Quick Transmigration: The Villain Is Too Pampered and Alluring - Chapter 375

Upon arriving on Neptune, Qin Zhengde wanted to learn about the situation on the Imperial Star, only to see the broadcasted video.

In the conference room, only Qin Zhengde and his close confidants were present, including the Defense Director who should have stayed on the Imperial Star to resist the Zerg. Everyone’s face looked grim, and they immediately arranged to control public opinion.

Back on the Imperial Star, the battle at Mount Beimang was still wrapping up. Before people could recover from their near brush with annihilation, they saw that video.

They saw Qin Zhengde’s group leave without hesitation, saw those survivors on Pisces Star who were neither human nor ghost, and saw how the residents of Qingling Star were abandoned to the Zerg all because of a single gold mine… The people of the Imperial Star were filled with boundless rage and grief.

Online, some tried to defend the Qin royal family with conspiracy theories, claiming that the video was fake, the audio synthesized, forged by the rebels to smear the royal family’s name.

But immediately afterward, the source files of the video and audio were made public online… The audio’s source file was stolen from the Blue Palace by Huo Ling himself, and it could not be more genuine.

The Alliance had no shortage of professionals. Soon, the entire net was filled with confirmations of the authenticity of the videos and audio.

In fact, whether there were source files or not was already unimportant. From today’s events—Qin Zhengde leaving the Imperial Star with his inner circle at the start of the war—everything was laid bare.

Just as he had told his son Qin Ji, the Alliance had many, many people, so many that he was indifferent to sacrificing an entire planet.

Because in his heart, those people had nothing to do with him; they were mere ants… yet these were tens of millions of people, each with family and friends, each capable of fear and despair.

But they were discarded like ants.

There was also Pisces Star… The Alliance military had not even bothered to verify anything before publicly declaring that Pisces Star had completely fallen, leaving the survivors to the Zerg.

So today, them abandoning the Imperial Star came as no surprise… Qin Zhengde and his supporters never viewed civilians as human. If they could give up one planet, they could give up a second one.

Nothing mattered more to them than their own interests…

In countless homes, in front of televisions, on the streets, in offices—everyone watched the screen, hearts full of grief and anger.

The troops at Mount Beimang looked up at the projections, especially the students of White Silver Academy. Their eyes were red with anger and disappointment.

Yuan Shao threw his face shield onto the ground, gritting his teeth and cursing, “Damn this Alliance royal family, to hell with the Qin family!”

Beside him, Duan Heng spoke calmly, “Soon enough, there will be no Qin family.”

Yuan Shao paused, then fell silent…

As Qin Ji was blocked outside the Blue Palace’s main gate, no longer caring about his face and desperate to return inside, a motorcade arrived from afar and stopped in front of the Blue Palace.

The next moment, a group of people got out. Leading them was a young man in a pure black uniform, with refined features and a cold, steely expression…

Surrounding him were all the big and small rebel leaders who had been on the Alliance’s wanted list for a long time.

Qin Ji recognized the young man at a glance: it was Huo Ling, who had once lived at the Sheng family’s home… just recently he had been studying in the Blue Emblem Sequence at the White Silver Academy.

But now, he walked at the front, expressionless, and those notorious rebel leaders followed behind him, respectful and obedient!

Qin Ji’s mind went blank. He stared as Huo Ling walked straight to the Blue Palace gates, where Police Department Director Duan Long, along with the officials who had chosen to remain on the Imperial Star, came out to greet him.

A makeshift podium was quickly set up. Huo Ling stepped onto it, gazing at the countless crowds of people flooding the streets, and spoke in a calm voice, “Hello everyone, I am Huo Ling, leader of the rebel army.”

“I also have another identity, a survivor of Qingling Star… and also a student of the White Silver Academy.”

Huo Ling’s tone was very even. “Some of you may think the rebels are bandits and criminals, but I want to say this: since the day the rebels were founded, we have never harmed innocent civilians. Who we rebel against is not the people of the Alliance… but the Qin royal family, and those who support them!”

The street fell into dead silence, leaving only Huo Ling’s calm and indifferent voice…

“If possible, if we could have survived without this, no one would want to bear the infamy of ‘rebels,’ to bear filthy reputations that never existed. But some things must be done, and someone must stand up.”

“I experienced the destruction of Qingling Star. My family, my parents, my grandfather, my friends, my neighbors… all died in that war.”

“I once vowed to destroy the Zerg in my lifetime. Until one day I learned that the destruction of Qingling Star happened because the forces meant to defend it, when faced with tens of millions of people facing utter catastrophe, were ordered to protect a gold mine…”

Huo Ling’s voice grew a bit hoarse, “I also personally saw the survivors of Pisces Star. They hid underground for seven years. Some witnessed their parents being torn apart and devoured by the Zerg with their own eyes… And in the Alliance’s eyes, they were already ‘dead.’”

Huo Ling’s voice suddenly rose, “What the rebels want to do is actually very simple. That is, from now on, the Alliance will no longer have civilians whose lives are cheaper than gold. The Alliance’s army will never again abandon anyone who deserves rescue. No matter when, no planet, no people, will be thrown to the Zerg…”

People on the streets wept silently…

Huo Ling said, “I now formally declare that the rebels are taking over the Blue Palace and the Imperial Star…”

Qin Ji’s face turned ashen. He spoke in a low voice to his men, “Leave here!”

He had brought those loyal to him. Hearing his order, they immediately tried to drive the hover car away amid the confusion… But as soon as the hover car turned, Qin Ji saw that the way behind was already sealed off by the Police Department’s men.

At the Blue Palace gates, Duan Long and the remaining officials publicly pledged allegiance to Huo Ling, the leader of the rebels… Qin Ji’s expression turned as dark as ink.

He knew that these people must have contacted Huo Ling long ago—traitors… all of them traitors to the Alliance!

Qin Ji drew his gun and began to force his way out. Outside, the soldiers of the Police Department, obviously under orders, fired back without hesitation.

The hover car was blown up. Qin Ji, protected by his people, darted into a nearby alley and fled desperately into the distance…

He had to leave here, leave the Imperial Star, and join up with his father… As long as he’s reunited with his father, the rebels would be finished, and these country bumpkin bandits would be finished!

At this moment, Qin Ji did not know that after Huo Ling declared control over the Imperial Star, one planet after another publicly stated their allegiance.

They all gave a single explanation: we do not need a royal family and rulers who see civilians as worthless. We do not want to become the second Qingling Star or Pisces Star!

Meanwhile, on Neptune, Qin Zhengde and his followers had already been taken into custody…

Just as Sheng Nuan and Sheng Siyang returned home and were being whipped by Mi Rong with a feather duster—yelping as they begged for mercy—Qin Ji collapsed on a street of the Imperial Star.

Qiangwei Street, once bustling and refined, was now completely silent. He lay on the ground, feeling his life draining away with his bl00d.

Qin Ji was filled with resentment… He could not understand why things had turned out this way.

He was the Alliance’s Crown Prince, hailed by everyone as the future ruler, outstanding, strong, with a perfect reputation. In the near future, he would have ascended the throne and become the most noble person in the entire Alliance… not die on a cold, empty street.

Just then, footsteps sounded ahead.

With difficulty, Qin Ji looked up to see Mo Qingran and a group including Yuan Shao and Duan Heng, all wearing combat uniforms.

“Qingran…” Qin Ji struggled to speak.

Mo Qingran looked at the wretched man on the ground with mixed emotions.

Seeing Qin Ji clutch at her trouser leg, Mo Qingran quietly asked, “Your Highness, during the battle just now… where were you?”

“I was, I…I…” Qin Ji’s lips trembled, but in the end he could not speak.

Mo Qingran closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then slowly but firmly pulled her leg free.

Ordinary people can run away, but Qin Ji was the Crown Prince of the Alliance… He enjoyed everything that a prince could receive. Everyone praised him… Yet even Sheng Siyang went to the battlefield, while Qin Ji, the Crown Prince, fled.

For ordinary people, this might be understandable… But for a Crown Prince, it was unforgivable!

Mo Qingran turned and left without looking back…

Yuan Shao’s expression was complex. He pressed his lips together and followed Mo Qingran, while Duan Heng strode forward without expression, standing in front of Qin Ji. Then he raised his foot and stepped on Qin Ji’s head.

Qin Ji’s eyes burned red with hatred, but he no longer had the strength to struggle.

“I have waited so long for this day!”

Duan Heng pronounced each word slowly, “My mother and my brother… can finally rest in peace.”

Duan Heng’s maternal family was on Qingling Star. On the day Qingling Star was destroyed, his mother had taken his younger brother, not even two years old, back to her parent’s home for a visit… and never returned.

After the war, Duan Heng rushed to Qingling Star at all costs, digging through the ruins to find the remains of his brother…

As for his mother’s corpse, he never found it, only a piece of her skirt.

His brother would never again cling to his neck, calling him “Big Brother” in a childish voice…

“I am not my father. I never held any expectations for any of you. The Qin family… should have died long ago!”

Duan Heng pulled out a gun and directly pulled the trigger…