Shadows of the Deep Space
Chapter 189: Lu Xi (Extra for Alliance Leader Hua Yue Ye) (Fifth Update)

Chapter 189: Chapter 189: Lu Xi (Extra for Alliance Leader Hua Yue Ye) (Fifth Update)

The three of them immediately split up to search, with Su Ming first heading to the desk area. There were only books on the bookshelves and various documents on the office desk.

Su Ming picked up some documents from the desk and quickly flipped through them before putting them back.

Most of these documents were about finances and material approvals, nothing of significant value.

Su Ming then turned his attention to the bookshelves. He began to scan through the books placed on it to see if he could find some key information about winning the competition.

Unfortunately, after a long search, Su Ming found nothing.

The books were all very normal, with no notes tucked inside.

Just as Su Ming was at a loss, a slight vibration suddenly came.

Su Ming was slightly startled and turned his head.

He saw that at the end of the room, an entrance had cracked open beside the bed. An Ruoxue was standing by the bedside, her hand still on the decorative pattern on the headboard.

Su Ming and Lin Chuyu quickly walked over, and An Ruoxue said to them with a smile.

"It seems I’m quite lucky, like a blind cat finding a dead rat, to be able to open such a hidden mechanism."

Su Ming glanced at An Ruoxue, then raised the beam pistol in his hand and said,

"Let’s go in and take a look, maybe they are hiding inside. You two, follow me!"

"Okay!"

Lin Chuyu and An Ruoxue also raised their beam pistols.

Su Ming carefully walked in, and behind the door was a dim staircase, only lit by emergency lights.

Su Ming stepped down the stairs one step at a time, with Lin Chuyu and the others closely behind.

Before long, Su Ming and his companions reached the end of the staircase, entering a secret chamber covering thousands of square meters.

Su Ming scanned the room and saw metal racks filled with various boxes and file bags, while large wooden boxes were placed in the corner. There were no living people in sight.

"I didn’t expect such a large secret chamber to be hidden here."

Lin Chuyu spoke with surprise.

"Yes, it’s truly an unexpected surprise. But it’s quite normal, those from the Royal Family love to create these secret rooms."

An Ruoxue replied with a smile.

"We’re short on time, let’s spread out and search."

After saying this to the other two, Su Ming immediately walked towards the metal racks ahead.

An Ruoxue and Lin Chuyu also split up to search.

Su Ming approached a metal rack, took a box from it, and found it incredibly heavy, even though he was wearing an exoskeleton armor.

He opened the box to take a quick look and saw a silver-white ore inside, covered in special patterns.

Although Su Ming didn’t recognize it, he knew it must be quite valuable. However, since it was a virtual world, it held no real value, so he put it back.

Su Ming continued forward, arriving at a rack filled with numerous file bags.

He arbitrarily picked up a file and took out a document.

When Su Ming opened it and saw the contents, his eyes revealed a hint of surprise. It was a design blueprint for the Fourth Generation Biological Machine·Sin Salamander, densely annotated with various parameters and data.

He carefully looked it over, his expression growing increasingly odd.

Although he didn’t understand the making of biological mechas, Su Ming could guarantee one hundred percent that this document was real!

The Federation Government was too bold, daring to use such classified information as a competition setting.

Su Ming felt increasingly uneasy and immediately put the document back in its original place before continuing inward.

Along the way, Su Ming opened several more documents, each one more alarming than the last. These documents recorded data on various genetic mutations of Chilami. What shocked Su Ming the most was one document detailing the sequence change of Chilami’s genes after devouring a human.

Su Ming took several deep breaths, trying to calm the turmoil inside him, and continued onward.

Not long after, Su Ming reached the end, facing a smooth metal wall.

Su Ming glanced at it, turned to leave, but then hesitated and placed his foot back down.

He turned back to the wall and kept scanning.

Slowly crouching down, he noticed very inconspicuous fingerprint marks on the wall about seventy centimeters from the ground.

He tried touching it, but nothing unusual happened.

However, when Su Ming subconsciously pressed a bit harder, he inadvertently triggered an original mechanical switch.

Click.

A small, long secret compartment popped out from the metal wall.

Su Ming looked inside the compartment, where a document was placed. He instinctively took it out and glanced through it.

The moment Su Ming saw the content inside, it was as if he had been electrocuted. He quickly closed the document in his hand, his face showing an extremely shocked expression.

He immediately turned his head to look at Lin Chuyu and An Ruoxue, who were searching in the distance.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Su Ming put the document back in the compartment and pushed it back into place. The entire metal wall immediately returned to normal.

After wiping off the fingerprints on the wall and finishing these tasks, Su Ming took a deep breath, trying to calm his emotions.

Unfortunately, the information from that document kept reappearing in Su Ming’s mind, impossible to ignore.

As someone who had experienced warfare for years, he knew too well how fatal that document could be to the Federation. If it truly leaked, it could be disastrous.

Su Ming didn’t understand how the Federation dared showcase this document in the competition.

Weren’t they afraid of it being seen?

Su Ming didn’t know whether his actions had been seen by the outside audience. He could only hope that during the moment he viewed it, the audience hadn’t seen clearly.

With this thought, Su Ming adjusted his emotions and turned towards Lin Chuyu and An Ruoxue in the distance.

"How’s it going, did you find anything?"

Su Ming shouted as he approached.

Lin Chuyu and An Ruoxue, hearing Su Ming’s shout, immediately put down what they were handling and walked over to meet up with Su Ming.

"Still no information on how to win the league, but the data here is astounding."

An Ruoxue sighed.

"Indeed, it’s astounding. These are top-secret materials. Could we be looking at something we shouldn’t have?"

Lin Chuyu was also very unsettled.

"Certainly, we saw something we shouldn’t have, but it’s not as if we wanted to. It was set up by the Federation. They can’t blame us for that, can they?"

An Ruoxue replied with a smile.

"They probably won’t, but since there’s no valuable information here, let’s go."

Su Ming spoke very naturally to the two of them.

"Leave so soon? Not going to look around some more?"

An Ruoxue was a bit surprised and reluctantly asked.

"There’s nothing interesting to see. We’re neither mechanical scientists nor researchers. We can’t understand the data here. Staying longer is meaningless; we might as well explore other areas."

Su Ming spoke very rationally.

"I think Su Ming makes sense; this stuff is of no help to us."

Lin Chuyu also expressed agreement.

"Alright, then let’s go."

An Ruoxue said with a smile.

Just then, a wooden crate in the corner nearby moved slightly, emitting a very faint noise.

Su Ming, with his keen senses, heard the faint noise and immediately turned his head towards the wooden crate, raising his beam gun as he called out.

"Who’s there?"

An Ruoxue and Lin Chuyu were also startled, raising their beam guns at the crate.

The crate in the corner moved again.

"Could Chilami have sneaked in here? Should we shoot?"

An Ruoxue suggested to Su Ming.

"Let’s not shoot just yet. Let’s see what’s hiding inside first."

Su Ming carefully approached.

"Su Ming, this is too dangerous."

Lin Chuyu, watching Su Ming move forward, reminded him worriedly.

"It’s okay, I’ll be careful."

Su Ming calmly replied, his eyes fixed on the crate.

Soon he approached the crate, kicked the lid off rapidly, retreated swiftly to create distance, and aimed his gun at the crate.

Inside, there was a clump of blue stuff.

"What is this?"

Su Ming asked, his brow furrowed.

"Not sure, let’s take a closer look."

Lin Chuyu and An Ruoxue approached as well.

The three of them cautiously walked up to the crate and peered inside. Inside the crate, a small girl wearing a fancy blue dress, with light blue hair, round and cute face, fair skin blushing red, and large gem-like eyes turned her head to look at Su Ming and the others pitifully. She also wore a blue and white furry hat.

"A living person?"

Su Ming, seeing the little girl, was slightly taken aback, then moved his beam gun away from the girl.

As Su Ming was about to step forward, An Ruoxue suddenly spoke up.

"Su Ming, don’t get near her! We’ve been here so long without seeing any survivors. Suddenly, one appears; she might be Chilami’s Parasite. It’s very dangerous to approach rashly."

An Ruoxue aimed her beam gun at the little girl, warning sternly.

However, at this moment, the little girl timidly spoke up.

"My name is Lu Xi. I’m not a bad person."

"She can talk; she shouldn’t be a Parasite."

Lin Chuyu said, surprised.

Su Ming, hearing Lu Xi speak, then approached her, asking softly,

"Lu Xi, how did you end up here? Where are your father and mother?"

"My father told me to hide here. He said it was safe, and someone would come to rescue me. Have you seen my father?"

Lu Xi asked, somewhat nervously.

"What’s your father’s name?"

Su Ming asked as gently as possible.

"My father is named Abosa."

Lu Xi replied to Su Ming.

"Abosa, isn’t he the King of Teboken Kingdom? You are a princess of this kingdom."

Lin Chuyu said, utterly astonished.

Lu Xi nodded slightly fearfully, seemingly admitting it.

Su Ming then realized and spoke up.

"I got it; she is the key condition to win the league. As long as we take her off the planet, we win!"

"That’s wonderful."

Lin Chuyu and An Ruoxue were also very delighted.

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