Just as Mu Yang was practicing on the Kailin Tower, there was a certain island on the east side of the earth.
Tuk-tuk-tuk!
The sound of firearms broke the tranquility of the island. More than a dozen speedboats were cruising around the island, with heavily armed teams standing on them. They were all dressed in drab gray uniforms, looking like both an army and bandits.
"Boss Lusha, the team sent out has returned. They haven't found Claren's whereabouts yet." A man who looked like a soldier took off the wireless phone from his ear and reported to their superior.
The officer took a puff of cigarette, exhaled a wisp of choking white smoke, glanced at the soldiers fiercely, and cursed fiercely: "If you can't find someone, won't you send more people? The commander-in-chief has given a death order and must be found." Claren, even if he dies, I still have to take his belongings back with him.”
The soldier shuddered and hurriedly responded: "Yes, I will send more men to the island immediately."
"Don't go down yet."
Chief Lu Sha waved his hand impatiently, then sat there and continued to smoke.
"It's true that Commander Wynn is just a small researcher. What on earth does he have in his hands that is worth searching for in such a big way... Forget it, I am only responsible for the task and have no control over the affairs of those at the top." Lu Sha pinched Put out the cigar in your hand and report the situation here to the headquarters.
What I got was an order from the headquarters to "find it at all costs."
"Hey, these officials can only give orders, but we subordinates are not the ones doing the work." After hanging up the phone, Lu Sha spat with a sinister look on his face.
Thinking that he, the frontline commander of the Ophiuchus Legion, had to personally take charge of such a trivial task, he felt unhappy.
At this time, on the island, a man with golden hair was hunched over, holding a child in his arms, hiding in a small forest. If Mu Yang were here, he would recognize that this blond man was one of the young couples he met on the train to Maple Leaf Island a few months ago.
The child in his arms was a little girl named April.
At this time, there was a hole in Claron's chest, and the scarlet blood had soaked his shirt. "Ahem..." Claren hunched over and coughed, the tiny movements twitching the wounds in his lungs, making him look very painful.
"Oh, dad, are you okay? April misses her mother and sister." There were tears in the little girl April's eyes, and she sobbed softly with her mouth flattened.
"Don't cry April, mom and Cypriel will be fine." Claren wiped April's tears with a trace of sadness in her eyes. April raised her head: "But the cruise ship we were on has sunk, and my mother and sister have never come up... Wow... they can't come back."
Claren's expression was stiff for a while, and what he wanted to say finally stuck in his throat, unable to come out.
At this moment, the sound of sweeping was heard in the woods. Claren quickly covered April's mouth. After the sweeping personnel had gone away, Claren made up his mind. He handed over a thick drawing and three ink-black stones stuffed into the small schoolbag behind April.
"April, keep these things carefully. These are dad's research materials." A trace of sadness and anger flashed in Claron's eyes. If it weren't for these things, their family might not have suffered this misfortune.
"Dad!" April felt something and called uneasily.
Claren is a researcher at a comprehensive research institute, engaged in research on robotics. As for what those three black stones are, he doesn't know. They were peeled off from a meteorite in outer space. Claren did not expect that his research results would actually arouse the covetousness of senior officials of the Ophiuchi Corps. Their cruise ship was attacked by the other party during the voyage. His wife and young daughter fell into the sea and never appeared again. I am afraid they are in danger. .
He put his palm on April's head and said, "Obey, there is a small cave over there. You hide in it and don't come out without my call."
"Yeah." April murmured softly, tears falling down.
"Here, this is your favorite candy. If you feel sad, just eat one. Save it." Claron looked at her daughter, peeled off a candy with difficulty and stuffed it into her mouth, and then stored her daughter's snacks. The candy bowl was stuffed into her little schoolbag.
After doing this, Claren dragged his weak body away gradually.
"Remember, don't leave the cave for two days."
"Yeah." April responded with a cry.
Claren stared deeply at his daughter for the last time, then turned and walked out of the grove. Only by luring all the enemies away would April have a chance of survival.
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After Claren left, there was a burst of musket shooting in the forest, the sky gradually darkened, and a thin mist rose in the forest.
April hid in a small cave waiting for her father to come back, but after waiting for two or three days in a row, Clarence still hadn't come back. The hungry April couldn't help it anymore, so she sadly ate a candy, and then After carefully covering the sugar bowl and putting it into her schoolbag, April dragged her thin body out of the cave.
The cold wind howled, cold and with a faint sadness, and gradually rolled farther and farther into the distance. April shrunk and staggered towards the people on the island.
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(End of chapter)