Escape again
For the past few days, Yu Sheng had been feeling an inexplicable unease, a sense of impending disaster. He carefully reviewed his recent progress but couldn't find anything unusual. He was stuck between home, the military academy, and the training grounds; everything was peaceful.
Yu Sheng had no choice but to attribute his uneasiness to the nervousness before the finals. After all, it was a heavyweight interstellar competition, and it was inevitable that he would enter a state of stress in advance. All he had to do was take a hot bath, eat some delicious food and relax.
"Ding Dong!" The doorbell rang suddenly. Caesar, who was sorting clothes in the hallway, was stunned for a moment. It was very late. Who would come at this time? Caesar opened the door and saw a strange face.
"Hello, may I ask who you are..." Before he could finish his words, the person outside the door suddenly pulled out a knife and fiercely stabbed Caesar. Caesar's pupils suddenly shrank, and he suddenly turned sideways, grabbing the attacker's wrist with his backhand, and shouted, "Reds! Haydn!"
The attacker was startled, seemingly unprepared for the presence of others in the house. He acted decisively and lunged at Caesar, grasping the hilt of his knife and stabbing Caesar's exposed neck. Caesar held the attacker's wrist tightly, but the attacker was far stronger than him!
Seeing the blade approaching, Yu Sheng and Haydn rushed up from the left and right.
"Hiss!" Caesar's wrist gave out, the blade scratching his skin, blood instantly flowing down, a blinding red. The attacker's breathing became rapid, and he was pinned to the ground by Yu Sheng and Haydn, each holding one side, but he still screamed, "Red! Red!"
Yu Sheng reached out and pinched the attacker's neck, and the screams stopped abruptly. Haydn closed and locked the door, and went to get the treatment device and bandages for Caesar in a state of shock. "What's going on?"
Xi Ze gasped for breath and was helped up by Yu Sheng. He looked at the attacker lying on the ground, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, "This man can't be left alive!"
Haydn, who had just brought the bandage, was frightened by Caesar and hiccuped, "Are you going to kill someone?"
As Yu Sheng treated Xi Ze's wound, he pondered, "We can't kill anyone. If things get out of hand, it will only cause harm and no good. But this person saw Xi Ze's wound, so we can't keep this hidden danger."
"What should we do?" Haydn grabbed the man's legs and dragged him into the house. "Who is this man? Why did he attack Caesar for no apparent reason? Is he crazy?"
Yu Sheng was also completely bewildered. Seeing Xi Ze's serious expression, he asked, "Xi Ze, have you offended anyone recently?"
Caesar shook his head and carefully examined the attacker's appearance. "I have never seen this person before."
"Could it be a robbery?" Haydn squatted beside the man and searched his pockets up and down, trying to find some information, but failed.
"I wonder, was his final scream out of fear or..." Caesar paused, "or was he trying to convey a message to someone else?"
Yu Sheng's heart skipped a beat, "How is this possible? Someone is testing us? But we haven't been exposed at all..." Suddenly, Yu Sheng's words stopped abruptly, Haydn also looked up, and looked at Yu Sheng in surprise.
Caesar had a bad feeling, "What's wrong?"
"Oh no! I scratched my finger a few days ago, and I thought no one noticed. But now it seems someone might have seen it!" Yu Sheng's heart was pounding. "Xize, we have to leave here immediately."
"Wait!" Haydn said anxiously, "Where are you going? Take me with you!"
"Calm down first." Caesar said, "If the people behind this have discovered our Blue Beast identities, they would have found a way to capture us long ago instead of testing us."
Yu Sheng nodded. "That being said, we can't gamble. We have to leave tonight. As for this person..." Yu Sheng stared at the unconscious attacker on the ground and thought for a moment. "I remember there's a drug that destroys the brain. Caesar, can Phil get it?"
"You're right." Xi Ze agreed with Yu Sheng almost immediately. "No matter what the intentions of the people behind this are, they can't gamble with our freedom."
Opening their personal terminals, Caesar and Yu Sheng contacted Randy Gary and Phil separately. Haydn listened as the two men instantly decided all the follow-up decisions, even mentioning names he had never heard of. He couldn't help but panic, "Then, what about me?"
Yu Sheng paused in clicking on the communication button. He turned around and looked at Haydn seriously. "Listen, you can't go with us. You have your own life."
“But, but…”
"No buts!" Caesar, who had just returned from the call, sternly shouted at Haydn, "After we leave, no matter who asks, just say we're roommates. Just pretend you don't know anything else."
Seeing Haydn about to cry, Yu Sheng comforted him, "You are different from us. You don't need to live this kind of life on the run. Haydn, thank you. We will always be friends, but now, we must part ways."
It would have been fine if Yu Sheng hadn't tried to comfort him, but once he did, Haydn actually burst into tears, hiccuping as he cried, "You all don't want me, hiccup, you all don't want me!"
Caesar was given a headache by Haydn's crying, and slapped Haydn on the forehead mercilessly, "We'll meet again in the future, be obedient!"
Haydn refused to listen, still unable to stop crying. Caesar had no choice but to lower his voice to comfort him, "I haven't even built you the mecha I promised you, so how can we say goodbye forever? Don't make up your mind."
Haydn finally stopped crying and looked at Yu Sheng and Caesar eagerly, "Really? Then contact me as soon as you settle down!"
"Of course." Yu Sheng opened his arms and hugged Haydn. "Master Miller, I'll need you to comfort him for a while."
In less than half an hour, Phil's medicine was expedited to City H. Randy personally picked up the package and rushed over with Gary under the moonlight. As soon as they entered the house, they saw Hayden with tears on his face. Gary said rudely, "Oh, the little guy has turned into a little crybaby again?"
"Get out!" Haydn was already very upset, and now he wanted to beat Gary up to vent his anger.
Randy quickly injected the person on the ground with the drug, then said to Yu Sheng and Caesar, "The car is ready, let's go now. Don't worry, I'll take care of the rest for you."
"I'm counting on you," Caesar said. "Stay at the academy as a teacher and find out what's going on with that Manla."
Gary picked up Yu Sheng and Xi Ze's bags and said, "I'll be graduating soon, so it doesn't matter if I take the final exam or not. I'll go with you."
Yu Sheng thought to himself, he had only been at the Mousse Military Academy for one semester and had thought he would live a peaceful life from then on, but fate had dealt him a heavy blow. It really was true that man proposes, God disposes.
In the dark night, three people got on an unmarked hovercraft and left in a hurry.
——In a corner of Mousse Military Academy——
"Professor Zat! The fighter I sent to test him hurt the wrong person. He didn't hurt that Reds!" Alva said to Zat breathlessly.
Zat's face flushed with anger. "Who are you looking for? They're ruining my plans!"
Alva's eyes sparkled. "No, listen to me! Guess what? The man who was stabbed was bleeding red, just like Redus!"
Zat's heart raced. Could it be that there was more than one blue beast hidden in that house? Even if it wasn't a blue beast, with their physiques, if they disguised themselves as blue beasts and sold them on the black market, I'm sure there would still be people willing to support them...
Just as Zat was imagining the future, countless footsteps sounded in the darkness. Judging from the noise, he and Alva were surrounded.
"Who sent you?" Zat and Alva shrank stiffly to the center, but there was no room to retreat.
"Professor Zat, we've only met a few days, and you've already forgotten me?" A figure slowly approached from the darkness. In the moonlight, a look of regret settled on that usually elegant and proud face. "If you hadn't found some worthless person to alert the enemy, that blue beast wouldn't have slipped away from me."
Mentioning this made Manla fume. He had come to the Muse Military Academy because of the intelligence from Wuke that the escaped blue beasts were likely hiding there. This was their chance. So, the moment Zat opened his mouth that day, he had sensed something was wrong.
Manla appears to be uninterested in Zat's attempts, but secretly has someone closely monitor Zat's movements. Manla concludes that he will be able to get what he wants through Zat.
Unexpectedly, the idiot Zat actually hired someone to stab the blue beasts. This overturned all of Manla's previous plans. By the time Manla contacted Wu Ke and mobilized people to run to the community, the two blue beasts had already run away.
When Zat heard what Manla said, he knew that he had been tricked by Manla. He was so angry that his finger trembled as he pointed at Manla, "How dare you lie to me?"
"Heh." Manla sneered, her pupils reflecting the moonlight, a hint of coldness flashing across them. "Not only do I dare to lie to you, I also dare to kill you."
Two days later.
The news on TV was about Professor Zat of the Mousse Military Academy being surrounded and beaten to death by his enemies. The reporter's analysis ranged from social security to morality and ethics, and then from morality and ethics to interpersonal relationships. His speech was truly eloquent and his imagination was boundless. Yu Sheng couldn't bear to watch it anymore and flicked the switch.
"Yu Sheng, the boss asked me to tell you to take Yinlong to the basement for some maintenance." The man who came was Gary. He had just finished exercising and looked like he had been fished out of the water.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Yu Sheng stood up and was about to go out when he heard Gary hesitantly ask, "Um... have you informed the dwarf? Is he not crying anymore?"
Yu Sheng was speechless. "Of course I won't cry. It's been two days. If you care about him, just go online and ask him in person!"
"I'm not his friend!" Gary said confidently, "Besides, there's only one virtual warehouse here. If I use it, won't you be able to use it?"
The day of his escape was too urgent, and the personal terminal with its location-tracking function was destroyed in time. So, as soon as he settled down in City X, Yu Sheng immediately entered the virtual warehouse to notify Yun Xiao. After all, he had promised Yun Xiao that he would never lose contact without reason again.
When he arrived at the Star Network, the message board on his personal dashboard was nearly bursting with traffic. Because of his overnight escape, Yu Sheng had missed the mecha competition finals. Rumors were swirling online, alleging that Qiuqiumon had been devastated by his loss to Yunxiao in the semi-finals and that Qiuqiumon himself had been in a car accident. Even fake insiders were popping up.
Yu Sheng didn't have time to pay attention to those things. He met with Yun Xiao, briefly told him about his situation, and sent a message to Haydn to reassure him before logging off.
Yu Sheng perfunctorily dismissed Yun Xiao's offer of help. He couldn't afford to owe anyone a favor anymore. If he did, he'd probably have to pay Yun Xiao back for the rest of his life.
"I'll give you internet access tonight!" This temporary residence, provided by a member of the Freedom Alliance, was relatively simple. Caesar's lab had been moved into the basement. His internet access was a virtual pod, devoid of personal connections. After just a few hours, he'd feel sore all over and be forced to log off.
Gary's eyes lit up, "Hey, then tell me Haydn's account number and I'll add him!"
"You can't add it even if I give it to you. Haydn is XP-WORLD. Just go to the place we agreed on and wait for it." After telling Gary the location, Yu Sheng brought Yinlong to the basement.
The lights in the basement were dim, and Caesar's slender figure was busy at a makeshift laboratory table. His already fair face looked even paler under the light.
Yu Sheng hurried over and forcibly put down the work in Xi Ze's hands. "Look at you now. Stop struggling and go upstairs to rest!"
Caesar rubbed his brow, looking exhausted. "We're so short of funds, but luckily we still have a lot of materials left from making military mechas last time. After I finish Haydn's, I'll assemble a few more simple ones and sell them on the black market." Then he reached out to Yu Sheng, "Give me the Silver Dragon. I'll take care of it."
"You need to get a good rest first." Yu Sheng slapped Xi Ze's hand away, put his arm around Xi Ze's shoulders, and dragged him out of the basement.
In the evening, after Haydn finished his routine training, he took a quick shower and couldn't wait to climb into the virtual cabin.
But after going online, he didn't see the ball he was thinking about, but instead saw a sloppy and ruffian-like man standing at the originally agreed place.
Haydn immediately became alert. He walked up to the man as if he was just passing by and asked casually, "What a coincidence! Are you waiting for someone here too?"
Unexpectedly, the man stared at Haydn for a long time, then suddenly burst out laughing, "Hahahahaha, you, you are Haydn? Hahaha! My God, how tall did you make yourself? You must have used all your IQ on growing taller, hahahahaha!"
Haydn's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he suppressed his anger, "Who are you?"
Gary took a long time to hold back his laughter. He stood up from the ground, holding his stomach, and showed Hayden the nickname on his head: Extended New Terry (Note: New Terry is a type of firearm).
As soon as he saw the name, he guessed who the real person was. Haydn clenched his fists until they made a crackling sound. He stared at Gary and suddenly roared, "Then I won't be polite!" Then he punched Gary in the eye.
In the evening, Yu Sheng was attentively demonstrating the traditional Chinese massage technique to Xi Ze to help him relax and rest, when he saw the door of the virtual warehouse open. Gary crawled out with a haggard face, his steps unsteady, and his whole body seemed to be falling apart.
"What's going on?" Yu Sheng asked, puzzled. While the immersive quality of this virtual space was indeed poor, and it left me with back pain after using it, it certainly didn't feel like my yang energy had been sucked out, did it?
Gary waved his hands weakly, climbed into his own bed, and buried his head in the pillow. He was too embarrassed to say that he had been beaten up by Haydn all night. Although there was no actual harm, the mental torture was undeniable!
"Try not to go online these days," Caesar said to Yu Sheng. "It would be risky if the Mousse Military Academy knew your online account."
Yu Sheng nodded and sighed, "Tomorrow Gary and I will go to the mercenary union in this city to try our luck and try to earn some money as soon as possible." In more than a month, they will have to go to the Wuke R&D base to carry out a mission, and some weapons and equipment are indispensable.
Caesar shook his head. "You've lost your personal terminals, and you're all illegal residents now. It'll take some time for Yixiu to hack into the household registration network and forge a new identity. During this time, you won't be able to take on any missions."
"Don't worry." Yu Sheng squeezed Caesar's shoulder. "I've heard there's an underground mercenary club in City X. They offer generous rewards and accept all who come."
Caesar frowned, "Underground Mercenary Association? I'm afraid the missions of this underground black organization..."
"You don't know my abilities?" Yu Sheng smiled. "Besides, strictly speaking, our Freedom Alliance is also an underground criminal organization."
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