Bleta was unsure whether to agree to Cheng Cheng's request.
As the mech vehicle drove towards the base gate, he vaguely recalled that afternoon in Mr. Lin Dao's study in Mix, when he almost lost his life. The moment Lin Dao tightened his grip on his neck, that look in his eyes, now, was one of struggle.
Even though he had become a monster, he still wanted to remain himself.
Bleta looked down at himself, his fingers turning into liquid at will, transforming into whatever shape he desired, constantly changing form, and finally returning to a human hand.
However, their unusual behavior quickly attracted the attention of the patrol guards, and even Cheng Cheng, as a lieutenant without military orders, was not allowed to leave the base.
The guards fired at their armored vehicles and shouted to stop them.
Cheng Cheng made a desperate decision, preparing to sprint forward with all his might and smash open the base gate that had not yet been closed.
Bretta looked at the surrounded situation outside. The vines wrapped around his body moved at his will and immediately wrapped around Cheng Cheng's waist. He quickly opened the top and nimbly leaped upwards from behind, taking the unresponsive Cheng Cheng directly onto the roof of the car.
Bullets rained down, but Bretta calmly turned around, raised her hand to form a shield, and quickly blocked them all!
Cheng Cheng stared blankly, but he wasn't so stupid as not to react; he quickly drew his gun in response.
The self-driving mech was about to collide with the armed guards at the city gate when Blaita leaped up, using the force of the vines to entangle the city gate and quickly climb up with Cheng Cheng.
Cheng Cheng was almost half-conscious, and with his good combat muscle memory, he began to dodge and climb.
Perhaps it was the discovery that unidentified individuals were attempting to escape that triggered the alarm to sound instantly.
Searchlights swept across the city gate.
Bryta was the first to climb up, and he reached out to grab Cheng Cheng and throw him up.
With pursuers closing in, there was almost no room to catch her breath. Blaita gripped the vines that had flown away and were now tied to some dark corner, and glanced back at Cheng Cheng.
Just as Cheng Cheng was about to grab the vine like him, the moment Blaita swung around in a big arc, Xiao Bai flung him away with force—"Damn it!"
The moment they landed, the base gate behind them opened rapidly, and the city guards who had been urgently assembled poured out.
Cheng Cheng turned around and gasped. Taking experimental subjects and escaping without permission was a serious crime.
He subconsciously looked up at Bretta, who was completely calm, and felt a strange sense of familiarity.
"you--"
Blaita bit her finger and shoved it into his mouth, saying, "Fulfill your wish! Quickly!"
Almost as if by telepathy, Cheng Cheng felt the blood rushing into his body, stimulating and awakening the genes that had been suppressed and hidden in him.
Before the naked eye, he had already prostrated himself on the ground, his body rapidly growing snow-white wolf fur, and his body instantly swelled and grew into a large snow wolf nearly six meters tall.
Cheng Cheng was excited about his first mutation. Blaita jumped onto his back and sat down. Before he could even grab the fur on his back, the guy raised his head and howled, "Awoooooo!"
"I'm fucking so handsome right now! Hahahaha!!!"
Bryta: "..."
The pursuers behind him were stunned by the entire process of his transformation. Their leader immediately reacted, roaring, "Fire! Quick! Fire—!"
The moment the hail of bullets flew towards him, Cheng Cheng reacted in advance, quickly taking off like lightning. His enormous size and incredible speed allowed him to cover over a hundred meters in just a few seconds, disappearing into the night.
Cheng Cheng galloped off like a wild wolf, running for several kilometers. Bryta, thoroughly shaken by the jolting, finally yelled for them to stop.
Cheng Cheng then realized this, and embarrassed, he stopped and walked slowly, asking guiltily, "Are you alright?"
Bryta managed to steady himself, preventing himself from vomiting. He shook his head, then, as if remembering something, asked, "You know the way to Mix, right?"
His gut feeling was that as soon as he finished speaking, the once majestic snow wolf beneath him stiffened. Although its eyesight was still good enough to see clearly at night after the mutation, being able to find its way in the dark was another matter entirely.
“…………” Bleta was speechless.
They had to rely on the most primitive method—stargazing to determine their location.
Nighttime was not a good time for long journeys, so they were lucky enough to find an abandoned factory where they could make do with the lodgings. Bretta searched around and, fortunately, found some supplies left behind by previous travelers: a discarded compass and a tattered map.
After fiddling around for a while, Blaita managed to fix it and lay down next to Cheng Cheng. Ever since his mutation, this guy had been so happy that he didn't want to turn back. If it weren't for his enormous size, he would have settled for a two-meter-tall creature lying on the ground, claiming, "The temperature difference between day and night is big outside the base, this keeps me warm!"
Bretta leaned against it and felt quite warm. After resting for a while, she remembered something and quickly got up to get back to work.
The next day, Cheng Cheng woke up, exhausted but still full of energy, and walked out of the abandoned factory. He transformed into his complete form, lifted his front leg, and turned around, thinking himself very cool, saying, "Get on... what are you doing—"
A pair of mechanical wings unfolded behind Bretta, and the test subject slowly took flight.
Cheng Cheng was stunned: "You...you can fly?"
Bryta blinked, flew to eye level with him, and said, "Yeah, I've wanted to try making a pair of mechanical wings like Qiao Song's for a long time. Besides, running there to Mix Base is too slow. So, I was at the research institute making a gift for Mr. Lin Dao and secretly gathering materials. I only finished it last night."
Cheng Cheng: "..."
"Then what should I do?"
Bryta: "It's simple. I'll carry you and fly, just like Wei Tang did. Don't worry, I'm very strong."
Cheng Cheng: "..."
He awkwardly transformed back into human form, only to be picked up by the thin and handsome boy, Blaita, and suddenly soared into the sky with outstretched wings.
Cheng Cheng looked at the scenery receding into the distance below and thought to himself that it was much faster than he could run.
It's sour.
He hesitated several times before speaking.
Holding him and looking ahead, as they flew through the clouds, Bryta suddenly said, "Okay, when we get back, I'll make you an even cooler pair of mechanical wings."
Cheng Cheng: "!" He reached out and hugged Tata tightly, looking at her with the gratified eyes of an old father: "Then you've made a promise, no backing out!"
They flew through the air, taking shortcuts, stopping and hunting along the way, and finally arrived outside the Mixi base more than ten days later.
The Lighthouse Conference is about to convene, and the entrances and exits of the Mix Base are under strict control. All those entering the city must be tested by a new type of detection equipment provided by the Mechanical Sky City. Those mutants who have not lost consciousness can apply for quarantine and then obtain a mutant ID to be incorporated into the guard army.
In just one year since I left Mix Base, a lot has changed.
Bryta and Cheng Cheng weren't confident they wouldn't be detected as mutants. There were communication towers between the bases, and Cheng Cheng's aberration in taking away experimental subjects had likely already been exposed. Their appearance might actually cause trouble for Klindall.
The base was also protected by a shield, making it impossible for them to fly in.
Just as they were hesitating, a convoy of mechs bearing the Imperial flag and escorted by the army arrived outside the base. Bretta and Cheng Cheng watched in surprise from the shadows.
Cheng Cheng frowned and said, "The Empire's side has arrived as well. It seems the meeting will begin soon."
They could clearly see that the guards were tall and strong—and were likely of a different race.
Cheng Cheng was also quite anxious. The Lighthouse Conference was ostensibly aimed at mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, but the situation was constantly changing. Colonel Klindall's position was highly coveted, and it was hard to imagine whether something unexpected might happen—which was why he wanted to bring Britta along. He always felt that Britta was the one who could truly break the deadlock.
As he thought about it, he looked at the boy beside him with a sense of guilt.
Bretta stared intently at the Imperial army ahead, then suddenly said, "I know, that's why I came. I told you I would protect Mr. Klindall. You don't need to feel guilty; now that I have so much, I have to take on this responsibility."
Cheng Cheng was taken aback, and a sentence suddenly came to mind: "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight."
Bryta turned around in surprise: "Cheng Cheng, that's a really good point."
Cheng Cheng's face flushed red, and after a long pause, he finally said, "...Can you please stop reading my mind? By the way, I've noticed that Xiao Bai seems to know what you're thinking. Why can't I?"
"Ahem." Bryta looked away sheepishly and said, "I've adjusted and disabled the permissions."
Cheng Cheng: "..."
As they were talking, Bleta suddenly sensed something, looked up abruptly, and his gaze was both surprised and serious.
"W-What's wrong?" Cheng Cheng rarely saw him with this expression.
Bretta frowned, somewhat incredulously saying, "He's still alive. I can feel it, he has blood..."
Who is still alive?
"Donovyn Klein," Bretta said gravely, pointing in a direction. "He's in that armored vehicle."
"I heard him speak...who was he talking to..."
Upon hearing the name "Donov," Cheng Cheng recalled the battle at the Arctic Snow Fortress, and his blood boiled with rage. He felt an urge to rush forward and tear the man apart.
Bretta noticed his consciousness and immediately reached out to hold him down: "No rush."
Cheng Cheng was taken aback, turned around and looked at the boy's calm eyes, calmed down, and subconsciously obeyed his words.
He felt that the boy had grown up without him even realizing it. When did that happen?
Was it the time at the Arctic Snow Fortress, when he first faced so much life, death, love, and hate? Or was it afterward, when he knew the colonel was lying to him, yet still cooperated to let him leave in peace, while he himself plotted everything that followed?
Bryta suddenly shook his head: "I don't know, is this what it feels like to grow up? I just feel that this is how it should be. I can't always have you guys protecting me." He suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.
Before Cheng Cheng could react and realize that his mind had been read again, Xiao Bai grabbed his hands and feet and pulled him out quickly with Blaita. They exchanged battle strategies in secret, and the vines quickly wrapped around the mouths of the last two members of the Imperial team, dragged them away, knocked them unconscious, changed them into Imperial soldier uniforms, and followed silently.
Cheng Cheng hadn't felt this kind of excitement from perfect teamwork in a long time. Looking up, he saw the blond boy in a fairly well-fitting military uniform and suddenly realized that Bretta had actually grown taller. He wasn't short to begin with, but now he stood tall and handsome. When he looked at Cheng Cheng, the boy's childishness had faded from his face. He proudly raised an eyebrow at Cheng Cheng, holding a gun in his hand, exuding arrogance and radiating charisma.
He thought to himself: The colonel has a really good eye.
Britta slightly raised her chin and mouthed back, "Of course."
The wind blew through his blond hair as he looked up, his gaze fixed firmly on the towering lighthouse in the center of the Mix base.
Mr. Klingdale, I'm here.
Author's Note: Cheng Cheng: You're addicted to mind reading, aren't you!
Tata: ...It's because you're too easy to read (shrugs)
Klingdale: Read what I'm thinking right now?
Tata, three seconds later: ... (blushing)
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