F-class thief? Sorry, I can steal anything.

Chapter 377 Chenlong: No need for interrogation. Bring the star official to see me.

Shenhou grabbed Chen Yifan by the back of the neck and drove straight through the Starport blockade.

The alarms continued throughout the journey.

On both sides of the metal passage, squads of elite lantern bearers, fully armed, lowered their energy gun muzzles, ready to fire at any moment.

Someone recognized the "Star Official".

But no one dared to come up and ask a single question.

Shenhou walked in front, with six long metal rods hanging behind him, the tips of the rods occasionally tapping the ground.

thump.

thump.

Each strike made the backs of those around them tense.

Chen Yifan was half-dragged and half-pulled forward by him, blood still dripping from his body.

This miserable state wasn't just for show for the ordinary guards.

It's for the entire sky to see.

The more miserable he was, the more he resembled that unlucky guy who risked his life to escape and bring back news.

"cough……"

Chen Yifan coughed up another mouthful of black blood.

A medic nearby instinctively tried to rush over, but Shen Hou glanced at him and immediately froze in place.

"Without me, whoever touches him will have their hand broken."

The medic turned pale and quickly returned to the ranks.

Chen Yifan kept his head down, his mind racing.

The "Shallow Self-Hypnosis" program has been launched.

He repeatedly suppressed his outermost thoughts into the same sentence.

The star official is loyal to the Dragon.

The star official was ambushed.

The star officer risked his life to return to headquarters to report the news.

There's no problem with the star officials.

This idea is very thin and cannot fool true experts for long.

But that should be enough for him to get through any possible surprise checks along the way.

As for the deeper parts, the Purple Gold Pagoda pressed down very steadily.

As long as the mouse doesn't get within ten meters, there shouldn't be a big problem.

The most troublesome one right now is the Monkey.

Just now in Xinggang, Shenhou didn't completely trust him.

But Shenhou was not dismantled.

Instead, they actively pushed the blame for the "mechanical throne" forward.

This shows that the Monkey (申猴) wanted to use this incident to make trouble for the Dragon (辰龙).

Chen Yifan likes this kind of person.

If you have selfish motives, you can take advantage of them.

A heavy gate opened ahead.

Behind the door was not an ordinary conference room, but a temporary command center.

The three layers of images—Kyoto city projection, star gate projection, and a pollution distribution map of the decaying star sea—are suspended in mid-air.

Every alarm point is beeping.

Mao Tu stood in front of the central control console, surrounded by more than a dozen staff officers.

Hearing the noise, she turned around and saw the "Star Official" being dragged in by Shen Hou, and the electronic pen in her hand stopped abruptly.

"What happened?"

Shenhou threw Chen Yifan to the ground.

boom.

Chen Yifan fell onto the metal floor, his wound reopened, and a small patch of dark red blood spread out.

"Your people."

Shenhou clapped his hands, his tone sarcastic.

"Chenlong sent him to the Rotten Star Sea as bait, but he ended up picking up a big piece of information halfway there."

The rabbit quickly stepped forward.

She didn't ask about my identity or the procedure first, and her first sentence was spoken in a low voice.

"What happened to the Snake?"

Chen Yifan's eyes twitched almost imperceptibly.

The fact that the Rabbit immediately paid attention to the Snake indicates that news of the Xia family's affairs had already reached back.

But the details haven't been revealed yet.

Chenlong is suppressing information.

Upon hearing this, Shenhou laughed on the spot.

"See, you're anxious too."

Mao Tu ignored him and squatted down to look at Chen Yifan.

"Star Lord, recount everything you saw at the Xia family's residence."

Chen Yifan propped himself up on his arms and struggled to sit up.

He didn't rush to speak.

He first reached for the black token in his arms with trembling hands.

Despite being severely injured, his first instinct was still to protect the Chenlong Token.

The image of loyalty cannot be lost.

The rabbit saw this and its brows furrowed slightly.

"The token is real, and the transfer order is real too."

Shenhou added from the side.

"That's why I brought him to see you, instead of breaking his bones in Starport."

Chen Yifan took a couple of breaths, his voice hoarse.

"As ordered by Lord Chenlong, your subordinate is preparing to head to the Rotten Star Sea."

"On the way, we received the list of the selected containers to be escorted from Lord Maotu. Our subordinates discovered that the target had suddenly appeared at the Xia family's residence, so we mobilized the outer patrol team to change course and provide support."

Rabbit stared at him.

"You do not have the authority to change the route without authorization."

"Furthermore, why didn't you report Chen Yifan's appearance immediately?"

"Your subordinate is willing to accept punishment."

Chen Yifan lowered his head.

"But at that time, a sky-sealing and earth-locking formation appeared in the direction of the Xia family. My subordinate judged that someone had made a move before us."

Shenhou chimed in.

"And then you go there to your death?"

"Yes."

Chen Yifan answered very decisively.

"We are a Chen-level combat unit, and our duty is to die in front of the target."

As soon as he said that, the way the staff officers next to him looked at him changed visibly.

Shenhou was also amused.

"Listen to that, what a perfect dog."

Rabbit raised his hand to stop him from continuing his sarcastic remarks.

Get to the point.

Chen Yifan raised his head, his face covered in blood, and his voice was even lower.

"Lord Sishe, along with two adjutants, intercepted Chen Yifan."

"A third party has appeared inside the sealing formation."

"That person possesses a high-level mechanical fire seed, has energy patterns from the Council of Order on his body, and can also corrupt causal tracking."

"He acted extremely quickly, and both adjutants died on the spot."

"Lord Si She has been crippled, and his spiritual energy sea has collapsed."

The command room fell silent.

Several staff officers nearly crushed the tablets in their hands.

Rabbit's expression also changed.

"He was crippled?"

Chen Yifan paused for half a second.

Too much smoothness looks fake.

That half-second was perfect.

"I cannot be completely certain."

"But after Lord Si She was defeated, I was attacked."

"However, Lord Shenhou just said that it was Lord Sishe's snake-skin clone, not the original body."

Shenhou raised his eyelids.

"That's right, it really is a clone."

"Not bad, even with such serious injuries, your mind is still so clear?"

Chen Yifan immediately lowered his head.

"I just want to explain what I saw clearly as soon as possible."

Shenhou hummed softly.

Chen Yifan did not answer.

At this point, silence is safer than explanation.

Rabbit raised its hand and brought up an encrypted screen.

"Residue at the scene."

Chen Yifan immediately handed over the mechanical scale.

The rabbit did not touch it with its hands, but instead supported it with an isolation force field.

The scanning beam swept across the layers one by one.

Several lines of data quickly popped up on the screen.

[Residual mechanical ignition source detected.]

[Energy Spectrum: Order Council Remodeling Sequence.]

[Suspected high-level core contamination.]

Rabbit did not immediately draw a conclusion.

Shenhou slammed his palm directly on the conference table.

boom!

The entire alloy table collapsed from the middle.

That's enough.

"Chenlong activated the list of selected containers without authorization, mobilized the Snake to capture Chen Yifan, and also kept the Rotting Star Sea escort route under his control."

"Now that the Serpent's clone has been destroyed, the chosen vessel is being targeted by a third party, and even the Mechanical Throne of the Council of Order has gotten involved."

"Is this what you call normal action?"

None of the staff officers dared to utter a word.

The rabbit looked up at him.

"Shenhou, watch your words."

"Wording?"

Shenhou's laughter was awful.

"In all my years in charge of criminal justice, this is the first time I've seen someone treat the entire headquarters like their own backyard."

"The 'god-making' plan did not pass the full adjudication committee, and the official selection list did not pass the security review."

"Does Chenlong want to become a god, or does he want to sell the Dragon Kingdom to what's behind the Star Gate?"

Inside the command center, more than a dozen staff officers immediately lowered their heads.

Hearing such words is dangerous enough.

After a moment of silence, the Rabbit finally raised its hand.

"Retrieve Chenlong's top-secret signing records."

One of the staff officers hesitated.

"Lord Rabbit, permissions..."

Use mine.

"Yes."

The encrypted data stream is unlocked layer by layer.

Soon, a red transfer order appeared in mid-air.

[Top Secret Operation: Container Receiver Number One]

[Issued by: Chen Long]

[Executor: Snake (巳)]

[Coordinating Unit: Outer Blockade Group]

[Note: No regular agenda needs to be submitted for the event; it can be recorded afterward.]

Shenhou burst out laughing when he saw the words "recorded afterward".

"What a clever way to record something after the fact."

"Rabbit, are you still going to play?"

The rabbit did not answer.

She made three copies of the transfer order and sealed them separately.

"According to the highest security regulations for the Lamp Bearers, since the descent of an external god, the receipt of a container, and the leakage of the official selection list are involved, a temporary adjudication meeting of the Twelve Zodiacs must be convened."

Chen Yifan had barely managed to catch his breath half an inch from his chest.

The Rabbit then delivered its next sentence.

"As a key witness, the Star Official needs to pass the second trial by the Rat."

coming.

The blood in Chen Yifan's chest almost actually rose to his head.

Shenhou did not speak.

He was also waiting to see how Chen Yifan would respond.

I cannot refuse.

The star deity has no right to refuse.

Furthermore, rats must not be allowed to get close.

With a slight twitch of his fingertips, Chen Yifan deliberately stimulated the calamity bloodline hidden in his wound.

The next second, dark red rot spots crawled up his shoulder and down his neck.

He also released a bit of the green life essence, which intertwined with the decay spots.

The pollution index spiked instantly.

The alarm in the command center went off.

[High-risk pollution spreading!]

[Target life form structure is abnormal!]

[Immediate isolation is recommended!]

Chen Yifan suddenly bent over, bracing himself with his hands on the ground, his back convulsing violently.

"Well……"

A suppressed groan of pain escaped his throat.

A staff officer shouted, "The pollution levels have exceeded the critical threshold! It's about to distort!"

The rabbit immediately took half a step back, and the runes in its hand lit up.

"Suppression Field!"

Six silver devices popped out from the surrounding walls, and white beams of light crossed and landed on Chen Yifan.

Chen Yifan didn't try to resist; he simply lay down.

The pollution reaction was partially suppressed.

But the numbers are still fluctuating.

He was breathing heavily and spoke intermittently.

"My lord... I can interrogate..."

"But the contamination on my body... might have a reverse effect on Lord Zishu..."

This statement shouldn't be made too definitively.

Saying too much is a threat.

Rabbit's face turned ugly.

Those born in the Year of the Rat have a strong talent for reading minds, but it comes at a price.

Faced with external divine contamination, especially double contamination, rashly approaching and reading it could lead to any unpredictable consequences.

Shenhou finally spoke.

"First, remotely seal the testimony."

The rabbit looked at him.

Shenhou spreads his hands.

"You can send him to Zishu now if you want."

"If the Rat gets poisoned and suffers a backlash while reading, who will take the blame today, the Dragon?"

Rabbit did not reply immediately.

The alarm is still ringing.

Chen Yifan lay on the ground, his fingers slowly tightening.

As expected, the Monkey is helping him block the Rat.

But this help was not out of kindness.

They used him as a knife.

Mao Tu raised his hand and clicked several times on the control panel.

"Initiate remote testimony sealing."

"The Star Official shall immediately enter Level A quarantine observation and shall not come into contact with the Rat itself."

"All testimonies will be reviewed by the adjudication committee concurrently."

Chen Yifan's tense shoulders and back relaxed slightly.

It became.

At least this round avoided the Rat.

The pot from the mechanical throne was placed on top.

The Dragon's overstepping authority in transferring troops was also personally sealed away by the Rabbit.

Next, someone from each of the twelve zodiac signs must make a statement.

Shenhou walked over to him, squatted down, and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"You're in luck today."

Chen Yifan lowered his head, his breathing still ragged.

"This subordinate does not understand what Lord Shenhou means."

Shenhou reached out and patted his face.

not heavy.

It's very insulting.

"Don't be afraid."

"I'll go suppress the rat's side."

Chen Yifan did not look up.

Shenhou stood up, and his voice returned to normal.

"Rabbit, sign the decree."

Rabbit glanced at him and stopped arguing.

She pulled up the provisional ruling and pressed her fingertip on the issuance field.

[Application for Provisional Adjudication Committee for the Twelve Zodiac Animals]

[Topic: Chenlong's overreach in launching a deification plan and the issue of the official selection container]

Applicants: Rabbit (卯) and Monkey (申)

The fingertip is about to fall.

hum...

The space in the center of the command room suddenly distorted, and a golden dragon pattern lit up from the void.

All projections turn off simultaneously.

The dragon's voice emanated from the dragon pattern.

"No need for review."

"Bring the star deity to me."