The two walked along the corridor to the door of the laboratory. They didn't see anyone along the way, not even a robot.

And this corridor, to be precise, the area within the mental power lock is not monitored.

Very unusual for a supply point.

You must know that surveillance is now installed in every corner of the empire. There is no reason why there should be no surveillance in the internal corridors of such a supply point that has only been in use for a few years.

The two of them walked to the door of the laboratory on the left. Simon did not ask Shu Shu how to open the door, but raised his hand and put his palm on the metal door without a handle.

As if receiving instructions, the door immediately moved to the left, and an empty laboratory appeared in front of the two of them.

The cold white light illuminates the laboratory, and the first thing that catches the eye are rows of floor-to-ceiling glass jars filled with water.

Each glass jar is about two meters high and about one meter in diameter. There is a silver metal lid on top of each glass jar, and several thick tubes protrude from the metal lid.

Pipes crisscross on the ceiling, forming a complex pipeline hub that makes it impossible to find the end.

Shu Shu curiously moved closer to the nearest glass jar. The liquid in the glass jar was very turbid, and it was hard to tell what was inside from a distance.

When Shu Shu was only one meter away from the glass jar, the light under the glass jar suddenly turned on, illuminating the 'thing' floating in the turbid liquid.

Shu Shu was startled by the sudden light coming on. What surprised her even more was the 'thing' illuminated by the light in the glass jar.

"This..." Shu Shu opened her mouth wide and looked at the 'thing' floating in the glass jar in surprise.

From the outline, it can be judged that it is a human being, to be precise, a child, about three or four years old, but there are two fleshy wings growing on the child's back, which should not be there.

The flesh wings are as long as a child's torso and look like the devil wings in the game.

The liquid was too turbid to see clearly the color of the child's skin, and the light from the bottom of the glass jar could only illuminate the general outline of the child.

I don’t know if this child is a model or something. If it were a real person, it would be too cruel.

Such a young child was brought here and I don’t know what kind of torture he suffered.

Stories about mad scientists experimenting on living people had already appeared in Shu Shu's mind. She couldn't blame Shu Shu for thinking so. There were too many such stories.

It often appears in film and television works and games. It is impossible to live in the empire without seeing one or two movies about mad scientists as villains.

In vivo experiments are not allowed in the empire. Since the advent of synthetic cells, even organ transplants no longer need to be extracted from another body.

Even in Kela, Shu Shu had never heard of anyone arresting people for in vivo experiments.

"This child is of mixed race."

Simon walked up to Shu Shu at some point, staring at the glass jar with his light blue eyes.

"Mixed race?" Shu Shu turned her head and repeated.

From her angle, she could only see Simon's profile, his brows were slightly frowned, and his light blue eyes slowly turned red.

Shu Shu knew that this meant that the Duke's mood fluctuated greatly, and he could not even maintain the color of his eyes.

"Not all mixed-race children will be as lucky as your two sisters and be born with a human appearance." Simon smiled lightly at Shu Shu.

But the smile on his face didn't reach his eyes at all.

Shu Shu frowned, she didn't like the expression on the Duke's face at this moment.

She turned around and grabbed Simon's right hand with both small hands. She raised her head and said with an extremely serious expression: "If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh."

Such a smile made her feel distressed.

After hearing Shu Shu's words, Simon felt dazed for a moment.

Someone once said the same thing to him.

His hands were stained red with blood, and the man suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Are you here to kill me too?"

The boy, who looked to be no more than ten years old, sneered at the person in front of him.

He raised his hand filled with red liquid and wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand. The iron smell in his mouth made him feel uncomfortable, but he still stared at the visitor warily.

"If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh." The visitor looked at the young man condescendingly, "You look too ugly when you smile."

"Stop talking nonsense! If you want to kill me, kill me, not my mother-in-law!" The young man angrily scolded the uninvited guest with a cold and beautiful face.

The man was not angry because of the young man's attitude. He shook his head a little regretfully: "It's a pity that you have such a beautiful face but can't smile well."

That was the first time he met that person, and it was also the first time he was beaten to the point where he couldn't get up.

"Your Majesty the Duke?" Shu Shu shouted in confusion.

When Simon came back to his senses, he looked down and saw the little girl staring at him with her big eyes blinking. He subconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile from the bottom of his heart.

Raising his left hand and touching the little girl's head, Simon said, "We don't have much time left. Let's look for something else here."

Shu Shu enjoyed Simon's touch on her head and nodded vigorously: "Yes."

The Duke was staring at himself in a trance just now, as if he was seeing another person through himself.

I wonder who that person is, and whether he is someone very important to the Duke.

*

Outside the Wanjia supply point.

The starships of the special escort have surrounded the asteroid where the supply point is located, and the war has entered the day-to-day stage.

Wanjia's team was retreating steadily, and the special escort team was fighting step by step, slowly forcing the opponent's starships and mechas into a desperate situation.

In the cockpit of the special escort team's flagship, Calvin Meyer was still sitting in the main seat.

His attention is no longer on the battlefield, but on his own light screen.

After quickly reading the intelligence he had just received, Calvin Meyer raised his head and asked his subordinate standing not far away: "Have you not surrendered yet?"

"No, the supply point has not responded to the messages we sent." The subordinate shook his head.

Ever since the war situation turned around, they have been sending messages to Wanjia's supply points in an attempt to persuade them to surrender.

But every message seems to have fallen into the sea, without any response, without any waves.

Calvin Meyer was silent. After a while, he asked expressionlessly: "Have you noticed any other starships approaching this way?"

"without……"

Before this subordinate finished speaking, another subordinate shouted loudly: "There is a starship twenty light years away and is approaching here quickly."

"Only one?" Calvin Meyer asked.

The subordinate lowered his head and clicked on the light screen a few times, then responded: "Yes, there is only one at the moment."

Upon hearing this reply, most people in the cockpit looked at each other.

If it is the support of Wanjia, then there should not be only one starship.

But if it weren't for Wanjia's support, why would this starship come in this direction?

There shouldn't be any gathering points around the asteroid, and even the star thieves would probably hide far away when they see the fighting going on here.

When everyone was puzzled, Calvin Meyer issued new instructions:

"Speed ​​up and seize the Wanjia supply point before that starship arrives."

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Chapter completed!