Chapter 91 After the Great Battle
In his dream, Qi An was in a void, existing in a strange state.
She seemed to be the whole world, yet also like a speck of dust in an endless world.
She seems to have everything if she wants, yet it's all empty.
She has existed like this for countless years, as if millions of years have passed.
But when she woke up because of the noise outside, she looked up at the wall clock.
It was 9:05, only 15 minutes had passed.
The noise came from two people at the door, who seemed to be a young couple. They looked like they had just escaped from the base, with disheveled hair, tattered clothes, and many scratches and bandages on their bodies.
Qi An is currently in the living room of a house on the top floor. The windows are completely broken, and she just came in to take shelter from the rain. She had just fallen asleep on the sofa in the living room.
Her back wound has completely healed, and she is perfectly able to get up.
But she remained in the form of the "Ash Priestess". As soon as she stood up, the sharp tips of her wings knocked over the cups and plates on the coffee table, startling the couple so much that they retreated and fled out the door.
"It...it's that fake Ash Priest, isn't it?" A trembling voice came from the stairwell.
"It definitely is! It's said to be unpolluted, and we saw it; it wasn't polluted. Moreover, the base just reported that the True Ash Priests have all been killed."
"Then why are we running? Didn't it save the base?"
"That was terrifying... I'm too scared to go back... Wait! Did we offend it by running away?" The man's voice was already far away, but Qi An could still hear it because of his terrified tone.
The black box made up of a swarm of drones was also on the coffee table. Tan Fu's voice came through Qi An's earpiece:
[I'm speechless! An'an, you're clearly an angel, what are they afraid of!]
You're awake! Did you sleep well?
Qi An folded his wings and transformed into human form. After a long while, he said, "Not bad."
She glanced back at the sofa and noticed that both cushions were covered in dried, dark green blood, resembling patches of old mold.
Qi An went to the door to check the doorplate, then went downstairs to look at the name of the community and the building number. He said to Tan Fu, "Have the senior management of the new student base compensate this household with a new sofa, a cup, and a coat."
She took one of the women's jackets that they had hung on the balcony.
"Great, this family's probably going to be rich. Where are you going now?"
It was still raining outside, but the downpour only lasted for 10 minutes, after which it was just a lingering drizzle.
The base was far from quiet in the post-war rain; searchlights on all four walls were on at maximum power, and a few towers were still firing.
The entire administrative building was brightly lit, and the major hospitals were packed with people.
The ruins were filled with people cleaning up the remaining fallen insects and carrying out disaster relief. The small beams of light from transport and reconnaissance drones, along with the large beams of searchlights, chased and swept back and forth, making the light and shadows around them even more swaying and sharp.
On the main road at the entrance of the residential area, a small group of clones walked on one side, while several people dressed as military officers walked on the other side.
Tan Fudao: [Old Mao is waiting to talk to you.]
Qi An exhaled, and his wings, which he had just folded up for less than five minutes, grew back:
"I have other things to do."
He asked what was so important.
Qi An flew low overhead, only exchanging a brief greeting with Chen Xi before disappearing into the darkness and flying out of the base.
The officers who were completely ignored looked up at her, their brows furrowed in confusion.
Qi An flew more than 20 kilometers away, found several large armies of several thousand Fallen Insects, and killed them.
It wasn't difficult; she had a natural advantage over them. It's just that she killed too many, which made her feel a bit nauseous.
She flew around again, reporting the location and movements of the other two groups of Fallen Insects.
[Old Mao fell silent, haha. Taking advantage of the opponent's weakness to kill the Fallen Insects is indeed the most important thing.] Tan Fu laughed.
Qi An flew around the Satellite 3 base again.
The battlefield here is even more brutal than the main base, because a wave of 30,000 Fallen Insects came out of Guard 3.
The fields, farms, and forests were littered with the corpses of humans and worms, and the water in the irrigation canals had turned a foul stench.
The main battlefield was still fiercely fought. The number of the Fallen Insect army here was five times the total number of the allied forces from all satellite bases. Therefore, they did not immediately retreat after the two Ash Priests died.
But when Qi An arrived, they retreated in disarray, because she wandered around amidst the gunfire and strangled all nine White Priests to death.
"Old Mao said to call him whenever you have time. I've told them at the freshman base to wait for their numbers to be called." Tan Fu's tone suddenly softened, yet also sounded somewhat downcast:
【An'an, you're so kind.】
Qi An really wanted to pat Tan Fu's little head, but unfortunately, he didn't have it with him.
"My reputation among the fallen insects is absolutely terrible. Those white priests look at me as if they want to devour me," she joked as she landed on the streets of Guardian 3.
You've always only had a bad reputation among the fallen insects.
"Didn't you already find your wanted poster on your way to the new student base?" Tan Fudao said.
Qi An let out an "uh": "...Indeed. But the white priest beneath 'Star Fortress' only saw that I had tentacles and was untainted by corruption."
Back then I was quite weak, why were the Fallen Insects so wary?
"They think you have potential...and possess...your current strength..." Tan Fu's voice trailed off, and he stammered.
Qi An took off his earphones and saw that, sure enough, the battery was at 2% warning.
She landed on the deserted streets of Satellite 3 Base, went into an empty general store, and found a charging cable.
This shop is a storefront of about 30 square meters. A wooden shelf stands in the middle, in front of which is a storefront full of sundries, and behind which are tables, chairs, beds and cabinets.
The small bedroom was extremely tidy, except for a patch of slime smeared on the walls and floor. The slime stretched all the way to the shop entrance, merging into the stench-filled river on the street.
The water in the electric kettle on the table had been boiled for a while, and it was now at a temperature that was hot but not scalding.
Qi An rinsed the mug and slowly drank a cup of hot water.
In this small town that seemed to be haunted only by ghosts, Qi An actually encountered a living person, Chen Ji.
The two met in the main control room of the incubation chamber, with the same goal: to see the details of the cause of the attack.
Both of them saw the surveillance footage showing the replacement of the information department director's office.
The entire incubation chamber was a mess, but the monitor showed a peaceful scene, with Manager Huang still sitting in his office chair, intently typing on his keyboard.
But if you stare at it for a while and look closely, you'll notice that Manager Huang's typing gestures and subtle facial expressions cycle every 3 minutes.
The two also saw a pair of teenagers who had "died" while embracing each other.
Chen Ji remained silent for a long time.
Qi An took a look around the incubation chamber, which was a way of broadening his horizons. After that, he and Chen Ji drove back together.
There were many undamaged, abandoned vehicles in the Wei-3 base. Qi An saw a person dressed in a furtive black outfit, carrying a tool bag, sneaking into the base after bypassing the battlefield outside.
"There are all sorts of people doing this," Qi An couldn't help but laugh.
Wildfire cannot burn it all.
Back at the main base, the officers at the new recruit base didn't dare to come over rashly, fearing that Qi An still didn't want to talk to them.
But Qi An found a place to take a quick shower and then agreed to talk.
"North Base 1, first come first." Qi An nestled into the beanbag chair and, sure enough, his number was called.
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