Chapter 25【Catching Bugs】
The room was silent. The little ball stopped talking and waited obediently on the side with the black giant beast. Jiang Xiangyang moved his body according to Shang Yi's instructions and buried his chin in the protective pad. Because his eyes were looking downward, he was dazzled by the reflective metal floor.
The man next to him suddenly left. After a while, the light above his head suddenly became much softer. Touched by this small detail, Jiang Xiangyang's tension was slightly reduced.
Shang Yi walked back again, getting closer and closer to Jiang Xiangyang. Before he could reflexively concentrate his attention, the other party's palm had already lightly touched Jiang Xiangyang's back, and then moved up to touch the weak back of his neck.
This was a soothing process, gradually soothing Jiang Xiangyang's tense muscles.
Jiang Xiangyang thought he would not be able to help but jump up, but in fact he did not. The vigilance he had developed during the three years of land reclamation seemed to disappear at this moment, and only the warmth of Shang Yi's fingertips touching his skin remained.
Slightly cool, not cold.
His fingertips tapped lightly on the back of his neck. Jiang Xiangyang's senses suddenly became dull, his head felt dizzy, and his eyelids drooped uncontrollably, but he didn't feel sleepy.
Time dragged on for a long time. Half asleep, Jiang Xiangyang felt as if a cool mist was sprayed on the back of his neck. Then the regular knocking appeared again, accompanied by a long silence.
Out of politeness, Jiang Xiangyang remained silent until Shang Yi said in a calm voice, "Take it."
Jiang Xiangyang looked up and found that Shang Yi handed him a soft pillow.
"What should I do with this?" Jiang Xiangyang took it with confusion.
Shang Yi took off the protective pad, looked at him sideways, and did not answer. The next moment, Jiang Xiangyang felt his head suddenly swell, and a needle-like pain pierced his scalp.
He fell back onto the platform and his head hit the large, soft pillow.
Shang Yi shouted coldly: "Let go."
Jiang Xiangyang woke up with a pale face. He loosened his lips with cold sweat, and there were traces of his lips being rubbed by his teeth.
Shang Yi handed the clean towel to Jiang Xiangyang's mouth. Jiang Xiangyang bit it, hugged the soft pillow, curled up into a ball, and trembled all over.
The little ball wanted to rush over, but was swept back by the black giant's tail. Shang Yi said, "It's a normal reaction."
Jiang Xiangyang's breathing became heavier, as if he hadn't heard anything. After a while, he squeezed out a few fragmented syllables from his throat, which were muffled and light by the towel: "You didn't... say... it hurts so much..."
If a normal person hears this, the first reaction would be: Are you complaining?
However, Shang Yi was beyond the classification of normal people, and the first thing he focused on was that Jiang Xiangyang could still speak a complete sentence.
As early as the time when he applied medicine to Jiang Xiangyang, Shang Yi discovered that the other party's willpower was beyond that of ordinary people, and now his surprise was even greater.
Talking can distract Jiang Xiangyang. Shang Yi said, "Telling you in advance won't relieve your pain."
Jiang Xiangyang closed his eyes and said weakly: "At least...I have a mental...preparation..."
Shang Yi asked: "Now that I know, will you still choose to have the chip implanted?"
Jiang Xiangyang: "Yes."
Hearing the lightness in the other person's tone, Shang Yi's curiosity, which had not been there for a long time, quietly awakened: "Why?"
Jiang Xiangyang opened his eyes, his sweat-soaked eyelashes drooping weakly, but there was a cunning look in his eyes: "You have never...experienced...the fear...of being dominated by a foreign language..."
Shang Yi curled his lips and didn't answer.
"Besides."
The throbbing pain did not go away but continued to intensify. A huge amount of information was poured into his brain in a short period of time. Jiang Xiangyang felt that his brain was very full and was clamoring as if it was about to explode.
He could no longer see clearly, mumbling indistinctly, "Next... the people I'm going to... probably all have people. There are too many languages to learn."
"We are partners."
"I don't want to... leave you alone to bear the responsibility."
After Jiang Xiangyang finished saying this, he choked with pain, his fingers clutching the soft pillow tightly, not caring about what happened next.
So he didn't notice that Shang Yi's gaze suddenly became deep. He still had that coffin-like face, but a small crack appeared in the place covered by the ice.
Shang Yi walked slowly, stood in front of Jiang Xiangyang, stretched out his hand, and stroked Jiang Xiangyang's sweat-soaked hair as if he didn't feel dirty.
Jiang Xiangyang's chest was heaving, but it slowly calmed down under his touch.
A man's voice came from above, calm and composed: "You're just a kid who only lived for twenty-one years. Do you still want to help me?"
Jiang Xiangyang couldn't hear clearly and just hummed.
The black giant was still trying to soothe the noisy little ball. When he heard the sound, he raised his head and caught a slight smile on the corner of the man's mouth.
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Jiang Xiangyang felt that he might have been unlucky recently. The number of times he woke up normally could be counted on one hand.
Strangely, I slept very well this time, without any dreams and feeling light and refreshed.
When he woke up, his temples were still a little sore and his body was limp, as if the previous pain had drained all his strength. Jiang Xiangyang gritted his teeth and slowly stood up, and the clothes covering his body naturally slid to the ground.
He was stunned for a moment, got up and picked up the clothes, and found that they were Shang Yi's. He looked around and found that the person was not around. He didn't know where he had gone, so he put the clothes back on the platform.
Jiang Xiangyang touched his head, and it felt like there was still some warmth left from someone's touch. It felt a little strange.
The movement woke up the small ball on standby. The two short horizontal lines blinked, and the whole ball immediately threw itself into Jiang Xiangyang's arms: "Yangyang, are you feeling better?" It was really scared to death before!
"Much better, okay, okay, don't cry. After all, there is no free lunch in the world. I had a premonition about such a huge amount of information." Jiang Xiangyang hugged it with one hand and patted it gently.
The crying of the little ball was actually the small raindrops drawn by the electronic light falling continuously under the two short lines. It was not very vivid, but Jiang Xiangyang felt soft-hearted every time he saw it. After much persuasion, he coaxed the little ball to stop crying and kissed the little head a few times.
The black beast squatted on the side, revealing a complicated look. It stood up, used its tail to pick up the pager on the table, and handed it to Jiang Xiangyang: "This is for you from the master."
Jiang Xiangyang exclaimed, his mind still hazy as he realized the other party's presence. After accepting it, he thanked him and looked at the black beast: "What's your name?"
The black beast didn't speak first, so the little ball answered first: "It's called Black Touch."
Jiang Xiangyang looked at the small ball, then glanced at the somewhat nervous black beast, without giving it much thought: "When did your relationship become so good?"
"When Yangyang and the big bird fell to the ground, the big bird wanted to attack, but was driven away by the black tentacles."
Jiang Xiangyang remembered: "Oh, you mean the giant bird." He looked at the black beast with gratitude and smiled sincerely, "Thank you very much."
Black Tentacle flicked his tail and said, "I am a mecha, and you are the master's guest. You don't need to use honorifics with me."
Jiang Xiangyang was very surprised: "You are a mecha?" He immediately thought of something, "I've seen it before... Shang Yi's mecha?"
Black Touch said: "Yes, it is combined like this for convenience. You can touch it."
Jiang Xiangyang: "...Is it okay?" Why did he always feel that the other party's attitude was a bit like flattery.
Hei Chu glanced at the small ball next to him and put his head in front of Jiang Xiangyang.
Seeing that the hair felt like excellent hair, Jiang Xiangyang decisively reached out and touched it.
However, I was a little disappointed when I touched it. It was just as Heichu said, it didn't feel velvety as I imagined. It was very smooth and cold, more like an object made of metal.
However, looking at the other party's beast-like and lifelike appearance, Jiang Xiangyang was not stingy with praise: "The person who created you must be a genius."
[Ding, Black Touch's favorability towards you is 100, the maximum value is 100.]
Black Touch had a sluggish face, but he couldn't help but raise his head proudly: "Yes, he is the greatest master in the world."
Jiang Xiangyang's mood could no longer be described as just surprise: "You were created by Shang Yi?"
Black Touch replied, "Yes."
Jiang Xiangyang was like a dream: "He can modify flying ships, implant chips, and build mechas. He is powerful, handsome, and such a good person."
Hei Chu agreed with the first part of the sentence, but when he heard the last part, his body froze and he stopped talking.
The little ball was a little curious: "Did Yangyang feel pressured?"
Jiang Xiangyang said seriously: "No, I have found a new male god."
Little Ball: “…”
The last time Jiang Xiangyang woke up was at night. This time he slept until early morning and rested for a while. When he felt refreshed, he put the pager on his sleeve.
This was also the first time that Jiang Xiangyang saw a pager that could be used as a sticker, which was lighter than cufflinks.
After going to the food storage room, Jiang Xiangyang saw a lot of nutritional reagents and energy bars. He was deeply impressed by the scientific culture and thought that the nutritional products here in Shangyi should be different from those on the new planet. So he tried a bite and it turned out that they were indeed different.
This was also the first time that Jiang Xiangyang discovered that someone could actually make the bland nutrient solution even better, making it so unpalatable beyond your imagination.
When Jiang Xiangyang learned from Heichu that Shang Yi had been eating these things for nearly three months, he felt a sincere admiration for him.
In addition to these things, there are also some fruits and dried meats, which are baked in their original state without any seasoning. Even if Hei Chu didn't say it, Jiang Xiangyang knew that these things were prepared for him, because he didn't see these things when he came to look for the little ball before.
After stuffing himself with a dozen slices of dried meat and chewing some fruit to quench his thirst, Jiang Xiangyang felt that life was just like this, a little happiness and beauty.
He stored some food in the micro-terminal and followed Heichu out of the airship while eating. Only then did Jiang Xiangyang realize that the airship had landed on the top of the mountain.
This is probably the highest mountain within sight. The trees below seem tiny, and the scenery stretches out in front of him. Jiang Xiangyang even sees a lake, but he looks around again and fails to find the familiar scene. He also doesn't know where this place is.
He didn't forget what kind of ceremony the three-petal man and the others were going to hold before leaving. Thinking of the boy's situation, Jiang Xiangyang felt a little worried.
Heichu stood at the intersection and called him: "Dear guest, please come this way."
Jiang Xiangyang came back to his senses, shook his head, and suppressed the matter of the young man. Two days had passed, and there was no point worrying about it now.
He walked over and followed Hei Chu: "Don't be so polite, just call me Jiang Xiangyang."
Hei Chu realized that Jiang Xiangyang was not being polite, so he stopped being polite and said "OK".
The downhill slope was very steep. Probably to shorten the journey, Jiang Xiangyang and his companions walked for about two or three hours before finally reaching the halfway point. Then—
There is no way out.
Heichu explained: "This is to prevent being disturbed by outsiders."
Jiang Xiangyang squatted at the intersection, looking at their height from the ground, and finally concluded that if they fell down, they would be crippled if not killed.
Jiang Xiangyang asked: "How does Shang Yi usually go down?"
Black Touch: "The master usually doesn't go out."
Jiang Xiangyang: "Unusual times?"
Black Touch: "I have it."
Jiang Xiangyang: “…” I forgot that this thing is a mecha.
Black Touch: "Although I can't let you into the cockpit, I can take you down the mountain. But before that, we have to go to another place."
Hei Chu leaned down in front of Jiang Xiangyang, and Jiang Xiangyang sat on it hesitantly. When Hei Chu stood up, he instantly created some distance between him and the ground.
Jiang Xiangyang couldn't help but touch Black Touch's body. The overall appearance of Black Touch's mecha he had seen was very simple, but it was very handsome when combined into this kind of mimicry. He couldn't help but imagine what Shang Yi would look like riding on Black Touch.
His cheeks felt a little hot, and Jiang Xiangyang suddenly touched his mouth with his hand. Fortunately, he didn't have a nosebleed.
Jiang Xiangyang asked: "Where are you going?"
Black Touch: "Ore Mountain, the master said to pick a few people to help you."
Before Jiang Xiangyang could continue asking, Black Touch jumped off the cliff in one fell swoop. A cold wind blew over him, and Jiang Xiangyang hurriedly bent down, unable to raise his head. He only saw Black Touch spreading his wings in the air. His structure was exquisite and had a beautiful color like obsidian.
Shang Yi's expressionless face appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but admire him again.
The other party is really a genius.
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