Chapter 473 Hongye's Method

"The Third Defense Corps, the Ninth Brigade, the Seventh Squadron...? Uh, are they looking for me?"

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

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

Otherwise, the Defense Corps would not have found this pirate warship so quickly.

After all, there are hundreds of millions of pirate warships in the border and the interstellar black sea outside the border. The Imperial Defense Corps is not defending these ordinary pirates, but the army from large countries.

Under normal circumstances, they will not attack pirate warships.

Even if they sometimes find the existence of pirates, they will let them go, and occasionally helping is just a matter of convenience.

But now, an ordinary patrol team has stopped the interstellar pirate warship.

What this means is self-evident!

"Tsk, they came fast enough. From this point of view, even if I am on the caravan, I am in danger of being exposed..."

Li Qi narrowed his eyes.

Now, in the eyes of the Ninth Princess and others, Li Qi is 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 also normal for the defense team to check the caravan.

It's just that when he was in the caravan, Li Qi still had a legal identity created by Yolin, so he could deal with the members of the defense team.

But on the pirate ship...

Their group of "victims" will definitely be repatriated to their respective planets after being checked.

And once the members of the defense team conduct a physical examination on Li Qi... the consequences are obvious.

"... There is no other way, Art, take action, go and meet up with Hongye first, and then find a way to escape!"

At this point, Li Qi has no 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 no-man's-land Black Sea area.

As long as there is no strong man above the seventh level 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, who instantly grew larger, like a steel knight, smashed the floor and ceiling at the same time according to Li Qi's orders.

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

Screams sounded from top to bottom, left to right, and the alarm outside became more urgent, but Art didn't care about them at this time.

He reached out and picked up Li Qi, first jumped out of the hole in the ceiling, and when he saw that there was no Hongye, 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 left and right walls, looking for Hongye's trace.

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

When she heard the sound of Art smashing the wall, and looked up to see Li Qi and Art smashing the wall and rushing over, Hongye was stunned at first, but then she reacted and asked:

"Do you want to fight back?!"

"Yes, Art, go to the mecha room and find a standard mecha for Hongye."

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

"Who is it!? Ah!!"

Dong——

"Who dares to mess with us...!!"

Bang!

"You——"

Bang! !

Art, who exerted his 100% strength, was like a bull charging on this battleship. No matter the mechas responsible for blocking along the way or the "strongest" on the battleship, they could not resist Art's move and were hit against the wall and turned into "paintings".

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

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

When he arrived at the mecha room, Li Qi immediately jumped off Art, and among the ugly mechas, he chose an ordinary mecha that looked decent and jumped into it.

"Master... Master Rocky?"

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

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

"Don't stand there, go find an escape ship that can make long-distance jumps, we have to find a way to leave here before the patrol team boarded the ship!"

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

There are two control modes for general standard mechas.

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

The other is to control the mecha with powerful mental power through the consciousness sensor.

Li Qi has never been in contact with mechas since he was a child, and manual operation is definitely not possible, so he can only use consciousness control.

Although doing so will consume a lot of mental power, but... Li Qi can still do it by briefly exerting the power that a third-level mecha master should have.

Li Qi's consciousness connected to the consciousness sensor and was checking the energy and weapons 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..." Art struggled and hesitated, and for the first time told Li Qi his thoughts: "... 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, and seemed to be thinking.

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

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

"How could it be!!"

Art immediately knelt down in front of Li Qi and said seriously:

"Everything of my subordinates belongs to Your Highness. Even if you let me die, I will never hesitate! But... more important than my life is your safety! If you continue like this, your life safety cannot be guaranteed..."

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

Li Qi's voice was cold.

He knew that he might be heartless to say so, but now was not the time for him to cultivate feelings with Art. The patrol team was approaching the battleship and would soon board the ship. If they didn't run away, they would really have no chance to escape!

Li Qi had already said so much, and Art could no longer refuse Li Qi's order.

He lowered his head and sighed in response:

"...I understand."

No mistake, just look at the book in the forum!

Just when the two were about to steal a lifeboat and leave, Hongye, who was following them, raised her hand weakly:

"That..."

Li Qi and Art looked over at the same time.

Hongye swallowed and said hesitantly: "...If it's a patrol team, I...I may have a way."

Li Qi: "?"

And a surprise? ?

"Tell me, what is the way." The situation was urgent, and Li Qi asked Hongye directly without any doubt.

Hongye explained: "Your noble identity can't be used, but...but my noble identity can still be used, and the nobles have the right to be exempted from inspection...Maybe, the patrol members don't have to inspect us."

The reason why Li Qi and Art wanted to escape was because their disguised identities were only second-class citizens.

And in this case, second-class citizens also need to be carefully inspected.

But first-class citizens don't need to.

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

So if Hongye is really a noble, then even if she is the lowest baron, the patrol team can 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 temperament in Hongye. Besides, a noble who is guaranteed to be a first-class citizen is almost like a king in the local territory. Why would such a person join the Renaissance Society?

Hongye didn't see Li Qi's doubts about her. She just answered Li Qi's question seriously:

"Yes, Jenna Trey, it's my real name, and our Trey family has a hereditary baron title."

The same nobles are also divided into several levels.

Not to mention the highest nobles like Li Qi, other nobles also have direct and collateral lines, and the most important thing is whether they are hereditary.

There are many nobles in the empire, more than trillions, but there are no more than 10,000 nobles with hereditary titles in the entire empire.

For other nobles, either their descendants must have certain military merits to inherit the title, or their titles are downgraded until they lose the title completely.

Jenna Trey... or should I continue to call her Hongye? Her family is a hereditary noble, proving that she is indeed a superior person among the superior people in the empire, but the more so, the more confused Li Qi is.

Why did she join the Renaissance Society?

His heart was full of questions, but Li Qi did not continue to ask, but asked another question:

"Even if you can let the patrol 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 does not check Hongye, who is a noble, they will definitely confirm with Hongye's family out of duty.

And send Hongye back to a safe area afterwards.

And by then, Li Qi will have to waste time to run to the border again, and the chance of being discovered by the Ninth Princess will also increase greatly.

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

If he meets an acquaintance, he can still be easily found.

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

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

"Yes."

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 will not take this opportunity to contact the people of 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 take another collective action!"

Wuming kidnapped Li Qi, which was considered to be a hornet's nest of the Empire.

Even if Wuming is a ninth-level strongman, he is now unable to take care of himself, and the people of the Renaissance Society are even more fragmented and completely hidden in the Empire.

If they don't show up, it's okay, but once they show up, the Empire will get rid of them before they find Hongye first.

But Art still couldn't believe Hongye's words. He stared at Hongye vigilantly without saying anything. At the critical moment, Li Qi said:

"Okay, Art, let her do it. I believe her."

The main thing is that Li Qi couldn't help but believe it. During the period when they were arguing, the patrol team had already boarded the ship.