Chapter 64 Chapter 64 Wow! What a big teddy bear (three in one…

"Behave yourself, everyone. Don't do anything tricky. Be careful of accidental discharge of guns!" The star thief in charge of guarding spoke fiercely and with unfriendly eyes.

Several thieves tied up all the people in the institute with ropes.

Lu Zhiluan's hands were tied and he was pushed to the other side without any courtesy.

He tried to gently twist his wrist, but found that the rope was getting tighter and tighter, causing pain on his wrist and leaving a circle of red marks.

Zhang Mu was pushed over, and when he saw Lu Zhiluan's movements, he quickly stopped him in a low voice, "Don't move. This is a special rope made of memory molecules. If you stretch it forcefully, it will shrink after rebounding. It will take two or three hours to recover."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhiluan stopped and no longer tried.

Is there anything we can do to ask the system in our head?

The system said helplessly that there was no answer.

At this time, the short man got off the starship and looked around. His eyes seemed to stop on him for a moment. Lu Zhiluan lowered his head secretly. The man quickly retracted his gaze and turned around to tell the guards in a deep voice, "Lock them all on another starship and keep them under guard. They are still useful."

"yes."

The starship was completely occupied by pirates. The interior was ransacked, violently dismantled, and the instruments were destroyed.

The team leader was deeply distressed when he saw these ignorant bandits. Those were all top-grade instruments, each of which cost millions of star coins.

"What a piece of junk, it makes a beeping sound, take it apart." A thief casually picked off the outer casing of an instrument, revealing the magnetic charge battery inside, "What a piece of junk stone, it's meaningless." He threw it away.

Team leader:!

I'm going to fight you bunch of lunatics!

Several team members nearby grabbed the team leader's legs tightly to prevent him from moving: Please stay calm!

"Boss, we've searched them all. None of them have anything valuable on them. They're all extremely poor."

Outside the door, a short man and a one-eyed man walked in. He was holding a few expensive watches in his hands, with a look of disdain on his face. These were just the things he needed, not even enough for him to enjoy himself for two days.

I thought they would be a fat sheep, but they turned out to be a group of nerds. The cabinets were filled with thick books. The most valuable things were the two star ships. It was a pity that everything designed by the Alliance had positioning devices, and they couldn't keep them for themselves, otherwise it would be equivalent to exposing their own position. They could only dismantle some devices and resell them.

By this measure, this transaction was not calculated at all.

However, they also encountered this by accident. They originally wanted to avoid being tracked by aircraft and had to make an emergency landing in this damn place. They did not expect to meet people from the Canaan Research Institute.

A small profit is still a profit, not to mention that the guys on the interstellar route should have succeeded. Thinking of those wealthy commercial starships, the short man was delighted, and even the depression he had just felt because of the shabby pile of books was gone.

"Big Boss, have you heard anything from the Third Brother? Have they succeeded?"

The man said calmly, "I think so. The signal here is too bad. I haven't received any definite news yet."

"Then what should we do with these people? Should we..." The man made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Everyone in the research institute turned pale, and they felt the brutality of the vicious and evil criminals.

For money, they will do anything.

One-eyed man: "Don't worry, let them hand over the star coins in their StarNet accounts first, and those who don't cooperate will be dealt with on the spot."

"Yes, there is also a Star Network account!" The short man's face lit up, and his mind became active. He flattered: "Boss, let me, Ma Cong, handle this matter."

The man looked at him with a half-smile. The short man felt a little guilty and couldn't help but touch his nose.

"It's up to you. I need to take a break. Don't bother me if you have nothing to do." The man casually glanced at the researchers who were tied up nearby. He seemed to catch a glimpse of a familiar figure in the crowd, but the feeling disappeared when he took a closer look.

He rubbed his sore right eye, and when his fingers touched the raised scar on his eyelid, a hint of vicious resentment flashed in his eyes.

After the man went in, Lu Zhiluan breathed a sigh of relief, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Fortunately, I was wearing a cold-proof mask and goggles, so I was not recognized.

As soon as the one-eyed man came in, Lu Zhiluan knew that he had met an "old acquaintance" again. He knew very well how the man's two eyes were injured.

He didn't expect that Lei Jiu was still alive.

Now things get tricky.

If it were an ordinary thief, he would at most steal or kill me, and that would be the end of it.

But things were different when it fell into Lei Jiu's hands. That man always held a grudge and he had already wanted to kill him last time.

If Lei Jiu knew that he was still alive...

If things go wrong, it might even affect other people in the institute.

Lu Zhiluan felt that he was trapped in an unsolvable dead end.

On the other side, Ma Cong pointed at one of them casually, "You! Come here."

Fang Yi was picked up, pushed, and brought in front of Ma Cong.

Ma Cong took the computer off Fang Yi's wrist and threw it to the ground, ordering: "Open it and transfer all the money. Don't try to secretly ask for help from the outside world. I'm watching you."

Fang Yi silently turned on the computer and started operating it.

When Ma Cong saw the long string of numbers on the account, his eyes lit up.

"Turn around, quick."

Fang Yi gritted his teeth and clicked the transfer button, but a big red circle soon appeared on the computer. There was no signal here and he couldn't connect to the network. Not to mention transferring money, even face-to-face communication was unavailable.

The smile on Ma Cong's face suddenly disappeared.

He couldn't help but swear. He forgot that this damn place had no Star Network coverage!

Ma Cong had a gloomy face as he paced back and forth on the starship, with thoughts surging in his eyes, and it seemed that he had not given up yet.

He tried it on several people's computers, but the results were the same. He could only envy the money in other people's pockets.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, waved to a burly man next to him, and whispered something to him. The man looked hesitant after hearing it, "But this..."

Ma Cong frowned, hating this man for being so rigid and inflexible. He gritted his teeth and whispered, "What can go wrong if I just open one? If you don't want to do it, I'll find someone else, and you won't get a penny of the money!"

The big man stopped him: "No, no, I'll go, but let's make a deal, you have to give me half of the money."

Ma Cong: "Deal, go now."

After getting the promise, the big man found an excuse and told his fellow guards that he was going to the neighboring starship to pick up some leftovers. The others did not suspect him, as the neighboring ship had been emptied by them long ago, leaving only an empty shell, so they waved their hands and let him go.

In the heavy snow, the big man wrapped himself tightly in his winter clothing and walked deeper into the snow without stopping as he passed another star ship.

After passing through a forest, he saw a dozen star shuttles parked in the open space in front of him. He came to the one he was driving, opened the shuttle door, and touched a small black box in the cockpit.

The big man weighed the gadget in his hand, hesitating.

After a while, the big man took the box and left. He comforted himself that he was just borrowing it for a while and it shouldn't be discovered. He quickly returned to the starship.

Ten thousand feet in the sky, an aircraft flew slowly past.

Parked in a starship in the galaxy.

The young subordinate pushed open the door and said in a loud voice, "Reporting to the Admiral, we have searched all of them. There is no sign of human life on those nameless stars. There are only abandoned starships, which have been disposed of."

Jing Miao stood in front of the window with an expressionless face. Outside was the ever-changing galaxy with twinkling stars.

"What about those guys on the other side?" he asked calmly.

The subordinate looked down at the electronic screen in his hand, which showed detailed data sent back by the aircraft, and reported truthfully: "According to the data from two hours ago, the nameless star on the other side has not changed from the previous data. The star with the highest snow cover has human activity. After investigation, it turned out that researchers from our Canaan Research Institute are conducting a snow survey."

As he was speaking, the aircraft sent back new exploration data.

The subordinate's expression froze, noticing some subtle changes, and he quickly reported to Jing Miao, "Admiral, there seems to be an extra star shuttle on the nameless star where the research institute is located."

Jing Miao suddenly turned around, walked over with big strides, and checked the latest data with a frown.

The research institute only sent two starships on this trip, so there is no way there would be a star shuttle with other people on it.

Thinking of this, Jing Miao quickly walked out of the starship and said to his subordinates who followed him: "Try to use the main ship terminal to get in touch with the starship, and everyone else follow me."

Dozens of star shuttles left the main ship, turned into a shadow, and headed for the nameless star.

*

Lei Jiu closed his eyes for a while, then walked out of the room listlessly. Calculating the time, he thought it was time for them to leave.

The effectiveness of the jammer is affected by the climate. If you stay there for too long, you'll be exposed. Those aircraft in the sky are very sensitive.

In the lobby, Ma Cong was grinning as he counted the increasing number of star coins in his account. It turned out that he had underestimated this group of nerds. Come to think of it, anyone who can live on Canaan Prime must be rich or noble.

He came to Lu Zhiluan with the black box in his hand and said coldly, "It's your turn. Turn on the computer."

Noticing Lei Jiu looking over here not far away, Lu Zhiluan's heart almost jumped out of his chest. Fortunately, this group of people were only thinking about money and didn't think about taking off their cold weather masks. He opened his star coin account, thinking about transferring the money quickly so as not to arouse suspicion.

Ma Cong stared at the long string of numbers, stunned, "Fuck! Did you rob a bank? How can you have so much money!"

This voice completely attracted everyone's attention.

Lu Zhiluan closed his eyes in despair: “…” It’s over, he has committed the crime of being too rich.

Originally he had two accounts, one was opened in the name of the nursing home, and the other was his own. Some time ago, for the sake of convenience, he merged the accounts and exchanged all the little animals' grateful hearts for star coins, intending to pay off the debt of opening the store in one go. Now, it and Luo Yu's huge medical fee are all added together.

That's a pretty impressive amount.

Lei Jiu was originally planning to leave, but when he saw Ma Cong's out-of-control look, he turned around and walked over here.

He asked sharply, "What's going on?"

Ma Cong's hands were shaking with excitement. He pointed at Lu Zhiluan and said incoherently: "Boss, this guy is a big fat sheep. He is so rich. I have never seen so much money in my life." He handed the computer to the man and motioned him to look at it.

Lei Jiu lowered his eyes, and his pupils shrank suddenly after seeing the string of numbers. He stared at the person in front of him with suspicion, and couldn't help but feel a little curious about the face under the mask.

Ma Cong happily began to transfer money, muttering, "I'm going to make a fortune now."

Lu Zhiluan lowered his eyes and let Lei Jiu look at him.

A small piece of white skin exposed under the transparent goggles shows that there is a young face under the mask, especially the half-closed eyes, which are very beautiful, with long eyelashes trembling slightly, like a small brush gently sweeping across the heart, causing a tingling sensation.

Lei Jiu narrowed his eyes, this feeling seemed familiar...

Where have I ever seen such a person?

He raised his hand to take off the winter mask on the man's head, and a pale and cold face suddenly came into his sight.

Lu Zhiluan felt a chill in his heart.

The arc of Lei Jiu's straightened mouth corners became bigger and bigger, combined with his hollow left eye and scarred face, he looked extremely scary.

The whole person looks like a human being parasitized by some ugly monster. The monster inside is about to break through the skin, and the scars on the surface are wriggling and jumping like living things.

Lei Jiu's hoarse voice was strange and changeable, and his tone was full of abnormal excitement and deep and endless resentment, "So it's you again."

He chuckled softly, and then his laughter became more and more exaggerated, with a chilling and eerie tone, like a lingering poison in the tarsal bones.

Everyone present was frightened by his appearance. For a moment, the interior of the starship was as silent as death, with only Lei Jiu's crazy and eerie laughter remaining.

Ma Cong came over tremblingly and said to Lei Jiu cautiously: "Boss, I will transfer his money to your account."

He could see that Lei Jiu had a grudge against this handsome pretty boy.

Appropriate gestures of goodwill can calm people's hearts. It was obvious that something was wrong with Lei Jiu's current condition. Ma Cong was worried that he might go crazy and bring disaster to himself.

After laughing wildly, Lei Jiu had actually calmed down, but his eyes were bloodshot and his gaze had never left Lu Zhiluan.

What's the use of surviving a disaster? After all the twists and turns, I still fell into his hands again.

After hearing what Ma Cong said, Lei Jiu suddenly thought of the signal problem, turned around and asked him coldly: "Where did you get the network?"

Ma Cong was shocked by the gloomy look and stammered, "I took the black box off the Star Shuttle."

Lei Jiu paused when he heard this, and was furious. He suppressed his anger and asked, "When did it happen?"

Seeing his bad face, Ma Cong knew that he had gotten into big trouble, so he simply told him everything, "It's been half an hour."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Jiu kicked him in the stomach. He fell to the ground, curled up in pain and couldn't get up for a long time.

Lei Jiu took a deep breath, turned around and said to the other frightened thieves, "Leave here immediately, we have been discovered."

Someone asked: "Boss, what should we do with these people? Our Star Shuttle can't carry so many people."

Lei Jiu deliberately glanced at Lu Zhiluan and said in a very vicious tone: "Blow up the starship, take half of them as hostages, and let the rest fend for themselves."

"What do you think of this approach, Dr. Deer?"

Lu Zhiluan's eyes turned cold, and his tone was icy, "You can't do this."

Lei Jiu approached suddenly, his right eye bulged and widened, and he grabbed his neck with one hand and tightened it with such force that he wished he could just break his pride. He said, "Be content. Their fate is much better than yours. They died more easily, but you may not. I will slowly torture you and make you wish you were dead but unable to live."

Having admired the painful expression on that usually cold face, Lei Jiu's weird and violent sadistic feeling was satisfied. He generously and mercifully let go of Lu Zhilan, who was about to faint from the pain, and threw him to the ground. He turned his head and ordered Ma Cong beside him, "Take him with me. Everyone leave now."

Lu Zhiluan fell to the ground, holding his neck. His face turned red, his ears were buzzing, and his throat was in great pain. Even simple breathing and swallowing became torture. Fang Yi pushed aside the star thief guarding him and rushed over. His hands were tied and he couldn't check the wound on Lu Zhiluan's neck. He could only ask anxiously, "Doctor Lu, are you okay?"

Lu Zhiluan felt numb all over. When he was carried up, Fang Yi's voice sounded very close and very far away in his ears.

Ma Cong scratched his ears and pointed at Fang Yi, "Take this noisy guy away too. Everyone on that side should stay here."

The pirates acted quickly and detonated the bombs immediately after exiting the starship. Instantly, thick smoke and flames rose from both starships.

There were intermittent explosions behind him. Fang Yi was extremely angry and cursed with red eyes: "You bunch of crazy people, those are more than a dozen lives! You will be punished!" He was punched in the face right after he finished speaking. "If you curse again, I will beat you to death!"

Fang Yi also lost his temper and continued to curse, "If you have the guts, beat me to death right now! You ***! **!"

The team leader who was also a hostage walking in front couldn't help but yelled angrily: "Fang Yi! Stop talking!"

He was really worried that this young man would be killed along the way, which made him very worried.

That's a star thief who kills without blinking an eye!

Fang Yi was originally furious at the absolute suppression from the teacher, thinking that even if he died, he would still curse those beasts to death. However, after being yelled at like that, he calmed down a little.

The Star Thief spat at him, smugly, "Dumb?"

Fang Yi gritted his teeth and said nothing more.

The group hurriedly crossed the snow, and when they were about to reach the place where the Star Shuttle was parked, they heard a slight sound of breaking wind in the sky, and then a dozen military Star Shuttles rushed down, heading in this direction.

The Alliance's guards are here.

Lei Jiu, the leader, was suddenly displeased upon seeing this, and without caring about anyone else, he turned around, grabbed Lu Zhiluan and dragged him to the nearest Star Shuttle, shoved him in roughly, and went into the cockpit to start the Star Shuttle.

Anyone who has been a pirate knows that the Guards are to pirates like cats and mice.

The moment they recognized the Star Shuttle, the pirates immediately became confused. The timid ones simply abandoned the hostages and drove away in the Star Shuttle.

High in the sky, Jing Miao, wearing goggles and with a slightly solemn look in his eyes, calmly controlled the Star Shuttle. The display screen accurately locked onto a low-altitude Star Shuttle. Electromagnetic machine guns were placed on both sides of the silver-black Star Shuttle, and the pitch-black muzzles were aimed at the tail of the Star Shuttle.

"Bang!"

The magnetic bullet hit the target accurately, and the tail of the Star Shuttle broke instantly. Thick smoke rose up, and it fell at a high speed like a kite with a broken string, hitting the snow hard.

Jing Miao had no expression on his face and continued to aim at the next one.

The voices of other team members came from the earphones: "Reporting to the Admiral, the fires on the two starships have been successfully extinguished. Five people were seriously injured in this accident and have received emergency treatment. The rest of the people have varying degrees of minor injuries and are currently being evacuated in an orderly manner."

Jing Miao: “Received.”

"Admiral, five star shuttles are leaving in the northwest sky. They have four hostages."

"Don't use magnetic bullets. Send interference sound waves towards the cockpit. Try to stop them first, and then deal with them after landing. Make sure the hostages are safe."

"clear."

The guards were experienced in catching thieves, and after adapting to the snowy weather, they quickly came up with a countermeasure.

Two silver-black Star Shuttles flew side by side, catching up with the Star Pirate Shuttle that looked like a headless fly.

The target locked onto the other party's cockpit, determined the wind direction correctly, and immediately emitted a blue beam. The magnetic particles in the beam immediately penetrated into the interior of the shuttle and released a single magnet to the running engine.

In an instant, all the instrument panels in the cockpit fell into chaos, the shuttle's balance system failed, and the flight altitude dropped sharply.

"Fuck! What's going on? I can't fly!" The pirate in charge of driving the Star Shuttle was panicked. The entire control area was out of control and there was a shock inside.

My companion was dizzy and shouted, "Quick, emergency landing!"

The Star Shuttle braked urgently, and when it landed it slid for a long distance due to inertia before coming to a stop.

The three thieves climbed out with dazed eyes. Before they could recover from the shock, they turned around and were faced with the gunshots of the guards.

"Don't move. Anyone who resists arrest will be shot directly."

Soon, with the orderly rescue of the guards, all the hostages were successfully rescued, seven or eight pirates died, and the rest were arrested.

Only the star shuttle of the star pirate leader Lei Jiu is missing.

Lei Jiu was a man with strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities. He knew that when he was flying at a low altitude at the beginning, his whereabouts would be easily discovered by the guards in the sky, so he flew for a distance and then made an emergency landing.

When all the star shuttles in the sky came down to hunt down other star pirates, it took off again and sped away in a certain direction.

"Cough cough..." Lu Zhiluan, who was sitting in the back seat, woke up from fainting. His throat felt hot and sore, and he couldn't help coughing a few times.

Lei Jiu's cold voice came from the front, "Awake?"

Lu Zhiluan sat up by holding onto the chair. The tightened rope left two bloody marks on his wrists, oozing with blood.

Lu Zhiluan's heart skipped a beat when he suddenly met Lei Jiu's sinister eyes. He glanced behind him inadvertently and saw no one was catching up with him.

Lei Jiu sneered: "Don't look, no one will come to save you."

"I've been to this snowy planet a long time ago. There's a place here that's perfect for you. Let's go check it out together." He spoke in a light tone, his expression showing no sign of panic or tension from being hunted. Instead, he looked very relaxed.

Regardless of whether Lu Zhiluan responded or not.

Lei Jiu pressed the automatic driving button, leaned back in his chair, turned to face him, and started talking about his own things.

"Come to think of it, my two injured eyes seem to be related to you. The first time was when I caught that dead fox. I had already thought about it at that time. After catching it, I would peel off its skin layer by layer and dig out its heart and lungs. Guess what, that little beast was saved by you."

"The second time was here." Lei Jiu pointed at his right eye. The scar on it looked like three long worms. As he raised his eyebrows, it rose and fell, as if it was crawling. "The little beast that scratched me must have been raised by you, right?"

"Not only that, but there's also this scar on my chest. Do you know how it got there?"

"This is what happened when the Star Shuttle fell. A piece of iron this long pierced through it." Lei Jiu gestured and vividly told Lu Zhilan how he managed to survive in the deserted forest.

"All this is thanks to you. I didn't expect you to be so lucky. It doesn't matter. Let's end it together today. I like you very much. Do you understand? It's just a pity for your face." Lei Jiu suddenly moved closer, pinched Lu Zhilan's chin, and looked at him carefully, his eyes full of infatuation.

Lu Zhiluan turned his head away in disgust, his eyes acting as if he was looking at something dirty.

A hint of haze flashed in Lei Jiu's eyes. He soon let go of Lu Zhilan, twirled his fingers, and laughed softly, "Actually, disgust is also a kind of attention. This means you finally saw me, right?"

Lu Zhiluan's heart sank; Lei Jiu had obviously gone mad.

Lei Jiu wanted to say something else, but suddenly his expression changed and he looked behind Lu Zhiluan with a frown.

In the heavy snow, a black dot was getting closer and closer. It was a silver-black star shuttle.

Lei Jiu's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he sneered, "It turns out that there is a fearless follower behind us."

"Doctor Lu, can I let him die in front of you?"

Lei Jiu turned back, switched to manual mode, and increased the speed to the fastest. The Star Shuttle was like an arrow shot from a bow and quickly disappeared.

Behind him, Jing Miao had a sullen look on his face and also increased the speed of the Star Shuttle to its fastest.

Two star shuttles landed on an ice cliff one after another.

Lu Zhiluan was pulled down by Lei Jiu. The wind was bitingly cold and the temperature was extremely low on the ice cliff. Even if he was wearing winter clothes, it was of no use.

After staying there for a while, Lu Zhiluan felt that the blood in his body was about to freeze, and he was shivering with cold.

Lei Jiu stood behind Lu Zhiluan, holding his neck with one hand and holding the gun against his head with the other. He narrowed his eyes and silently waited for the other person on the Star Shuttle to come down.

Lu Zhiluan swallowed and took a breath of cool air. Even the pain in his throat became numb.

In the wind and snow, a tall and slender figure was getting closer and closer. Before Lu Zhiluan could see the person's face clearly, he recognized him.

It’s Jing Miao.

Lei Jiu secretly looked at this handsome man who dared to come alone and empty-handed, and his eyes suddenly fell on the star-shaped medal pinned on the chest of his uniform.

As far as he knew, there was only one person in the entire Canaan who carried the Alliance Star Medal.

Lei Jiu looked suspicious, "Are you Jing Miao?"

"yes."

Jing Miao answered indifferently. His calm eyes suddenly shrank when he saw the dark and purple spots on both sides of Lu Zhiluan's neck. When he looked at Lei Jiu again, a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Lei Jiu naturally did not miss this subtle change, and the look he gave Lu Zhiluan gradually became intriguing.

He pressed the muzzle of the gun towards Lu Zhiluan's head, and said viciously, "You are quite charming, Doctor Lu. Even the admiral of the Star Domain has been fascinated by you, huh? Have you slept with her? What despicable means did you use, such as climbing into bed and drugging her, or stripping naked to seduce her?"

Jing Miao frowned at his dirty words.

Considering Lu Zhiluan's safety, he negotiated with him in a deep voice: "What do you want?"

Lei Jiu smiled with a sly expression on his face, "No matter what I want, General Jing can give it to me?"

Jing Miao nodded: "You go ahead."

Lei Jiu pretended to be distressed for a moment, and leaned close to Lu Zhiluan's ear, but his eyes were fixed on Jing Miao, "Doctor Lu, did you hear me? I will give you whatever you want. What do you think I should order?"

Lu Zhiluan opened his mouth and was about to tell Jing Miao not to believe anything Lei Jiu said. He had gone completely crazy.

But he found that he couldn't speak, and then he could only shake his head, hoping that Jing Miao could understand what he meant.

When I raised my eyes, I saw Jing Miao staring at me solemnly. I didn't know whether he understood or not.

Lei Jiu tightened his arm and touched the wound on his neck. Lu Zhiluan immediately showed a painful expression.

Jing Miao clenched his fists unconsciously.

"What do you want?" he asked again.

Lei Jiu: "What if I say I want your life?"

Jing Miao said without hesitation: "Okay."

As if this request was just a trivial matter.

Lu Zhiluan’s eyes widened and he looked at Jing Miao in disbelief.

When Lei Jiu heard the answer, he was not surprised as he had imagined. Instead, his first reaction was anger.

"What a shame, hahahahahaha."

"Okay, I'll help you then."

Lei Jiu said this and pointed the muzzle of the gun that was pointed at Lu Zhiluan at Jing Miao.

Lu Zhiluan's breath was choked, and he didn't know where he got the strength from, but the moment Lei Jiu pulled the trigger, he rushed forward with force.

"Bang!"

Lu Zhiluan, who was lying on the ground, had a blank mind. He seemed to hear the sound of bullets penetrating into flesh and blood. He slowly raised his head, only to see a dark shadow passing by him and fighting with Lei Jiu behind him.

Suddenly, the glaring red on the snow burned his eyes and blood flowed all the way.

Lu Zhiluan blinked and followed the bloodstain with his gaze. Just when he was about to see clearly, a gust of cold wind blew up thousands of snowdrifts, forming a hazy snow wall in front of him, blocking his view.

Outside the snow wall, Lu Zhiluan heard a scream.

A few minutes later, Lei Jiu was lying on the ground dying. The snow on the ground was dyed red by his blood. His body was covered with wounds cut by the wind, and it was freezing cold from the frost and snow.

He vomited a large mouthful of blood, and looked at the man standing in front of him with his only remaining right eye. He curled up his body and grinned, "I have heard that General Jing's wind ability is unmatched. Today, Lei has experienced it. It is indeed worthy of his reputation."

Jing Miao looked down at him, his face pale and his eyes frighteningly cold.

Tick-tick, tick-tick, drop after drop of blood dripped down his drooping fingers, and a large dark pool soaked the uniform on his right shoulder.

Lei Jiu was already at the end of his strength. He tried to get up from the ground, but to no avail. The light in his eyes gradually dimmed, and he slowly closed his eyes.

Jing Miao stood for a while before he turned around, holding his shoulder and staggering towards Lu Zhiluan. The wind wall was removed, revealing a pair of beautiful, slightly red eyes, staring at him blankly.

Lu Zhiluan stood up from the ground, slowly moving his frozen feet, and approached Jing Miao step by step.

Just when the two were about to collide, Lei Jiu, who was supposed to be dead, slowly stood up behind Jing Miao. His face was dark blue, his eyeballs were bulging, and the whites of his eyes were covered with black and purple bloodshot.

Lei Jiu grinned, raised one hand stiffly like a zombie, and opened and closed his mouth.

Lu Zhiluan followed his lip movements and when he read the last word, he was suddenly shocked to realize that he was saying: "Get up and go to hell."

A fishy-smelling wind blew over, and Lu Zhiluan felt his eyes blurred. When he opened his eyes again, there was a bottomless ice cliff behind him.

Lei Jiu stood in front of him with black blood flowing from his seven wounds, smiling evilly, and the flesh on his body seemed to be dissolving. Then he reached out and pushed gently.

The sound of wind rang in his ears, and Lu Zhiluan felt that someone was hugging him, "Don't be afraid." Jing Miao's voice was clearly mixed in the wind, but he heard it clearly.

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaa, how come you fell down in the blink of an eye!" The system in my brain also started to panic and made a lot of noise.

Lu Zhiluan wanted to answer it, but he was cold and sleepy, and his eyelids felt as if they were weighed down with a heavy weight.

At the moment when I was about to lose consciousness, I seemed to hear the system shouting: "Host, don't be afraid, I have arranged a super big golden finger for you, this time it is guaranteed to work!"

Lu Zhiluan even had the mind to think that the system's mouth was a lie, and it must be some small animal version of the chicken ribs function.

The accident happened in the blink of an eye. Jing Miao didn't understand why Lei Jiu, who he saw die with his own eyes, was actually alive, and how he brought Lu Zhiluan to the edge of the cliff.

When he reacted, he only saw Lu Zhiluan losing his balance and falling backwards. Jing Miao only had time to hug him and protect him in his arms.

The two men fell very quickly.

The bottom of the cliff was filled with white mist, and it was unclear whether it was frozen soil or cracked ice. Jing Miao felt a warmth enveloping him at some point, and then his body suddenly fell into a pool of soft hot water.

Falling from a height, even with a soft cushioning surface below, the impact was still considerable. The moment it touched the water surface, he felt a sharp pain from the wound on his shoulder. Jing Miao suddenly opened his eyes in the water, grabbed Lu Zhiluan, who was losing consciousness and sinking beside him, and swam upstream.

The steady water flow behind him suddenly started to move, and several water whirlpools were formed. Jing Miao noticed something was wrong and was about to look back, but the next second he and Lu Zhiluan were wrapped up by something, and with a "bang" they were carried out of the water and fell onto the shore.

Facing the huge creature in front of him, Jing Miao's eyes flashed with shock.

It turns out that the bottom of the cliff is the confluence of underground hot springs and above-ground glaciers. The alternation of hot and cold water has formed a warm water area with a low water temperature.

"roar."

Hearing the urging from the front, Jing Miaoheng picked up the unconscious Lu Zhiluan and followed.

As soon as Lu Zhiluan got ashore, he developed a high fever. His whole body was burning. Jing Miao applied ice to him to cool him down for two hours before he got through the fever.

The person in his arms had a pale face, dry and cracked lips, and the bruises on his neck were shocking. Jing Miao touched him lightly, and Lu Zhiluan frowned in pain and shrank into his arms.

Jing Miao withdrew his hand, his eyes frosty.

"roar!"

A huge black shadow appeared in front of us, with the light behind it, looking like a small hill.

Jing Miao paused and let Lu Zhiluan lie flat. His deep gaze fell on that unaware face, from the eyes to the nose. After a long time, he slowly leaned down and placed a restrained and gentle kiss on those thin lips, which ended as soon as they touched.

Jing Miao raised his hand to tuck the coat covering Lu Zhiluan, then stood up and walked out.

Lu Zhiluan slept very deeply this time. When he opened his eyes again, he felt a sense of emptiness as if he didn't know where he was.

He sat up, holding his neck. Something slowly slipped off his body. He grabbed it with his hand unconsciously. He looked down and saw it was a black coat.

This seems to be a cave, and there is the sound of flowing water coming from the front.

Lu Zhiluan stood up, wrapped his coat tightly around him and walked towards the source of the sound.

There was still snow in the sky. When we walked out of the cave, a river with wisps of white smoke appeared in our sight.

I looked around but didn't see Jing Miao.

At this moment, a slight crunching sound of snow was heard from behind. Lu Zhiluan turned around and was stunned.

Even though his voice was hoarse and he couldn't make any sound, he couldn't help but shout out in surprise: "Wow! What a big teddy bear!"