Xu Cenfeng returned to the starship. At this time, the male insects were so sleepy that they were lying on the chairs and fell asleep. They were snoring so loudly that the snowflakes on the windows were almost shaken away by them.
Xu Cenfeng found a headset from the cockpit compartment and chose a secluded corner to sit down. He had just slept for too long and was no longer sleepy. He sat by the window alone, watching the snow quietly, with a peaceful temperament.
It seemed as if some kind of pain that had been following him like a shadow finally let him go, and he finally let himself go.
Raya was the only male insect awake on the starship. He rubbed his ears that were numbed by the snoring, wrapped in a blanket and quietly sat next to Xu Cenfeng, his voice full of surprise: "Cenfeng, you are finally back?!"
Maybe it was because of Xu Cenfeng’s life-saving push when they were at the star pirates’ place, but Raya’s tone was faintly grateful: “Thanks to you for saving me on the starship, I haven’t had the chance to thank you yet.”
Xu Cenfeng took off his headphones and whispered, "They are all asleep."
Raya seemed to realize something after hearing this, and lowered her voice and said, "We will arrive at Horsburg tomorrow. My home is in the north. Aren't you going to wait for a female insect? If you don't get one, you can stay at my home temporarily."
This is a world with clear classes. Female insects are divided into classes based on military rank and force, and male insects are divided into classes based on the purity of their blood. The higher the purity of the blood, the rarer and more precious it is. The lower the purity of the blood, the worse the reproductive ability.
If we leave the west aside, the male insect in the north with the highest blood purity is only 52%, and most of the other male insects are only around 30%.
The purity of Raya's blood is 37%, which is slightly above the passing line. His family can barely be considered a small noble family in the local area.
An old man in the village found Xu Cenfeng. He walked slowly to the Buddha statue with a cane and knocked on the bluestone ground with his wooden cane. His voice was old and kind: "Cenfeng, the snow outside has stopped. The mountain road is difficult to walk. Go home early."
Seeing this, Xu Cenfeng turned up the heating inside the starship a little and wiped the mist off the glass windows. The scenery outside was blurry and he could only see a vast expanse of white snow, which reminded him of that distant village.
Xu Cenfeng paused, and uttered these words with an unknown emotion: "He is dead..."
Xu Cenfeng did not speak. He closed his eyes to hide his slightly red eyes. After a long silence, he finally spoke in a hoarse voice: "I thought that after leaving, we would all live better..."
The room was empty and could no longer be called a home.
The guardrails on the mountain road where the bus overturned have been repaired, but there are few passing vehicles. Xu Cenfeng grew up here and is familiar with every tree and grass. He walked on the rugged mountain road for an unknown period of time, and finally found the cliff where he fell accurately.
Xu Cenfeng shook his head slightly and whispered something that Raya couldn't understand: "Thank you, I've been waiting for him."
True love should not be mixed with any selfish thoughts, nor should it involve coercion or plunder. No matter how moved you are later, it cannot cover up this terrible fact.
The great grandfather sighed again, and it was unclear whether he was sighing about his bad fate or fate: "The gods and Buddhas can't help you. Kneeling here will only hurt your body. There is no benefit. If you want to see a dead person, there is no other way except reincarnation in the next life."
He closed his eyes and said nothing, kneeling for a long time in front of the stone Buddha. The smoke from the incense burner rose up, and only the Buddha statue's eyes were compassionate, overlooking the living beings below the mountain.
Xu Cenfeng: "Now I want to go back, but there is no way."
The great grandfather patted his forehead and sighed, "I am old and don't remember much. So why are you kneeling here? Do you want to ask for something?"
Xu Cenfeng hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time. His eyes were bloodshot, and every time he closed his eyes, the image of Phaeth lying in a pool of blood would appear in his mind.
Xu Cenfeng smiled and shook his head: "It's not him."
Xu Cenfeng didn't move.
Unconsciously, a thick layer of snow had fallen on Xu Cenfeng's shoulders. In the wilderness and mountain wind, his voice was unclear, but he could not hide his seriousness: "Because I don't like that kind of beginning..."
Xu Cenfeng did not elaborate: "It should be similar to you."
Xu Cenfeng always felt that their story shouldn't have started that way, and shouldn't have ended that way.
Great grandfather asked back: "Since there are things you can't bear to leave behind, why did you come back in the first place?"
The great grandfather seemed to understand something, thinking that the "thing that can't be given up" is probably the person Xu Cenfeng likes: "What about now?"
The proud general died in a deserted place, with only the snow and wind of Horsburgh to cover his body, which rotted and melted along with the blood in his belly.
Great grandfather: "Why do you want to go back?"
Xu Cenfeng: "Life is worse than death."
Raya exclaimed in surprise, apparently misunderstanding something: "Could the female insect you are waiting for be in the army? Could it be Deputy Chief Hawke?"
Great grandfather slowly shook his head: "Since you regret it now, why didn't you cherish it when you were alive?"
That day, the mountain road was covered with snow. He walked towards the top of the mountain step by step from the remote path. There were several villages scattered around this undeveloped dense forest. Among them, Folang Village had the highest altitude and the longest history. All the villagers there practiced ancient martial arts and lived in isolation, just like the stone Buddha enshrined in the depths of the village.
He did not see Xu Cenfeng walk into Phaeus's tent. He only saw Xu Cenfeng and Hawke standing outside and talking for a while, and thought they were a couple.
Xu Cenfeng shook out a broken stick from the stick holder in front of the Buddha. He stared at the bamboo stick with blurred writing on it, not knowing what he was thinking. Finally, he staggered to his feet and went down the mountain along the same path he came from.
He knocked the ground with his cane after he finished speaking, but this time he did not try to persuade Xu Cenfeng anymore, but chose to turn around and leave. This child looked gentle, but in fact, he was more stubborn than anyone else, and he knew that he could not persuade him.
Xu Cenfeng never thought that the other party would end up like that...
After he finished speaking, he asked curiously: "Cen Feng, how pure is your blood?"
The snow finally stopped at night.
Laya didn't ask any more questions after hearing this, and just assumed that Xu Cenfeng was also in his 30s like himself. He had been worried and frightened for more than a month, and now he finally settled down. He was so sleepy that he found a pair of headphones in the cockpit and put them on, and fell asleep with difficulty amid the thunderous snoring.
The old man continued to advise: "Your mother will be worried."
Great grandfather sighed: "What about you?"
Xu Cenfeng opened his eyes upon hearing this, and finally spoke in a low and hoarse voice: "Grandpa, you forgot that she has been dead for a long time."
Raya thought he was embarrassed and nudged his shoulder. "What's there to be shy about? Deputy Chief Hawke is very popular in the north, and many male insects want to marry him. But he is an A-level female insect. If you want to match him, your blood purity must be very high."
The stone ground was cold, but Xu Cenfeng still knelt steadily and spoke softly: "Grandpa, I went to a very far place before, but I came back."
In his previous life, Xu Cenfeng also died on such a cold winter day after escaping back to Earth...
Xu Cenfeng: "I have something I can't let go of."
Great grandfather groaned: "No matter how good it is outside, it is not as good as home. I really should come back."
The mountain wind was howling, and the corners of my clothes were rustling.
However, Xu Cenfeng climbed over the guardrail in the dark night and stood on the edge of the cliff. Below was a valley thousands of meters deep. He looked calm and showed no fear at all.
Xu Cenfeng stroked the broken stick in his hand, on which were engraved two ancient characters: Huifeng.
This cliff is called Huifeng Cliff, because it is too high and too dangerous, and you have to turn back even when the wind blows. Xu Cenfeng didn't know what would happen if he jumped from here. He might die, or he might return to Salilanfa, but no matter which ending it is, it is better than living like a walking corpse now. "Kacha-"
The broken stick was finally gently broken by its owner and fell to the edge of the crevice in the cliff, just like the figure that jumped down, and was completely swallowed up and buried by the darkness.
Xu Cenfeng once knelt before the Buddha and prayed, asking the gods to grant them another chance to meet.
This time there was no plunder, no coercion,
Only two lives that were supposed to love each other rewrite the ending and meet in the right way...
The starship responsible for escorting the male Zerg arrived at the outer city of Horsburg at noon the next day. The northern Zerg worship black, so most of the buildings are black and gold, which looks extremely magnificent and eye-catching in the snow.
Phaeus didn't sleep the whole night yesterday. He jumped off the starship nimbly and saw a group of western male insects gathered together and excitedly discussed something.
Phaeth had sharp hearing and moved his ears out of curiosity. He discovered that the conversation of these male insects was obscene and disgusting. They were actually comparing whether the northern female insects or the western female insects were more powerful when whipped. He curled his lips coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
Phaeth always carried a gun with him. He pulled out a light energy gun from his waist and fired several shots at the feet of the male insects. The violent gunshots scared the male insects so much that they screamed and fled in all directions.
"Ah!!! Are you crazy? We are male insects!"
"Stop it! You're going to hurt us!!"
The soldiers on the side were not surprised, as if this kind of thing happened frequently. They looked at each other tacitly, then turned around and looked at the scenery on the side.
Hawke was the only one who was still rational. Seeing this, he rushed over and stopped Phaeth. He lowered his voice and nervously advised, "Chief! Stop it! If we accidentally hurt these male insects, we won't be able to explain ourselves when the West comes to take over!"
Male insects are rare and fragile creatures, and they can't withstand the fear from Phaeth!
After Faus emptied his last bullet, he put the gun away. His narrow green eyes narrowed slightly and he sneered disdainfully: "I don't care what they say. If you keep talking too much, I will send you to the West and make you kneel at the feet of those useless male insects like the female insects in the West!"
The threat was so vicious that Hawke immediately became mute, and so vicious that the faces of the male insects from the west nearby turned green in an instant.
Xu Cenfeng slept late yesterday and woke up late today. He was awakened by a burst of dense gunfire. When he got off the starship, he saw the male insects from the west trembling like quails, and next to them was a pile of ground that was blown to pieces by bullets.
Phaeth casually fiddled with the light energy gun in his hand, circling it with his fingertips, and said to the group of frightened male insects with a curled lip: "My dear lords, please don't misunderstand me. I just want to see whether it is more fun to fight between the male insects in the west or the male insects in the north."
Phaeth was notoriously wild and unruly.
If it had been in his previous life, Xu Cenfeng would have seen this scene and probably thought that the other party was cruel and bloodthirsty, but since he understood the extremely unbalanced rules of this world, he felt that this action was understandable.
Xu Cenfeng stood quietly at the cabin door for a moment, and finally stepped off the starship in the wind and snow.
One of the male insects in the west couldn't stand the sarcasm of Phaeth, and finally couldn't help cursing angrily: "You lowly female insect! Who gave you the courage to shoot at us! Do you know how pure my blood is! If you were in the west, you would be shot!"
Upon hearing this, Faus pointed his gun at him with a cold and cruel look in his eyes: "Believe it or not, I will kill you right now!"
He moved his fingertips slightly, as if to pull the trigger, but was caught off guard by a warm hand that stopped him: "Chief—"
Xu Cenfeng walked to Faus's side without knowing when. He tightly grasped his wrist, pointed the black muzzle of the gun down to the ground, and advised: "Don't shoot."
Phaeth paused after hearing this, and then he realized that Xu Cenfeng had gotten off the starship at some point. He thought this male insect was bold yesterday, but he didn't expect that he was even bolder today. His dark green eyes narrowed slightly, and a barely perceptible cold light flashed across them: "You want to stop me?"
Xu Cenfeng simply felt that it was not worth it to cause trouble for this. After all, there were too many bad male insects in this world, and Phaeth would never be able to kill them all: "I'm afraid you'll get sick from being angry."
This is the truth. After all, the other party's injuries have not healed yet.
Faus raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, thinking that this sentence was much more pleasant than the ivory spewed out of Hawk's mouth, but he did not retract the gun. He asked in a voice without emotion: "What if I must shoot?"
Xu Cenfeng smiled and stroked his hair: "Your happiness is the most important thing."
After he finished speaking, his fingertips loosened slightly, and he really released the hand that was pressing down on Phaeth.
Phaes choked and the show was ruined.
But if he was asked to take back the gun, he would be unwilling to do so.
Hawke, who was standing by, saw the leader release the trigger, as if he was really going to put the gun away, but then he changed direction and suddenly pressed the black barrel of the gun against Xu Cenfeng's shoulder.
Phaeth stared at Xu Cenfeng with his dark green eyes, and asked with a half-smile: "Do you still think so now?"
Hearing this, Xu Cenfeng lowered his eyes and glanced at the gun barrel against his shoulder, his expression unchanged: "Well, as long as you are happy."
Upon hearing this, Faus slowly lowered the barrel of his gun and directly pressed it against Xu Cenfeng's chest, where a heart was beating violently. As if to test the truth of Xu Cenfeng's words, he deliberately reminded him, "I'm going to shoot."
Xu Cenfeng hummed: "Open it."
Phaeth: “I really opened it.”
Xu Cenfeng was very patient: "Open it."
"boom-"
Phaeth finally pulled the trigger, but there was only a blank sound. There was no bullet in the gun at all. However, Xu Cenfeng felt his heart tremble for a moment, as if it was really hit by something.
Xu Cenfeng subconsciously looked at Phaeth.
The other party, however, curled his lips in triumph, tapped Xu Cenfeng's heart with the cold barrel of his gun, and whispered in his ear, "The star pirates who escape will be shot, Xu Cenfeng, I will slowly settle this account with you later."
After saying this, Phaeth finally put away his gun, threw the useless empty gun to Hawke beside him, turned around and strode towards the starship, leaving a cold message: "Gather the team and enter the city!"
When Xu Cenfeng heard Phaeth calling him a "star pirate", he paused for a moment, then realized that his identity might have been exposed, and the gossipmonger who leaked the information was most likely Hawke.
Xu Cenfeng glanced at Hawke who was gathering the team, then retracted his gaze and walked to the male insects that were almost shot by Phaeth just now, and asked, "What did you say just now?"
Xu Cenfeng wanted to know why Phaeth was angry.
When the male insects saw Xu Cenfeng had saved them, they thought that Xu Cenfeng was in cahoots with them. They stood up from the ground in twos and threes, cursing, "That lunatic Phaeth, we just said that the female insects in the north are stronger and more enjoyable to whip than the female insects in the west, and he suddenly went crazy and shot us."
Xu Cenfeng was silent for a moment when he heard this. He didn't expect it was because of this.
The male insect was about to continue cursing, but Xu Cenfeng suddenly interrupted him, saying, "Female insects are not meant to be whipped, nor are they meant to be mates."
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but in the icy and snowy ground, Xu Cenfeng’s breath was a little cold. His voice was low, but he couldn’t hide his seriousness: “Next time if you are caught by Phaeth for insulting female insects again, I won’t stop you.”
(End of this chapter)