Feder rubbed his eyes forcefully, assuring himself that he was not seeing things wrong, for the person standing on the hatch was indeed Li Ming.
So, Prince Gabriel had sneaked away just to capture Li Ming?
Feder was astonished and felt utterly bewildered.
Even though he had known a few days ago that Asimara had secretly sent people to capture someone, he had never connected this mission with Li Ming.
With the cunning level of that guy, how could he be easily captured?
For a moment, he could hardly believe it, subconsciously suspecting that there was a trick at play here.
"Is that really Li Ming?"
"Truly charismatic, even wearing a gene inhibitor, yet so proud..."
"Meeting him for the first time, he indeed looks different from the pictures and videos."
A low murmur of noises arose around, as most of the commanders present came from various civilizations in the Silver Star Cluster, not solely from the Yitelan Civilization.
Previously, they had only seen this name and related images in files.
They didn’t share Feder’s incredulous feeling.
In the documents, Li Ming was just a human from a small place, with significant development potential.
And now, what made him most noteworthy was that he was a student of Azure Dragon, having rejected Asimara’s overture.
Only then did everyone understand Asimara’s intent in calling them here.
Even though Li Ming had rejected Asimara’s overture because of his unfathomable teacher, Azure Dragon, to Asimara, this was somewhat of a joke.
They were invited just to witness what would happen to someone who refused her offer.
But indeed, it had the intended effect, as Azure Dragon couldn’t save his student this time.
How did he get caught!
Prince Bai Jiang, standing at the back, suddenly looked grim and then glanced over from behind Feder.
He couldn’t see Feder’s expression, and at this moment, he even suspected if it was Feder who had betrayed Li Ming.
He wasn’t concerned about Li Ming; what mattered was how much influence Asimara could expand through this event.
Though Asimara was facing away from the crowd, she could somewhat guess everyone’s thoughts, and indeed, she did plan to regain some momentum.
But thinking of Li Ming’s terrifying development potential, it made her heart bleed; not only was he already a Level B life form, but his development progress had even surpassed 60%!
Now, however, this person was out of her reach.
The murmur gradually subsided, and the crowd’s expressions became peculiar as they looked at each other.
"Isn’t this guy just posing? Why isn’t anyone escorting him down?" someone muttered.
As the words fell, Prince Gabriel, looking somewhat grim, walked out from behind Li Ming.
"Let’s go." His voice was ice-cold, his mood was bad, because of Li Ming’s terrifying development potential, making all accompanying personnel cautious in their treatment of him.
As the son of an Empire Duke, of course, he wouldn’t make the inelegant act of shoving Li Ming.
Several soldiers carefully nudged Li Ming, and only then did he walk down the steps.
Everyone looked at each other more strangely, seeming to have a reverence towards Li Ming.
Feder hurried over immediately, sizing him up from all angles and even couldn’t help but attempt to pinch Li Ming’s arm.
"Are you sick?" Li Ming quietly shook off Feder’s hand.
"Is it really Li Ming?" Feder was still somewhat incredulous.
Gabriel responded coldly, "After the verification of the genetic data, it’s confirmed that he is Li Ming."
"Why were you captured?" Feder couldn’t help but ask.
Li Ming shrugged helplessly, "I don’t know, I was just drinking when Prince Gabriel, like a divine soldier, caught me right away."
"That simple?" Feder looked towards Gabriel.
Gabriel obviously was displeased, "What else, he’s just a..."
He glanced around, saw everyone eagerly listening, and vaguely exclaimed, "He’s just a normal life form, does it need to be more difficult?"
"That’s true..." Feder was still a bit skeptical.
With his current mindset, he was no longer worried that Li Ming would reveal some of his past misdeeds, with the Pardon Order, those matters were no longer significant.
Did I overestimate him?
After all, sending two Level A life forms to capture Li Ming seemed quite normal, Feder sunk into deep thought.
"Your Highness, long time no see, you are still so beautiful," Li Ming looked towards Asimara and complimented.
People had weird expressions; this guy really had no sense of being a prisoner.
His teacher, Azure Dragon, was now hostile towards Asimara and couldn’t protect him.
Even if he held a value that could counterbalance Azure Dragon, it was no trouble for Asimara to make him suffer.
Asimara glanced at him emotionlessly and said lightly, "When you left, you didn’t even inform me."
Feder’s heart skipped a beat, suddenly looking up, something was absolutely wrong.
It wasn’t just him; others were also bewildered by Asimara’s too favorable attitude.
"I left in a hurry..." Li Ming said helplessly, "Besides, you also left the Blue Star then."
"Yes, unfortunately..." Asimara sighed deeply, "Let’s go, I have many questions I want to get answers for from you."
Led by Asimara, a group of high-ranking officials escorted Li Ming towards the depths.
To say they were ’escorting’ might not be accurate, as Li Ming was walking leisurely, and others seemed to match his pace.
Gabriel’s expression turned ugly several times as he wanted to speed up but had to slow down again.