Chapter 98

Tick-tick-tick-

The bedroom clock was ticking.

Fu Qingping lay on the bed with his eyes closed, resting, and waiting quietly for Yu to come back.

His body movements were not as stealthy as Yu Xie's, so in order to avoid unnecessary exposure, Yu Xie had to move alone on this trip to the Supreme Holy Pond.

Time passed little by little, and it was almost midnight. Fu Qing guessed that Yu Xie might have already entered the bedroom of the Chosen One. The success of their plan depended on this one move.

Just as Fu Qing was waiting anxiously, there was a knock on the door.

The thudding sound was very light, and Fu Qing subconsciously thought it was the person coming back from a rest, but then he thought again and felt something was wrong.

It was just after midnight. If the number of holy stones in the Supreme Holy Pool was really as large as Hacker Z described, how could Yu Xie absorb it so quickly?

He lay still, trying to pretend to be asleep, but unfortunately, although the knocking on the door was light, it would ring again after a while and continued.

Fu Qing thought for a moment, took out a piece of broken porcelain from the cafeteria from under the pillow, held it in his palm, then quietly got up and stood at the door.

"Who?" Fu Qing asked in a low voice.

"Fu Qing..." A soft and low voice came.

Fu Qing frowned. This voice sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

"Who are you?"

The bug outside the door paused for a moment, then chuckled and whispered, "It's me, Jiang Zhiming."

Jiang Zhiming?

Fu Qing frowned and didn't answer when he heard this.

If Fu Qing of this life was present, he would probably be alert immediately. However, the memory of the Insect Emperor Fu Qing has not yet fully recovered, and his memory of Jiang Zhiming is only fragmentary, and he does not have many deep impressions.

In his first life, he was not very close to Jiang Zhiming. Jiang Zhiming had pursued him during two joint military exercises, but he did not agree.

In his second life, Jiang Zhiming also pursued him, but suddenly disappeared after he repeatedly rejected her. When things developed to the point where Jiang Xian was exposed, Fu Qing received news that Jiang Zhiming had died, and he didn't know where he died.

When Fu Qing was interrogating federal captives, he knew that Jiang Xian and Jiang Zhiming seemed to have a bad relationship. Every time Jiang Zhiming came out of Jiang Xian's study, he was covered with wounds. As for how he died...

Could it be that Jiang Zhiming had been on the desolate planet all along and then died there?

"Why are you here?" Fu Qing asked in a low voice, still without opening the door.

He and Jiang Zhiming III were not very familiar with each other, so there was really no need for him to be polite to each other.

Yuxie is not here tonight, and Jiang Zhiming shows up... I have to say this timing is a bit suspicious.

Hearing Fu Qing's question, Jiang Zhiming replied in a low voice: "Fu Qing, let me go in first. It's not convenient to talk here. There are surveillance cameras in the corridor. It will be bad if we are discovered. I... I can help you escape, Fu Qing."

After saying this, the door panel remained motionless.

Jiang Zhiming sighed helplessly: "Fu Qing... you don't want anything to happen to you, do you?"

Squeak——

The door opened.

Fu Qing's face, which was still covered with the biological mask, showed a warning: "What do you mean?"

Jiang Zhiming frowned and looked around, then smiled uneasily at Fu Qing: "...I brought such important news, are you going to talk to me in the corridor?"

"Come in." Fu Qing pursed her lips and took two steps back, her eyes still fixed on Jiang Zhiming, like a pure white and proud little eagle.

Jiang Zhiming was wearing a pure white robe that was spotless. He slowly walked into the house, closed the door, and then exhaled.

"Fu Qing, don't be so cold to me all the time."

Fu Qing did not react at all to Jiang Zhiming's hurt expression. He looked at Jiang Zhiming, who was tall and gentle, and still looked like he did at the New Year's banquet during the joint military exercise.

However, although Fu Qing had thousands of questions in his mind at this time, he still asked the question he wanted to ask most first.

"What do you mean when you say something went wrong during the break?"

Jiang Zhiming sighed and said slowly: "Fu Qing, this place is not safe. He will know you and Yu Xie as soon as they arrive at the Supreme Association. You must leave quickly and do not try to fight against the Supreme Will."

Fu Qing frowned upon hearing this: "Why do you say that? What is your relationship with Him?"

"I..." Jiang Zhiming smiled bitterly: "Fu Qing, didn't you recognize me?"

After saying that, Jiang Zhiming pressed the biological mask on his neck, and the face of His Excellency the Chosen One immediately appeared in front of Fu Qing.

"Are you the Chosen One?"

The chosen one who came to greet them turned out to be Jiang Zhiming in disguise?

Fu Qing widened his eyes. If the Chosen One was here, then Yu Xie should have missed the chance. Why didn’t Yu Xie come back yet?

"That's right..." Jiang Zhiming said with a sad face, "But this is not what I want. After the training planet, the Supreme Will and the Controller restricted me to this desolate planet, and tried to seduce me with power, interests and... and you... I am alone and cannot escape, so I can only pretend to be submissive and wait for an opportunity... wait for an opportunity to escape."

"Fu Qing, I am different from my father and the others. There are many things I don't want to do from the bottom of my heart. I grew up under their surveillance. I was forced..."

Fu Qing immediately interrupted Jiang Zhiming and said, "Where is Yu Xie? Since you can find me at this time, you must know where he is."

Jiang Zhiming choked suddenly.

He did not answer Fu Qing's question, but continued to say to Fu Qing: "It doesn't matter whether you believe me or not. I will tell you everything I have experienced. From now on, I will have no secrets from you, Fu Qing..."

"I'm not interested in your experience. Answer my questions." Fu Qing raised his eyebrows and stared at Jiang Zhiming.

Jiang Zhiming gritted his teeth and said, "Fu Qing, the power of the Supreme Will is very strong, but its only flaw is that it can only affect one insect at a time. Because of the rest, he has now revoked his influence on me. I know the location of a hidden spaceship that can take off even without a signal. You come with me first, and after returning to No Country or the Federation, we will send a warship to rescue him."

Fu Qing gritted his teeth, obviously getting impatient with Jiang Zhiming's changing the subject and avoiding the main point. He said coldly word by word: "You go to Nuo Country for help, I will stay here to find a place to rest. Tell me where to find a place to rest."

"Fu Qing! It only took a few hours from takeoff to calling for help! He will be fine after a rest! What's so good about him? Can't you live without him for even a moment?"

Jiang Zhiming pursed his lips and looked at Fu Qing. At this time, Fu Qing was still wearing the biological mask, but between his brows was the indifference that Jiang Zhiming was familiar with, without any change.

It seemed that from beginning to end, Fu Qing never revealed a single bit of tenderness in her expression when looking at him.

Fu Qing, who looked like an ice sculpture, said calmly: "What happened between him and me has nothing to do with you. As for your camp, I can't trust you just based on your empty words. Unless you bring the army of Nuo to me, I will always doubt you. If you want to escape, just escape. It will be safer for you to hide the location of the airship so that only you know it. Finally, please tell me where Yuzhe is."

Fu Qing's meaning was very clear. If Jiang Zhiming wanted to prove that there was no problem with his position, he should immediately tell Fu Qing where Yu was resting, and then leave on a hidden spaceship to seek help from the Kingdom of Nuo. Only in this way would Fu Qing be willing to trust him.

However, in this process of "proving his position", there was no room for Jiang Zhiming's feelings for Fu Qing.

In short, we can cooperate, but we can't have emotional connections.

Jiang Zhiming tightly grasped his clothes with both hands, trying to suppress his unwillingness: "Fu Qing... Over the years, my pursuit of you, my sincerity and my feelings for you, have you not been moved in the slightest? Have I never been your choice? Fu Qing, I am a male insect, a male insect of noble race that is the most eye-catching in the world! I have done this for you, almost flattering you, begging for your attention and love, but you are not moved at all by me?"

Fu Qing's brows wrinkled up slowly: "Jiang Zhiming, I appreciate your attention and appreciation for me, but what you want cannot be obtained by begging and flattering. I will not treat you differently just because you are a male insect of the noble family that is the most famous in the world... I can thank you, but I will not love you."

Jiang Zhiming's eyes were fixed on the stone slab on the ground without moving, as if his whole body was frozen in place. Only the roots of his teeth on his cheeks kept rising and falling, and it was obvious that he was trying hard to suppress his anger and grievance.

"I..." Fu Qing pursed his lips. He didn't know if his words were too harsh. If he really said it harshly, what if the other party didn't tell him about the rest?

Thinking of this, Fu Qing softened his voice and said, "I'm sorry, I may have been a little anxious just now. Don't take it to heart. I apologize to you. Do you want some water? We can sit down and talk slowly."

After saying that, Fu Qing walked to the table and poured a glass of water.

Jiang Zhiming looked at Fu Qing's tall back and asked softly, "...Why did your attitude suddenly change? You have never been so submissive before. Is it because of him?"

Fu Qing paused while pouring water, then continued to add water to the cup.

This beating was enough to explain the situation. The corners of Jiang Zhiming's mouth curled up sarcastically, and then bent downwards with extreme jealousy.

"Fu Qing..." Jiang Zhiming's voice was as light as a gust of wind and reached Fu Qing's ears: "In the Supreme Holy Pool, the Supreme Will went there to find Yu Xie. He was suspicious of Yu Xie's identity, so...so he wanted to swallow Yu Xie as his own food."

Embezzlement? Feed?

Fu Qing turned around suddenly, and the water in the cup spilled onto the table.

Jiang Zhiming stared at the water on the table and didn't react to Fu Qing's actions.

Buzz buzz buzz——

Suddenly, alarms rang throughout the base, waking up many sleeping Pirate Bugs and rushing to the corridor to see what was going on.

"What's going on?" "Why did the alarm suddenly go off? Did the Blue Scarf rebels invade?" "Haha, you're really imaginative." "Isn't someone trying to escape again? I don't understand why someone who has food and drink would run out."

Fu Qing listened carefully to the sounds outside the door.

Jiang Zhiming suddenly muttered to himself from behind: "This should be the alarm from the Supreme Holy Pond. The Supreme Will has taken action."

Fu Qing's expression tensed and he immediately turned around and walked out.

However, the moment he turned around, a strong sense of crisis came from behind him.

Fu Qing felt a pain in the back of his neck and everything in front of his eyes went dark.

"It's really not easy to get you to let your guard down, Fu Qing." Jiang Zhiming sighed softly.