“He really abandoned her.”
“Didn’t they say Lin Zhen would come back?”
Lin Zhen pushed the control lever with his left hand, while his right hand subconsciously stroked the reflection of the girl’s shrinking figure on the dome window.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he felt like he would burst into tears several times, but he forcibly held it back in the end.
They hadn’t successfully escaped yet. As the Captain, he could never show any hesitation or weakness, lest it affect everyone’s morale.
But what he didn’t know was that everyone else in the team knew how much he was suffering; they were all silently watching his back.
The spaceship climbed higher and higher, reaching an altitude of 100 meters, and then the tail flames suddenly erupted from behind.
Under the powerful thrust, the entire spaceship turned into a beam of light and flew straight toward the Starfield.
And this time, no one could stop them.
Yun Ruoxi had been subjected to forced mind control and collapsed on the ground, completely unresponsive.
Mo Yuan had been banished to a location thousands of meters away from the giant stone city by Kaos’s charged strike.
Even if he rushed back again, he wouldn’t be able to catch the spaceship that had already finished its acceleration.
“Goodbye, Little Xi. Goodbye, Little Mo.”
The spaceship pierced through the clouds, and the night sky grew brighter. Through the dome window, every Stellar was clearly visible.
They could even faintly see the dense gray Meteorites floating outside the Taixing.
This meant they were very close to the atmosphere. They were about to leave the Taixing completely and arrive in the Starfield.
After that, they could directly initiate the positive-negative foldjump, completely escape the control of the battle camp, and regain their freedom.
What a precious word — freedom.
Half a month ago, it was still out of reach for them. But now, they were less than 2 minutes away from obtaining it!
Even Lin Zhen, because he was about to gain freedom, temporarily set aside the grief of abandoning Yun Ruoxi and showed a hint of excitement.
Aside from the unconscious Aili, the others, even though they were tightly strapped to their seats by seat belts, couldn’t help but crane their necks to look at the world outside the spaceship through the portholes, their eyes sparkling with life.
It was as if they had returned to the age when they understood nothing and were full of curiosity about everything.
“Are we going to make it?!” Anvil, whose face was beaten like a pig’s head, asked excitedly, unable to help himself.
The usually calm Yun Che also nodded with irrepressible excitement.
Scarlet was about to speak when blood suddenly flowed from her nose. She hurriedly took the tissue Zi Jiu handed her and plugged her nostrils, drawing a burst of laughter.
After the battle just now, Scarlet, who had played an important role, had been successfully accepted by the others.
“Hahaha!” Scarlet laughed along. But suddenly, as if she sensed something, she frowned.
The next second.
Red lights suddenly flashed on the spaceship’s control console.
“What’s the situation?” Anvil’s smile froze as he asked quickly.
At the same time, he couldn’t help but think: ‘Is this the warning sound of a warship discovering us, or the spaceship being targeted by a star-destroyer cannon?’
“Calm down! It’s just someone initiating communication with us!”
Seeing the atmosphere in the spaceship suddenly tense up, Lin Zhen hurried to explain and soothe them.
“Should we connect?” After Zi Jiu asked Lin Zhen, she couldn’t help but answer herself, “I think we shouldn’t. I’m afraid it’s a trap by the battle camp.”
“This kind of communication can only be sent once the general location of the spaceship is locked,” Lin Zhen said, shaking his head, his expression grim.
“If the Saints’ hand society has found us, then not connecting is meaningless; they can just shoot us down with one blast. So, I think we should pick up. At least we can see what the situation is.”
After saying that, he reached out and pressed the button to connect the communication.
However, accompanied by a burst of static from electromagnetic power interference, Dr. Forefinger’s voice actually came out of the speakers:
“I really didn’t expect that you guys could actually get this far on your own!”
Realizing the communication was from Dr. Forefinger, everyone’s eyes flashed with surprise.
Lin Zhen thought for a moment and replied with a cold sneer: “This is all thanks to you guys, teaching us knowledge and power.”
“Especially you, Doctor! I wonder what business you have contacting us? Is it to offer your blessings for our departure?”
“Don’t be so quick with your thanks,” Dr. Forefinger, having been mocked with sarcasm, spoke calmly as if nothing had happened.
“I’m contacting you just to confirm one thing. Is your group really so cold-blooded and ruthless that you can even abandon your savior — the one who saved your lives and allowed you to escape — Yun Ruoxi, without a second thought?”
“Lin Zhen, Yun Ruoxi saved you several times. If not for her, the one who was mind-controlled would have been you!”
“And Aili!” Dr. Forefinger suddenly shouted. “Without Yun Ruoxi protecting you all along, you wouldn’t have even passed the survival test of the first year!”
Even though he knew Dr. Forefinger’s words were meant to provoke him, Lin Zhen had to admit that he was indeed angry. He slammed his fist hard against the control console and said word for word:
“Aili is already unconscious, so you don’t need to think of ways to provoke her. And as for why we had to give up on Xiao Xi, isn’t it because of what you did?!”
“Me?” Dr. Forefinger laughed loudly, as if he had heard a joke. “Is it really me?”
Lin Zhen was so disgusted by these shameless words he almost wanted to vomit. He placed his hand on the communication button, already unable to resist wanting to disconnect.
“If not you, who else?!”
“It’s you!” Dr. Forefinger suddenly roared, his voice so loud the interior of the spaceship hummed.
“It’s you, Lin Zhen! Isn’t it because you wanted to escape that Yun Ruoxi was forced to step up and take the blame for you? Not just once, but twice, and even three times!”
“Because of you, Yun Ruoxi fell into hell three times in a row. Such a gifted student has been completely destroyed by you!”
*Bang!*
Lin Zhen did not refute him. Because he knew that Yun Ruoxi turning out like this really was partly his fault.
His breathing was incredibly heavy, his eyes were bloodshot, and his fingernails dug deep into his palms.
“If you wanted to provoke me, you’ve succeeded. Let this be our final communication!”
After speaking, he pressed the communication button to end the call.
However, Dr. Forefinger’s voice did not stop at all. Instead, it grew even louder, making Lin Zhen’s ears ache.
“Don’t you understand what I mean? Your actions have completely destroyed Yun Ruoxi!”
“What did you do?!” Lin Zhen realized something and questioned him with extreme urgency, no longer caring how Dr. Forefinger had taken over the spaceship’s communication system.
“I just fed that disobedient puppy a piece of sweet chocolate that was enough to kill it.”