Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 48 - 038. There are too many nationalities, which one do you say I am betraying?

Chapter 48: 038. There are too many nationalities, which one do you say I am betraying?

Li Aozi indeed had not betrayed anyone.

After all, as a transmigrator, he had multiple nationalities.

In his previous life, he was a Fiery Summer person, and in this life, a Frost Plated person.

Although he only had one account, Li Aozi’s "nationalities" were numerous.

The Arlanca Kingdom, the Red Arrow Empire, the Fenesis Federation, the Galaxy Civilization, the Empire of Heralds.

Which homeland are you talking about?

Besides these, the Star Alliance, the Holy Terra Empire, the tribes, the alliances, the Great Wu Territory... aren’t these virtual nationalities even more numerous?

Due to the shielding mechanism of "Starry Abyss," certain words would be automatically modified by the system into meaningless phrases.

Li Aozi wasn’t worried about letting anything slip.

During his initial days in Mingji, he tried speaking and writing words like ’Xia Yan’ and ’Yamalika,’ but couldn’t get them out.

Thanks to the system patch, thanks to the review, thanks to the harmony!

Li Aozi hadn’t betrayed his true homeland, so naturally, he wasn’t worried about exposing anything through his expressions.

No matter how Nimotin interrogated him, Li Aozi always responded smoothly.

"Where have you been hiding all this time?"

"I was captured by Mingji Humanity. They drew my blood, extracted my bone marrow, and fed me various medicines. I finally found a chance to escape by stealing a car."

"The records show you don’t have a driver’s license. How did you drive?"

"I didn’t drive. It was another patient who escaped with me who drove."

"Who was the woman talking to you?"

"She was named Nomi, an experimental subject with Mingji Humanity. She drove the car."

"Where is she now?"

"I don’t know what she’s doing now."

Nimotin narrowed her eyes.

There was nothing wrong with Li Aozi’s answers, and his relaxed expression indicated he was being honest.

He wasn’t lying, but he was careful not to give a complete answer. Interrogation was a science, and Li Aozi simply said he didn’t know what Nomi was doing "now."

Li Aozi was right in front of her; Nomi wasn’t in his line of sight. Who knew what Nomi was doing "now."

"Has he undergone professional anti-interrogation training? Or does he simply believe he’s done nothing wrong?"

She glanced at Agent Yawen standing on the hillside behind her.

According to this lady’s investigation and their interrogation of the smuggler and driver, Li Aozi had personally admitted his connection with the Rose Army. He also handed over his personal phone to the driver in exchange for a pack of cigarettes, even though he later returned the cigarettes.

This behavior was puzzling in itself... However, a cigarette pack could have other uses beyond holding cigarettes, such as writing, passing information, or marking targets for others.

Li Aozi possessed strong psychological resilience. Ordinary people would fear transcendent beings— but he had just escaped from a lab.

As for Mingji Humanity, she knew a thing or two about it. She remembered that the leader of that organization wasn’t quite normal.

The more questions she asked, the stranger it seemed: Li Aozi’s demeanor was too perfect, as if everything could be explained away, yet what normal person would think of running off to the Outer World?

Couldn’t she see this desolation all around?

"He doesn’t seem like someone from the Rose Army. Could he be from the Empire or the Sky Ring?"

It seemed improbable that the Rose Army could produce such talent. Li Aozi spoke with conviction and confidence and claimed he hadn’t betrayed his country—the Rose Army hadn’t even formed a nation; besides Frost Plated, what country could he have betrayed?

A mere security guard, born in a border village, with a vocational school education, and up until yesterday, he knew nothing—how could he display such calm and collected demeanor?

The key was that according to the lie detector test, he truly loved his country!

Nimotin no longer considered the Rose Army. Based on her experience, cultivating such a person was difficult even for the Four Nations themselves.

While Nimotin grew more confused with each question, Li Aozi became increasingly adept at handling the interrogation.

Nimotin’s personality and questioning tendencies were all too clear to Li Aozi.

Li Aozi had an assassin friend who later played an assaulter role in the professional league. When he encountered the Nimotin task, he got sick of the final battle and, in trying to gather information on Nimotin, brought Li Aozi and a group of streamers to the Fourth Rule headquarters to steal their files.

In the files, the Frost Plated Government had given a serious assessment of Nimotin:

"...she’s not very bright and lacks some basic common sense. Her education level is too low, only high school, and she rose to her position purely through personal combat strength. She is unsuitable for infiltration work; her organizational skills are terrible and she cannot mitigate team conflicts or morale. However, she is a good choice for suppression due to her individual combat prowess."

With all this information, they even cracked Nimotin’s bank card PIN, and virtually every assassin’s main quest strategy thereafter was built on the decrypted data they obtained.

Nimotin was truly formidable in combat but also truly dull-witted.

After Li Aozi’s smooth responses, Nimotin became a bit stumped.

She had only ever dealt with unruly citizens and had never seen anyone so cooperative when suppressing the Rose Army and strikes.

Crucially, she knew he was hiding something, but couldn’t get anything out of him.

Nimotin questioned him for a while longer, but she eventually got her brain overtaxed and realized she couldn’t continue this way.

Li Aozi was shivering in the cold; he didn’t seem to be stalling for time.

After a lengthy interrogation, she finally considered a possibility:

"Could Li Aozi be an undercover agent from another country?"

Thus, she began asking him roundabout questions about national culture.

Li Aozi was amused. He had spent two versions on Azure Star, and even if he didn’t check the official site every day, everyday platforms like Douyin and Bilibili provided him with ample information, making him intimately familiar with Azure Star’s various cultures.

He might not remember much about storyline specifics, but he definitely recalled plenty about the local cuisine, beauties, and scenery.

After a series of inquiries, Li Aozi, who had a Red Arrow Empire origin, made Nimotin doubt whether she herself was a Frost Plated person.

While Nimotin was caught in her dilemma, Li Aozi felt more at ease. Having talked at length about Frost Plated’s folk culture, he remembered some things about his past in the Red Arrow Empire.

Relaxation helped in resisting interrogation, especially with someone as dim-witted as Nimotin. If she got worked up, she’d resort to torture for a confession.

Li Aozi’s "Charm" stat was high, giving his words an intrinsic appeal and attraction, causing people to unconsciously trust and feel favorable towards him, attentively listening to his words.

He wasn’t in a hurry. Nomi was no Qiu Ran, and she didn’t have deep knowledge of vehicles. The more time he could buy for Nomi, the better.

To maintain his relaxation, he began reminiscing about the past.

In Li Aozi’s heart, among the Four Nations, he still had fond memories of the Red Arrow Empire, largely because the Empire’s citizenship benefits were excellent and offered ample development opportunities. If you worked hard, you were bound to be rewarded.

Though in reality, none of the Four Nations were virtuous, the Empire still left him with many good memories.

Moreover, those who participated in the 2.0 version of the Red Arrow Empire’s storyline mostly resonated with it.

It was a great nation that had endured countless hardships, suffered territorial losses, paid reparations, undergone foreign invasions, and experienced the collapse of the central land, yet remained resilient and moved towards rejuvenation and strength under the leadership of steadfast patriots.

Furthermore, the Empire’s dominant style and powerful national development were highly appealing, particularly in terms of cultural and musical sophistication.

"In that case," Nimotin said, "sing your great nation’s national anthem."

Li Aozi responded without hesitation:

"From the Erga Coast to the peaks of Davalon, the crimson arrow advances relentlessly—"

In the next instant, Nimotin raised her prosthetic arm, a gun barrel extending from her palm, aiming at Li Aozi’s forehead:

"Damn you, you dog of the Empire!"