CHAPTER 426: CHAPTER 425: EVER-CHANGING

After traveling through the dark, vast universe for some time.

The Wandering Alliance suddenly received a radio message amidst the noisy cosmic microwave background radiation.

The scientific team within the Wandering Base decrypted the message and learned that it was a distress call. The call was issued by a civilization known as the Wa Star Civilization, which claimed to be under a nefarious regime and hoped for rescue from other civilizations. In addition, the message also contained the coordinates of the Wa Star Civilization.

After repeatedly confirming the coordinates and the radio signal, the scientific team inside the Wandering Base ascertained that the information was mostly accurate and reported the message to Constant Star Lu Chen. Upon learning that the coordinates of the Wa Star Civilization were near the route planned by the Wandering Alliance, he decided to take a look when they approached the area.

However, what the Wandering Alliance and Constant Star Lu Chen did not know was that the radio message was not actually sent by the Wa Star Civilization, but by the captured Electromagnetic Star People. At the time, out of the thirty accompanying Electromagnetic Star People, twenty were killed and ten were captured, and of those captured, nine died from experimentation. In the end, only one captive Electromagnetic Star Person remained, but their Electromagnetic Suit had already been confiscated, and they were detained in the Alien Species Custody. How had this message been sent then?

And why was it issued in the name of the Wa Star Civilization rather than their own?

These clues didn’t match up at all, suggesting that the situation within the Wa Star Civilization may have undergone some unexpected changes during this period.

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Initially, Tianxing, an Electromagnetic Star Person detained in the Alien Species Custody, had thought there was no hope left in his life, that he would either die in captivity or be tortured to death in experiments. Under such a state of despair and pessimism, Tianxing even considered suicide, reasoning that it was better than dying in inhumane experiments.

After considerable responsible deliberation, the Electromagnetic Star Person Tianxing ultimately decided to commit suicide.

In the middle of the night, Tianxing harshly stabbed his own heart with cutlery. However, at the same moment Tianxing made this move, the prison’s warning system immediately issued a red alert.

This warning system was specially designed by the Wa Star Civilization to prevent the escape or suicide of alien species, because for the Wa Star Civilization, each captured alien creature represented an immense treasure that they certainly couldn’t allow to die off easily.

Of course, Tianxing, the Electromagnetic Star Person, was not foolish. After a long period of detainment, he knew about the warning system, and that’s why he specifically chose the middle of the night to commit suicide, and during the guards’ shift change at that. This would greatly increase the chances of a successful suicide, because if he failed to die, modern technology would easily revive him, and then the Wa Star Civilization would surely tighten security, leaving him with no chance to attempt suicide again.

Tianxing never imagined that suicide would also become a difficult task.

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When the warning system went off, the entire custody was filled with the piercing alarm sound.

What took all the aliens by surprise was that instead of the custody staff rushing in upon hearing the warning system, it was a group of men from the Wa Star.

The group of Wa Star men rushed to the cell where Tianxing had attempted suicide. Upon opening the cell door, they poured rescue liquid onto Tianxing’s wounds from bottles they carried and removed the cutlery from his chest. This rescue liquid was a first-aid fluid developed by the Wa Star Civilization, capable of repairing any non-fatal physical injuries in a short time, somewhat similar to the active nanocell liquid developed by the Wandering Alliance. Originally, the Wa Star men carried these rescue liquids for their own use, but unexpectedly, they had to use it in the alien custody and managed to save an Electromagnetic Star Person.

The Electromagnetic Star Person, Tianxing, did not die mainly for two reasons.

One, the utensils Tianxing used to attempt suicide were not sharp enough, and two, upon experiencing severe pain, Tianxing instinctively reduced force, resulting in only the surface of the heart being injured and not penetrated. Therefore, after the application of rescue liquid, Tianxing was successfully resuscitated.

"Why did you want to commit suicide?"

After confirming that Tianxing’s life was not in danger, the group of Wa Star men all breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

Unexpectedly, Tianxing glanced at the surrounding Wa Star men and said, "I remember you, you seem to be the warden’s husband; aren’t you not allowed in here?"

It turned out that the leader among these Wa Star men was none other than Yike, the man who was kicked the last time he delivered something.

The man stood up, looking at the smoke outside that was slowly rising, and said indifferently, "It’s a bit complicated to explain, but everything from the past will be history. Although I still don’t know the real reason behind your suicide, I think you must not have been able to bear the oppression from those women, right? We’re all in the same boat, and that’s the main reason we took the risk to come and rescue you. I hope you can set aside racial prejudices and join us in rebelling against these evil women!"

While talking, the group of Wa Star men opened the cells of the other alien creatures and released all the imprisoned alien life forms.

At this point, without any other choice and indeed detesting the torment and oppression of Wa Star women, these aliens joined the ranks of the Wa Star men.

Once they all walked out of the Alien Species Custody, everyone was shocked to see the streets filled with dense crowds of Wa Star men who were shouting slogans of liberation, equality, and equal rights, embarking on a massive protest march.

"Let’s go, this way!"

At this moment, Yike led his team in another direction.

The Electromagnetic Star Person, Tianxing, followed and curiously asked, "Didn’t you say you were going to rebel? Aren’t you going to join their march?"

Yike said indifferently, "We want real resistance, not just verbal rebellion. I understand the nature of those women very well. Talking slogans and reasoning with them is completely useless, you will only be deceived and repressed by them, so we must use armed means to fight for our own interests..."

After hearing Yike’s explanation, the Electromagnetic Star Person, Tianxing, began to have a general understanding of the situation.

It turned out that in the Wa Star Civilization, women had traditionally held power and brutally oppressed all men. Although Wa Star men had resisted many times throughout history, their achievements were minimal. Hence, when the Wa Star Civilization was sprinting towards becoming a Level 4 Civilization, the Wa Star Men’s Association decided to organize a large march to advocate for the collective interests of men.

However, Yike disagreed with the Men’s Association.

He knew that merely protesting would not result in real rights and that only by taking the armed path to overthrow the matriarchal government could true gender equality be fundamentally achieved. Therefore, he gathered men with the same mindset to establish the Armed Faction and planned to take advantage of the marching faction’s protest to expand the power of the Armed Faction.

This was also one of the reasons why he chose to rescue the alien creatures because aliens could not join the marching faction and could only join the Armed Faction. The warden’s forgetfulness to bring equipment last time was in fact due to him secretly taking it out of the bag, to use the delivery as an opportunity to enter the Alien Custody and scope out the specific security force distribution, making foundational preparations for tonight’s chaotic assault.