Nantong University Anniversary (7)
Baili Xuanyao and the others were focused on the arena and did not hear Mu Shaoqi's sour muttering.
Of course, he was just speaking out of his feelings, and didn't expect anyone to pay attention to him, but he heard a light "hmm" from the side.
Mu Shaoqi looked over in shock.
Gongye Jiwang happened to be sitting in the direction where the voice came from, but he was staring at the changes in the formation on the stage with a serious look on his face, and did not seem to react to his incoherent words.
For a moment, he wondered if he had just heard it wrong.
When he looked at Xia again, she was looking at the virtual screen with her head down. It seemed that someone had sent her a message. She placed her hands on the virtual keyboard and quickly typed out a line of words. It was obvious that she didn't hear what he said.
Mu Shaoqi's suspicious eyes moved back and forth between the two of them, trying to find some clue that they were familiar with each other, to prove that he was not hallucinating just now.
Perhaps because his head shaking was too obvious and unsightly, Bai Qiqi slapped him on the forehead and warned him, "Are you ADHD? Just stay in the stands!"
Mu Shaoqi never dared to act rashly in front of Bai Qiqi, so he immediately behaved himself and even said "oh" obediently, thinking as if he was trying to calm himself down.
Gongye Jiwang was a gourd with its mouth sawed off, and a monk who had left home.
Ever since he entered the Xingqiong Military Academy, countless senior and junior students have been vying for him, some cheerful, some delicate, some heroic, some beautiful... there are all kinds of types, but he has never expressed his affection to anyone. He once even made a junior student who handed him a love letter cry. Baili Xuanyao often laughed at him for being unromantic and believed that he would end up living alone in this life.
How many times had Shi Jianxia met him? How could she win his favor so easily?
It's an illusion! It must be an illusion!
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The opening ceremony of Nan Teng Military Academy's anniversary celebration went very smoothly, especially the various formations practiced by the students, which attracted quite a bit of discussion and even became a hot topic on Star Network.
Many people who pay close attention to the five major military academies of the Federation almost all know that a freshman at the Nan Teng Military Academy can summon more than 800 second-level mimics, and they talk about it enthusiastically as gossip after dinner.
Hongtu Military Academy came with great momentum, but failed to stir up any waves and finally left in disgrace with its tail between its legs. Mu Shaoqi, the guy who loved to watch the fun and stir up trouble, even laughed at them in the group, which resonated with many people.
It can be seen that Hongtu Military Academy often provokes students from the Fifth United Military Academy, and the impression left on them is not good.
Xia Xie saw his friends coming over to help out and gave each of them two furry animals. He then said he had something to do and left first after the opening ceremony of the school anniversary was over.
The 'something' she mentioned was not an excuse, but an agreement she had made with Ji Yang before.
Ji Yang had already left the viewing platform, and Shi Jianxia and she had agreed to meet at the Celebrity Memorial Hall of the Nanteng Military Academy.
Here are placed the sculptures of outstanding alumni who graduated from Nan Teng Military Academy. Some of them have passed away, and some hold high positions in the Federation. All of them have made great contributions to the Federation. Ji Yang's sculpture is also among them.
When Shi Jianxia arrived, Ji Yang was standing in front of a photo frame, looking up and looking at the person in the frame.
That was Major General Nan Xi, the founding principal of Nandong Military Academy - an outstanding female general.
In order to protect the last group of people on the Qingbi Star, which was about to fall, and successfully complete the evacuation, she led the legion in a desperate battle with the high-level Zerg. She eventually died of exhaustion, and the Nanxi Legion was completely wiped out.
Pei Qin stood behind her with his hands behind his back, always alert to the situation nearby to prevent any suspicious people from approaching and threatening her personal safety.
Hearing the crisp sound of heels stepping on the ground, Ji Yang turned his head slightly and met Shi Jianxia's gaze.
Shi Jianxia stopped, her gaze lingering on Pei Qin beside her for a moment before quickly withdrawing, and she said in a light tone, "Head of State Ji."
Ji Yang was looking at her.
No, to be precise, he was staring at her intently, with his brows slightly furrowed, as if he had encountered something incomprehensible.
Shi Jianxia couldn't help but wonder if she had discovered something he had been hiding.
When she hesitated, Ji Yang suddenly laughed, "Classmate Shi, you're here."
Her expression was normal, as if the brief strangeness just now was just an illusion of Shi Jianxia.
Shi Jianxia was alert, but he knew that he couldn't run away at this time.
Pei Qin stood behind Ji Yang, his presence so low that it was almost unnoticeable.
There are many rumors in the Federation that he is a powerful Saint Realm master. Even if he is not, he probably has the strength of the third level of transcendence. Shi Jianxia knows that he cannot escape from under his nose.
Now that she was here, there was no reason for her to leave before she got what she wanted.
Besides, Ji Yang needed her to clear the insect vortex, so there was no reason for him to attack her.
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In the rest area by the window, Ji Yang pushed the virtual screen of the intelligent brain in front of Shi Jianxia.
"This document contains the entire story of the mission your father carried out. After reading it, please keep it confidential. If this information were leaked, it would cause great panic in the Federation."
Shi Jianxia nodded.
She wanted to read the information just to find out what happened ten years ago, and had no intention of spreading it outside.
After accidentally landing on Xiaohan Star and discovering Principal Nan Chi and the Butterfly-Faced Man, she had actually vaguely guessed part of the mission content, but without solid evidence, it was difficult to draw a conclusion.
The document unfolded, and the title caught Shi Jianxia's eye directly—
Worm Vortex and Zerg Space Exploration Plan
really!
The content of the entire document is fully reflected in the title.
Shi Jianxia suppressed his impatience and read on carefully.
The file contains a huge amount of information, and if you are not careful, you will miss important content. It records the major crises caused by the Zerg since its emergence, and the changes over the past hundreds of years. A considerable part of it is research data on the Zerg and the Zerg Vortex.
The core contents are as follows.
First, the Zerg initially had only instincts but no intelligence, but after parasitizing humans, they gradually developed intelligence. The higher their level, the stronger their intelligence, and they began to consciously hunt for human genes, thus creating a tidal wave of Zerg.
Some researchers call it evolution.
Shi Jianxia thought of the butterfly-faced man who almost took her life. In the process of fighting with them, the other party was indeed learning and adjusting his fighting style.
Is it a Zerg that evolved by acquiring human genes?
Second, the worm vortex is a very stable space channel, but it is filled with huge energy turbulence. When the Zerg pass through the worm vortex, the worm crystals in their bodies will stimulate an energy film to protect them from the influence of energy turbulence.
Experiments have shown that people with mimicry abilities can also hold up energy shields to pass through vortexes, but there is one thing that is quite tricky.
As long as the vortex is in its active period, there will be a steady stream of Zerg pouring in from the other end, and they can move freely inside the vortex. Those with insufficient abilities who rashly enter the vortex will be attacked by the Zerg and eventually become their delicacy.
Therefore, researchers believe that only those with combat abilities that have reached at least the extraordinary realm can protect themselves while traveling through the insect vortex.
Third, the Zerg come from another universe. They are very likely to be seizing the resources of the human universe to strengthen themselves. Based on the relationship between the queen and her offspring, it can be inferred that there may be a being standing at the top of the pyramid within them - the Zerg Queen.
After the damselflies obtain energy, they can feed part of it back to the mother damselfly through methods that humans have not yet discovered.
Some researchers have observed captured female insects and found that the energy curve in their bodies shows a wave-like state, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing.
When the energy in the mother insect's body increases, it is the offspring it breeds that are feeding back energy to her; and when the energy in the mother insect's body decreases, one possibility is that the mother insect is reproducing offspring, and the other possibility has not yet been discovered, so the above reasonable speculation is made based on this.
Based on the above research and speculation, the exploration faction headed by Marshal Jiang Wenzhan decided to set up a suicide squad to explore the Zerg universe.
Among the hundreds of members of the suicide squad, Xia Yuanji ranked first.
Shi Jianxia's breathing stopped, and it took a long time before he forced himself to look away from that name.
At that moment, thousands of thoughts flashed through her mind. When her consciousness calmed down, she could not remember what she had just thought.
She looked up at Ji Yang. "So, what that sentence in Principal Nan Chi's notes means is that the Zerg Queen really exists, and it even intends to invade this universe?"
Although she was asking a rhetorical question, her tone was very certain.
Ji Yang nodded. "Nan Chi's notes aren't very detailed, but he probably anticipated that the suicide squad wouldn't make it back alive, so he used energy probes to carve everything they saw and heard in the Zerg universe into their spines."
Hearing this, Shi Jianxia opened her eyes slightly wide.
No wonder Principal Nan Chi specifically emphasized that he hoped whoever found him would hand over his body and notes to Marshal Jiang Wenzhan.
"That information has been analyzed. The Zerg not only has the Queen, but also many higher-level Zerg. They absorbed human genes from the lower-level Zerg that invaded this universe, gradually developing human physical characteristics and developing brain neural networks capable of independent thinking."
"The butterfly-faced people you and Gongye Jiwang encountered on Xiaohan Star are advanced Zerg that are evolving. The appearance of this type of Zerg is not an isolated case. The Federation has already sent personnel to the fallen planet to investigate."
The amount of information contained in these words was enormous. Shi Jianxia tried hard to digest it. Soon she narrowed her eyes and asked, "Why did you tell me such a confidential matter?"
The content of the document was the transaction between her and Ji Yang, but Ji Yang could have kept the information outside of the document from her.
After all, in the eyes of this leader, she is still a core member of the Higanbana team. The reason why they were able to cooperate was because she had her own motives. Strictly speaking, they are not comrades who can stand on the same front and advance and retreat together.
What if she was pretending to surrender, and the so-called rescue of her father was a fabricated lie, and she directly defected back to Bianhua after obtaining these confidential information, Ji Yang would have no way to deal with her.
Ji Yang took a sip of coffee and said, "Before I came here, I really didn't intend to tell you these things, but after seeing you, I changed my mind."
"You won't betray me."
These six short words had nothing to do with being sonorous and powerful, but they exploded in Shi Jianxia's ears like thunder.
She found it a little funny and didn't understand where Ji Yang got such confidence from.
Even Pei Qin, who had been standing behind Ji Yang in silence, raised his eyes in surprise. Obviously, he did not expect Ji Yang to trust Shi Jianxia so much.
Ji Yang didn't intend to explain for her and brought up another matter, "If I'm not mistaken, it was your mimicry that devoured the butterfly-faced man and brought him to the vortex of this universe, right?"
This sentence is obviously more powerful than the previous one.
Sometimes Xia's eyelashes tremble slightly.
Ji Yang, not sure if he noticed her strangeness, continued, "The insect vortex is the source of the Zerg's power. Your mimicry devoured the SS-level insect vortex beneath Junlin City on Baipu Star, so the cattail fly that was symbiotic with Jun Xiaoyi disappeared."
"On Xiaohan Star, your mimicry devoured the butterfly-faced man's insect vortex. It lost its power of infinite regeneration and disappeared."
It was discovered in the end.
The Butterfly-Faced Man couldn't have disappeared for no reason. When the federal leaders learned of this, they would definitely try to get to the bottom of it.
With the hypothesis that the worm vortex is the source of the Zerg's power, some people will definitely think in this direction. In addition, with the sudden appearance of Rushou, who can devour the worm vortex, quite a number of people will suspect whether this matter is related to him.
It so happened that Ji Yang knew that the person standing behind Rushou was her, and she and Gongye Jiwang had fought a life-and-death battle with the Butterfly-faced Man, and they had the perfect "conditions to commit the crime".
Shi Jianxia admitted generously, "It's me."
At this point, even if she denied it, Ji Yang would not believe it.
Instead of talking about nonsense and wasting both parties' time, it would be better to just come clean. At least Ji Yang showed her sincerity.
"If you find traces of the Butterfly-Faced Man again, I hope you can cooperate in destroying him. Zerg of this level must not appear in large numbers in this universe, otherwise humanity will be in danger."
Even the strong ones in the Sanctuary cannot deal with the Zerg with infinite regeneration ability.
Once they appear in human settlements outside the fallen planet, that place will suffer a devastating disaster.
Shi Jianxia didn't bargain this time, but agreed readily, "No problem."
The kids all wanted to "meow", but there were too many people and too little resources, so she had to keep a low profile. She was just worrying about where to get a 3S-level insect vortex, and Ji Yang was willing to provide it, which was perfect.
The meeting between the two sides lasted more than three hours.
When Shi Xia left, Pei Qin sat down on the chair in front of Ji Yang and said curiously, "You seem to trust her too much."
In Ji Yang's position, there are too many things to consider. Trust is easy to say but hard to do, especially since this is her first formal meeting with Shi Jianxia. Before this, the two of them didn't know each other at all.
Ji Yang held up her chin and smiled at him, "When she approached me, my mimicry showed signs of waking up. It might be fully awake in no time."
Pei Qin had always been calm. Even when a high-level Zerg invaded, he was able to face the predicament with the utmost composure. But now, his eyes widened in disbelief. "Is it related to her?"
Ji Yang shook his head. "I'm not sure, but my hunch tells me there is a connection."
No one knew what President Ji Yang's mimicry was, and even during the time she was studying at Nan Teng Military Academy, she had never revealed it to anyone.
Those who were close to her only knew that it was a time-type mimicry, but no one could tell what level it was or what the mimicry talent was.
More than half a year ago, Ji Yang's mimicry suddenly fell into a deep sleep. During this period, she tried many methods to wake it up, but to no avail.
The sudden change in her mimicry after seeing Shi Jianxia today was not her direct evidence of the awakening of the mimicry being related to Shi Jianxia. She also recalled that more than a month ago, after a video call with Shi Jianxia, her mimicry had also had less obvious changes.
There would be no such coincidence in the world. Shi Jianxia must have a secret related to her mimicry.
That was why she told Shi Jianxia about the Federation’s recent progress in investigating the Zerg.
Ji Yang gently stirred the remaining coffee in the cup, thinking about the possible connection between the two.
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Shi Jianxia had no idea that there was such a thing going on behind her back. She learned too much information today and she couldn't digest it all at once. She was a little distracted when she left.
Among her fragmented childhood memories, there is one that left a deep impression on her.
Before her father left for the mission, he said something to her when she tried to persuade him to stay:
"Dad is going to find Xia Xia's mother and will be back soon."
Dad never lied to her. When her memory gradually recovered, she thought the mission he was carrying out was related to the red spider lily. She naturally believed that her mother, whom she had never met, was controlled by the doctor, and that the mission her father was carrying out could rescue her.
Later, because the mission failed, Dad was controlled by the doctor and Mom's whereabouts were unknown.
Now she knew that her father had gone to the universe where the Zerg were located to carry out a mission, so her previous speculation was naturally untrue.
In this way, the possibility of Mom falling into the hands of Higanbana is very small, and she may have gone to the Zerg universe instead.
As she solved one mystery, more mysteries appeared before her. Shi Jianxia felt as if she was in a fog, unable to see the future or find her way home.
"Xia Xia? Xia Xia? What are you thinking about?"
A cold voice suddenly broke into her world, like the sound of water drops falling from banana leaves into a stream in a valley after rain.
Shi Jianxia came back to his senses and met Gongye Jiwang's slightly inquiring gaze.
She didn't know when she stopped and stood stupidly beside the school flower bed. Gongye Jiwang stood in front of her, holding the chubby baby Xixi in his arms.
The big fat cub waved his chubby front paws to try to attract her attention, but she was distracted and didn't notice their arrival at all, which made him feel discouraged.
When he met her gaze, Xixi became happy again. He kicked his hind legs hard, jumped out of Gongye Jiwang's arms, and pounced on Shi Jianxia accurately.
Shi Jianxia caught it reflexively, but the substantial weight in her hand made her stagger back a step, and she almost failed to hold on to the chubby baby.
This little fat guy has become very heavy-handed ever since he swallowed the 3S-level insect vortex. It was really hard for him to bear being caught off guard by its jump.
Shi Jianxia quickly steadied himself and patted Xiaoxiao's chubby little butt in annoyance, "Who taught you to jump around like that? You almost made me fall."
朏朏 grabbed her arms, puffed up her cheeks pitifully, and didn't dare to make any big movements.
Pretty smart.
Gongye Jiwang looked at its pitiful appearance, turned away and chuckled, which made Shi Jianxia feel a little embarrassed.
She pinched the pads of Xixi's forelimbs and looked around. Not seeing Baili Xuanyao and the others, she asked, "Why are you here? Alone?"
Gongye Jiwang nodded and raised his hand to touch the little head of Xixi. "I said I wanted to visit Nanteng Military Academy, and Xixi took the initiative to act as my tour guide. It's very well behaved."
朏朏 immediately pricked up its little ears and moved around happily.
Shi Jianxia saw that it was starting to misbehave again, so he stuffed it back into Gongye Jiwang's arms, pinched its front legs to cushion the pads, and snorted, "I'm just trying to tease you, little fatty!"
朏朏 was not happy to hear this, so she buried her head in Gongye Jiwang's arms and began to whimper and act coquettishly.
Gongye Jiwang changed the position of the animal into a comfortable one and brought up the past again: "Why were you standing there in a daze just now? What happened?"
He was perceptive and accurately captured Shi Jianxia's relaxed mood, which was different from the one after the military parade.
Shi Jianxia didn't know what to say, nor could she tell him all those messed up things, so she simply shook her head.
"Just a small matter. Don't you want to visit Nandou Military Academy? The student council has prepared a lot of activities. How about I take you around?"
Gongye Ji saw that she didn't want to talk much, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Okay."
Shi Jianxia walked beside him and took him to the area where the event was held. He introduced the scene check-in activity specially arranged by Nan Chiqing. After completing the check-in, he could get a special souvenir and asked him if he wanted to participate.
Gongye Jiwang nodded again in agreement.
The two people went to the activity point and each received a card. Participants only need to check in at each check-in point. Once they collect six stamps, they can go to the initial activity point to receive a special souvenir.
The stamp collection cards are beautifully crafted with a variety of patterns for you to choose from. There are also paper clips embedded on the back so you can pin them on your clothes.
Shi Jianxia chose a light blue card and pinned it to her chest. She then asked Gongye Jiwang, who was standing beside her, "What color card do you like?"
Gongye Jiwang replied, "I have trouble choosing. Could you please help me pick one?"
Shi Jianxia thought of the first time he met him, when a group of cubs surrounded him and asked for insect crystals. He pinched the front paws of one cub and touched the furry ears of another cub, looking like he didn't know which cub to hug first, and couldn't help laughing.
It seems like I have a bit of a difficult choice.
She picked and chose among the cards lined up in a row, and finally chose a light gold one. When she handed it to Gongye Jiwang, he leaned over slightly and moved a little closer to her.
"It's not convenient for me to hold 朏朏 in my arms. Could you please help me put it on?"
A cool breeze blew in my face, like the first snowfall after the arrival of winter.
Shi Jianxia subconsciously raised his eyes, only to see Gongye Jiwang smiling and tilting his head.
The afternoon sun shone through his shoulders and neck onto the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, becoming the most stunning scenery in someone's eyes.
Shi Jianxia quickly lowered his head, took a small step back awkwardly, and tightened his grip on the light golden card slightly.
She cleared her throat, as if to hide something, and replied along the lines of what he had just said: "Okay."
Sitting in Gongye Jiwang's arms, Xixi tilted her head to look at Shi Jianxia, then raised her head to look at the 'keeper' behind her, and meowed as if she sensed something.
Gongye Jiwang had already experienced its meowing, so he was not surprised at this time. Instead, he gently stroked its soft little belly and bent his lower lip very secretly.
Shi Jianxia carefully pinched his chest pocket, quickly passed the paper clip through it, and quickly pinned the card in place.
Gong Yeji saw her movements that were comparable to clearing mines, and even a smile welled up in his eyes. "Why did you choose the light gold card for me?"
Shi Jianxia pinched her fingers uncomfortably and answered truthfully: "I always feel that you are... as bright as the stars."
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On the second floor of the memorial hall a hundred meters away, exclamations of "wow" could be heard one after another.
Baili Xuanyao stroked his chin, an ambiguous smile on his handsome face. "I knew there was something wrong with this guy, and I caught him!"
Mu Shaoqi, who was also not a good person, kept clicking his tongue, "Okay! I wasn't hallucinating before!"
Que Zhaoying rolled up a strand of hair that fell from her shoulder and asked in embarrassment: "Isn't this a bad thing for us?"
Having said that, there is no shortage of gossip on her face.
Yue Wuyin bit her handkerchief with a troubled look on her face, "I really misjudged Gongye Jiwang!"
Zhuang Baiyu supported Mu Shaoqi's shoulder with one hand, shook his head and said, "This is called a barking dog that bites."
The gossip-obsessed crowd turned their heads and stared at him as if he had used some extraordinary description.
After a few seconds, Bai Qiqi showed an indescribable expression, "Why don't you go and say this to Gongye."
Zhuang Baiyu was silent for a moment, "I guess not."
Baili Xuanyao looked around and asked, "Family, where is Lao Du?"
"Have you gone to catch your brother?" Bai Qiqi said casually.
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In front of the activity point, Number Nine blocked the two people who were about to leave, glanced at Gongye Jiwang with a half-smile, then stuffed the bright silver card in his hand to Shi Jianxia, and forced it into his arms regardless of Xixi's wishes.
He turned to Shi Jianxia and repeated word for word, "It's not convenient for me to hold Xixi. Could you please help me put her on?"
Shi Jianxia: "..."
Gongye Jiwang: "..."
Jiang Yingdu, who arrived just in time, said: "..."
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