After a while, a man stood up from his seat and tentatively asked, "What...what did you do to them? Are they still alive?"
This reaction indicates that Qin Chu was not wrong.
Levy was somewhat impatient with this hostage who was thinking about the robbers, but considering the current mission, he still said, "After the investigation, you will see relevant information in the media."
"Public opinion is all manipulated! They will never tell the truth!" Suddenly, a passenger with an annual pass broke down and shouted, "None of us support the new policy, but what can we do? Who will listen to our voices?"
Someone else cried and said, "They hijacked the spaceships just to force the planetary government to make changes. We all volunteered; their ideas are the same as ours..."
This mission wasn't highly rated, so the military academy students who came to participate in the rescue were all quite young. They hadn't expected to encounter this situation and were all a bit bewildered.
Some angry passengers noticed their emotions and rushed forward to snatch the documents from their hands: "What do you know, you young punks! You don't know anything, so why are you here to save us? If you want to save us, change the policy!"
Another person rushed up, and the other passengers couldn't sit still either, causing chaos throughout the cabin.
Qin Chu rushed forward to help and instructed one of the military academy students: "Close the automatic door at the back of the cabin."
As he spoke, he walked over and blocked the front door.
Levy frowned at the scene, his voice turning cold: "We are only responsible for your personal safety."
As he spoke, he pushed the passenger who had rushed over and attacked him back into the nearest seat.
The military academy students quickly calmed down, first reporting the current situation to headquarters and requesting that professional mediators be assigned to the approaching aircraft. Then, they gently guided the agitated passengers back to their seats.
A beam of light came from outside a moment later; the rescue aircraft had arrived, and the military academy students breathed a sigh of relief.
The cabin gradually quieted down. Qin Chu carefully reviewed the mission, but something else came to mind.
He turned to look at Levi and saw an eight or nine-year-old child in the aisle who seemed to want to get back to his seat, stumbling past Levi.
Qin Chu instinctively called out a warning: "Be careful!"
But before he could speak, Levy reacted swiftly, grabbing the child's arm and lifting him up.
With a clang, an old-fashioned military knife fell from the child's hand.
Some passengers stood up in surprise, but time seemed to stand still in the entire space. Everyone's movements froze, leaving only expressions of surprise on their faces.
Levi, still carrying the child, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow upon seeing the situation: "Hmm?"
Qin Chu sighed.
"Wait a minute." Levi looked at the child he was carrying, then at the military knife lying on the ground, and then turned to look at Qin Chu.
Qin Chu remained silent.
"I caught this kid without getting hurt, and now the space is frozen, which means I made the wrong choice." Levi said incredulously, "So... in the real world, you were hurt by this brat at this moment?"
"...He wasn't injured, he was wearing a protective suit underneath," Qin Chu said.
"So you were stabbed by this child?" Levy continued, his expression somewhat grim.
Qin Chu coughed lightly and nodded.
Levi didn't speak again, but looking at the frozen child in his hand, his gaze became extremely gloomy, as if he could crush the child with a single squeeze of his fingers.
After a while, he let go of Qin Chu's hand and walked up to him.
Qin Chu was a little embarrassed.
This was one of the few mistakes he made in his early missions, but unexpectedly, it was discovered by Levy.
It's a bit embarrassing.
Levi sighed, reached out and ruffled Qin Chu's hair, his voice tinged with helplessness: "Aren't you completely trusting of children?"
"...At first, that was true," Qin Chu said. "Of course I learned that after suffering losses."
Levi looked at Qin Chu and suddenly didn't know what to say.
He suddenly realized that the person in front of him was even kinder than he had imagined. Despite coming from a humble background, and with his parents' deaths shrouded in mystery, he was clearly not a good person either.
But Qin Chu was quite amazing; he didn't go astray at all. Despite having a cold and arrogant face, he did the kindest things imaginable.
If he encountered something like this, he wouldn't care whether the person showing murderous intent towards him was an adult or a child.
Age has never been a shield for him; he learns a lesson with every setback he encounters.
“Back then, I mean… Qin Rui initially wanted to kill you too. If he had made a move, would he have succeeded?” Levi asked in a muffled voice.
"It's not that bad," Qin Chu said after thinking for a moment. "After all, you're not a teenager anymore. No one can tell what you're thinking at a glance."
Levi chuckled and then patted Qin Chu's hair: "I really want to see what you looked like when you were a teenager."
Despite saying that, Levi was very glad that Qin Rui hadn't made a move back then.
Qin Chu has an innate kindness towards children, and no matter what, he doesn't want Qin Chu's kindness to be hurt again.
"So what do we do now? Not only can I not beat him up, but he's going to stab me in the back?" Levi said, pointing to the child floating in mid-air.
"Just bear with it for now, so we can pass the test," Qin Chu said.
Levi just wanted to grab the kid and throw him into outer space. He rested his chin on Qin Chu's shoulder and sighed heavily: "It's so hard to do what you've done before, General Qin."
Qin Chu was taken aback, realizing that this was indeed putting Levi in a difficult position.
Levi was originally a free-spirited and unrestrained person. Even after being disguised as a data entity in the previous few small worlds, he was still incredibly powerful and lawless.
Now, in order to find the mastermind with him, he has encountered many dilemmas that he didn't have to face, and has made many frustrating decisions.
Levy actually tolerated all of this.
"Sorry." Qin Chu ruffled Levi's hair.
Hearing his words, Levi was somewhat surprised and looked up at him seriously: "You don't need to apologize to me. I insisted on coming with you."
Levi took Qin Chu's hand and gripped it tightly: "Trust me, I'll do a good job. This is our first mission together, how can I hold you back?"
After saying that, he walked towards the place where the child was floating.
Qin Chu hesitated because of Levi's words.
Actually... he didn't want to see Levi like this.
Although Levi's tendency to cause trouble in the past did annoy him, he preferred Levi's carefree attitude to his current restraint.
But he couldn't say that out loud, otherwise Levy would probably think he was going to let him go.
Levy pulled the child down from mid-air and then put the knife that had fallen to the ground into the child's hand.
Time rewinds, and the child stumbles towards Levy again, a glint of undisguised madness and cruelty flashing in his eyes.
This time, Levi didn't dodge and was stabbed squarely by the knife in the child's hand.
Even though he knew nothing would happen, Qin Chu, who was watching from the side, still subconsciously took a step forward, his brows furrowing.
Chaos erupted in the cabin again, and several military cadets quickly surrounded Levy.
Levi pulled out the knife, only the tip stained with a little blood: "It's alright, the rescue aircraft is here, prepare to move."
The military academy students got busy again.
Qin Chu approached Levi and asked in a low voice, "Are you alright?"
Levy was both amused and exasperated by his question: "Haven't you been through this yourself? Why are you asking me? Are you that worried about me?"
Qin Chu didn't want to talk to him anymore.
After a while, he spoke again: "Something's not right. The scene in your hand hasn't changed."
Levy was quite familiar with this situation: "Yes, I've experienced it before. A scenario doesn't necessarily offer only one choice."
The rescue aircraft docked with this aircraft, and the passengers disembarked one after another, while Levi and Qin Chu stayed behind to handle the aftermath.
After everyone had left, Levi looked back again and saw that the child who had attacked him was still huddled in the aircraft, not moving.
Levy understood perfectly well that this was probably the second option.
According to his personality, he wouldn't care whether the child lived or died. This child stabbed Qin Chu; it would be merciful of him to leave the child on the aircraft to fend for himself.
But remembering his promise to Qin Chu, Levi still grabbed the child and pulled him towards the transfer passage.
When they reached the passageway, Levi looked at the struggling child in his arms, resisted the urge to throw the child out, and carefully placed the child into the aircraft.
The scene finally began to change the moment the child boarded the rescue aircraft.
Qin Chu closed his eyes and endured the brief dizziness.
Strangely, this dizziness usually only lasts for ten seconds or so, but this time it lingered for a long time.
After a while, Qin Chu realized that there was probably something wrong with his current physical condition.
He opened his eyes, gritting his teeth against the dizziness, and saw several flashing white figures.
"The drug injection is complete. We will now begin testing the subjects' reactions. The recorder should take notes."
Chapter 132, The Sixth Story (16)
As vision gradually returned, several swaying white figures also left the room.
Qin Chu found himself lying on the bed, his body bound by straps, surrounded by the beeping sounds of monitoring instruments.
He tried to raise his hand, but was pulled back by the straps.
But in that brief moment when he lifted his hand, Qin Chu still saw the tube inserted into it.
This iconic scene made Qin Chu realize almost instantly that this was during Levy's time in the laboratory.
He was now in a small, simple room. Apart from the bed beneath him, there were instruments embedded in the walls. The walls were opaque, but Qin Chu could vaguely sense that someone was watching him.
One-way visual wall?
He frowned and looked in the direction he noticed the gaze.
In that instant, Qin Chu's keen hearing immediately picked up a young man's startled cry: "He...he's awake! He shouldn't have woken up so quickly!"
Someone reminded the man who was speaking: "Take a record of what you've said, Dodd."
Qin Chu subconsciously memorized the two people's voices and the name Du De.
The dizziness in his brain had not completely subsided, so Qin Chu rested on the hospital bed for a while.
He didn't know what the lab had done to Levy, but he could sense that his physical condition was not good.