Cang Qi stood to the side, crying even louder than Lu Mi.
"Wuwuwu, how hateful! Commander Yu Tu, how could Lan Xiao treat you like this?!"
Lu Mi: "..."
Tian Chi smiled matter-of-factly. "Disobedient dogs deserve to be treated this way! If Yu Tu had behaved and hadn't tried to break free of the dog chain, he wouldn't be here!"
Tian Chi glanced at his watch. "All right, I don't have time to waste talking nonsense with you. Time's up."
Tian Chi quickly retreated. "Zeng Yun, Qi An, get on the ship!"
Half the Imperial Army escorted Tian Chi and the others backward, while the other half formed a human wall before Tian Chi, preventing anyone else from pursuing them.
Once Tian Chi and half the Imperial Army had boarded the ship, Tian Chi stood before the transparent hatch and switched on the external loudspeaker.
"Ming Qiuxue, you're still not as clever as His Majesty. Long before you were exiled to Calamity Planet, His Majesty had people install self-destruct devices beneath the three major prisons!
Why do you think I came down here to stall you just now? It was simply because I was afraid you'd escape!
And now, everything is perfect!"
Tian Chi took out a strange mechanical device. After opening it, his finger touched the button on it.
"The self-destruct device's safety countdown has ended. Now, you can go die."
Tian Chi pressed down hard, but the very next second, his entire body jolted.
An energy bullet pierced through his heart from behind without warning.
Tian Chi's body arched backward. Zeng Yun snatched the device from his hand, clenched his five fingers, and crushed it.
Zeng Yun tossed aside the energy gun, glanced at the Imperial Army surrounding him, and used the ship's loudspeaker to address Ming Qiuxue.