Hunting Game [Interstellar]

Chapter 68 [It is the end and the beginning]

After leaving the old opera house, Su Shichuan drove back to Fengchen's apartment, then rushed into the bathroom to wash away the smell of fireworks, swallowed a few sleeping pills, fell down and fell asleep after going to bed while the effects of the medicine took effect.

At the same time, Feng Chen arrived at Prison No. [-] with the air combat team A.But within a few hours, the originally impregnable fortress was reduced to ruins, and the fire had been extinguished, revealing the scorched and carbonized ruins, as well as the wreckage of the downed mechs.

Feng Chen looked gloomy, his eyes slowly scanned a deep pit in front of him, and finally landed on the incomplete body of the queen bee: "How is the situation?" His voice was as cold as usual, like a straight line without fluctuations, which could understand him. People with a good temper can tell when they hear it that General Feng is very angry.

Afterwards, the subordinate next to him swallowed his saliva cautiously, and looked at the mecha in the distance with his immediate boss. The team that had arrived earlier was starting a carpet-like search. It was sent to his terminal a few minutes ago, but the content——

The man frowned hesitantly, and reported truthfully after a few seconds: "Mr. Feng, the other party...has no survivors, and all of us... died in the line of duty."

"What's the cause of death?" Feng Chen said expressionlessly.

"The hidden weapon is poisoned on it." The subordinate said while carefully paying attention to the expression of the other party, "The blood sample has been sent to the Central Academy of Sciences, and the test results will be available in a few hours."

But Feng Chen sneered as if he didn't hear the second part of the sentence, and said, "It's that half-scream, the 'Nameless One' really colluded with the alliance, I should have thought of it earlier."

"You mean, the person who robbed the prison last night was 'the unknown'?" The subordinate looked at him in surprise.

Feng Chen gave a flat "hmm" and remained silent for a while, then suddenly said again: "You said that no one was left alive," he turned his head to look at the other party, "Could it be that Leilia also...?"

The words were almost finished, but the subordinate felt a cold sweat: "...Yes."

"How is this possible?" Feng Chen hesitated, and narrowed his eyes involuntarily, "The former knight ranked according to his strength, and Lelia ranked second. After Rex's treason, there is someone who can take her life. Who?" His voice weakened, as if talking to himself.

The subordinates dare not speak too much, for fear of affecting the general's thinking.

Feng Chen was indeed thinking, and he couldn't understand it.

"The Nameless" is a young rebel organization for the Luo Yin Empire. Judging from the contacts in the past few years, their internal personnel composition is not complicated, and they mainly use traditional methods such as assassination.As one of the few people who has been in contact with the crow, he doesn't think he has the strength to kill Lelia. Could it be that he had some reservations before...

"Where is Leilia's body?" Feng Chen suddenly asked.

The subordinate was taken aback for a moment, and when he realized it, he didn't know how to answer, and said in a low voice, "It's almost cleaned up, but it may not be worth the autopsy."

Feng Chen slightly raised his eyebrows when he heard the words: "What do you mean?"

The subordinate said: "The cockpit of the Mecha Queen Bee was forcibly dragged out of the machine body. Judging from the situation at the scene, Her Excellency Lelia was also inside at the time, and then the other party together... crushed it."

Feng Chen was stunned for a moment, and after a while he couldn't help laughing, and there was a sense of ridicule in his words: "Yes! That crow is really good! It seems that he didn't pay attention to the second knight of the empire. Lelia, it would be better to say that he is using this to humiliate the Luo Yin Empire."

"President Feng, now..." the subordinate asked tentatively.

Feng Chen waved his hands indifferently, turned around to leave, and said without looking back: "Report the truth to His Majesty, and leave the aftermath here to you. If there is any situation, report to me as soon as possible. I will go back first."

The subordinate bowed respectfully towards his back: "Yes, you go slowly."

At five past eight in the morning, Feng Chen returned home, opened the door and noticed something strange.

In his impression, Su Shichuan was a very self-disciplined person, with strict work and rest schedules, and never got up later than six o'clock, but according to the situation in the apartment, either the person didn't come back, or he was still in the bedroom.For no reason, Feng Chen suddenly became alert, walked quickly up the stairs to the second floor, and only relaxed after approaching the guest bedroom.

People like them have been trained by the military academy to become machines with keen senses. They are good at detecting details that are difficult for ordinary people to notice, so they will inevitably think more about things.Standing in front of the guest bedroom door, Feng Chen could clearly capture the breathing rate unique to deep sleep, but the heart in his chest inevitably tightened a little shortly after he came.

The person who was robbed from Prison No. [-] was Sifa Tranze. Considering the other party's relationship network within the empire, Su Xingchuan was indeed a very suspicious target.

For a moment, even he would subconsciously associate him with tonight's accident——the tutor of the crown prince, who had a close personal relationship with him, and was a person who had been in and out of Prison No. [-]. During the period after he left During this period of time, even if Su Shichuan came to visit suddenly, presumably his subordinates would not have any doubts.

The prison was completely destroyed, and there was very little possibility of monitoring it, and no news was released during the incident, which indicated that the other party probably blocked the communication network in the vicinity of the prison.

——He is an experienced veteran. If he is also an undercover agent within the empire, he must also be in a high position and have access to core secrets.

——Shi Chuan was still too young to be him.

After carefully sorting out the information in his mind, Feng Chen calmly came to a conclusion.

And... absolutely not!

Thinking of this, he knocked on the door.There was still no response from the room, Feng Chen felt that something was wrong, and after waiting for a while, he couldn't help but turn the handle and walked in without pushing the door.

"Death River?"

After confirming that there was indeed someone on the bed, Feng Chen relaxed as if he was finally relieved, and slowly walked around to the side of the bed.Taking a casual glance from the corner of his eye, he noticed an unscrewed medicine bottle on the bedside table. When he picked it up to see the name of the medicine, Feng Chen's expression changed immediately, and he hurriedly knelt down on one knee beside the bed.

Su Shichuan slept soundly, as if he was not disturbed at all.

The bottle of sleeping pills was missing two-thirds of the dose, Feng Chen wasn't sure if it was the result of long-term use or one-time use, the suspicion in his heart had long since dissipated, and now he just wanted to ascertain the other party's situation as soon as possible.

"Shi Chuan?" Feng Chen couldn't help pushing Su Shi Chuan's shoulder when the volume was raised, "Shi Chuan, wake up!"

The effect was immediate this time, Su Shichuan frowned slightly uncomfortably, his eyelashes trembled slightly after a while, and then opened his eyes to look at Feng Chen in a daze.

There was sleepiness and bewilderment in his brows and eyes, which are typical of drowsiness. It could be seen that he was not in a good state of mind, but Feng Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and simply sat down cross-legged on the carpet, picked up the medicine bottle and shook it: "How long has it been like this, have you gone to the hospital?"

Su Shichuan was so dizzy that he was too lazy to get up, so he simply continued to lie on the bed, buried half of his face in the pillow, looked at the bottle listlessly, and said lightly: "Occasionally insomnia, in order not to affect the normal work, so I will eat it. , not long."

"You almost scared me to death." Feng Chen looked at him dumbfounded.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Su Shichuan asked back, "Do I seem to miss people who commit suicide? Besides, I won't die in your home, so don't worry."

Feng Chen thought about the same thing, opened the drawer and threw the medicine bottle in, and said: "This medicine has side effects, you'd better take it less and drink milk instead."

"If milk works, I won't take medicine." Su Shichuan pressed his forehead and rubbed it perfunctorily, "Why are you back, you don't need to go to prison?"

"It should be unnecessary." Feng Chen said, "An accident happened last night."

Su Shichuan seemed to wake up in an instant, and was about to get up immediately.Feng Chen knew exactly what he would be worried about, he pressed Su Shichuan's shoulder and pushed him back intact.

"Sifa is fine," he said lightly, "but he was robbed."

On the way back, Su Shichuan thought about the timing of the military operations, and was not surprised by Feng Chen's appearance.

There is almost no useful evidence left in Prison No. [-]. Given Feng Chen's personality, he would probably feel provoked.Of course, this is not the real reason for him to leave the scene, because there is the most important point, that is Lelia, the person who was secretly ordered back.

"The alliance did it?" Su Shichuan asked knowingly.

Feng Chen shook his head slowly, and explained his conjectures in detail. At the same time, he also explained the practice of Cisse's transfer back to Lelia, using only his air combat team as a cover.

Su Shichuan knew that it was this matter that really bothered him, and after he finished speaking, he was silent for a long time before saying, "I personally have two opinions about your majesty's arrangement."

"Tell me." Feng Chen said.

Su Shichuan quickly organized his words, and said carefully: "The easiest thing to think about is that he started to doubt the people around him, and it is very likely that it is me. Considering our relationship, Cisse may want to take advantage of our personal friendship This point exposed my flaws, and ordering Lelia to end it will prevent you from being selfish, and secondly, Lelia is the strongest knight active in the empire after all, so she can be safe."

Feng Chen gave a thoughtful "hmm" and said, "That makes sense, what about the second one?"

"He wants to use this to get rid of Lelia." Su Shichuan said bluntly.

Feng Chen was stunned when he heard the words, Su Shichuan saw his doubts, and then explained: "When Sissai first contacted me, Lei Liya happened to go back to the imperial capital, and I was ordered to participate in that meeting. He obviously feels his dislike for Lelia. So the above two conjectures can actually be combined into one, and Cisse may be concerned about both, no matter what the result is, he can at least achieve one of them."

"That is to determine whether the people around him are rebellious, or use the alliance's hand to get rid of the unsightly second knight, so as to make room for the candidate in his heart." After the words fell, Su Shichuan raised his eyes to meet Feng Chen's gaze, smiling Fei smiled and raised the corner of his mouth, "Tell me frankly, do you suspect me too?"

Feng Chen: "..."

Feng Chen was amused by him, and said jokingly: "Why, the first judge of Instructor Huang didn't even call him senior brother?"

Hearing this, Su Shichuan gave him a sideways glance, and teased him back in a polite manner: "You and I have been away from the military academy for so many years, and always mentioning this matter is suspected of peddling the old. What do you think, Admiral?"

Feng Chen couldn't say no to him, so he surrendered consciously, stood up and opened the curtains.The sky was already bright, and Su Shichuan had to lower his eyelashes because of the brilliant light that came in.

It was only a month later, but everything changed drastically.

At this moment, Feng Chen's communicator vibrated, and he didn't shy away from it, and directly connected it in front of Su Shichuan.Su Shichuan sat up and leaned against the head of the bed, lit a cigarette by himself, and observed Feng Chen's expression while smoking. From his one-sided reply, he could already guess what the opposite party reported.

A few minutes later, Feng Chen hung up the communication and looked back at Su Shichuan: "The people below found an old theater that accidentally caught fire on the outskirts of the imperial city. It was nothing special, but the basement floor of the theater was not completely burned down. With a lot of professional equipment, we may have found the temporary base of the 'Unknown' in the imperial capital."

"Then are you going there?" Su Shichuan asked.

Feng Chen nodded, remained silent for a few seconds, and said again: "Do you want to go together?"

Su Shichuan smiled and said: "Now that I know that Cisse is worried about me, although it will be relieved after what happened last night, in order to avoid suspicion, I should still do my job well and try to avoid getting involved in such things. I won’t go on sensitive issues.”

"That's fine," Feng Chen said as he walked towards the door, "I think there may be a meeting in these two days, so be careful not to miss it—" Before he finished speaking, he turned back and took it out of the drawer. The bottle of sleeping pills, "If you are not in good spirits, pay attention to rest, don't take the medicine, or don't blame the senior brother for not protecting you, and pack you back to the Commander's Mansion, and see what your family will do."

Su Shichuan blew on him: "Dare you threaten me?"

Through the slowly floating smoke, Admiral Feng stared at the other party for a few seconds, then decisively smoked the half cigarette and threw it out the window.

Su Shichuan: "..."

The next few days passed peacefully, Feng Chen became busy again, and he didn't come back for a long time.At dusk a week later, the late summon notice finally appeared on Su Shichuan's communicator.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the study room of the shining stars.

This is not a formal place to meet guests, which means that the order tonight is not considered official business. Su Shichuan thought that he could see a few more cronies, but he didn't expect that there was only Xisai behind the door.

"Come and sit." Xi Sai smiled very familiarly, "I wanted my mentor to come over two days ago, but I heard from Feng Chen that you were ill, so I didn't bother you."

Su Shichuan sat down on the sofa, and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty is very polite."

"How's your body?" Sissy asked.

"It's not a big problem in itself," Su Shichuan said, "It's almost better."

Hearing this, Xi Sai didn't speak in a hurry, but picked up the tea cup and blew the water in it. After a long time, he said: "I believe in the matter of Prison No. [-], you and Feng Chen should have communicated in private, it's too specific I don't want to talk about it anymore, if the instructor is interested, you can get some reports from Feng Chen."

Su Shichuan was noncommittal, but said: "Yes."

"As a result, the biggest loss of the empire was the death of Lelia, but it's not a big problem. It won't take long for the new second knight to take over." Cisse took a sip of his tea, remained silent for a few seconds, and said, " The other point is that the regent has fled the country in treason."

His tone was very light, and he didn't seem to care much about these two things. Su Shichuan knew that the next thing was the highlight of tonight, so he wisely didn't answer, but waited patiently for the next step.

Sure enough, when Cisse drank more than half of the glass of water in a leisurely manner, he leaned over and put down the teacup, crossed his legs and asked casually: "I don't know if Teacher Huang still has any impressions, maybe in three years A while ago, Lelia mentioned one thing when she returned to White Emperor Star to meet me."

Su Xingchuan reacted quickly, and then was slightly surprised: "I remember," he replied cautiously, "because the first batch of five agents who went deep into the alliance were exposed one after another, she wants the intelligence department to plan a new infiltration work again. , in order to assist the army to assassinate Rex."

"Yes, that's the matter." Cisse said, "The person who had been in contact with the intelligence department was Lelia, but now she is dead, and this matter is not efficient, and there has been no substantial progress until today. , so I want to ask the emperor to take over."

Xi Sai looked at Su Shichuan calmly, not in a hurry to continue, as if he really wanted to give him time to think.

However, the appearance is only the appearance after all, the emperor appoints, and the ministers have never been able to have the right to choose.

Su Shichuan was well aware of the truth of this, and without thinking, he replied directly: "If Your Majesty does not think that I am not qualified enough, I am willing to try."

"The mentor is too modest." Cisse smiled leisurely. "This is within your professional scope. I believe that there is no more suitable candidate than you in the entire empire. The intelligence department has already said hello. Active agents only need to The instructor can call it at will if he likes it, without asking anyone for instructions."

"However, I also arranged an assistant for you on my own initiative." The smile in Xisai's eyes deepened, and he looked generous and understanding, "At the end of the month at the latest, the military department will have a new teaching assistant to take over Aning's position The two of you have worked together in the military academy, and you are relatively familiar partners, and Aning's personal ability is also good, so I will assign it to you this time."

Su Shichuan's heart sank, but he didn't show it, and said lightly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Cisse carefully observed Su Shichuan's reaction, and seeing his unmoving expression, he couldn't help feeling a little relieved: "According to the management of the Luo Yin Empire, the first knight in front of the previous emperor's tutors was always worried. There is a place for the mentor, but you lack the corresponding combat achievements now, even if you really sit in that position, it will be difficult to convince others."

"The mentor is a special warfare professional. To an agent, there is nothing more valuable than the head of the enemy commander. I give this opportunity to you, and I believe that the mentor will not let me down."

"Don't worry, Your Highness," Su Shichuan said, "I will do my best to remove the leader of the alliance commander for you."

It was already deep at night when we left Shuangyue Temple, Su Shichuan parked the car on the side of the road, lowered the window and smoked one cigarette after another.

Cisse's reasoning was flawless, even quite beautiful, and he was thinking for him between the lines, but Su Shichuan knew very well that this was obviously a temptation by him, and Cisse knew that Su Shichuan and Xifa had a relationship. The relationship is not shallow, but he is intentionally let him lead the infiltration plan, which is equivalent to sending him to the alliance and to Xifa on his own initiative.

This is a tricky approach. He is betting on Xifa's trust in Su Shichuan, which is the real strategic reason for Su Shichuan to be the best candidate.

Of course, there are great risks in this approach. From a certain perspective, it is tantamount to returning the tiger to the mountain.But Cisse obviously considered this possibility, so he specially arranged for Aning, and at the same time it is very likely that he will control the Commander's Office.

It was clearly a task that had to be completed, Su Shichuan threw the ash out of the window, and followed this set of scripts, Cisse could not only use his hands to eradicate the biggest threat to the empire, but also drive a wedge between him and Xifa, and make the He was completely stuck by his side, for his own use.

Really smart.

A month later, Feng Chen succeeded Lei Liya as the second knight of the Luo Yin Empire. The Double Moon Hall held a grand conferring ceremony, and Cisse personally conferred the title on him.

A few days later, the military headquarters.

The Star Destroyer is about to set sail, Feng Chen is ordered to station in a distant galaxy, Su Shichuan comes to see him off as promised, and sees Feng Chen outside the command center.Feng Chen was wearing a black uniform, the star and stripe representing the rank of general on his shoulders were taken off, and replaced by a special emblem symbolizing the reality of the empire.

"I don't know when we'll meet again after this trip." Feng Chen said.

"It won't be too long," Su Shichuan said. "When the infiltration plan is ready, I will almost leave for the alliance. It will be very close. If I can go deep enough, maybe we can meet directly on the battlefield."

Feng Chen couldn't help laughing: "I never thought of fighting you, I think I might not be able to fight you,"

"How can senior brother's professional quality be so poor?" Su Shichuan curled his lips inconspicuously, "I still expected you to cooperate with me to perform a good show, but you told me you couldn't do it."

Feng Chen shook his head, and said after a while: "We'll talk about it when the time comes. Agents are the priority. If you have needs, I will definitely cooperate with you."

"I'll see you then." Su Shichuan stepped forward and hugged him.

Feng Chen took advantage of the situation and patted the opponent's back: "See you then."

Volume [-] Falling into the Abyss