Chapter 228
Ruan Xi sincerely hoped that no war would break out, because no matter how small the war was, there would inevitably be bloodshed and sacrifice, and he did not want to see such a scene.
However, the three of them had only walked halfway when they received news from the Imperial Capital Star.
"Has the fight started? Still can't stop them?" Hearing the news from Han Qing, Ruan Xi felt a chill in his heart, and the fruit in his hand fell to the ground. Xiaoguai immediately rushed over to pick up the fruit, rubbed it and stuffed it back into Ruan Xi's hands, "Don't be afraid, Dad, I will protect you!"
The little guy was naive and just thought that his father was scared after hearing the war, so he immediately stepped forward to show his loyalty. He was more active than He Ziqian, the real lover, which made Ruan Xi and He Ziqian laugh and cry, and their mood was slightly relieved.
"Well, Xiaoguai is great, but what Dad is afraid of is different from what you think. It's a bit difficult." In fact, it's not just a bit difficult, but super difficult. The war has already started, and Grandpa He must be in a desperate mood, so determined to die with the enemy. How can we persuade him?
You can't just drug him and kidnap him, right?
"It's not impossible." He Ziqian suddenly said this. Ruan Xi was confused and didn't realize that he had just said what was in his heart. It was not until Xiaoguai covered her mouth and laughed while telling him the truth that he realized it and blushed.
"Right, by then, the big tree and the small tree should have recovered. We can ask them for a favor, sneak into the enemy camp, and tie up Grandpa He directly, so that he can't issue orders. Then, this war... won't be fought anymore?" As soon as Ruan Xi finished speaking, he felt that this method was too naive. After all, an army is not really helpless without a general. There is also a saying that an army that loses its generals will win. He always felt that the situation would escalate.
"However, the Sirius army is not completely united. Grandpa He just started it, and there are still countless people who really want to fight this battle to the end!" He Ziqian's statement immediately confirmed Ruan Xi's guess, making him couldn't help but hang his head and sigh.
"Okay, I know my brain isn't good enough, but... do we really have to go to war? It obviously doesn't have to develop to this point..." Anyway, even if Ruan Xi had another brain, he probably wouldn't be able to figure out the twists and turns. After thinking about it, he felt that he was more suited to a career and should focus on medicine. Getting involved in these fights would be completely asking for trouble, but he couldn't hide from it even if he wanted to.
"Don't think too much. Strategic coordination will naturally be considered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. This battle is related to the security of the country. The president is unreliable, so only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can take over." He Ziqian saw the situation very clearly. He was not in a hurry to avenge his family. After all, the matter had almost been completely uncovered. The only thing left was to make it public. He had waited for so many years, so what was the point of waiting for a few days?
"I still feel like something is not right. The last time I met Grandpa He, he was only filled with sadness and anger, with limited murderous intent. How could he suddenly start a war? This doesn't make sense..." Ruan Xi couldn't stop worrying about this issue, and muttered many details about his several meetings with General He, which successfully changed He Ziqian's expression.
"If that's true, then perhaps there's something else going on. Is there a problem within the Sirius Legion?" It stands to reason that no legion can be as united as a single stone. There will always be discordant individuals and situations within it; it's inevitable. So, could the problems within the Sirius Legion also stem from this?
"Is there an internal problem?" When Ruan Xi said this, a name naturally emerged in his mind - Xing Tao. If there really was such a troublemaker, then Xing Tao would definitely be involved. He was a typical radical, and he was also a typical representative of someone who used a problem to expand its impact in order to achieve his own goals.
"Within a legion, there will always be dissenting voices. No single commander can have the final say." After all, every legion in the Yinyu Empire originally belonged to the state, not to private soldiers trained by a single family. How could they possibly obey their leader's orders? Even if obedience was a soldier's duty, it was impossible to achieve absolute compliance.
"Oh my! The more I analyze, the more confused I get. My mind is almost a mess! Let's hurry back to the Imperial Capital!"
Ruan Xi's head hurt from thinking so much that he scratched it frantically. He scratched his head until it became a mess, but he still refused to stop. In the end, He Ziqian forcibly held him in his arms and comforted him for a while before he calmed down.
The calmness is only temporary. He cannot remain calm at all now. He is in a state where he can lose his temper at any minute and is extremely unstable.
He Ziqian was also anxious, but he was able to keep himself calm. The only one who remained calm was the ignorant Xiaoguai. He couldn't understand or care about anything else. He just wanted to protect his father.
They were already suffering enough, but halfway through the journey, Han Qing brought them another piece of bad news.
"What? Isaac ran away again? Who rescued him this time?" Ruan Xi instantly got furious, spinning around in circles on the spot, with a look of rage on his face, the kind of rage that made him want to beat someone up.
However, the response from Han Qing made him feel even more terrified.
"No one rescued Isaac, he escaped on his own." Without much explanation, Han Qing simply stated the result and fell silent.
Ruan Xi felt as if his breath was stuck in his throat, unable to go up or down, and he was choking to the point of being unable to breathe. At the same time, several guesses flashed through his mind, each one so fast that he couldn't grasp it, but each one made him feel uneasy.
"I'm sure Isaac won't live long given his current condition. He has two months to live at most. With all the trouble he's been in, it's unlikely he'll even survive a month. How could he escape? What would he want to do if he ran away? Do he want to die in the open air?"
Ruan Xi didn't think that Isaac would have such lofty pursuits. He felt that nothing made sense at all. If he were Isaac, he would definitely prefer to die on the Imperial Capital Star, and would definitely not want to have the chance to fall into the hands of General He, who had once used him so thoroughly.
Wait, Admiral Ho? Isaac?
There is nothing special about these two names when heard separately, but when put together, Ruan Xi felt an inexplicable strong sense of unease in his heart.
What is it...what is it...
"Alien parasite!" Ruan Xi murmured these words, but he looked a little dazed, as if he had no idea what he said.
When He Ziqian heard these words, his heart reflexively went cold. He immediately held Ruan Xi's shoulders and made him look at him. "Xiao Xi, what were you talking about just now? What alien parasite? Aren't all alien parasites destroyed?"
"What did I just say..." Ruan Xi felt his mind was a little confused. The fragments that had been flashing in his mind like fast forwarding were now shattered into powder in an instant, drowning his brain layer by layer. This feeling not only made him unable to think, but also gave him the illusion that he couldn't breathe. He began to gasp unconsciously, like a fish out of water, and his face turned pale in an instant.
Ruan Xi's condition was not right. He Ziqian immediately became alert and signaled Xiaoguai to bring a simple respirator. No matter whether Ruan Xi was suffering from physical or psychological hypoxia, he had to put on the respirator first.
Soon, He Ziqian realized that what he did was absolutely correct. Ruan Xi's emotions gradually calmed down, and his breathing difficulties also improved a little bit. His eyes gradually regained focus, and finally met He Ziqian's gaze.
"Are you feeling okay? Did you sense something? Is it related to the alien parasite?" He Ziqian didn't want to force his lover like this, but they really had no time to waste.
If this incident is really related to the alien parasite, then I'm afraid something big is going to happen.
"Isaac is definitely not going to survive. However, if the alien parasite in his body can be separated from him, then that's another matter."
"Strip off? If the alien parasite is stripped off from Isaac's body, then wouldn't he be an ordinary person? Why would he run away?" He Ziqian asked subconsciously, but as soon as he asked, he discovered the paradox in his words, but didn't know how to express it.
"Alien parasites are a very strange kind of existence. They can separate from their host without having to leave the host's body directly, but can simply control the host's mind... Isaac, after he escaped, where did he go and who did he find?"
The answer was about to come out, but Ruan Xi didn't dare to say it out loud.
But He Ziqian didn't hesitate and directly expressed his guess, "General He!"
"So, is this the reason why General He suddenly started the war? He was controlled?" He Ziqian frowned, he really couldn't imagine what the truth was. Their understanding of alien parasites was actually very limited.
When they almost forgot the existence of the "alien parasite", it suddenly appeared again and caused such a big mess, which was really annoying.
"I don't know... I can't analyze it any further. I really don't know much about alien parasites!" On the contrary, the researchers at Sirius should have studied them more deeply than he did. Why is there no way to prevent them?
"Zi Qian, I want to go see Grandpa He. Without seeing him, we can't figure out what happened just by guessing. This situation is a complete mess, and the aliens are really lingering around!" Ruan Xi started scratching his head again, feeling that his brain was not enough, and his temples were twitching with pain.
"Let's go back to the Imperial Capital Star first, and then we'll find a way to meet with General He. The eldest prince will definitely have a way." He Ziqian's words were purely to comfort Ruan Xi.
The spaceship the three people were riding on accelerated, shortening the time by half and arriving at the Imperial Capital Star ahead of time.
Fortunately, the battlefield was in space outside the atmosphere of the Imperial Capital Star, so the planet hadn't completely fallen into chaos. However, everyone was already in a state of panic. The spaceship Ruan Xi and the other two were piloting wasn't a military spacecraft. They went directly to the civilian airport and didn't return to the central base. Instead, they immediately returned to He Ziqian's home.
The house was completely quiet, with no signs of human life. Presumably, the old man had been staying in the central base. With the protection of the Goshawk Squad, his safety should be no problem. Both of them felt a little relieved.
"Hurry up and contact the eldest prince. I want to see Grandpa He as soon as possible. Something must have happened over there." The Sirius Legion might be facing internal and external troubles at this time. Ruan Xi was afraid that if it was any later, everything would be irreversible.
However, He Ziqian was unable to contact the eldest prince, and even the members of the Goshawk Squad were unable to contact him. He Ziqian did not dare to contact other people in the central base rashly, so he had to go out and look for people himself.
"Xiaoxi, you and Xiaoguai stay at home first..."
"No! I'm very nervous. We can't separate! We have to go together! Besides, if you successfully find the person, you have to come back to look for us, wouldn't that be a waste of time?" He Ziqian didn't finish his words when Ruan Xi refused forcefully, with an expression that showed that there was no room for negotiation, which made He Ziqian stunned for a moment.
But soon, he felt relieved.
"I've thought about it wrongly again. It's my fault. Let's not separate and act together." After all, their Xiaoguai's fighting ability is really strong. At the critical moment, at least he can protect Ruan Xi well and not be too busy to deal with it.
"Then hurry up and go."
Ruan Xi couldn't wait any longer and was about to pull He Ziqian out of the door, but He Ziqian pulled her back and held her in his arms.
"Be good, don't worry. Make the necessary preparations and we can get twice the result with half the effort."
Then, Ruan Xi watched He Ziqian disguise himself as a complete stranger, and then disguised him and Xiaoguai as two other strangers.
Damn it, when he looked in the mirror, he began to doubt whether he was himself.
Then, He Ziqian drove a cool, top-of-the-line family car out of his garage, parked it in front of Ruan Xi and Xiaoguai, and blew a loud whistle, "Want to go for a ride?"
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