My Endless Life.

Chapter 473 Hongye's Method

"The Third Defense Corps, the Ninth Squadron, the Seventh Squadron...? Uh, aren't they here to look for me?"

Hearing that the patrol team of the Imperial Defense Corps was just outside, Li Qi's expression became solemn.

Although Li Qi's tone was a little uncertain, he was very sure in his heart that this patrol team was definitely looking for him.

Otherwise, the defense corps would not have been able to find this pirate warship so quickly.

After all, there are hundreds of millions of pirate warships at the border and in the interstellar black sea beyond the border, and the Imperial Defense Corps is not defending these ordinary pirates, but the armies that also come from large countries.

Generally speaking, they would not attack pirate warships.

Even if they sometimes discover the presence of pirates, they will let them go, and the occasional help is just a convenience.

But now, an ordinary patrol team has stopped the space pirates' warships.

What this means is self-evident!

"Tsk, they came quickly. It seems that even if I am in the caravan, I am in danger of being exposed..."

Li Qi narrowed his eyes.

In the eyes of the Ninth Princess and others, Li Qi is now in a state of being "kidnapped" by the Renaissance Society, and the Renaissance Society is a group of desperate criminals wanted by the empire. It is normal for them to choose to sneak out of the empire.

It is normal for the defense team to inspect the caravan.

However, when he was in the caravan, Li Qi had a legal identity created with the help of Yolin, so he was able to deal with the members of the defense team.

But on a pirate ship...

These 'victims' will definitely be sent back to their respective planets after being examined.

And once the defense team members conduct a physical examination on Li Qi... it goes without saying what the consequences will be.

“…There’s no other way. Art, take action. Go meet up with Hongye first, and then find a way to escape!”

At this point, Li Qi didn't have any better solution.

Now it is not too far from the Black Sea area outside the border of the empire. It only takes one jump to enter the lawless Black Sea area.

As long as there is no strong person above level seven paying attention to this place, Li Qi and Art will have a chance to escape from the empire!
Art, who followed Li Qi's orders, was covered with a miniaturized mecha the moment Li Qi informed him that he could take action.

Art instantly grew larger, like an iron knight, and smashed the floor and ceiling at the same time according to Li Qi's order.

The floor and ceiling were made of special metal and were easily broken by Art like paper.

Screams rang out simultaneously from above, below, left and right, and the alarms outside became more urgent, but Art didn't care about them at this time.

He reached out and picked up Li Qi, then jumped out towards the hole in the ceiling. Seeing that Hongye was not there, he quickly jumped down to the lower level.

After confirming that the lower level was the cabin where the women were imprisoned, Art began to destroy the walls on both sides, looking for traces of Hongye.

Finally, when Art broke the third wall, Li Qi and he saw Hongye sitting in the corner with a frown on her face, thinking about something.

When she heard the sound of Art smashing the wall, she looked up and saw Li Qi and Art rushing over after smashing the wall. Hongye was stunned at first, but then she reacted and asked:
"Do you want to call out?!"

"Well, Art, go to the mecha room and find a set of standard mecha for Hongye."

Li Qi nodded to Hongye, then directed Art to rush to the location where the mecha was parked on the pirate ship.

"who is it!!"

thump—

"Who are you? How dare you mess up here...!!"

boom!
"you--"

boom! !

Art, who exerted his 100% strength, was like a bull charging on the battleship. No matter whether it was the mechas responsible for blocking him along the way or the "strongest" on the battleship, they were all no match for Art's move and were knocked against the wall and turned into "paintings".

It only took Art thirteen seconds to get from the cabin where the hostages were to the cabin where the mecha was.

During this period, he even allocated some of his strength to protect Li Qi.

When they arrived at the mecha room, Li Qi immediately jumped off Art, chose an ordinary mecha that looked okay among a bunch of ugly mechas, and jumped into it.

"Master... Master Rocky?"

Seeing Li Qi getting into the mecha, Art was stunned again.

He didn't remember that Li Qi could drive a mecha.

"Don't just stand there, quickly find an escape ship that can make long-distance jumps. We have to find a way to leave here before the patrol team boards the ship!"

Li Qi got into the mecha and skillfully put on the consciousness link device.

General standard mechas are divided into two control modes.

One is the manual operation mode performed by first and second level mecha pilots with low levels of consciousness.

One is to use consciousness sensors to control the mecha with powerful mental power.

Li Qi had never come into contact with a mecha since he was a child, so he definitely couldn't operate it manually, so he could only use his consciousness to control it.

Although doing so would consume a lot of mental energy, Li Qi could still briefly exert the power that a third-level mecha master should have.

Li Qi's consciousness was connected to the consciousness sensor and was checking the energy and weapons and equipment on the mecha, but when he looked up, he saw Art standing there without moving.

"Art?"

"Your Highness, even if you can escape from this pirate warship, you can't escape from the patrol team..." Art struggled and hesitated, and for the first time told Li Qi what he was thinking: "...Your Highness, you should go back!"

"..." The mecha stopped moving, which meant that Li Qi inside the mecha also stopped moving.

He looked down at Art, who only reached the waist of this standard small mecha, as if he was thinking.

But after a more urgent alarm sounded, Li Qi immediately came back to his senses and asked Art:

"So... you want to leave me?"

"how come!!"

Art immediately knelt down in front of Li Qi and said seriously:
"Everything I have belongs to Your Highness. Even if you want me to die, I will not hesitate! But... more important than my life is your safety! If this continues, your life cannot be guaranteed..."

"This is not something you need to think about. Now you just need to do as I say, Art. I don't want to repeat the order a second time."

Li Qi's voice was cold.

He knew that what he said might sound cruel, but now was not the time for him to develop feelings with Art. The patrol team was approaching the battleship and would board it soon. If they didn't run away, they would have no chance to escape!
Li Qi has already said this, and Art can no longer refuse Li Qi's orders.

He lowered his head, sighed and responded:
“…I understand.”

Just as the two were about to steal a lifeboat and leave, Hongye, who was following behind them, weakly raised her hand:
"that……"

Li Qi and Art looked over at the same time.

Hongye swallowed and said hesitantly: "...If it's a patrol team, I...I might be able to do it."

Li Qi: “?”

Any surprises??
"Tell me, what's the solution?" The situation was urgent, Li Qi asked Hongye directly without any doubt.

Hongye explained: "Your noble status can't be used, but...but my noble status can be used, and nobles have the right to be exempted from inspection...Perhaps, the patrol members can be exempted from inspecting us."

The reason why Li Qi and Art want to escape is that their disguised identities are just second-class citizens.

In this case, second-class citizens also need to be carefully examined.

But first-class citizens don’t need to.

Unless it is wartime, the patrol has no authority to inspect first-class citizens.

So if Hongye is really a noble, then even if she is the lowest baron, she can make the patrol give up checking her and her subordinates.

"Are you a noble?"

Li Qi was a little surprised to hear Hongye say this.

He didn't see any aristocratic qualities in Hongye. Besides, a noble who was guaranteed to be a first-class citizen was almost like a king in the local territory. Why would he join the Renaissance Society with such a background?

Hongye didn't notice Li Qi's doubts about her. She just answered Li Qi's questions seriously:
"Yes, Jenna Trey, that's my real name, and our Trey family has a hereditary barony title."

Even among the nobility, they were divided into several classes.

Not to mention the highest-ranking nobles like Li Qi, other nobles are also divided into direct and collateral lines, and the most crucial thing is whether they are hereditary.

There are many nobles in the empire, more than trillions of them, but the number of nobles with hereditary titles does not exceed 10,000 in the entire empire.

For other nobles, either their descendants had to have certain military achievements before they could inherit the title, or their titles would be demoted until they lost the title completely.

Jenna Trey...or let's continue to call her Hongye. Her family is a hereditary aristocracy, proving that she is indeed a superior among the superiors in the empire. But the more so, the more confused Li Qi becomes.

Why did she join the Renaissance Society?

Although Li Qi was full of questions, he did not continue to ask, but asked another question:
"Even if you can get the patrol to skip us during the inspection, can you guarantee that the patrol will not send us back to your family's territory?"

Even if the patrol team did not check Hongye, a noble, they would still confirm with Hongye's family as a matter of duty.

And then send Hongye back to a safe area.

By then, not only would Li Qi have to waste time making another trip to the border, but the chance of being discovered by the Ninth Princess would also greatly increase.

After all, although he changed his hair and eye color, his face shape did not change.

If you meet someone you know, you can still easily spot him.

So if Hongye can't stop the patrol from sending them back, it would be better to escape immediately.

At least now they are at the edge of the border. If they want to run away, they only need one jump, so the chances of running away are very high.

"can."

Hongye nodded seriously.

Li Qi pondered for a moment and turned to look at Art.

Art knew that Li Qi was asking for his opinion. He thought calmly for a few seconds and asked:
"How can we be sure that you won't take this opportunity to contact the Renaissance Society?"

"I have contacted them."

Hongye told the truth, and then immediately explained before Art was about to go crazy: "But I didn't reveal your location! And now the Renaissance Society is being wanted by the empire, and so is the leader. We can't carry out another collective action!"

Wuming kidnapped Li Qi, which was like stirring up a hornet's nest in the empire.

Even though Wuming is a ninth-rank warrior, he is now unable to take care of himself. The people of the Renaissance Society have been divided into small groups and are hiding completely in the empire.

It would be fine if they didn't show up, but once they show up, the Empire would get rid of them before they could find Hongye.

But Art still couldn't believe Hongye's words. He stared at Hongye vigilantly without saying anything. At the critical moment, Li Qi spoke out:
"Okay, Art, let her do it. I trust her."

The main thing was that Li Qi had no choice but to believe it. During the time they were arguing, the patrol team had already boarded the ship.

(End of this chapter)