Just Kidding

Z60 Wasteland Star.

After nearly a full night of fierce combat, Yi Que's side suffered heavy losses.

Nearly two-thirds of the twenty-eight Energy Masters he brought were lost, leaving only eight.

With the wind whistling threateningly in his ears, Yi Que watched Lu Mi running wildly ahead, and a chill gradually grew in his heart.

He had originally thought Lu Mi was the prey, but now it seemed... he didn't know when, but they had already become Lu Mi's prey!

"As expected of the First Prison Warden." Yi Que suddenly stopped. "Everyone, we are falling back!"

Yi Que led the eight Energy Masters to turn back, returning to the place where his spaceship had landed.

"Open the hatch."

The hatch opened, and Yi Que loosened a few buttons on his suit while stepping inside. The exhaustion on his face had not yet completely faded when his footsteps suddenly halted.

An alarm sounded in the control room! A red icon flashed at the door, and the text displayed: Warning! Intruders detected!

Yi Que once again manifested his source-energy weapon and signaled an Energy Master beside him to step forward and open the door.

The control room door opened, and the young man sitting in the pilot's chair propped his chin with a strong push of his body, spinning the chair one hundred and eighty degrees.

At this moment, Lu Mi had fully undergone Beastification.

His fingernails had become black and sharp, black energy veins covered his face and neck, the pupils at the center of his dark eyes had turned into vertical slits, a pair of black cat ears each growing a tuft of black fur sat atop his head, and a long leopard tail trailed behind him.

Lu Mi stared at Yi Que and grinned, two lengthened canine teeth making him look fiercely wild.

He beckoned to Yi Que,

"Hi! We meet again. Not gonna lie, you are really so impolite. Fall back? Did I tell you to fall back?"

A bone-chilling sensation instantly enveloped Yi Que's entire body.

As fellow Diamond Energy Masters, Yi Que hadn't initially looked down on Lu Mi, but as for being overly vigilant, not quite.

But things were different now...

The speed of a Diamond-Grade Spotted Hyena was certainly not slow.

Even if he couldn't compare to a Diamond-Grade Black Panther, Lu Mi shouldn't have been able to return to his original spot without him noticing anything.

Lu Mi stood up, raised his hand, and stretched his body. "Alright Yi Que, now I am very sure that you truly have no backup plans left."

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

"Of course." Lu Mi nodded, then corrected him, "Also, it wasn't a fierce battle. To be precise, I call this—playing with you."

Lu Mi looked behind Yi Que. "Alright, start the kill."

All these changes happened in the blink of an eye.

Yi Que hadn't even reacted yet.

He seemed to see a streak of golden lightning, and when he realized Lu Mi had already reached him, Lu Mi's sharp leopard claws had already pierced his chest like squeezing an apple, grabbing his heart.

"Mercy--"

Yi Que widened his eyes, and before his plea for mercy could leave his lips, he heard a 'bang' sound.

His heart was crushed entirely by Lu Mi.

Lu Mi withdrew his hand, and Yi Que fell backward onto the ground, his body twitching uncontrollably. He slowly turned his head, and in his hazy vision, he happened to see five Energy Masters behind him with blood simultaneously spurting from their necks as they collapsed to the ground.

The next second, the surrounding energy fields of the remaining three Energy Masters slightly distorted, transforming them into three young men wearing black officer uniforms.

Yi Que opened his mouth, and before a single word could come out, his breath cut off completely.

The three young men walked toward Lu Mi.

"Sob sob, Boss Lu, you scared me to death! Good thing I am witty and resourceful, otherwise your strongest Deputy Prison Warden would have really been turned into a human torso!"

Seeing the three of them, Lu Mi released his Beastification state, tenderness revealing in his eyes,

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

When Lu Mi was battling the twenty-eight Energy Masters, he had already sensed that Lin Luo and the other two were still alive.

Lin Luo's Colorful Phantom Butterfly power was extremely special, capable of altering the energy field around people to produce very realistic illusionary effects.

Unbeknownst to anyone, Lin Luo had swapped the identities of himself and Yi Que's subordinates.

The ones turned into human torsos were not them.

Lin Luo raised a hand to wipe his sweat. "This time we were gone for so long because we sensed someone trailing us. Yi Que this lunatic, serves him right! Boss Lu, what are you looking at?"

Lin Luo followed Lu Mi's line of sight and saw him staring intently at the neck area of one of the throat-slit Energy Masters.

Lu Mi frowned, walked over, and reached out to pull a pendant from the other man's neck.

To be precise, it was a token hanging around the neck.

A small sword-like black token, not big, with five characters engraved on it:

'Imperial Guards'.

Lu Mi's expression changed. "Not good!"

Yi Que truly was a fool, but among the people he recruited, smart ones had mixed in!

At the same time, the AI's voice sounded inside the spaceship--

"Detected spaceship owner's energy value dropped to '0', spaceship self-destruction system initiated, spaceship monitoring backup system starting to copy, preparing to upload, countdown--

Ten, nine..."

Lu Mi raised his hand and pushed Lin Luo and the other two outward. "Go! Quick!"

Then he strode toward the control panel, grasped the Dark Whip in his hand, and whipped it frantically toward the top!

Sparks flew everywhere on the control panel, and the AI's voice gradually distorted--

"Spaceship self-destruction system successfully initiated...

Spaceship monitoring, detection backup system, copying, copying complete, 30 percent, percent, 40 percent, 60 percent...

Spaceship monitoring backup system copy failed, upload failed!"

Lu Mi's expression relaxed, and the next second, only a 'bang' was heard!

A terrifying mushroom cloud appeared in the sky above Z60 Wasteland Star, and a hundred-meter crater appeared at the site where the spaceship was blown to pieces!

Outside the crater, Lin Luo, Mo Ke, and Luo Wei stood in a daze, and after a long while, ran wildly toward the ruins inside!

It began to snow on Calamity Planet from morning.

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

"Interrogating a serious offender from First Prison, prisoner number 0456."

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

He was arranged to sit in the interrogation chair, with ring locks fastened on both hands, feet, and his waist.

He lowered his head slightly, not looking at anyone, his cold and alluring face looking listless, obviously in poor spirits.

Ming Qiuxue sat in the chief judge's chair. "0456, a few days ago you violated the rules in the First Prison by using energy to kill someone. Following orders from superiors, we are conducting an emergency interrogation of you. I hope you will answer truthfully and voluntarily admit your crimes, so as not to implicate innocent people, understand?"

Yu Tu raised his head to look at Ming Qiuxue, and after a long while let out an 'oh'.

He understood.

He would not implicate Lu Mi.

The one who killed was him, and the one who did wrong was also him.

Therefore, the one to be punished should only be him.

Ming Qiuxue: "0456, real name Yu Tu, former First Commander of the Blue River System, now please tell us why you killed 0763 of the First Prison?"

"He angered me."

"How did 0763 anger you?"

"His words sounded harsh."

"His words sounded harsh so you killed him?"

"Mhm."

"Do you admit to your crimes?"

"I admit. It was my fault."

Ming Qiuxue nodded. "0456 has already confessed, the emergency interrogation is now--"

"Wait a moment."

Beside him, Qi An spoke with a smile. "What is wrong with Prison Warden Ming today? Could it be that he is also deterred by Yu Tu's former fierce reputation? Or is it... that the superiors' instructions are not clear enough? If I remember correctly, 'Yu Tu killing someone' is not the main focus of this emergency interrogation."

Qi An looked at Yu Tu. "The focus of our emergency interrogation of you this time is--the First Prison's Seventh Operating Room. Everyone can prove that they saw you use source energy power, and your white vines killed 0763."

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

"It is truly incredible. A full five Energy Lock Rings, and yet they still failed to lock you down.

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

Yu Tu pressed his lips together.

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

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

Yu Tu raised his head, looking straight into Qi An's eyes, his red pupils clean and firm.

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

Only here, there was Lu Mi.