The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 47

She didn’t have much time to take it slow. Their mecha were too big of a target and there was nowhere to hide. As long as the enemy sent people to check, it wouldn’t be difficult to find them.

Ji Mingxiao didn’t say much, she just showed the combat records saved by the mecha to the others.

“This should be the latest mecha from Country Aiyi, but why are they here? The last we heard, it was still under development,” Captain Qi said. He was the leader of the forty soldiers.

“Perhaps they have some purpose?”

“There’s not much information. After all, we don’t know the core, so we can’t get much,” Captain Qi shook his head.

Ji Mingxiao nodded, “Then let’s investigate. They must have a purpose for coming here. Since we’re all here, we might as well do something.”

What high-sounding words.

Having everyone do one person’s task was the same.

If it weren’t for this mission, Ji Mingxiao might have found another place to hide.

“I’ll go talk to Shao Yu and Xu Shu about this in the afternoon.”

There were other factions here, but she only knew these two people. If she could, she didn’t really want to have contact with so many people.

In a place with intertwined factions, the more people you know, the deeper you get entangled.

After lunch, Ji Mingxiao took a few people to the pre-arranged meeting spot.

After her hair was ruined by Ji Mingxiao that time, Shao Yu simply cut it short, just to her shoulders.

Seeing Ji Mingxiao, she couldn’t help but touch her hair, then glared at her.

Ji Mingxiao pretended not to see it.

“I came today to ask you two something. I won’t beat around the bush. Do you know that Country Aiyi has mecha stationed here?”

Both of them were stunned.

“What Aiyi country?” Shao Yu was a bit slow to react.

“Country Aiyi, not ‘Auntie’,” Ji Mingxiao was a bit speechless. It seemed they didn’t know. “I went to investigate today and saw they had a hundred mecha, roughly in this area.”

Ji Mingxiao took out her optical computer. This was a map they had quickly made after returning.

“I suspect there might be more than one location.”

“What’s there to come to our broken-down place for? We’re having a great time being local emperors here, and we hate it when countries interfere with our planet’s affairs,” Xu Shu frowned.

Ji Mingxiao put away her optical computer. “The moment I got close, they started firing at me. Luckily, I got away. Something they don’t want to be noticed is clearly not a good thing. Although I’m only staying here for a month and a half, if there’s anything we can help with, we’re willing to.”

“I hope we can share information.”

Shao Yu and Xu Shu exchanged glances.

“Anyway, we don’t have any conflicts of interest, do we? You’re worried about what Country Aiyi might do to your territory, and we’re worried about Country Aiyi using your planet to harm the Alliance. We have a common enemy. The Alliance is so prosperous, and I have parents. I also want to earn military merits and climb up, so I won’t be staying here,” Ji Mingxiao said.

“Okay,” Shao Yu nodded. “Then what do you plan to do?”

“Gather information. How many mecha has Country Aiyi arranged here, and it would be best to figure out what those mecha are for. Knowing the purpose of the mecha will also reveal their objective.”

What Ji Mingxiao said sounded simple, but it was all difficult.

She didn’t want to get involved with other factions, which didn’t mean Shao Yu and the others couldn’t.

But they also couldn’t get involved randomly. Who knows if anyone here is cooperating with Country Aiyi?

While Ji Mingxiao was negotiating, those with strong practical skills had already found materials and made a simple alarm system.

“This way, we can all rest at night.”

Indeed, to be lazy, a person’s practical skills are limitless.

Ji Mingxiao glanced at the alarm system, then returned to her mecha.

She was a little worried about Xi Ruan’s situation.

She wondered if she had arrived safely.

Ji Mingxiao rubbed her temples.

She looked at her side quests again.

The “Escape from the restricted area of F541 Zone” quest had disappeared. She hadn’t noticed exactly when it disappeared.

This meant that this wasn’t a restricted area.

Ji Mingxiao checked her optical computer again, but this planet did indeed belong to the F541 Zone.

However, there was nothing to be found about a restricted area.

The F541 Zone was so large, with dozens of planets. Where would she even begin to look?

She would still have to go find Shao Yu and the others again tomorrow to ask about the restricted area.

“What kind of ghost place is this?”

“I thought we were going to the front lines.”

“What’s going on? Why isn’t there a single explanation?”

Hundreds of people walked off the spaceship. The surroundings were desolate, just yellow sand, with occasional withered, yellow blades of grass.

Xi Ruan looked around. Although she had been an ordinary person for a long time, she still had the necessary sensitivity and intuition.

This place was clearly wrong.

She looked around. There was only one spaceship, what about the other one?

Ji Mingxiao wasn’t here.

She frowned, suddenly feeling like she had lost her anchor.

As a lazy person who just got by, this was the first time she felt a sense of bewilderment.

The next second, a few gunshots rang out around them.

The crowd quieted down.

Another group of people they had never seen before walked down from the spaceship, their guns pointed at them.

The other side hadn’t even spoken yet.

Xi Ruan heard her system “ding.”

Hidden Quest: Escape from the restricted area of F541 Zone.

Xi Ruan: ???

Why would a lazy person like her have a hidden quest?

Quest description:

1. Optional to complete.
2. Completion reward: 5000 points.

Xi Ruan’s eyes lit up.

5000 points. She definitely had to complete it.

As long as she could survive, she should be able to get out.

Although she had absolutely no knowledge of the F541 Zone and no idea what a restricted area was, but 5000 points…

She was willing to live a good life for 5000 points.

“It seems everyone has quieted down,” the man standing at the front smiled. He was wearing a suit, like a refined young gentleman.

“Welcome everyone to the F541 Zone, Desolate Planet Three. I am Xiao Cheng.”

“Yes, that’s right. No need to ask. Your spaceship has been hijacked. There were supposed to be two, but it’s a pity one was lost.”

Xiao Cheng’s smile was gentle. Seeing the stunned faces of the crowd, he felt even better.

“Why did I invite everyone here? I hope you can do a small favor. Don’t look so upset, it’s just a small favor,” Xiao Cheng’s eyes narrowed slightly. “If everyone is obedient, you might even get to keep your lives.”

The students’ expressions grew even worse.

“Smile, everyone, don’t be so crestfallen.”

“You dare to hijack an Alliance team!”

“Yes, I do. I hate Alliance people the most, which is why I brought you here to do hard labor,” Xiao Cheng said.

Someone wanted to resist, but looking at the muzzles of the laser guns, they gave up.

You’d have to be brain-dead to try and block a laser with your body.

Xi Ruan stood in the crowd and looked around.

She took out her optical computer, just about to see if she could contact someone, when her optical computer instantly burned a hole through itself.

“Little girl, I’m still talking. Is it not good to be playing with your optical computer?”

Xi Ruan trembled, looking at the person who had appeared in front of her at some point.

Only five words were in her mind.

“It’s all Ji Mingxiao’s fault.”

When she was an extra with no lines, she could have picked her nose at a sports meeting and no one would have noticed her.

Now she was standing in the middle of a crowd of hundreds, looking at her optical computer, and she was discovered?

The scene was a little awkward for a moment.

“I think what you said was so good that I was going to record it, in case I forgot,” Xi Ruan showed a kind smile.

“Oh, is that so? Then tell me, what part of what I said was so good?”

Xi Ruan: ???

The people around them looked over.

Xi Ruan was a little tired. “Your voice is nice…”

“You have quite some guts.”

“Not much, not much,” Xi Ruan took two steps back.

“Please hand over all your optical computers, everyone. This is the first one. If there’s another, I’ll directly pierce your throat,” Xiao Cheng’s eyes swept over everyone’s faces. “Of course, if anyone wants to resist, you can speak up now.”

Of course, no one would say anything at this time.

If they wanted to escape or do anything, they would wait until the guns weren’t pointed at them.

No one was a fool.

After Xiao Cheng left, Xi Ruan’s legs were still a little weak. Luckily, the person next to her supported her.

“How did they get here?” Xi Ruan whispered.

“Did you send it out?”

“Almost,” Xi Ruan said in a low voice.

Indeed, some people still wanted to use their optical computers to send messages, but the second person who did so was killed on the spot.

This scared the students who had never seen blood, and no one dared to make any small moves again.

“Tell the students not to move around for now. Let’s see what the situation is here first,” the leading teacher passed the message down.

The words were passed down one by one.

Xi Ruan was the accompanying doctor, and she stood with the teachers.

They were all put into a large house.

There was a lot of dry grass inside.

Xi Ruan had a bad feeling looking at the pile of dry grass.

“This will be your sleeping place from now on, and the outhouse is over there.”

Xi Ruan: …

Xi Ruan: ???

Although not raised in a greenhouse, they were like flowers that had not seen much wind and waves, and their expressions grew even more unsightly.

Xi Ruan wanted to curse.

And she also wanted to run. She suddenly didn’t want the 5000 points that much anymore.

Soon, another group of people walked in. The robots following them carried a large box with a number of light blue rings.

Xi Ruan had seen these things in documentaries. They were for criminals. If an aggressive action was detected, they would release an electric shock and also had a positioning system. Once worn, it was extremely difficult to escape.

Xi Ruan: This is forcing her to use points.

Seeing this, someone finally couldn’t help but resist, but as soon as his fist was raised, a laser bullet passed through his forehead.

“Don’t do it!” the teacher shouted again.

At a time like this, staying alive was what mattered.

“See? At a time like this, the wise are the survivors. Why lose your life for nothing?”

The body was dragged away by a robot, and the smell of blood still lingered in the air.

Ji Mingxiao’s system suddenly came online.

“Dear.”

“Hmm?”

“Do you remember that very difficult escape mission?”

“What about it?” Ji Mingxiao’s hand paused.

“Someone has already accepted it. I checked… it seems to be Xi Ruan.”

Ji Mingxiao’s mouth twitched slightly. “Isn’t she just going to die and leave?”

“No, the reward for this quest is very high. She’s still alive.”

“It’s just like her,” Ji Mingxiao sat up.

Anyway, she now knew where Xi Ruan was.

That was a good thing.

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