The introduction of new weapons gave Xiguang a boost in its growth. Alge began to get busy, and working with him was Lian Yao, who was less than half a leg taller than him and was running around with his account book in his arms.

Rumors spread all over the place, and before he knew it, Lian Yao was rumored to be Alger's illegitimate child. Lian Yao started to curse, and was grabbed by his collar and thrown into the account book pile by his father Alger.

Those high-end weapons could not be sold, so Jin Daiqiao studied them for two days, dismantled them personally, reassembled them into the most common appearance, and left them for the core members of Xiguang to use.

Shoubing was in charge of the kitchen while learning how to train soldiers.

There was a bustling atmosphere in front, but in a small house in the back, a man who had been unconscious suddenly opened his eyes.

“…”

Kang Quan was stunned for a long time before his body recovered from its stiff state.

His memory still stayed at the moment when the admiral used his mental power to cut the tendons of his hands and feet. He betrayed the admiral and had no choice but to die, but why...

He...is not dead?

Kang Quan raised his hands with difficulty and looked towards the sunlight.

From the wrist down, it was all cold metal. This was a robotic hand, and it hadn't been covered with artificial skin yet. The bone structure was very clear. Because he was extremely uncomfortable, the robotic hand's response was very slow.

The other hand too.

And his feet are mechanical prostheses.

Kang Quan tried to get out of bed, but he was too weak. Just turning over made him break into a sweat.

"I advise you to just lie down. My students took a lot of effort to save you."

Kang Quan was startled and suddenly raised his head to look towards the window, his pupils suddenly contracting.

He had been calling the word "Admiral" for six years and he almost blurted it out.

A handsome and gentle young man stood by the window, smiling as he fiddled with a blooming white flower on the windowsill.

He gently wiped off a dewdrop on the petals, then looked back, his golden eyes clear and bright.

"Hello, my name is Lan Xia."

Lan Xia.

...Not an admiral.

Kang Quan's rapidly accelerating heartbeat was instantly calmed down by a splash of cold water.

No one knew what kind of huge waves had just arisen in his heart. He had been with the admiral for six years and had already engraved the admiral's voice, figure, and small habits in his memory.

This person's figure is really similar to the admiral. If he changes his hair color, eye color, and wears a mask... He couldn't help but look at Lan Xia again.

After a moment, he lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you, my name is..."

The dog stopped.

"My name is, Dog."

He said.

"It's a strange name, but it's also good. Dogs are loyal companions," Lan Xia smiled. "What are your plans next? Xiao Bing said that he picked you up from the Saltwater Alley in Rat Ridge City. When he picked you up, you were already dying."

Dogs are the most loyal companions.

Kang Quan forced a smile, "Thank you for saving me."

Lan Xia paused, his eyes scrutinizing: "Your hands and feet were cut off in a neat way, but the cuts are very suitable for receiving prosthetic limbs. You can survive with such serious injuries, so your physical condition must be very good. You——"

"Who is it?"

Rat Ridge City...

This is the territory of the Northwest Star Region.

Kang Quan couldn't understand why the inflexible mechanical hand moved and how he appeared in the northwest star region.

Lan Xia glanced at him and said calmly, "My students haven't experienced much hardship yet. As a teacher, I have to ensure their safety. If you can't give me an explanation today, I don't mind doing it myself."

They were the only two people in the room.

The young man named Lan Xia spoke with a gentle voice and tone, but Kang Quan could definitely sense a hint of murderous intent.

He doesn't care.

To him, he had actually died once.

If he hadn't been hiding the secret of the [Purification Plan] in his heart, he wouldn't have hesitated at all if he was asked to die immediately.

Kang Quan avoided Lan Xia's question and lowered his voice: "...Can you give me a useless optical computer? I want to check something."

Lan Xia said nothing, just nodded slightly at him, then turned and left the room.

Not long after, someone brought in a brand new computer and closed the door when leaving, giving him plenty of space.

To comply with a request from a potentially threatening stranger is either to be kind to the point of being stupid or to have strong enough self-confidence to believe that the person will not harm your own interests.

Obviously, the young man named Lan Xia belongs to the latter.

The optical computer that Kang Quan used to bind his identity had been destroyed, so he could only enter the Star Network as a tourist. He could no longer enter the official military intranet.

Operating the unfamiliar mechanical arm, he searched for his own name. He originally thought that he would see countless insults against "Adjutant Kang Dog's rebellion", but he didn't expect -

A blank.

Except for those people with the same name as him, it was as if he had been wiped out, including his previous experiences and even some minor military gossip.

This... this is impossible!

How could it be missing?

It’s such a big deal.

However, the direction of Star Network public opinion has always been controlled by the Imperial Capital Administrative Office, and the military's internal network information has always been strictly blocked. If someone does not want these things to appear in front of the public, then there will definitely be no trace of them.

Kang Dog searched from early morning till sunset, but still had no clues.

Not at all.

It's as if there is no one named Kang Quan in this world who has ever served as an adjutant in the First Legion.

The dark golden light of the setting sun slanted through the window gaps. Kang Quan finally raised his stiff and sore neck, feeling so confused that he didn't know what to do next.

His eyes fell on the floor-length mirror used as decoration by the window, and he was suddenly stunned.

Then, he hurriedly threw back the quilt. He was not used to using his mechanical legs, so he fell to the ground. However, he ignored the pain and crawled to the mirror, staring at the face in the mirror.

This is not his original face.

This face is not ugly and has a natural smile. Even when he is angry, it seems as if he is hiding a smile, and he is kind and handsome.

The color of the eyes changed to amber and the irises were not his original ones.

Cut off limbs, replace face, replace iris.

Abandoned in the northwest star region.

Couldn't find any information about him.

Everything in his past was forcibly cut off, and no one, including his family, could prove that he was a "healthy dog".

Everything is gone, and everything starts from scratch.

It's like a cold and incomplete rebirth after surviving punishment.

...only one person can do it.

[“Adjutant, you can’t even smile? Why are you always so serious?”]

[“Kang Dog, is it a chore to work for me? I’ve never seen you smile, it affects your mood.”]

There was a hint of unclear teasing hidden in the casual voice, which emerged clearly in Kang Quan's mind.

Born as a military officer, he was not afraid of hardship, sweat and blood, and strictness and rigor were almost ingrained in his bones.

This replaced smile was like a child's prank to vent his anger, and it easily broke the rigid rules he adhered to.

From now on, he will always have this lovable smile.

But Kang Quan stared blankly at the face in the mirror.

He thought, that face.

Like crying.

**

"Admiral, no physical problems were detected in you," Kane said, holding a full-body examination report.

He has been in charge of the admiral's health for many years. If there were any problems, he would not be completely unaware of them.

Ellan Snow was wearing a coat and sitting on the testing table. His face was terribly pale and his aura was extremely low. "...I know."

He couldn't remember and couldn't take off the mask in front of the mirror, so he tried again and again. In just one day, all the mirrors that Nie Liang bought were shattered by his out-of-control mental power.

Ellansno is very active and sometimes terribly stubborn. The more he is not allowed to touch something, the more he wants to see what is inside it. He doesn't care about food or beatings.

Every time he was in severe pain, he would vaguely remember something, but when the pain subsided, he had forgotten it again.

He prepared a small notebook and read it over and over again. Now there are a few crooked words written on it: [keke, ke, stone, he, bird, fire.]

It can't form any useful words at all.

Together with the bird, they make a dove.

There are some clues, but as for the word "可", there is no clue at all.

Ellen Snow: "I always feel like I've forgotten..."

He paused, pressed his fingertips against his throbbing temple, and didn't say the rest of the sentence.

Nie Liang stood by and slowly lowered his eyes.

He talked to Lanzhouhe about it and told him his guess that the admiral was brainwashed, but after discussion, he found that this guess was not accurate.

I ask, who in this world can brainwash an S-class evolver with strong mental power? At most, it can only control him for a moment, and it is far from lasting for so many years.

The long brainwashing required repeated consolidation, but as an admiral, Elansno spent most of his time in the First Legion, surrounded by countless guards, and no one could do anything to him.

Nie Liang was anxious, but couldn't find where to exert his strength.

Perhaps all the answers are in the institute's database, but it will take two or three years to fully analyze the database.

Damn 'crawler'.

Damn the federation.

Kane said, "It's normal for people to forget things, perhaps due to a major blow or an external blow. If it's been too long, it's not easy to remember. If you feel like you've forgotten something important, I can prescribe some medicine for you to take."

Ellen Snow: “Yeah.”

"But after all, this is a drug that targets the brain, so it can't be used for a long time," Kain said. "I'll give it to you for a few months. If it doesn't work, stop."

Elan Snow stood up and said, "If it doesn't work, try another one until it works. Don't worry about the side effects of the drug."

"This……"

Kane couldn't help but glance at Nie Liang, but he saw that although the latter was very worried, the calm enthusiasm in his eyes as he stared at the admiral was bright to a frightening degree.

He choked, realizing that now was not the right time to give advice.

And he missed Adjutant Kang Quan deeply.

**

Kang Dog sat on the ground stiffly for a long time.

When the setting sun outside was shimmering with only the last bit of golden light, someone knocked on the window.

He was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw a young man's face that was not unfamiliar to him.

Shou Bing smiled shyly: "Hello, I picked you up. When we were having dinner just now, I heard my husband say that you woke up, so I came to see you. By the way, do you want to eat?"

He took a pack of snacks in his hand and said, "I took some from my husband's portion. He can't eat too many desserts."

Kang Dog recognized him.

The young master of the already wiped out Su Tu organization.

He was even on the federal wanted list, and he and the admiral had hunted down this kid in Silicon Blue City.

Unlike the extremism, cowardice and resentment he had just experienced when his family was torn apart, the boy was wearing a tight training suit, a gun on his waist, a sports headband on his forehead, and his eyes were bright and full of vigor.

All the hostility in his body seemed to have been smoothed out, as if he had been reborn.

In other words, he had seen it not only in Silicon Blue City, but also in the Chaos Magnetic Zone.

The two rings he threw away.

Kang Quan whispered, "Thank you for saving me."

Shou Bing leaned against the window and said, "You should thank Dai Qian. I just picked it up. It was Dai Qian who saved you and gave you a mechanical limb."

"You just picked me up like this, aren't you afraid..." Kang Quan couldn't help but say.

Shou Bing smiled: "Master said that kindness is sometimes a stupid quality. He doesn't want to see me do stupid things, but he doesn't want to see me abandon it in order to avoid doing stupid things. That's stupidity on top of stupidity. Master told me to learn to distinguish between good and evil, and then be myself. He will take care of anything that happens."

Kang Dog: "Sir?"

Shoubing: "You have seen it. I saw you this morning."

Kang Quan suddenly realized that he had said in a gentle voice that he would get rid of him. Those special golden eyes... should be the one who saved Shoubing in Silicon Blue City.

He couldn't help but wonder how it could be such a coincidence.

Shoubing: "Stranger, what are you going to do next?"

"I..." Kang Quan was silent.

He could no longer go back to the First Army, or the entire Federation. Adjutant Kang Dog was dead, and Kang Dog still had a family, but he didn't. He shouldn't have any.

His current name is 'Dog'.

Moreover, even if he could return to the Federation, would he still be able to serve loyally as before after knowing the [Purgical Plan]?

Kang Quan asked himself, he couldn't do it.

Should he stay in the Northwest Star Region and help the anti-federation elements disintegrate the Federation?

But the Suqing plan was so shocking that even if he told others about it, how many people would believe it?

Sometimes just surviving is the real torture. Kang Dog thought about it carefully and found that he had nowhere to go and no strength to exert.

The only remaining fighting ability was also largely restricted by the heavily armed limbs.

Shoubing looked at him for a while, put the snacks on the windowsill, and said, "If you have nowhere to go, you can stay in Xiguang. There are quite a few people here anyway, so you are not a big problem."

He touched the small flower on the windowsill and smiled shyly: "But whether you leave Haishi or stay, you must explain your identity clearly and prove that you are not a threat, otherwise I will kill you."

Kang Dog raised his head.

Although the boy was embarrassed, his eyes were calm: "I won't let anyone destroy my second home."

In his heart, he respected his husband like a father and brother, and regarded Arge and Decke as his younger brothers, sisters and friends, and the child who ate the most.

It is true that the master is very strong, but he cannot always stay under the master's protection, otherwise he will never grow up.

He has experienced a tragic loss, and even if he still retains his kindness, it is no longer the pure kindness he once had towards people and things, without reservation or scheming.

Shoubing: "I have to go to training. You have one night to think about it. If possible, I still don't want to kill anyone."

Kang Dog was speechless, his mind was filled with mixed emotions.

The snacks on the windowsill were still emitting warm steam, and the golden, red and dark orange clouds rendered the warm-toned afterglow of the sunset into an oil painting.

The clasped little flowers swayed gently in the breeze, bringing a cool feeling and making the room quiet.

Kang Quan thought, in fact, he had no choice at all, right?