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Alina hadn't noticed before, but now that she was up close to Chu Yanbing, she realized that he was absolutely stunning, with looks that rivaled those of their Elf race's number one "beauty"—the Elf King.
It's just a different style.
One is like the wind, natural and ethereal; the other is like ice, sharp and piercing.
Alina's admiring gaze was so obvious, how could Chu Yanbing not notice? If he weren't afraid of breaking the beautiful atmosphere, he almost couldn't resist the urge to reach up and touch his face.
'I've never thought his face was so useful.'
His ears had somehow taken on the color of red roses, and Chu Yanbing felt a surge of joy in his heart, muttering to himself silently.
The man, like a loyal knight, knelt on one knee, standing steadily in front of Alina, his icy blue eyes reflecting the small roses blooming in the desolate ice field.
With her snow-white eyelashes fluttering up and down, Alina seemed to see silver butterflies dancing on the sea, instantly snapping her out of her reverie.
He instinctively pushed the other person with both hands, but Chu Yanbing remained motionless as if she were embedded in a mecha.
"Ahem, I've connected." Alina swallowed, her eyes darting around uncontrollably, unsure whether she should ask about the next steps in operating the mecha.
Before Chu Yanbing could speak, the sound of an eggshell breaking suddenly came from the air, instantly drawing Alina's attention.
A hint of displeasure flickered in Chu Yanbing's deep blue eyes, and he helplessly followed Alina's gaze.
The moon-white eggshell splits horizontally from the crescent moon tip, revealing a furry paw that pats up and down as if stepping on air.
"They look like the paws of a large animal cub, kind of cute," Alina thought to herself.
"Crack!" That was the sound of the eggshell breaking completely, and a small snow leopard suddenly appeared before the two of them.
"Hello, my new owner!"
The little snow leopard, which occupied half of the screen, waved its paw, and the white whiskers on either side of its nose trembled as it spoke.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is 'Frost Moon,' 'Frost' as in frost and 'Moon' as in moon. I am the intelligent core of the Frost Moon mecha and also the AI entity of my master. Please take care of me in the future~"
"You can call me Frostmoon, just like Master does. Of course, I prefer the name 'Moon'~ How should I address you?"
The little snow leopard swayed its very three-dimensional long tail.
When the snow leopard cub revealed its true appearance, Alina's beautiful ruby eyes shone even brighter: So cute, this is probably what the future cubs of the snow leopard will look like.
[I'm even more excited now, *sound of excitement* jpg.]
Then I heard the other person rattle off a string of words, leaving no room for me to interrupt.
"The new owner?"
Alina repeated herself a beat late, her gaze turning to the man beside her with a hint of doubt.
Chu Yanbing's intuition told him that he couldn't be too direct: "Shuangyue has its own consciousness."
The implication is that he did not give the address.
This is also taking advantage of Alina's lack of common sense—only the other half of a personal mech can perform a secondary link.
Completely unaware that she had been tricked, Alina, unable to understand, asked directly, "Why are you calling me your new master?"
In an instant, Chu Yanbing felt her heart stop beating, her icy blue eyes fixed on the little snow leopard on the screen like sharp blades.
Having successfully received her master's gaze, Frostmoon's tail bristled slightly, and she explained without batting an eye, "Because you've established a mental link with me."
That's absolutely true; it just didn't explain the meaning behind this mental link.
When these words reached the ears of the otherworldly elf, who was experiencing mecha for the first time, they were simply interpreted literally.
Having cleared up her doubts, Alina immediately answered Frostmoon's question: "My name is Alina, you can call me Linlin."
Upon hearing this, the little snow leopard jumped around in place, looking very happy: "Linlin, can you call me Yueyue?" Her soft, sweet voice carried a slight pleading tone.
It's clear that the other person really likes the nickname "Yueyue".
As it wished, it called out "Yueyue". Alina's attention fell on Shuangyue's exceptionally soft and sweet voice, which even had a hint of milkiness. She looked down at Chu Yanbing with surprise in her eyes: "Did you set this up?"
I never expected that someone who seems so cold would actually like this kind of sweet and cute vibe. It's like...it's like we're kindred spirits!
She just loves cute things!
"How could that be? That would damage his image too much!" Chu Yanbing quickly retorted.
"No, I only set the initial parameters. Frostmoon's appearance and voice were chosen by itself."
"Well, you're quite democratic."
Alina sighed, and Chu Yanbing didn't know how to respond, so he simply brought the conversation back to the current topic.
"Never mind her, I'll teach you to recognize the mecha's buttons." As he spoke, Chu Yanbing went from kneeling on one knee to standing beside Alina. His slender yet powerful waist bent slightly, completely enveloping the pilot's seat beneath him.
With strong, bony fingers pointing to the red button in the far corner, he said, "This is the survival button. Press it, and Frostmoon will immediately send a message to your emergency contacts and deploy the life pod."
"Hmm." A sudden, unfamiliar pressure came from beside her, making Alina feel uncomfortable. She had originally wanted to chat with Shimotsuki for a bit longer, but instantly lost the desire to talk. She unconsciously scooted away from the man.
Chu Yanbing could see the girl's smooth hair when he looked down. Her dark, glossy hair was very attractive to him, and his hand, which was resting on the back of the chair, moved unconsciously.
No wonder she likes to touch his fur; it is indeed very attractive.
However, she doesn't seem to like his humanoid hair very much. For beastmen who already have both beast and human forms, hair and human hair are practically the same.
Is it because his short hair is a bit prickly? Should he grow it long?
While teaching, Chu Yanbing's mind wandered.
As the lessons progressed, Alina gradually became immersed in them and stopped thinking about other things.
But I couldn't shake the feeling that she had overlooked something.
Outside the virtual pod, gold, snow-white, red, yellow, and black hairs of different colors and lengths floated sparsely in the air before falling.
Snow-white fur made up a third of the wolf's body. Judging by color alone, Chu Yanbing seemed to have lost, but the snow wolf was also snow-white.
The victorious kitten moved with lightning speed, landing swiftly and lightly back on the large living room table, its tail curled up and drooping down, forming a fluffy question mark behind it.
Chu Yanbing quickly put down the selector that had been hidden and then taken out, staring intently at the display wall. At the same time, she raised her paw and pressed the selector a few times, perfectly and seamlessly connecting with the plot in the virtual world. Only then did she elegantly shake her messy fur, her small paw pads seemingly slowly but actually quickly tidying up her fur.
"Awoo."
He's bald.
The deep roar of the tiger was filled with grief and indignation. Lu Jingbai looked down at the missing downy hair on his tail and thought with tears in his eyes: Why is it that he is the one who gets hurt again?
"Woo-woo." The fox's cry contained the same grief and indignation as the tiger's. Although he wasn't as bald as Lu Jingbai, he was still really ugly! QAQ.
Looking at his tail, which was missing a patch of fur, Pei Jingnian felt incredibly sad.
His hair!
Feeling dizzy, He Yanzhou felt like he had a bump on his forehead. His golden beast eyes glared reproachfully at the snow wolf less than a meter away from him, his voice filled with confusion and bewilderment: "Awoo? Why did you bump into me?"
The snow-white wolf tail stretched forward dramatically, but due to its length, it didn't touch its head. Its sharp claws clumsily stomped on the ground. Looking at the twinkling stars before him and listening to He Yanzhou's questioning, Gu Hansheng felt helpless.
Putting aside the fact that you were the one who bumped into me, the most important thing is that this is clearly the marshal's strategy.
Ouch, my head hurts.
Why is this lion so heavy?
The wolf's claws were itching to touch the swollen, aching head.
Knowing that the other party was still dazed and hadn't reacted yet, Gu Hansheng didn't utter a word of rebuttal.
Thinking about the “tragic” battle just now, Gu Hansheng decided that next time they must go out and fight. Fighting N vs 1 against the Marshal’s mimicry in such a narrow place was really a huge loss for them!
[It seems there are advantages to being small in beast form; the Marshal is incredibly agile, practically toying with General Lu and the others.]
[Wrong. A simple beast-form is small and can only take a beating. Otherwise, ask a rat-form beastman.]
Poor tail! The only loser in this battle is the poor tail. [laughing emoji]
Virtual world:
"I've roughly memorized it, is there anything else?" Alina glanced at the beautiful mecha control panel again and turned to ask.
At the same time, upon hearing this, Chu Yanbing habitually turned his head, wanting to look the other person in the eye as he spoke: "No, you can... try now."
The last two words became weak and low because of the breath that drifted from his lips.
Before they turned their heads, Chu Yanbing's chin was almost at the same level as Alina's nose. When they faced each other, the distance between them was coincidentally only two centimeters.
Her crimson eyes darted around nervously. As if struck by lightning, Alina swiftly retreated, her slender waist curving into a crescent moon shape.
Cleverly, this distance allowed his beautiful, bobbing Adam's apple to come into direct view.
Something's strange...
Alina swallowed hard, thinking to herself.
Alina felt her throat was dry, her exposed skin was suddenly unusually sensitive, and her heart was beating very fast.
The air suddenly became tense, and Chu Yanbing could hear her own rapidly beating heartbeat—"thump thump thump... thump thump thump..."
Her slightly pursed, pale pink lips were glistening with moisture, giving her a sweet appearance.
Just as the air reached a boiling point, Chu Yanbing raised his hand and tucked the stray strands of Alina's hair behind her ear, then straightened up as naturally as possible.
"Why don't you give it a try?"
The indifferent male voice was noticeably hoarse. Chu Yanbing seemed focused, but his gaze was actually wandering as he stared at the mecha's light blue buttons.
Alina's mind was still filled with the image of the other person's exceptionally handsome Adam's apple, and she didn't react for a moment. She blurted out, "Try what?"
Before the other party could explain in detail, she suddenly realized what was happening, and two red clouds immediately crept onto her pale cheeks due to blood loss.
Alina's mind was a mess, and she didn't know what she was thinking for a moment. She just mechanically tried out the theories that the other person had just taught her.
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