You said the sun of Salilan never sets.
We want to sing in the mire.
Reveal your ambitions under the eternal night and sing the praises of death in the forbidden land of gods.
The snow in Horsburgh is pure white,
Just as our greed is innocent.]
Millions of years ago, the West and the North were not completely separated. Their ancestors had fought side by side and were brothers to each other. However, in a battle that they knew they would lose, the Northern Zerg were unwilling to fight to the death for glory, so they simply defected and fled elsewhere, taking root and surviving in the cold and harsh environment of Horsburg, thus splitting into two factions from the West.
Ambition and plunder are naturally in their blood, and this leader is even worse.
The team chasing from the horizon swooped down from the sky, the pure black wings of the female soldiers spread out, like a group of swift falcons. They folded their wings when they were still five meters away from the ground, and jumped down from the sky neatly, standing in the snow in a black mass, abrupt and disturbing.
The red-haired female insect in the lead had a handsome face and was dressed in a neat black and gold military uniform. Her bronze skin was primitive and wild. She was the current leader of the north, Phaeth.
His eyes were a mysterious green, but upon closer inspection they were cold and cruel. He looked at the pirates as if they were dead things. He raised his lips and asked, "Will you surrender obediently, or will you choose to return to the arms of the Insect God?"
“Squeak!”
A black crow happened to flap its wings and land on a dead branch in the distance. It shook off the snow on its body, and its pure black eyes stared motionlessly at the battlefield.
One-Eye was seriously injured, and he and the remaining group of pirates were already at the end of their strength. When they saw Phaeth and his team approaching, they looked at each other nervously and were panicked for a moment.
Although female insects are respected in the north, given the rarity and preciousness of male insects, life is not that bad, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they can live in luxury. The difference is that male insects in the west hold real power, while male insects in the north are more like canaries.
The one-eyed man grabbed Xu Cenfeng, who was closest to him, and pressed the barrel of his gun against his temple, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Phaes! I'm warning you! If you come one step closer, I'll kill this male insect. Let's see how you'll explain to the Insect Emperor then!"
At this time, the one-eyed man had already run to the edge of the cliff. He saw Phaeth catching up from behind, so he stretched out his hand to grab Xu Cenfeng's throat and gritted his teeth and said, "Don't blame me for being cruel. If you want to blame someone, blame your bad luck. Phaeth doesn't care about your life or death at all!"
Xu Cenfeng was falling at a very fast speed, and the feeling of weightlessness surrounded his whole body.
Seeing the black-haired, black-eyed male insect being pushed off the cliff, Phaeth cursed coldly, and immediately turned around and dived down the cliff. He spread his sharp wings behind him, the biting wind and snow blew past his ears, and he caught Xu Cenfeng accurately in mid-air.
Upon hearing this, Xu Cenfeng suddenly realized what the One-Eye Man wanted to do. He moved his fingertips slightly, as if thinking about whether to break free from him or not. But when he saw the familiar figure chasing him in the distance, he suppressed his impulse.
He does not value rare things, nor does he respect gods. Phaethon is indeed as cold-blooded and ruthless as the rumors say.
There is a cliff at the back.
Phaeth frowned and suppressed the strange feeling, then landed in the middle of the battlefield with Xu Cenfeng. At this time, all the pirates had been captured, either dead or injured, leaving only a patch of bloodstains on the ground.
Phaeth flew towards the top of the cliff with Xu Cenfeng at high speed. The cold wind blew across his cheeks, which was as painful as a knife. Xu Cenfeng subconsciously grabbed Phaeth's shoulders, but not because of fear or terror, but because of this hard-won reunion.
Hawke glanced behind Phaeth and asked hesitantly, "Chief, what about these rescued male insects?"
Xu Cenfeng stood there, feeling his fingertips sticky. He looked down and saw a bloodstain on his palm. He subconsciously looked at Phaeth who was walking away, but saw a dark mark on the shoulder of his pure black military uniform, as if he was injured.
Phaethon noticed this "fish that slipped through the net", sneered, spread his wings behind him, and chased after it.
Phaeth had little patience and gave them three seconds to think. His deep voice was still clear in the cold wind, like the death knell:
“Whoosh!”
The one-eyed man gritted his teeth, held Xu Cenfeng hostage, and retreated step by step, pulling him in front of him to block the bullet for him.
Male insects are rare, but they are not worth mentioning in his eyes. In fact, if this group of star pirates had not mistakenly entered Horsburg's territory, and if the Insect Emperor had not ordered them to assist, he would most likely not have intervened in this trivial matter.
Phaeth felt the force coming from his shoulder, frowned and looked at Xu Cenfeng, only to find that this strange male insect had been staring at him. His dark eyes were very beautiful, and he seemed as if he had seen him somewhere before.
One-Eye instinctively wanted to throw away Xu Cenfeng, the burden, and run away, but he suddenly noticed that the female soldiers did not use guns, obviously because they were afraid of accidentally hurting these precious male insects. He was delighted and immediately took advantage of his subordinates' cover to take Xu Cenfeng hostage and escape to the edge of the cliff.
Phaeth looked at him coldly: "Did I ask you this?"
Hawke had no choice but to say, "All the pirates have been captured, except for their leader One-Eye."
They had put in a lot of effort to completely wipe out the space pirate gang this time, so there was no reason to let those annoying guys in the west get away with it. It wouldn't be so easy to take these male insects back.
Hawke saluted Phaeth and said, "Reporting to the leader, all the male insects have been rescued, and no one was injured."
The implication is that the death of three is not a big deal.
"three,"
They met again...
The One-Eye was horrified when he heard that, and was so panicked that he couldn't even hold the gun steadily. However, Xu Cenfeng seemed not to feel the approach of death. He just stared at Phaeth not far away quietly through the flying snow and wind. The secret pain in his heart arose again for no reason, and he couldn't help frowning in pain.
He just tried his best to look up, trying to see the black figure above the sky clearly.
Phaeth frowned and moved his shoulders. "He has escaped into the dense forest of Solitia. Send a team to track him down. We must bring him back to me no matter what."
After Hawke cleaned up the battlefield, he arranged Xu Cenfeng and the others on a luxurious starship, which not only had a shower room, but also had clean clothes and food prepared in advance. It was like heaven for these male insects who had been imprisoned by the pirates for nearly a month.
The moment he finished speaking, the team behind him rushed towards the group of star pirates like wild beasts out of a cage, instantly entering a semi-insect combat state. They were so fast that only a group of black afterimages could be seen. Gunshots rang out in the snow, mixed with the screams of the star pirates. The smell of blood attracted countless carrion crows circling in the sky.
"Oh my god, we can finally go home!"
Phaeth obviously didn't care about this. He spread his hands slightly in black leather gloves, looking lazy and casual. "It doesn't matter. The five male insects I exchanged are enough for me to complete my mission."
Faus let go of Xu Cenfeng and folded the pure black wings behind him. He walked straight towards Deputy General Hawke. His military boots made a crisp sound as they stepped on the inch-thick snow. "How is it, have you caught them all?"
Phaeth's eyes flashed, and he gave the order directly: "Kill them!"
The moment Phaeth caught up, One-Eye seized the opportunity and pushed Xu Cenfeng off the edge of the cliff. At the same time, he spread his injured wings behind him and flew in the opposite direction with his last breath. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the dense forest covered with snow.
Phaeth strode towards the starship docked in the distance, and said without looking back: "Take them all back to Horsburg, and wait for the West to come over for negotiations!"
really weird.
"one!"
"two,"
Dive and rise again.
"Bug God, I will starve to death if I don't eat something!"
"Why are there only compressed biscuits and no cake or juice? I hate compressed biscuits the most."
"It's still at least two days' journey from here to Horsburg. Are we going to have to spend the night on the starship? They haven't even prepared beds for us!"
Obviously, just 25 days of captivity was not enough to erase the pampered nature of the male insects. They were happy for a short while, but soon they couldn't help but become picky, as if they had completely forgotten that just a few hours ago they were huddled together for warmth on an abandoned starship that was leaking air everywhere.
Hawke and several of his men were leaning against the doorway, watching the show. Seeing this, a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes, and he said with a half-smile: "My dear lords, this is in the wild, we can't get a luxurious bed. If you really feel uncomfortable with the chairs, you can go and sleep in the snow."
As soon as he said this, the male insects dared not say a word. Several male insects from the west were about to get angry, but were pulled back by their companions. They whispered, "Forget it, this is Horsburgh's territory. What if those northern barbarians attack you? Don't provoke them."
Hawke had sharp ears, and he smiled and snapped his fingers when he heard that. "That's right. We barbarians never follow the rules, especially our leader. You noble male insects, please bear with it for now. What if you get shot like those pirates?"
He had seen enough of the excitement and was about to take his men away from this troublesome starship to report the situation to Phaeth. At this moment, the bathroom door inside suddenly opened with a click, and a male insect with black hair and black eyes walked out.
Xu Cenfeng had just finished taking a shower and changed into clean clothes. His hair was half-dried and still had some moisture. His inky eyes and fair skin looked like an unadulterated ink painting, so beautiful that one could not take their eyes away.
Hawke and the others were all stunned for a moment. The climate in the north is bitterly cold, and most male insects have rough faces. It is rare to see such a delicate male insect, and he also has rare black hair and black eyes. One of the subordinates quietly nudged Hawke with his arm and said in a low voice: "Deputy leader, this male insect is so beautiful, his blood must be very pure. We can offer him to the leader when the time comes."
He vaguely remembered that Phaeth's puberty seemed to be approaching.
Hawke was a little shaken, but he still felt it was unrealistic: "Come on, the leader hates this kind of delicate and weak male insects the most. It's a good thing that he was not shot dead."
While they were talking, a clear and gentle voice suddenly sounded in their ears, making their hearts itch for a moment: "Excuse me, is Chief Phaeth here?"
Hawke and the other insects subconsciously looked up when they heard this, only to see Xu Cenfeng had walked up to them at some point. He was wearing a slightly loose warm jacket, and had a slender figure, almost as tall as the powerful female insect.
Hawke hesitated for a moment: "What do you want to do with our leader?"
Phaeth was so notorious that even the King of Hell would avoid him. The male insects in Horsburg were so scared that they almost peed their pants when they saw him. How could this beautiful male insect in front of them actually take the initiative to find him? It was really strange.
Xu Cenfeng smiled and said, "Nothing, he just saved me and I wanted to thank him in person."
Thanks
Hawke's eyelids jumped. He never thought that he would hear the word "thank you" from a male insect in his life. "No need. Our leader doesn't like male insects getting close to him."
Xu Cenfeng asked stubbornly: "Is it not possible to meet once?"
Hawke shrugged, and because Xu Cenfeng was polite, he spoke politely: "It's not that I don't want to help you, but our leader has already set off in the aircraft ahead. If you want to see him, you can only do so when we set up camp tonight."
Xu Cenfeng paused for a moment and unconsciously rubbed his fingertips for a moment: "Then do you have a medicine box?"
Hawke asked in confusion, "What do you want the medicine box for?"
He had just checked and found that none of the male insects were injured.
Xu Cenfeng said softly: "Your leader's shoulder is injured, go and bandage him."
Hawke was stunned when he heard this, and was about to ask Xu Cenfeng how he knew that Phaeth was injured. However, before he could open his mouth to ask, he saw that the other party had turned back to his seat and sat down in a window seat.
That's bullshit, right
Hawke curled his lips, obviously not believing him, and simply closed the starship door and gave the order to set off.
Xu Cenfeng hadn't had a good night's sleep for many days. Now his tense nerves finally relaxed a little, and sleepiness suddenly came like a tide. He closed his eyes and leaned against the porthole, and fell asleep in a short while.
Because of the heavy wind and snow, the starship occasionally shook during the flight. Xu Cenfeng was in a trance in his sleep, as if he was back on the shaky bus.
"twitter-"
It is the sound of birds singing in the mountains and forests.
“Rustle—”
It is the sound of wind blowing through leaves.
“Squeak—”
The bus braked suddenly and swung violently, waking up all the sleeping passengers. Xu Cenfeng, who was sleeping soundly against the window, was almost thrown out. He quickly grabbed the railing, but an angry male voice rang in his ears:
"Fuck you! You're driving so fast, are you in a hurry to be reborn? Can you slow down?!"
Xu Cenfeng subconsciously looked up and saw a man in a yellow baseball cap with an irritable look on his face, as if he wanted to punch the driver twice.
The driver apologized in a low voice: "Sorry, the mountain road was slippery this morning and I couldn't stop."
This scene was so familiar that Xu Cenfeng came back to his senses from his daze. He subconsciously took out his mobile phone from his pocket, only to see that the date on it was March 17, which was the day when he had a car accident and traveled to the Zerg.
March 17, March 17…
He's back in this car again...
Xu Cenfeng stared at the screen for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking. His Adam's apple rolled up and down, and finally he lowered his head and closed his eyes, hiding the redness in his eyes. He tightly grasped the phone, so tightly that his joints turned blue. He wore a baseball cap on his head, and the shadow covered the expression on his face that seemed to be crying and laughing.
The light and shadows in the forest were scattered, but the man was filled with sorrow.
At this moment, it is difficult to tell whether Xu Cenfeng is sad or happy.
All you know is that time is passing by minute by minute, and there is still an hour and a half, ninety minutes, and five thousand four hundred seconds before the car accident.
During this period, Xu Cenfeng had 5,400 opportunities to stop the bus to prevent his subsequent fate, but he just sat there motionless, looking at the familiar faces in the bus with a complicated expression.
In his previous life, he had met these people at the entrance of the dense forest.
At that time, Xu Cenfeng asked them a question: If they knew in advance that the vehicle would overturn, would they still get in the car
The answers we got in the end were all without exception: yes.
At that time, Xu Cenfeng did not understand the meaning behind this answer, nor did he understand why these people would rather spend the rest of their lives away from their homeland and stay on that distant and unfamiliar planet.
He only knew that he chose to escape in his previous life, but this time he chose the same path as them.
The vehicle was wobbling.
Xu Cenfeng sat quietly in his seat, stroking his wrist with his eyes closed. The sunlight outside the window was scorching and dazzling, but it finally made him feel a little warm.
A bird was flying in the sky, watching the bus moving forward. Everyone thought that their lives were about to end, but they were just rushing towards their own destiny and death together.
It is death and rebirth.
"boom!"
The bus overturned and fell into the cliff. The starship was also shaken for a moment by the cold air current outside. Xu Cenfeng trembled and finally woke up from his sleep.
He subconsciously opened his eyes, but what he saw was a silent darkness. It turned out that it was already night. The starship was docked in the wild, and the army lit a bonfire nearby to keep warm. The male insects went down to get some fresh air, and only Xu Cenfeng sat on the starship and slept alone.
“Wow—”
Xu Cenfeng moved his numb limbs and felt that he had slept very well. He lifted the thin blanket covering his body, looked around, and finally got up and stepped off the aircraft. The cold wind blew in his face, instantly clearing his chaotic brain.
There were soldiers on night duty outside. One of the female soldiers from the northern army saw that Xu Cenfeng was handsome and even whistled at him: "Pretty little male insect, are you finally awake?"
Xu Cenfeng didn't seem angry. Hearing this, he hummed and said, "Wake up."
He paused for a moment, as if remembering something, and then asked, "Do you know where Chief Phaeth is?"
The female soldier thought that Xu Cenfeng would be as furious as those male insects in the west after being teased by her, but she didn't expect him to be so good-tempered. She showed him a way out of kindness and said to the military tent nearby, "Our leader is inside, little male insect, don't blame me for not reminding you, he has a very bad temper, and you will suffer if you provoke him."
The northerners were always bold and unrestrained. Another female soldier also hinted with a smile: "Sir, if you feel lonely, you can always come to us. Chief Phaeth is not the right choice."
However, Xu Cenfeng simply thanked them and walked straight into the main tent where Phaeth was. As soon as he reached the door of the tent, he heard a sound of something being thrown inside, and then Hawke was blasted out from inside with a dusty face and a medicine box in his hand.
Xu Cenfeng paused when he saw this and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Hawke didn't expect Xu Cenfeng to appear here. He looked him up and down in surprise: "Hey, why are you here? Do you want to thank our leader?"
Xu Cenfeng nodded.
Hawke touched his chin when he heard this, not knowing what he was thinking. Finally, he stuffed the medicine box in his hand into Xu Cenfeng's arms and smiled maliciously: "It just so happens that our leader's shoulder is injured. Go and help him apply medicine."
It’s fine that the leader refused to let him help apply the medicine, but such a handsome and fair male insect would not refuse, right
(End of this chapter)