Lu Zexuan took Yu Ran off the starship.
The familiar environment around him reminded him of the scene when he met Yu Ran in the constellation of Norma - it was the early morning of January 1, 500 in the star calendar. The Falcon Special Forces received an urgent mission to go to the planet B73 in the constellation of Norma for rescue. He rescued the injured Yu Ran in the collapsed basement.
In fact, now that I think about it carefully, the timing of saving Yu Ran was too coincidental. Yu Ran said that he "just awakened last month and didn't have time to register with the association." In fact, Yu Ran came to Ju Chi Seat at that time, obviously to carry out a mission, and the identity of "Yu Ran" must have been faked.
The two walked forward along the streets of the safe zone.
Lu Zexuan didn't say anything. He just wanted to see what Yu Ran's purpose was in using the excuse of "going home".
It was dinner time, and there were many pedestrians on the street. Yu Ran looked around and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that after half a year, there have been great changes here. The destroyed houses have all been rebuilt." He pointed to a residential area in front and said with a smile: "That's where I used to live. There's a new building there."
Lu Zexuan: “…”
Are you addicted to acting
Lu Zexuan cooperated helplessly: "Well, the federal government has spent a lot of money to rebuild the disaster area. There are special officials to supervise it, and the garrison has also been replaced. Your family and friends will be safe, you can rest assured."
As he was speaking, a group of sentries in brown military uniforms came from the end of the street.
They were the patrolling garrison. When they saw Lu Zexuan and Yu Ran, the leading team leader was startled and saluted: "General!" He didn't know Lu Zexuan, but he recognized the badge on Lu Zexuan's shoulder - this was a major general, a much higher rank than his.
Lu Zexuan returned the salute and said, "I am Lu Zexuan from the Falcon Special Forces. I need to use this place to rest for two days."
The Falcon starship has a pass to the entire Federation star region. In an emergency, it can land directly without reporting to the local garrison. The sentry reacted and immediately said respectfully: "Okay General, I will report to Major General Milo now!"
Lu Zexuan said, "No need. We will rest on the starship and leave in two days. You can go and do your thing."
The sentry looked at the two men in confusion, then saluted and turned around to continue patrolling.
Did you act like it just now? Lu Zexuan looked at Yu Ran inquiringly.
Yu Ran gave him an affirmative look, as if to say: This boy is teachable.
Lu Zexuan looked away and said, "Where else do you want to go?"
Yu Ran thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the cake shop and take a look."
Lu Zexuan nodded and followed Yu Ran.
The two walked to the cake shop where they met and found that the shop had been demolished and rebuilt into a convenience store. At this time, the owner of the convenience store was drowsy in his seat. Yu Ran stood at the door of the convenience store with a lost look: "My parents are gone, and the cake shop is gone too..."
Lu Zexuan gently put his arm around his shoulders and said softly, "It's okay, I will protect you in the future."
The shop owner was woken up, rubbed his eyes, and said with a smile: "Is it Ranran who is back?"
Lu Zexuan always felt that his smile was a little weird
Yu Ran said, "Well, I came back to take a look. Uncle Liu, do you have a store here?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Yes, this location is not bad. There is a mining company in front of it, and many people pass by every day. After I got the compensation, I opened a shop here to make a living. Alas, the business is far worse than your original cake shop."
Yu Ran said: "Take your time, business will get better."
The middle-aged man looked at the handsome officer beside Yu Ran and asked curiously, "Who is this?"
Yu Ran blushed slightly and introduced: "He is my boyfriend and he has always taken good care of me."
Lu Zexuan: “…”
Boyfriend? How come I don't know
The middle-aged man said excitedly: "That's great! Your parents will definitely be very pleased if they know about this!"
Yu Ran smiled and scratched his head: "Well, Uncle Liu, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go over there and take a look."
Lu Zexuan's expression was about to collapse. Yu Ran said "he is my boyfriend" so naturally, and blushed so quickly. If he hadn't known that this boss had first-class acting skills, Lu Zexuan would have almost believed it.
After walking a long way with Yu Ran, Lu Zexuan lowered his voice and asked, "What on earth are you going to do?"
Yu Ran said: "I want to go to the safety zone defense net to take a look. Has the defense net here been completely renovated and rebuilt?"
Lu Zexuan: "…I think so. I'll go with you."
The safety zone is surrounded by an electromagnetic defense network, which is made of special metal. When it detects the invasion of other species, it will immediately turn on a strong current and stun them with a special magnetic field and electric shock.
Lu Zexuan walked to the defensive net, stopped, and looked back at Yu Ran.
After all, this is the outskirts of the safe zone, sparsely populated, and there is no sign of anyone within a kilometer radius.
Yu Ran extended his thought tentacles and placed them on Lu Zexuan's forehead. He said calmly in his mind, "When the monsters suddenly attacked the B73 base, it was not an accident, but a man-made thing. The defense network was destroyed by humans, and someone deliberately put them in."
—No wonder he felt something was wrong when he led the Falcon Special Forces to rescue. The monsters seemed to have received some instructions and rushed towards the human base. Lu Zexuan killed the leader, and they immediately retreated.
Lu Zexuan frowned and asked, "Is there someone controlling them?"
Yu Ran nodded, looked at Lu Zexuan, and asked, "Have you heard of Contaminated Area 13 in the Square Ruler?"
Lu Zexuan said: "I've heard of it. There is a plant called 'blood-thirsty flower' there, which will attack and devour nearby life forms. The venom released by the petals has a strong corrosive ability. In order to occupy this planet, humans competed with these plants for territory, and suffered heavy casualties..."
At this point, Lu Zexuan suddenly paused and asked, "Is there something wrong with this plant?"
Lu Zexuan was surprised and asked, "Similar to... stimulants?"
Yu Ran turned his head and looked into the distance. He could vaguely see some traces of red flowers in his field of vision. He whispered in his mind, "Almost. After discovering this special neurotoxin, some people thought that they could develop a drug that could stimulate the potential of the sentinels and improve their combat effectiveness at critical moments. So, they extracted the juice of the blood-thirsty flower and conducted experiments at the Sentinel Academy."
"The first group of people to undergo the experiment were all 13-year-old orphans from the Sentinel Academy, and there were only a dozen of them. At first, the experiment went smoothly, and the abilities of all the Sentinels that were injected with the drug improved by leaps and bounds. Some even evolved from C-level to A-level, and A-level to S-level. But later... some Sentinels suddenly went berserk, and that berserk spread quickly like a plague."
Thinking of the tragic scene back then, Yu Ran gently closed his eyes and said, "Those dozen children were all transformed into monsters later."
Lu Zexuan: “…”
It’s hard to imagine how cruel the experiment was!
Yu Ran continued, "After discovering the side effects of the drug, the experiment was immediately stopped, the data was sealed in the library of the Sentinel Academy, and the drugs were all destroyed. But... there was a crazy scientist who suddenly disappeared."
Lu Zexuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Missing? Did he secretly take the information away?"
Yu Ran said, "Yes, he fled the capital planet with the data. The federal government issued a Level 1 warrant to arrest him, but his body was found not long after, only the data was missing. Later, a secret person lurking in the dark restarted the experiment and improved the experimental method, and developed a new type of hallucinogen for mind control. The monsters that you saw rushing into the base were controlled by the hallucinogen."
As Lu Zexuan listened to Yu Ran's story, the doubts in his heart were finally explained - no wonder those animals behaved so strangely, it turned out that someone was controlling them behind the scenes!
Yu Ran continued, "This planet B73 is one of the secret experimental bases of the Dark Night Organization. Many residents on this planet are controlled by hallucinogens. Including the convenience store owner you just met. He didn't know me, but when he saw me, the program instructions automatically ran in his mind and called out my name."
Thinking of the smile of the uncle in the convenience store just now, Lu Zexuan felt creepy.
Even though he didn't know her, he automatically smiled and said hello when he saw Yu Ran... He was just like a robot controlled by a program.
So, Yu Ran's cousin, aunt, and classmates who greeted Yu Ran in the space station...were all controlled by hallucinogens? A command was implanted in their brains, and they would automatically recognize Yu Ran when they saw him, and cooperate with him in a "smart AI question-and-answer" conversation. Therefore, to outsiders, Yu Ran's identity and background were so realistic.
Yu Ran said: "These controlled people are like surveillance cameras. They know everything about the entire planet B73."
Lu Zexuan clenched his fists tightly: "So, Yu Ran's identity was forged by them?"
Yu Ran said, "That's right. They helped me forge the identity of this 'newly awakened little guide' so that I could infiltrate the Federation, kill some people who are likely to leak secrets, and steal the sealed materials in the library."
Lu Zexuan: “…”
All the doubts were connected.
Yu Ran originally appeared at the B73 base not to carry out the mission assigned by the Star Legion, but to help the Dark Night Organization clean up some people who knew secrets - Leonard, Celtic, and Mark. These three sentinels who died mysteriously might have accidentally known some secrets and were therefore silenced by the organization.
Later, Yu Ran sneaked into the Capital Star Sanctuary as a "newly awakened guide" and took advantage of the opening ceremony to steal information from the Sentinel Academy. He was also working for the Dark Night Organization. The information copied by the crazy scientist back then might be incomplete, and they needed the remaining data. Yu Ran, a little guide who was not likely to arouse suspicion, was the best candidate to infiltrate the Sentinel Academy and steal information.
Lu Zexuan sorted out the clues and logic before and after in his mind, and he finally analyzed a terrible truth from them.
Yu Ran is actually a double agent!
His real identity is an undercover agent sent by the Starlight Corps to the Dark Night Organization to investigate the truth behind the annihilation of the Starlight Corps' reconnaissance battalion five years ago. However, he is very capable, and after being spotted by the organization, they forged an identity of a "newcomer guide" for him and sent him undercover to the Federation.
After going around in circles, Yu Ran came to his side.
Lu Zexuan looked at the person in front of him with a complicated expression. The voice in his mind was low and hoarse: "You come to my side now and be my team guide. Is it because... I have become their next target?"
Yu Ran praised: "You are very smart. They did choose you."
Lu Zexuan felt a chill down his spine. If Yu Ran was really an undercover agent sent by the Dark Night Organization, he would have died a hundred or eighty times over given his trust in Yu Ran. The Dark Night Organization probably didn't expect that Yu Ran was actually a spy sent by the Star Legion to investigate them.
Yu Ran was dealing with two forces. If he was not careful, his life might be in danger. No wonder his acting skills were so good that they could be mistaken for real. It must have been very difficult for him, right? He was walking on thin ice with every step he took. He probably had to be alert even when he was sleeping.
Lu Zexuan took a deep breath and said, "You didn't kill me, but saved me instead. Why?"
Yu Ran said: "Because they don't want you to die, but they want me to control you, and then through you, control the entire Falcon Corps."
Falcon Legion
The Dark Night Organization is very ambitious. Could it be that they want to launch a rebellion and take control of the entire federal government
The terrible conjecture made Lu Zexuan's face more serious, and his fists clenched tightly.
Seeing that he believed most of it, Yu Ran said softly, "Controlling you is a very important step. Only in this way will they truly trust me and let me get in touch with the top leaders of the organization. So, Lu Zexuan, I need your cooperation."
Lu Zexuan had a complicated expression: "How can I cooperate? Should I be controlled by you and become your puppet?"
Yu Ran shook his head: "Of course not, I will let you stay rational, you just need to hone your acting skills, pretend to be controlled by me in front of outsiders, and cooperate with me. My fighting ability is limited, and it is difficult for me to compete with the entire Dark Night Organization. With your help, I will have a better chance of winning."
Lu Zexuan fell silent. He didn't believe Yu Ran's one-sided story before, but today, Yu Ran told him the inside story of the experiment and let him know the secret of the blood-thirsty flower in the contaminated area No. 13...
He trusted Yu Ran a little more.
But he couldn't completely let down his guard. What if Yu Ran really controlled him? Then he would become a mindless puppet!
The "hallucinogen" developed by the Dark Night Organization is too terrifying. It's like a program is implanted in the brain of a normal person, automatically asking and answering questions, and automatically reporting everything he sees to the organization - what's the difference between this and a robot
Seeing Lu Zexuan struggling, Yu Ran looked at him sincerely and said, "Lu Zexuan, this is where you saved me. This is also where I started pretending to be someone close to you. I brought you back here today and told you the truth because I hope we can have a brand new beginning."
He said slowly, word by word: "We can actually become the best allies."
(End of this chapter)