When the big red fox woke up, he smelled a very tempting fragrance.
His mind was still in a state of confusion, and he instinctively followed the scent. He saw a seemingly weak-looking biped holding a bowl filled with strips of meat, smiling at him.
It’s not a biped… The fog in the big red fox’s head seemed to be blown open, and an idea emerged.
We are human beings, fellow human beings.
What is a human? Why are humans the same kind? These big red foxes knew nothing. But when faced with the young man, they still followed their instincts and retracted their claws and fangs.
"Dahong! Are you awake? Come and eat something!" Mingyou, guarded by three little furry cats, placed the food bowl in front of the big red fox with a smile.
Arthur was worried that the three large furries standing there would further arouse the big red fox's vigilance, so he transformed himself into small furries. Arthur squatted on Mingyou's head, while the other two took up one shoulder each, guarding Mingyou together.
But the little gray wolf had lost his mind and was no longer a fighting force. He was trying to jump into the big red fox's food bowl, but was firmly restrained by Arthur's drooping tail.
Dahei's cat tail is becoming more and more powerful. Mingyou thinks that maybe he can teach Dahei how to use energy to strengthen his tail.
But Mingyou was a little worried, because he was the one who was whipped the most by the big black cat's tail. Once Big Black learned the moves to strengthen its tail... ahem, it was also possible that after Big Black learned the moves to strengthen its tail, for his safety, he would no longer be whipped with its tail.
Mingyou was distracted for a while, and the big red fox had already started eating.
Spiritual beasts are energetic beings, and their instincts guide them to eat foods that benefit their bodies. The strips of meat in the food bowl before him were fragrant, and their energy was even more abundant than the wild beasts he usually hunted. The big red fox, starving, immediately leaped over the bowl and devoured it with huge mouthfuls.
Mingyou took a small stool and sat next to the big red fox, supporting his chin with his hands while watching the big red fox eat.
He took advantage of the big red fox's sleep to check its body. He was in a bad mood.
Mingyou's mood improved a little when he saw the big red fox eating with big mouthfuls.
The spirit beast has not given up hope of survival. How can he, a spirit beast master, be trapped in negative emotions?
The big red fox wolfed down the strips of meat in the food bowl, burped with satisfaction, and then staggered to the stream to wash his face and tidy up his fur.
He tidied it very carefully, and it was obvious that he cared a lot about his appearance.
The big fox's fiery red fur looked like flames under the sunlight, making his half-burned face even more eerie and terrifying. The pieces of flesh and bones that squirmed with his expression were disgusting and nauseating.
At least that's what the big fox thought. He stared blankly at his own reflection in the water for a while, then stretched out his front paws and stirred the water surface, breaking up the reflection.
The big red fox turned around and looked at the young man who gave him food.
At this moment, the pain from his wound had not yet set in, and although his memory was fuzzy, he still had his sanity. The big red fox knew that it was this young man who had saved him from his madness.
The big red fox turned its face towards the young man, squatting on the ground with its paws together in front of it, its front body lowered, and its head drooped: "Wow!"
Wow...Wow?!
"Dahei, Dabai, and Dahui, did you hear that? Dahong's barking is so cute!" Mingyou held his chin with both hands and screamed softly, "Dahong is so polite! He's thanking me, he's thanking me, right?!"
"Hmm, his meow is very cute, and he's also very polite." Arthur scratched Mingyou's black curly hair, which had been made into a mess by his sleep, and said, "Hurry up and use your skills as a spirit beast master to improve Dahong's favorability so that you can take the cute and polite little red fox away with you."
Although Dahong has a fairy-like name "Xianluo", don't their names sound good? They are all called Dahei, Dabai and Dahui, so this big fox must be called Dahong.
"No need to thank me. We're companions. I came here to find you." Mingyou took out the nutrient block that was invincible against spirit beasts. "Would you like to leave with us? We'll find other companions and we'll all live together from now on. No one will go hungry or cold."
Mingyou spoke slowly, as if addressing a preschooler. Light blue emotional energy rippled outward like waves, gathering towards the big red fox, enveloping it like a mist and conveying the emotion in Mingyou's words to it.
Companion? The big red fox chewed the word over and over in his mind.
His brain wasn't strong enough to understand the word, but he liked it very much.
When he thought of this word, it was as if the unbearable pain in the wound that spread across half of his face, which had been bothering him all the time, was relieved a lot.
When spiritual beasts lose their intelligence, they act on instinct. The big red fox was very fond of the young man before him, and he loved what he called his "companion." He swallowed the nutrient cube first, then turned around and searched in his furry tail, pulling out a flower and placing it in front of Mingyou.
The three furry little creatures crouching on Mingyou looked at the big red fox in disbelief. How had this giant fox managed to hide a flower in its tail? Was there a different dimension in its tail?
Mingyou picked up the flower and used his knowledge points to unlock the introduction of the flower.
The flower is called Gypsophila, and it is a low shrub. Its flowers have the effect of a neutralizer, neutralizing violent energy and also useful for the energy of the Zerg.
Neutralizer?
Mingyou finally understood why the big red fox hid a sprig of baby's breath in its tail. The wound on half of the big red fox's face was entangled with a violent energy similar to that on the big black cat's injured leg. This flower could alleviate his pain.
"Dahong, where did you find this flower?" Seeing that the big red fox was very kind to him, Mingyou reached out and touched the big red fox's long beak, injecting his own emotional fluctuations more concentratedly into the big red fox's spirit.
After the big red fox understood the meaning of Mingyou's words, it cried "wow wow" twice at Mingyou, signaling Mingyou to follow him.
At the invitation of the big red fox, Mingyou rode on the big red fox and asked the big red fox to take him to the place where baby's breath flowers grew.
The three little furries naturally followed Mingyou.
The insane little gray wolf dozed off in Mingyou's arms, while Arthur the cat and the little white bear arrogantly sat on the big red fox's head, enjoying the breeze and chatting.
"Xianluo has too good a temper." Arthur Cat was a little dissatisfied with the fact that the big red fox was willing to let Mingyou use him as a mount when they met for the first time.
At least you struggle a little!
Little White Bear didn't understand why the prince would be unhappy with Big Red Fox's closeness to Mingyou. He changed the subject, "I thought you would tell Xiaoyou to be more careful. I didn't expect you to let Xiaoyou leave directly with Xianluo."
"What are you being careful about? We're all here, what's there to be afraid of?" Arthur licked his paw and used it to smooth out the fur on his face that had been messed up by the wind. "I've seen his dreams. He only goes crazy when the residual Zerg energy in the wound on his face takes effect. And when he goes crazy, he's basically torturing himself and won't actively attack other creatures."
Xianluo is such an overly gentle person. Even after losing her memory and rationality, this gentleness has not changed.
The little polar bear was silent. His ears drooped and he looked very depressed.
Of the survivors, his injuries were the least severe, weighing heavily on his mind. Had he not tried hard enough? Was he simply useless? Herman couldn't control his negative emotions.
Arthur Cat glanced at the depressed Herman Bear and did not comfort him.
Unless everyone's injuries healed, Herman's psychological burden would remain heavy, and he would continue to deny himself, and no one would be able to persuade him. Arthur the Cat was too lazy to waste his breath.
Anyway, with the young man here, everyone's injuries will be healed, and the psychological trauma of the stupid bear will be dispelled. Arthur the cat licked his paw and continued to wash his face.
The big red fox ran so fast that the hair on his face flew everywhere.
But even though the fur on his face was flying, Arthur the Cat was not going to get off the big red fox's head.
Because it’s so handsome!
The little polar bear gave the cool Arthur cat a look, then carefully climbed along the big red fox's back and back into Mingyou's arms.
He didn't know what was so cool about blowing the wind. Let the little black cat blow it himself.
…
When the big red fox carried Mingyou to pick flowers, Xiaotian operated the RV and followed them slowly.
When the big red fox came to a small hill covered with baby's breath, the RV had already been parked by Xiaotian at the foot of the hill.
On the hillside, bushes about a meter high clustered together in groups of three or two, forming a dense grove. Tiny beige flowers dotted among the dark green branches and leaves, looking from afar like stars in the night sky.
There was a small cave on the side of the hillside. Looking at the leftover bones and fur at the entrance of the cave, Mingyou guessed that this must be the temporary residence of the big red fox.
Mingyou jumped off the big red fox's back, and without taking the time to tidy up his messy hair, he immediately squatted on the ground to study the baby's breath.
The supplies shipped in from outside didn't include baby's breath. It wasn't a "specialty" of this planet, but the Star Alliance didn't realize its usefulness, and the wild beasts didn't use it as food. So they didn't collect it as a useful resource.
Mingyou looked up the information about baby's breath in the Star Alliance encyclopedia. It was non-toxic, slightly bitter, and had no edible value or medicinal properties.
Why didn't the Star Alliance detect the gentle energy fluctuations in the baby's breath flowers? Mingyou was puzzled.
While the Star Alliance couldn't fully research the flora of every planet within its jurisdiction, since this planet was being used as a spiritual beast sanatorium, the primary plants growing on it should have been thoroughly studied. From the flora atlas he had obtained for this planet, baby's breath was a common wildflower at this latitude and shouldn't have been overlooked.
"Of course we've studied it," Arthur Cat explained to Mingyou, "but the energy in this flower is not only weak, but also difficult to collect. Even if we managed to collect it, its effect wouldn't be as good as the palliatives currently used by the Star Alliance. That's why it's treated as a weed."
After Mingyou carefully read the system's records about baby's breath, he said, "The energy of baby's breath is a neutralizer, very effective in diluting the violent energy of the Zerg. Once I make it into incense, the effect will be doubled."
The materials for making incense with baby's breath can be found in the supplies found on the spaceship. Mingyou can also exchange the method of making incense from the system.
He finally found an auxiliary medicine made entirely of Star Alliance native materials that could be effective for the injuries of spiritual beasts.
"Dahei, you said before that after spiritual beasts lose their rationality, they will instinctively seek out things that are beneficial to their bodies, just like wild beasts?" Mingyou asked. "Does that mean that near the place you choose to live in the wild, there might be something that can help your injuries?"
Arthur's cat ears moved left and right like radar, and he kicked his hind legs, stepped on Mingyou's nose, and jumped onto Mingyou's head.
"Silly You, your conjecture is very interesting!" Arthur the cat raised his tail high and patted Mingyou's head with his paw pads. "After we bring them all back, I will send people to their habitat to collect plant and mineral specimens for you to study."
Mingyou hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll do it myself. I...I don't quite trust them."
Mingyou lowered his head, looking at the flower branch in his hand, and muttered, "Looking for food useful to spirit beasts from the diets of wild beasts, and finding medicine useful to spirit beasts from their self-rescue actions after losing their rationality. Is this way of thinking really that difficult? Has no spirit beast breeder in the entire Star Alliance ever thought of this?"
Mingyou still didn't believe that the Star Alliance had really done its best for Big Black Cat and the others.
"Yes, it's difficult." Although Arthur Cat disliked some people in the Academy of Sciences, he still had to evaluate the matter objectively to prevent the sentimental Chunyou from getting stuck in a dead end. "The proof process of those theorems in elementary school textbooks is very simple, right? But it's only after the predecessors proved it that the later generations can understand its simplicity."
"The Star Alliance has a vast array of resources. It's a pipe dream to immediately understand every function of every resource. When research is directed in the wrong direction and the wrong mindset is employed, scientific exploration will go in the wrong direction. Do you know how much money and time is invested in researching a new drug? And how high the failure rate is?"
"Silly, don't assume that just because some knowledge was common knowledge in your past life, the people of this world haven't studied it properly. That's arrogant." Arthur let his tail droop and gently slapped Mingyou. "Of course, the Star Alliance's Academy of Sciences does have some problems right now, but the majority of scientists throughout the Star Alliance are still working hard to solve the challenges of spirit beast breeding."
Mingyou admitted his mistake weakly: "I'm sorry." He was indeed too arrogant and too pessimistic.
"It's okay. You've provided a research direction, and I think they'll be able to come up with useful results soon," Arthur Cat comforted him. "Don't worry too much, there's still time. We've made it through all these years, so a little while won't hurt. Do you think this baby's breath can be made into incense? Does it smell good? Can it be mass-produced?"
"Yes. I will write down the formula and production conditions. With the technological level of the Star Alliance, we should be able to research and develop the corresponding mass-production machines ourselves." Mingyou said.
He had originally wanted to exchange it directly for blueprints for an incense-making machine, but the blueprints in the system were based on elven technology and might not work well in the Star Alliance. It would be better to simply write out the incense formula and production requirements and let the Star Alliance figure out how to mass-produce it.
Dahei is right. The Star Alliance is just researching in the wrong direction. It doesn’t mean that the people here don’t want to research, nor does it mean that they are stupid.
"Give me a copy of the optical brain and I'll pass it on to my brother. I'll help you register a company, and you'll have shares in everything that comes out of your hands in the future." Arthur Cat looked around and said, "Can you make incense now?"
"Yes." I have superpowers! Mingyou rolled up his sleeves, "I'll do it now! The incense will be good for the big fox and your injury!"
"Well, let's start a live broadcast and tell the audience that we have found another spiritual beast." Arthur the Cat jumped off Mingyou's head and turned into a big black cat.
The big red fox was startled, but he looked at the big black cat carefully a few times and then lay back down obediently.
His subconscious told him that the big black cat was trustworthy.
The big black cat tiptoed to the big red fox and squatted down. After a while, the big black cat stretched out its paws, placed them on the red fox's head, and rubbed it vigorously for a few times.
"Thank you for your hard work, stupid fox." The big black cat patted the big red fox on the head.
The big red fox tilted its head, as if thinking about something, but its lifeless eyes seemed to be thinking nothing at all. However, after being patted on the head by the big black cat, it showed no anger or resistance, and its expression was very well-behaved, completely different from the irritable red fox before.
The big black cat rubbed the big red fox's head again and sighed deeply.
Mingyou said that he saw the tombstone in his heart.
Hidden among the flowers, the tombstones stretch endlessly to the horizon.
He knew that those were his soldiers, lives lost on the battlefield under his command.
As a commander, sacrifice should have been just a number in his mind, which would have allowed him to command the war with the most rational thinking.
But after the war, he was unable to regard the lives lost on the battlefield as medals on his shoulders.
Those tombstones are the responsibilities he bears.
He promised these comrades, young or not, that they would use their lives to exchange for a better future for the Alliance.
Can Mingyou help him find a better future for the Star Alliance, a future that he himself doesn't even know where to go?
Of course you can.
The big black cat put away his serious expression and returned to his usual lazy self. He walked over to Mingyou, who was adjusting the holographic live broadcast equipment, and gently bumped his head against Mingyou's waist. "Remember to move the live broadcast camera closer to the rotten half of Dahong's face for a close-up. Wait until Dahong's face is healed before showing it to him."
Mingyou hugged the big black cat's head and rubbed it hard: "Big Black! Can you please stop being so mean!"
"I am so bad. Everyone must have a dark history, must!" The big black cat raised its tail, and the tip of its tail slowly drew a circle.
"Bad Black!" Mingyou grabbed the big black cat by its two furry pointed ears, "Did you hear that? Bad Black!"
"I didn't hear you, I didn't hear you." The big black cat howled, "My ears are going to fall off! Stupid You is twisting my ears off! This is abuse! Is there any law or order?"
The live broadcast started while the big black cat was howling.
The audience flocked into the live broadcast room, but instead of seeing the cozy little house, they saw a sea of flowers.
Huh? Where is this? Did we go to the wrong livestream?
It was not until the howling of the big black cat almost broke their eardrums that they were sure that they had not walked into the wrong live broadcast room.
Are you actually livestreaming outdoors this time? This sea of flowers is quite beautiful.
Wait! Who's that big red fox?! Is he one of the ten heroes?!
The little anchor found another hero who was recuperating?!
The big red fox seemed to sense something and glanced towards the live camera.
The live camera zoomed in, and all the viewers in the live broadcast room saw his colorful fur and half of his face that was burned.
On the distant Maple Leaf Star, a gorgeous man in gorgeous clothes knocked over the teacup in his hand.
"Xiao Luo." The man closed his eyes, and a light suddenly appeared on his body, and he turned into a big fiery red fox.
This big fiery red fox looks almost exactly like the big red fox in the live broadcast room.
If the face of the big red fox in the live broadcast room was intact, they would indeed look exactly the same.
Because they are identical twins.
The twins walked together, but parted ways midway.
The gender culture of Maple Leaf Planet is reversed from that of most other planets in the Star Alliance. When in vitro fertilization became the mainstream of the Star Alliance, women were liberated from childbirth. On some planets, women have evolved to the point where their strength is comparable to that of men.
Maple Leaf women are martial artists, while Maple Leaf men prefer more artistic pursuits. This is especially true of upper-class aristocratic men, who often engage in various artistic activities.
The Xian family is a family of dancers, with all the boys in the family being dancers for generations. Xianluo is a rare talent in the family. As his older brother, Xianwei was overshadowed by Xianluo's brilliance from a young age, and once resented this overly talented brother.
But this overly talented younger brother actually chose a path that no male noble from Maple Leaf Star would ever choose—joining the army, thus handing over the position of head of the Xian Family to Xian Wei. At that time, Xian Wei felt that she was being pitied.
He was insulted.
But when Xianluo joined Prince Arthur's special forces, participated in the decapitation operation against the Zerg Queen, and became one of the Ten Heroes, Xianwei realized that there was no such thing as pity or insult. Xianluo gave him the position of head of the Xian family and the title of Maple Leaf Star's top dancer simply because she didn't care.
No matter how beautiful the dance is, can it be as beautiful as fighting on the battlefield to defend the country?
No matter how colorful the dress is, can it be as bright as the blood splattered by the enemy?
No matter how noble and elegant the divine dancer dancing on the high platform is, can he be even a little bit compared to the big red fox with half of its face destroyed, lying among the star-like flowers?
Xianluo's dance is so moving because it expresses his ideals and persistence that come from his heart.
And my own dance is nothing more than a collection of techniques.
It is the soul that is beautiful, not the dance.
In the livestream, a mysterious young host was making incense using baby's breath, a common ornamental flower in the Star Alliance. It was said that this incense was very effective in healing spirit beasts.
Next to the little anchor, the big white bear was beating the drums, the little gray wolf was standing on the big white bear's head and howling, and the big black cat was tap dancing among the flowers as if he was having a seizure.
"Come on, let's dance together!" The big black cat lifted all four legs off the ground, arched its back, and jumped around to the beat of the big white bear's drum, finally jumping in front of the big red fox.
The big red fox tilted his head and thought for a while, then stood up and stretched his body.
Mingyou looked up and saw the big red fox dancing gracefully, wagging its tail and stepping to the beat of the drum.
Standing on tiptoe, spinning, swinging its tail, jumping, every movement of the big red fox is breathtakingly beautiful.
Even if half of his face was destroyed, it did not diminish his extraordinary beauty.
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