Xia Chujian's voice instantly echoed in the Fifth Floor Warplane Warehouse's hall.
"Attention all trainees and instructors."
"I am not a criminal investigation expert in this field. To prevent the situation from escalating further, I have decided to put everyone into suspended animation until the Special Security Bureau personnel take over."
Xia Chujian wanted to solve the problem once and for all, not wanting to entangle with this "traitor" any longer.
But as soon as she made this request, a commotion suddenly erupted from an Interstellar Airship in the Warplane Warehouse hall.
Someone started shouting from that Airship through the public communication channel.
"Xia Chujian, right? Let me out, and I'll give Pei Zijing back to you! Otherwise, I can't leave, and Pei Zijing won't survive!"
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched when she heard that.
Was this the spy, jumping over the wall in desperation after hearing that she was going to put everyone into suspended animation?
But why did he want to give Pei Zijing back to her?
As if Pei Zijing was her property...
Sorry, but no thanks.
Xia Chujian didn't expect the other party to be so impatient...
She looked at the surveillance and discovered that the person threatening her with Pei Zijing's life was actually one of Pei Zijing's two young instructors who were also on the Airship!
Xia Chujian had once secretly followed Yu Fei to Pei Zijing's Airship and listened to him talking to Yu Fei, and she hadn't noticed anything unusual about him at all! What was this person after? Xia Chujian was deeply puzzled.
However, she had no intention of negotiating with that person at all, and pretended not to hear him, directly activating the suspended animation system.
In the surveillance video, that person was still holding a gun to Pei Zijing's temple, threatening Xia Chujian.
But soon, the suspended animation system was activated, and waves of inert gas filled the entire Warplane Warehouse hall.
When those Noble trainees heard that they were going to be forced into suspended animation, they were also furious, but before they could even utter a curse, a large amount of inert gas filled the entire Warplane Warehouse hall.
They were caught off guard and fell into suspended animation.
Including the person who attempted to threaten Xia Chujian with the life of the unconscious Pei Zijing.
Before he could even pull the trigger, he felt weak all over and collapsed on the floor of the Airship's Private Room.
On the platform where Xia Chujian was standing, a layer of transparent membrane surrounded her, preventing the inert gas in the hall from affecting her.
As for those Starry Sky Marines in the hall earlier, they had already received Xia Chujian's message and evacuated.
Now, only the trainees and instructors were in suspended animation.
Xia Chujian breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the hall that had become quiet again.
Fortunately, this was on a Starry Sky Cruiser.
The Starry Sky Cruiser was a powerful weapon that could be used for interstellar battles.
The suspended animation system was a default feature, so they could cross vast light-year distances to fight in distant star systems.
Xia Chujian certainly didn't know this before, but Kang Shanxing's Starry Sky Cruiser driving outline mentioned this key point.
She had only glanced at it at the time, found it interesting, and remembered it, but didn't take it seriously.
Because in places like the Asteroid Belt, there was no need for interstellar travel, so there was no need for suspended animation.
She remembered it purely out of curiosity.
But at this time, putting all the people involved in the case into suspended animation until the Special Security Bureau came to take over was undoubtedly the best choice.
Xia Chujian had Sun Jiahao and Li Dali lead those two hundred elite Starry Sky Marines to guard the entrance of the Fifth Floor Warplane Warehouse hall.
No one was allowed to enter or leave until the Special Security Bureau personnel came to take over.
She returned to her Captain's Room alone, wearing a fully enclosed helmet and activating the sound blocking function.
This way, she could secretly talk to Seven Lù inside the helmet, and no one outside could see or hear her.
Of course, there would be no sound waves vibrating the air, which could be captured by advanced listening devices.
She whispered, "Seven Lù, did you notice anything just now? What exactly is going on with Chief Instructor Pei?"
Seven Lù said in a childish voice, "Reporting, Master, the instructor next to Chief Instructor Pei is very strange."
Xia Chujian closed her eyes briefly and said, "He even threatened me with Pei Zijing's life, how could he not be strange? Seven Lù, your logic is completely broken, isn't it?"
Seven Lù's little voice was a bit anxious: "No, no! He is very strange, it's his behavior pattern, it has changed dramatically within five minutes!"
Xia Chujian was stunned: "What do you mean, his behavior pattern changed dramatically within five minutes?"
Seven Lù said, "Five minutes ago, Master went to Chief Instructor Pei's Airship room to visit him."
"At that time, that instructor was still very normal. He was genuinely concerned about Chief Instructor Pei's health."
Xia Chujian asked strangely, "Seven Lù, can you even tell if he's being genuine?"
Seven Lù: "...Master, don't mind the details."
"Seven Lù means that at that time, his heartbeat, pulse, and blood pressure were all normal, and he showed no signs of lying when speaking to Instructor Yu."
Xia Chujian: "...Okay, Seven Lù, even if what you said is true, what do you think changed this instructor's behavior pattern within five minutes?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt something and looked towards Pei Zijing's Airship, suddenly saying, "Seven Lù, can Remnant Species be put into hibernation?"
Seven Lù stated the facts: "According to the current performance and volume of inert gases, it is impossible to put any Remnant Species into hibernation."
"Remnant Species can be put into hibernation, but it requires a massive amount of inert gas to achieve a qualitative change from a quantitative one."
"Currently, in the Beichen Empire, there is no device, no location, that can achieve this effect in the short term."
"So the answer is no."
Xia Chujian was very disappointed: "So Remnant Species can't be put into hibernation... Then what about me? Can I avoid being put into hibernation?"
Seven Lù said, "As long as Master wears the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha and activates the Mecha's fully enclosed internal circulation mode, she will not be put into hibernation."
Xia Chujian breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Seven Lù suddenly shouted, "Master! That's a Son of Forrest! That's a Crocodile Lizard Snake Monster—a Son of Forrest!"
"Master, don't take off your helmet!"
"Sons of Forrest can control human minds!"
Xia Chujian suddenly looked up.
The monitoring screen in front of her showed the conference hall on Pei Zijing's Airship.
The young instructor who had just tried to threaten her with Pei Zijing's life was writhing all over, shedding a layer of skin, a layer of human skin.
Underneath that human skin was a monster that looked like a large lizard, a crocodile, and a long snake.
Standing upright, it was about the same size as a two-meter-tall human.
It wasn't particularly huge, but that made it even more disgusting.
It raised its flat head, its snake tongue flicking in and out, and then sprayed a cloud of pink smoke in the direction of the monitor.
Xia Chujian felt a wave of nausea.
She hated these snake-like reptiles the most! Although this thing also had legs and could stand upright and walk on the ground, it didn't stop her from being disgusted by it! Xia Chujian subconsciously grabbed her Yellow Feather Blue Horns, Leopard Face Tiger Teeth helmet and put it on over her fully enclosed helmet.
Then, she put on the backpack with the ammunition magazines, quickly grabbed the pile of conventional weapons, including the Punishment Electromagnetic Cannon, the Destroyer 800 Fully Automatic Submachine Gun, and the Arbiter Anti-Material Sniper Rifle, and rushed out of the Captain's Room.
Not having time to take the elevator, she directly activated the Shao Siming Mecha's maximum speed and flew down the stairs.
Seven Lù said nervously in the helmet, "Master, why not put those Starry Sky Marines into hibernation too! They are no match for the Sons of Forrest!"
Xia Chujian asked as she rushed, "Do you know how to activate the hibernation device on the fourth floor?!"
She had only activated the hibernation device on a small part of the fifth floor, the Fifth Floor Warplane Warehouse.
But on this Starry Sky Cruiser, each level could also be activated for hibernation.
Seven Lù said, "It requires Master's Captain authority."
In a hurry, Xia Chujian used the communication system in her helmet to shout to the five captains, "You guys quickly bring all the Marines to the fourth floor! I'm only giving you one minute!"
Her voice was tense and trembling.
At this moment, the five captains knew an emergency had occurred and wouldn't ask any questions. They just needed to execute the orders.
The five of them quickly formed their teams, then activated their mecha and flew directly to the fourth floor.
Only in this way could they ascend from the fifth floor to the fourth floor within a minute.
If they waited for the elevator, and the elevator didn't cooperate, they wouldn't be able to reach the fourth floor within a minute.
Xia Chujian's orders were very effective.
By the time she arrived at the fifth floor, all the Starry Sky Marines had returned to the fourth floor.
Xia Chujian immediately activated the hibernation device on the fourth floor.
Although these Starry Sky Marines were wearing mecha, they hadn't activated the mecha's fully enclosed mode.
Therefore, the inert gas could penetrate the gaps in the mecha and affect their bodies.
As the Starry Sky Marines fell to the ground one by one, they wondered in unison, What is the captain doing?
But they could no longer see.
Xia Chujian had already arrived in front of the Airship where Pei Zijing was located.
She calmed down and said to Seven Lù, "After I exchange a few blows with that Son of Forrest, you cut off all the surveillance."
Because she might use the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha's special bullets, she didn't want to be seen.
Seven Lù's childish voice was both milky and plain, as he earnestly said, "Don't worry, Master! Seven Lù will control all the surveillance!"
Xia Chujian took a deep breath. The three-meter-tall mecha rose from the ground, its mechanical arm lifted, and it quickly loaded the Punishment 0937 Electromagnetic Cannon.
Then, under Seven Lù's control, the smart lock on the Airship's hatch opened.
A flat head poked out, the same one she had seen in the surveillance video.
A flat, somewhat human-like snake head, or perhaps a mixture of crocodile, lizard, and snake.
The facial features on it were also similar to humans.
Two light bulb-like eyes protruded from the sides of the flat head.
Slender nostrils pointed upwards, and a mouth wider than its forehead.
It slowly stood up from the ground, its two front limbs disproportionately short, while its hind limbs seemed quite powerful, supporting its strange body.
A thick tail hung behind it.
When its light bulb-like eyes saw the mask on Xia Chujian's head, its pupils suddenly shrank into two thin lines, running from top to bottom through the pair of light bulb eyes protruding from the sides of its head.
Seven Lù's childish voice rang out in the fully enclosed helmet: "Don't be afraid, Master, vertical pupils are one of the characteristics of reptiles."
"The Son of Forrest is similar to a reptile."
"Its pupils are vertical like that, indicating that it is subconsciously very afraid of Master... of the mask!"
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