At this moment, in the banquet hall, many people noticed the strange atmosphere at the central booth.
Especially when they saw the light screen rise, with four black-clad bodyguards standing outside the booth, staring intently at Zhao Chen.
The guests who could appear at this 'feast at Hongmen' mostly had good relationships with that iron triangle, so they could easily guess what was /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ going on.
"See that? That kid named Zhao Chen is now a canary in the hands of our father and those two lords; he can't escape!" Feng Dawei held his wine glass, standing not far away, keeping a close watch on the movements inside the booth.
Feng Xiaowei felt incredibly refreshed at this moment, though it was a pity he couldn't hear Zhao Chen's humble tone and see him being thwarted with his own ears.
Hmph, wasn't he very arrogant before?
He even blackmailed them on the Starship. Thinking about the tens of thousands of star coins worth of 'delicacies' he'd eaten over those few days made his heart ache.
"So how will this kid be dealt with in the end? Are we really going to cooperate with him?" Feng Xiaowei asked at this moment.
"Are you stupid? Cooperating with this kid now is entirely to extract the Starship technology he possesses.
Once his value has been squeezed dry, he will die in some place for a reasonable excuse, without anyone knowing.
After all, this kid is just a Baron.
What does he have to fight us with? For our father and those two lords, wanting to crush him to death is just a matter of a single word," Feng Dawei said indifferently.
Feng Xiaowei grinned and said: "Then, big brother, when the time comes to kill him, can you hand him over to me to deal with!"
Feng Dawei glanced at his younger brother, naturally guessing his little scheme: "Alright, I'll find a way to make you responsible when the time comes."
"Thanks, brother!" Feng Xiaowei grinned; he was already thinking about how to torture that kid.
...
T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser · Bridge
"Strange, why wouldn't brother let me go with him?" Zhao Wan'er sat on the captain's chair, puzzled.
Charlotte and Lilith looked at each other; as 'flowers' raised in a place like the academy, they had not yet personally experienced the dangers of the world.
At this moment, someone walked onto the Bridge, her expression very serious.
"Just now, five groups of people requested to board the Starship, three from the Azure Star Region and two from the Imperial Army. But I blocked them all." Chu Xuan walked up to Zhao Wan'er and Charlotte.
"Why do they want to board the Starship?" Zhao Wan'er asked, puzzled.
Chu Xuan looked at Charlotte and Lilith with a serious expression: "Do you two know what is going to happen? Did Zhao Chen give you any instructions? And I've noticed that your Starship has been maintaining a Level 1 combat readiness state!"
Chu Xuan noticed that so far, all female crew members on the Starship Bridge were on standby at their posts.
And the Starship engines were maintaining a low-power hibernation state, ready to operate at full power at any time!
Hearing Chu Xuan's words, Zhao Wan'er also looked at Charlotte and Lilith.
Lilith said: "Before, Commander instructed that if the two of you kept asking, we could inform you.
This rescue mission for the teachers and students of the Two Academies is actually a very dangerous operation for Commander.
As a T3 Interstellar Warship that has never appeared before, the T3 Blizzard has demonstrated extremely strong combat capabilities in the battle against the Interstellar Insectoids.
It will definitely be targeted by many people, but the Commander's status is merely that of a Baron; this is equivalent to a shining treasure with no guards."
Zhao Wan'er jumped down from the captain's chair, her expression tense: "You mean the Azure Governor wants to harm my brother?"
Lilith nodded.
Zhao Wan'er looked flustered; she patted her head, wondering why she had only just realized this now.
If it weren't for saving her, her brother might never have exposed this T3 Blizzard, and there wouldn't be this danger now.
She bit her lip gently and grabbed Charlotte's hand in a panic: "Sister Charlotte... my brother won't be in trouble, right!"
Charlotte looked at Zhao Wan'er and nodded: "Your brother will be fine."
Chu Xuan also hurriedly said: "I will contact my grandfather immediately!"
Since she helped her grandfather contact Zhao Chen before, Chu Xuan knew absolutely nothing about the content of their exchanges.
When she asked her grandfather, he rarely brushed her off, telling her that he was very busy during this time and not to disturb him unless necessary, instructing her to just follow Zhao Chen.
But she didn't expect that at this so-called victory banquet, the Azure Governor would dare to directly detain someone.
This is simply shameless to a certain degree.
Yet at this moment, she still couldn't contact her grandfather, which was a very rare situation.
"What is wrong with this old man? Pick up already. Before, whenever I called him, he would pick up within three seconds!" Chu Xuan was so anxious she paced back and forth on the Bridge.
"I want to go find my brother!" Zhao Wan'er prepared to leave the Starship at this moment.
But Lilith stopped her: "Staying on the Starship is the greatest help to your brother right now. You've seen your brother's abilities; even under the siege of so many Insectoids, he remained unscathed.
A mere Starport, if he wants to leave, can it stop him?"
Hearing this, Zhao Wan'er stopped, but her face was still full of worry.
Never had she been so eager to see that face she originally disliked as she was now.
...
Dome Restaurant Central Booth
Hearing what Zhao Chen said, Huang Zhixiong revealed a mocking expression: "Do you think you have a chance at a 'comeback'?"
Since it had reached the point of tearing through the window paper, these three big shots no longer needed to play house with this kid.
"Since Student Zhao Chen is unwilling to cooperate, we can only wrong Student Zhao Chen by having him cooperate with our investigation first.
Come, invite Student Zhao Chen to the villa we prepared for him to have a good rest." The Azure Governor gave orders directly to his bodyguards at this moment.
Zhao Chen was also expressionless at this moment; since they had torn off the mask, there was nothing left to say.
The reason he came down from the T3 Blizzard earlier was to divert the other party's attention away from the T3 Blizzard.
Otherwise, as long as he was on the T3 Blizzard, the T3 Blizzard would become the target of public criticism.
As for these few bodyguards, could they be as tough as those Insectoids?
He could easily kidnap these few big shots; there were thousands of ways to take the T3 Blizzard and leave this damn place.
It was just that doing so would be the worst-case scenario that Zhao Chen was most unwilling to face.
Suddenly, a blinding beam of light shone throughout the Dome Restaurant, the beam so bright that everyone couldn't open their eyes.
When the beam faded, everyone looked outside.
Surprisingly, a Starfleet with over three hundred Starships appeared outside the Starport, and leading them was none other than a T4 Boreas-class Heavy Interstellar Battleship.
At the same time, these Starships also had a glittering 'Chu' character on them.
And it wasn't just this one T4 Boreas-class Heavy Interstellar Battleship; at a glance, there were at least three!
"How could the Chu family's fleet appear here!" The Azure Governor's expression changed drastically.
And at this moment, the bow cannon, as well as all the main and secondary cannons on that T4 Boreas-class Heavy Interstellar Battleship, were all aimed at the Dome Restaurant.
Subsequently, a holographic image appeared in the Dome Restaurant.
This person was wearing an Imperial Army uniform, with a military overcoat draped over his shoulders, and on his epaulets were five glittering stars.
Although he looked very old, even just the holographic image gave people an aura of dignity without anger.
"Fatty Lan, Rat Huang. Where is my grandson-in-law Zhao Chen? I've come to take my grandson-in-law home."
