Chapter 141 Chapter 141: Eve "I will always be with you...
It is said that on that day, when Fan Pai returned to the Orthodox Army camp with a gloomy face and covered in foul-smelling mud, the air in the entire command center froze.
Rage welled up in his eyes, and the sound of his combat boots clacking across the metal floorboards was as heavy as thunder. Mud dripped from his shiny epaulettes, leaving a trail of dirty marks on the pristine ground.
"Prepare the disinfection chamber immediately!"
He growled, the sound coming from between his teeth.
——Not only did they suffer a defeat, but they also lost face.
The Brahma faction originally thought that the battle between 300,000 elite troops and 30,000 remnants of the rebel army should have been a crushing defeat.
But reality gave him a heavy blow.
Worse is yet to come.
In just five days, the 100,000 vanguard troops he sent into the dense forest were almost wiped out - either they were torn to pieces by all kinds of strange beasts, or they surrendered without backbone.
That damn dense forest is like a man-eating den. Deadly beasts may emerge from behind every tree, but the rebels can move freely in it and even drive those beasts to fight!
In the last image sent back by the scouts, a giant python suddenly rose from the humus, a pack of black wolves cooperated with the rebels in launching a charge, and even deadly poisonous spiders were lurking in the treetops.
And that pearly white monster—its dark green eyes flickered in the night vision goggles, like a ghost seeking death.
When one-third of the troops were lost, the Brahma faction finally panicked and hastily dispatched the space fleet to the ground for reinforcements, but he didn't know that this was exactly what the enemy wanted.
The rebels seemed to have foreseen his decision.
At dawn on the sixth day, hundreds of assault boats disguised as meteorites simultaneously detonated the orbital defense network, taking the satellite hostage.
At noon on the seventh day, all communication channels were suddenly invaded - their quantum encryption system was completely cracked.
"Report to the Admiral! The navigation system has failed!"
"The power bay has been hacked!"
"Team Three requesting instructions—No, we've been ambushed!"
The alarm in the command cabin was deafening. Fan Pai looked at the red war zones on the holographic sand table and suddenly realized that he was trapped.
Those rebels were not fleeing at all, but luring the enemy deeper into their territory!
On the eighth day, when the reinforcements led by Hisro completed the encirclement of the rebels on the Seventh Galaxy, Fan Pai finally couldn't help but smash the screen in front of him with a punch.
His nails dug deep into his palms, and blood dripped from between his fingers onto his military boots.
Through the porthole, he saw his flagship shaking violently under the gunfire, just like his crumbling dignity.
"Everyone on board, listen..." His voice suddenly became horribly hoarse. "Initiate jump sequence immediately."
At the moment the engine roared, Fan Pai stared at the gradually shrinking image of the Seventh Galaxy.
The rebel warships were forming a golden formation, as if mocking his defeat.
As the blue light of the warp engulfed his vision, the high-ranking Imperial Admiral finally smashed the command desk with a punch.
The crystal fragments scratched his gloves, but it was not even one-tenth as painful as the damage to his pride.
Fan Pai was furious in the command ship, watching the battle zone markers on the screen turn red one by one, and pounding his fist on the console: "We lost again! We lost again!"
"Atalan..." He gritted his teeth in the twisted tunnel of time and space, "And that damned male insect..."
As the command ship fled in panic amidst the gunfire, Fan Pai secretly swore to himself that he would take revenge a thousandfold!
———
On the eve of the rebels' evacuation after reuniting, a bonfire was burning in the camp, and the aroma of wine and meat filled the dry desert air.
Although all soldiers were restricted in their drinking amount to prevent enemy sneak attacks - a maximum of three glasses of low-alcohol fruit wine per person - this did not affect the soldiers' enthusiasm for celebrating victory.
The sounds of laughter, clinking glasses, and occasionally someone singing an off-tune song at the top of their lungs seemed particularly vivid in the boundless night.
Some people like lively atmosphere, and naturally some people prefer quiet atmosphere.
Xirui and Atalan sat at the junction of the dense forest and the desert, away from the hustle and bustle.
Before my eyes, the moonlight poured like water on the endless hot sand dunes, dyeing the fine sand grains silver-white.
Behind me, the shadows of the dense forest trees rustled in the night wind, and occasionally the low growls of wild animals or the cries of night owls could be heard.
Xirui sat lazily cross-legged, holding a glass of amber fruit wine in his hand.
The alcohol gave his cheeks a light blush, which was particularly noticeable against his black hair.
It made his already youthful face look even more energetic. His black combat uniform had an open collar, revealing his well-defined collarbone.
You can see that he is in a good mood.
"Ranta,"
The male insect suddenly turned its head, its obsidian eyes gleaming in the moonlight.
"Believe me, I will definitely let you win in the end."
Next to Xirui, at a very close distance, Atalan sat beside him with his knees hugged, his white and gold combat uniform emitting a soft glow in the moonlight.
The rebel leader's long hair was not tied up and was gently blown by the night wind. Every strand of hair looked like melted gold, more dazzling than the bright moon in the sky.
Hearing Xirui's words, Atalan was slightly stunned, then he leaned his face gently on his knees and showed an extremely gentle smile.
"Cerie, thank you."
His voice was so soft that it almost melted into the night wind.
"Actually, besides thank you, I have a lot more to say..."
The golden eyelashes drooped, casting a small shadow under the eyes.
"But when it really comes to my lips, I can't seem to say it."
Atalan paused, then looked up at Xirui, his eyes filled with complex and tender emotions:
"What if... I mean, Cerie, you're so smart, could you take a guess?"
Hearing this, Xirui suddenly leaned back and lay carelessly on the sand.
He crossed his hands behind his head, his long legs casually crossed, and his whole body exuded a ruffian air.
Grains of sand stuck to his black hair, which looked like a layer of tiny stars in the moonlight.
"Well, okay, let me guess--" He dragged out the tone, deliberately keeping the audience in suspense.
Atalan's heart suddenly hung in the air, and he unconsciously clenched the cloth on his knees.
What is love?
Atalan seemed to have finally found the answer.
Xirui tilted his head, his black eyes were like fine thick ink, so deep that it was frightening under the moonlight.
He raised his lips to smile evilly: "What can I do? I'm not a worm in your stomach. I really can't guess-"
The night wind suddenly became noisy, blowing up the hair of both of them.
The bonfire crackled in the distance, and someone began to play the ancient Zerg musical instrument. The melodious melody floated between the desert and the dense forest.
Atalan looked at Xirui's playful smile and suddenly realized that he had been teased. He pursed his lips and was about to speak -
Xirui suddenly reached out and gently hooked a strand of Atalan's golden hair that was messed up by the wind.
"but,"
The black-haired male insect's voice suddenly became very soft, with a rare seriousness.
"I will stay with you until I hear those words from your own mouth."
In the moonlight, their shadows blended and moved closer on the sand, like a gentle, eternal promise.
They sat quietly on the sand dunes, letting the night breeze blow through their hair and carry away their unfinished words.
The wind is so gentle, carrying the dryness of the desert and the moisture of the dense forest, flowing between each other.
Too many unspeakable thoughts are quietly settled in this quiet night.
Xirui tilted his head back and drank the last sip of wine in the glass. His Adam's apple rolled and the amber liquid sparkled in the moonlight.
He stood up, brushed off the sand on his combat uniform, and held out his hand to Atalan: "Let's go, it's time to go back."
Atalan looked up, his golden hair lifted by the wind, revealing the tips of his ears which were slightly red.
He gently took Xirui's hand and used it to stand up. The warmth of his fingertips was felt instantly.
Intimate yet restrained.
After sending Atalan back to the warship, Xirui traveled alone through the camps.
The bonfire was gradually dying out, and the soldiers were packing up in groups of three or four, preparing to set off tomorrow.
He thought about it and decided to go and say goodbye to Rawu - after all, this victory was thanks to Rawu.
After crossing several roads, Xirui stopped under an ancient oak tree.
Looking up, I saw Rawu curled up in the branches high up, his pearly white scales gleaming in the moonlight.
"Hey, Rau," Sirui whistled, "tomorrow we're going to--"
His words stopped abruptly.
Rawu turned his head, tears welling up in his dark green eyes, which fell in large drops. His thick tail drooped listlessly, and even the scales had lost their former luster.
Xirui: "?"
Rawu: "Woo woo woo..."
It sobbed, grabbing its long hair with its claws, feeling aggrieved like an abandoned child.
Following Rawu's gaze, Xirui then noticed the scattered items under the tree - a few pieces of rags.
Oh, no, why does this look like a corner of a military uniform?
What are you doing? Are you going to break off your relationship with me?
Wait a minute, why is there such a clear slap mark on Rawu's right cheek? ? ?
Xirui suddenly understood something, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "You are not..."
Rawu cried even harder, his pearly white scales opening and closing with his sobs: "De, Delexi... don't... Rawu..."
Xirui looked at this once ferocious fighting creature crying like a child, and suddenly found it quite... funny.
The tree was about five or six people tall. Xirui looked at the road and climbed up by stepping on the main trunk of the branches.
He came to Rawu and patted his shoulder.
To be honest, although he was shocked by Rawu's amazing fighting ability at the beginning, after fighting side by side for the past few days, Xirui found that this pearly white creature was essentially like a child with an immature mind but born with supernatural powers - he had explosive fighting power and could command the beasts in an entire dense forest, but would shrink into a ball in grievance because of a look from Delshi.
Xirui originally thought that Rawu's obsession with Delshi was just due to his chick complex.
After all, Delshi's gray hair did look somewhat similar to the gray-haired sire in the photo that Rau treasured.
But at this moment, after seeing the slap mark on Lawu's face clearly in the moonlight, Xirui suddenly had an epiphany -
Goodness! This isn't some kind of chick plot, it's clearly courtship behavior!
"What's the matter?" Xirui asked while sitting on the tree trunk.
Under the moonlight, Rawu sobbed and wiped away tears: "Rawu...send scales, scales...Deleshi threw them on the ground...Rawu kissed...Deleshi hit..."
The more it spoke, the sadder it became, and its pearly white scales turned red from crying.
For a moment, Xirui's mouth twitched - his courtship was really rejected.
He could only rack his brains to comfort her:
"Hey, don't cry. Go back and sleep for two days and forget about it. You won't see me again anyway."
As a result, Lawu cried even louder, and his tail whipped the tree trunk, making a snapping sound, and the leaves fell down.
Xirui: “…”
Speaking of which, I've heard a lot of gossip these days. I heard that Delshi's fiancé will be seen after this interstellar jump.
The gossip is also inexplicable. It seems that many Zerg couples fall in love inexplicably and get married inexplicably, and no one knows whether they are really in love.
However, the engagement news is definitely true.
Xirui sighed, turned around and went to the camp to get a few bottles of liquor.
Then.
Three hours later, the heartbroken Rawu was finally drunk unconscious.
Just as Xirui was carrying the drunken Laou to take him back to the cave, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a guy standing in the shadow of the tree.
"Click."
He reflexively reached for his holster, but froze when he saw who it was.
Delshi was seen leaning in the shadows with his arms folded, his stern face expressionless.
But the moonlight clearly revealed the fresh wound at the corner of his mouth - the broken skin was still moist, and must have been caused within a few hours.
Xirui and Delshi looked at each other for a moment.
The next second, Xirui suddenly grinned and unceremoniously pushed the drunken Rawu into Delexi's arms:
"I'll leave it to you."
He turned and left, and behind him came Deleshi's low voice:
"Wait, what he just said..."
"Huh? What? I didn't hear anything."
Xirui waved his hand without even turning his head.
"I'm drunk today. I'm going back to sleep. Drunk people don't remember anything."
So, after saying that, Xirui walked towards the camp whistling, quite leisurely.
The night wind brought Deleshi's gentle voice and Rawu's drowsy mumbling.
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