Chapter 68: Chuyuan Star Battlefield 1
On the way back to the lounge, Ye Heng had already started talking about the relationship between him and Guide Yang.
The lights in the corridor cast long shadows under their feet. Ye Heng's voice rose and fell gently with their steps, carrying a hint of distant memories.
"She did pursue me when we were in the White Tower," Ye Heng said frankly.
"Everyone in my class knows that she gave me energy cakes and love letters, and even deliberately paired up with me during the practical assessment."
Lin Yao turned his head to look at him: "Then you were..."
"I rejected them all." Ye Heng's tone was very calm.
"I made it very clear the first time. I have no feelings for her. Besides, I entered the White Tower to learn tactics, not to fall in love."
He paused, remembered something, and added,
"I didn't accept the energy cake she sent me. I returned the love letter unopened. As for the practical assessment group, I asked the instructor to transfer me to another team."
Lin Yao couldn't help but laugh: "That's direct enough."
"There's no need to drag it out." Ye Heng looked down at him with a serious look in his eyes.
"I know she likes me, but love can't be forced. Giving someone hope they shouldn't have is what really wastes their time."
Walking to the door of the lounge, Ye Heng opened the permission and continued as he pushed the door open:
"After she graduated, she gave up her position at the White Tower and insisted on applying to come to Chiying.
We're still heading to the recruiting office, as you know the legion is in need of guides.
She meets all the standards in terms of mental stability, which is top-notch among high-level guides.
She got in based on her own merit, I have to admit that, and I also recognize her ability."
Lin Yao followed him into the room and sat on the sofa.
Shasha slid out curiously, looking at Ye Heng with his legs stretched out.
Ye Heng hooked Shasha's leaf and said, "Let Mo Yun accompany you?"
Shasha nodded and immediately got a mount, but it was still looking forward to Ye Heng continuing to talk, and Mo Yun also coiled at Lin Yao's feet.
With two more listeners suddenly appearing, Ye Heng had no choice but to continue speaking:
"But respect is respect, recognition is recognition, and maintaining distance is necessary.
I rarely asked a guide for help before, and always relied on medicine.
After the fluctuation value increases, it depends on the medicine and Yan Rufeng, who is a great medical research enthusiast. "
When Lin Yao heard Ye Heng describe Yan Rufeng like this, he couldn't help laughing.
If he hadn't really seen Yan Rufeng in person, he would definitely have imagined it.
Yan Rufeng is a Frankenstein with messy shoulder-length hair and some unknown powder on the ends of his hair.
Ye Heng rubbed Lin Yao's hair, as if to rub out his weird thoughts:
"If I really need help from the counseling department, I'm looking for Sun Yun."
"Sister Sun is experienced, efficient, and most importantly, she knows her limits.
I avoided Yang Yuxian because I didn't want to give her any wrong impressions."
Ye Heng poured a glass of water and sat next to Lin Yao. He handed the glass to Lin Yao and when he touched his hand, he took it.
“Things that are destined to fail should be cut off cleanly.
Insincere courtesy and ambiguous contact are all giving people illusions.
Yang Yuxian is a very capable person, she shouldn't be so obsessed with her emotions."
The warm touch spread from the palm and back of the hand. Lin Yao thought of Yang Yuxian's hysterical look during the day, and compared it with Ye Heng's calmness at the moment.
Suddenly I understood that Yang Yuxian's feelings towards Ye Heng might have long since changed from liking him to not being able to have him.
Because I can't get it, I start to deny that I am actually a very dazzling existence.
A high-level guide like her, as long as she takes her eyes off Ye Heng, will find that Ye Heng is nothing special.
"So she attacked me today just to make things difficult for herself." Lin Yao said in a clear tone.
"Yeah." Ye Heng nodded, raised his hand and gently pinched his cheek, "I'm sorry for making you feel wronged."
Lin Yao slapped his hand away, but the corners of his mouth curved up: "I'm not wronged, it feels good to kill and beat."
Ye Heng was amused by him: "Yes, I saw it, the attack was ruthless and accurate."
"Okay, I've said everything I need to say." Ye Heng rested his forehead against Lin Yao's, his voice gentle.
"Now, can you clear your mind of all that bloody plot?"
Lin Yao looked into his eyes, which were so close to him, and saw his own shadow clearly reflected in them. He couldn't help laughing out loud: "It's clear, but..."
He deliberately dragged out his words, "You speak so eloquently, but I remember someone seemed to be obsessed with a guide named Mumu?"
Ye Heng chuckled softly, put his arm around his waist, pulled him into his arms, and pecked him lightly:
"Well, I am such a bad and double-standard person. Are you satisfied?"
"Mumu."
His breath brushed Lin Yao's nose.
Lin Yao didn't say anything, but just raised her arms and put them around his neck.
Some things don't need to be said too clearly. Subjective feelings are a matter of personal opinion.
-
The afternoon before arriving at the Chuyuan Galaxy, Lin Yao completed the evacuation of all the sentries on the ship, including the group of officers.
After the first day of counseling and treatment, the group of simple and lovely soldiers had great respect for Lin Yao.
So much so that when Lin Yao walked in the starship, the oncoming sentries would greet him with a smile, and some would even ask where he was going, what he was doing, and if he needed help.
Sometimes when they meet military officers, they will even tell Lin Yao where Ye Heng is and what he is doing. It is like real-time living surveillance.
When he enters the counseling department, a guide will hand him a cup of hot drink and discuss with him the experience and skills of counseling work.
Lin Yao knew clearly that these good intentions had nothing to do with Ye Heng, but were a recognition of his own strength.
But the atmosphere on the starship was soon mixed with another emotion. The Primordial Galaxy was getting closer and closer, and the tension before the war was like a silent fog, permeating every corner.
Ye Heng was extremely busy. When Lin Yao woke up in the morning, the bed beside him was already cold; when he came back in the evening, Ye Heng was still not there.
If one day, he drank too much water and got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and found Ye Heng in his arms, Lin Yao would have suspected that this man had never come back to rest.
Except for the first day when Ye Heng was present, Ye Mang, Xu Li and others took turns accompanying Lin Yao during his counseling.
"There are three troublesome bugs in this batch of bugs."
After another major counseling session, Sun Yun talked to Lin Yao about the Zerg encountered in the Chuyuan Galaxy this time.
Among the group of insects that invaded the Chuyuan Galaxy, the Guyin insect was discovered.
This is why this war mobilized the empire's three major legions, Red Shadow, White Tiger and Flying Feather.
The three legions were divided into three directions, all to stop the three poisonous insects.
Chiying has a total of five armies, and three of them are used to fight against the Guyin insects, which is enough to show how difficult this insect is to deal with.
The entire body of the Guyin insect is covered with a dark brown carapace with honeycomb-like patterns on it.
A lavender light flows in the lines, which is the sign of high-density energy crystallization.
The Legion's analysis report shows that the hardness of this shell is comparable to that of starship alloy.
Conventional laser guns can only leave shallow marks on it, and heavy particle cannons have to bombard it continuously for three seconds to penetrate it.
The most troublesome thing is that there is a layer of mucus hidden under the shell, which can buffer physical impact and even corrode energy beams.
The advance team of a legion suffered a loss. As soon as the energy blades of the three mechas touched the insect armor, they were corroded by the mucus and emitted white smoke.
This bug not only has strong defense, but its attack ability should not be underestimated.
It has ten bone spurs on each side from its head to its abdomen, which are densely covered with small bone spurs that can shoot out like a rain of pear blossoms.
The tip carries a neurotoxin, and even a small cut will cause mental confusion within ten seconds;
What really frightens people is the vocal cavity in its abdomen.
It was a resonator made of twelve layers of film that could emit sound waves of seventeen different frequencies.
Low-frequency sound waves propagate along the ground, capable of shattering the mecha's track joints;
High-frequency sound waves soar into the sky, specifically targeting the sentinels' mental barriers.
A sentinel who encountered it recalled:
"That sound was like countless needles drilling into my brain. My mental barrier couldn't hold out for more than a minute before it cracked with a 'crack'. The pain was so intense that I couldn't even hold the weapon in my hand."
What's even more terrifying is that it also has a sound wave that specifically suppresses guides.
This specific wave frequency can interfere with the flow of the guide's spiritual power, just like putting sand in the gears.
When the guide wants to mobilize the spiritual body, the energy always gets stuck halfway.
In the mildest case, output will be interrupted, and in the worst case, it will cause mental backlash.
Ye Mang, who was ordered to accompany Lin Yao to help him, did not expect Sun Yun to talk about the Gu Yin insect with Lin Yao.
Sun Yun had just finished telling Lin Yao the basic information about the bug when Ye Mang interrupted:
"If I were to fight it alone, I'd have a 50-50 chance of defeating it. The problem is, it tends to stalk the ground in the middle of a swarm of insects!"
"This damn bug is surrounded by thousands of iron-eating bugs and springtails, like it's covered in a hard shell. If you want to touch a hair on it, you have to peel off this 'shell' first!"
He sighed, remembering the tragic scene of the last encounter, and his tone darkened:
"Two years ago, one of our Chiying team encountered a small Guyin insect while on patrol, but it was small in scale.
The captain wanted to end the battle quickly and rushed in with his men to clear the insects. What was the result?
The brother in front just chopped down a group of springtails when the Guyin insects in the middle started to scream. The sound was like a devil's voice filling my ears.
The sentry at the front had his mental barrier shattered on the spot, and rolled on the ground in pain, torn apart by the insects swarming from behind..."
Ye Mang didn't say anything else, but just clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white.
Sun Yun sighed and talked about the casualties caused by the Gu Yin insects:
"The Longxiong Legion suffered even worse before. They lost an entire army just to kill a Guyin insect.
It took seven minutes and twenty seconds to clear the insect swarm. During these seven minutes, the high-frequency sound waves of the Gu Yin insects never stopped.
The sentries who were finally able to evacuate alive all suffered permanent mental damage."
Lin Yao frowned when he heard this.
Regarding the Guyin insect, the original owner had memories of the lecturer at the White Tower talking about how terrifying and difficult it was to deal with.
Now that those abstract words have been made concrete by Ye Mang and Sun Yun with cases, Lin Yao has deeply realized the word "difficult to deal with".
He could imagine the scene: the soldiers were fighting in the swarm of insects, their swords chopping down one insect after another, their physical strength being quickly depleted.
The surroundings were always filled with the sound waves of the Gu Yin insects, like an invisible knife, shattering their mental barriers.
By the time they finally cleared a path to reach the Guyin insect, most of their brothers had already fallen.
"That's called shooting from behind." Ye Mang spat, his tone was angry and helpless.
"It knows it has a hard shell and is not afraid of long-range attacks.
"It relied on the insect swarm as a shield, and our heavy firepower didn't dare to bombard the insect pile for fear of hurting our own people. We could only watch it wreak havoc inside."
Sun Yun also sighed, hoping that the casualties this time would be smaller.
-
That night after all the counseling was completed, Lin Yao finally saw Ye Heng before going to bed.
Lin Yao was sitting on the sofa and wiping his hair when the door of the lounge opened with a click.
Ye Heng walked in, his military boots making a tired sound as they dragged across the floor.
Without waiting for Lin Yao to stand up, he opened his arms, lifted Lin Yao from the sofa and held him tightly in his arms.
"Are you back?" Lin Yao was pressed against his chest and could clearly hear his rapid heartbeat and his suppressed, heavy, tired breathing.
Ye Heng didn't say anything, but buried his face in the crook of his neck, rubbed his nose against his wet hair, and took a deep breath.
The shampoo smells good, and the Chiying Logistics Department will make a note of it.
Ye Heng hugged her tightly, as if he wanted to release all the tension accumulated in the past few days into this hug.
"Are you tired?" Lin Yao raised his hand and patted his back gently, his voice soft and light.
Ye Heng then uttered a muffled "hmm," resting his chin on his shoulder, his voice as hoarse as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper.
Lin Yao's heart tightened, and he pulled away from him a little, looking at him carefully.
Under the light, Ye Heng's eyes were dark blue, and his beard had sprouted some stubble. His usually sharp eyes were now covered with a layer of fatigue, but the light that was looking at him was still bright.
"Go wash up first." Lin Yao reached out and brushed away the sweat-soaked hair on his forehead. His fingertips gently touched the dark circles under his eyes. "After washing up, take a nap, okay?"
Ye Heng stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly lowered his head and pecked the corner of his lips, his strength as light as a feather: "I don't want to move."
"Good boy." Lin Yao was amused by his rare act of playing tricks and pulled his hand towards the bathroom. "Look at you, you've rubbed my clothes so hard they're almost dirty."
Ye Heng was dragged by him, his steps were still heavy, but he followed him obediently.
After Ye Heng finished his shower and changed into clean pajamas, the tiredness between his brows and eyes finally faded a little.
Lin Yao was already waiting for him with a towel, "Come here."
After styling their hair, they both lay down on the bed.
Ye Heng lay down and leaned against him almost immediately. He liked the sense of security that Lin Yao gave him when he hugged him.
Lin Yao raised his hand and patted his back gently, coaxing him to sleep like a baby.
"We'll reach the orbit of Chuyuan Star early tomorrow morning." Lin Yao said softly, his palm against the back of his neck, feeling his body temperature gradually stabilizing.
"Sister Sun said that the Feiyu Corps has arrived, and they will hold a joint combat meeting after the three armies meet up."
Ye Heng hummed, his fingers unconsciously picking at the corner of his pajamas: "The information has been sorted out, the meeting won't be too long."
"Then sleep well tonight." Lin Yao pinched his earlobe.
Ye Heng suddenly raised his head and leaned over to kiss him, this time with a little more force, "Good night, Mumu."
"good evening."
-
The temporary docking port of Mingsha Star in the Chuyuan Galaxy was filled with a mixed smell, and the rubble on the ground had obviously been cleared.
The most eye-catching area is the one not far from the docking port that has been in operation for two days. It is the temporary command center built by Zao Yeheng and his Feiyu Legion who arrived at Chuyuan Star two days ago.
An hour ago, the Red Shadow main ship docked at the berth.
The hatch slowly lowered, bringing in the unique smell of dry sand and wind from Mingsha Star. Ye Heng was the first to step down the gangway.
Yun Ling, who had received the news long ago, was already waiting at the edge of the berth with several of his soldiers.
Seeing Ye Heng's figure, he immediately walked over and raised his hand to salute in a standard military salute.
The two men saluted each other and the ceremony ended.
The seriousness on Yun Ling's face disappeared, and he strode forward and put his arm around Ye Heng's shoulders. His strength was not weak, and there was a sense of familiarity in his heart:
"Finally you're here, kid. If you hadn't come, I would have rushed in first with Feiyu's cubs."
Ye Heng staggered a bit, but a rare smile appeared on his lips. He raised his hand and slapped his arm away: "Don't give me that."
"Hey, if you won't let me hook up with you, then you guys are waiting impatiently."
Yun Ling smiled and let go, then took a military water bottle from behind and handed it over.
"This shabby place, Mingsha Star, is so windy and sandy that it can make your throat smoke."
Ye Heng took it and held it in his hand. He glanced at the dark circles under Yun Ling's eyes:
"What's the situation now?"
Yun Ling wiped his face and rubbed his fingertips across the stubble on his chin.
"This dead bug emits sound waves every day at noon and midnight, each time becoming increasingly stronger. I guess it's trying to wake up the insect eggs beneath the sand."
Ye Mang followed behind and was no longer surprised by the interaction between the two men. After all, they grew up together.
"How long will it take for the White Tiger Regiment to arrive?" Ye Heng asked, turning the kettle in his hand half a circle.
"The communication said we had just passed the edge of the galaxy and it would take at most forty minutes." Yun Ling tilted his head towards the command center.
"Go in and talk? You have to take a look at the sound wave spectrum chart that was updated this morning."
"Let's go." Ye Heng nodded and followed him to the command center.
The sand crunched under the boots of the two men, and Yun Ling continued to chatter about the situation here:
"My reconnaissance team discovered a Zergling nest in the northeastern sand valley. It was packed with egg sacs, like grapes. I had them circle it and blow it up together when the White Tiger Regiment arrives."
Ye Heng nodded and looked sideways at him, "How is your team of guides? Can they withstand the high-frequency sound waves?"
"Don't worry, we all have experience." Yun Ling patted his chest.
-
At the same time, the sentries of the Red Shadow First Army disembarked the warship in an orderly manner.
They followed the soldiers of the Feiyu Regiment to the open space near the temporary command center, where they would set up Chiying's temporary camp.
Lin Yao was following Sun Yun to build a temporary evacuation area.
Shasha reached out from his sleeve and wrapped the lightweight alloy rod around the bracket. Wherever the ice-blue light flowed, the alloy rod was instantly fixed, more firmly than a screw.
"Set up an energy shielding tent here." Sun Yun instructed the two young guides.
"The Sentinel's mental state is unstable after the battle. He needs an absolutely quiet environment to heal."
She turned to look at Lin Yao with a smile in her eyes, "Shasha is so good that he can set up a tent three times faster than others."
Lin Yao was bending over to adjust the energy circuit. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "It thinks I'm too slow."
Just as he finished speaking, the roar of a starship entering the port was heard in the distance.
The Red Shadow Y003 and Y004 ships landed at the temporary port one after another.
When the hatch was lowered, the sentries inside came out one after another carrying mecha parts, medical kits and marching tents. Their movements were as smooth as copy and paste, and they quickly joined in the construction of the camp.
"Sister Sun!" A loud shout pierced through the noise of the camp, and Wang Yi, the captain of the Y003 ship, strode over.
Behind him followed a group of people wearing Red Shadow combat uniforms.
"Captain Wang." Sun Yun was squatting on the ground checking the list of evacuation equipment. Hearing this, he looked up and patted the sand off his hands. "Are we here already?"
Wang Yi raised his hand and pointed behind him, his voice sharp as a soldier's:
"These are the guides from the two starships, forty-three in total. They are all veterans who have experienced actual combat, but a few..."
He paused and looked at the two pale-faced young guides at the end of the team.
"Some of them just came from the White Tower. This is their first time on a real battlefield, so I'll have to trouble Sister Sun to look after them."
Sun Yun stood up, glanced at the forty-three people, and smiled gently:
"Don't worry, once you're here, I'll follow the old rules and make sure they're in the best condition."
"Thank you, Sister Sun." Wang Yi saluted. "We're relying on you. I have to go to the command center."
"Go ahead." Sun Yun looked at the grains of sand kicked up by his boots as he turned around, then turned around and shouted to the guides who had just arrived.
"Everyone, follow me! There's a ready-made rest area over there. Everyone, take a break. I'll assign tasks in ten minutes."
The guides followed Sun Yun to the dredging area, while Lin Yao and Sha Sha continued to work on the construction.
Wang Yi strode through the busy crowd in the camp. The sounds of mecha parts colliding, the shouts of the sentries, and the low roar of fighter planes in the distance echoed in his ears, but did not affect his pace at all.
The sound of military boots stepping on gravel became more and more urgent, as if they were chasing a beacon that was about to be ignited.
Lin Yao had just finished setting up a tent when he heard the deafening sound of an engine coming from the port of call.
He curiously stuck his head out to take a look and saw a striking white tiger emblem sprayed on the leading ship's hull.
It seems that the three armies have really reunited.
The hatch lowered, and the first person to come down was a burly man with broad shoulders and a big body. There was a scar on his face that ran from his brow to his jaw.
Cang Lie, the leader of the White Tiger Regiment, stood on the ground, as if he was more stable than the alloy support next to him.
He glanced across the camp and saw Ye Heng and Yun Ling standing at the door of the command center. He headed towards the command center.
As soon as he reached the door, he started to speak in a threatening tone: "Are you waiting impatiently?"
Yun Ling raised an eyebrow when he heard this: "Uncle Cang, that's not right. I have very good patience."
Cang Lie laughed loudly and slapped Yun Ling on the back:
"Nonsense! When you were a kid, fighting with Ye Heng for the mecha model and crying, why didn't you say you were patient?"
Ye Heng said calmly, "Let's go in for the meeting."
The three of them walked in, Yun Ling and Cang Lie were still bickering:
"Uncle Cang, please don't mention the past. If Ye Heng didn't have a bad moral code, would I have gotten angry with him?"
"You were the one who stole my tactical map first." Ye Heng said without even turning his head, but there was a hint of smile in his tone.
The four army commanders of the White Tiger Regiment followed behind the three men, with Cangye walking in the first.
-
Lin Yaogang moved the last monitor into the tent.
Shasha was wrapping around the tent roof support, slowly turning around, as if checking for any leaks.
He stood up, brushed the sand off his hands, and looked at his laptop. It had been exactly ten minutes.
"Let's go, kill." Lin Yao rubbed the tip of the vine leaf and turned to walk towards the main guidance tent where Sister Sun was.
The campsite was busier now.
"Sister Sun." Lin Yao lifted the curtain of the main guidance tent. It was already full of guides. Sister Sun was standing in front of the whiteboard with a highlighter in her hand.
"Are you here?" Sister Sun turned around and pointed at the campground map on the whiteboard. "We've just divided everyone into groups. You lead one group."
She handed over a data tablet. "This is the forward sentinel's mental baseline. Familiarize yourself with it first. After the meeting is over, we'll probably begin the first round of barrier reinforcement. Don't be careless."
Lin Yao took the data tablet and quickly ran his fingertips across the light brain, "Got it."
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