A strong wave of emotion appeared on Zhong Qing's icy face that had remained unchanged for thousands of years. Before He Mo could even say anything to him, he was hugged tightly by him, as if he wanted to merge He Mo into his bones and blood.
Smelling the man's scent, He Mo said with difficulty: "How long has it been since you last showered?"
Zhong Qing's face, still gleaming with excitement, suddenly froze, and he silently let go of her hand. His positioning system had lost track of a certain interstellar location, and there were three planets nearby. He had searched day and night for two weeks before finally finding this place. He hadn't expected to be rejected the moment they met...
Oh no! Zhong Qing's pressure dropped again. Not only did he not shower, eat well, or sleep, he must be unshaven and have dull eyes. The general, who never paid attention to his appearance, felt the lethality of appearance for the first time.
Seeing the man in front of him look like he was hit, He Mo raised an eyebrow, and the little depression in his heart was finally calmed down. He felt relieved immediately. After a small revenge, He Mo sincerely thanked him: "Thank you."
Judging from his weather-beaten face, he must have been searching non-stop since he disappeared. It must have taken a lot of effort to find him so quickly.
Zhong Qing lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "Am I really ugly now?"
He Mo was really shocked. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Even at such a grown-up level, he was actually hurt by his words. He said jokingly, "How could General Zhong Qing, who has charmed thousands of girls in the Federation, be ugly? He's quite handsome."
Zhong Qing suddenly heard the sound of flowers blooming, and the scene before his eyes suddenly became bright.
The little golden lion attracted by the spaceship came running over happily, circling back and forth around Zhong Qing, got close to smell him, and immediately pretended to fall to the ground with convulsions from the smoke. It was so funny that He Mo couldn't help laughing and didn't notice that Zhong Qing's face was getting darker and darker.
After a while, He Mo finally got down to business with Zhong Qing: "There's a missing mermaid here. I don't understand the mermaid language, so I can only communicate with her in a simple way."
"Mermaid." A deep thought flashed in Zhong Qing's eyes: What kind of mermaid can survive in the sea polluted by the Zerg? The Federation has done research and found that in places polluted by the Zerg, creatures can only grow into monsters.
"Deep Blue." After a few days of contact, He Mo also gave the merman a name, Deep Blue.
When the mermaid heard He Mo calling him, he poked his head out of the sea and stared cautiously at the man who suddenly appeared. He could feel that the energy in this man was very powerful, completely comparable to him in the sea.
“%#…………!!!” Zhong Qing said something, and the mermaid’s beautiful eyes lit up, and she quickly responded: “%……!@@”
The two people communicated indiscriminately from a distance. The mermaid became more and more excited as she spoke, and even emerged from the sea, revealing a tail with only a few scales on it.
After communicating for quite a long time, Zhong Qing finally ended the conversation. The mermaid was obviously still a little reluctant to leave. After being alone on the AD planet for decades, he finally met a creature he could communicate with. You can imagine how excited he was.
The little golden lion still surrounds the mermaid as usual, and almost ignores its master He Mo in its eyes. Haha, this lion who only cares about appearance.
"You know the language of the mermaids?" There was surprise in He Mo's eyes. He didn't expect that he even knew this. He was worthy of being a child raised by him. He was smart.
"Yeah." Zhong Qing's ears turned red. He originally learned the mermaid language in order to allow Captain You to integrate into the Fifth Legion as quickly as possible. Unexpectedly, it came in handy in an unexpected way today. Xiao Mo seemed to admire his ability to speak the mermaid language.
"How did Shenlan get left behind?" He Mo didn't notice that Zhong Qing's face looked a little unnatural, but asked about the mermaid's situation in confusion.
"He's a mermaid royal. The Federation couldn't communicate with mermaids back then. Unexpectedly, their royal family lived and slept in the deep sea, leading to their being left behind on Planet AD." After a pause, Zhong Qing continued, "He woke from his slumber thirty years ago. His scales, affected by pollution, had grown into sharp black blades. The energy in his body was constantly lost as his scales grew. To prevent this mutation, he had no choice but to pluck out all his scales. He also said that fortunately, he had the merman's treasure, the Purification Pearl, which allowed him to minimize the impact of the pollution."
That transparent bead must be the purification bead Zhong Qing mentioned. He Mo watched the mermaid happily playing with the little golden lion. Mermaids' scales were precious to them, and the pain of having them plucked out alive was no less than having a human fingernail ripped out. In the past thirty years, he had had to pluck out as many abnormal scales as he had grown...
After taking a breath, He Mo asked, "When can we leave here?"
"It will take another month. The spacecraft needs to replenish its energy." Zhong Qing replied. The spacecraft he was driving had limited energy, and the energy had been exhausted during the search. In order to support the spacecraft to return to the central star, one month was the minimum energy reserve.
"Okay." He Mo nodded. The sea here is obviously no longer suitable for Deep Blue to survive. Even if the simulated seawater provided by the Federation still has many shortcomings, it is still much better than living in a polluted sea.
Zhong Qing suddenly felt a little jealous. The mermaid easily gained Xiao Mo's attention. He also wanted Xiao Mo's gentle gaze. After living for decades, the general experienced the feeling of jealousy for the first time.
After playing with the little golden lion for a while, the mermaid dived back into the deep sea and soon brought back a bunch of seafood. It was time for the routine meal.
As usual, He Mo went up to refine them. The smelly toxins flowed for half a meter. The mermaids had the foresight to hide aside and did not dare to come over until the toxins were washed away.
"I remember your special ability is fire." He Mo threw the refined seafood to Zhong Qing. The meaning was self-evident. Ever since he knew that Zhong Qing was Xiao Mou, the barrier in He Mo's heart had long disappeared. After seeing him drooling, would he still be afraid of his cold appearance now?
The general, who had already mastered his powers to perfection, was flattered as he accepted the pile of seafood. He couldn't help but imagine that Xiao Mo's lack of courtesy meant that he no longer considered him a stranger. He had no idea that his cover had been completely exposed...
Although He Mo also has superpowers, his superpower is ice flame. Objects roasted by ice flame are hot on the outside and icy on the inside, making them completely inedible.
Zhong Qing's use of supernatural powers was far beyond He Mo's reach. He grilled the seafood in a short while. The little golden lion, who tasted the wonderful taste of grilled food for the first time, immediately turned his new love to Zhong Qing, and the mermaid was ruthlessly abandoned.
He Mo peeled two large prawns the size of his palms. Hmm, it felt so good to eat cooked food. The prawn shells were slightly hot, the prawn meat was very tender, and the prawn roe was delicious. He Mo couldn't help but take another one.
Zhong Qing, who was secretly observing his sweetheart, immediately handed over the peeled shrimp meat and looked at He Mo eagerly, like a puppy, afraid of being rejected.
He Mo smiled, but before he could take it, the little golden lion swallowed it in one gulp. He chewed it with great satisfaction, and his cheeks bulged.
"I'll peel it again." Zhong Qing almost blushed at the smile of his beloved. He quickly lowered his head to look for shrimps to cover up the abnormal blush on his face.
They still need to stay on AD Star for a month, but with Zhong Qing's small spaceship, at least the little golden lion will not be frozen by the cold sea breeze at night. The temperature here will drop below 0 degrees at night. Fortunately, it did not rain, otherwise it would be even colder. At that time, He Mo was really worried that the little golden lion would get sick.
Speaking of rain, it really rained heavily that night. There were lightning and thunder on the sea. He Mo hid in the small spaceship with the little golden lion in his arms. Through the transparent screen in the command room, he could clearly see the rolling waves on the sea. It was quiet inside the spaceship, but outside, nature was ruthlessly displaying its cruelty. Shen Hai had hidden in the deep sea early in the morning.
The little golden lion hid in He Mo's arms with some fear, but couldn't help but sticking out its head to look at the raging storm outside. Zhong Qing's small spaceship stayed at a high place here, and there was no need to worry about the surging waves flooding here. On the contrary, the wreckage of the aircraft where He Mo and the little golden lion had lived before had been swept into the deep sea by the waves.
The small spaceship is not large and has only two seats, the driver's seat for Zhong Qing and the co-pilot's seat for He Mo. The driver's seat can be extended backwards, so the driver can lie down on it when he feels tired, which is very convenient.
The driver's seat was very close, with only twenty centimeters of space between them. Zhong Qing's hands and feet were stiff. This was the first time he and Xiao Mo rested so close together. Even the scene outside the window, which looked like the end of the world, could not affect his good mood.
Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere inside the spaceship was a little too quiet, He Mo said, "Zhong Qing."
"Yeah." Zhong Qing responded, feeling a little nervous, secretly guessing what Xiao Mo was going to say to him.
"The Fifth Legion has spies planted by other forces."
"What did you say?" A hint of coldness flashed across Zhong Qing's bearded face. Every member of the Fifth Legion was selected from children with clean family backgrounds and no ties with other forces. Before absorbing them into the Fifth Legion, they were required to undergo many assessments and tests. If any of them were spies from other forces, they should have been discovered long ago through so many years of indiscriminate testing. Since they were not detected, it meant that the force hidden behind them was quite large.
"The best evidence is that I was exiled to AD Star. I was knocked unconscious by my colleagues in the medical team..." He Mo recounted in detail how he came here. He couldn't believe that Qiu Jing was a spy, but the fact happened to him, so he had to believe it whether he wanted to or not.
"Qiu Jing." Zhong Qing frowned. He had basically no impression of this person. Now Xiao Mo was thrown here by this doctor named Qiu Jing. Obviously, it couldn't be an order from within. There must be a force outside that could have transported Xiao Mo from the Fifth Legion and exiled him to outer space so smoothly. From this point of view, there really are many spies from other forces in the Fifth Legion. After returning, he would have to investigate them secretly. However, this would definitely be quite difficult. These people have been deeply rooted in the Fifth Legion for many years. If they want to subjugate the Fifth Legion, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Zhong Qing's face was grim. He didn't expect that after such strict screening, the Fifth Legion was still infiltrated.
"Also, I suspect that the family behind Qiu Jing is the Black Python Clan or the Golden Lion Clan." Since he was ready to tell Zhong Qing everything, He Mo told him everything that happened in the Golden Lion Clan without reservation, including He Feng's abnormality, the ubiquitous traces of the Black Python Clan, and the speculation that He Feng was very likely to have been swapped.
"The Black Python Clan is a giant that controls most of the Federation's high-tech. They are extremely suitable for scientific research, have clear minds and are calm, and have strong prestige among the public in the Federation. If the forces behind all these events come from the Black Python Clan, then we must start the investigation from how they control the Golden Lion Clan." Only by mastering this piece of evidence can all these mysteries be solved.
"Well said." He Mo nodded. Indeed, he was also very puzzled as to how the Black Python Clan controlled the Golden Lion Clan without being discovered. If a person was replaced, his abilities, personality, and living habits would definitely change. If they changed suddenly, someone would definitely notice it. However, He Feng was not noticed by other clansmen at all. This was abnormal and obviously unreasonable.
The two talked for a long time, and the little golden lion had fallen asleep on He Mo's legs, revealing its white little belly.
"It's getting late, go to bed." Zhong Qing must be very tired after looking for him for such a long time without sleep. He also told him all these things at once. He should have let him get some rest first. He Mo felt a little apologetic.
Zhong Qing, who could still chat for another three days and three nights, said he was not tired at all. No, he needed to have a good rest to get rid of the dark circles under his eyes. The general, who was beginning to love the beauty industry, nodded and said, yes, it was time to go to bed.
"That..." Before going to sleep, Zhong Qing couldn't help but hesitate to speak. Finally, he looked at He Mo and asked the question he wanted to ask most tonight: "Are you willing to tell me all these things because you..." trust me.
Before he could utter the last three words, He Mo nodded affirmatively: "Yes."
Zhong Qing's face lit up with joy. He knew that his efforts were not in vain. Xiao Mo had begun to trust him. The joy was still on his face, but the next second he was chilled to the bone by He Mo's words.
"I already know you are Xiaomou."
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