Chapter 291 Gaia
Time is a magical seasoning. Lan Ximeng still occasionally thinks of her roommate Tang Jiayi who died young, but her emotions have calmed down a lot and she is no longer as grief-stricken as before.
The study and training tasks this semester are much heavier than before, and Lan Ximeng has devoted almost all her time to training.
Another class is over.
Hu Hansan walked quickly to the seat in front of Lan Ximeng, turned around and sat on the chair, and asked with an expectant look on his face: "Sister Lan, are you interested in taking on missions in the school's deserted planet again?"
Lan Ximeng calmly put away the stationery on the desk and refused directly in a calm tone: "I really don't have time recently, so I can't go."
"Ah! What a pity!" Hu Hansan showed a look of disappointment on his face. He had originally been thinking of carrying out the mission with Lan Ximeng, so that he could earn credits more easily.
"Are you short of credits lately?" Lan Ximeng looked at Hu Hansan and saw that because he had spent credits in the treatment chamber, his complexion had improved a lot, his skin was much whiter than before, and his original tough guy style had gradually changed into that of a gentle young man.
Hu Hansan nodded quickly and explained, "I've been challenging the training hall recently. I've tried dozens of times, but I still haven't been able to pass it." Every time he failed to pass a level, he had to run out and spend 10 credits to refresh the level. In total, he spent hundreds of credits, but still failed to pass it successfully.
"You're really courageous." Lan Ximeng packed up her things, patted Hu Hansan on the shoulder gently, and encouraged him: "Come on!" After that, she turned and walked out of the classroom.
Half a month has passed since the start of school. During this period, Lan Ximeng has been unable to contact Lan Yuncheng and the others, and she can't help feeling worried and concerned.
Lan Ximeng came to the cafeteria and had dinner with Alice, Julia and Wang Chunlei.
"I've got news from my dad." Alice looked around and made sure that no one around was noticing their table. She then leaned over and started whispering to Lan Ximeng and the other three.
"The battle line is advancing towards the Federation side."
"What!" Julia screamed in surprise. Seeing other students nearby looking over here, she immediately covered her mouth.
"Shh, keep your voice down!" Alice put her index finger to her lips, signaling her to be quiet. Seeing that the people around her were no longer paying attention, she continued, "It's true. We were beaten back step by step."
"How is this possible? This is unreasonable!" Although Lan Ximeng usually doesn't pay much attention to outside affairs, she is also aware that the strength of both sides is roughly equal, and such a one-sided situation should not occur.
"They sent out synthetic orcs, the silver ones we saw before." Alice blinked at Lan Ximeng, "Remember them?"
Lan Ximeng certainly remembered those synthetic orcs. Thinking back to when she was "captured" by such orcs, she frowned and said, "Those guys are hard to deal with, but our people are not weak either. We won't be chased and beaten, right?"
"I don't know either. I don't know much about the details." Alice shook her head helplessly. She had to work very hard to find out this information.
Wang Chunlei couldn't help feeling a little nervous when she thought about the war that might break out in the future. Although they were in the inner galaxy and would not be affected by the war, the orcs were always cunning. She was most afraid that the orcs would do something similar to what happened before. Then both sides would have to deal with trouble.
"If we continue like this, it won't be long before we'll be assigned as substitutes." Alice had a serious expression. She had been training hard recently, trying to improve both her command ability and her combat effectiveness. However, with her current strength, she wouldn't be of much use if she was sent to the front line.
After saying goodbye to Alice and the other two, Lan Ximeng returned to the dormitory.
Ever since Tang Jiayi's accident, Wu Xiuying and Ouyang Ling have been staying in their rooms most of the time and rarely come to the living room.
The things in Tang Jiayi's room were taken away by her family a week after school started.
Lan Ximeng recalled the warm scenes of the four of them eating, watching TV and chatting together in the living room, and felt uncomfortable.
What Alice said made her even more worried about the safety of her family.
Lying on the bed, Lan Ximeng skillfully pulled the black ball out from her own shadow. I don’t know how this thing stays alive. It’s been so long, but it hasn’t dissipated yet.
After the black ball was taken out, it rubbed Lan Ximeng's hand happily. It was obvious from its actions that it was very excited.
Lan Ximeng vaguely saw a tiny "soul" through the black body. It was a little person who looked similar to Wei Huaiyu. Lan Ximeng didn’t know what this thing was, so she could only call it “soul” for now.
It was also because of this "soul" that when she first saw this black ball, she knew that this was what Wei Huaiyu used to protect her.
"I wonder if this thing will do him any harm." Lan Ximeng muttered to herself, holding the black ball in her hand.
"What do you think? Should I go with my parents?"
Although Lan Guoqiang and his team did not explain their mission in detail to Lan Ximeng, Lan Ximeng could guess the general idea through the recent news reports on Ziweixing. Every time they arrived at a planet, they would be assassinated by orcs. Although every time orcs appear they are labeled as "cults", anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are more complex purposes behind these assassinations.
In this way, Lan Guoqiang's team went from being the original "cultural publicity ambassadors" to being a "trap" without realizing it. Their actions were nominally for cultural propaganda, but in reality they attracted a large number of gold hunters. These gold hunters followed closely behind their team, attempting to capture the orcs and sell them.
This unexpected "side job" not only made Lan Guoqiang's team famous in the Ziwei Galaxy, but also unexpectedly improved the local security situation. Every time Lan Guoqiang and his team appear in a place, the crime rate in that place will drop significantly. Those who originally had evil intentions, seeing the deterrent power of Lan Guoqiang's team, were afraid of being mistaken for orcs, so they did not dare to act rashly.
This phenomenon is reflected on every planet in the Ziwei Galaxy, and Lan Guoqiang's team has inadvertently become an important force in maintaining public order. The original cultural propaganda mission unexpectedly evolved into "maintaining law and order", which made Lan Guoqiang and others feel a little ridiculous.
Lan Ximeng often received complaints from Lan Guoqiang and his wife. They said that they had not seen a single normal listener during this period. However, the number of viewers of the live broadcast was unexpectedly high. Everyone was there to watch the fun and looked forward to seeing some "special performances" in addition to cultural propaganda.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Lan Yuncheng and his companions who were sailing in the sea of stars arrived at the empire's main star - Gaia.
The architectural style on the orcs' main planet is completely different from that on Tianquan Star. The Federation's buildings are full of technology, while the Orcs' buildings are like 19th century European countries on the Blue Planet, with a retro atmosphere everywhere. As the car drove along the road, there were castles of different styles everywhere.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Lan Yuncheng's eyes dimmed slightly. Although a lot of human history has been "restored" through the research of this family, there is still a lot of history that has been forgotten in the long river of time.
However, the previous history of the "United States" was accidentally recorded by the orcs.
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