Just Teasing You

Z60 Abandoned Planet.

After nearly an entire night of fighting, Yi Que's side had suffered devastating losses.

Of the twenty-eight Energy Masters he had brought, nearly two-thirds had been lost. Only eight remained.

With every sound around him seeming like wind and rustling cranes, Yi Que watched Lu Mi sprinting ahead, a chill gradually creeping into his heart.

He had thought Lu Mi was the prey. But now it seemed... at some point, they had become Lu Mi's prey instead!

"Worthy of the First Prison's warden." Yi Que suddenly stopped. "Everyone, retreat!"

Yi Que led the eight Energy Masters back toward where his spacecraft had landed.

"Open the hatch."

The hatch opened. Yi Que undid several buttons of his suit as he stepped inside. The exhaustion on his face had yet to fully ease when he suddenly froze.

An alarm rang out in the control room! A red icon flashed at the door, displaying the words: Warning! Unauthorized intruder!

Yi Que summoned his Source Power weapon again and signaled for an Energy Master beside him to step forward and open the door.

The control room door opened. The young man seated in the pilot's chair braced his chin on one hand and forcefully spun the chair around one hundred and eighty degrees.

Lu Mi had now completely undergone Beastification.

His nails had turned black and sharp. Black energy patterns covered his face and neck. The pupils in his dark eyes had become slits, a pair of black panther ears tipped with tufts of black fur stood atop his head, and a long panther tail extended behind him.

Lu Mi stared at Yi Que and grinned, his elongated fangs making him look utterly feral.

He beckoned to Yi Que.

"Hi! We meet again. I have to say, you really have no manners. Retreat? Did I say you could retreat?"

An icy feeling instantly swept over Yi Que's entire body.

Both of them were Diamond Energy Masters. Yi Que had not underestimated Lu Mi from the start, but he had not been overly wary, either.

But things were different now...

A Diamond-Grade Spotted Hyena was not slow.

Even if he could not match a Diamond-Grade Black Panther, Lu Mi should not have been able to return here without Yi Que noticing at all.

Lu Mi rose to his feet and stretched. "All right, Yi Que. Now I'm certain you really don't have any backup plans left."

Yi Que's expression changed. "You fought me for nearly a day just to determine... whether I had any backup plans?"

"Of course." Lu Mi nodded, then corrected him. "Also, it wasn't a fight. More accurately, I was just—teasing you."

Lu Mi looked past Yi Que. "All right, kill them."

Everything happened in a flash.

Yi Que had not even reacted yet.

He seemed to see a streak of golden lightning. By the time he realized Lu Mi had reached him, Lu Mi's sharp panther claws had already pierced his chest like they were squeezing an apple, gripping his heart.

"Beg—"

Yi Que's eyes widened. Before he could finish begging for mercy, he heard a bang.

Lu Mi crushed his heart completely.

Lu Mi withdrew his hand. Yi Que fell backward, his body twitching uncontrollably. Slowly turning his head, he saw through his blurring vision that the throats of the five Energy Masters behind him had all sprayed blood at once before they collapsed.

The next second, the energy fields around the remaining three Energy Masters twisted slightly, and they transformed into three young men dressed in black military uniforms.

Yi Que opened his mouth, but before he could utter a single word, his breath completely ceased.

The three young men walked toward Lu Mi.

"Waaah, Boss Lu, you scared me to death! Good thing I'm clever and resourceful, or else your strongest deputy warden would really have been turned into a human stick!"

Seeing the three of them, Lu Mi released his Beastification. A gentle look appeared in his eyes.

"You worked hard, Lin Luo, Mo Ke, Luo Wei."

While Lu Mi had been fighting the twenty-eight Energy Masters, he had already noticed that Lin Luo and the other two were still alive.

Lin Luo's Rainbow Illusion Butterfly power was extremely unusual. It could alter the energy field around someone, creating highly realistic illusions.

Without anyone noticing, Lin Luo had switched his identity with those of Yi Que's subordinates.

The ones turned into human sticks had not been them.

Lin Luo raised a hand to wipe his sweat away. "The reason we didn't return for so long this time was that we noticed someone following us. That lunatic Yi Que deserved to die! Boss Lu, what are you looking at?"

Following Lu Mi's gaze, Lin Luo saw that he was staring at the neck of one of the Energy Masters whose throat had been slit.

Frowning, Lu Mi walked over and reached out, pulling a pendant from the man's neck.

More precisely, it was a token hanging around his neck.

The small black token was shaped like a tiny sword, with five words engraved on it:

'Royal Imperial Guard.'

Lu Mi's expression changed. "This is bad!"

Yi Que really was an idiot, but among the people he had recruited, there had been someone smart!

At the same time, the AI's voice rang out through the spacecraft—

"Detected that the spacecraft owner's energy level has returned to '0.' Spacecraft self-destruct system activated. Spacecraft surveillance backup system initiating replication. Preparing upload. Countdown—

Ten, nine..."

Lu Mi shoved Lin Luo and the other two outside. "Go! Hurry!"

Then he strode toward the control console, Dark Whip in hand, and lashed it at the console like a madman!

Sparks flew from the control console, and the AI's voice gradually distorted—

"Spacecraft self-destruct system successfully activated...

Spacecraft surveillance... backup system... replication... replication complete, thirty percent, forty percent, sixty percent...

Spacecraft surveillance backup system replication failed. Upload failed!"

Lu Mi's expression eased, but the next second, a bang rang out!

A terrifying mushroom cloud rose over Z60 Abandoned Planet. A massive crater a hundred meters wide appeared where the spacecraft had exploded!

Outside the crater, Lin Luo, Mo Ke, and Luo Wei stood frozen for a long while before rushing frantically toward the ruins within!

Snow had begun falling on Calamity Planet in the morning.

Ming Qiuxue and Qi An entered the Second Prison's Special Interrogation Room one after another.

"Bring in First Prison's serious offender, number 0456, for questioning."

Soon, Yu Tu was brought to the Second Prison's Special Interrogation Room.

He was arranged in an interrogation chair, with rings clasped around his hands, feet, and waist.

His head hung slightly lowered, and he did not look at anyone. His coldly alluring face looked listless, clearly showing that he was not in good spirits.

Ming Qiuxue sat in the chief interrogator's chair. "0456, a few days ago, you violated regulations in First Prison and used energy to kill someone. Under orders from above, we are conducting an emergency interrogation. I hope you will answer truthfully, voluntarily admit your crimes, and not implicate innocent people. Do you understand?"

Yu Tu raised his head and looked at Ming Qiuxue. After a long while, he gave an "Oh."

He understood.

He would not implicate Lu Mi.

He was the one who had killed someone, and he was the one who had done wrong.

So he alone should be punished.

Ming Qiuxue said, "0456, whose real name is Yu Tu, former First Commander of the Blue River System. Now tell me, why did you kill 0763 in First Prison?"

"He made me angry."

"How did 0763 make you angry?"

"He said unpleasant things."

"He said unpleasant things, so you killed him?"

"Mm."

"Do you admit your crime?"

"I admit it. I was wrong."

Ming Qiuxue nodded. "0456 has confessed. The emergency interrogation is over. Now—"

"Wait a moment."

Qi An smiled and spoke from the side. "What is wrong with Warden Ming today? Could it be that you are also wary of Yu Tu's former notoriety? Or perhaps... the higher-ups' instructions were not clear enough? If I remember correctly, 'Yu Tu killed someone' is not the focus of this emergency interrogation."

Qi An looked at Yu Tu. "The focus of this emergency interrogation is this—everyone in First Prison's Seventh Operations Room can testify that they saw you use Source Power. Your white vines killed 0763."

Qi An stood and walked over to Yu Tu, studying the five Energy Lock Rings on his body.

"Truly unbelievable. Five whole Energy Lock Rings, yet they still could not restrain you.

Yu Tu, can you demonstrate your power again in front of Warden Ming and me?"

Yu Tu pressed his lips together.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Yu Tu, don't play dumb. Come on, use your white vines once more. As long as you successfully use them, you will have a chance to leave Calamity Planet."

Yu Tu raised his head and met Qi An's eyes directly. His red eyes were clear and resolute.

"But I don't want to leave Calamity Planet."

Only here was Lu Mi.