Immediately after.
To prevent Dr. Forefinger from interfering with Lin Zhen’s plan, Mo Yuan fought hard and successfully sent him into the traveling palace’s dungeon.
Later, Yun Ruoxi discovered Scarlet, who had been tracking her. Upon learning that Scarlet’s supernatural power could block signals, she had her use it to help Lin Zhen.
The surveillance footage abruptly ended there.
As for what happened next, it was not recorded since the signals were blocked, but Lin Zhen and the others understood perfectly.
Dr. Forefinger’s cold laughter came through the speakers. “Now you know just how much Yun Ruoxi sacrificed for you!”
“Although I force-activated the Mental Brand in her mind, the process isn’t irreversible. You have one last chance to pull her back from hell.”
“If you are willing to give up on escaping and return to the surface right now, I will step in to end this and act as if nothing ever happened. I once made this promise to Yun Ruoxi, but she ignored it. Now, I am saying it to you once more.”
“Every promise I have made so far has been fulfilled. There is one last minute before you leave the planet. You’d better think carefully before then!”
“By the way, if you insist on leaving, I will no longer cover for you. Instead, I will report directly to the Saints’ hand society, tell them everything, and let them come for you personally.”
With the carrot and the stick, along with one last chance, Dr. Forefinger’s words were very clear.
Lin Zhen didn’t roar back in rage as he had before. Instead, he lowered his eyes and remained silent, appearing to actually consider what Dr. Forefinger had just said.
Seeing Lin Zhen like this, Yun Che immediately grew anxious.
He didn’t believe Dr. Forefinger at all. He didn’t believe the man would be kind enough to let everything go if they just gave up.
The spaceship fell into silence.
“Everyone, don’t believe what Dr. Forefinger says. If what he said was true, why would Xiao Xi have Guan Kelai plant explosives on the spaceship?”
“Why would she try to destroy the ship? And why would she almost accidentally kill Lin Zhen? There were no cameras then; Xiao Xi could have done whatever she wanted!”
Yun Che’s questions were extremely clever and logically sound, each one targeting potential loopholes in Dr. Forefinger’s story.
The group couldn’t help but nod, thinking, ‘That’s right.’
If everything was as Dr. Forefinger said, many things wouldn’t have happened.
They could have left one or two minutes earlier and might not have been intercepted by Mo Yuan.
None of this might have even happened; they might have been able to leave together!
Besides, why would Yun Ruoxi keep up the disguise until the very end? Shouldn’t she have revealed everything when they were preparing to leave and then joined their team?
Why did she wait until Lin Zhen used every means possible before she agreed to help?
“What Yun Che said makes sense. I’m confused about these things too.”
“Yeah!”
“So Dr. Forefinger is lying? Was Xiao Xi completely mind-controlled long ago?”
“The logic is going in circles; my head is spinning!”
“Are these even questions?” Dr. Forefinger replied with a smile. “Tell me, is it possible that Yun Ruoxi simply didn’t want to leave the battle camp?”
Lin Zhen, who had been silent, felt as if a raw nerve had been struck. He looked up and shouted, “How is that possible!”
“Xiao Xi… she was the first among us to know I wanted to run away, and she even helped me!”
Lin Zhen clenched his fists tightly, his whole body trembling. “And she’s so kind; she wouldn’t even hurt a small animal. How could she possibly want to stay in this place full of sin and filth!”
“Because she isn’t that kind!” Dr. Forefinger roared. “Her kindness was only for you!”
“You’re lying!” Lin Zhen roared back.
Scarlet bit her lip, her face full of struggle as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she lowered her head.
Genbeier, however, finally couldn’t listen anymore.
He clenched his fists hard and said through tears, “I haven’t known the young lady for long, but she took special care of me and looked out for me. That’s why I agreed when she asked me to plant explosives on the spaceship.”
“What are you trying to say?” Yun Che’s pupils constricted.
“At the time, I thought the young lady intended to turn on us and stop you.”
“But now, after hearing everything you’ve said, it suddenly clicked!” Genbeier shouted.
“If the young lady really wanted to blow up the spaceship, why would she have Guan Kelai—someone who was obviously going to betray her—plant the bombs with me!”
*Bang!*
It was like a bolt from the blue!
Everyone realized it instantly, filled with shock.
Indeed.
Guan Kelai’s fear of Yun Ruoxi was etched into his very bones; everyone knew this.
She was so smart; how could she not know that forcing Guan Kelai to do something would likely lead to his rebellion?
Yet, she did it anyway.
Didn’t that prove this was all intentional?
“Holy crap, it really is…”
“Did Xiao Xi really set up such a massive scheme?”
“We really underestimated Xiao Xi.”
“Xiao Xi planned everything perfectly, but she forgot about Genbeier.”
“Xiao Xi: ‘Since when did you think these words of yours weren’t part of my calculation?'”
“It’s over…” Yun Che shook his head helplessly.
“So Xiao Xi pretended to be mind-controlled just to let us leave with peace of mind?”
Lin Zhen covered his face, weeping uncontrollably. “But why are you so unwilling to leave the battle camp?”
“Why!” he screamed in a breakdown. “You could have clearly left here with us!”
He stood up, wanting to catch one last glimpse of that blue figure through the dome window.
But the spaceship had already passed through the atmosphere and was about to enter the boundless Starfield completely.
He could see the outline of the entire Home Planet, but he could no longer see that beautiful, moving figure.
Yun Ruoxi was no longer in his sight.
“Before, my eyes were full of you, but from now on, you will no longer be in my life.”
“The child was knocked out by this blow, wahhh!”
“Let Xiao Xi go! Let her leave with the male lead, live happily, and have ten children! The other netizens will do anything for this!”
“I feel like Xiao Xi’s unwillingness to leave is also a secret.”
“It’s time to make a decision, Lin Zhen!” Dr. Forefinger’s voice came over the speaker.
“Will you choose to lose Yun Ruoxi forever and risk certain death trying to escape the Saints’ hand society’s warship, or will you stay and grow old with Yun Ruoxi in the Saints’ hand society?”
“I will only give you ten seconds to think!”
His voice faded.
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