The war began silently but brutally.
The day before, people were still gossiping about the emperor's new lover, but the next day an urgent war report was sent back. Under the cover of a stellar magnetic storm, the Zerg invaded the empire's border planet and engaged in a fierce battle with the troops stationed there.
The entire empire was plunged into a tense atmosphere. Even the students in the capital star and the Royal Academy, who were far away from the battlefield and had no idea of the suffering, stopped joking and talking heartlessly.
Su Yi had just been quiet for a while, but when the war broke out, she became the focus of everyone again because Huo Jun was on the front line. But this time it was not about gossip, and those girls who usually laughed and joked came to comfort her one by one.
"Su Yi, don't worry too much. Senior Huo is so powerful, he will definitely kill all the Zerg without leaving a single piece of armor."
"Yes, even the S-level Zerg are no match for Senior Huo, let alone those shrimp soldiers and crab generals."
"Senior Huo is the strongest person I have ever met. He will be fine!"
"Su Yi, I'm looking forward to attending your royal wedding with Senior Huo. You must invite us then."
Several people talked to each other, and after they finished speaking, Su Yi smiled and said, "Thank you, I also believe that he will defeat the Zerg and return victoriously."
After parting with the girls, Su Yi could still hear them whispering, "Let's not talk about war news in front of Su Yi anymore. She will definitely be sad if she hears it."
"Alas, why do we have to fight? The Zerg are so abominable."
"Think about this time yesterday, everyone was discussing what His Majesty did with his new girlfriend, and today..."
"Don't say that. I feel ashamed when I think that while we are talking and laughing, our soldiers are desperately defending this country."
"I suddenly feel a little disgusted with Your Majesty. While Senior Huo was fighting the Zerg on the battlefield, he found a lover who is younger than his own son. He only knows how to enjoy himself every day. It's so disheartening."
"Sh ...
Su Yi was indeed not too worried. With today's technology, if one was injured on the battlefield, as long as he had a breath left, he could be saved if he received timely treatment. Besides, Huo Jun was extremely powerful and had armor to protect him. Ordinary Zerg could not hurt him. Even if he really encountered a tough opponent and unfortunately died, Su Yi had a way to bring him back to the world.
Therefore, apart from suffering and pain, Huo Jun's life was safe.
Su Yi had a premonition that the war would last for a long time, so he analyzed the reasons based on the information he had collected and some information provided by Mao Tuantuan.
The causes of wars throughout history have always been the struggle for living space and resources.
Humans have developed technology and expanded from Earth to the universe, transforming many planets that were originally unsuitable for human habitation into habitable planets. The Zerg are just the opposite. They reproduce rapidly and are naturally destructive and plundering, like locusts. After consuming all the resources in one place, they will go to grab the next piece of territory.
So humans and Zerg are born unable to coexist.
Sue discovered that historically, the Zerg invasions were not continuous, but had intervals of varying lengths. She guessed that whenever the Zerg population grew to a certain size and resources were on the verge of exhaustion, they would start a war, one to grab territory, and the other to consume each other.
After a war, even if they cannot seize new resources, the remaining Zerg can still survive on the few resources they had because many of their own kind died on the battlefield. When the population expands again and their living space is squeezed, they will choose to invade again.
In other words, as long as the Zerg are not completely eliminated, the struggle between humans and them will never stop.
However, if there were no Zerg, the struggle between humans might escalate due to the disappearance of external threats, turning the current minor frictions into internal strife, and then leading to division and endless struggle.
Absolute peace is almost impossible.
Because of the war, Su Yi originally thought that her monthly contact with Huo Jun would be interrupted. However, on that day of every month, her communicator finally rang after being delayed for several hours.
When Huo Jun contacted her for the first time, he was too excited and didn't think too much about it, so he woke Su Yi up in the early morning. After that, every time, he calculated the time difference and video called her during Su Yi's rest time, but this time he postponed it until she fell asleep.
The special ringing sound only lasted for a few seconds before Su Yi answered it.
Huo Jun's image appeared in the room, darker and thinner. Su Yi was too lazy to repeat this every time, but compared with the last time, he did look more unkempt.
His face was covered in dust, his chin was covered in stubble, his hair was messy and sticking up in all directions, his combat uniform had several holes in it, the buttons on his chest were broken, revealing his bronze chest, which was also covered in a mixture of sweat and dust. Compared with Su Yi who was wearing a white nightgown, the two seemed to be from two different worlds.
But Su Yi felt that her dog was still very handsome, even more handsome than before. He no longer had a boyish aura like before, but a wild charm that belonged to an adult man.
Of course, Su Yi would never admit that it was her three-hundred-meter-thick filter that was causing trouble.
"Are you going to sleep?" When she looked at him, Huo Jun also stared at her intently with burning eyes. His voice was a little hoarse, perhaps because he hadn't spoken for a long time.
Su Yi hugged the quilt and leaned against the bed, her long hair spread out softly, "I'm ready to go to bed, but I'm not sleepy yet. How's the situation over there?"
"Not good, but not too bad either," Huo Jun said. The team he led had been on several missions, and fortunately no one was killed, but the casualties were still high, with several members seriously injured and now still lying in the medical cabin.
He had a few wounds on his body, which were not serious. He treated them briefly and refused the suggestion to enter the medical cabin for treatment because today was the only day this month when he could contact the outside world. If he missed it, he would have to wait until next month.
Su Yi also noticed some blood stains on his clothes. She reached out and gently touched the image in front of her.
The image was virtual. Even if Su Yi passed through it, Huo Jun would not feel it. But at the moment, he clearly felt that he could feel her body temperature where Su Yi touched.
He also reached out and lightly grasped Su Yiying's hand, holding it in his palm as he often did before, and squeezed it carefully.
"I missed you so much." He said after a long silence.
Sue looked up at him and instead of saying I am too, asked, "Do you need me to come find you?"
Huo Jun glared slightly. He knew that Su Yi was very powerful, but he never thought it would be to this extent.
You have to know that he is now on the battlefield, which is countless light years away from the capital star. Their fleet took several days to arrive after several jumps. And Su Yi's simple words of "I'm going to find you" mean that she needs to go alone in the universe, travel several light years, and risk encountering Zerg or interstellar pirates at any time to reach this desolate and dangerous battlefield.
This is no longer within the capabilities of human beings. At least in Huo Jun's opinion, even the most powerful person cannot do this.
Perhaps others would regard this as a big joke, but Huo Jun never doubted Su Yi, he blindly believed in everything about her.
He himself did not realize this until now. If someone had said a few months ago that he would regard another person as his own belief, Huo Jun would not even bother to express his disdain. But now, his whole body and mind are trying to prove this point.
He opened his mouth, not knowing whether to say yes or no for a moment. After a long while, he smiled helplessly and said, "Aren't you afraid of scaring me silly?"
Sue blinked and asked him, "Are you stupid?"
"Not yet," Huo Jun curved his lips, "but if you told me that you had a tail, I might really be stupid."
"You like ones with tails?" Su Yi propped up her chin with her hand, frowned slightly, and acted a bit distressed. "I don't have a tail, but if you really like it, it's okay to have one. Do you want a full set, such as cat ears or rabbit ears?"
Huo Jun couldn't help but imagine the scene in his mind, then he felt his nose itchy and quickly put aside a certain thought, lest he not fall down due to the injury on the battlefield, but lose too much blood because of her few words, which would be too embarrassing.
Sue added with a smile, "You can also choose a fox one."
Huo Jun touched his nose and said, "We'll take our time with this later..."
They both knew that Su Yi's strength was abnormal, but since she didn't say anything, he never asked about it, and didn't even show his surprise too obviously.
Su Yi felt that, regardless of other things, at least in terms of psychological endurance, probably no one could compare to her dog.
"Are you really not curious?" Sue asked him.
Huo Jun paused and said truthfully: "Very curious."
Not to mention that he had been pursuing power since he was a few years old, even an ordinary person would be surprised to know that someone possessed such ability.
But Huo Jun chose not to ask. Besides trust, he was actually afraid deep down in his heart that if he got to the bottom of it, Su Yi might find him too annoying and boring and leave.
Compared to the possibility of losing her, nothing else mattered, not even the great power he had always sought.
Su Yi could probably guess what he was thinking. She was satisfied and comforted him, "In my opinion, there is nothing that cannot be said. When the time is right, I will tell you everything."
Huo Jun nodded, then he looked at her, she looked at him, and for a moment they fell into strange silence.
After a few seconds, Huo Jun coughed lightly and gestured in the air unconsciously, "You really don't..."
"Hmm?" Sue tilted her head and waited for him to finish.
He uttered two words vaguely, and probably no one could hear what they meant except himself.
"What is it?" Sue asked patiently.
Huo Jun coughed twice in an artificial manner, then said seriously: "You really don't have a tail?"
Su Yi glanced at him and said, "You have a tail, your whole family has a tail."
The author has something to say: The dog said aggrievedly: I already had it.