Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1589 Breaking Free
Helian Rongjin left in a hurry.

When Lu Shi was called out, his expression was complicated.

She had planned to wait until things calmed down before secretly returning to the unnoticed, marginal garbage planet with the Noah.

But now, that's clearly impossible.

Even if the Noah can send her back safely, it's only a matter of time before her suspected biological fathers find her.

Moreover, upon learning about his birth mother's past, he realized that these individuals had been largely indifferent and even instigated the situation... Suddenly, Lu Shi felt a growing sense of hatred and alienation towards these complete strangers.

"What do you think?" Lin Fan asked her.

Ultimately, it's up to Lu Shi to decide her own future. Noah can help, but it won't make decisions for her on her own.

Lu Shi sat there blankly, her mind still reeling from all sorts of things and emotions, unable to make sense of it all.

"Thank God!" Antonio ran over to comfort him, his voice filled with emotion. "Such a big thing, it just happened like that. Don't worry, you're absolutely safe here..."

"Don't boast so easily," Jin Sichen said sarcastically, arms crossed, unable to stand his unrestrained manner. "If you always considered what others thought before you spoke, you wouldn't always be causing trouble and needing others to clean up your messes."

Antonio choked, feeling guilty for his earlier loose tongue, and lacked the confidence to refute, only looking at Lin Fan with pleading eyes: "Honey..."

“The promise we made back then still stands,” Lin Fan said, meeting Lu Shi’s uneasy gaze. “You can hide here, and we won’t expose you. We’ll send you away afterwards. But Lu Shi, we need a clear answer from you.”

Lin Fan knew the matter was complicated and didn't want to pressure a teenage girl who had no one to rely on.

But as captain, she had to consider the safety and interests of the Noah.

As Lu Shi's background gradually comes to light, the risks posed by the Tibetans increase.

Lin Fan did not underestimate Lu Shi because of her young age. Having managed to survive on a garbage planet for over a decade, Lu Shi was definitely not as weak as she appeared.

Lin Fan was never worried about facing external pressure when it came to hiding someone, but he was concerned about how easily people's hearts could change.

After experiencing the luxurious life at White Tower, can that little girl, who has endured hardship and whose eyes are filled with money, really resist the various temptations offered by her biological father and high-ranking sentinels?
Don't look back. The Noah is providing good cover ahead. If this girl suddenly runs out and self-destructs, she'll really be asking for trouble.

Jin Sichen can discern whether Lu Shi's words are true or false, but she cannot fathom the fickle nature of people's hearts.

Moreover, they still don't know what the purpose of the person who picked it up on the road was, or whether he had any motives at all.

Noah is not afraid of wolves, but it doesn't want to be like Mr. Dongguo (a character from Journey to the West who was wronged by a stranger in the past).

"What attitude?" Lu Shi asked, bewildered.

"Your plans for the future!" Jin Sichen continued, "Didn't you say you were going to think about it? So many days have passed, and you still haven't come up with anything?"

Lu Shi's face immediately turned red: "I originally thought that I could just get away with this. I would go back to the garbage planet, pretend that nothing had happened, that I had never come out, and never think about anything else. I would just live out my life peacefully."

“Now…” She lowered her eyes and sighed, “After learning about her situation, I suddenly felt that it was so unfair. She did nothing wrong, yet she was forced to flee, burdened with such a serious crime, and I was dragged down with her…”

If Isolde were still the high and mighty 3S Guide, Lu Shi, as her daughter, would also be a pampered little princess in the upper echelons of Planet Pleum, right?

“Boss, to be honest, I’m really confused.” Lu Shi looked down and fidgeted with his fingers. “I feel like I should be angry, but I don’t know who I should be angry at. Instead, I’m scared. If even 3S guides end up like that, what will I feel…”

She paused, her voice low: "Then I felt I had gone too far. Knowing she was wronged, my first thought wasn't to avenge her, but to hide as quickly as possible..."

“Things have developed to this point, and it seems you can hardly escape,” Lin Fan reminded calmly. “Unless you leave the Sersorn Starfield completely.” “I know.” Lu Shi still kept her head down. “I simply don’t have the power to fight them… Even if I were as strong as a 3S-level, like her, I still wouldn’t have the power to fight them! I should avenge her, right? But what can I use to avenge her? I can’t even protect myself.”

Her fingers dug tightly together, her nails leaving deep marks on her palms, which turned white.

"Why do I have to be the guide?" She suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with resentment and grievance. "If I were a sentinel, like her, wouldn't I be spared all this? Wouldn't I be able to..."

Overwhelmed with emotion, his voice was filled with agitated anger, and tears unexpectedly streamed down his face.

Lu Shi quickly covered her face and lowered her head, curling up on the sofa as if no one would see her tears that way.

"I'm sorry!" Lu Shi's voice was muffled, trembling slightly with unsteady breathing. "I know thinking about this is pointless, but I just... I'm sorry, boss. I feel like... I have no future."

In the quiet room, only the little girl's soft gasps could be heard.

Antonio felt uncomfortable hearing the repeated murmurs, but dared not speak again and kept glancing at Lin Fan.

"So..." Lin Fan drawled, "you want revenge, but you just don't have the ability?"

“I don’t know if this counts as revenge,” Lu Shi wiped his face and said in a muffled voice, “I just don’t want to be bullied and manipulated at will. At first, I thought that entering the White Tower and becoming a high-ranking guide meant being high and mighty. But now, you’re saying that the life of a guide is just a facade created by the sentinels’ indulgence, and that as long as they want, even the most powerful guide can be easily overthrown…”

“The same goes for Sentinels,” Lin Fan said calmly. “You’ve heard about Helian Rongjin’s incident, haven’t you? 3S Sentinels were also ambushed.”

Lu Shi suddenly looked up, her expression stubborn: "That's different! He didn't die, he still has the ability to resist, but I..."

"What's different?" Lin Fan looked calmly at Lu Shi. "You saved his life. Without you, he might already be buried in a garbage dump, and he wouldn't be as powerful as he is now."

Lu Shi stood there stunned for a long time before whispering, "Boss, are you trying to reassure me? Thank you, but the truth is, guides are weaker than sentries..."

"When you left FW-73, you hadn't learned the guide skill yet, right?" Lin Fan suddenly changed the subject.

“No.” Lu Shi shook his head. “I picked up some tattered documents before, thinking they were guide skills, and tried to learn them on my own. After entering the White Tower, I realized that those were just superficial things and didn’t count at all.”

"So how did you survive all these years without any contact with guides, or even knowing about them?" Lin Fan asked.

Lu Shi was stunned.

"Sentinel, or guide, these are definitions you use out of habit. Have you ever considered a third possibility besides sentinel?" Lin Fan continued. "Break free from the framework of guide and become someone with the power to make others wary and dare not provoke you."

Antonio looked at Lu Shi, whose expression was gradually becoming clear, and then at Lin Fan, who was calm. He felt for some reason that she had the potential to be a behind-the-scenes villain, inciting people to do bad things.

"What kind of existence is it to break free from the framework?" Lu Shi couldn't imagine.

"You've seen our water-based healing magic, haven't you?" Lin Fan asked.

Lu Shi nodded: "I've seen it, it's very powerful. It's much more powerful than our guides' simple mental healing. The healing card is also the best-selling item on the market."

She couldn't go out, but she could still learn about major events in the outside world through the terminal, and knew that the shop that Lin Fan and Helian Rongjin jointly owned was doing booming business.

"Anton," Lin Fan added, "let her see what it's really like beyond water-based healing."

"Alright!" Antonio immediately jumped up.

I forgot to set the timer, sorry baby~(@^_^@)~