"What did the original Flying Ship look like after it was blown up?"Qiu Chan replied, "The Flying Ship was blown into multiple segments, with countless Fragments. The Military has already found the shattered Flying Ship, but there’s no one on it."
Lin Chen answered simply, "I want to go take a look at the wreckage. If I can find something, maybe I can trace their whereabouts."
After thinking for a moment, Lin Chen changed his mind. "Since the main objective is to rescue that special hostage, you should be very clear about his identity. If I remember correctly, many people have their biological traits stored in official institutions right after birth, things like blood and so on..."
Qiu Chan immediately understood what Lin Chen meant. "You need her blood?"
Lin Chen replied, "Hair or blood belonging to him, either is fine. I can only Give it a try first. I can’t confirm whether the other side is still within sensing range. If they perform Wormhole Shift several times, then no method will work."
Qiu Chan nodded. "We have that. I’ll have someone retrieve it."
Pausing briefly, Qiu Chan added, "They didn’t kidnap these people just for Payment; they have a bigger purpose. For the sake of negotiation, I don’t think they’ve gone very far."
Lin Chen couldn’t help his curiosity. "Not for Payment? Then what for?"
Qiu Chan hesitated, then answered, "According to our investigation, they should be rebel exiles. Although they haven’t提出 demands yet, my guess is they want to rescue a group of rebel leaders being held in a Federation prison."
Lin Chen frowned. "Since they’re rebels, why not just kill them once they’re caught? Keeping them around is just asking for trouble, isn’t it?"
Qiu Chan glared at Lin Chen. "Did you think it’s like where you come from, where the winner can kill whoever they want? They may be rebels, but they were once members of the Federation and still have supporters. If we kill them at will, it could trigger an even bigger upheaval."
"Of course, that’s not our concern. What we need to do now is just get the People Saved."
Lin Chen nodded. "Who is this special hostage, anyway? Is the identity really that exalted, to the point they can be used to threaten the official authorities?"
Seeing Qiu Chan’s hesitant expression, Lin Chen said with a laugh, "We’re already going to save someone; at least Let me know who we’re saving, right?"
Qiu Chan raised her Watch and operated it a few times. A light curtain popped open, and a file appeared in midair.
A young girl in a school uniform appeared on the light curtain. She was very pretty, about fourteen or fifteen years old. Clearly at the most Sunshine and Golden Light-filled age of her life, yet there wasn’t the slightest laugh on the face of this young girl; her entire being exuded a melancholy Breath.
"Xue Wenrui, fifteen years old, currently attending Grade 9 Class 7 of Liangchuan City No.1 Middle School, 29th community, 12th subdistrict of the 4th major district."
"You don’t need to know the rest of the information. We just need to rescue her."
Lin Chen shrugged and didn’t press further. "Alright!"
A girl in her early teens—then her "specialness" naturally doesn’t come from herself, but from her family.
Barring any Accident, this Child’s family or relatives must be particularly weighty people.
Soon, a Special Service Officer from the Security Bureau walked into the office carrying a case. Opening it, inside was a test tube, half-filled with Blood.
"This is Xue Wenrui’s backup blood sample. What do we do next?"
Lin Chen asked, "How far is the incident location from Emperor Star?"
Qiu Chan answered, "Xue Wenrui was taken when she was returning by Flying Ship from Bright Star, one of Emperor Star’s four satellites. They acted first inside the Flying Ship, and then someone outside responded."
Lin Chen continued, "Since it’s a satellite, the distance shouldn’t be too far, right?"
"Yes."
Lin Chen spoke decisively, "Then we’ll Give it a try first and see if there’s any reaction."
Lin Chen took out a Tracking Treasure and explained, "This Magical Treasure has a tracking function, but the range isn’t particularly large. If we establish a Large Array, the sensing range will increase dramatically, but I’m not very good at Array Formation construction, so I can only use the Magical Treasure to Give it a try."
Qiu Chan’s eyes lit up. "The tracking Array Formation you mentioned—how far can its range go?"
Lin Chen replied, "Simply put, spanning a Star System is definitely no problem. But if there’s Wormhole Jumping, then it won’t work. After all, with a single Wormhole Jumping, no one even knows how many light-years away you’ll end up; you can’t describe it with distance anymore."
Qiu Chan nodded. "That’s enough. Later the Security Bureau will construct one with the maximum range, so that if anything really happens, we’ll have something to use."
Lin Chen inclined his head. "That indeed Can be done. As long as someone is proficient in Array Formation, they should be able to construct it. In the Heavenly God Realm’s Heavenly God Department, there are many Large Arrays with all kinds of functions. You can issue an order to the staff over there; they will naturally prepare the people and items you need and send them to Emperor Star."
Qiu Chan made a sound of acknowledgement. "Alright, I’ll arrange that later. Give it a try first; if it doesn’t work, we’ll think of something else."
"Alright!"
Lin Chen injected spiritual power into the Magical Treasure. Very soon, the Magical Treasure began to emit Golden Light; the Array Formation within had already begun to operate.
Lin Chen signaled to Qiu Chan, "Take out the blood sample and drop a single drop in."
Qiu Chan did as instructed. As that drop of blood sample fell in, a thin Blood Light shot out from the Array Formation, like an arrow, thrashing wildly in midair. Then, as the Golden Light grew more intense, this Blood Light gradually settled down and pointed in a certain direction.
Qiu Chan had been staring at the Magical Treasure in Lin Chen’s hand. Seeing this scene, she seemed to understand something, her tone both expectant and delighted. "This points the direction—there’s a response?"
Lin Chen examined it carefully and answered, "Yes, but the response is very weak. They should be quite far away, but they still haven’t completely left the sensing range."
Qiu Chan asked crisply, "Can we find them?"
"We can."
Lin Chen pointed at that streak of Blood Light. "As long as we move along this direction, we’ll definitely find them."
Qiu Chan’s eyes lit up. "Alright, then let’s move out."
Lin Chen stared at Qiu Chan. "We? Who else?"
Qiu Chan replied, "I’ll find one more person. The three of us will act together."
Lin Chen was stunned. "Three people?"
Qiu Chan nodded. "Yes. The fewer people, the easier it is to succeed—as long as our Combat Power is sufficient. If we approach with a big Array and pomp, there’s no way they won’t Notice us."
"They have hostages in their hands. Even if we send a Military unit over, as soon as they Notice us, we ultimately wouldn’t dare make a move, and it would be useless."
Lin Chen thought it over and agreed. This was a hostage rescue, not a Battle.
"Since we’re going, then let’s bring more people. I have a way to carry all of you on me without Others noticing, but the premise is that you have to trust me."
Qiu Chan got it instantly. "Right, I almost forgot—you have a Space Magic Treasure that can hold people inside it, right?"
Lin Chen inclined his head. "Yes. I alone can impersonate many identities, find a way to get close or slip inside, and then let you out..."