Chapter 17 Invaders
The original book was discontinued when Lu Tai entered the military academy and started to constantly trip up the protagonist.
So 011 didn't know what was going to happen next, and wasn't sure what that person was planning to do, but it definitely wasn't a good thing. [I just saw his school badge, it's from the Potion Department. Could he be planning to use your hair to make potions?]
The military academy uses school emblems to distinguish students from different departments. The school emblem just now has a small grass in the middle, which represents the Department of Pharmacy.
The little panda inexplicably thought of the Western fantasy world he had explored with other hosts before, where there was a magic potion that could control others to be obedient using hair.
011 was almost traumatized. Whenever he showed up, many strange humans wanted to feed him.
That was the first time that the red panda took the initiative to hide in the host's consciousness space and refused to come out. Even now, he still feels scared when he thinks of the crazy looks of those people.
"This world isn't that fantastical yet, but thank you, Yaoyao." Lu Tai disinfected his hands and pinched the red panda's soft, furry face. His gloomy mood reluctantly dissipated. "I'll pay more attention to it these past few days."
The emotions in his eyes sank inch by inch, and the extremely recognizable face of the man just now flashed through his mind.
Although Saenz's genetic disease can arouse the sympathy of ordinary people and make them more defenseless, it is also very conspicuous. It is easy to find out his identity among this year's freshmen.
With a general direction in mind, Lu Tai no longer wasted energy on this matter.
He knew the red panda's personality. Although he knew that 011 was a system of steel and iron, he was still worried that the little one would worry about him again and something would happen, so he changed the subject and asked, "Have you decided what kind of doll you want to buy later?"
Lu Tai did not comment on this hobby, but many of his classmates liked to collect it when he was in high school.
[Shall we go over there in a moment? Then, host, go get some quick-repair potion!] 011's attention was drawn; he didn't even have a doll of his own.
In the words of other colleagues, a mature system would not want things like dolls that only humans would buy.
Although the little panda wanted to refute, it was true that everyone was busy and never cared about these things, so he could only think about it secretly in his spare time.
"Okay." Lu Tai has always been obedient.
He has been practicing desperately these past few days. Although he no longer has those cynical thoughts after learning that he is a villain, his nature is still arrogant and he wants to do his best to get the best results.
Pressing his dislocated right arm, Lu Tai frowned slightly because of the severe pain. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the red panda next to him didn't notice him.
Continue walking towards the restoration room outside the venue.
Just as his figure disappeared, the black-haired young man standing in the blind spot straightened up slightly and looked at the pale boy who lowered his head and looked very submissive. "You go back first. I will transfer the remaining star coins to your account."
After saying this, the black-haired young man shifted his gaze to the plastic bag between his fingers, staring at the hair inside with a faint look.
"Master, Master Med has been trying to find your mistakes and give you a hard time recently, but it's better not to make it public." The tutor sent by the neighboring family was confused. He thought that stealing the young master's hair was some incredible conspiracy.
The black-haired young man pulled his hair back. He didn't mean to explain much but just said calmly, "Do you think he looks like me?"
Lu Tai is already famous. He noticed something was wrong as early as when he saw the report. In addition, the information shows that Lu Tai only has one adoptive mother, which makes it more worth pondering.
There are many people in this world who look alike, but there are definitely very few who look like them.
"They look a bit alike. Are you worried that Lu Tai is also Mr. Edward's illegitimate child?" The tutor didn't dare to say it at first, but after a closer look, the resemblance became even more apparent. "Don't worry. For all these years, you are the only illegitimate child Mr. Edward has acknowledged."
"Even Master Med is jealous. I don't think you need to be afraid of him."
After all, he was sent by the head of the family, Edward, and he said a few words to comfort him, but in fact he was worried that this young master would cause trouble and bring shame to the family.
Although this young master has always been very obedient, in the words of the head of the family, he is like a barking dog that bites.
We still have to be careful.
"You're more worried about me than my father is. Don't worry, I have no ill will towards him." The tall young man had a pair of soft phoenix eyes and a lip corner that was always pretending to curl up. "I've already informed my father about this matter."
He simply wanted to make life difficult for everyone.
"Someone from the side branch of the family should have climbed up this time. Just like before, give orders and tell them to treat Lu Tai well." The black-haired young man folded his arms and yawned, his handsome face showing fatigue.
His tone was light and after he said this he turned around and walked away without even looking at the person behind him.
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The graded assessments in the military academy are different from those in the training ground. It is said that they are virtual scenes that are integrated with the "videos" of field missions copied by multiple teams.
As they were about to face those terrible pollutions, most of the military academy students present were nervous and excited.
Lu Tai seemed much calmer in the middle. He paid attention to the red panda beside him to prevent it from flying around, lest this confused guy lose track of where he was after everyone around him entered the cabin and follow other people's mental power into the virtual world.
"Why don't we see the main characters?" 011, fearing he might accidentally lose his host, wandered around a small area, his tone slightly puzzled. "Fran and Galliard, as senior students, aren't with us to invigilate the exam. How come we don't see Is?"
As a prominent figure among the freshmen and a pharmacy genius who has recently gained fame, Yis seems to have never shown up.
011 had the same question as the freshmen who were whispering to each other before the instructors and instructors arrived. "Why don't I see Is-Flore? I was hoping to challenge him. Could he be scared off by what happened to his brother, Professor Uriel?"
"Speaking of which, the master tapes should have been sent back by now. It's okay if we can't see each other in person, but we can still spar on the virtual battlefield."
The military did not report on Uriel's case, but some of the military academy students had family backgrounds, and gradually the matter spread in a small circle on campus.
It became a secret that no one could tell anyone about.
[Uriel? What happened to him?] 011 doesn't have the patience to read the original novel word for word, so he always misses some plot points.
He floated above the host's head, knelt down, and took out the original book.
Looking at the student's unfathomable expression, the little panda searched for him again in the limited plot of the original book, but Uriel only appeared a few times in the early stage and disappeared after participating in a certain mission.
The author probably forgot about this person, and the plot was never filled until she stopped updating.
011 retracted the script, then leaned over the host's head with his paws tucked in, watching the students whispering around him. "Even so, Uriel is still a relatively important character. I'll catch him and give him a good beating when I see him!"
Even a fly's leg is meat, and the red panda is not picky at all.
While he was thinking about this, the host had already taken him into the hibernation chamber according to the instructor's instructions and put on the hub connecting mental power and virtual space.
011 just watched as they were locked into the small white space in the hibernation chamber, and then it was locked with a click.
Then, his eyes blurred and the little panda suddenly felt the existence of gravity. Fortunately, the host quickly caught him in his arms and prevented him from falling hard.
The surrounding environment has quietly transformed into another world completely different from the main star.
Compared to the high-tech and light-polluted main planet, with skyscrapers stacked one on top of the other and small spaceships flying through the clouds, this place is like a paradise for red pandas.
There are green trees everywhere, which almost awaken the wildness of 011 as a small animal.
"There's actually a place like this in the interstellar world! I thought the population had increased and they were all being used to build houses." 011 stared at the surroundings with some curiosity. When his gaze shifted to the host's face, he realized something was amiss. "Host, are you feeling unwell?"
Why is the host's skin starting to turn red!
Could it really be that hair? It doesn't want the host to get a good ranking, so it's secretly putting a spell on the host.
The more 011 thought about it, the more possible it seemed. He felt the host's fingers seemed a little stiff, and he rubbed them with his tail, and then rubbed the soft fur on his body in a soothing manner.
"The climate here is not right. It should be below zero. I will find the supply package as soon as possible." Lu Tai's thin lips became even paler.
Although the initial refreshed clothes were made of ordinary cloth, he was worried that Yaoyao would be cold, so he opened his coat and put the little panda on his chest, wrapping only the little head exposed, and used his arms in front of him to block the wind for the little panda.
As a system, 011 didn't feel cold. Seeing that the host seemed to be about to turn into ice and shatter, it quickly used its tail to wrap around the host's waist to try to keep him warm.
[I wonder how so many plants that can only survive in extremely cold places can grow here.] 011 peeked around. This planet looked undeveloped by humans. [Is this a border planet?]
Although the temperature in the Moss Galaxy is low all year round, artificial suns were created using waste stars to regulate the temperature for the benefit of the people living on several major planets.
So such a desolate planet must not be a habitable planet.
However, that kind of pollution doesn't like low temperatures, and there's nothing on an asteroid of this level for them to devour, so even if there are dangers, they should only be some weak monsters.
However, the little panda was not relieved. After all, the big things mentioned in the plot must be big things, so it is better to be careful.
"I see a supply depot nearby. Let's grab some first and then find a place to stay." Lu Tai followed the cursor forward. "This mission is to destroy the laboratory and rescue the hostages inside. If we want to fight a protracted war, sufficient supplies are paramount."
011 was blinded by the wind and huddled in his host's arms before nodding, "I believe the host will definitely be first!"
"Yeah." Lu Tai heard the clear boy's voice and instantly felt a warm current surge into his heart. He couldn't help but raise his hand to touch the soft furry ears on the top of the red panda's head in his arms, and walked forward more firmly.
But they didn't notice that a figure suddenly appeared under the big tree behind them.
The man had snow leopard-like ears on his head, short white hair as fluffy as dandelions, and his wheat-colored skin was covered in intricate yet strange golden lines. His gorgeous golden eyes were filled with chaotic animality.
He withdrew his somewhat dull gaze from the human figure walking away in the distance.
Listening to the question from the other side of the computer, the man's handsome face remained expressionless, but the snow leopard ears on his head moved unconsciously. For the first time, his magnetic voice was uncertain, "This time the invaders are humans and..."
The man was a little stuck at this point.
He recalled the round, plump, orange-red creature in the human's arms, and the fluffy tail swaying unconsciously behind it, and finally concluded, "And a strange, large, fluffy carrot."
"Maybe a carrot variant."
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The simulated planet that the military ultimately chose for this assessment was code-named X.
So even if Lu Tai knew the approximate day and night alternation time and climate temperature of most planets in advance, he would not be able to determine which planet it was from the surrounding environment.
The sky is gray.
It could be that the artificial sun is too far away and the electromagnetic radiation received is minimal, or it could be that it is only early morning.
Lu Tai gritted his teeth and continued to move forward, while also paying attention to the surrounding environment to avoid being ambushed by other contestants from the same school. He couldn't be sure when the temperature would rise, and he was also worried that as the planet rotated, the sun would be blocked and the temperature would drop lower and lower.
[Host, can you still hold on?]
Although 011 had self-regulated his sense of heat and cold, the host's rapidly dropping body temperature still indicated the harshness of the planet's environment. [How about we use our points to buy some heat retainer? There shouldn't be any surveillance here, right?]
The red panda works hard to regulate its body temperature so that it can feel like a hand warmer.
The cold wind blew, and his skeletal muscles contracted unconsciously. Lu Tai touched 011's head with shaking fingertips and said softly and slowly, "We'll be there soon. It's okay."
It’s better to save the points to help the red panda fix bugs, otherwise he will always feel uneasy.
"Although there is no surveillance here, our consciousness is in the simulated space designed by the transmission machine. Everything that happens here will be recorded by the machine." In order to reassure 011, Lu Tai's pale thin lips moved and he explained again.
He glanced into the distance and saw a faint path in the grass, which seemed to have been trampled by someone.
But even so, I still have to go and take a look first.
Lu Tai didn't want to stop here.
011 didn't know what the host was thinking. After being flattered by the small cakes and fruits several times, in his eyes the host was now a good human being, so he was very touched by Lu Tai's efforts.
The red panda stretched out its two paws and laboriously covered the host's icy palm, which was now red and swollen from the cold, but still shielding him from the wind. "Host, keep going! Once the mission is successful, I will push you into the system space. Then we can complete the mission together!"
Anyway, the system space is currently lacking professional hosts.
"..." Lu Tai paused in his steps. He hadn't anticipated why the red panda would trust him so much. When he came to his senses, the cold emotion between his brows melted away. After a long pause, he spoke, "Okay."
He tucked the red panda's paw back into his arms, his tone so soft it sounded like a sigh.
011 cheered a little. He would not have to worry about being locked up in the dark room of consciousness when he did other tasks in the future. After all, how could the stupid host possibly defeat a cunning and evil red panda like him!
He peeked around by pulling at the host's coat, and also became alert to see if there were any hidden enemies around.
After all, this is an individual competition. If you rank poorly, you will most likely be placed in a class below level E. Then it will not be easy to find the protagonist group in other campuses.
Fortunately, they were lucky and did not encounter other military cadets until they successfully arrived at the red-marked location.
[Host, why don't you go in?] 011 watched the host standing behind a hidden tree and observing for a while without moving, but staring at the path behind him thoughtfully.
The red panda glanced at his host's red paws and felt that they were almost catching up with his beautiful fur!
This skin color for humans is definitely not normal!
Lu Tai used his mental power to probe the surroundings, but still found nothing. Noticing the red panda's wrinkled expression, his brows softened a little.
"Planet X is uninhabited. The presence of a road means someone arrived here before us," Lu Tai said, surveying his surroundings. "But this road doesn't look like it could have been created in a day. It could only be a necessary route for the enemy."
He had seen similar posts on the forum, and there were usually various traps around the airdrop packages.
On the one hand, it is to simulate harsh environments. After all, the Adventists like those planets in remote corners the most, and anything can happen when the military is on a mission. On the other hand, it is also to force the freshmen to experience the danger of being a military academy student in advance.
After all, some students really choose to lie down and hide in a safe place and wait for the test to end.
"Host, you're amazing! I didn't even notice this. I'll go see if anyone's inside." 011 glanced towards the cabin again, somewhat excited. "Anyway, the humans here can't see the system."
The red panda wants to experience what it's like to be a secret agent!
011 closed her eyes and instantly changed into the outfit she had bought earlier. Her black cape fluttered in the wind. "I'm Agent 011! Host, just wait for me to come back!"
The little panda stepped on the black boots he was wearing, and his two dark eyes sparkled through the holes in the black half mask.
"What a majestic little panda." Lu Tai's solemn expression was relaxed by 011's outfit. He carefully pointed at the panda boots and frowned slightly. "Will it hurt to wear this?"
It must be uncomfortable for small animals to wear something like this, right?
011 noticed that the host always ignored the fact that he was a wise and powerful system. He held his head high and slapped the host's chin with his tail, "No way! I'm not a fragile human!"
After saying that, the little panda jumped out instantly without caring about the worried look of the host behind him.
At the same time, the system's built-in recording function was pressed.
He is going to be the host of the annual commendation meeting, so he must record the highlights and show off his bravery at the meeting so that his predecessors and successors can see his heroic figure!
Agent Red Panda thought so.
He quietly approached the silent wooden house, jumped up to the window and looked inside, and was instantly attracted by the various supplies piled up inside.
There is also a burning fireplace inside, and the host will definitely feel much better after entering.
011 looked again to make sure there was no one inside, then jumped out of the window, donning his small cloak and sprinting back. "Host, there's no one in the cabin, it's safe!"
At this moment, snow suddenly fell from the sky, and a row of small footprints soon remained where the red panda ran.
011 was completely unaware of this.
The gentle young man who was watching all this with a gentle look on his face opened his arms and was about to take the little panda back into his arms, but suddenly he noticed a series of footprints on the ground, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
However, before he could open his mouth, the red panda was suddenly lifted up by something and hung in mid-air.
[Put me down quickly! Or I’ll bite you to death!] 011 turned around and saw that it was a human he didn’t recognize. He immediately became nervous and turned back to bite. However, due to his short and fat body, he couldn’t reach the hand no matter how hard he struggled.
The red panda raised his head with great effort and finally saw the appearance of the hateful human and the words "vicious cannon fodder" above his head.
011:QAQ
He quickly calmed down and guessed that it might be because all the military academy students were now in a world composed of data, so humans at this moment were just strings of data like him, and were seen by accident in the same data carrier.
Damn it! The Lord God is too weak!
"What is this thing? It's dressed like a decent person? It looks pretty cute." The young man with the bowl-cut shook the orange ball. He couldn't understand what the red panda was saying. He could only hear its pig-like warning sounds.
I didn’t expect the simulated battlefield to be so well prepared.
"Still want to bite me? I'll eat you up soon."
The more he looked at it, the more interesting it seemed. He had only seen this kind of little animal in an encyclopedia. His malicious gaze shifted towards Lu Tai, who was staring at him coldly from the side. "Your name is Lu Tai? Tsk, I don't see what's so special about you."
The young man with the bowl-cut hair was very arrogant. He showed no respect for others when he spoke and was busy playing with the rare and uncommon species in his hand.
"Give him back to me." Lu Tai gritted his teeth. He looked at the struggling Yaoyao and took a step forward unconsciously, then clenched his fists to restrain himself.
The young man with the bowl-cut hair waved his arms nonchalantly, as if fiddling with a doll. "You say he's yours, so he's yours. If you want him, just kneel down and beg me... Ouch! Ouch!"
He jerked his hand away and impatiently pinched the orange-red mass of flesh on the back of his neck with his other hand.
[If you don't let me go, I'll bite you to death!] Although 011 didn't feel pain, he felt a little uncomfortable being grabbed like that. He bared his fangs threateningly at the vicious cannon fodder in front of him again, raising his two claws and struggling hard, but to no avail.
After a few seconds, the little panda was exhausted and out of breath.
Lu Tai's eyes grew colder and colder, his gaze like a poisonous snake wrapping around the neck of its prey.
The young man with the pot lid laughed heartily. "Are all of you from the lower three floors so ignorant? You, with your C+ mental strength, don't think you're going to beat me, with my A+, do you?"
He blew a whistle nonchalantly, and immediately six or seven people gathered around him from all directions.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I hate rude lowlifes like you the most." The young man with the bowl-cut hair tilted his head and waved the red panda in front of him, ignoring the kicks and punches from his hand. "Why are you pretending to be such a coward? If you want it, come and take it."
He was certain that such a person would not dare to go against him, and the pride between his brows was almost overflowing.
But just as the young man finished speaking, he suddenly had difficulty breathing as if a poisonous snake was wrapped around his neck. 011 took advantage of his difficulty breathing to break free and used his claws to grab the bad guy's eyes twice.
Although it wasn't sharp enough and only left a few white marks, the red panda still felt a little relieved.
"So your name is Monto? I remember that! Just wait for this system to get out! Humph!" 011 gritted his teeth. If everything that happened here wasn't recorded, he would have gone in to find the villain's life story and found the right opportunity to exact revenge!
He knew that he couldn't cause trouble for the host, so he quickly broke free and jumped back into the host's arms, and when he found the right opportunity, he would pounce on the enemy with his claws.
A thin layer of sweat appeared on Lu Tai's forehead. As an ordinary person with C+ mental power, there was a huge gap between the levels. He soon felt as if his brain was hollowed out.
The young man with the bowl-cut hair quickly broke free from his restraints.
Looking at the resentful eyes of the group in front of him, Lu Tai still tried his best to remain calm and avoid being besieged by others. He gritted his teeth and whispered in a tone that would not scare the red panda, "Let's go first, find a place to hide and don't be discovered."
He blocked an attack with his arm, dodged sideways and took the opportunity to push the red panda on his shoulder away.
011 fell into the bushes and before he could say anything, he rolled in the other direction under the force. The fur on his body soon stuck to the snow on the ground, and he slowly stopped until he hit a large black wooden stake.
The little panda sat up dizzy.
When I looked up, I realized that it was not a wooden stake, but a terrifying human being as tall as a mountain!
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