Chapter 135 Vest

Mu Baixing didn't wake up so quickly and temporarily avoided the storm.

His identity was not widely known in the Second Legion.

Devouring spiritual power and spiritual resonance are both extremely rare phenomena. Even within the military, only a handful of people possess a deep understanding of these two properties. The battle along the Star Line was incredibly intense. Ming Yu and Mu Baixing were incredibly powerful from the moment they appeared to their repeated firing.

During the battle at that time, many people were shocked and numb by their operations. They went through a series of changes in their thinking, such as "What is this? Is this possible? It can be strengthened?" and then to "Oh, it must be able to be stronger." Until the starship was finally burned and exploded, they felt that there was no problem at all with this development.

Furthermore, although the Celtic King's contributions to the Battle of Dawn were repeatedly emphasized, few could imagine the true extent of his abilities without witnessing them firsthand.

Only those who have actually seen the Celtic King fire can barely imagine the aftermath of his final blow, and how terrifying the residual energy intensity of that star line is.

Only then could he notice the unusualness of Mingyu and Mu Baixing's last shot.

Hao Ru and An Qiang didn't get a definitive response from Ming Yu. They replayed the battle in detail and even spent the night studying the video of the Star Navigation Competition. The more they watched, the more convinced they were that their guess was accurate.

The next morning, dark circles under their eyes from a sleepless night filled them with a mixture of laughter and tears. They recalled the grief they'd felt upon hearing of Wang's death during the evacuation from the Battle of Dawn. Then they recalled the Star Navigation Tournament, where they'd already fought Mu Boxing but hadn't recognized him, and felt a surge of remorse.

Then, they remembered that Mingyu and their king had a perfect spiritual power match, and were therefore nicknamed soul mates on the Star Network. The two of them now had a good impression of Mingyu and felt that the young man had strength.

He is sociable, reliable in battle and good-looking... They are really curious about how the king and Mingyu get along, and whether it is possible that His Majesty, a cold man, could have some romantic feelings for this capable and lovely young man.

Their curiosity stirred, and they imagined the scenes of the two of them touching each other on a daily basis. They also remembered Mu Baixing's unconscious appearance when he was carried out of the starship by the medical robot, and Mingyu, clutching the man's hand tightly, with a pale face and no awareness of tears, following beside him...

It made them want to cry too.

The two men alternated between sadness and joy, their faces twitching as if they had taken the wrong medicine. When Musa hurried to the hospital treatment room and saw the two men, he almost thought his subordinates had gone insane.

"What's going on?" The Second Legion Commander tried hard to steady his breathing, quickly glanced at the door of the sterile treatment room, and the second half of the sentence was stuck in his throat.

...Hasn't he been rescued?! Could it be that the situation has gotten worse again?!

Hao Ru and An Qiang didn't know what he was thinking.

The two men saluted when they saw their own legion leader. Then they looked at each other and saw further affirmation in each other's eyes.

In the past, when there were battles involving the Black Tide, the Legion Commander always stayed at the forefront until the dust settled. His behavior of rushing to the rear hospital so soon after the battle ended and before the reinforcements arrived further confirmed Mu Boxing's identity.

"He's fine." Old Zhang heard the voice and popped his head out of the duty room. "You can't visit now. If you want to see him, go see the other one. That boy is awake."

Mingyu actually didn't sleep very long last night.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he had nightmares. Although he was very tired, he was awakened several times. Finally, when Lao Zhang came to give him a mental relaxant, he found out and was forced to take a sleeping pill before he fell asleep.

The infrastructure of the outer port of the Free Star Domain is backward, and the space city has no artificial weather system, so there is no alternation of the sun and the moon. The background of the human creations of high-rise buildings is always the dark universe, and the difference between day and night lies only in the brightness adjustment of the space city's lighting system.

Mingyu looked at the light coming in from the window that suddenly changed, and realized that day had arrived in the Space City.

He showered, did a full-body checkup, and repeated the Kuroshio energy screening. He returned to the ward with a report confirming he hadn't been invaded by Kuroshio energy and his medication for the day. Not long after, he heard a few muffled conversations outside the corridor, and then someone knocked on Mingyu's door.

Musa, looking exhausted, stood at the door of the ward and bowed deeply to Mingyu.

"General Musa." Ming Yu quickly stood up and closed the information screen of the highly autonomous starship in front of him. "You don't need to..."

"Use it." Musa said solemnly.

"His Majesty Lando Celt is the King of the Northern Star Region and also my family." He looked very serious, but his expression was somewhat bitter as he spoke of this matter. "We respect him very much, admire him, and love him, but... the Mu family doesn't have much contact with His Majesty Lando."

"So much so that I've actually never heard of the name Mu Boxing." Musa smiled, "I don't know if it was given to him by his mother or if he chose it himself."

"When your Majesty's father was in power, the Celtic royal family was in a fierce power struggle. In order to avoid dragging the Mu family into the vortex, his mother rarely interacted with the family before your Majesty was born."

"Later, when he came to power, he simply continued the previous estrangement to prevent anyone from using the Mu family to climb up the social ladder, and also to prevent the Mu family from being corrupted by power..."

"The Mu family is currently embroiled in the vortex of power in the Central Star Region. I don't think we can hastily publicize the news of His Majesty's 'resurrection' just yet. But I can at least express my gratitude to you on behalf of myself... and on behalf of all the immigrants to the Northern Star Region."

"You are His Majesty's observer. You fought side by side with His Majesty on the starship, advancing and retreating together. If I thank you publicly for these things, it would be disrespectful to you."

"But last night you risked your life to help Lando remove the abnormal energy from the necrotic mental domain. Such a great favor, no matter how much I thank you, it is not enough."

Mingyu: “…”

"No..." Before Mingyu could finish his words, Musa continued.

"I know your role in the Star Navigation Competition, and I also know that you are the second child of the Ming family. Regarding the Star Navigation Competition, the Ming family, your future plans... If you need any help in the future, as long as it does not violate moral ethics, you can come to me at any time."

"If I can't help you as the commander of the Second Legion, I will definitely do my best to help you fulfill your wish with all my personal strength."

"I've heard Mu Lian mention before that you wanted to leave the Ming family. If you encounter any difficulties during the process of severing ties with the Ming family, or during this investigation of the Ming family banquet hall, or if you need more funds to support your future independent life, or if you lack starship manufacturing materials or energy minerals, you can make a list and tell me..."

Ming Yu: "...Really, there's no need, Commander!"

Musa's thanks were too serious, and he kept tossing out a string of benefits. Mingyu had to interrupt him before he said more to prevent himself from being shaken.

"Don't be so polite." Seeing that Musa wanted to say more, he quickly interrupted him.

The young man's eyelashes trembled, his eyes wandered for a second, and then fell back on Musa's face. He said seriously: "Brother Mu is your relative, and the person I care about most in this world... the person I love the most."

"He is my lover, of course I have to save him."

Musa: “…”

The commander of the Second Legion still maintained the same solemn expression as before, looking at Mingyu.

It was the first time Mingyu had spoken so openly about his feelings to someone, and he felt a bit embarrassed. Musa remained silent for a long time, and he didn't know what to say. He could only stare at the man, feeling increasingly awkward. After a moment of silence, the Second Legion Commander suddenly said in Celtic, "My love."

He paused for a moment and switched back to the Universal Interstellar Language.

"Lover." Musa nodded. "That's the word. I remember it correctly."

The Second Legion Commander looked at Mingyu and said seriously, "I understand."

"I will allocate special funds to prepare for this." The middle-aged man with a serious face spoke clearly, "Your wedding with His Majesty Lando will definitely be a grand one."

Moussa was only in the hospital for a few hours.

He communicated with Lao Zhang about Mu Baixing's situation, urgently dispatched the medical ship of the Mu family's private hospital, and then hurried back to the front line, leaving Mingyu dizzy and confused by what he said about the grand wedding.

He hadn't thought about it that much.

He and Mu Boxing had only just started living together for a few days, and how could they suddenly jump to a wedding?!

Mingyu even doubted the reliability of the Second Legion for the first time, but he didn't know that Musa's inner logic was clear and complete.

The entire North Star Region admired Lando Celt very much, but they were also somewhat afraid of him because of his sharp aura and cold personality.

Musa never expected that His Majesty could find a boyfriend who was a genius in starship design and an observer with S-level devouring ability.

Moussa: We need to quickly add fuel to the fire and settle the matter.

...Otherwise, what if Mingyu, such a precious child, gets frozen away by His Majesty one day?!

Mu Baixing knew nothing about all this.

Two days later, the Second Army dispatched several ships to leave the star line, carrying the survivors of the Fifth Star back to the Central Star Region, and also carrying Ming Yu and Mu Baixing back. The Mu family's private medical ship met them at the border of the Central Star Region and quickly guided them back to the Capital Star via a dedicated route.

Because the injuries left by the mental shock were too severe, and the energy in the mental realm was clearly equivalent to a major surgery, he was still connected to a breathing tube and the life support device for the past few days. When he was first transferred to the Mu family's medical ship, Mu Baixing once regained consciousness.

He was still very weak, and opening his eyes was extremely laborious. The medical cabin was passing through the transfer tunnel built between starships. Mingyu had been following it. When he heard the prompt from the treatment cabin, he quickly turned to look at him.

The young man saw his gaze slowly gather from being scattered and fall on him.

At that moment, Mingyu's eyes felt sore again.

This time, Mu Baixing's injuries were more serious than on Maze Star, but he actually didn't cry as much as last time.

Cui Xiaoduo was very familiar with this feeling and comforted Mingyu that he just had to get used to it, which made Mingyu want to hit someone from a distance.

Thinking of how Mulan often fell ill and had to go into the emergency room, he felt uncomfortable and barely held it in.

According to Cui Xiaoduo, when Mulian was first admitted to the emergency room, he would cry all night at the door. But now that Mulian is sick, he can already worry about her while searching for food maps, thinking about what delicious food they can prepare for her when she gets better.

Mingyu is far from Cui Xiaoduo's level... and he doesn't want to reach that level either.

He watched Mu Baixing open his eyes and sniffed.

The man curled his eyes slightly.

Mingyu was afraid that he would worry, so he quickly smiled too.

Mu Baixing didn't stay awake for long.

This tiny movement drained all his strength. He seemed to want to speak, but no sound came out. After a moment, the man's eyelashes trembled, and his eyelids slowly drooped, but he forced himself to keep his eyes open.

Like worried.

Mingyu rubbed his eyes hard.

"It's okay, Brother Mu." He leaned over the treatment cabin and whispered into the communication port, "Rest well and sleep well, and your body will recover quickly."

"I didn't suffer any injuries, and no one around me gave me any trouble. Everything was fine."

Mu Baixing: “…”

Hearing the young man's clear and familiar voice, his eyes finally closed and he fell asleep again.

The medical ship sailed smoothly.

A week later, the starship arrived at the capital planet. Mu Boxing's condition had finally stabilized, and he was freed from the equipment and left the treatment cabin. His several bouts of lucidity were brief, and it wasn't until he lay in bed for several more days that he finally woke up.

But this time when he opened his eyes, Mu Baixing only saw a head with a red streak standing in front of the bed.

"Boss?!" Seeing his movements, Red Hair jumped up from his chair in surprise and joy, "You're awake?!"

His voice first rose in surprise, then quickly lowered, and he rang the bell to call the doctor.

"Brother LU went to the joint inquiry today!" He saw Mu Baixing's eyes sweeping across the hospital bed and quickly explained, "He's been gone for several hours! He should be back soon."

This is the fifth day since Mingyu returned to the capital planet, and it is also his second time to be questioned.

The day after returning to the capital planet, he underwent an additional Kuroshio energy test. After passing the test, he went to the police station and recounted what he had seen and heard at the Ming family banquet.

Today he went to the joint inquiry room of the Military Department, the Space Navigation Department and the Security Bureau.

This is a special meeting room with four walls that absorb light and only one bright ceiling light.

A dozen life-size screens were fan-shaped and arranged in front of the information chair where Mingyu sat. In front of Mingyu was a small table with a cup of tea and a plate of cakes on it.

It seems that today's questioning will not be short.

Mingyu glanced at the screens. The screens didn't show the faces of the people asking questions, only silhouettes.

After a while, the screen on the far right of the second row lit up.

"Let me go first." Ming Yu heard a very familiar, elegant female voice. "Ming Yu, on behalf of the Star Navigation Department, I would like to thank you for providing evidence regarding the Third Legion, Ming Zhilang, and Zhao Ying's crimes. We are currently investigating this. Everyone in the Ming family, except you, has been temporarily confined to the Central Hospital."

"The police relayed your request from the previous inquiry to us."

"You said you had evidence to submit to us related to the attack on the Ming family banquet."

Mingyu nodded.

He released and submitted the relevant information under the identity of LUCE. Gao Siqi's words meant that during the investigation of the attack on Ming Family Manor, due to the emergency situation, the Star Navigation Competition had revealed his identity to the police, the military and senior officials of the Star Navigation Department.

He was not surprised that such a big thing happened at the Ming family manor.

"Just before entering the inquiry room, I handed the repaired recording chip to the receptionist." He looked at Gao Siqi's silhouette, "I think you can take a few minutes to review it."

Several screens flickered, and the conference room fell into silence as everyone watched the video.

Among these high-ranking officials, no one had ever thought that Ming Zhilang and Zhao Ying would be so cruel.

The interrogation room fell silent. After a while, the person behind a light screen on the left side of the first row spoke first.

"According to your account, the Ming family's attack was revenge against them by a Black Tide creature suspected of being connected to General Ming Zhuofeng. And you were held hostage because of your blood relationship with General Ming Zhuofeng."

"The anomalies of the past few Black Tide Days, and this time the Black Tide's attempt to cross the border and invade the Central Star Region, are likely related to your identity."

"It's very interested in you. 'Albin' failed to lead you into the Black Tide, so it chose to attack across the border. Perhaps it wants to break through the defenses and find you, or perhaps it needs more parasites... But either way, this shows that you are a dangerous person."

The man's voice sounded a bit old, and he spoke a little slower than an average person, like a superior who had been in a high position for a long time and gave orders.

"We were lucky enough to succeed in this battle. The Black Tide retreated, but according to the report from Commander Musa, the Black Tide creature was only seriously injured and not killed."

“That means it will come back.”

He spoke slowly and forcefully, enunciating each word. "I believe Mingyu's presence is extremely dangerous. He should be expelled for endangering public safety, forced to leave the Central Star Region, and banned from entering the region for life."