Chapter 3: The Moon-Possessed Messenger (Part 1)
“Atlas! …This…!!”
Beichen was stunned when he opened the door.
The entire room was in a mess. Almost everything that could be destroyed was destroyed, including tables, chairs, utensils, cabinets, sofas, beds... All the interior furnishings were reduced to unrecognizable debris, lying on the floor in ruins. There were traces of burns on the walls and the floor - most likely Protoss cannons - and in the chaos, Atlas removed his disguise, revealing his true face. He stood there gasping for breath, his eyes terrifyingly red, and the skeleton behind him condensed into Protoss wings, fanning out gusts of wind pressure.
"Close the door quickly! He seems to have set up some protective measures before the star disaster began to prevent the outside world from sensing his star power! It would be disastrous if others saw what was happening in the room!"
Xiao Ying shouted in a low voice, and Long Yun, who entered the room last, immediately closed the door.
"Atlas, are you okay—"
Beichen was about to step forward, but was stopped by Heihuo and Sujie on each side.
"Little Loach, you're crazy! It's the night of the Star Disaster, who knows what he'll do?!"
"Yeah, didn't you see what he did to this room?!"
"That's why I'm going over there!"
Beichen frowned and slowly but firmly broke free from Heihuo and Sujie.
"If he really couldn't control himself, this area would be littered with corpses, right? But only one room was damaged, which shows Atlas still has some sense! Besides, I promised to stay by his side on the night of the star disaster, so I can't run away at this time!"
"What if..."
"Go ahead. I'm watching."
Zephyr interrupted expressionlessly, his sniper rifle pointed directly at Atlas.
"If he moves, I'll open fire."
"Um."
Giving Xifeng a look of gratitude, Beichen moved closer to Atlas step by step.
“…Ugh…ah…”
Atlas sensed someone approaching and began to whimper indistinctly, sounding as if he was trying hard to suppress something, forbearing and in pain.
"Atlas, do you still recognize me? I am Beichen."
“…”
Atlas's glaring red eyes swept across Beichen's cheek, and then his mechanical pupils suddenly shrank.
"Bei, Chen."
He panted and staggered towards Beichen.
"Bei Chen...are you back? ...Are you here to keep me company?"
"Yes. Sorry, I broke my promise... I'm late."
Seeing him gasping in pain, Beichen felt a surge of pity and stepped forward to hug his body. Suddenly, the terrifyingly hot body temperature came over, scaring Beichen so much that he almost jumped up.
"Why is it so hot... Atlas, do you need water?!"
"...Need it. Water and food...are both needed..."
"Give."
Perhaps because the same thing had happened before, Xiao Ying pulled out a water bottle and a large bag of what looked like dry food from his storage space. Seeing this, Su Jie immediately cooperated and pulled out a Feinheim... mahjong table. Seeing this unconventional piece of furniture in such a place, Beichen couldn't help but twitch his lips, even though the situation was serious.
Longyun, how many meaningless things have you brought back?!
As soon as the food and water appeared, Atlas pounced on them ferociously, tearing and swallowing them like a wild beast without any image... In less than five minutes, the whole table of food was devoured in no time.
"It seems like the night of the moonquake, the night of the star disaster, while the Moon Envoy's abilities increased, their desires were also maximized. Appetite for food, desire for destruction, desire for killing, and maybe even..."
Xiao Ping's lips curled up into an interested and cold smile, and he half-closed his eyes as he looked at Atlas, who had calmed down a little.
Beichen stood beside Atlas, patting him on the back as if afraid that he would choke. But Atlas was obviously unable to judge at this time. While biting hard, he suddenly pulled Beichen into his arms and flapped his wings hard!
“Hmm!”
"Oops!"
"West Wind!"
“Tsk!”
For a moment, everyone in the house thought to themselves that something was wrong, but even Xifeng couldn't aim at the other party amidst the debris of furnishings in the house that was blown up by the strong wind. They were also afraid that random shooting would accidentally injure Beichen. After a few seconds of hesitation, when the strong wind died down, there was no trace of Beichen and Atlas in the house.
“Damn it—!”
Black Disaster pounded the wall hard, turned around and opened the door to chase after him, but Su Jie stopped him and opened the telepathic communication channel.
"Little Loach, can you hear me?! Where are you now?!"
"Oh, yeah! I actually forgot about that... Hey, little loach, call us!"
"Well……"
Beichen's somewhat out of sorts voice was heard on the mind communication channel.
"I'm in mid-air now. If I summon you here, will you fall to your death?"
"Black Disaster and Su Jie might not be a problem, but I'm not very resilient," Xifeng interjected calmly. "Summoning them isn't the final solution. Even if we summon them, they can still get rid of us. Xiang Beichen, have him send you back, if he's still able to communicate."
Beichen was silent for a few seconds.
"Atlas said he wanted to talk to me privately and will be back in about six hours. I think he's still conscious, so he should be fine."
"Hey, hey, there's no way to guarantee what he'll do in this situation!"
"Little loach, you should at least be a little cautious!"
"But... he's been particularly stubborn this time for some reason - maybe he really has something he wants to tell me?"
Beichen's voice sounded somewhat helpless, perhaps because Atlas had repeatedly asked her for help.
Xifeng glanced at Heihuo and Sujie's faces, which were filled with anxiety and anger, and snorted with amusement.
"Then keep him within range of both telepathic communication and long-distance summoning. This is our bottom line. Don't neglect one thing for the other. At least consider the feelings of Black Disaster and Su Jie."
"……sorry. "
Beichen's voice suddenly dropped several degrees, and he sounded as if he was feeling guilty and blaming himself. Upon hearing this, the twins immediately glared at Xifeng at the same time.
"Don't listen to the discipline lady's nonsense! Little Loach, we're not that fragile yet. As long as it's safe, we won't restrict your movements."
"...Who are you talking about, Auntie Discipline?"
"Who else? Of course it's you, Aunt Xifeng! Little Loach, be careful. If you have any problems, call us immediately!"
"...Okay, okay. Atlas has stopped, so I won't talk about that for now."
Beichen's voice still sounded muffled when the conversation ended, which made Heihuo and Sujie feel extremely conflicted. On the one hand, they felt sorry for her sadness, but on the other, they felt smug that she still cared about their feelings. Xifeng, who had been glared at for his outspokenness, rolled his eyes expressionlessly, pulled out a broom from his space, and began sweeping the floor.
"..." Black Disaster's mouth twitched immediately, "Why would you have such household items in your storage space?"
"To prevent yourself from encountering such a situation where you have no place to rest." Xifeng glanced at him as a matter of course, then cleared out a clean little corner in the room, sat down on the floor and began to rest with his eyes closed.
Su Jie pointed at him with a trembling finger, his mouth twisted, and looked around at the others:
"Hey, I mean... doesn't anyone else think this selective mysophobia is... so annoying as to be beaten up?!"
"...If you can still complain, it means Xiaochen is not very dangerous."
Longyun laughed and sat down on the sofa, which was broken into two pieces and covered with sawdust.
"What's going on? I thought Atlas, that sensible kid, wouldn't cause any trouble. Did he say when he'd be back?"
Naraka glanced at him and then looked at Su Jie who had a troubled look on his face:
"Seeing this dirty big guy who can even sit on this sofa, do you still think selective mysophobia is disgusting?"
“…Contrast truly creates beauty.”
"Hey, hey, don't think I'm a softie and can just attack me! I get hurt too! How can this be considered dirty? This is clearly manly and casual, right?!"
Longyun retorted with a helpless smile on the sofa, but all he received was three rolled eyes and a contemptuous glance from Xifeng that looked like he was asking for a beating.
"but,"
Gu Yinyue, who had been observing the situation silently, suddenly stared at Xiao Peng and spoke.
"What did you leave unsaid? Like a war weapon, the possessed Moon Envoy's desires are infinitely magnified. Besides their increased appetites for food, destruction, and bloodlust during the Night of the Star Scourge, they also experience... what else?"
Xiao Peng crossed his arms and smiled seductively.
"Haven't you guessed it? Why bother saying it through my mouth? ────Okay, I know you're the type who can't say it out loud──yes, I guess your sexual desire will be greatly enhanced. So, if you deliberately kidnapped Beichen to be alone with him, and there was no ill intention, then that was the only thing that could happen, right?"
As soon as Xiao Ying finished speaking, the somewhat cheerful atmosphere in the room was immediately swept away. Hei Huo and Su Jie's faces suddenly became extremely ugly, hideous and twisted, and even filled with great anger.
"Why are you so excited?" Xiao Peng tilted his head in amusement. "Are you angry because you didn't get the first place?"
“…No, it’s not.”
Black Disaster's voice became extremely cold and a little hoarse.
"Actually, we don't care whether Little Loach Beichen has ever had a man. After all, my brother and I aren't exactly clean either. We used to be temporary workers—you know what that means, right?"
The room was quiet for a few seconds.
Su Jie twitched his lips sarcastically: "If we were to take the lead, we would actually feel extremely guilty. But..."
He took a breath and his eyes darkened.
"I can't say that in front of her, but right now, I really feel this way—Xiang Ying has done something that my brother and I can't forgive. He's no longer qualified as a brother, a partner, and even a friend. My brother and I have already tacitly agreed that if there are any benefits, it doesn't matter if he takes them first. In fact, as a brother we recognize, if an outsider comes to take them, we will help him defend his rightful interests."
"But he... disappointed us. He gave up so hastily, so selfishly freed himself. This not only hurt our common master, but also hurt our feelings as brothers. So—we no longer intend to be humble."
After Su Jie finished speaking, Hei Huo pinched his eyebrows irritably and then spoke.
"But even so, he's only been gone for a short time, and I don't know if he'll be able to come back... I still can't accept Beichen having a relationship with someone other than him."
"Isn't this just wishful thinking on your part?"
Xiao Ping lowered his head and played with a strand of his hair.
"How do you know Beichen must be with Xiangying? I think she treats Atlas very well."
"Even if she had feelings for me, she wouldn't approve of sex in this situation, I guarantee it."
Heihuo said this decisively, and then exchanged a firm look with Sujie.
"Otherwise, she wouldn't be our master Xiang Beichen."
The room was silent again for a few seconds, with only Xifeng's cold laughter.
"Well," Longyun raised his hand and laughed dryly, "Although it's a bit of a downer, I still want to interrupt... You guys are thinking so much... But I want to confirm first, is Atlas possessed by the Moon Envoy? Does he really have that thing? - I mean... uh, like humans and warrior men, used to sharpen blades -"
As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of everyone in the room shifted.
Xifeng spoke first with a blank expression.
"At least from the looks of it, it's a male."
"Well, we can't confirm that yet..." Black Disaster said with a lucky smile. "It'd be best if it's a sexless person! That way, Little Loach will be safe!"
"Ahem... I think so. Although he's still covered in carapace when he's naked."
A suspicious blush appeared on Xiao Peng's face, as if she was not used to talking about this kind of issue, but she wanted to hide it as much as possible. She forced herself to keep a calm expression and join in the conversation.
"The problem is, the important parts of his lower body are covered by a shell! Who knows if there really is something underneath that shell!" Su Jie clenched his fist with a heroic spirit: "What if there is nothing?! What if that shell is just the door to truth or something──"
"Hey, isn't it a bit shabby to have the Gate of Truth in a place like that?! I understand how you feel, but that's just too far-fetched! I think it's more like a secret weapon—"
Longyun was interrupted by Naraka before he could finish his words.
"...Having a secret weapon in a place like that is even more despicable than the Gate of Truth. Could you possibly have more scum in your head?"
"Even if there's nothing under the shell...that doesn't mean there's nothing else, right?"
Xiao Ping added this sentence with a drifting look in his eyes, and was immediately met with horrified looks from everyone.
"If it grew somewhere else, would it still be called [Beep]?! It's not that weird, right?!"
"Who knows! He already has a lot of parts we don't have! Horns, wings! Tail!!"
"Oh no! A tail! Oh, he has a tail!"
"Damn it... If I had known earlier, I would have let Xifeng shoot his tail off!"
"Yeah, it would be even better if we could destroy the Gate of Truth with a single shot!"
“That’s enough!”
The conservative Gu Yinyue finally couldn't stand it anymore, and his wolf eyes were so fierce that the arrogance of everyone in the room was instantly dampened.
"Beichen is an unmarried girl. Before getting married, I believe she won't have sex with anyone. If you don't even give her this little bit of trust, you'd be unworthy of being her friend and weapon!"
"...I, I am very grateful that you trust my master so much."
Black Disaster's mouth twitched again.
"...But your idea is from many years ago, Brother Yin Yue..."
"Don't use the times as an excuse for your debauchery! Things that should be followed should still be followed thousands of years later!"
Gu Yinyue growled coldly, and Heihuo couldn't help but curl his lips and scratch his head - indeed, to Beichen, Gu Yinyue's ideas were closer to hers.
"Thank you for bringing this disgusting topic to an end, Your Excellency Gu Yinyue."
Xifeng looked up expressionlessly in that clean little corner and glanced at the people in front of him with sarcasm.
"I'm actually quite curious. It turns out that when only people of the same sex are in a place, the conversation tends to wander wildly—it seems to be true."
Su Jie shrugged somewhat unconvinced.
"Tsk, this is a man's romance... Auntie West Wind has started again."
Bang!
A gunshot that seemed to be filled with anger was heard above the messy house.
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