Chapter 25: Despair, wave goodbye to it~
Just a dozen seconds seemed longer than a lifetime. When Mingnuo's feet touched the ground, the surrounding cliff scene quickly disappeared, revealing the pure white interior walls.
Ming Nuo lay limply on the ground with a dull look in his eyes.
Dillon had already started playing the game, and the screen of his smart computer was flashing.
Aqir opened Mingnuo's small backpack, took out the grape juice, unscrewed the cap and handed it to Mingnuo. "Are you not afraid now? Facing your fear is the best way to heal!"
He looked unreliable, but he was actually silently observing Mingnuo's mental state. When he was extremely frightened, his mental power would fluctuate, and in severe cases, it would even riot.
But Mingnuo was not in this state at all. His mental strength was even more stable than Achilles', so Achilles knew that Mingnuo was still a long way from reaching his limit.
Mingnuo suspected that Aqir was going to kill him. He drank water tremblingly. To avoid a repeat, he lied, "I'm not afraid anymore."
Aqir applauded him, "Well done! Come on, do it again, this time you dance by yourself."
Ming Nuo's eyes went dark. "Ah? No."
But Aqir had already started the holographic simulation again. Mingnuo looked at the bottomless cliff, his head dizzy, and he hurriedly stepped back. He had to admit, "I'm still scared."
"Then I'll accompany you again."
“Ahhh…”
Jumping back and forth, the feeling of weightlessness occupied his mind again and again. Mingnuo could no longer count how many times he had jumped. Perhaps Archer's desensitization therapy really worked, and he no longer felt afraid when facing the cliff.
Now Mingnuo doesn't need Aqir to accompany him, and he can jump off the cliff independently without changing his expression.
Ming Nuo felt that he was now terrifyingly strong.
But frequent cliff jumping still brought about sequelae. Mingnuo felt like he was stepping on a ball of soft cotton when he stepped on the ground, and it was a little difficult for him to maintain his balance.
Aqir watched him walk unsteadily like a little penguin, laughing so hard that he fell backwards. He took a photo of him and sent it to Zelphis and the others. Then he asked Mingnuo, "Do you want your uncle to carry you?"
Ming Nuo decisively refused, "No need."
He can even overcome his fear of heights, so weak legs are nothing. As long as no one touches him, he won't fall.
The moment he walked out of the simulation room, Ming Nuo saw a man striding towards him. Seeing that he was about to collide with him, Ming Nuo tried to avoid him anxiously. However, at the critical moment, his left foot tripped over his right foot and he fell to the ground with a thud.
The moment he lay on the ground, Mingnuo's fatigue instantly swept over him, and he felt as comfortable as returning to his bed at home.
He lay there for a few more seconds before getting up.
Yu Yao looked at Ming Nuo lying on the ground in shock and took two steps back. "Are you trying to scam me?"
Wait, if he remembered correctly, there were only two people in this simulation room. Could this be... His Highness Lorian?!
Yu Yao broke out in a cold sweat and hurried to see Ming Nuo. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his silver hair and blue eyes.
Scare yourself.
The royal family of Perseus all had black hair and golden eyes, so this person was definitely not His Highness Lorian. Yu Yao was about to go and pay Ming Nuo a visit when he suddenly saw Aqir coming out right behind him.
Yu Yao immediately straightened his spine and gave him a standard military salute, his voice sonorous and powerful, "Your Highness Achir!"
Archer nodded when he saw him. He was still carrying Mingnuo's small backpack on his shoulder. A cute lamb pendant hung on the pure white backpack, which seemed incompatible with his temperament.
Aqir looked around with his eyes level, but couldn't find Mingnuo. He called out, "Lorian?"
Not getting a response, Aqier muttered, "Why are you leaving so fast? You disappeared in a flash, without even waiting for Second Uncle."
Hearing Aqier's address, Yu Yao screamed inwardly, "Your Highness is truly my little prince!" His heart sank, and he looked down at Ming Nuo at his feet, encouraging him in his heart: "Your Highness, stand up!"
"Um?"
Seeing the complicated expression on the face of the new recruit opposite him, Aqir kept moving to the side, his eyes slowly moving downwards, and finally he saw his own snow-white ball at his feet.
Aqier yelled and rushed to Mingnuo's side. He lifted him up with one hand like a barbell and brushed the dust off him. "Why are you lying on the ground for no reason? The ground is cold."
How could he not know that the ground was cold?! Ming Nuo's fair face was covered in dust, and his eyes were red. "I, I will never go out with you again."
Aqir covered his mouth, "Shh, don't say stupid things."
Ming Nuo: “…”
Suddenly I missed my brother so much.
Yu Yao looked at the two Perseus, one large and one small. He mustered up his courage and stepped forward. "Your Highness Achir! I am Yu Yao, the top-ranked recruit in this training competition. Could you give me a chance to spar with you?"
"Of course, it's also possible to spar with His Highness Lorian!"
Although Yu Yao didn't understand Ming Nuo's behavior of lying on the ground before, he firmly believed that Ming Nuo must have his reasons for doing so.
Although this little prince looks like a sticky rice dumpling that can be kneaded by anyone, as a Perseus, he must be very strong! Thinking of this, Yu Yao looked at Ming Nuo with his eyes filled with burning fighting spirit.
Mingnuo met his gaze and subconsciously took a step back and hid behind Aqir.
Want to spar with him? Mingnuo Yuyao's superior biceps, powerful abdominal muscles, and fists that seem to be able to kill ten of him with one punch.
Aqier became interested when he heard this. He decisively dragged Ming Nuo over and pointed at Yu Yao, "Go, beat him up."
Who was beating whom? Ming Nuo was in tears.
At this moment, the small bell on Mingnuo's wrist rang out, and Dillon suddenly appeared and stood beside Mingnuo. His deep purple eyes looked at Aqier, "His Majesty has said that the young prince is forbidden to fight with others outside."
After moving Zelphis out, Akiel regretfully gave up, "Okay, then I'll go try it with this kid."
Ming Nuo gave Dillon a grateful look and found a place to sit down. On the other side, Aqir and Yu Yao had already started fighting. Aqir easily dominated Yu Yao in fighting.
Ming Nuo gasped as he watched them fighting with punches hitting each other's flesh. Fortunately, he didn't join in, otherwise Grandpa Fudi wouldn't have to prepare dinner for him tonight.
Yu Yao seemed too weak when facing Achilles. Even when he used his mental power, he was unable to compete with Achilles.
Aqir easily removed the strength from his hand, grabbed his arm, and threw him to the ground over his shoulder, commenting casually, "A-level mental strength, not bad."
It's like saying to an ant, "Not bad for being able to lift a leaf."
Yu Yao's face was covered with bruises, which was the result of Aqir showing mercy, otherwise his heart would have been pierced from the beginning.
Yu Yao got up from the ground and attacked Aqir again without giving up. After attacking with all his mental strength again and again, his mental strength began to become impatient and uncontrollable.
Ming Nuo looked at them with a listless expression, his mental power spreading out unconsciously. He was busy sorting out Yu Yao's mental power, but this subconscious action caused the progress to be slow.
Achilles was the first to notice Yu Yao's abnormality, and his golden eyes swept over his arm.
Blood crystals bulged out from under Yu Yao's skin. Archer frowned and slapped the ignorant boy unconscious.
Yu Yao fainted and fell to the ground.
Ming Nuo was shocked, jumped up and ran to him, "Uncle, what are you doing?"
Are you angry?
Aqir pulled him behind him, frowning, "He has a blood coagulation disorder, don't get close to him."
Ming Nuo stared at Yu Yao in a daze. How could it be so sudden? He was clearly fine just a second ago.
Soon, a military doctor rushed here with a group of people, holding a detector that issued an urgent alarm.
Seeing Aqier here, they felt as if they had fallen into an icy cave and hurriedly asked, "Your Highness Aqier?! Is your mental power rioting?"
If a being of Achir's level were to have his mental power go haywire, the entire base would probably be infected by him.
Aqier pointed at Yu Yao on the ground and said, "It's this kid."
The military doctor examined Yu Yao's mental strength, then watched as the blood crystals on his arm quickly dissipated and the detector stopped sounding the alarm. He exclaimed, "What's going on? The symptoms have disappeared?"
This had happened before. The doctor checked several times and was sure that Yu Yao had truly recovered on his own. He looked up and asked, "Your Highness Aqir, have you done any mental counseling for him?"
Achir: “No.”
That was too strange. The doctor was puzzled. Mild mental disturbances could be self-regulated, but Yu Yao's condition was obviously so serious that it had caused a coagulation disorder. Logically, external intervention was necessary to recover.
But what was happening now? The doctor looked around. Even the chaotic mental energy in the air had dissipated, which was why they hadn't felt any discomfort when they arrived.
All this was contrary to the doctor's previous experience. His mind was in a mess, and suddenly he inadvertently met Mingnuo's eyes behind Archer.
Unlike Yu Yao, a new recruit who was undergoing closed training, the doctor had already seen Ming Nuo's photo on the Star Network. Looking at the clean and beautiful little prince, he suddenly felt that the irritability lingering in his heart was slowly disappearing.
Ming Nuo saw the doctor staring at him in a daze, feeling confused, "Is he okay?"
The doctor suddenly came back to his senses and smiled at Ming Nuo, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. He is fine now."
Then the commander carried Yu Yao onto a stretcher, and a group of people left in a hurry.
When Mingnuo boarded the starship and prepared to leave the military base, thinking back on everything that had happened today, he rubbed his eyes tiredly and leaned back in his chair, drowsy.
"Are you sleepy? Then go to sleep." Archer was considerate for once and covered Mingnuo with a small blanket.
Ming Nuo mumbled with his eyes closed, "Thank you, Second Uncle."
Half an hour later, the starship landed on the royal apron. Archer woke up Mingnuo, and the two of them walked off the starship one after the other.
Suddenly, Archer's eyes stopped on a starship parked on the tarmac. He looked at the sign belonging to the arsenal and suddenly stopped.
Mingnuo followed Aqir yawning, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly not understand and bumped into his back, and the heel of his nose hit the steel plate, causing a pain.
How unlucky could today get? Ming Nuo thought silently, holding his nose.
"The director of the arsenal is here." Aqir suddenly turned to Mingnuo and said, "He is not a good person. This time he is probably here for you."
"But I don't know him."
"Your father is his teacher. He probably heard you were back and came to see you." Speaking of the director of the arsenal, Aqir looked at Mingnuo with pity, "You should be careful."
Ming Nuo: “…Ah?”
Achilles' mysterious attitude made Mingnuo even more curious about the director of the arsenal.
Before they reached the hall, Archer slipped away, saying he had something to do.
Ming Nuo first noticed that there were two people standing next to Zelphis. One was Xu Yao, the director of Anka Garden, who was holding a medical box in his hand.
The other one was a strange long-haired young man whom Mingnuo had never seen before. He must be the director of the arsenal that his second uncle mentioned.
The director is too young. He has a clear and gentle appearance, and his green eyes are like a tranquil pool of water. Just by looking at him, one can roughly guess his leisurely temperament.
At the same time, the director raised his green eyes and looked at Ming Nuo.
Ming Nuo met his gaze and for some reason felt inexplicably guilty, as if he had been caught daydreaming in class by the teacher, which made him feel uneasy.
"This is Wen Zhining, the director of the Arsenal." Zelphis brought Ming Nuo to him and introduced him. "He is Dad's student. He came to see you this time."
Ming Nuo looked at Wen Zhining's young face and called out softly, "Brother Zhining."
Wen Zhining hummed, then looked at Zelphis and asked, "Let him get checked first?"
What kind of examination? Ming Nuo looked at his brother in confusion.
"Director Xu Yao is here to check for any residual medicine in your body." Zelphis touched his silver hair. "And there's also the issue with your hair."
"Yes, Your Highness." Director Xu Yao smiled at Ming Nuo, opened the medical box, asked Ming Nuo to sit next to him, took out the medical instrument for testing the mental power value, and gently put it on Ming Nuo's wrist.
Xu Yao's actions were very gentle. In order to prevent Ming Nuo from getting bored, he took out his pocket and gave him a puppy toy that made a whimpering sound.
Ming Nuo blushed as he was being coaxed like a child, but he still took the puppy doll, pinched it and made it howl.
While Xu Yao was doing the examination, Wen Zhining saw Mingnuo's small backpack placed aside. It was obvious that he had just gone out to play. Today was a weekday, and children of Mingnuo's age should be in school at this time.
Wen Zhining turned to look at Zelphis: "Your Majesty, has the little prince not been to school these days?"
Ming Nuo had a bad feeling and looked at his brother hurriedly.
Hearing his heartbeat suddenly soar, Xu Yao laughed and said, "Your Highness, calm down. Don't be afraid."
Ming Nuo: “…Okay.”
"He doesn't like going to school. He thinks it's too restrictive." Zelphis had asked Mingnuo about this before, but after learning that he didn't want to go to school, he never mentioned it again. It was obvious that he was spoiled too much.
Wen Zhining has been a learning genius since he was young, so he was able to become Koning's student and eventually served as the director of the arsenal. In his opinion, knowledge is the greatest and most valuable asset of human existence.
The little prince was unwilling to go to school, which in his eyes became a big problem that had to be solved.
Xu Yao also advised with concern: "But Your Majesty, the little prince is at an age when he needs the company of his peers and to develop his social skills. Leaving him alone at home..."
"If you don't want to go to school, then don't go." Wen Zhining suddenly interrupted him. Under Xu Yao's surprised gaze, he asked Ming Nuo, "You can study with me in the future. I will come to teach you every day, so you don't have to go to school."
Anyway, learning is not divided.
Ming Nuo actually just didn't like going to school, but he was still happy to study, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
A few minutes later, with Wen Zhining's super high execution ability, he directly made Mingnuo's class schedule and studied for five hours every day.
Because Wen Zhining was busy with work, he could only spare two hours to come to the palace to give Ming Nuo face-to-face lectures, and the other three hours were holographic lectures.
The rest of the time is at Mingnuo's own disposal and he does not interfere.
Ming Nuo was very satisfied with the schedule and thanked Wen Zhining crisply, "Thank you, Brother Zhining."
Zelphis had not expected that Wen Zhining could do this for Mingnuo. In his memory, Wen Zhining was always devoted to scientific research and was cold and indifferent to everyone.
When he saw Mingnuo's face that looked like his father's, Zelphis seemed to understand Wen Zhining's approach.
Zelphis: "I'll send someone to pick you up for that morning class."
Wen Zhining accepted it happily, "Okay."
Xu Yao still had some concerns, "But what about the young prince's social life?"
"Just let him participate in social practice activities." Wen Zhining also had a plan. He looked at Ming Nuo and said, "You need to get 100 activity points to enter Helios College. You still have nearly a year to get the full score."
Ming Nuo was horrified, "I want to apply to Helios Academy?"
"Is it not possible?" Wen Zhining asked back, "We are all from this school, it's not difficult to get in."
Mingnuo suspected that the Helios Academy he was talking about was not the same as the one he remembered. He simply found it unbelievable that the top university in the empire was easy to get into.
Soon Xu Yao's test results came out. Xu Yao looked at Ming Nuo's physical data and fell into deep thought.
Zelphis: "How is Lorien's health?"
"This..." Xu Yao frowned as he took out Ming Nuo's last test report and compared the two data. "We suspect that the little prince may have undergone genetic modification targeting his mental power when he was a child, which is why his hair turned white."
As soon as these words came out, Zelphis's eyes darkened and his mental power suddenly became murderous.
genetically modified? !
How dare those people do this to him!
Xu Yao asked Ming Nuo: "Young Prince, is there any abnormal inertia in your mental power?"
Ming Nuo nodded repeatedly, his tone accusing, as if he was condemning the disobedient fat cat at home, "It's usually very lazy and doesn't move much."
Zelphis clenched his hands and glanced at Mingnuo, "Will it affect his body?"
"It's not certain yet." Xu Yao didn't make a final conclusion. "If this inertia is maintained at a stable value, there will be no problem. Your Highness won't even have to endure mental turmoil, nor will he suffer from blood coagulation."
"But if the value continues to drop... and the mental strength reaches zero, then it will be dangerous."
Xu Yao tried his best to be more tactful in his words, but everyone present knew that only at the moment of death would the mental strength value return to zero.
Ming Nuo's heart sank. Even though he didn't have a chronic, terminal illness like blood coagulation, why did he have to suffer from another terminal illness? Was he destined to die?
Seeing the child's face turn pale with fear, Xu Yao comforted him, "Of course this is only the worst-case scenario. Don't worry, young prince. We will come up with a treatment plan before that."
Zelphis held Mingno in his arms, patted his back, and said firmly, "It's going to be okay."
Mingnuo rested his head on his brother's shoulder. The sense of security of being with his family dispelled his fear. He said "hmm" in a listless manner.
Today seemed to be too unlucky. Ming Nuo lay on the bed at night, staring at the ceiling in a daze, thinking silently in his heart. The night sky outside the window was full of shining stars, and the night breeze gently blew the curtains.
Mingnuo thought for a moment and told Sedwick and the others that he didn't have to go to school. [I don't have to go to school anymore. Brother Zhining is here to teach me. The little lamb happily scatters flowers.jpg.]
It was probably during the evening break when Sedwick replied very quickly: [Brother Zhining, Director of the Arsenal Wen Zhining?]
Ming Nuo: [Yeah!]
Sedwick: [……]
Field: [……]
Lin Yu: [Touch you.]
This reaction was beyond Mingnuo's expectations. Shouldn't everyone be congratulating him on escaping the misery of school? Why did everyone act as if he was on a path of no return?
Ming Nuo thought for a moment and asked tentatively: [Brother Zhining...isn't it okay?]
Sedwick thought for a moment and replied to Mingnuo: "He has great achievements in academia, but his reputation in education is more questionable. Of course, a very important reason for this is his students."
Brother Zining’s student?
Ming Nuo was puzzled: [What happened to his students? ]
"Fuck, don't you know that senior yet?" Field suddenly appeared, his tone exaggerated. "It's said that Wen Zhining's academic demands on him were too much, which drove this senior over the edge. He became a gigolo and ended up in jail. He hasn't been released yet."
At this moment, Ming Nuo suspected that he could not read. Did this sentence really mean what he thought?
Got in?
Does that mean you're going to eat at a government restaurant?
Lin Yu also popped his head up, "I know about this too. It was quite a big deal back then."
Ming Nuo's heart trembled, and he frantically and helplessly pleaded for help: […What should I do? I have classes tomorrow.]
Sedwick is very reliable. [Can I come with you tomorrow?]
"You have to go to school tomorrow, too. No, no, no." Mingnuo knew that Sedwick was a serious student, and he didn't want to delay his studies. "I'll ask my uncle if he has time to accompany me tomorrow."
Sedwick: [Okay.]
Field: [Take care, brother.]
Lin Yu: [I wish you peace.]
Ming Nuo: “…”
It’s over. I can’t sleep at all now.
It was late at night and it was completely silent outside, with only the chirping of insects. Ming Nuo was still browsing his computer aimlessly, his brain paralyzed.
Suddenly he caught sight of the interstellar express service, clicked on it out of curiosity, and saw a wide variety of goods, which were specialties from various galaxies.
Mingnuo saw a familiar fruit candy, which came from the Z-18 planet where he used to live. Mingchuan’s father had bought it for him before. It was very sweet and delicious. Mingnuo was struggling whether to buy it.
The shipping fee is ten star coins.
But eating candy can make you feel better, and maybe being happy can bring good luck? He told himself this, and finally, he placed the order with a light click of his finger.
It will be delivered tomorrow afternoon.
Ming Nuo contentedly closed the smart computer and prepared to go to sleep, ignoring the small reminder at the bottom of the page.
——If the goods are hijacked by interstellar pirates during transportation, our company will not be responsible and the buyer will bear all losses. Please do not place an order if you mind.
The next morning, Mingnuo opened his eyes with messy hair, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to see where his candy was.
——Your goods have been packed and shipped out.
——Your goods are in transit.
——Your cargo has been hijacked by interstellar pirates. Unfortunately, dear, you have lost track of the cargo. Say goodbye to it.
Mingnuo lay back on the bed with a dazed look on his face.
Is this really good for him so early in the morning?
At this moment, in the vast universe, on a pirate starship, a red-haired boy took a bag of fruit candies, threw it into the air, raised his head to catch it, and chewed the candies into pieces.
Sarn looked at his younger brother who was following closely behind him and said, "This candy is pretty good. Where did you get it?"
The younger brother was clearly several times larger than Sane, yet he bowed his head and flattered him, "This is cargo destined for the Perseus Empire. Weren't you a resident of Planet Z-18? I'm giving it to you as a gift."
It was indeed that familiar taste. Sane looked at the fruit candy in his palm and at the endless galaxy outside the porthole.
I don’t know how Mingnuo is doing now.
I heard from Mingnuo's uncle that Mingnuo has found his relatives now, and he must be very happy to be with his family.
Sane poured all the remaining candy into his mouth and threw the bag into the trash can.
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