mynovelonline Chapter 136: The Search Operation
Chapter 136: The Search Operation
Chu Xiaolu tried hard to open her eyes. Several bright lights were blinding, and she saw figures moving around in front of her. Chu Xiaolu closed her eyes again, trying hard to recall, but she could only remember what happened at Aunt Mei's shop, and that she had been anesthetized and passed out. After that, no matter how hard she tried to recall, her mind was a blank.
Chu Xiaolu lifted the blanket and looked at herself. She was wearing a patient's gown. She slowly moved her hands and feet, and thankfully they were free.
Chu Xiaolu opened her eyes again, and a handsome man's face appeared before her.
"You're awake? Are you hungry? I've already had someone prepare some liquid food for you."
Chu Xiaolu propped herself up on the bed with both hands and sat up straight. "Who are you? How did I get here? Where is Aunt Mei?"
“Miss, my name is Toulouse, and this is my family's private clinic. Aunt Mei? Miss, may I ask who Aunt Mei is?”
"Why am I here?"
“We found you in a garden in this city. You appeared to be injured and unconscious, and all your belongings had been stolen.”
"Thank you. Have you seen Aunt May?"
"I didn't see anyone else around. Is she with you?"
"Yes. Aunt Mei, please take good care of yourself."
“Then let’s call the police.” With that, Turush picked up his phone, ready to make a call.
"Um, Turush, there's no need to call the police."
"Why?" Thurouch asked, puzzled.
"It's nothing. Calling the police won't do any good."
"Oh, okay."
"Monica, could you please arrange for someone to provide this young lady with food and drink?"
"Okay, son."
A nurse brought a bowl of steaming hot liquid soup to Chu Xiaolu. Chu Xiaolu was indeed hungry and thirsty. She picked up the bowl, touched the soup with her lips, felt that the temperature was just right, lifted the bowl, and gulped it down in one go.
After finishing her drink, Chu Xiaolu carefully looked around the room. The room was quite large, with bright lights and white decor. There were various medical equipment, doctors, nurses, and of course, Tulush watching her.
"Miss, what's your name? Are you sure you don't need to call the police?"
“My name is Chu Xiaolu. There’s really no need to call the police. I’ll be fine in a day or two. I’ll find out the truth myself.”
"Oh, okay then. If you need a car or anything, just let me know."
"Okay, Young Master Tu, you're such a good person."
"It's nothing, don't mention it. Monica, when may Miss Chu get out of bed?"
"Reporting to the young master, Miss Chu should be fully recovered by tomorrow afternoon."
"Okay. Ms. Chu, I have some things to take care of at the company. I'll come see you again tomorrow afternoon."
"Okay, Mr. Tu, thank you very much."
Turush waved to Chu Xiaolu and smiled, and Chu Xiaolu waved back. Turush quietly walked out of the house, closing the door behind him.
"Miss Chu, how are you feeling now?"
"Doctor, what's wrong with me?"
"You have been frightened and have a mild concussion."
"Concussion? No wonder you can't remember. Where are my clothes?"
"Your clothes have been taken to be washed by the housekeeper and will be delivered in a little while."
"Oh. Where's the bracelet on my wrist?"
"Bracelet? What bracelet?"
"It's nothing. They probably stole it too."
Chu Xiaolu suddenly felt a sense of unease. Without the bracelet, how could she contact the AI spaceship, or Wei Shan and Leifia? Did she really have no choice but to call the police and get the Adams government involved? But that would only cause trouble for her older brother. But if she didn't call the police, how could she find Aunt Mei and find out the truth on her own? She didn't even know how dangerous Aunt Mei was. Fortunately, the night before she left, her two older sisters had agreed to talk to her every night. Now, she could only hope that they couldn't reach her tonight and noticed something was wrong. She shouldn't have been so stubborn and insisted on coming back alone; she should have listened to her sisters and brought her special forces comrades. Chu Xiaolu's mind raced, hoping night would come quickly. Everything would be alright tomorrow. She wondered what her older brother was doing now. Unfortunately, her holographic e-book had been stolen. How should she write her diary tonight? She'd just write it in her heart for now. Chu Xiaolu sighed softly.
Night fell quickly, but Chu Xiaolu couldn't sleep. Her mind was racing. One moment she was worried about Aunt Mei's safety, the next she was wondering what to do tomorrow, then she was thinking about Zhou Yuan, and then she felt utterly useless.
Chu Xiaolu, having spent her entire life in an orphanage, was completely unaware of the dangers and coldness of the world, or the complexities of human relationships. If it weren't for the special forces training she received at the fleet base, she would have always believed that the world was a wonderful place.
The first time she encountered Zhou Yuan, seeing the "consul's" corpse and ten creatures dragged away by Balatu's guards, she experienced fear for the first time in her life. In Aunt Mei's shop, facing eight burly men, she experienced danger for the first time; hearing machine gun fire, she realized the fragility of human life for the first time. And now, Chu Xiaolu experienced helplessness for the first time. These four months had been filled with many twists and turns for Chu Xiaolu, but also some heartwarming moments. The most memorable memory was Zhou Yuan holding her hand, healing her leg wound, and leading her away from that horrific place. She kept many of these moments, even the smallest details, to herself, some of which she wrote in her diary.
The night was dark.
Big Brother, Sister Shan, Sister Ya, where are you? Chu Xiaolu couldn't help but shout in her heart.
"Sister Shan, I can't get in touch with Xiaolu. I even tried a different bracelet, but it still doesn't work."
“Princess, me too.”
"Brother, how are things on your end?"
“It’s strange, I can’t get in touch with her either. I just activated Xiaolu’s bracelet, but the bracelet’s potential information shows that the bracelet is in an object that looks like a box, and there are also some items that you gave Xiaolu to take with her when she left.”
"Xiaolu was robbed?"
"Very likely. This girl, when asked to bring her companions, simply refused."
"Brother, now is not the time to complain. Find Xiaolu quickly."
"Don't panic, let me think. Ya Mei, notify the special forces base commander that I need Xiao Lu's facial recognition data from when she joined the army. Have him send me ten more interstellar special forces soldiers, five soldiers per spaceship. The special forces soldiers and the spaceships must conduct the search operation in stealth mode."
"Received, understood."
"Shanmei, contact Xiaolu's AI spaceship. I need to know where Xiaolu went missing. Have the Science Department secretly infiltrate the satellite network of Planet Amos, retrieve the camera footage from all the cities in Amos's capital, and match it with Xiaolu's facial recognition features. Every interstellar special forces soldier and small spaceship heading to Planet Amos should carry a wristband search device in preparation for a large-scale search."
"Brother, isn't this a bit too much trouble?"
"This isn't trouble. It's just a good opportunity to alert them, if I'm not mistaken. If we take action tonight, the people who robbed Xiaolu will definitely do something tonight too. Shanmei, Yamei, you two each pilot a small warship and lie in wait in the skies above Amos. If any flying object suddenly takes off from the capital late at night, make sure to capture it, by any means necessary. It's 9 PM in the capital of Amos now, we'll begin our search operation there at 10 PM."
"it is good."
The capital of Planet Amos is a large, prosperous, and bustling metropolis. The night market is brightly lit, and even at 10 p.m., the city's nightlife is still captivating for many men and women.
Everything was as usual, without any major incidents.
However, ten Earth Fleet interstellar special forces soldiers, five of them traveling in one stealth spaceship, shuttled between the skyscrapers of the capital city, carrying wristband search devices, and conducted a comprehensive search of the area where Xiaolu appeared, based on the approximate range previously defined by the Science Department.
The stealth spaceship was flying at high speed when suddenly the wristband search device on one of the ships reacted and began locating the wristband. The location showed that Xiaolu's wristband was in an apartment building. The special forces soldier immediately reported to Zhou Yuan and called for his comrades.
The stealth spaceship Zhou Yuan was in immediately headed to the reporting location. After the two spaceships rendezvoused, Zhou Yuan made some arrangements.
The two spaceships, as planned, began their operations. Zhou Yuan and eight special forces soldiers were teleported stealthily to the building, while two special forces soldiers remained on the two spaceships.
Zhou Yuan and eight special forces soldiers began to slowly approach the wristbands according to the display on the wristband search device. On a corridor, the wristbands got closer and closer, and then they arrived at a luxurious room. The wristbands seemed to stop moving.
Zhou Yuan then gave the order for four special forces soldiers to make rapid footsteps in the corridor below, which gradually moved upstairs.
Sure enough, the lights in the room went out, and the voice of an Amos could be heard coming from inside, as if he were on a hurried phone call with someone.
Suddenly, the door opened, and a short, refined Amos man rushed out, carrying a gold-trimmed suitcase. He hurried towards the elevator, talking on the phone as he went. The wristband's tracking device activated again, showing that it was located where the Amos man had been walking.
A special forces soldier released two invisible, ultra-thin, and ultra-small shards. These shards flew rapidly toward the slender, short man and the box in his hand, automatically attaching themselves to the man's clothes and the box, respectively.
After the slender, short man entered the elevator, two interstellar special forces soldiers easily unlocked the door, pushed it open, and quickly packed away all the important items in the room.
Zhou Yuan and eight special forces soldiers were then teleported invisibly to two spaceships near the apartment building.
From the apartment building's garage, a luxury car sped off, heading rapidly towards the northeastern suburbs of the capital, Amos.
Two spaceships closely followed the luxury car, which was traveling at an astonishing speed of 800 kilometers per hour.
An hour later, the car arrived at a huge circular plaza, behind which was a massive cave. The plaza was surrounded by heavily armed forces; judging from their equipment and uniforms, they were clearly not regular government troops.
In the square, there was a helicopter. A fat old man and four bodyguards got off the helicopter. The lean man in the luxury car got out, carrying the gold-rimmed briefcase, and walked towards the fat old man.
The slender, short man and the fat old man whispered a few words to each other, and the old man nodded with a smile. The slender, short man then handed the briefcase to the fat old man.
The slender, short man waved to the fat old man, then got into the limousine and sped away from the square. An invisible spaceship began tracking the vehicle.
Zhou Yuan and four special forces soldiers were on another spaceship, closely observing the fat old man's movements in the square.
Suddenly, Zhou Yuan heard Wei Shan and Lefia calling out almost simultaneously.
"Big brother, an alien warship has suddenly appeared on a mountaintop about 800 kilometers northeast of the city. We're there soon."
"Alright, I'll be right here. Come over here as soon as possible and deal with that warship."
"Soldiers, grab that briefcase and capture that fat old man alive."
"Yes, Dean Zhou."
The spaceship moved quickly, dove down, and stopped immediately above the fat man and his group without making a sound. Four special forces soldiers teleported to the ground and rushed up. Two special forces soldiers snatched the suitcase from the fat man's hands, and two others held the fat old man hostage. The five people and the suitcase disappeared instantly.
The fat old man's four bodyguards were terrified, thinking they had encountered a ghost. It took them a while to come to their senses, and they hurriedly ran to the helicopter and flew away at high speed.
Zhou Yuan's spaceship immediately accelerated and headed towards his own planet.
"Dean Zhou, that warship is chasing us closely."
"It's okay, it'll feel better soon."
Suddenly, a flash of light appeared behind the spaceship, and the warship was torn to pieces, exploding in the air like fireworks, with the wreckage falling into the wilderness on the outskirts of the city.
Two small stealth warships, flanking the stealth spaceship on either side, headed into the sky and rejoined another spaceship.
Zhou Yuan vaguely noticed that several bright lights were flying rapidly in this direction from a distance below. Those should be several fighter jets from a military base near the capital of Amos.