Chapter 134: The First Light of the Return At this moment, the first ray of dawn penetrated the horizon...

Gu Yifeng turned sideways and barely avoided a piece of gravel that passed by.

Amidst the thick smoke and dust, he looked up at the covered bridge. A white figure stood atop the ruins, overlooking the battlefield. She remained silent, as if nothing around her concerned her. Her pristine white wedding dress had long since turned to tatters, its tattered hem dancing in the windless air. She was like a white flower growing among the rubble, stubbornly blooming in the storm.

"Your wife?!" Ni Qianfan raised his hand to block the flying concrete while roaring at Gu Yifeng, "We call this 'domestic violence'! Dr. Gu, do you have any special fetishes?!"

Gu Yifeng's eyes dimmed, and a broken smile lingered in his voice: "If this is domestic violence... then what do you call what you did to her? Hmm?"

Ni Qianfan looked around at the devastated battlefield and was speechless for a moment.

The movement of several accompanying military vehicles caught Wen Yi's attention. She frowned slightly, then waved her hand casually, sending the vehicles flying and tumbling into the distance. The indiscriminate attack crushed everything before her, leveling it to the ground. Her cold gaze swept over Gu Yifeng, without a ripple, a look of complete disregard for the laws of the world.

Ni Qianfan dragged Gu Yifeng and hid behind a collapsed giant pipe in a panic: "Can you persuade her to stop?"

Gu Yifeng shook his head: "Her consciousness has been overwritten! It's not her own consciousness that's controlling her body now."

"What should we do then?!"

"Follow the original plan! Take your equipment and find a way to the main power control room!" Gu Yifeng pointed to the half-collapsed control room a few dozen meters away. "Connect it to the nuclear power plant's main grid!" He tightly grasped Ni Qianfan's arm, his eyes filled with desperate determination. "I'll find a way to lure her to the designated area—this is our only chance to wake her up!"

Ni Qianfan glanced at the approaching figure in the distance, then at Gu Yifeng's determined eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, "Fuck! You'd better bring your wife back alive!"

After saying that, he no longer hesitated. Taking advantage of the moment when Wen Yi's attention was drawn to the armored vehicle on the other side, he pushed the heavy equipment box as fast as he could, and with the cover of the ruins, he rushed towards the power room.

Gu Yifeng slowly stood up from behind the shelter. He took a deep breath and walked towards the covered bridge, resisting the hurricane-like rocks and flying sand. Dust and sand kept blowing across his cheeks, but he kept staring at the white figure.

Wen Yi finally noticed him.

She tapped her toes lightly, leaned forward and jumped off the covered bridge.

She was like a petal falling from a branch, but she hovered in defiance of the laws of physics, spinning lightly in the distorted gravitational field and drifting straight towards him.

Amidst the chaotic battlefield and the roar of artillery fire, Wen Yi easily caught his drowned voice:

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to take you home."

Wen Yi, as light as a snowy owl, swooped down from the sky, grabbed Gu Yifeng by the back of his collar, lifted him off the ground, and turned to leap towards the covered bridge. The sudden feeling of overweight caught him off guard and he groaned.

"Um... y-you go slower."

She didn't respond, just glanced at him.

He gritted his teeth against the wind, "Yi Yi! Too fast! I can't... take it anymore."

“…”

He subconsciously hugged her tightly around the waist, suppressing his disordered breathing:

"Ugh...I really can't stand it."

"...Hmph." She frowned almost imperceptibly and slowed down a little.

He took a breath and immediately softened his voice: "Yes, that's it... a little slower, okay?"

She hesitated slightly.

"That's much better, thank you..."

Gu Yifeng looked down——

His legs were hanging in the air, and beneath his feet was the bottomless night.

“…”

He closed his eyes and tightened his arms around her, almost embedding her in his arms. There was a hint of flattery in his voice: "Yi Yi...does it make you uncomfortable if I hold you like this?"

The dark blue pupils turned and glanced at him, and a cold arc appeared at the corners of her lips.

Gu Yifeng felt that the arms around her waist were violently shaken away by an invisible force!

"ah--!"

His heart skipped a beat and he fell rapidly in the whistling wind, experiencing a vertical free fall.

Just when he thought he was doomed, the white figure swooped down again, precisely grabbing him by the back of his collar. A sense of overweight washed over him, his chest tightening. Like a cat being strangled by the scruff of its neck, he let her do whatever she wanted, his face pale.

“Bang—”

He was mercilessly thrown onto the dilapidated covered bridge. When he moved, he heard a dangerous sound of metal. Gu Yifeng slowly sat up and stared at her silently in the darkness.

The army had already quietly withdrawn, all the noise gradually faded away, and it seemed as if there were only the two of them left in the whole world.

Gu Yifeng pretended not to see the crumbling reactor behind him and approached her cautiously. Although she didn't remember him, at this terrible moment, he finally found her, which was enough for hope to take root in the ruins.

Wherever she is, there is hope. The night will eventually pass and the dawn will surely come.

"Yi Yi." He called softly, "Can we go home?"

go home?

She glanced at him oddly. What was this human talking about? Wasn't everything she was doing now just about "going home"?

"No need to waste time talking to him." A swirling ball of light in her mind said to her, "Energy aggregation has entered a critical stage. We just need to clear the interference, wait for the wormhole to open, complete the jump, and welcome the mother planet to Earth."

Wen Yi ignored the annoying voice. She tilted her head, her eyes fixed on the man's slightly moving lips, trying to understand his words and actions.

He had been saying some strange things since just now, but she just loved listening to him.

His voice was pleasant, warm and deep, with an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and a power that could calm her down, much stronger than the flickering ball of light in her mind.

She was even willing to listen to his nonsense patiently.

Seeing that she didn't resist, Gu Yifeng took a tentative step forward and extended his hand to her: "I know you may not recognize me now, it doesn't matter. I'll take you to a place where you will remember everything in the past. Come with me, okay?"

There was a barely perceptible glimmer in her eyes—she wasn't averse to his suggestion.

Wen Yi didn't like being in this place. The surroundings were filled with irritating noises, and behind her was a wormhole gathering energy. Although the voice in her head kept emphasizing that the arrival of the home planet would soon be upon her, she instinctively felt resistance and resistance, a subconscious unease lingering.

"Don't follow him!" the voice in his head warned again, "You can't leave here."

The two voices in her mind kept tugging at her nerves, and she suddenly stood up. Seeing this, Gu Yifeng immediately took a step forward and stood beside her.

"No! Wake up!" The light ball's voice was bewitching. "Once the mother planet arrives, you will be the god leading the new era. For creatures like him, there are as many mother planets as you want. Why bother?"

How much do you want?

Wen Yi was lost in thought, but unexpectedly felt a surge of anticipation. She suddenly asked Gu Yifeng, "How many humans like you are there on Earth?"

Gu Yifeng was stunned by her question: "...What?!"

"No more?"

"Having me...isn't that enough?" He looked at her blankly.

Wen Yi frowned: "On my home planet, there are as many creatures like you as I want. So, I don't have to go with you."

Gu Yifeng: “…”

He was speechless for a moment, a bitter and absurd feeling welling up in his heart. He stared at her and said word by word: "There may be countless of them. But in the entire universe, there is only one me."

He held out his hand to her again, his voice full of anticipation, "Come with me, okay?"

She shook her head decisively: "Not good."

Gu Yifeng observed her cold and distant expression and asked tentatively, "Why do you need so many... 'I's'?"

Wen Yi tilted her head to examine him, seemingly contemplating the issue. The reconstruction work after the arrival of the home planet was massive, requiring a vast workforce. She wanted this human to provide frequent, high-quality companionship in her daily life, and to accompany her on potential field missions. To prevent his accidental death during missions, given his apparent vulnerability, a rotation of personnel was clearly necessary.

"One of you may not be enough for me. If it is broken, I will need a new one immediately." She said firmly.

Gu Yifeng: “……?” He felt as if he understood, but he also hoped that he didn’t understand at all.

Seeing his bewildered expression, she thought he didn't understand, so she kindly began to explain: "To prevent you from becoming exhausted while I'm using you, I'll control the intensity and duration of my use so you don't have to last too long at a time. Of course, if the situation requires, I can also arrange for several of you to do it simultaneously..."

"Wait, wait, you..." Gu Yifeng's voice was dry, but his ears turned red uncontrollably, "What you mean by 'use'... is it serious?"

Wen Yi gave him a strange look: "Of course."

He breathed a sigh of relief.

She then slowly continued, "Those are all basic actions for the survival and reproduction of the mother planet."

Gu Yifeng: “…”

After a long silence, he seemed to have finally made up his mind.

"I understand. You're worried that I can't meet your needs, right?" He looked up at her. "I have a device that can help you do this. It doesn't matter how many 'I's' you want." He paused deliberately. "It's in the direction of the main control room. Do you want to go and confirm it with me in person?"

As soon as she finished speaking, her mind was instantly filled with the cold and sharp warning sound of the light ball.

"He's lying to you!"

"There's no way such a machine exists on Earth!"

"A man's mouth is a liar! Don't go!"

Wen Yi's pupils kept shrinking, her head was splitting with pain, two forces were confronting each other fiercely in her body, and the energy field around her began to fluctuate unstably.

Just as she was about to be consumed by pain, someone opened his arms and hugged her tightly. This embrace carried a familiar scent, and she instinctively pressed herself against his neck, greedily absorbing his warmth. Miraculously, the violent energy fluctuations gradually subsided, and her tense body softened bit by bit.

"It's okay, Yiyi." His voice rang close to her ear, and his arms tightened. "I'm here."

At this moment, the first ray of dawn in the sky penetrated the clouds and covered the earth.

A dark figure streaked through the ruins, sending up countless flying sand and rocks. Wen Yi lay quietly on his back, her torn skirt fluttering as she ran. She was still in a state of half-sleep, half-wakefulness, yet miraculously maintained a trace of lucidity.

Not far away, the outline of the main control power room gradually became clear in the dim light of dawn.

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