Chapter 20 where is chapter twenty

Simok Aratap carefully considered the characters of the four people in front of him, and there was a wave of excitement in his heart.It's a big gamble.Their plot is drawing to a close, and things are coming to an end.He was thankful that Major Andrews was no longer following him, and the cruisers of the Tyranids had already left. The only ones left with him are the flagship, the soldiers and himself.These are enough, he hates the mighty large group of people huddled in front of them. He said calmly: "Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce the latest news to you. A team of escorts has boarded the spaceship of the Lord of Lingen Star, and is now being escorted by Major Andrews to stand trial. Treason. They are old-fashioned conspirators, and they will be dealt with in the old-fashioned way. But what shall I do with you?"

Hinrik of Rhodia stood by his side, the muscles in his face twitching in agony.He said: "My daughter is young and naive, she got involved by accident. Artemisia, tell them, you are..." "Your daughter," interposed Aratap, "is likely to be released. She will, I believe, be the consort of a high-ranking Tyranid nobleman. Evidently, we will not forget that." Artemisia said, "If you let the rest go, I will marry him." Just as Byron was about to get up, Aratap waved him to sit down.Commissioner Tai Lun smiled and said: "My lady, you are welcome! I admit that I am qualified to negotiate a deal. However, I am not a Khan after all, but just one of his servants. Therefore, whatever I negotiate Transactions have to be answered in detail after returning home. So, exactly, what can you provide us?"

"I agree to marry him." "You don't need to tell us that. Your father has agreed, and that's enough for me. What else do you have?" Aratap waited for their resistance to wear off.He is not happy to play such a role, but this does not prevent him from playing this role very well.For example, this girl.At this moment she might burst into tears.This way, it has the effect of persuading the young man.They were clearly lovers.He was thinking, in this case, would old Bohan still want her?Then he decided that Bohan would probably take it.This transaction is also quite ancient.For a while, he fancied that the girl was very attractive.

However, she remained calm and did not collapse.Great, Aratap thought.She's also pretty strong-willed.In the end, Bohan wouldn't be happy with the deal he'd made. He said to Hinrique, "Do you still want to intercede for your cousin?" Shinrik's lips moved, but no sound came out. Gilbret cried, "No one will intercede for me. I don't want anything from the Tyranids. Come, order me to be shot." "You are mad," Aratap said. "You know that I have no right to order your execution without a trial." "He's my cousin," Hinrique said softly.

"This will also be taken into account. One day you nobles will understand that you can do nothing just because you think it is useful to us. I doubt whether your brother has understood this lesson by now." Gilbret's response satisfied him.At least, this guy sincerely wants to die, life has brought him too much suffering.Then keep him alive, and that's enough to break him. He walked up to Richett and stopped to meditate. Standing in front of him were the subordinates of the Lord of Lingen Star.Thinking of this, he was slightly embarrassed.At the beginning of the pursuit, he had never thought of the Lord Lingen at all, based on seemingly unbreakable reasoning.Yes, when a perfect man is bound to make mistakes, it is this that enables a man to be self-confident without losing his arrogance.

He said: "You are so confused, how can you work for such a traitor. You could get along better with us." Richter's face flushed. Aratap continued: "If you have made any military exploits in the past, I think it will be ruined this time. You are not a nobleman, and your case does not involve consideration of national interests. Your trial will be open. In this way, People will know you're a puppet in the hands of a puppet, and how bad that is." Ritzer said, "But, I thought, weren't you just about to propose a deal?" "trade?" "Like, don't you want me to testify? You just got a cargo. Don't you want to know the rest of the rebel organization?"

Aratap shook his head slightly. "No, we have the Lord of Lingen Star, who serves as our source of intelligence. Even without him, we only need to go to war on Lingen Star. I am sure that after the war, the rebel organization will be wiped out. Such a deal does not exist." Aratap walked up to the young man after saying something.Aratap saved him for last because he was the brightest of the bunch.Still, he's young, young people don't often pose a danger, they're impatient. Byron spoke first: "How did you follow us? Did he work for you?" "Is the Lord Lin Genxing? No, it's not him this time. I believe that this poor guy wants to step on two boats, but he can't do it well, so as usual, he succeeds for a while and fails in the end."

Hinrik interrupted impatiently, with a childishness unbelievable for his stature, "The Tyranids have invented a thing that can track ships through hyperspace." Aratap turned sharply. "If your Excellency can restrain yourself and not interrupt our conversation, I will express my gratitude." So Hinrik shrank back. Actually, it doesn't matter.Because from now on, none of these four people is a dangerous person.But he didn't want to dispel any doubts in the young man's mind, yes, not at all. Byron said, "Well, then, listen, neither of us tell lies, or we can't talk about anything. You're not keeping us because you like us. Why don't you keep us with us?" How about taking the others back to Tyran? Because you don't know how to kill us. Two of us are from Xinriad, and I am from Wildmoss. Richter is a famous member of the Lingen Starfleet. Officer. The fifth in your hand is your own precious coward and traitor. At the same time, he is also the monarch of Lingen Star. You must not harm any of us, otherwise, you will be the last one from Tyron Star to Nebula itself. A remote area, notorious among the nebula kingdoms, you have to come to an agreement with us, because, apart from this, you have no other choice."

Aratap said: "You are right. Let me tell you what happened. No matter what method is used, we are following you anyway. I don't think you need to mind the kindness of the governor of Rhodia. Excessive imagination. Although you stopped briefly near three stars, you did not land on any planets. You came near a fourth star and found a planet that could be boarded. We and you We boarded this planet together, monitored your actions, and waited for the right time. We thought maybe there was something to wait for, and now it seems that we were right. You had a quarrel with the king of Lingen Star, what did you two say? It's all radioed to infinity. I know, it's according to your intention, but it's also according to our intention. That's why we can listen.

"The monarch of Lingen Star said that there is only the last planet left in the nebula, and that planet must be a rebel planet. You see, this is very interesting. Rebel planet. You know, my curiosity arose spontaneously from then on. The first Where are the five stars and the last planet?" He didn't say anything more for a while.He sat down and watched them calmly—first at this and then at that. "There are no rebel planets," Byron said. "So you're looking for something that doesn't exist?" "Yes, what we're looking for doesn't exist."

"You guys are getting more and more ridiculous." Byron shrugged disgustedly. "You yourself are ridiculous if you expect further answers." Aratap said: "We have noticed that this rebel planet must be the lair of the cabal that reaches out everywhere. It is because I want to find it that I let you live. You will each have your own. Miss, I can spare you from marriage. Master Gilbret, we can build you a laboratory where you can concentrate on your work without interruption. Yes, we know you better than you think." (Alatap turns away hastily. Gilbret The fellow's face is twitching. Maybe he'll cry bitterly, that would be so boring.) "Colonel Ritzett, you are spared the humiliation of a court-martial and the certainty of sentence that comes with it, as well as personal Insulting and discredited. You, Byron Farrier, can be back as ranchers on the Widemoss. In your case, we can even reverse the case for your father." "Can you bring him back to life?" "To restore his reputation." "His honour," said Byron, "in the very actions which led to his conviction and execution, lies beyond your power to praise or blame." Aratap said: "One of you four will tell me where to find the planet you are looking for. One of you will be a man of affairs and he will get whatever I promise, no matter where Same. The rest were married off, imprisoned, or executed—choose the worst for you anyway. I warn you that I can be a sadist if I have to." He waited for a while. "Who's the one to know? If you don't tell, the person next to you will. You'll lose everything, and I'll still get the information I need." Byron said, "It won't work. You're so good at talking. It won't help. Because there's no rebel planet." "The Monarch of Lingen Star said yes." "Then go ask him." Aratap frowned.The young man's threat seemed a little too much. "I'd like to deal with any of you," he said. "But you've been dealing with the sovereign before. Deal with him. You don't have anything we want to sell us." Byron said, looking around at those around him, "Did you? " Artemisia moved closer to him, her hand slowly resting on his arm.Richter nodded slightly, while Gilbrecht hurriedly replied in a low voice: "Yes! Yes!" "Have you made up your mind?" said Aratap, laying his hand on the knob of the door. The right wrist of the king of Lingen Star is fixed in a small metal sleeve, and the metal sleeve is firmly attached to his metal belt with the help of magnetism.The left side of his face was swollen, blue and covered with blood.In addition, there was a bumpy but forcefully healed scar, adding a red line to his bruised face.When he came up to them, he wrenched his good arm from the armed guards who escorted him, and then stood motionless. "What do you want to know?" "I'll tell you in a moment," said Aratap, "but first I want you to take a good look at your audience and see who we have before us. For example, this young man. Although you are Lord of Lyngen, and he is nothing more than an exile. You tried everything to kill him, but he lived long enough, and he not only crippled you, but thwarted your plan." Monarch Lin Genxing's bruised and swollen face couldn't tell whether it was flushed or not.However, the muscles on his face did not move at all. Aratap looked at no one.He went on calmly and almost nonchalantly: "This is Gilbreth o' Hinriad, who saved the young man's life and brought him to you. This is Artemis." Miss Sia, I heard that you tried your best to pursue her, but she betrayed you, but it was out of her love for that young man. This is Colonel Richter, your most trusted adjutant , he also betrayed you in the end. Your Excellency, what do you owe these people?" The monarch of Lingen star repeated: "What do you want to know?" "Information. Tell me, and you will be able to become the monarch of Lingen Star again. In the Khan's court, your earlier association with us is still in your favor. Otherwise..." "Otherwise what?" "Otherwise, you understand, I'm going to get information from these people. They're going to be saved, and you're going to be executed. If you make the mistake of sticking around, you're taking the chance of saving their own lives yourself. Giving to them. That's why I'm asking what you owe them." Monarch Lin Genxing twisted his face in pain and smiled slightly. "They can't buy their lives at my expense. They don't know the location of the planet you're looking for. Only I know." "My lord, I didn't say what kind of information I want." "This is the only thing you want to know." His voice was hoarse and almost completely changed. "If I decide to speak out, then, as you said, I can still be a monarch as before." "Of course, more stringent protection should be given." Aratap added politely. Richter yelled, "Take his word for it, and you will only add to the crime, and you will die in the end." The guards stepped forward, but Byron was ahead, slamming his body into Richter's body, and the two fell back together. "Don't do anything stupid," he whispered. "You're doing no good." "I don't care about my throne and I don't care about myself, Rizet," said the Ringen Lord. He turned to Aratap. "Are all these people executed? At least, you must agree to execute this guy." His eerie, ruthless face contorted angrily. "That's it, this is the main thing." His hand pointed directly at Byron. "If that's what you're asking for, then easy." "If I personally serve as his executioner, then I don't need any other compensation from you. If my finger can pull the trigger of the bombing gun used for execution, that will be considered part of the payment. But if not In that case, I will at least tell you what he does not want you to know. I will tell you ρ, θ, φ, and the units are parsecs and radians: 7352.43, 1.7836, 5.2112. With these three numbers, it can be determined The position of the planet in the Milky Way. Do you hear me?" "Listen clearly," Aratap said, writing them down. Richter broke free and shouted: "Traitor, shameless traitor!" Byron failed to grab the Lingen man, staggered himself, and fell to one knee on the ground. "Ritzett," he called in vain. Richter, with his face contorted, knocked down the guard with three punches and two kicks.The rest of the guards swarmed over, but now Richter had the bomber gun in his hands.He fought Tyranid soldiers on his hands and knees.Byron pushed his way through the crowd and joined the melee.He grabbed Richter by the neck, strangled him, and pulled him back. "Traitor!" Ritzer gasped, panting, aiming at his lord as he struggled.At this time, the Lord Lingen star desperately tried to hide aside.Ritzett shoots!They then took his weapon from him and threw him on his back to the ground. However, the right shoulder and half of the chest of the Lingen star monarch had been blown up and disappeared.His little arm slid out of the magnetic metal sleeve weirdly and dangled there.The hands, face and elbows were all black.For a moment, his body flung himself around frantically, trying to keep his balance.His eyes still seemed to flicker.Then, his eyes became dull, and he fell to the ground like a pile of charred garbage. Artemisia, too horrified to utter a word, buried her face in Byron's chest, and Byron forced himself to look with determination and awe at the body of his father's murderer, the Lord of Lyngen, and then he averted his eyes. open.Hinrik was in the corner across the room, mumbling and giggling to himself. Only Aratap remained silent."Get the body out," he said. After they had carried the body out, they shone a gentle heat ray on the floor for a few minutes to remove the blood from the floor.Scattered burnt marks remained on the floor. They helped Richter to his feet.He slapped the dust off his body with both hands, and then turned around sharply, facing Byron viciously. "What did you do? I almost missed the bastard." Byron said impatiently, "You've been caught by Aratap, Ritzett." "Trap? Didn't I already kill that bastard?" "That was a trap. You did him a favor." Richett said nothing, and Aratap did not interrupt.He listened to the conversation with schadenfreude.The brains of young people are still quite good. "If Aratap did hear what he claims to have overheard, then he should have understood that only Jondee had the information he wanted to know," Byron said. After the fight, Jondee emphasized in front of us that This. Clearly, Aratap interrogated us only to confuse us, to make us act irrationally at the right moment. I was wary of the irrational impulse he wanted us to have. And You fell into his tricks." "I expected," Aratap interjected in a low voice, "that you would do this." "If I were," Byron said, "I'd target you." He turned to Ritzer again. "Don't you understand that he doesn't want the monarch to live? The Tyranids are as vicious as snakes. He needs the information of the monarch, but he doesn't want to pay for it. He doesn't want to risk killing him, and you help him done." "That's right." Aratap said, "And, I got the information." Suddenly the bell rang loudly out of nowhere. Ritzer began: "Well, even so, I helped him, but at the same time I also helped myself." "Not really," said the commissioner, "because our young friend didn't continue the analysis. You know, you have committed a new crime now. If you only have the crime of betraying the Tyron star, then, politically speaking , disposing of you will be a tricky issue. But now, the monarch of Lingen Star has been murdered. In this way, you can be tried according to the laws of Lingen Star, judge you, and execute you, and Tyron Star does not have to participate in it. This is very important to us It’s not without convenience…” He suddenly frowned and stopped talking.Hearing the alarm bell, he went to the door and kicked the latch with his foot. "What's up?" The soldier saluted. "Martial law alert for the whole ship, sir. There is an accident in the warehouse." "Fire?" "It's not clear yet, sir." Aratap thought to himself, Oops!Then he turned and walked back to the room. "Where's Gilbret?" At this point, it was discovered that Gilbret had long since disappeared. "We will definitely find him," Aratap said. He was found in the engine bay, curled up shivering among the gigantic engine components.So they dragged him back to the commissioner's cabin. The commissioner said coldly: "My lord, where can you hide on the spaceship? It won't do you much good if you set off the alarm system. Even if you do, the time for confusion is limited." He went on: "I think that's the end of the conversation. We've docked your stolen cruiser — Farrier, that's my own — on our ship. Will use it for Expedition to the Rebel Planet. Once the data for the jump is calculated, we immediately move towards the reference point provided for us by the late monarch. Such an adventure will be unprecedented in our generation who indulged in the pampered life. .” Suddenly, the past of his father leading a squadron of spaceships to conquer various planets came to his mind.He was glad Andrews was gone from the bottom of his heart.This adventure will be his own. They have since been separated for custody.Artemisia was placed with her father.Richter and Byron each went in different directions.Gilbret struggled and howled sharply. "I don't want to be here alone. I don't want to be alone." Aratap sighed.The history books say this guy's grandfather was a great ruler.But now, he has to witness this kind of scene, which is a phenomenon of decay.He said in a tone of distaste: "Place this gentleman with either of those two." So Gilbrecht and Byron were settled together.Neither of them spoke until "night" aboard the spaceship. "Night" fell, and the light turned a hazy purple.It was bright enough for the guards on duty to monitor them in shifts via remote viewing devices, but dim enough to put you to sleep. But Gilbret wasn't sleeping. "Byron," he whispered, "Byron." Byron was awakened by him in his drowsy half-sleep and said, "What do you want?" "Byron, it's done. It's all right, Byron." Byron said, "Go to sleep, Jill." But Gilbret went on: "But I've got it done, Byron. Aratap may be a crafty one, but I'm smarter than him. Isn't that interesting? Don't worry, Byron Don't worry, Byron. I've made arrangements." He shook Byron excitedly again. Byron sat up. "What's the matter with you?" "Nothing, nothing, nothing. But I've got everything in place." Gilbret smiled.He smiled so cunningly, as if a child had done something clever. "What arrangements have you made?" Byron stood up suddenly, grabbed Gilbret's shoulders, and pulled him up as well. "tell me." "They found me in the engine bay," he began, babbling. "They thought I was going to hide. But I wasn't going to hide. I set off the alarm system in the warehouse because I was going to be alone for a few minutes--just a few minutes. Byron, I put the super The atomic engine has short-circuited." "what?" "It's simple. It's done in a minute. And it's invisible. I've done it very cleverly. They won't find out until the jump. That's when all the fuel is converted to energy in a chain reaction, And the spaceship, us, Aratap, and everything about the rebel planet will all die together, turning into a slowly spreading thin iron vapor." Byron stared wide-eyed, and involuntarily took a few steps back. "Is this what you did?" "Yes." Gilbret held his head in his hands and kept shaking it. "We are dying. I am not afraid of death, Byron, but I would not die alone. I would not die alone. I must be accompanied. I am glad to die with you, I am dead Sometimes I want to be with someone. But there will be no pain, and death will come so quickly. There will be no pain. There will be no—suffering." Byron said, "Idiot! Idiot! We might have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for your stupidity." Gilbret didn't listen to him at all, all he could hear was his own sobs.Byron had no choice but to rush out the door. "Guards," he yelled. "Guards!" How many hours were left, or just minutes?