Chapter 145 Embrace
Zong Fang's eyes were cold, the laser sword in his hand flashing with a dim light. He instantly rushed towards Wei Shou. The sword drew a sharp arc of light in the air. The surrounding dust and debris trembled slightly in his force field, as if even the air gave way to him.
Wei Shou quickly manipulated his puppets to intercept, but Zong Fang, like a ghost on the battlefield, easily cut through the obstacles ahead. Every swing of his sword brought a dazzling light and a piercing sound, and the puppets were split in two under the blade like paper.
"I advise you not to meddle in other people's business." Wei Shou gritted his teeth and resisted, his voice filled with resentment and anger. At the same time, he knew that today was bound to be a very dangerous day.
Munakata ignored him and leaped up to attack the opponent. His pressure spread, and the puppets in the field, which were exactly like him, seemed to be shattered by an invisible force and turned into dust.
"What kind of thing is worthy of being like me?"
Wei Shou retreated in horror. He tried to mobilize more puppets, but it was of no avail.
"Your game is over."
Zong Fang's voice was low and ruthless. His cold eyes instantly turned vertical, and his immense mental power shattered everything around him. He pierced Wei Shou's heart with a single, precise strike of his sword. The blazing energy released from his body, instantly vaporizing his internal tissues.
Wei Shou's body was like a deflated balloon, being sucked dry and transformed into a piece of human skin. The next second, all the puppets disappeared.
In the fading interstellar afterglow, the silent ruins exuded a poignant loneliness. The last rays of sunset slowly receded from the horizon, dyeing the sky a deep and mysterious violet. The stars began to awaken in the night, and all was quiet.
Munakata stood alone, his heartbeat growing louder in the silence.
These hands that had experienced killing were trembling at this moment, not because of fear, but because they were full of expectation and anxiety.
He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself, then slowly turned around, facing Qiao Suisui but not daring to look up at her. His figure was immersed in the mottled bloodstains and the afterglow of the setting sun.
She was right in front of him, like a gentle light that penetrated the fog in Zongfang's heart. But with every step he took, the worries in his heart seemed to grow heavier.
He was afraid that her coming was just a false joy for him, that she would never want to see him again, and that all the good things in the past had become forgotten memories.
When I can't see her, I want to see her every minute.
But even though she was right in front of him, Zongfang didn't dare to go forward.
Suddenly, a gentle call broke the silence: "Mongfang."
Her voice was like a warm spring breeze, blowing away the frost and snow in Zongfang's heart. Zongfang looked up in surprise and saw her smiling, her eyes soft and firm.
She asked, "What was the first sentence in my letter to you?"
Zong Fang was stunned for a moment, his voice filled with confusion: "What letter? You wrote me a letter?"
Qiao Suisui was already smiling at this point, but she still asked something that only the two of them knew: "When will the tree in the space bloom?"
"If you like, I'll let it open now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Susu ran towards him quickly.
It won't be wrong this time.
He was the paranoid fool who loved her.
Her smile was as bright as a star, brilliant and warm. She hugged him tightly, and the next second, the man's arms hugged her even tighter, as if to fill all the blank spaces in their lives.
They clung to each other under the sky covered by the sunset, and the ruins and suffering around them seemed to have disappeared.
"I'm late." Zongfang's voice was hoarse and powerful.
Qiao Suisui leaned against his solid chest, her eyes red, but with a relieved smile: "As long as you are here, it is not too late."
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Several years ago.
In order to avoid the annoying classes, Munakata, who had just been able to transform from animal form to human form, hid under the round table in the spacious conference room and accidentally heard a conversation between adults.
"If that's the case, then I should at least use top-tier orcs for the experiment. That would be worthy of the many star coins I allocated."
“Have the results been evaluated?”
"Don't worry, once this potion is successfully developed, the orcs' mental strength will be mobilized to its peak, and those injected will lose consciousness. Then you will have a top-notch army that has no thoughts and can strike wherever you command."
"Zong Yan, please give this plan a name." The person who spoke was the current head of the federation.
They sat around a luxurious round table, smoking and chatting, as if they were discussing not life but a game of chess.
Under the round table, Zongfang heard his father's voice: "Let's call it the Crucible Project."
The Crucible not only represents the extreme physical and mental manipulation of the orcs, but also symbolizes the complete destruction and reconstruction of their souls and will.
And those elites who were selected from thousands of people were trained as experimental subjects from the very beginning.
The Crucible Project proceeded stealthily, achieving remarkable results once it was launched. All the Orcs injected with the drug experienced a boost in mental strength. Although the effect only lasted for 20 minutes, it was a landmark success. The only side effect was that the injected Orcs would inexplicably go berserk. At the time, only 9.8% of the Orcs in the entire galaxy were driven to berserk due to genetic defects.
The reason given by the experimenters is that the drug is still in the research and development stage and is not yet stable.
At the same time, Dadligne broke the news that local villagers collectively showed strange symptoms, which were suspected to be caused by unknown chemicals in the water source.
Seeing that the news of the underground experimental base had leaked out, and it was during the election period, in order to cover up the matter, Zong Yan proposed to the leader to silence him and not to wait for the drug to be tested, but to use the elite troops to conduct the experiment directly.
So he set a trap and sent all the members of the elite force to Dadligne. At the same time, he ordered the bombing of the local village, killing all those who knew about it and those who didn't, in one fell swoop to eliminate the trouble once and for all.
But they forgot that they had trained a tough and excellent army with their own hands. A small number of people escaped, and most of the rest were sent to underground laboratories for live experiments.
When the leader and his party learned that someone had escaped, they were worried that the secret would be exposed.
At this time, Emperor Gorba III of the then-insignificant Oslan Empire extended an olive branch to the leader, proposing to blame the disaster at Dardline on the escaped individuals. The leader and his allies thus jointly planned the "Battle of the Two Wings." Following this Battle of the Two Wings, the Oslan Empire, supported by the Federation, rapidly rose to prominence.
Zong Yan ordered the distribution of inducing agents across the battlefield. These agents were not administered by the rebels, but rather were disguised by the Federation. They believed that the Crucible Project could transform the physiques of all Orcs, creating the most powerful legion on the planet "Sky City." Therefore, they needed a large number of "experimental subjects." This approach would kill two birds with one stone: not only could they eliminate the rebels amidst the chaos, but they could also select the truly powerful through a brutal process of survival of the fittest. Furthermore, these inducing agents were not the officially stated substances that would cause Orcs to go berserk, but rather chemicals developed within the Crucible Project.
Therefore, there was a large-scale phenomenon of orcs killing each other and going berserk.
Munakata, knowing the truth, kept it a secret for years. Initially, he couldn't even sleep deeply, fearing he'd reveal everything in his dreams and become the next target of silencing. Later, he systematically became increasingly rebellious and extreme, repeatedly opposing his father and displaying an extreme passion for scientific research. He was always waiting for an opportunity to break with his father.
Zongfang did not consider himself a savior, nor was he interested in being one. He did not choose to reveal everything to the world, but he was deeply disgusted by what his family, his father, and even the entire Federation had done.
Year after year, he has been playing the role of an uncontrollable, paranoid lunatic, and as he plays the role, he seems to have truly become such a person - because only in this role can he escape from his family, escape from his father's shadow, and escape from this ugly world.
His disgust for the world never stopped until he fell in love with Qiao Susu, and then he began to have all kinds of worries.
So far, the cause and effect of the Battle of the Wings has been explained. Now, let's see whose card will be flipped? Princess Ka or Princess Zong?
(End of this chapter)
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