Interstellar Hunting Nation

Chapter 15: Letting A’yun go

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Everyone present was skeptical of A’yun’s words. After all, A’yun had been separated from her mother when he had been six years old. No matter how good a six-year-old child’s memory was, it was inevitable that there would be deviations.

“No, I definitely didn’t see wrongly. In the crowd, she recognized me at a glance. Moreover, I clearly remember that there’s a birthmark on Mom’s left breast. This definitely can’t deceive anyone.”

Children had very strong memories of their mothers, especially when their mothers were breastfeeding. A’yun had actually found his lost mother through the birthmark. Under such circumstances, there was an 80% chance that he would not be mistaken.

Wiping his tears, A’yun sobbed and said, “Mommy still remembers how I looked when I was young. She knew that I didn’t like to eat fish. She also knew that I liked to talk in my sleep. She also knew that I liked to kick the blanket…”

From A’yun’s mouth, the image of a kind mother appeared. Gradually, everyone felt the grievances in A’yun’s heart. After all, he was only 13 years old now. The longing for his biological mother was unimaginable for adults.

“How is she now?” Aileen asked.

“Mom is very haggard and old. She must have suffered a lot over the years… Mom has been infected with poison, and she has become a subordinate of the Blood Rose. She has to accept at least 10 guests every day. If she doesn’t do well, she will be beaten…

“I also hate my mother’s current state, but what can I do? She’s my mother, after all. Even if she’s that kind of person, even if she smokes1 every day, even if she always asks me for money to buy it, even if she always hits me fiercely after she smokes…

“But she’s still my mother. As long as I see her, I know that I still have a family…” A’yun couldn’t continue. Tears flowed down his face like a waterfall.

There was no need to ask about the rest. Saywen and Blood Rose had to have known about this, and used A’yun’s mother to threaten him to be a spy. A’yun was also a victim in this matter.

A’yun’s cries made everyone fall silent. Bullhead awkwardly put away his pistol and sat in a corner, sighing. Wu Chang thought for a while, and asked, “In that case, you were the one who revealed the information about me digging out the crystal?”

This was something that Wu Chang was very concerned about.

During this period of time, Wu Chang had mined a lot of crystals, and they were all high-quality crystals. In order not to attract attention and to earn more money, Wu Chang had entrusted Boss Pann to make connections with the governor. In just half a month, Wu Chang had already saved up more than 90 rainbow coins. These were all Wu Chang’s living expenses in the future.

Lion had talked to Wu Chang many times. Huang’e was not a place to stay for long. With Wu Chang’s ability, he definitely could not stay on this fallen planet forever. However, if he wanted to live on another planet, he would have to pay a considerable migration fee at the very least.

Needless to say, the journey from Huang’e to Sanhai would cost 15 rainbow coins, not to mention the high prices in the Prime Star Ring.

More than 90 rainbow coins seemed like a lot, but if one really calculated carefully, it might not even be enough to spend for a week.

But now, not to mention a week, even this meager income had been thrown into the Allocation Center, and became Saywen’s spoils of war.

A’yun couldn’t answer Wu Chang’s question, because the money left behind in the Delivery Center wasn’t just Wu Chang’s. Everyone present and even the dead miners had money in the Allocation Center.

Aileen was an old resident of the B1313 mine. Before Boss Pann came, Aileen had already contracted this Allocation Center. In the eyes of the miners, the kind Aileen was trustworthy. Instead of spending money on oneself or losing it, it was better to keep it with Aileen.

But today, everyone’s hard work had been thrown into the ruins. Aileen’s small safe would not be able to stop Saywen, who had planned this for a long time.

“There are a total of 620 rainbow coins in cash in the ration center. Two of them are precious liquid silver coins. Those are Boss Pann’s assets. The rest are everyone’s assets. Of course, a lot of the money no longer has an owner…”

Aileen’s voice was very depressed. Perhaps A’yun had also realized the seriousness of what he had done. He kept hiding behind Aileen, not daring to face everyone’s gaze.

Lion sighed. “It’s meaningless to blame anyone now. Let’s move forward. Wu Chang, we’re already in a mess. I hope you can make a decision…”

Wu Chang gritted his teeth, and said, “What should we do? Spit out what you’ve eaten and send what you’ve taken back to me. Blood for blood, life for life. However, we don’t have the strength to fight the enemy head-on now. Let’s go south and heal our injuries in a remote place. We’ll make a decision after we get more information.”

At this point, Wu Chang looked at A’yun, and said, “There’s an abandoned mine that leads to the surface in the next mine tunnel. Go back from there and return to your mother’s side…”

“No, I’m not going back.” A’yun jumped up, and shouted, “I know I was wrong. I shouldn’t have hurt you, especially Auntie Aileen. I want to stay and atone for my sins…”

“Bullsh*t.” Aileen turned around and slapped him. “Hurry up and go back. You’re not involved in this. We’ve already done you a favor by not holding you responsible. You actually still want to harm us?”

A’yun had never seen Auntie Aileen so fierce to him before. He was a little dumbfounded for a moment, and squatted on the ground for a long time without saying anything.

The mine became silent again. After resting for a while, Wu Chang, whose wound had been bandaged, stood up and led the team south. In a short while, they arrived at the entrance of the abandoned mine.

“Leave, child. You shouldn’t get involved in the grievances of the adult world. Go back to the north and return to your mother’s side. Regardless of whether your life is good or bad, just like you said, you at least have a home.”

After Wu Chang finished speaking, he brought everyone back underground, leaving A’yun standing alone in the black snow.

The news of the explosion in the B1313 mine quickly became an official document, and was sent to Rodah and Captain Ye Tian. In the report, the witnesses and survivors tearfully condemned Smith Pann’s evil act of hoarding weapons and ammunition in an attempt to occupy the mineral veins of the surrounding mines.

However, due to poor maintenance, before the military button explosives could be used, there was a violent explosion. More than 100 lives were lost in this accident, leaving only three miserable survivors.

The tragedy at the B1313 mine shocked the entire Huang’e City. This was the most serious accident after the conflict more than 10 years ago. Governor Ye Fei instructed his subordinates to punish the murderer severely. Unfortunately, Boss Pann and his best friends had already died in this accident. The Governor’s instructions were useless.

Accompanying the summary report were two bulging leather bags, each stuffed with 200 rainbow coins. The report was handed over to Rodah and Captain Ye Tian.

No one was a fool. Rodah and Ye Tian both knew who had given them the money and what their goal was. Rodah naturally accepted the money, but to his surprise, Ye Tian returned the money to Saywen.

Saywen was a little dumbfounded. He couldn’t understand why Ye Tian was pretending to be noble when he was bribed in the secret room. Was Ye Tian supporting another spokesperson? Was he going to replace him? Saywen’s heart was in turmoil.

However, Ye Tian’s actions made him heave a sigh of relief. In the subsequent incident, Ye Tian didn’t make things difficult for him. The garrison’s investigation report was no different from what Saywen had said. It was completely cooperative.

Saywen had secretly spoken to Rodah before, but Rodah didn’t know what Ye Tian was up to. However, one thing was certain: Ye Tian had definitely wanted to suppress the aftermath of this explosion, not stir up a conflict.

Now, Saywen knew what to do. He began to jump up and down to push the auction process of the B1313 mine. In less than a week, the auction was already held under the push of a group of people with ulterior motives.

The merchants who could contract a mine on Huang’e were all smart people. They were extremely well-informed. Everyone knew that this was a show put up by Saywen and Rodah. Since everything had been internally decided, everyone could only do them a favor.

After Saywen successfully obtained the contract for the B1313 mine, Aardwolf’s reputation was like the sun in the sky. All the surrounding mine owners were bootlickers. Saywen, who killed people, robbed mines, and colluded with black and white1, made everyone feel that he had no bottom line.

The moment Saywen received the contract, before he could say anything, his woman, Blood Rose, had already led a group of workers and a large number of construction equipment to Mining Area B1313. She was preparing to rebuild the Allocation Center.

‘This silly woman only knows how to earn money. She doesn’t even know how to reward me. Watch how I deal with her later.’ Saywen stared lecherously at the Blood Rose’s butt, and smiled until even his molars were exposed.

What Saywen did not know was that outside the administrative center of Huang’e City, a small figure was shuttling through the crowd. It was A’yun, who was working. He wanted to earn money for today’s portion of drugs for his mother. However, while he was moving around, his eyes never left Saywen. His eyes were filled with hatred.

A’yun knew that he couldn’t do anything to Saywen, and he didn’t know if it would be useful for him to keep an eye on Saywen. However, this was the only way he could think of to help Aileen and the others.

Just as Saywen was feeling smug, Wu Chang and the others, who were deep underground, had already encountered a very serious crisis.

The matter still had to start from when A’yun had just left. After Wu Chang and the others sent A’yun off and returned to the underground, Ground Mouse Parker brought everyone to the underground drainage system of Huang’e City not far away in order to accelerate their journey.

Some people said that the level of civilization in a city could be experienced by looking at its drainage system. However, this was not true in Huang’e City, because although Huang’e City had a very good drainage system, this city had nothing to do with civilization.

Wu Chang and the others walked in a circular sewer that was 10 meters tall. Other than black volcanic rocks, there were rusty alloy stands around them. Under the stands was steaming sewage. This wastewater was heated by the underground magma and emitted a strange stench. The wastewater formed a river that flowed south. Its destination was the distant sea.

“The underground drainage system here is built using an abandoned mine tunnel. It has the most geothermal resources in Huang’e. All the hot water we use is extracted from the ground, and the three geothermal power stations provide the energy supply of the entire Huang’e City…” Lion did not forget to teach his disciple during the journey.

“Do you know when it’s the most spectacular? That’s when the wastewater is discharged every six hours. At that time, the three thermal power plants will discharge the wastewater at the same time. Billions of tons of hot water will rush down and fill up the sewer we’re in. That scene is really spectacular…” Along with Lion’s lecture was Ground Mouse Parker’s introduction. It seemed like he had already walked out of the psychological trauma of losing money.

Just as the two of them were chattering non-stop, Wu Chang, who was in the lead, suddenly stopped in his tracks and crawled to the ground. He listened to something with a terrified expression. Everyone present was at a loss.