Depends on one's own destiny?
Li Ze sneered. The original owner was an ordinary person, and a sickly one at that. What good fortune could he possibly have if he fell into the hands of space pirates?
He Xingjue has essentially sentenced him to death.
Even though he said he didn't want to die, He Xingjue still didn't intend to save him.
Tsk, does He Xingjue wish he were dead so he wouldn't have to go through with the divorce?
"Commander, how about we call it quits for today? We'll have plenty of opportunities to deal with the space pirates." Ishikawa suddenly spoke up. His bodyguards believed that Li Ze had woken up because of a supposedly auspicious ritual, and they didn't want anything to happen to Li Ze.
As soon as Ishikawa spoke, the others chimed in, "Yes, there will be other opportunities. Let's rescue the lady first, and then we can press our advantage against the space pirates."
Even the Federation members spoke up, "Commander He, just say the word and we'll let Els go today."
With the Federation's promise, Li Ze's life or death rested entirely on He Xingjue's decision. Everyone was waiting, waiting for He Xingjue to change his mind—
Of course, it's also possible that they're acting unilaterally.
Everyone's hearts were in their throats, but Li Ze remained calm, as if he weren't the one on the execution rack. While everyone else awaited He Xingjue's answer, he silently absorbed the surrounding malevolent energy.
After several days and nights of life-or-death battles, both the space pirates and the warriors were surrounded by a thick aura of malevolence.
Just as everyone's patience was wearing thin, He Xingjue finally spoke, "Li Ze, in your next life, don't meet me."
Chen Qian stared wide-eyed at He Xingjue in disbelief. Li Ze was his nominal partner, and he had a chance to survive, yet he gave it up!
At this moment, Chen Qian couldn't help but feel sorry for Li Ze.
He couldn't help but wonder, if he were the one captured by the space pirates, would He Xingjue have made the same choice? Would he have been so cold-blooded and ruthless?
Chen Qian knew that He Xingjue would be ruthless, even if that person was He Xingjue himself!
"He Xingjue, you're a fame-seeking, ruthless, and cruel man who even killed your own wife. You're worse than us space pirates," Els mocked, turning to look at Li Ze. "Remember this: the one who wants to kill you is your husband, He—Xing—Jue—."
After saying that, Els winked at the people behind him, "Throw him out!"
Throw it out?
Li Ze, who had originally wanted to resist, silently surrendered.
With his physique, he could easily fight off dozens of unarmed space pirates, but if they used the weapons of this world, he wouldn't be able to resist for long.
Since that's the case, we might as well leave this warship.
As for the fact that humans cannot be exposed to the starry sea, others may be afraid, but he isn't. At worst, he can just get a new body.
Both the Empire and the Federation heard Els's words, and no one took them as a joke. Els was a man of his word; Rize was finished.
Everyone felt sorry for the beautiful and kind boy.
"Throw him out!" Els shouted.
The next second, Li Ze was projected out of the warship's command room, his body directly exposed in the sea of stars.
Li Ze felt his body swelling, disintegrating, and burning—
At the same time, the Snow Wolf Legion's warship suddenly opened a gap, and He Xingjue, as fast as lightning, rushed towards Xinghai and pounced on Li Ze.
"Commander!" the Snow Wolf members exclaimed.
"He Xingjue, are you out of your mind?!" Chen Qian's face turned pale with fear. "Quick, quick, save them! Get them back!"
"yes!"
The Snow Wolf crew reacted swiftly. Almost the instant He Xingjue hugged Li Ze, their net arrived, covering both He Xingjue and Li Ze and bringing them back to the warship in an instant.
"Doctor, call a doctor quickly!" Chen Qian shouted, looking at He Xingjue and Li Ze covered in blood, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
He Xingjue's rescue came unexpectedly; not only were the Snow Wolf people caught off guard, but the Federation people were also caught off guard, and Els was even more surprised.
However, the moment they projected Li Ze into the sea of stars, they hurriedly retreated and fled into the depths of the Death Starfield.
"Don't let them escape! Bomb them!" the Federation commander shouted.
"Concentrate all firepower and blast them to death! I'll make sure they don't see the sun rise tomorrow!" The Snow Wolf's men were furious, their eyes bloodshot.
Countless cannon fire bombarded the warship, causing it to sway precariously. Els and the other space pirates were thrown about inside, even tumbling and rolling around.
"Accelerate—" Els gritted his teeth, "We were still fooled by He Xingjue! Damn it! He Xingjue, I'm not finished with you!"
At this moment, He Xingjue was still holding Li Ze tightly, and the others tried to separate the two, but failed.
"Then put them all into the treatment pod," the doctor said.
Upon hearing this, those present immediately complied, placing He Xingjue and Li Ze into the treatment chamber and closing the chamber door.
"Alright, you can leave now. We need to do some other tests on them." The doctor began to urge them to leave.
After leaving the ward, everyone felt weak and slumped down on the benches in the corridor. Those who didn't have a chair sat against the wall.
"What the commander did just now really scared me; I'm still feeling lingering fear."
My heart almost jumped out of my chest!
"I'm in even worse shape. My heart stopped, and I can't even breathe. Who knew the Commander would pull this stunt! Do you think the Commander and Young Master Li will be alright?"
"When I carried the commander just now, he still had a heartbeat. As for that young master Li Ze, it's hard to say; his health is too poor."
"That's a pity. The commander still couldn't save them!"
"No matter what, the commander did his best; he almost lost his life!"
"At least he didn't just stand by and watch them die; the commander did his best. If we were to exchange them directly with Els, I'm afraid Els wouldn't release them either. He'd love to seize every opportunity to humiliate the commander."
"Madam will be very touched to know that the Commander has not given up on him."
"......."
Chen Qian leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes listlessly. The buzzing of conversations filled his ears, but he couldn't hear anything. His mind was replaying the scene of He Xingjue rushing towards Xinghai to save people.
He couldn't describe his feelings; from feeling utterly devastated and his eyes widening in anger, he was now slowly calming down.
He Xingjue disregarded his own life and rushed into the sea of stars to save Li Ze!
He never imagined that He Xingjue could be so impulsive and disregard the bigger picture.
He was jealous of Li Ze, insanely jealous!
Yet he also wanted He Xingjue to save Li Ze, as if only in this way could he prove that He Xingjue was a person of flesh and blood, rather than a precisely functioning machine.
At this moment, all he wanted to know was whether He Xingjue risked his life to save Li Ze because of a sense of responsibility or because of his feelings.
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