.

Lu Yi easily picked up a silver penis, turned on the switch, and the rhythm of the spirit net caught up with the weak magnetic field emanating from the **** between his breaths, and the huge spirit net took over overwhelmingly. The operation track of this gun, when the thought moves, it turns into countless granular materials to form a mist of particles, and in a short while, it becomes a small bracelet hovering on the wrist.

She chuckled lightly: "You snake."

"You Snake is the name of this gun, let alone non-civilian use, the authority to use it must be above a non-commissioned officer." Lu Yi narrowed his eyes, "If you want to apply for approval, you must obtain the approval of the Armed Forces Investigation Department, and it will not flow into the country at all. The dark web."

She paused, and warned in a dangerous voice, "This is the military."

The military, other planets from 1-12, maybe 14, 15 in addition to the 13th... Lu Yi has no way of knowing where the numbers continue, but what is certain is that there is absolutely no spontaneous civil behavior on the surface. The "Behavior Modification Center" is as simple as that.

Even if there are some transactions with the subordinate agencies of the federal government, the places that simply extract the IQ tax of those parents will not have anything to do with the absolutely neutral Almy star.

But once it is involved, it means two possibilities:

Or Qiyong bypassed Almi Star's current partner, the federal government, and has a direct deal with it, so what kind of force would need the most powerful military force in the universe?

Either this place has an inseparable collusion with the federal government, but what kind of interests does such a place have for the federal government to spend a lot of money to hide this route? Even more similar planets are hidden from the public?

Either way, those files marked with different numbers in the data room are tantamount to hiding a huge secret.

But thinking about these things is useless now, keeping this conjecture in his heart, Lu Yi picked out two light weapons that he had in hand and threw them to Angel.

"I thought you would take a mecha." Angel grasped it very quickly, and the snake moved up and down on her arm, like a gathering place of the same kind.

"Mecha battles work on planets. Once they enter the atmosphere, they still have to rely on starships to fight. We only use close combat near the ground. Ordinary snakes are enough." Lu Yi shook his head, "I don't know about Qi Yong and the military. What is the relationship? Although a large number of military weapons are stored here, I have not seen a single close combat mecha, and the weapons are not enough to become a complete system. It feels more like…”

She dug out a word from her mind: "perfunctory."

Angel blew a whistle and said directly to Jessica, "When we go out, seal this door with a combination lock. Don't let this place become someone else's arsenal."

Jessica replied neatly at the other end: "Understood."

"What's going on with Bin's side?" Lu Yi retracted his mind and was concerned about the current battle situation.

Jessica hurriedly dropped the surveillance camera onto Star Harbor.

The transport fleet has completely stopped, and the docking personnel are signing. The remaining group of students who have been temporarily requisitioned are lining up to enter the warehouse and carry out the boxes of supplies. From a distance, it looks like an ant colony storing supplies in late autumn. .

I don't know if it's for the purpose of stabilizing the military. Until now, the search for the two of them is only a small-scale search, and the broadcast has not been broadcast for a long time.

"It won't be broadcast." Facing Jessica's question, Lu Yi shook his head. "There was such a big mess during Qi Yong's business trip. This time, I'll just put things down and wait for the backbone to come back and make a long-term plan."

She was silent for a while, and then asked, "Where's Qi Yong?"

Jessica's fingers flew up and down on the keyboard, and a huge interstellar orbit appeared on the screen for a while.

A few green dots appeared on the top, motionless in groups, gathered at the sign of the star port, the transport fleet was parked, and the remaining private starship marked with a circle was entering the near ground. Orbit, flying towards this side at maximum speed.

Jessica gave a small "Yeah" and said nervously, "Qi... Principal, he's coming back soon, what should we do?"

She didn't have time to think before. She was taken by He Xiangbin the whole time. Only now did Jessica realize that if they didn't escape before Qi Yong returned, then the first person to suffer would undoubtedly be in the dark room of the principal's office. They are inside!

She doesn't want to die yet!

"Wait." Lu Yi's voice was quite calm.

"Wait?" Jessica repeated blankly.

"Wait until Qi Yong comes back." Lu Yi narrowed his eyes, and his cold voice was like a sharp cold light, piercing the sky in the distance.

"Are you crazy?!" Jessica's voice was sharp and distorted, but she was quickly patted on the shoulder by Locke, motioning her to react less and not attract people.

At this moment, He Xiangbin greeted the captain of the transport fleet with a bright face.

The two found a remote corner, and at He Xiangbin's request, they arranged for a team of six cronies to be on guard.

He handed a glass of water, "It's hard work."

They are old friends who have known each other for more than ten years. The transport captain took a sip without hesitation, wiped the corner of his mouth, pointed behind him and said, "This time I did what you asked for on the box as you asked. Some small marks, in the inverted triangle shape, you can find someone to dig them out early, and don't cause me trouble."

He Xiangbing quickly put a sum of money in the other's hand and smiled, "You can rest assured that you have been doing it for so many years."

Intelligence gathering, selling, and smuggling of goods, there are always newcomers who will try their best to hide some money in various places. Although these currencies are useless in the school, they often flow to He Xiangbin's hands.

He Xiangbin didn't think much about it at first. His control of information was much stronger than that of ordinary people, and his rich knowledge also allowed him to accurately control the weaknesses of people's hearts. He opened an independent account in Xingwang. He didn't use it at all in normal times, but in the end he found some fun to pass the time.

Didn't expect to use it now.

The two chatted about the latest news from the outside world. He Xiangbin casually gave him a look, leaned over and lowered his voice and said, "To be honest, something may have happened at school this time. I think we are old friends. Just a reminder. Someone is trying to get away with your starship, so be careful."

The transport captain was taken aback for a moment, "No way, our ship has to be scanned in and out, and there is no nameplate..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt a dizziness in his brain.

It's that glass of water!

In a blur, the one who looked at He Xiangbin turned into two. He saw "two" He Xiangbin reaching out and gently pulling the nameplate on his chest. The gentle voice was exactly the same as before, and it seemed to be transmitted from the distant sky. Come, seem to be sighing, and seem to be sighing, "I spent twenty years to dispel your concerns... Time is really a very useful thing, don't you think?"

It can make people lose their alertness, and it can also make people lose their fighting spirit, but once they see the light of the sky again—

"Oops." He Xiangbinchong's other transport team members beckoned, greeted familiarly, put the captain on his shoulders on the chair, and looked flustered, "Go and see your captain - just talked to me. I don't know how to stop when I'm talking—"

As he spoke, he patted each other's shoulders one by one with a sad look on his face, revealing a needle the size of a fingernail hidden in the palm of his hand, looking at the players who immediately fell to the ground, and said to himself: "Quack doctor's medicine is so good. Did you use it?"

While speaking, he already had seven nameplates in his hand.

But once people see the light of the sky again, any accumulation of bits and pieces can become the sharpest weapon under the accumulation of time.

"Walk."

Lu Yi decisively ordered, she and Angel quickly pushed the door out, and heard a slight locking sound when the door lock tapped behind her. If she saw the screen above at this time, she would definitely be able to see "The system is being shut down remotely. " lettering.

"Qi Yong is back."

Jessica looked at the private starship model that was getting closer and closer to the ground. The height dropped from thousands to dozens, then to single digits, and finally stopped firmly at the word zero.

The landing of the starship outside the star port brought a fierce wind, which blew the hair of the people stationed in the star port in a mess.

The instructor in charge of the response had given the order to "pause the search" to others as early as when the starship was hovering overhead.

Qi Yong is very happy with his achievements. He always likes this kind of grand welcome when he returns from his annual outing. What's more, now that he has made such a big mistake during his outing, everyone is afraid to say a word.

When the hatch was opened in the air, there was a strong sound of air pressure, and it fell, and the steps were automatically lowered one by one. Qi Yong stood at the hatch without saying a word and watched the whole crew being reviewed in front of him. The gloom never goes away.

"What about people?"

After a long while, he finally spoke, but no one dared to answer his question.

He had already received feedback on the specific situation on the starship. At that time, he was so angry that he directly smashed the cup beside him on the ground. The secretary was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe, only the mechanical voice of the intelligent housekeeper was quiet in his ears. Echoes: "Anomalous object detected...Stain inside the control compartment...Cleaning up..."

The noisy sound made the silence even more heavy.

"I ask, where is the person?" Qi Yong gritted his teeth, his voice suddenly raised, and emphasized again.

"Report...report!" The top person in charge stood up with cold sweat on his forehead, "I-I haven't found it yet."

"Then why don't you look for it soon?!"

Qi Yong's gloomy eyes glanced over the group of instructors, and his voice hit everyone's heart, almost causing the dust on the ground to splash up and tremble three times.

A group of people immediately dispersed, leaving only the person in charge who was the first to face Qiyong's anger and asked: "Today, the people from the transport fleet are also here, and the people who are in charge of docking also need personnel. …”

Before he could finish speaking, he was stunned by Qi Yong: "Are the students raised for dry meals? Let He Xiangbin and Pan En... No, just let Pan take the lead and conduct a carpet search for me in small groups!"

As soon as Qi Yong finished speaking, he saw He Xiangbin walking towards him with a smile on his face: "Aiya, do I want to thank the principal for your 'love'?"

He stringed the nameplates together with a rope, and he didn't know when a large group had gathered.

He smiled, followed by a large group of unhappy students, admiring the shocked expressions of Qi Yong and the other instructors, and suddenly turned around and said to the group of people behind him: "Everyone, am I right? They are not gods, and they will be because of us. I felt panic when I ran away, and now I have the ticket in my hand, so I have two options in front of everyone: first, join them to encircle and suppress me; second, risk my life and take my hands from me Get your ticket and board the ark."

"Which one will you choose?"

He Xiangbin's voice is not loud, but his tone is steady, and he has a power to unite people's hearts. He is an old man here, and he knows more or less the little secrets of the people here. Except for Paine, who is a hostile relationship in business, he has almost no enemies. Now the huge temptation is placed in front of everyone, which undoubtedly increases his chances of winning.

"I think he still has a bright future as a cult leader."

Locke squatted in front of the monitoring room and was amazed, but he had a natural expression on his face, "Why did you go so early! I said that he had rehearsed this scene a thousand times in his heart and he still didn't admit it. !"

Jessica completely collapsed, feeling that her heart couldn't get so dirty with a group of tactical people, she couldn't help asking: "So what did you guys want me to do with the group broadcast just now? There are only a few nameplates. , to incite others, don't we have no more?"

Just before Qi Yong's return, when the instructors gathered, Locke and Dawn asked Jessica to broadcast a "shocked news" to the students.

It is said that Qi Yong is absent, the security is lacking, the starship of the transport fleet has been controlled, and someone has planned a large-scale escape opportunity. As long as you go to the star port now, you can see the dawn of escape!

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Those who believe, those who don't believe, those who are dubious, those who watch the excitement... Almost two-thirds of the students rushed over.

He Xiangbin directly led people to the center of Star Harbor. All the doors along the way had been pried open by Jessica, and he walked unimpeded to Qi Yong.

"They can't escape." Locke's eyes were cold, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "It's just a bait."

Jessica suddenly realized that the "bait" that He Xiangbin had said to Dawn when he was leaving earlier might be referring to more than just him.

"Put Qi Yong's attention on the turmoil in front of us, and we will have a chance to intercept his private starship."

Locke smiled, looked at the Star Harbor scene where a large-scale conflict had already occurred on the screen, and whistled, "The transport fleet is not the target, even if someone is lucky enough to grab the nameplate and board the starship, such a huge target will soon be Being intercepted by someone's positioning won't go far at all. The hull of the private starship is relatively small, and there is no special mark. Qi Yong, as the top officer here, naturally does not want someone to place a position on his hull, even if it is placed..."

"But what about identity verification?" Jessica asked ignorantly.

Liming glanced at her contemptuously, not quite understanding that this person was a round older than himself and that he was not so good at using his brains, "Are you standing here just for decoration?"

Locke pressed the red button of the main switch of the console, patted Jessica on the back of the head, and threw her a virtual docking device - it was the evolution of the early computer, and the function was more powerful on the basis of the computer, but it was small and compact. It is easy to carry and has different shapes. Many people make it into a decoration similar to a pocket watch with earrings.

This docking station is a translucent pink pendant that is crystal clear and beautifully shaped.

"He Xiangbin took a lot of effort to get it from the transport team and gave it to you."

Locke pulled the little girl up from the chair and was about to take Dawn with him, but was awkwardly avoided by the kid. He said nonchalantly, "Behave well! Our little hacker."

At this time, the scene of Xinggang was completely chaotic.

I don't know who roared first. The emotions that had been accumulated for a long time burst out like a volcanic eruption. Among them, the new students rushed to the front, and the team showed obvious batches of stratification.

He Xiangbin flicked the nameplate on his hand to the hatch of the transport fleet, and countless people crowded into the transport fleet like ant colonies. The stun guns and firearms in the hands of the instructors were more like catalysts. When they found that the bullets in their hands had already killed the number of people, it seemed that the number of people had not decreased at all, and then they felt a little panic.

This is a riot!

"Open the arsenal." Qi Yong's face was deep. He was not injured much under the protection of the guards, and there was no unnecessary panic on his face. "Open the mecha."

The distance from Xinggang to the arsenal is not far. It took less than half an hour to go back and forth. In less than ten minutes, Qi Yong saw the person responsible for opening the door before turning back.

"What's wrong?" He frowned, but only heard a thud.

The man's brain and blood spurted from back to front on him, almost drenching him.

Angel showed a playful expression behind him and said hello: "Hi~"

Before Qi Yong and the other instructors could react, Lu Yi ghostly emerged from the crowd, and the snake in his hand drew a refined arc in the air and wrapped around Qi Yong's neck.

In a breath, the muzzle of the gun was already in Qi Yong's temple, Lu Yi clasped Qi Yong's shoulder and made a crisp "click" - his right hand was dislocated.

"Louis!"

"Mr. Qi, it's better not to talk." Lu Yi's calm voice sounded in his ear, "You don't want to know how being a greedy wolf will deal with the enemy."

"You were sent by Almy Star! Soldier!" Qi Yong's voice was hoarse, reminding Lu Yi to pay attention to his identity, "I am your superior!"

"Yes, you are." Lu Yi didn't deny it, but she gently, gently pulled out a weird smile, her cold voice was like a ghost, "But I'm sick."

She put the muzzle of the gun firmly against Qi Yong's head, looked up at a circle of instructors who had not dared to do anything to her, and whispered in his ear, "It seems that there is still a problem here."

She specially emphasized her brain, and Lu Yi felt that she might have developed a new nerve called "humor".

Although a bit cold.

"It's not surprising that such a patient disobeys the military order, isn't it?"

Locke slowly emerged from the corridor with the two children.

They didn't have anything in their hands and walked steadily. A doctor without a scalpel and two seemingly powerless children could easily let people down, but the timing of their appearance at this time was the same as their slightly special identities. Time makes people wonder whether to stop or not.

Humans have always had an incredible fear of the unknown.

The three of them squeezed into the encirclement formed by the instructors. They met He Xiangbin who had come in full view, and then jumped over Lu Yi Angel and walked straight to the private starship.

Jessica's pendant hanging around her neck immediately projected a screen and keyboard into the void. She took out the small box she carried with her, found the identification mechanism, and scanned it up and down. A dazzling string of strings quickly appeared on the screen. The code, dare not have the slightest slack, squatted on the ground and tried to break into the program from the outside world.

An instructor turned the gun on her and tried to kill her, but Lu Yi's calm voice poured cold water on her:

"How do you want him to die?"

She then asked Qi Yong back, her tone was as cold as a poisonous snake, "Or maybe I'm asking the wrong person, what about you? How do you want to die?"

Lu Yi calmly gave some options: "One shot? Two shots? I can jam your joints. If you want, maybe you can enjoy your life more after the bullets are fired."

Qi Yong broke out in cold sweat, and quickly soaked his clothes. He hurriedly said to the others, "Don't move!"

He then looked at Lu Yi ingratiatingly: "Don't you just want to leave here? It's easy to say, I'll open up the authority right away... How much benefit did you receive from them? You'll be hunted down if you escape, or else We go through internal procedures, and I apply to let you go, so that both parties can explain..."

Lu Yi simply shoved the muzzle into his mouth: "What's going on with Planet 13? How many other institutions like this exist besides here?"

Qi Yong immediately pretended to be stupid: "What number 13? I'll just call it casually..."

At this time, Jessica turned back and shouted to Lu Yi: "Okay!"

Her face was pale, and her brain was dizzy when she stood up. She was too focused just now, and now she can't see things very clearly, "Come in quickly."

"Tell me or not?" Lu Yi asked, and without hesitation he took off his other arm.

"I don't know..." Qi Yong was in a hurry, almost on his knees begging for mercy, "I swear to God I really don't know! I'm just a businessman! I have the highest authority in that data room, but I don't either. I know what's written in it! People come to check every year, and I just put the data in treatment room 13 regularly and it's gone!"

Lu Yi didn't expect that this person didn't have to ask himself at all, and he said everything in one breath.

"military?"

"I don't know!" Qi Yong looked like he was about to cry, "I feel like that group of people is powerful, and the people from the military and the government are different every time! I beg you, I really don't know anything, please forgive me. Me!"

Angel came over and comforted Lu Yi. She smiled like a fox: "Don't be so rude, come on, let's take someone and ask slowly."

As he spoke, he pushed the two of them halfway onto the starship.

"Hey!" Angel said while revealing his head while the hatch was still open, "Don't think about making small moves while we're leaving~ I know you have large anti-air missiles buried under you, I'll wait a minute. The principal will be returned to you, if you are accidentally hit by a missile, it will be bad, right?"

With a bang, the hatch closed and the starship rose steadily.

"Go and look at the cockpit, switch from automatic to manual, and re-establish the course target."

He Xiangbin said to Jessica, "Go if you can..."

Before he could finish speaking, he felt the starship tremble, and the intellectual brain issued a mechanical alarm:

"The highest order of the spiritual link has been issued...confirmed self-destruction...order execution...countdown...30 minutes..."

Generally speaking, private starships will record their identity, and different identity permissions are not only reflected in the detection of opening doors, but also in giving instructions to the brain through the direct connection of the mental network.

Just now, Jessica only deciphered the lowest-level entry level, and it takes more time to decipher the core level.

Qi Yong leaned against the cabin door and gave a frantic smile: "You can't escape! Babel is on top! I swear like that adult! I will never let anyone escape the atmosphere here!"

Angel kicked him gloomily, kicked the man directly to the door, showing his true nature, and said gloomily to Jessica, "Open the cabin."

Her air pressure was so low that Jessica didn't dare to question her order when she saw no one was stopping her.

The hatch opened, and Qi Yong swept the wind out like a broken kite. Angel firmly held a certain device to fix his body shape to save himself from this disaster.

Without a word, she walked into the control cabin and took control of the starship from Jessica, quickly found the missile system that came with the starship, pressed the confirm button, and slid onto the co-cockpit, Looking at Jessica with burning eyes:

"Can you?"

Countdown to twenty-nine minutes and seven seconds.

Below the starship, a violent sound suddenly erupted, and the purgatory-like orange-red fire rushed up, and a huge mushroom cloud rose up at the junction of the glacier and the desert.

Those places that have tortured them for a long time, together with people and things, have all turned into nothingness. It ended too quickly, and a few people couldn't even arouse a sense of revenge in their hearts.

The identification system on the starship's dashboard is empty except for its own starship.

Instead, it was even more solemn than in Treatment Room 13.

Can you?

Stop self-destruction on starships?

Although Angel didn't say anything, Jessica read the rest of the question from the atmosphere.

Drip...drip...drip...drip...

There was a rapid signal from the countdown interface.

Twenty-eight minutes and fifty-six seconds left.

【End of Volume 1】

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