“If that’s really the case, then everything makes sense. We’ve had a very smooth journey, you know, Xiao.” Wendy stared at Xiao. “Too smooth, almost abnormally smooth, didn’t you notice?”
Earth was originally a unipolar world with many strong powers, but China became the world's number one superpower in a very smooth way. I even spent some time looking at China's feng shui. China's feng shui is stable, but it's not the kind of world that can suddenly soar to the top, you know?
He needs time to settle down and to establish a solid foundation, but right now, everything is going too smoothly. It's so smooth that I'm starting to have illusions, thinking that this is how things should have been all along.
But now I realize I was wrong, terribly wrong.
This is a grand game of chess, and we are all just pieces.
"Xiao, we can only win this battle, we can't afford to lose. If we lose, we won't even have a chance to turn things around." Wendy put her hand on Xiao's shoulder as she finished speaking.
"I understand." Xiao also realized that things were getting serious, and nodded to indicate that he understood.
"Now, I will lead you to see your soldiers..." After saying this, the old man walked ahead, but his steps were very fast.
Reaching their respective soldiers, Wendy and Xiao stared blankly at the sea of heads below. "These are all soldiers you can command. They are absolutely loyal to you and represent the Federation's most elite forces," the old man said. Afterward, the soldiers on the field shouted in unison, "Obey all commands!"
The sound was so loud that it startled Wendy.
"I'm not very good at leading troops into battle..." Wendy whispered to Xiao. Xiao nodded. Although he only knew how to kill, he did know how to deploy troops into battle, though not much.
"When will the next one start?" Xiao asked the old man. The old man stroked his beard and thought for a moment, "No more than ten days." "Ten days is enough. I need to familiarize myself with the mech. Leave the rest to us." Wendy looked at Xiao in surprise, but Xiao only gave her a reassuring look.
"The mechs here are similar to those on Blue Star, except for some differences in performance." Xiao glanced at the mech's instruction manual, then at the mech itself. "Too bulky, not light enough. Let me try what would happen if I attached wind elements to the mech." With that, Xiao's hand covered the mech, and it instantly lit up with a pure cyan light.
“It works, Xiao. Stop for a moment, then try it again.” Wendy saw that the light was already very bright, so he quickly told Xiao to stop. Xiao nodded and sat in the cockpit of the mech.
The mech started up and flew around the test flight hangar for a while. Xiao jumped out of the cockpit and said, "It is indeed lighter." "But the light on it has also dimmed a bit. This is not permanent, and only we can use it." Wendy looked at the wind element attached to it. Before Xiao piloted the mech, the light on it was quite bright, but after one flight, the light dimmed, though not very dim.
"In an emergency, we can use the wind element to apply a buff to the mech," Xiao concluded.
“Their training is the same as usual, so what can we do?” Wendy looked at Xiao, who crossed his arms, thought for a moment, and said, “We’ll go train too, but it’ll be mech training. We still need to train these mechs properly.” “That makes sense,” Wendy said.
“I will see the vast starry sky someday, but since this national destiny concerns our lives, the entire universe, then I have no reason to sit idly by.” Venti sighed. “The day when I can’t slack off has finally come…” “I feel like you’re really sad.” Xiao silently complained. Venti, with tears in his eyes, pouted and nodded: “Waaah, I, the best bard in Mondstadt, am actually going to fight on the battlefield.”
He even sniffed.
"Waaaaah, Xiao, what will you do if I die?" Wendy, in a dramatic display, had half of Xiao's arm wrapped around her, and most of her body was pinned down by Wendy. Xiao glanced at Wendy silently, then placed her hand on Wendy's forehead, and then on her own head. "No fever, what's wrong?" Xiao muttered to herself.
Upon hearing this, Wendy immediately released Xiao and looked at him with deadpan eyes: "Hey, do you have a problem with the bard?" "No," Xiao said. Wendy looked at Xiao silently, and Xiao reiterated, "Really, no!" "Okay, then I'll believe you for now." Wendy first looked at Xiao seriously, and then suddenly laughed.
“Don’t worry, no matter what, you’ll always be the best in my heart,” Wendy said, her eyes sparkling like stars, captivating him completely. Xiao abruptly turned his head away, his earlobes already bright red.
These past few days, the two of them have been training non-stop, either training or on their way to training, striving for high standards and high difficulty levels, and making everything perfect.
"No wonder he's a legendary figure in the Federation. His daily training is so intense. We are all ashamed of our courage." Several elite soldiers began to whisper among themselves after seeing Wendy and Xiao training so hard.
"That's right, that's right! We need to work even harder. Although training just ended, seeing how hard you two adults work despite your short stature is very encouraging!"
"Be careful! These two gentlemen must have their own sore spots. What will you do if they hear this?"
"Shhhhhhh, keep it down!"
However......
"What are you talking about?" Xiao, with his He Pu Yuan, slowly walked up to the soldiers who were peeking, a kind smile on his face. "Do you need me to stick this He Pu Yuan in your heads to quiet you down? Don't worry, you won't die."
The soldiers looked down at Xiao, who was looking up at them. Yes, Xiao was short and difficult to serve. His aura had overshadowed everyone else present. Don't ask why; the answer is that after thousands of years of fighting, the karma and killing intent on Xiao's body could be solidified.
"No, no, we're going back to training!" The soldiers said, and then quickly disappeared.
"Xiao, don't make things difficult for them." Wendy walked over and patted Xiao on the shoulder, but Xiao said, "It's just to intimidate them." "Hey, let's go, it's not over yet." After saying that, Wendy returned to the mech.
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