Chapter 36
On October 10th, the base was still peaceful.
Gu Fan's heart became more and more anxious. Since she and Lu Ya made their relationship public, this was the first time that Lu Ya had not come to see her for more than ten days in a row.
Meng Lianying went to see Lu Ya the day after returning to the base, and the feedback he got was that everything was normal.
The Galaxy team also seemed relieved, at least they didn't show anything in front of Gu Fan.
It’s not that Gu Fan hasn’t thought about contacting Lu Ya, but if Lu Ya deceived Meng Lianying, what reason would he have to tell her the truth?
Without any news, Gu Fan began to conduct actual combat training with the Xinghe team at Phoenix Mountain.
Taishan and Menglianying first worked together to build four high walls, and everyone fought inside the walls. All kinds of attacks would be blocked by the walls and would not cause damage to Phoenix Mountain.
Xinghe was the first to notice Gu Fan's problem. "Why can't you only cast fireballs? Fireballs consume a lot of mental energy and are suitable for dealing with large monsters. When fighting against psychics or small monsters, fire blades, fire swords, and even fire needles have stronger attack power and can avoid wasting mental energy."
This is a limitation of the spell. Gu Fan can only use spiritual power to release fireballs, but she can flexibly control the size of the fireballs and the spiritual power contained in each fireball, making it convenient to switch between single attacks and group attacks.
"Grandpa said that mastering one weapon form is better than having a wide variety of them but not being proficient in any of them."
Gu Fan once again brought up his non-existent grandfather, and while answering Xinghe who was watching the battle, he condensed his spiritual power and released a marble-sized fireball towards Meng Lianying.
Meng Lianying completely regarded himself as a coach. Gu Fan was two levels lower than him. How could Gu Fan's fireballs possibly hurt him?
Faced with the fireballs that appeared out of nowhere, Meng Lianying thought that Gu Fan's mental power was almost exhausted, so he just raised his right arm and tried to use his armor to block the explosion of the fireballs.
Gu Fan: "Be careful!"
This fireball marble is the strongest single-target fire attack that she can unleash at the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage.
At the same time as her reminder, there was a "bang" sound. In the blink of an eye, Meng Lianying was blown backwards by the force of the explosion. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and stabilized himself before his body hit the high wall.
Meng Lianying fell to the ground, and Gu Fan and others surrounded him.
Meng Lianying was checking his armor, and while it didn't seem damaged, he was still reeling from the impact. He looked at Gu Fan in disbelief, "Fanfan, are you really only C-rank? Even a weaker B-rank monster wouldn't be able to withstand that little fireball you just threw."
In fact, Gu Fan couldn't tell the specific level correspondence between cultivators and people with special abilities.
However, the leap from the sixth to the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage is huge. When she was at the sixth level, she could kill a small number of C-level monsters, but had to flee when she encountered B-level monsters. Now that she has cultivated to the ninth level, which is almost perfect, it is not surprising that she can really deal with some B-level monsters.
"Speaking of which, Fanfan is a retail investor, and her ability level has not been tested since entering the base." Fenghuo said with great anticipation, as if she really wanted to prove that her friend's strength was one level higher than she thought.
Gu Fan didn't want to get tested.
She suspected that the test for the psychic was to test the crystal core in the brain, and she didn't have that thing at all. How would she explain it then?
"I don't want to bother with that. The test is useless anyway. I won't join the army, nor will I be assessed as a mercenary."
After Gu Fan said this, the Galaxy Team did not bring up the matter any further.
After practicing for an entire afternoon, when the six people were about to pack up and go back to rest, Gu Fan's communicator rang.
It’s Lu Ya.
Gu Fan answered the call.
Lu Ya: "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll go buy some groceries."
Before Gu Fan could say anything, he heard Fenghuo gasping beside him. Looking to the right, Meng Lianying also covered his mouth exaggeratedly.
Gu Fan: ...
It was just because the Galaxy team brought worrying news as soon as they returned to the base, and Lu Ya hadn't appeared recently, so she forgot to inform the five people about this.
She first answered Lu Ya on the other end of the communicator: "Come over directly. Fenghuo will be cooking tonight. I've been eating with them lately."
Lu Ya: "Well, I'll go over now."
After saying that, Gu Fan put down his right hand.
Meng Lianying immediately jumped in front of Gu Fan and asked her to tell the truth.
This matter cannot be told to anyone else, and there is no problem for the Galaxy Team to keep it confidential, so Gu Fan explained it truthfully.
Meng Lianying: "So, you and my cousin are just pretending to be in love?"
Gu Fan: "What else? Do you think I would like him?"
Meng Lianying: ...
From Gu Fan's tone, those who didn't know him might think that his cousin was so bad that he was not worthy of girls' love. However, the fact was that all the girls in the base who wanted to marry his cousin could circle around him, but when it came to Gu Fan, his cousin suddenly became uncompetitive.
Then, Meng Lianying thought of what his cousin had done to Gu Fan. Sometimes he forced Gu Fan to find the wind bear to try the beast-avoiding pill, and sometimes he deliberately made Gu Fan fight the crow monster, saying that he wanted to see Gu Fan's strength. It was no wonder that such an S-level alloy straight man who didn't know how to sympathize with women ended up like this.
Fenghuo touched his chin and reminded Gu Fan: "I believe you really don't have any feelings for Mr. Lu, but there is a routine in idol dramas where fake plays become real. Be careful that Mr. Lu has real feelings for you."
Qing Teng: "Just now I seemed to hear Mr. Lu say he was going to buy groceries?"
Meng Lianying: "Yeah, Fanfan can't cook. Did my cousin cook for you when we were away?"
Gu Fan: "Why are you all making such a fuss? The people in your base are so good at eating, so what's wrong with him cooking?"
Meng Lianying looked at Gu Fan and suddenly burst into laughter, holding his stomach.
Xinghe smiled and said to Gu Fan, "If Mr. Lu wasn't trying to please someone, I bet he wouldn't waste his time in the kitchen."
Fenghuo, Qingteng and Taishan all nodded in agreement.
Gu Fan thought about it and understood: "You mean, in order to get me to agree to be his fake girlfriend, he cooked for me even though he obviously doesn't like cooking?"
Fenghuo: "...We seem to mean this, but we also seem not to mean this."
Xinghe smiled and said, "Forget it, let Fanfan understand it this way. The focus tonight is to get information from Master Lu."
Gu Fan looked at the five people, recalling Lu Ya's figure concentrating on cooking in the kitchen, and seemed to be thinking about something.
Did the man fall in love with her, or did he fail to persuade her to give selflessly, so he resorted to using his beauty to deceive her heart and then the medicine?
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Gu Fan returned to the villa and took a shower. After sweating profusely, taking a shower felt better than dust removal.
After drying her hair, Gu Fan changed into a long skirt as Xinghe suggested.
If you want to get information from Lu Ya, you have to use the beauty trap. As for whether the beauty trap is effective, it depends on whether Lu Ya falls for it.
Sitting in front of the mirror, Gu Fan combed her hair into a Chaoyun bun, with her black hair piled on top of her head, revealing her snow-white and slender neck. The effect was similar to the bun on Earth, but more delicate and beautiful than the bun. She inserted the gold hairpin from her collection and matched it with her black long skirt, which was both ancient and modern.
After getting dressed, Gu Fan walked to the window, leaned lazily against the wall beside him, and looked at the mountain road in the distance.
As the sun set, a black SUV appeared in her sight.
Gu Fan raised the corner of his mouth slightly. No matter whether he had a beauty trap or not, he would fall for her trick tonight.
Lu Ya drove into Gu Fan's courtyard unimpeded. He saw the person by the window from the car, but he couldn't be distracted and didn't look carefully. After getting out of the car, Lu Ya looked up with a normal expression.
Gu Fan gave him a cold smile: "Young Marshal, you haven't been here for so long, I thought you no longer needed me, your fake girlfriend."
Her eyes were cold and her smile was mocking, but her extraordinary beauty and charm had a strong impact on Lu Ya's heart.
He had seen Gu Fan who was timid and afraid of death, Gu Fan who lied with his eyes open, and Gu Fan who was hypocritically flattering the old man. This was the first time he had seen Gu Fan dressed up so carefully and looked cold, yet her charm was hard to conceal.
Because he thought she wouldn't care how long he hadn't come, Lu Ya didn't even find a suitable excuse for his busy schedule in advance.
While she was thinking, she disappeared from the window.
Lu Ya walked into the hall subconsciously.
The distinctive rhythm of high heels clacking on the floor could be heard from upstairs. Lu Ya stood in front of the coffee table. The moment Gu Fan appeared, he looked up, as if he was only staring at her to answer a question. He said, "There will be a military parade at the base celebration. I've been supervising the drills in the barracks lately."
Gu Fan had a hunch that he was not telling the truth, but this actually proved that Lu Ya must be hiding some secret.
The more this happened, the more Gu Fan wanted to get it out.
"Let's go, Fenghuo's dinner is almost ready."
Gu Fan walked straight outside.
Lu Ya looked at her exposed fair skin, took out the suit jacket from the space, followed her and put it on her.
Gu Fan turned his back to the car door and reached out to him.
Lu Ya didn't quite understand.
Gu Fan: "You haven't been here for so long, I was worried that the Sheng family would come knocking again after the contract ended. Just put on a coat and forget it?"
Lu Ya had an idea and took out a box of chocolates and put it in her hand.
Gu Fan smiled brightly, tore open the chocolate wrapper and sat in the passenger seat.
Lu Ya breathed a sigh of relief.
She has a strong character and can keep many secrets, but fortunately she has the small flaw of being greedy.
The two villas were very close to each other. Gu Fan didn't say anything to Lu Ya. After eating a piece of chocolate, they arrived at Villa No. 2.
Except for Fenghuo who was preparing the last two dishes in the kitchen, Xinghe and the other three were sitting in the living room.
When Meng Lianying saw Gu Fan’s new hairstyle, he was stunned, and Qing Teng’s eyes also changed.
"Fanfan, you didn't go to the barber shop to get your hair done just to welcome my cousin, did you?"
Meng Lianying jumped off the sofa and moved closer to Gu Fan to watch.
Gu Fan looked at Qing Teng and said, "I learned it from watching dramas. Do you want to learn it? I'll help you."
Qing Teng's expression had changed to one of indifference: "It's a waste of time, I'm not interested in it."
Gu Fan left Lu Ya and deliberately sat next to Qing Teng.
Qing Teng finally couldn't help but look at Gu Fan's hairstyle frequently.
Gu Fan held her down, spread her long hair, and started performing on the spot.
Fenghuo came out of the kitchen, looked at the two girls, and teased Qingteng: "You should change your skirt too, it's so weird."
Qing Teng glared at him: "What do you care?"
Fenghuo shrugged.
Everyone sat together and had dinner.
After chatting about some other things, Xinghe took the initiative to bring up the last battle in Xing City and asked Lu Ya whether the difference in the proportions of such monsters was normal.
Gu Fanze frowned, put down his chopsticks, and waited for Lu Ya's answer, as if he had heard this for the first time.
The atmosphere at the dinner table quietly became serious.
Lu Ya didn't hide it completely: "The military also held a seminar on this matter. Some people thought it was normal, while others thought that the high-level monsters might have predicted the base's clearing target."
Xinghe: "If it's the latter, doesn't that mean that high-level monsters could form an alliance at any time?"
Lu Ya: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. You are people with special abilities. You should take precautions in private and be ready to support the army at any time. It will be useless for ordinary people to know about it. It is better not to leak the news."
Gu Fan: "If the monsters form an alliance, will they attack the base?"
Lu Ya: "It's possible. The military wants us to prepare for the worst and do our utmost to protect the base."
Gu Fan's heart sank, and all the food, beauty traps, and handsome man traps were no longer important.
This is all Lu Ya could reveal, and the rest is all speculation. No one can predict whether there will be a beast tide or when it will come.
Dinner ended in silence. Lu Ya said goodbye to Xinghe and the other four and sent Gu Fan home.
Gu Fan leaned against the back of the car and looked at the darkness outside.
Even if a beast tide comes, the five people of Xinghe have the ability to evacuate in advance. What they should worry about most are low-level psychics like her and the 20 million ordinary people.
The senior monk destroyed her sect in order to seek revenge. After killing his enemy, he left on his own initiative. The others who were affected were just unlucky bystanders.
Monsters are different. If they come looking for you, they will treat all humans in the base as prey, no matter who you are.
"Starting tomorrow, Team Galaxy will be at the base. You will be operating with them. If they leave, you will stay with me."
In the silence, Lu Ya suddenly said.
Gu Fan looked at him.
Lu Ya looked ahead: "No matter what happens, I will protect you, so don't worry too much."
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