Xin Jie sighed and said, "It's a pity that this grassroots empire's almighty is elusive. No one has seen his true face, and no one knows his true identity. I heard that the Heavenly Dragon Troop has offered a huge bounty, but no one knows about it."
Ding Meng suddenly asked, "You don't know either?"
Xin Jie shook his head. "I don't know either!"
Ding Meng said, "That's strange. They all say that you are related to the grassroots empire."
Xin Jie was silent for a long time before he nodded. "Yes, I am related to him. I admire his talent and knowledge. I learned a lot from him."
Ding Meng did not ask what this relationship was. After all, it was Xin Jie's privacy. Therefore, Ding Meng changed his question. "Can you remove the lock on that mark?"
"I can!" Xin Jie nodded affirmatively, but then shook his head helplessly. "But I can't!"
"Why?" Ding Meng was curious.
Xin Jie sighed. "This almighty is different from ordinary hackers. Every time he appears, he's always punishing the strong, helping the weak, and upholding justice. I know many of his deeds, and they're all for the interstellar refugees. This kind of almighty is highly respected in the Red, White, and Black Realms. He's a supreme existence. If he's locked onto a place or a system, he must have his reasons for doing so. How can I remove such a lock?"
Ding Meng nodded. He obviously agreed with Xin Jie's point of view. This was like a person killing an insect. The insect was clearly killed, but the person went to activate the insect's eggs. This method was morally unjustified.
At this time, the light of the big rays was gradually dimming. Obviously, Ding Meng had absorbed most of the technological energy. The long mechanical tunnel could not stop him at all. The three of them continued to move deeper into the tunnel.
Xin Jie hesitated. "The big cave should be in front of us."
The so-called big cave was a primitive cave. It was very large, and the center was a flat area. It was used by the prisoners as a lookout. Of course, at this time, there would be no other prisoners present.
Ding Meng smiled. "If I'm not wrong, there should be robot guards in front. Sister Xia, please take care of Xin Jie."
In his telekinesis vision, the hemispherical cave had a diameter of 1000 meters. A simple control room was embedded in the center of the top of the cave. The floor of the control room was made of movable steel plates. Only when the steel plates were opened and a steel cable hundreds of meters long was lowered, the people above could come down to the ground.
In other words, if the people on the ground wanted to go up, they had to use this steel cable. This device was indeed primitive, but it was precisely because of its primitive nature that it was difficult for prisoners in the detention area to escape. If it was replaced with something on the elevator, it would undoubtedly increase the difficulty of guarding.
At this moment, three ten-meter-tall humanoid robots were spread out in a triangle formation in the middle of the empty space. The particle laser guns and photoelectric cluster cannons in their hands were ready.
As soon as Ding Meng and the other two came out of the tunnel, the loudspeaker in the control room above sounded, "Fire authorized!"
"Swish swish swish swish swish —"
The grain-shaped laser bullets were as thick as an arm. They rolled towards Ding Meng and the other two like a storm.
"Bang —"
The purple energy beams from the photoelectric cannons were much stronger than the laser beams in the tunnel. It was definitely not something that could be withstood by the body.
Ding Meng didn't panic in the slightest in the face of the raging waves. He slowly raised his left hand, opened his palm, and circulated the Diamond Starfusing Art once more. A white star vortex appeared in the center of his palm, sucking in all the energy.
Ding Meng even had the mood to talk. "I'm afraid you won't believe me, but I saw Julie at the headquarters of the Fifth Lord's organization."
Xin Jie's expression was a little complicated. "Julie from the Black Gold Base?"
Ding Meng said, "So you do know her."
Xin Jie sighed. "When I was sent to the starship above the Dead Silent Star, I was supposed to meet her."
Ding Meng frowned. "What's the story behind this?"
Xin Jie sighed and said, "Sir Grass Root Empire told me that he owed someone a favor. As long as that person asks, I must agree. Julie was sent by that person. I understand now, for you to be able to find this place, it must be her who told you to come."
Ding Meng sighed as well. "The problem is that I promised her that I would ask you to help her remove the lock on the Fifth Lord's headquarters when you come back."
Xin Jie pondered. "That's not difficult. The problem is, how do we go up now?"
"That's easy!"
Ding Meng smiled. The purple energy beam condensed in his palm was now as big as a small spaceship. It was unrealistic to absorb it all in a short time.
Ding Meng pushed forward with one palm. The beam immediately split into three purple torrents. The torrents reversed and immediately drowned the three robots that had been firing.
"Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom! "
There was a chain of explosions, and the entire cave seemed to shake. This kind of explosion of technological energy was like a brilliant cloud exploding. All kinds of rays of light reflected on each other, and the ground could not be seen at all.
The people in the control room had probably never seen such a scene before, and for a moment, they forgot to issue orders. When the light disappeared, the dust settled, and the cave returned to normal, there were only three piles of scrap metal left in the middle of the open space, emitting green smoke and dancing with electric sparks. The three powerful robot guards had been destroyed by Ding Meng while talking and laughing.
Ding Meng waved his hand again, and the steel plates on the floor of the control room automatically opened. The steel cables were instantly lowered to the ground under the force of his telekinesis.
"Wait for me here. I'll pull you guys up in a moment!"
Ding Meng climbed onto the steel cables with one hand. The cables rattled as they pulled Ding Meng up. The speed at which they pulled him up was no slower than a starship taking off.
The five staff members in the control room had long been bound by Ding Meng's telekinesis. They were all suspended in the air, unable to move.
Ding Meng immediately opened up all the permissions on the control panel. The purpose of this was to make it easier for Little Rascal and Little Ai to read the basic data of Fomalhaut. Of course, with Little Rascal and Little Ai's current permissions and abilities, they figured out the basic situation of Fomalhaut in about ten seconds.
"Ding Meng, we can't find Ling Qingshan's data here. I think it should be in the hands of the upper echelons," Little Ai explained.
"However, I can now create a fake signal to inform the mainframe that the danger here has been resolved. We can go directly to Fomalhaut's headquarters later."
Little Rascal said, "Why don't we ask these five people and see if they know anything?"
Ding Meng nodded. With a flip of his hand, he grabbed a middle-aged man in a white coat by the throat. "Let me ask you, where is the Ling Qingshan that your Fomalhaut recently dug up?"
The man in the white coat was a tough nut to crack. Not only was he not afraid, he even cursed, "You bastard, you're finished. You dared to invade this place, which is equivalent to challenging the authority of the entire empire's military."
"Looks like you don't know anything."
Ding Meng couldn't be bothered to waste his breath on him. With a casual toss, the man in the white coat was thrown through the gap in the floor.
The control room was at least three hundred meters above the ground. It would be strange if a normal person could survive falling down like this. The man in the white coat's shrill screams echoed in the cave. A few seconds later, there was a muffled bang from the ground, and the screams immediately disappeared.
Ding Meng waved his hand again. This time, a bearded man was pulled over. "Let me ask you, do you know Ling Qingshan?"
Although the bearded man wasn't as tough as the man in the white coat, he wasn't afraid. "You stole a major criminal from the military. Do you know what you're doing?"
"Very well, you don't know either!" Ding Meng loosened his grip, and the bearded man was thrown down as well.
The remaining three people were immediately frightened. Although Ding Meng looked thin and weak, he didn't even blink when he killed people. He threw them away as soon as he said so, and he didn't even give them a chance to explain themselves. He was a ruthless character.
In fact, Ding Meng wasn't someone who would kill people. It was just that in a desperate situation, he had to use some special methods to intimidate people!
With another wave of his hand, a young man in uniform was also grabbed by the throat. Ding Meng's words were extremely simple. "Ling Qingshan!"
The young man was still a young man. He suddenly shouted, "I don't know, big brother. I really don't know!"
Ding Meng nodded. "Alright, I believe you're telling the truth!"
The young man's screams quickly echoed in the cave. This guy had died miserably because the remaining two people had seen it clearly. When the young man fell to the ground, his body was smashed into two, and his intestines were exposed. He was in a very tragic state.
The remaining two people were women. One was a middle-aged woman, and the other was a young beauty in a military uniform. Ding Meng said expressionlessly, "I hope the two of you don't disappoint me. Who has the Ling Qingshan that your Fomalhaut recently dug up?"
The middle-aged woman's voice was trembling. "It … it should be in Boss Yan's hands."
Ding Meng turned to the young beauty. "What about you?"
The young beauty's face was pale. "I … I heard that Boss Zhuang recently wanted to … sell … sell a batch of supplies at a high price. I think Ling Qingshan should be in that batch of supplies …"
There were three leaders in Fomalhaut. The boss was Yan He, who had been entrenched in Rainforest Planet for many years. The other two were Zhuang Zhou and Ying Xiong. Zhuang Zhou was in charge of finance, and Ying Xiong was in charge of personnel. The three of them controlled Fomalhaut together.
Ding Meng sneered. "Just heard?"
The young beauty became even more nervous. "My … my boyfriend works on the ground … I … I heard him say it."
Ding Meng muttered, "Who is Zhuang Zhou trading with?"
The young beauty said, "I heard it's the empire's Apocalypse Group."
Other than Lu Feng and the others, only Gu Tianming's assistant, Lan Ling, had come to the Rain Forest Planet from the Apocalypse Group. Could it be that Zhuang Zhou had contacted Lan Ling?
If so, it would be troublesome because Lan Ling had already arrived at the Rain Forest Planet. She was afraid that after the transaction was completed, the Apocalypse people would have already returned.
At this time, Xin Jie and Su Xia also rose. When Su Xia heard the beauty's answer, she immediately frowned. "The Rat King wants Ling Qingshan, and the Apocalypse Group is also looking for this thing. But the problem is that the Apocalypse people are divided into two groups. One group is in the Fifth Lord's territory, and the other group is in Fomalhaut …"
Ding Meng immediately understood what she meant. Since everyone wanted Ling Qingshan, then the Apocalypse Group was very likely the key factor. It seemed that he had to find Zhuang Zhou and Lan Ling quickly.