Chapter 37

Gu Fan didn't really believe in other people's promises, so after Lu Ya said that he would protect her, Gu Fan didn't know how to respond.

She leaned back in her chair, looking outside blankly.

Lu Ya glanced at her, and suddenly there was an iron box between them. Lu Ya placed the box on Gu Fan's legs and said, "There are fifty rounds of A-class impact gun bullets in it, plus the ten that my aunt gave you. You should save them."

It’s not that he doesn’t want to give more, but the military resources are limited and he can’t be too partial.

The iron box was heavy. Gu Fan held it in his arms and felt that the bullets in this box were more important than Lu Ya's promise just now.

My uneasy heart finally felt a little relieved.

"Thank you." Gu Fan accepted the gift without hesitation. She also prepared a gift for Lu Ya, but the time had not come yet to give it to him.

The SUV stopped at Gu Fan's yard.

Lu Ya will stay here tonight, and the two of them walked towards the stairs, one in front of the other.

Gu Fan was still not used to the pointed high heels that people on Earth wore. When she reached the stairs, she held the railing with one hand and took off her high heels with the other.

There was no light in the hall, but the physique of an S-class expert still allowed Lu Ya to see her feet clearly. They were as white as jade, without any other color, and there were no signs of long-term friction from shoes, as if the owner of these feet had never walked in shoes, as if she was a beauty transformed from a fox spirit in mythology, so beautiful that it seemed unreal.

Is it because she has wood-related abilities, or is she really a vixen?

If it were a peacetime, Lu Ya would never have such an idea, but the radiation caused so many animals to mutate, and there was a possibility that among the millions of foxes there would suddenly be one that mutated in a special way.

Gu Fan put her feet on the ground, raised her head, and noticed that Lu Ya was staring at her feet.

Gu Fan: ...

Did the beauty trap really work?

She was surprised when Lu Ya suddenly turned around and walked upstairs.

Gu Fan paused and followed silently.

When they reached the second floor, Lu Ya walked towards his room, and Gu Fan continued to go upstairs.

It was quiet, and suddenly his voice came from behind: "You and Xinghe and the others agreed to trick me tonight, right?"

Gu Fan smiled awkwardly. Lu Ya answered so quickly during the meal that she thought Lu Ya didn't realize their plan.

"Actually, you can just ask me directly, there's no need to go through so much trouble."

Not long after the cold voice fell, the sound of his door closing was heard.

Gu Fan held the guardrail and looked back, looking at the closed door in surprise.

Was he angry? Was he angry at her honey trap, or was he angry that he had actually fallen for it?

The next morning, Gu Fan finished his night of practice and lay down on the soft big bed to stretch his muscles. Suddenly, he heard the sound of a car starting downstairs. It started, but did not leave immediately.

Gu Fan walked to the balcony.

She was wearing a nightgown, and the mountain breeze swirled around her, blowing her skirt all over the place.

Noticing that Lu Ya pushed open the driver's door, Gu Fan hurriedly held down the hem of her skirt.

Lu Ya looked up, then turned his back to her and said, "I'll pick you up on the evening of the 14th. Stay at my villa for one night, and then go directly to the celebration the next day."

Gu Fan: "Yeah, I understand."

Lu Ya quickly got into the car and left.

Gu Fan leaned on the guardrail, watching his car drive out of sight, and then looked towards the base farther away.

A breeze blew, and it seemed colder than yesterday's wind.

Gu Fan turned around and went back to his room and changed into long sleeves.

——

"Will you go to see the celebration tomorrow?"

On the morning of the 14th, Gu Fan asked the Xinghe team while eating breakfast.

Meng Lianying looked at the galaxy and said, "Go ahead. After all, this is the first celebration since the base was founded. You'll have to wait another fifty years to see it next time."

Xinghe: "Well, I received an invitation from the government. If you are interested, you can attend the government dinner tonight."

Fenghuo: "Why did the government invite us mercenaries?"

Xinghe said: "They said they invited five mercenary teams in total, and we are just one of them."

Meng Lianying turned to Gu Fan and said, "My cousin would probably go to a dinner like this, right?"

Gu Fan nodded: "He asked me to go with him to help him ward off peach blossoms."

Meng Lianying smiled and said, "With you here, those beautiful women will feel ashamed of themselves and dare not approach my cousin. By the way, if you dress like you did that night, you will definitely outshine the others."

Gu Fan was not interested. She dressed up that day purely to seduce Lu Ya with her beauty. There would be no benefit in her outshining the others tomorrow night, and it might even cause some trouble.

If a beautiful woman does not have the ability to protect herself, it is better for her to keep a low profile.

They agreed to meet at the dinner party, and that evening, Gu Fan went with Lu Ya to his villa in the inner ring road in advance.

The influence of the beauty trap seemed to have disappeared, and the relationship between the two returned to its original pattern - politeness.

"Want to go out for a walk?"

After eating the dinner prepared by the chef, Lu Ya invited Gu Fan.

Gu Fan: "Where are you going?"

Lu Ya: "Central Square, the night view there is pretty good."

Gu Fan didn't mind spending an hour or two practicing, so he agreed.

Lu Ya drove out of the villa area and arrived near the central square. He parked the car in a parking space on the side of the road, and the two of them walked towards the square.

Compared with the densely packed high-rise buildings in the Second Ring Road, the building density in the Inner Ring Road is low, and the designs of the buildings are full of artistic sense.

The street lights were bright, and the closer I got to the square, the more pedestrians I met. There were girls chatting and laughing, couples holding hands, and parents with children of different ages.

"This is the place closest to the lifestyle of the free era." Lu Ya looked at the crowd in the distance and explained to Gu Fan.

Gu Fan looked around and said, "Are these all people with special abilities?"

Lu Ya: "Yes, no matter when, there are always distinctions between rich and poor and status."

Gu Fan smiled.

There were food stalls on the roadside, and artists singing or playing guitar. Although the scene was so peaceful and calm, Gu Fan was unable to dispel the fear of the possible coming of a beast tide.

Walking to a bench, Gu Fan gestured for Lu Ya to sit down. She whispered to him, "There's a question I've never quite understood. Common sense suggests that monsters have a strong sense of territory and prefer to live in deep mountains and forests. If humans don't attack monsters, they shouldn't invade human bases on a large scale. Why can't these two sides coexist peacefully?"

Just like the continent of cultivation, ordinary people live in ordinary towns, while cultivators establish sects or travel around. They only go to the forests and wildernesses where monsters roam in droves when they need to collect spiritual herbs or when they have to travel. And those monsters rarely leave their nests to hunt humans.

Gu Fan wondered, why did the humans in the base have to risk their lives for more freedom? Couldn't they just stay in the base and enjoy peace and quiet like the disciples of the sect?

Lu Ya said calmly, "Monsters do have a strong sense of territory, but humans have occupied the top of the food chain on Earth for thousands of years. As a result, except for monsters that have never come into contact with humans, most monsters hate humans. In the free era, animals did not have the strength to hunt humans. During the great radiation, they suddenly mutated. Whether they were pet cats and dogs, animals in zoos, or wild beasts, their first choice was to prey on the humans around them."

"Some scholars believe that the monsters' genes have already identified humans as their enemies. The three bases were able to be established because the powerful at the bases deterred the higher-level monsters, and the protective shields isolated the lower-level monsters. If humans don't proactively eliminate the monsters, once the number of higher-level monsters grows to the point where they can no longer fear the three bases, humanity will face the risk of extinction."

After hearing this, Gu Fan suddenly understood.

The technology of the earthlings is so advanced that ordinary people can easily enjoy all kinds of wild game. After all, there are only a minority of cultivators in the cultivation continent, and most of them are ordinary people who only work from sunrise to sunset. It is considered amazing for a hunter to catch a few rabbits. How could it be possible that the monsters would regard ordinary people as enemies?

From this perspective, the earthlings and the monsters will fight to the death until one side wins completely.

"Who do you think will win in the end?"

Gu Fan looked at Lu Ya, curious about the answer from this powerful human.

Lu Ya asked her back: "Who do you hope it is?"

Gu Fan: "Of course it's a human."

Is there any need to ask? Although she is not from Earth, she is also a human being. Unless she is extremely crazy, she would not hope that the monsters will win.

Lu Ya suddenly smiled.

The soft light illuminated the smile, as if the snow lotus on the top of Fairy Peak had quietly opened its petals, adding a touch of warmth to the surrounding icy snow.

Gu Fan subconsciously asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Perhaps because her answer satisfied him, Lu Ya was willing to talk a little more. He looked at her feet and said, "Because of sun exposure, normal people's skin will have color differences. Except for your face, which turns pale or red due to fear and excitement, your skin from head to toe is surprisingly uniformly white. I've seen many wood-type medics, and they are also wood-type, but you are the only one like this."

Gu Fan frowned: "You mean, I'm not a normal person?"

Lu Ya looked at the night sky in the distance and said, "Actually, I suspected you twice. Once, I was sure you could absorb the gold element and even the five elements to cultivate. I suspected you were some kind of monster. The other time was because your feet were too perfect. They looked like the legendary fox demon."

Gu Fan: ...

"You are not a human, I am not a human, what am I doing in your base?"

After realizing what was happening, Gu Fan glared at him.

Lu Ya: "Indeed, so I believe you are a human."

Gu Fan felt like he was punching cotton.

She stood up and retraced her steps.

Familiar footsteps were heard from behind her, and finally they were two or three steps away from her.

After turning a corner, the road became quieter on both sides. Gu Fan, with his sharp eyes, noticed that under the shade of a tree diagonally opposite, a couple was snuggling together and kissing.

Gu Fan immediately turned his head away. These earthlings were too casual, even being affectionate in public. In the mainland of cultivation, not to mention how strict the separation between men and women was among ordinary people, even cultivators, if they were serious enough, would first become Taoist partners, and then practice dual cultivation in a cave or in a deserted place.

Lu Ya looked diagonally across and his gaze quickly returned to Gu Fan. He watched her quicken her pace, seeming to be very uncomfortable with this unexpected situation.

If she is really a fox demon, why would she care about such trivial matters?

Ten minutes later, the two got in the car.

Gu Fan had already put the little episode behind him. He took out a piece of chocolate and rolled it over on his tongue with relish.

It was so delicious that I couldn’t help but eat three pieces in a row.

Lu Ya suddenly stopped the car and looked at her seriously.

Gu Fan, who was taking the fourth piece, blinked her eyes, misunderstanding that Lu Ya was going to lecture her again. Just as she was about to explain that she would brush her teeth carefully every time after eating chocolate, Lu Ya suddenly leaned over and brushed his slightly cool fingertips across the corner of her mouth.

“It’s dipped in chocolate.”

Lu Ya stretched out his hand in front of her and said.

When Gu Fan saw this, he couldn't help but lick the other corner of his mouth.

Lu Ya's Adam's apple rolled, and he sat up straight and drove as if nothing had happened.