Chapter 22: Lies
The passengers who would choose to fly the Dodo were not from wealthy families. After enduring the poor spaceship environment for several days, the news that the ship was about to arrive at its destination undoubtedly relieved many people.
However, just when the passengers were relaxed, the spacecraft encountered an unexpected incident.
Bovary is a stern-looking old woman who has encountered many things in her life, and her husband, the man who accompanied her through the happiest years of her life, has long since passed away due to illness.
But Madame Bovary's longing for her deceased husband did not fade with time. After her children grew up and started a family, she missed the man who died more and more. So even though gene injection technology has become widespread, Madame Bovary stubbornly has no choice to prolong her life.
She didn't have the idea of committing suicide, she just wanted to follow the laws of nature. But this ordinary trip to visit relatives disrupted her plans.
She took her little grandson by the hand and stood in an open space on the ship, along with many passengers.
Just now, a young man, standing at the front of the crowd, made a bad announcement to them.
The Zerg are coming, and the spaceship is currently under the control of the military, and the children and some women have to leave in the lifeguard compartment first.
Madame Bovary felt a little wet in her palms, and she looked down just in time to see her little grandson looking up at her with timid eyes.
The kid was frightened, he was only seven years old this year and had never seen anything like it.
Madame Bovary patted his little hand comfortingly, silently encouraging the child, who was about to leave alone.
Yes, she is in her seventies, and her name will not be on the list this time.
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Sune was nervous, though he struggled to maintain his apparent composure.
In addition to the staff, there were 245 ordinary passengers on board. Now these people are standing in front of him, and of these people, only 60 of them can board the rescue box.
After he announced the news, he was worried about causing chaos, but people were much calmer than he expected, and what he feared did not happen.
The list of people who can board the lifeguard has already been screened by the spaceship Light Brain from the passenger information, a total of twenty children and forty women. Now under the guidance of two staff members, they are boarding the lifeguard compartment in an orderly manner.
Su Ne felt a trace of guilt in his heart, he didn't tell all the situation just now.
Yes, he hid the dangerous situation of the spaceship, and only said that he sent some of them away first, just in case.
With the staff he brought with him, there were only three people in total, and he was afraid that after fully stating the situation, the crowd would do something drastic about what they would do. However, when the lifeguard leaves the pod, he will tell everyone the truth. He was prepared to bear the wrath of these people.
Up to now, a qiΔ is very smooth, and Sune believes that soon, the lifesaver will be able to leave smoothly.
Just when Sune thought things would go smoothly, the crowd suddenly became chaotic.
A man with a tattoo on his arm holds a child hostage.
He had no weapons, but his large, green hands were enough to break the child's tiny neck.
Sune hurriedly rushed over.
"Don't come near me, or I'll strangle him!" The tattooed man threatened loudly.
The little boy's face suddenly turned red.
"I won't pass, I won't pass, you relax......" Su Ne hurriedly stopped and hurriedly expressed his harmlessness.
The tattooed man finally relaxed his hand when he saw that no one was coming. The little boy he was holding back let out a violent cough.
"What do you want to do?" Sune asked.
"Let me go to the life-saving pod!" The tattooed man made a loud request.
Sune couldn't agree to this request, there were two of them, and if he compromised, there was no guarantee that there would not be a second person to do so.
What to do?!
Seeing that Su Ne was silent, the tattooed man sneered and pinched the little boy's neck again: "You want to lie to me with rhetoric?" I sue you, you can't fool me! I know the ship is going to be finished, that's why you let the children and the women go first! β
There was an uproar in the crowd.
Su Ne's heart panicked all of a sudden, this was the situation he was most afraid of happening! Now that they all know it, will they coax the location of the rescue warehouse?!
Fortunately, although there was some commotion in the crowd, it calmed down after a while.
Sune tried not to show a panicked look, he knew that if he was weak, the situation would be even more uncontrollable.
"You calm ......"
"I don't want to be calm! Let me go! Let me go! β
Seeing that the man had fallen into a state of madness, and the little boy's pinched face turned blue, Su Ne gritted his teeth and said with difficulty: "Let him go." β
The two staff members who followed Sune wanted to say something, but they didn't say anything. They made way of the import of the life-saving pods.
When the tattooed man saw this, he immediately ran to the lifeguard in ecstasy. But just as he was about to touch the entrance to the life-saving chamber, he couldn't move any longer.
He stretched out his arms and tried to reach for the entrance, but he didn't reach the entrance to the lifeguard until he fell to the ground.
Behind him, Sune held the laser gun Shang Si gave him, quietly watching the man fall in a pool of blood.
The atmosphere froze for a while, and Su Ne knew that he now had to pacify the crowd, clean up the situation, and send the people who should leave to the life-saving compartment......
However, he really couldn't control his stiff body.
He...... Killed...... Killed...... Killed......
It was like a spell that kept swirling in his mind.
However, time is running out and there is no room for him to waste. He couldn't save everyone, but there were sixty more who would survive.
Sune stiffly lowered his arm, but did not put away the laser gun.
"Follow the notification list to enter the warehouse." Sune said stiffly.
From the moment the man holding the child collapsed in a pool of blood, the crowd fell into an eerie silence. The atmosphere was extremely oppressive, and a young woman couldn't help but let out a sob.
It was like a signal, and in an instant the hall was filled with cries, children, women's intertwined, and some of the children who were about to be sent to the lifeguard were crying heartbreakingly, making their father's eyes red.
Someone couldn't help but question Sune: "Is what the man said just now true, the spaceship is about to end?" β
Sune was speechless, he did hide the actual situation. Whatever his intentions, he lied to those who trusted him.
"You liar!" The man who questioned Sune was a little out of control, and he rushed in front of Sune and punched him.
Sune was beaten off the head, but he didn't fight back, just reached out and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
The man didn't expect that Su Ne didn't dodge, and after hitting Su Ne, he was also stunned.
"What are you doing!" An old but stern voice rang out.
Madame Bovary held her cane in one hand and her little grandson in the other, and angrily protected Sune behind her.
Facing this menacing old woman, the man who had just questioned Su Ne confidently lost his confidence in an instant.
"This lady ......"
Before the man could finish his words, he was greeted with a cane.
Madame Bovary scolded with a cane as she scolded, "Why did you hit him, huh? Why! β
The man tried to explain while dodging the wolf: "He's a liar......"
"He's a liar?" Madame Bovary sharply asked, "Then what would you do if you were in his position?" β
"Of course I'll tell you everybody......," the man choked in the middle of his words.
What does he want to sue everyone? Is the ship going to be finished? Everybody's dying here?
He just hit someone because he was impulsive, not that he was an irrational person. Now calm down and think about it, if he was in that position, would he dare to tell everyone the truth? In case of a crowd β‘β‘ and coaxing the position of the rescue warehouse, can he control the scene?
Madame Bovary sneered: "Why don't you say it? What about the momentum when you just hit someone? β
"I sue you, what this young man said just now, but anyone with experience can hear the suspicions, but no one said it, do you know why?"
"Because there is nothing wrong with what this young man is doing. The people on the list he published all have absolute reasons why they should be rescued first. β
"With that alone, we can't afford to delay him in saving people."
After Madame Bovary said this, she glared sternly at the man in front of her, and directly stared at the man until she lowered her head in shame.
Then the old woman turned to look at Sune, "But now you have to explain what happened to the spaceship. β
Hearing the old woman's words, everyone fell silent and looked at Sune.
Sune knew that in the current situation, even if it was a delay, he had to explain it clearly to calm the crowd. Otherwise, under this atmosphere of suspicion and despair, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will lose control of their feelings and make another hostage-taking move.
Sune told everyone as briefly as possible about what had happened on the Dodo, including that the captain was about to abandon ship and escape, and that there were only two life pods left.
Also, the worst has already happened, and the ship could be captured by the Zerg in ten minutes.
Everyone fell silent, and no one made a sound except for the cry of the child.
Madame Bovary coughed twice and asked in as loud a voice as she could, "So, young man, will you stay on the ship?" β
"I will, ma'am." Sune replied without hesitation, "I, along with all the staff on the spaceship, will stay on the spaceship with everyone until the last moment." β
"You're a good fellow." Madame Bovary patted Sune on the shoulder, smiled lovingly, and then said to the crowd, "What are you still doing in a daze?" Say goodbye to the goodbye, go to the life-saving compartment to the life-saving compartment! β
After Madame Bovary's words fell, it was not long before the people spontaneously restored order. The people on the list entered the lifeguard according to the instructions of the staff, the crying children were soothed by the mothers, and the relatives who were about to leave seized the time to make a final goodbye.
Su Ne looked at this qiΔ and was very grateful to the old woman beside him, if it weren't for her, he wouldn't have been able to take control of the situation again.
"Thank you." Sune said sincerely.
"Young man, you still have to think more about things in the future...... said Madame Bovary.
After she finished speaking, she pulled her little grandson and walked to the life-saving compartment.
"Good luck, young man."
"Good luck, ma'am."
Sune looked at the old woman's back and said.
At this moment, the little boy who was being pulled by Madame Bovary suddenly broke free from his grandmother's hand and ran towards Sune.
Su Ne was stunned for a moment, only to realize that this blonde and blue-eyed boy who was as cute as a cherub on a religious mural was the hostage he had just been taken hostage.
The child also had a bruise on his neck.
"Alan, what are you going to do?"
The little boy, whom Madame Bovary called Allen, shyly opened his arms and hugged Sunne's waist.
"You're so cool, you knocked down the bad guys in one fell swoop! You're a big hero! β
Sune touched the little boy's head, but did not answer his words.
He knew that he was not a hero, just an ordinary person who had to be strong in the face of danger.
"Can I come and play with you later? I adore you! Little Allen opened those beautiful eyes and looked at Sune expectantly.
This is a child, naΓ―ve and childish. Sune knew that the child might not even understand the meaning of death.
If he could, Sune hoped that the child would be so happy forever and never suffer from sorrow.
"You're always welcome."
Sune smiled and made a promise that she couldn't keep.