Chapter 114 Entering the Alien Space Fragment

Yu Cang finally understood how important he was to Gu Jieshuang.

Time is not fair. For Gu Jieshuang, these six months have four times the weight... or maybe even more.

No one is born to like loneliness, and Yu Cang is no exception. When he decided to go deep into the True Dragon's death zone, he also hoped that there would be such a person who could always stay by his side, simply out of trust in him.

But to be fair, if there really was someone who was willing to trust him completely, he would not be willing to drag him into danger.

He was deeply moved by Gu Jieshuang's words.

But at the same time, he also had a concern... because the reason why Gu Jieshuang had these thoughts was because her life span left her with no choice.

So he decided to cure Gu Jieshuang, and then watch her repeat the above words without any scruples.

This would be a little difficult, but Yu Cang felt that he could do it.

Yu Cang’s idea was easy to understand, and Gu Jieshuang also understood what he meant at once.

She was very happy because she finally confirmed Yu Cang's feelings.

Although it seems that they still cannot become a couple for the time being, it doesn’t matter. Now they... maybe they can be called "partners"?

It sounds like a more romantic relationship.

"I understand, Boss... But before that." Gu Jieshuang smiled, "If you ever want to dive into the Real Dragon's Death Zone or go somewhere else for adventure, don't forget to call me."

Cure her illness? She didn't know if her boss could do it, or rather, it was normal that he couldn't do it... After all, this was no longer a problem that could be solved with a simple soul card.

Gu's hypothermia has been known for many years, but no one has been able to find a successful cure.

But it doesn’t matter. No matter what the boss wants to do, we will just do it together.

"Yes, I will... But you have to improve your strength, otherwise, don't blame me if you can't keep up."

"Tsk, you're obviously the weaker one right now..." Gu Jieshuang pouted, but then smiled, "Don't worry, I'll try my best... We human-animal hybrids have no shortage of strength!"

Yu Cang laughed along.

After a pause, Gu Jieshuang suddenly said, "By the way, Boss, are you guys going to follow the army into that alien space next?"

"Yes."

"Then I'll go with you."

"Well..." Yu Cang frowned slightly, "I'm afraid that's not possible. I'm entering with the army. I can't bring outsiders in without their permission."

"It's okay!" Gu Jieshuang patted his chest. "We in Wuling Village have our own quota. My mother is also a retired soldier. I can go in through my own channels. There's no need to embarrass you."

"Well, that's good."

"Alright! It's getting late, shall we go back?"

"good."

Yu Cang bowed before the statue of Emperor Wu and turned to leave the temple.

After walking a distance, Yu Cang looked back at the old man sweeping fallen leaves and said, "Is that old man also from your village?"

"Yes... His name is Gu Song, and everyone in the village knows him."

"Then why did he..."

"Grandpa Song's situation is a bit special... Well, you can understand it as Grandpa Song didn't inherit our Gu family's bloodline. It's quite interesting to say, Grandpa Song often told us that when he was young, because he had no bloodline and his cultivation speed was slow, he was often bullied and looked down upon by other children in the village. However, decades later, none of those who looked down on him are left. Some of them even didn't have grandchildren who lived longer than Grandpa Song."

Yu Cang couldn't help but smile.

On the way, Qi'er raised his head and looked left and right.

Something is wrong!

Seeing that her brother and sister were hesitant, the girl forced them to get closer by holding their hands.

But now, after they revealed their true feelings, Qi'er suddenly felt that she was a little redundant between the two of them.

Looking at the two hands holding his own, Qi'er always felt that in the current situation, these two hands should be holding each other!

How can I let the couple I support break up because of me!

This is not something that can be seen in chess.

So, while the two were talking, Qi'er took decisive action and forcibly pulled their hands together.

Weld it! Weld it!

Yu Cang was chatting and his attention was not on this at all. He just felt a sudden change in the touch on his hand. He didn't think much about it and still held it tightly as before.

"Grandpa Song's experience sounds a bit like the protagonist of a cool novel..." Yu Cang said with a smile.

"Brother!" Qi'er came to Yu Cang and opened his arms. "Hold me."

Yu Cang smiled, thinking that Qi'er was tired. He was about to agree when he was suddenly stunned.

His eyes swept over Qi'er's two empty little hands one by one.

Wait...this is Qi'er, this is Qi'er's hand, and what's in my hand is...

Yu Cang squeezed the hand he was holding in confusion.

Hmm... it's also very tender, but a little bigger than Qi'er's hand, and its body temperature seems to be slightly lower.

Yu Cang turned his head, and coincidentally, Gu Jieshuang also cast a puzzled look at him.

The air froze for a moment.

Gu Jieshuang blushed, stammered "uh" a few times, and cast her eyes nonchalantly towards the sky on the other side.

Hmm…didn’t pull my hand away.

"I..." Yu Cang hadn't reacted yet, only to see Qi'er take a step forward and hold Yu Cang and his partner's hands tightly in his arms.

"Don't let go!" Qi'er wrinkled his nose and stared at Yu Cang with his big eyes.

"...Okay, I won't let go." Yu Cang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

The delicate touch from the palm of his hand touched Yu Cang's heart slightly, and a feeling he had never experienced before spread in his heart.

Seeing Yu Cang's performance, Qi'er nodded with satisfaction, then loosened his arms and patted Gu Jieshuang's snow-white arm.

"Sister, my brother wants to hug me, so I'll hold his hand for you!"

"Ahem...Qier, what are you talking about?" Gu Jieshuang originally wanted to pretend that she didn't notice that the hand in her palm had been swapped, but now that Qier said this, she could only turn her head away in disappointment.

"You're welcome~" Qi'er chuckled and returned to Yu Cang, opening his arms. "Brother, hug me."

"Okay..." Yu Cang bent down and picked up Qi'er with his other hand.

He gently touched Qi'er's head with his forehead: "You...where did you learn all these schemes from?"

"Ah..." Qi'er covered her head with her hands, her big eyes blinking, looking quite innocent. "Brother, what are you talking about? What do you mean by scheming? Qi'er doesn't understand."

Gu Jieshuang looked at this scene and couldn't help but cover her lips with the back of her hand and laughed softly.

"Forget it, as long as you are happy." Yu Cang gently lifted Qi'er's body.

"Hehe..." The girl leaned on Yu Cang's shoulder, her eyes looking over his shoulder at the two people holding hands tightly together below, her expression gradually becoming satisfied.

very nice……

I don’t know what she was thinking about, but her face darkened a little, but then she smiled foolishly, and the happiness on her face never stopped.

…

The two of them returned home.

When I opened the door, I saw Jiang Ya sitting on the sofa in the living room.

She has been sitting here for a long time.

After dinner, she was just about to find Gu Jieshuang to discuss the afternoon's mountain climbing plan, but no matter how hard she looked, she couldn't find her.

She seemed to realize something and hurried to take a look at Yu Cang's room.

As expected, as expected, Yu Cang is also missing!

Jiang Ya felt dizzy.

How could this happen?

It was obviously me who came here first...whether it's to get to know Shuangshuang or to go back to Shuangshuang's home together.

My house was robbed!

She could only sit on the sofa in the living room, feeling very depressed, with a gloomy face, ready to challenge Cang as soon as he came back.

finally.

The door opened, Jiang Ya's face darkened, and she stood up. Just as she was about to start speaking, her eyes were involuntarily drawn to the two people holding hands.

This...wait!

You, your hands...

Jiang Ya felt her heart go empty, and she immediately covered her chest with her hands, her eyes blank.

Seeing this, Gu Jieshuang blushed and coughed lightly. After making sure that Jiang Ya had clearly seen that she and Yu Cang were indeed holding hands, she naturally pulled her hand out of Yu Cang's hand.

"Well, I'll go back and get ready...see you later."

"Okay." Yu Cang nodded.

Although their hands separated, Jiang Ya was not calm but felt even more uncomfortable.

The expressions and reactions of these two people have made everything clear. No matter how much she refuses to believe it, she cannot change this fact.

After the two left, Jiang Ya slumped weakly on the sofa with dull eyes.

Climbing a mountain? Why climb a mountain? It looks like it’s doubtful whether I can see Shuangshuang later.

I thought... four years would be enough...

What a mistake! What a mistake!

…

Gu Jieshuang was checking his deck and equipment when there was a knock on the door behind him.

She turned her head and saw Gu Zhihan standing at the door.

"Mom? What's wrong?" Gu Jieshuang was a little confused.

Mother Gu walked into the house and closed the door: "What is your relationship with Yu Cang now?"

"Ah?" Gu Jieshuang touched his head, "Now... we are still friends..."

"I saw everything just now." Mother Gu frowned.

"Hmm..." Gu Jieshuang shrank her head guiltily.

It’s bad, how do I explain this?

As for our relationship, to be precise, it hasn't changed. We're just friends... But the hand-holding thing... If I tell the truth, it will definitely be misunderstood!

After all, my mom definitely won’t believe me if I say I’m trying to make Qi’er happy!

Ahem, I don't even believe it myself...

Gu Jieshuang has the courage to admit her feelings in front of her family, but her current relationship with Yu Cang makes her a little unsure of what to say.

Fortunately, Gu's mother didn't let Gu Jieshuang think too long.

From the expression on Gu Jieshuang's face, she already understood what Gu Jieshuang meant.

She sighed softly, looked at Gu Jieshuang, and said, "Don't you know the condition of your body? You are only delaying others in this state."

"...I have already explained this to Yu Cang."

However, upon hearing this, Mother Gu frowned even more tightly.

"After the explanation, he is still willing to accept you?"

"Yes."

"...Jieshuang." Mother Gu sat by the bed and held Gu Jieshuang's hand. "Have you ever thought about this: if a boy knows you won't live long and is still willing to be with you, can he be a responsible person?"

"Why not?" Gu Jieshuang was a little confused. She wanted to explain something, but suddenly stopped.

Her mother had never left Wuling Village except for her military service. She was still young when her father died, but she didn't remarry, which she considered natural. Gu Jieshuang knew that she couldn't shake her view of love.

So she changed her perspective and said, "Yu Cang promised me that he would help me cure Gu's hypothermia, and I also promised him that I would go on all kinds of dangerous adventures with him. We are both ready to participate in each other's lives. Mom, you can rest assured."

Mother Gu still hadn't relaxed her brows. "Cure? Do you understand what Gu's hypothermia means?"

"I may not understand this disease." Gu Jieshuang smiled, "But Mom, you don't understand Yu Cang either. He has performed many miracles... I don't expect him to really be able to cure me, but we will work towards this goal together. Isn't that enough?"

Mother Gu was silent for a moment.

After a long moment, she sighed and said, "...You can give it a try, but don't leave any offspring." Mother Gu raised her head, the wrinkles on her face deepening slightly as her expression changed. "Now, we no longer need to guard the fragments of the alien space. Let this bloodline be trapped and die in this mountain village."

“…”

After finishing the conversation, Gu's mother left the room.

After returning to her room, Mother Gu looked at the young man in the portrait on the table and was in a trance for a moment.

Gu's hypothermia... can it really be cured?

If I may...

Gu Zhihan suddenly laughed at himself.

I'm really getting old and starting to think about these unrealistic things.

…

afternoon

After the second company completed its preparations, it called Yu Cang and others and began to march into the mountains.

When they had almost climbed halfway up the mountain, the army pushed aside a patch of jungle and the view suddenly opened up.

What appeared in front of Yu Cang was a stone platform of considerable size, with several huge rocks spliced ​​together and embedded in the mountain.

There are some buildings nearby, some of which are very old, but some are very new and have a military style.

In the middle of the stone platform, the boulder suddenly sank into a large area, and some rays of light as sharp as crystal intertwined in it, forming a series of crystalline light walls that seemed to be real.

The light shot towards the sky and gradually faded away. The clear part formed triangular peaks, from which countless light and shadows could be seen, as if it was a scene from another world.

"Is this the space fragment?" Yu Cang was a little surprised.

"Yes." Wan Quan nodded. "You can enter from here without any obstacles. Similarly, the wild beasts inside can also easily escape."

"Why not kill all the wild beasts? Instead, we have to carry out regular cleanups like this." Yu Cang asked curiously.

Wan Quan shook his head. "It's impossible... Although the volume of each spatial fragment is limited, they are not isolated from each other. There are many broken channels hidden within them, connecting different fragments... These channels are extremely numerous and unstable, and may collapse at any time. The wild beasts have no consciousness and will roam around through the channels on a large scale. But if the warriors want to pass through, they must risk their lives. It's completely not worth it.

"Also, you should know that these fragments are only a small part of the Nether Desolate Heaven Realm. The main body of the Nether Desolate Heaven Realm has long since disappeared, so it is difficult for any threatening existence to emerge from it. The current situation is just right. The occasional appearance of a group of wild beasts can facilitate our warriors' training."

"I see." Yu Cang nodded.

"Okay, let's get ready to go in." Wan Quan raised his hand, and a complete set of individual reactive armor was already equipped on his body.

As the captain of the second company and a level six soul card master, it is not a problem for him to directly summon a set of reactive armor.

Bang! Bang!

Countless honeycomb magazines were quickly connected to the interfaces on his body. For a moment, all six types of protocol attributes were superimposed to ten layers!

Only a level six soul card master can fully unleash the full power of this set of armor!

"Let's go!" Wanquan's voice was dull but powerful under the mask.

The soldiers' expressions became serious, and they immediately began to enter the space debris in an orderly manner according to the original plan.

The first to enter the space debris were the ten soldiers from Class 1.

Their attire was uniform, with a set of half-leg armor on the lower body, arm armor on the left hand, and a Prowl Falcon or Thunder Iron Roar in the right hand.

The squad leader Fang Pei, who was walking in the front, directly summoned five parts and assembled them to summon a complete set of reactive armor!

At present, the number of individual reactive armors is limited and can only be supplied to one squad.

But the embryonic form of the tactics can already be seen.

In Class 1, the half-body leg armor of two soldiers was upgraded through the protocol attributes to obtain the [Strong Magnetic Ejection Module]. After entering the alien space, they will quickly explore the surroundings to clearly understand the situation. If there is no danger, they will stay put. If they encounter a battle, they will immediately use the magnetic field to take off and provide fire suppression.

The other two warriors were equipped with left arm armor with [Electronic Buffer Barrier], which would open immediately after entering the alien space to prevent sneak attacks.

Among the remaining warriors, there is one warrior equipped with a [Silent Field], who will lead everyone in stealthily. After exploring the surrounding situation, he will immediately cancel the field and synchronize the embedded energy-absorbing core and pressure-generating lock into an electronic energy-absorbing tower to provide energy support for teammates and the large force that will arrive later.

The rest of the group each summoned twenty honeycomb magazines to accompany them. They would decide to upgrade to [Continuous Fire Mode] or [String Mode] based on the initial encounter and quickly take over the battlefield.

Fang Pei equipped himself with a full set of reactive armor, which put him under the highest mental pressure, but was also the strongest. His positioning was very flexible, and he needed to judge at the moment of combat whether he needed to upgrade [Super Power Restriction Release] to deal with high-risk targets, or [Continuous Fire Mode] or [String Mode] to ensure fire coverage.

Several people performed their duties and entered the fragments in an orderly manner.

Wan Quan himself had already sneaked in with Yu Cang and a few others.

However, he will not take action. This time he mainly wants to see the actual combat effect of this set of equipment, so he will most likely remain invisible and observe from the sky.

Yu Cang and his companions were also equipped with some reactive armor accessories. At this moment, Wanquan activated the strong magnetic ejection module, and the huge magnetic field also captured the armor of Yu Cang and his companions, allowing them to float in the air even if they only relied on the most common [magnetic field sliding] ability.

This is an advanced use of reactive armor. Currently, only Wanquan can do it.

By the way, Lin Yunqing broke through to the third-level soul card master a few days ago.

For her, who was able to extract the term "Meditation", this speed was simply too slow.

It is entirely based on the accumulated progress during resonance.

Beside Yu Cang, Gu Jieshuang and Jiang Ya also entered the fragment of the alien space.

Gu's mother directly handed Gu Jieshuang over to Wanquan for care. Judging from Wanquan's attitude, he seemed to be quite afraid of Gu Zhihan and did not dare to refuse at all, and no one knew why.

As for Jiang Ya... she came to this small mountain village with Gu Jieshuang, and he couldn't just leave her alone at home... so he brought her along.

The process of entering the fragments of the alien space was very easy. After stepping into the peak tower composed of light prisms, the light and shadow in front of my eyes changed, and my body could feel that the gravity attached to my body seemed to be lighter. A slight feeling of nausea flashed through my heart, and when my vision returned, the scene in front of me had changed.

"This..." Lin Yunqing's eyes widened slightly. She was always calm, but when she faced the scenery in front of her, she became a little dazed.

cloud.

Clouds that look like mountains.

Layer upon layer of gray cumulus clouds piled up before my eyes, forming a thick wall of clouds that spanned the sky and the earth. In some places, cracks appeared in the clouds, and deep blue light burst out from them, interweaving in the air to form tree-like structures similar to lightning, illuminating this space without the sun.

But unlike lightning, this beam of light stretches across the sky, never dissipating, and occasionally changes its body with the surge of clouds, like a scar in the sky.

Not only in front, but everywhere you look, the scenery is like this, even under your feet there are clouds surging like waves.

This is a world surrounded by clouds.

Clack...

Some gravel floated past and hit another piece of floating soil not far away.

Here, the earth is floating in the sky.

Huge rocks or accumulations of soil are suspended everywhere. They vary in size, some are as big as islands, some are scattered like dust, and in the distance, an island as big as a continent is floating there quietly.

The edge of the island was a steep, mud-covered cliff, and the cross-section of the cliff was littered with broken roots and broken boulders, as if... this giant island had been forcibly torn off from a continent by some force.

"Is this your first time coming in?" Wan Quan, who was flying in the air, said with a smile.

"Hmm... indeed." Yu Cang's tone was a little surprised. "I didn't expect the scenery inside to be like this."

On the side, a soul card was turned over, and Ye Lai walked out of it and landed on Yu Cang's shoulder.

He looked at the scene in front of him with a complicated expression.

"shortage……"

Thanks to Ye Ling for the reward!

(End of this chapter)