Chapter 24

"Beep - the game is over!"

The big screen in the stadium flashed twice, and the final score displayed was a huge difference.

Xi Ze jumped off the mecha and watched the hatch of the mecha opposite slowly open. A gloomy look flashed across the face of the female soldier inside, and she also jumped down.

“There has been no regression, but there has also been no progress.”

Xi Ze pointed at him from a distance, and said in a somewhat stern tone, "Anto, you don't care."

The female soldier opposite had brown hair and brown eyes. She was undoubtedly strong and handsome, but her narrow eyes and high cheekbones made her look a little mean.

Anto laughed dryly, "It's not that I don't care, it's just that the admiral is as scary as a monster. He can refresh the highest score in the arena every once in a while. How can ordinary soldiers like me compare to him?"

Xi Ze frowned fiercely and said coldly, "Be serious!"

"A lot of your moves just now were superfluous. There are obviously more concise and neat ways of attacking, why not use them? When you were showing off your wing flip skills, I could have ended the game with one strike."

The soldiers who were watching came running over. Caesar was too lazy to argue with him, so he said calmly, "Go back and train yourself. Let me see your progress before next week."

As they passed each other, Anto's expression changed slightly.

Normally he would not lose his temper, but the sympathy or ridicule in the faces of his colleagues around him was like a fuse that ignited an evil fire.

He whispered indifferently, "It would be fine at any other time, but now everyone is watching us, can't you give me some face, Admiral?"

Xi Ze stopped suddenly, and the molten-gold eyes under his military cap were as sharp as a knife, piercing Antoxia's consciousness and making him shrink.

"When you go to the battlefield, will the enemy give you face?"

The female soldiers around were instantly terrified, and subconsciously stood at attention, following the instructions very skillfully.

Anto's expression turned pale and blue, but he didn't dare to say a word.

"Don't treat training as training, treat it as a real battlefield. How many times have I told you?!"

"How many lives do you have to support you in doing those empty tricks? Do you think fighting is just playing house?"

"Don't deal with those extravagant, corrupt and decadent idiots. You've been getting worse and worse lately."

With these last words, Caesar left Anto behind and walked out of the training ground. When he looked up, he saw the female insect with gray hair in the audience.

"teacher."

There was a smile in his eyes, and his expression was very respectful. "How did you find time to come here?"

The female insect, who was respectfully called teacher, said with emotion, "You are still so strict. You treat your soldiers like this. Aren't you afraid that they will rebel?"

Caesar explained in a low voice, "You know, being lenient during training is the greatest cruelty to them. I must do my best to ensure that they can come back alive from the battlefield."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that."

The female insect waved her hand and looked at the young female soldier who was obviously angry.

"You and Edka are both my students, how can I not understand him? Zhang Yang is used to being arrogant, and his heart is higher than the sky, but he has no bad intentions, so you should just give him some respect."

Xi Ze pursed his lips and compromised, "...Yes, don't worry."

…

"Admiral, there is a bug looking for you."

Xi Ze turned around and saw a female insect standing at the entrance of the training ground.

Although the distance was a little far, he could still see that the female insect had the same hair color as him.

"Disband, free practice."

The expression on his face faded, and after disbanding his troops, he walked straight to the door.

"What's the matter?"

Xi Ze had an indifferent expression. He slowly took off his white gloves and put them into his pocket. He never even looked at the female insect.

The female insect opposite also had white hair and golden eyes, with long hair tied behind her head, and was wearing luxurious clothes of the nobility. His eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Caesar's, but he was a little warmer and gentler than Caesar.

"Can't I come see you if I'm alright?"

He complained in a low voice, but his tone was still gentle, "You haven't called me father for a long time."

Xi Ze didn't respond to his words at all. He waited for a few seconds and turned around without saying anything else. "If everything is fine, I'll leave."

"etc!"

"This is for you."

Lance took out an old pocket watch from his pocket. All the blue diamonds on its surface had fallen off, making it look broken and pitted. A few engraving marks could be vaguely seen on the cover.

"Didn't you like this very much when you were a child? You said it was your lucky gift, and your father had finally found it from your brother's belongings... When the battle starts, take it with you, maybe it will bring you good luck."

Caesar glanced at the little piece of junk and wanted to say something sarcastic, but when the words came to his lips, he felt tired and was too lazy to open his mouth.

"Don't come to me again."

Seeing that he was about to leave without mercy, Lance's expression changed slightly, but he still smiled and said, "I put it on the chair next to you. If you don't want it, just let it be cleaned up."

Bang--

The door of the training ground slammed shut in front of her. The female insect hesitated for a while, then bent down, put down her things and left.

After a long while, the door was pushed open again, and Caesar's figure appeared.

He let out a light click of his tongue, frowned, and seemed hesitant, but in the end he still picked up the lonely little piece of junk on the chair.

…

The long-lost memories that had long been blurred surged up, but were crushed into powder in the storm of turbulent mental images.

He caught a glimpse of a corner in the extreme pain, and was shocked to find that all the sufferings had their origins long ago and were not caused overnight.

Strong winds and heavy snow continued to rage across the vast snowy plain, making the surface of the land even more devastated.

Only one small house was protected in the eye of the storm. The small lamp under the window was blown by the wind and made a crackling sound, emitting a warm feeling.

It exudes a familiar soft breath, standing there absurdly and abruptly, as firm as a lighthouse standing in the waves, leading the subversion and reshaping of destruction and rebirth.

…

Wow——

A stream of boiling water sprayed out of the shower, and Yael soaked the surrounding walls and floors.

Not until the warm steam filled the bathroom and melted the coldness in the air did he lower the temperature of the water and slowly wet Caesar's body.

This scene seemed familiar. When he had just brought back the female insect, he had rinsed it in the same way.

The only difference was that last time I was feeling cautious and unfamiliar, but now I was filled with cold, suppressed anger.

He was in no mood to respond to the little thing rubbing against his feet. He mercilessly turned the shower head around, splashing the female insect's face and hair, causing her to cough and sneeze a few times without warning.

“…Ahem…Hmm!”

The water flow was blocked by the female insect's raised arms, and a line of hazy golden light finally lit up with some difficulty, like a glimmer of light piercing through the dripping mist, suddenly burning Yael's heart.

Finally woke up.

Feelings of relief and fear surged up, temporarily covering up the anger.

His hand trembled, and the water from the shower deflected. He realized later that half of his body was weak.

"Ahem... Lord?"

Xi Ze opened his eyes in excruciating pain, and felt that every inch of his flesh and blood was breaking and reorganizing, and his whole body was spasming and twitching uncontrollably.

There was still an impenetrable darkness in front of him, but his wandering mental power imaged everything in the bathroom in his mind. The outline of the male insect standing in front of him was clear, but he still couldn't make out his expression.

But at the end of his mental power, he felt a strong anger and panic from him.

And the overwhelming feeling is one of worry.

After realizing this, the pain that was once unbearable became tame.

Something heavy weighed on his heart, and Xize couldn't help but let out a fitful laugh from his throat, "My Lord..."

He opened his mouth and said with a reluctant voice, "...Don't be angry..."

Yael's pupils shrank slightly, and his hands holding the showerhead tightened their consciousness.

The next second, he turned the water flow to the maximum with a cold face, rushing over the female insect's sensitive waist and legs, stimulating Xi Ze to cry out softly and curl up his body to resist.

It continued to rinse for a long time until the female insect half closed her eyes and almost fell asleep again.

Yael threw the showerhead to the ground with a bang, grabbed the female insect by the collar and pulled her up.

"What do you want?"

The few words were almost crushed and squeezed out between his teeth. He had never spoken to Caesar in this tone before.

Their faces were so close that their hot breaths intertwined and blended, almost indistinguishable from each other.

Yael lowered his eyes and looked into the female insect's eyes, as if he was looking at a door that he had knocked on many times but had never been opened to him. His anger and powerlessness grew and receded.

"Take good care of yourself. You promised me that you wanted to live, didn't you? Why are you dying now? If I hadn't woken you up in the middle of the night, you would have seen a frozen corpse tomorrow!"

He suppressed his anger, but couldn't help but growl in the end.

The feeling of something rubbing against my feet frightened me so much that I froze and didn't dare to move.

Xi Ze panted violently and rapidly, trying his best to relax his tightly wrinkled brows.

Before Yer could get suspicious, he reached out and pressed his hand on his collar, muttering repeatedly, "My Lord..."

“…”

The female insect in front of him was obviously still unconscious. Yael took a few deep breaths and tried hard to suppress his anger.

Staying here would only make him feel worse, so he might as well go fix the temperature control and calm down.

He picked up the flower sprinkler on the ground, threw it into the female insect's arms, and said coldly, "Take it, do it yourself."

Outside the living room.

Fortunately, the thunderstorm just now did not cause a power outage, otherwise it would be troublesome.

The central temperature control system is old and cannot be restored automatically. 015 also automatically entered low temperature protection because the temperature was too low and cannot be helped for the time being.

Yael took out a set of tools from the corner, pried open a piece of alloy wall, and began to repair the complicated winding wires.

The hand holding the tool was still trembling slightly, and it was pale and cold, almost bloodless.

He lowered his eyes to look at it, put down his tools and clenched his fists tightly, while using his other hand to continuously press and rub the acupuncture points on it, forcing himself to regain relaxation and stability.

"Click! Beep—"

After a slight sound, the heating enveloped every corner of the house again. The temperature that had dropped to freezing point began to rise slowly, and 015 also turned on with difficulty.

Yael was still staring at the line in front of him, and only when he felt calmer did he get up and go back to his room.

However, when I opened the bathroom door, what I saw was not the female insect being showered with warm water.

Xi Ze was lying on the ground, all wet, with a showerhead nearby, spraying hot water.

As the hot water cools down, it grabs body temperature even more fiercely. The female insect's body is trembling slightly, and that strange mental power seems to become violent, rushing around in the bathroom.

Yael took another deep breath, and felt that the anger that had just been suppressed was like steam boiling again, about to burst open the lid of the pot.

Since he traveled through time, there have been many things that have made him lose control of his temper, and this was one of them.

Very good, very good.

But before his anger affected his rationality, in order to avoid worsening the female insect's injury, he released soothing pheromones.

The rich, slightly bitter sweet smell gradually spread throughout the bathroom, entwined with the mist, and then seeped into every inch of the female insect's flesh and blood.

The male insect's pheromone is a top-level soothing agent. The subtle coolness dredges the blocked pain and brings a huge sense of relief and relaxation.

Yerben didn't want to always describe him with food, but he couldn't stop the urge to bite hard.

He had restrained himself many times, but this time he finally didn't want to endure it anymore, so he just let out his anger -

“…Hmm?”

Stimulated, Xize let out a low cry unexpectedly, and his hand reached for the tingling and itching spot, but he touched soft hair instead.

After being scolded and bitten, and with the effect of pheromones, Xi Ze was finally awakened.

"Hero Lord...?"

He opened his eyes with some difficulty, but the lips and teeth left his body and bit his exposed vulnerable neck randomly, leaving sharp teeth marks as if venting anger.

Caesar gave a vague laugh and stretched out his hand, but instead of pushing the male insect away, he stroked his shoulders and neck patiently.

"...I am very angry now. You have seriously offended me."

After gnawing on the female insect for an unknown amount of time, Yael finally loosened his teeth and spoke in a calm tone.

Nothing could be heard from the sound, but the end of the spiritual power that was wandering outside was able to keenly sense the darkness and danger that was deeply suppressed and rolling like magma.

Caesar moved his lips but didn't say anything like sorry or anything like that. He knew that was not what Yael wanted.

"I am punishing you now. You must stay still and not resist."

As I was straining my aching brain to think of a solution, the male insect's tense words suddenly echoed from above. They were undoubtedly filled with anger, but——

What kind of punishment is this?

A corner of my heart suddenly collapsed, and the high wall that had been frozen for years broke, allowing the warm spring breeze to flow in.

He felt extremely sad, yet he could hardly suppress his joy.

Xi Ze supported himself on his elbows and struggled to stand up, his hand that was stroking the spine of the male insect on his body slid to his waist.

He reached out and hugged Yael's waist, and was enveloped by the clean and clear scent that belonged only to the male insect in front of him.

Resting his chin on the male's shoulder, he almost sighed.

“I reconstructed the mental picture.”

"What?"

Yael was stunned and couldn't react for a moment.

He realized belatedly what it meant to reconstruct a mental picture. His pupils shrank, and his movement to push the female insect away froze.

"What did you just say?"

His voice was light, with a hint of disbelief.

The mental picture is constructed from memory and subconsciousness, in other words, from all past life experiences and emotions.

Although it had been destroyed before, it was still possible to recover if the foundation was not destroyed.

And reconstruction means complete destruction and separation.

He discarded everything that once made up his flesh and blood, cut out the rotten flesh that had been held for too long and had become rotten and smelly, and welcomed a bloody new life of complete transformation.

Realizing that Cesar had been enduring the pain, Yael subconsciously increased the delivery of pheromones.

A soothing mental force then gathered and merged into the mental picture of the female insect stirring up a storm.

The originally flagging spiritual power suddenly shook, like a little beast out of the cage that had been pardoned, rubbing against Yael's thighs and waist, acting coquettishly and foolishly.

“Why do you do this?”

Yael finally came back to his senses and felt that the female insect's body was still trembling slightly under his palm.

His eyelashes trembled slightly, and his voice was a little unsteady. "It can be cured slowly. Isn't it getting better?"

The suppressed anger bubbled up and almost boiled over again. He gritted his teeth and whispered.

"Even if you have to do this, why didn't you tell me first? If I hadn't woken up suddenly, would you have died of pain or frozen to death on the ground? Do you know--"

He was angry and disappointed, with a slight tremor in his voice at the end, "Why are you always like this?"

In his arms was the female insect's wet body, and her hot breath sprayed on his sensitive ears... At least it proved that the female insect was still alive, which somewhat eased his fear.

But the female insect in my arms still ignorantly stepped on that red line——

"It's not that easy for a female soldier to die. The male master can rest assured."

"If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't have done this rashly. The worst that could happen is that I would completely lose my mental strength, but it wouldn't really endanger my life."

His voice was intermittent and his breathing was obviously unstable, making his words not credible at all.

Instead, it was like a splash of oil, pouring on Yael's anger that was bubbling up again.

"Really?"

Yael sneered briefly, his Adam's apple rolling as he swallowed the swollen pain that was rising up, and he was even so angry that he kept taking deep breaths.

"So what I picked up wasn't a female insect, but a copper-cast iron mecha that is invulnerable to swords and guns. It doesn't feel pain even if it's injured. As long as it can stay alive, it's even willing to dismantle its arms and legs to replace parts. Is that right?"

"……sorry."

Xi Ze was silent for a moment and said harshly.

Yael could clearly sense that the female insect had been avoiding the question, and there was a hint of annoyance in her tone.

"I'm sorry, but you just won't change, right?"

Sensing the male insect's anger, Xi Ze's throat twitched and he said helplessly, "...but there is no time."

He had been at the mercy of others for too long and could not wait to get better. He had to make a decision as soon as possible.

The news that he was taken away by the male insect may have reached the ears of that guy. This place is no longer safe.

The few days of leisure he had stolen from the chaotic storm were already a luxurious and precious gift bestowed upon him by God.

If he wanted to continue living and keep the male insect in front of him safely under his wings, he couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

The male insect didn't need to be told about the twists and turns and the ugliness. He had to stand outside the situation safely and cleanly until he cleaned up all the debris, and then...

He originally wanted to complete the reconstruction secretly without telling Yael, but his consciousness became confused in the severe pain.

I don't know when, but my body had already curled up beside the male insect's bed, as if the closer I was to that light breath, I could gain more strength to get through it.

This already explains some problems.

"I didn't mean to scare you, but I couldn't control myself..."

The tip of Caesar's nose rubbed Yael's chin in a flattering manner, and the soft corner of his lips accidentally brushed against his jaw, making it tense instantly.

He was trying to calm the male insect down, but he accidentally pulled the wound and couldn't help but groan.

“…”

What no time?

Yael was a little stunned, vaguely aware of the dark meaning behind these words.

He should have continued to question what the female insect was hiding, but anger and heartache were competing with each other, constantly struggling to gain the upper hand.

The ears were filled with the sound of painful breaths, which continued to add weight to my heart, and the scale finally couldn't help but tip to one side.

“You really are…”

Yael murmured in a low voice, and after a while he suddenly closed his eyes, with a hint of compromise in his voice, "Forget it."

He stroked the female insect's shoulders and back with his fingertips. There were large, rough scars there. A new scab had formed not long ago. He wondered if it had torn again.

"Does the wound hurt?"

“It doesn’t hurt…”

The pain in my body is gradually receding, but it is replaced by another kind of unbearable itching.

Xi Ze took a breath patiently for a moment and gradually released his pheromones.

The bitter tea aroma gradually spreads and blends with the sweetness of caramel, brewing a very special flavor.

The heat in his body had been growing continuously since the beginning, and after just a few minutes of talking with the male insect, he was almost unable to control his rising passion.

Although it was the male insect who started it, Caesar still asked politely, "Do you want to do it?"

Yael's expression had eased a little, but when he heard this, it suddenly darkened, "Do it, do it, you big head ghost, you are like this now, I am afraid you will die in the middle of it."

Xi Ze smiled. He didn't really want to say these words at this inappropriate time, but he couldn't hide his physiological reaction.

But soon he pursed his lips again, and suddenly he was a little worried that the image of himself in the male insect's eyes would be very lustful and bad.

"Okay...get up."

Yael placed his palm on the female insect's head and rubbed it not very gently.

After that incident, he later found more information and found that pheromones do not always induce female insects to go into estrus, but the method he used was slightly wrong.

With a thought, the sweet smell lingering in the bathroom gradually changed.

Although it still smells sweet, it no longer has that soul-crushing temptation. Instead, it brings on a warm and drowsy feeling. I just want to relax my guard and fall asleep without any worries.

Yael picked up the showerhead that had been thrown aside and poured hot water over the female insect again.

The bathroom was silent for a moment. Apart from the splashing sound of hot water, there were only two silent gasps of varying depths.

The central temperature-controlled heating was finally delivered to the bathroom, and the originally cold air gradually warmed up.

The female insect in my arms seemed to have finally successfully passed the critical period of rebuilding her mental picture, and her tense body gradually relaxed.

Even if you don't try to sense it, the freshness and fullness of the new life almost overflows, wandering and being sensed in the bathroom.

Then one, two, three, four... countless externalized mental powers finally "clicked" and stuck to Yael.

Really, it's so useless.

Sensing the movement of the spiritual power, Xize cursed in his heart, but the tips of his ears inexplicably turned slightly red with shame.

The usually reserved military woman could not express her feelings openly, but her mental strength did not have to worry about that.

Especially the spiritual power reconstructed with the hut as the "eye", was simply unable to resist the familiar light fragrance of the male insect.

In contrast to the lively spirit, Yel always kept his eyes lowered.

"I'm still very angry. Very, very angry."

After a while, he suddenly spoke, breaking the almost warm silence in the bathroom.

Yael has calmed down, but some things have indeed violated his principles and must be made clear.

I don't know if it's a conflict of ideas, but even though he has been emphasizing that life is paramount, the female insect has never known how to take care of its body, relying on its strong vitality to abuse itself.

Xi Ze said he wanted to live, but he just lived for the sake of living, maybe for revenge, or maybe for other purposes.

But no matter what, he didn't...really want to get better.

The female insect in his arms stiffened for a moment, gasped for a moment, and spoke intermittently.

"What should I do then... maybe you can punish me until you calm down?"

"You have no idea what I'm talking about."

Yael was too lazy to even open his eyelids. He just pushed the female insect in his arms away, let him sit against the wall with his legs bent, and began to rinse the bleeding area on the front of the female insect's body.

He never seemed to be able to save him.

This thought made Yael feel a little depressed.

But since the problem cannot be avoided, try to find a way to solve it. There is no point in getting anxious if there is no shortcut.

Just like when you decided to pick up the stray puppy that was clinging to you and take it home, you were already prepared to take the responsibility of taking care of it. You didn't worry about how much money and energy you had to spend, you just kept moving forward and living a good life.

Xi Ze dodged the water flow, grabbed the hem of the male insect's pajamas again and hugged him, leaving large wet marks on his pajamas.

He whispered, "Don't be like this... Lord, tell me."

"You also know that it's annoying to leave things unsaid?"

Yael hummed softly, but he did not hide anything and let the female insect guess.

"It's not about you hiding your reconstruction from me, it's about your attitude that you don't care about your body and life at all."

"Wouldn't it be painful for a female soldier to die easily? Can't you take care of yourself a little bit?"

Xi Ze was startled and blinked slowly, as if he could not believe it.

The things that he had been subconsciously avoiding and not daring to think about deeply were put in front of him by the male insect without any scruples, and were laid bare for him to see.

He will no longer be able to play dumb and fool around.

It was a sincerity and truthfulness that was unccealed and hot enough to burn one's heart.

After a while, he couldn't help but chuckled.

There is clearly no conflict of interest and he is even a complete burden, right? Why can Yael do this?

Simply, almost unrequitedly, I care about his feelings, and even get angry and upset about it.

He suddenly recalled the long-lost memory that had just been unearthed.

He originally thought that it was just trivial things that were worn out by the endless wars, and he had long forgotten the specific details and the emotions at that time.

But this does not seem to be the case.

He never forgot.

And at least five years before he disappeared from the sun, in the last second before he "died" while looking at the bloody sky, he was still longing for a glance of pity from that hypocritical and stingy love.

But the crows gnawing at flesh and blood on the battlefield will not forget the tragedy of the poor corpse. The genius admiral who once wore a glorious cape is now dead, and the only survivor is a broken shell riddled with holes.

Fortunately, fortunately...

On that snowy night, Yael passed by that dark alley and saved him from death.

It was as if the cruel gods, seeing him walking alone for half his life and being so miserable, finally felt a little sympathy for him.

Xi Ze's eyes closed slightly, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

The male insect whispered in his ear with some dissatisfaction, telling him to stop speaking half-sentences, saying that he really deserved a beating.

Then the question naturally turns to when is the best time to make an appointment with the doctor for a physical examination...

He was so thoroughly moved.

This would have been unimaginable just a few weeks ago, or even in his first half of life.

There was no high-sounding oath, no hypocrisy of sweet words, and not even much definite love.

But this male insect is so gentle and strong, principled and empathetic, and he shines like a star.

Through a thin layer of cloth, he could feel the beating heart nearby.

It was like an extremely stable anchor, the other end pulling him back so that he wouldn't fall to the bottom and end up being shattered to pieces without a burial place.

"Are you listening to me?"

Yael tilted his head to look at his shoulder. For some reason, the female insect in front of him had been distracted since the beginning.

He recalled the terrifying reconstruction of the female worm and was somewhat worried about what kind of aftereffects it might leave.

"…Did you really succeed in rebuilding your mental landscape? Would you not become a fool?"

"How could that be?"

Caesar buried his face in his arms and laughed, "I feel good now...better than ever before."

Yael tutted his tongue and said, "It's over. I've really become stupid."

He turned off the water valve, pulled off the bath towel and covered the female insect with it, and shouted 015 to the outside of the door. After a while, the sound of hurried wheels was heard.

He lowered his head obediently and had his wet head rubbed. Thinking of some unusual movements he had noticed recently, a hint of darkness flashed across Xize's eyes.

I don't know how much that idiot has noticed, and what he will do out of desperation, but the result will not change the slightest.

Not shooting him dead five years ago would have been the worst decision of his life.

soon……

He could feel that during this period of recuperation, his damaged self-healing ability was gradually recovering and the wounds were healing faster.

Just give him a month, or even less than a month, and everything will be on track.

It will be soon.

The author has something to say:

Thoughts:

A general looks fierce and stern (and he is), but once he takes someone to heart, he will devote himself wholeheartedly to that person.

Ye Ye is also beautiful, strong and tragic, but in the future they will be able to redeem and favor each other. The author just loves this tune... Please everyone enjoy the delicious meal together (wipe saliva)