Agolo Prison City is a colossal fortress forged from steel, located on the Agolo Joint Garrison Satellite, one of the seven satellite spheres belonging to the New Feilan Alliance's main planet. It is used to imprison political prisoners, war criminals, traitors, and other important criminals from various alliance members. Sylvia's father, Langley, is imprisoned there.
The New Feilan Alliance is a small alliance of civilizations within the Shattered Star Ring - Colton Star Cluster - Ryan Star System. In the vast Galaxy, with its numerous civilizations, political alliances of this kind are countless. Some civilizations forge alliances with each other, banding together for mutual assistance and mutual benefit. Generally, these alliances are regional, with most formed when civilizations within a specific area decide to develop amicably and govern together, thus becoming allies.
The New Feilan Alliance has eight members, all small interstellar civilizations, ranging from galaxy-level to planetary-level. These civilizations were once nations on the same planet, named Feilan. After Feilan's technology entered interstellar space, the nations could not reach a consensus. Unable to reach an agreement, they decided to split up. With so many resources in the universe waiting for Hetushu to develop, there was no need to put all their eggs in one basket. They wanted harmony, not war. Thus, the most powerful nation remained on its home planet, while the others boarded immigrant ships and migrated to other planets, eventually developing into different civilizations.
Fundamentally, these civilizations share the same roots, with close technological and cultural ties. Therefore, after years of division, they eventually united again to form the New Feilan Alliance, which is the most powerful force in the Ryan Star System.
In my past life, this kind of approach was discussed on the forum. Earth couldn't be unified, so perhaps adopting this form of civilization wouldn't be bad. A peaceful separation would be fine. Of course, this is rather idealistic. The issue of limited resources is always very complex, and whether Earth can even develop to the interstellar level is a question. But now, Master Han no longer needs to worry about this issue.
Langley was originally a high-ranking military officer in a country, a warlord who could dominate a region. He lived a comfortable life with a good salary, but one day he used his influence to incite the army, secretly colluding with many people to gather a group of rebels, wanting to establish his own country. He called it an uprising, but in reality, he committed all sorts of evil deeds, making his stronghold impregnable. He had been fighting with his former employer for many years, and finally, he was defeated by a large wave of interstellar mercenaries who came down from the sky to attack his capital. The Black Star Mercenary Group was one of these mercenaries, who accepted the invitation from the Purple Gold Legion. A total of seven mercenary groups cooperated to complete this mission.
At this moment, Han Xiao, piloting the Colored Conch spaceship, arrived in the territory of the New Feilan Alliance. He had been notified beforehand, and the Alliance Affairs Department welcomed the mercenary he had previously cooperated with and granted his request to visit the prisoners.
The spaceship landed at the Agolo Joint Garrison Satellite, and then they took a ground vehicle to the prison city. Han Xiao only brought a few people with him on this trip: Aroshia, the tied-up Sylvia, and a few players including Meat Bun. The others were waiting on the ship. This time, it was just to let Sylvia see her father, and there was no need for a big fuss.
Why... why did you do this?
Inside the hovering chariot that moved smoothly along the ground, Sylvia's eyes were filled with complex emotions. A few days ago, when the assassination attempt failed, she thought she was doomed. But to her surprise, Han Xiao not only didn't kill her, but also brought her to see her father. During the few moments she was awake along the way, she wondered if she was dreaming. Without the Alliance's permission, she couldn't possibly enter the heavily guarded Agolo Prison City. She thought she would never have a chance to see her father again. Sylvia couldn't understand why Han Xiao was helping her.
"I'll let you know that your hatred is meaningless, and how unworthy it is to die for it. By the way, I'll let your father know that you died because of Lie that killed his own daughter. I'm really curious to see his expression. I love killing someone by destroying their spirit."
Han Xiao shrugged, too lazy to look at Sylvia's enraged and menacing expression, and opened the panel on his own.
After sparing Sylvia's life, a new quest, [Lie], was triggered. The requirement was to make Sylvia realize the so-called "truth." The reward was decent, 540,000 experience points. However, the truth didn't need to be investigated; you could just ask her father directly.
In the character's backstory, Sylvia's father was blown to pieces by those mercenaries who didn't hold back, but now he has been captured alive by Han Xiao. Because the reward for capturing him alive was higher in that mercenary mission, he let Langley live, which has made things easier for him now.
The Agolo Prison City was magnificent, heavily guarded, with many Sniping and machine gunners positioned on high ground. Searchlights illuminated the night sky as bright as day. The group entered the prison smoothly, where a warden came to greet them.
"Black Star, I've heard so much about you." The warden, with a thick beard and a hearty personality, shook hands firmly with Han Xiao and laughed enthusiastically, "My friend Barney serves in the 37th Field Corps and participated in the Langley stronghold annihilation operation. He fought alongside mercenaries and witnessed your strength firsthand. He often talks about you to me. I'm stuck in this lifeless prison city every day, and I'm finally meeting someone as famous as you."
"You flatter me." Han Xiao maintained a reserved smile, exchanged a few pleasantries with ease, and followed the warden forward.
Soon, the group stopped in front of the metal door of a single cell.
With only one door separating them, Sylvia's face was filled with excitement, eager to rush in and see her father. However, Han Xiao grabbed her shoulders, preventing her from moving, and said, "Warden, I would like to meet with Langley alone first."
"No problem." The warden nodded.
"What do you want to do to my father?!"
Sylvia, like a cat with its fur standing on end, bit down hard on Han Xiao's palm with a blazing fire in her eyes. However, she couldn't hurt Han Xiao. Instead, she was stunned and her head spun. A "-13" reflection damage appeared above her head, while the word "immune" popped up on Han Xiao's body.
"What do I want to do to him? Good question. I want him to look less presentable when he sees you, preferably missing an eye or an ear."
Han Xiao curled his lip and walked into the cell alone. The metal door closed behind him, cutting off Sylvia's roar.
The room was dimly lit, divided into two areas by an electrically heated iron cage. The cell was inside the cage. Langley leaned against the black wall covered with moss and grime, his face covered with stubble, his eyes lifeless, looking much more weathered and decadent.
Hearing the noise, Langley thought it was a guard and instinctively turned around, only to see the nightmare etched in his heart. His expression quickly turned to terror, and he jumped up abruptly, "It's you! What are you doing here?!"
"Are you afraid of me?" Han Xiao asked expressionlessly as he walked to the iron cage. "Shouldn't you be thanking me? If it had been any other mercenaries who attacked you, they would have had a hard time even retrieving your corpse. How could you still be standing here unharmed?"
Although separated by the iron cage, Langley no sense of security. He hurriedly retreated, his back slamming against the wall. His throat bobbed as he nervously swallowed, the pain in his knees intensifying. He remembered the scene vividly: a group of armored mercenaries descended from the sky, storming into his heartland and mowing down his army like vegetables. This mercenary in front of him waved his hand, summoning hundreds of machine guns. At least a thousand men had died at his hands. He fought his way to Langley's side, and two bullets pierced his knees, the pain almost suffocating him.
To this day, Langley relies on a simple nerve brace implanted in his knee to stand up.
"Enough with the small talk, I came here specifically to see you." Han Xiao said calmly, "Your daughter, Sylvia, I don't know what Lie you told her, but she believed your nonsense and thinks you're some kind of great man who liberated the people. She wants Revenge for you and tried to assassinate me..."
"What!!"
Langley's expression changed drastically. He lunged at the railing, gripping the heated bars tightly, ignoring the burning smell emanating from his hands. He was almost face to face with Han Xiao, his face filled with anxiety and anger.
"What... what did you do to her?!"
"What else could I do?" Han Xiao made a gesture of swinging a knife. "Of course, I killed her. I shot her through the jaw into her head, leaving a hole in the back of her skull. Brain matter and blood splattered all over the walls. One of my men thought she was quite pretty and was planning to peel off her face to keep as a specimen."
Langley nearly fainted. His daughter was his only motivation to live. His expression twisted as anger, regret, heartache, despair, and hatred flashed through his mind. He let out a howl like a dying beast, roaring madly. Even his fear of Han Xiao was thrown to the winds.
"I will kill you! I will definitely kill you!!"
Calmly watching the enraged Langley, until his voice was hoarse and he could only gasp for breath while glaring at him, Han Xiao slowly said, "Alright, enough joking. Your daughter is right outside the door. I caught her. I brought her here specifically to see you."
Langley was stunned, his face blank with astonishment, unable to react. His emotions surged wildly, and he felt almost exhausted. He collapsed to the ground with a thud, his trembling hand pointing at Han Xiao, but he couldn't say a word.
Han Xiao crouched down, meeting Langley's gaze. "You're a smart man. Whether I kill your daughter or not is up to you."
Langley's expression changed several times; he lowered his head and remained silent.
"Speak up, I don't have time to wait for you to consider." Han Xiao impatiently knocked on the iron cage.
"I'm no good... but you're worse than me." Langley's eyes were filled with complex emotions as he said hoarsely, "I will do it. I will tell her everything. From the very beginning, I was a high-ranking spy planted by other forces, controlled by others. Everything I did was to overthrow the order of the New Feilan Alliance. I will let her know that I have been deceiving her all along. I am not the kind of person she imagines me to be. I am just a despicable traitor, a villain who destroyed countless families for his own selfish gain, ruining the image he has in her eyes, and making her completely disappointed in me as her father..."
"You can decide for yourself." Han Xiao stood up.
Langley looked up at Han Xiao, "Will you release my daughter like this?"
Han Xiao didn't bother to answer, turned and walked towards the door, leaving behind the words, "In short, if I don't like the outcome of this conversation, I will keep my word... I'm only giving you this one chance."
As he opened the cell door, he immediately saw Sylvia looking anxious and glaring at him, her eyes constantly glancing at the crack in the door.
"Go in, you only have ten minutes."
Han Xiao waved his hand, signaling Aroshia to release Sylvia. Sylvia rushed into the cell, eager to see her father.
After closing the gate, the warden brought in the surveillance footage and monitored Sylvia and Langley's conversation from outside the gate, clearly seeing the changes in Sylvia's expression.
From initial anxiety, it gradually turned into astonishment, then shock, followed by a fierce argument. Even through the heavy iron gate, one could vaguely hear Sylvia's emotionally charged roars, and finally, tears welled up in her eyes.
[The Lie has been completed]
[You have gained 540,000 experience points]
"Ten minutes are up."
The warden opened the gate and brought Sylvia out.
She was distraught, her eyes vacant, tears still clinging to her face. She had lost all will to fight, lifeless and like a walking corpse. The vitality she had shown just ten minutes ago was gone, as if the beliefs she had held onto had collapsed.
Just now, she realized that the Glory image of her father in her heart was built on Lie. She had been deceived for more than ten years. He was not a great man. Everything he did was despicable. He deserved to end up like this. Even without the mercenaries' intervention, he would have been wiped out by the army sooner or later. If it weren't for Black Star, her father wouldn't even have survived.
The world seems to have been turned upside down, and those childhood scenes filled with warm sunshine in my memory seem to have all changed.
It was all Lie!
My heart felt like it had been riddled with a thousand bullets.
She was unable to process such information in a short time. Her vision seemed to spin, and she felt dizzy and disoriented. All sounds became distant and indistinct, as if she were isolated from the world.
thump.
Sylvia fell to the ground and fainted.
Through the crack as the door slowly closed, Han Xiao took one last look at Langley.
The rebel leader looked decades older, but his face was calm, even showing a hint of... relief.
Shaking his head, Han Xiao grabbed Sylvia by the back of her collar, hoisted the little brat onto his shoulder like a sack, and pursed his lips.
Congratulations on growing up!