Qi Yan heard Lu Fenghan’s breathing become heavier.
He suddenly came to his senses and realized what he had done. Worried that he might have hurt Lu Fenghan, he wanted to loosen his teeth and step back.
Unexpectedly, Lu Fenghan's hand that was supporting his ear loosened and inserted it into the gap between his neck and the back of the chair, supporting the back of his head to prevent him from moving.
Understanding the implication of Lu Fenghan's actions, Qi Yan lowered her eyelashes, grazed the muscles on the side of Lu Fenghan's neck with her teeth, and then touched them twice with the tip of her tongue.
He immediately noticed that Lu Fenghan became tense.
"Are you satisfied with the bite?"
Hearing the hoarse voice, Qi Yan took a few seconds to answer: "... Very satisfied."
Lu Fenghan leaned close to his ear and said in a low voice: "Is it my turn now?"
Qi Yan thought it was fair, so he agreed: "Yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt Lu Fenghan imitating his movements and also pressed against the side of his neck.
Just when he began to wonder whether Lu Fenghan would bite him, a tingling sensation that made his fingertips tremble rose from all the nerve endings under his skin!
Only at this moment did he realize that the side of his neck was so sensitive!
It was obviously just a kiss.
Even his spine began to go weak, and Qi Yan subconsciously tried to avoid the touch, but was pressed into the seat by the other party without any resistance.
In two seconds, Qi Yan was out of strength and his eyes were covered with a layer of water.
He grabbed Lu Fenghan's clothes loosely: "General—"
The reconnaissance ship floated quietly in the space. After it stopped moving, the noise caused by its operation disappeared, and the subtle sound of the friction of the clothes began to become particularly clear.
With rapid breaths, Qi Yan, who was trapped in the small space, shouted hoarsely again: "General..."
Lu Fenghan said “hmm”.
The ripples created by the sound in the air made Qiyan's cochlea tingle.
The cold white skin on the side of Qi Yan's neck had been kissed until it turned red and hot. Lu Fenghan's rough thumb gently rubbed it, causing Qi Yan to shudder again.
The wateriness in his eyes also became darker.
The collar was messy, revealing the indentation of the collarbone. Lu Fenghan mobilized all his rationality and kissed Qi Yan's thin lips, which were usually pursed coldly, with extreme restraint, suppressing the surging male hormones.
When Lu Fenghan looked at the side of Qi Yan's neck again, he realized that although he controlled the strength, Qi Yan had fair skin and was delicate, so he still looked like he had been severely bullied.
Qi Yan pulled his collar: "It doesn't hurt, it's just itchy." He touched it himself and made a slight "hiss".
Lu Fenghan held his wrist: "Don't touch it," and then he found the healing gel on the ship, squeezed a little on his fingertips, and applied it to Qiyan's skin.
The cool feeling is very comfortable.
Qi Yan caught a glimpse of the shadow reflected on the porthole and couldn't help but look at it more.
Lu Fenghan had his sleeves half rolled up, revealing a cold brow, but his eyes were gentle.
After checking eight signal base stations, the damage rate was 25%. While waiting for the small maintenance robot to work, Qi Yan supported his forehead with his hand and asked Lu Fenghan: "What did the general look like when he was the same age as me?"
"Ten years ago?" Lu Fenghan recalled, "I was admitted to the First Military Academy as an exception when I was fifteen. When I was nineteen, I graduated from the First Military Academy as an honors graduate and was placed in the garrison of the Central Administrative District by General Nie. But I got bored after staying there for a month."
Qi Yan listened carefully: "Why?"
"There is no war in the Alliance star field. The Southern Cross Region is close to the front line, so it's okay. But in the Central Administrative Region, especially Leto, when there is street robbery, even more than a dozen people can't stop the criminals. I feel insulted to breathe the same air as them."
Ten years ago, Lu Fenghan was a young man with lofty ambitions, and he believed in speaking with violence. After he could no longer stay in the garrison, he turned around and went to find Nie Huaiting.
"General Nie asked me if I had made up my mind and was sure I wanted to join the expeditionary force. I said yes, and he gave me the transfer order." Lu Fenghan tapped the joystick twice with his fingers. "At that time, I had not experienced the wickedness of human nature. Looking back, I realized that General Nie had already written the transfer order and was waiting for me to find him."
Qi Yan: "General Nie wants you to recognize your own heart?"
"Almost. People of his age always like to be mysterious, calling it a test for young people. But in fact, most people have already decided where they want to go and what kind of life they want to live. Only a small number of people are likely to wake up or undergo painful transformation after experiencing a major turning point."
Lu Fenghan continued what he said before, "After I joined the expeditionary army, it was very boring. There was nothing much to say. Every day I trained, fought, and accumulated military merits to get promoted. It was more interesting when I was in the First Military Academy."
Speaking of the First Military Academy, Qi Yan recalled what Lu Fenghan said when he stepped into the gate of Turan Academy: "The first prodigal son of the alliance, the most corrupt Leto?"
"That's right. The First Military Academy is so poor that we often look at Turan from across the river and wonder how your school can have so much money. Especially when the climate detection and control system is activated, it rains and fogs all over the Turan Academy, and this doubt reaches its peak."
When Lu Fenghan was young, he also looked down on Turan’s students, saying that they were useless except for their brains.
He mentioned: "One night, I suddenly had an idea and decided to climb over the wall to eat. I was in charge of the overall plan, the detective students were responsible for avoiding the patrolling instructors, and when we got to the wall, two technical soldiers were responsible for destroying the surveillance and anti-intrusion systems. Just when we were about to succeed, a large searchlight suddenly lit up, and we realized that our plan had been discovered from the beginning. The school wanted to know how far we could go, so they deliberately watched the show, and then poured a basin of cold water on us when we were one step away from victory."
Qi Yan listened with great interest: "How old was the general at that time?"
"I was sixteen, full of energy at that time, and my head was still full of water, which would shake if shaken. The basin of cold water poured down on me made me a lot more sober." Lu Fenghan recalled and found that he could no longer remember the name or appearance of the person who was punished to write a self-criticism and receive additional training.
After hesitating for two seconds, Qi Yan asked, "After joining the expeditionary force, did the general return to Leto?"
"I think I went back once." Lu Fenghan recalled carefully and found that his memory was a little fuzzy. "General Nie was assassinated and seriously injured. I rushed back to Leto, and later I seemed to have received a temporary mission."
At this time, Pojun, who had been acting as an invisible artificial intelligence, spoke up: "Sorry, Adjutant Vincent sent a communication request from the base. Do you want to connect?"
Vincent wouldn't be so anxious about general matters. Lu Fenghan frowned and said, "Connect it."
Three seconds later, Vincent's voice with a hint of noise rang out from a great distance: "Commander, we found something in the supply ship you sent back!"
"What?"
"Regarding the plan to kill the 23rd, 31st, and 57th on the blacklist!" Vincent spoke very quickly, "This supply ship does not belong to One-Eyed Dragon and Black Jack. It should have been dragged here by those two pirates from somewhere else and happened to be encountered by you, the commander. The killing location is near the star Toria in the Southern Cross Region. Judging from the time, the action has just begun!"
Po Jun lit up the star map, and a planet was illuminated.
Qi Yan quickly extracted useful information from his memory: "No. 23 on the blacklist is Ling Qishui, No. 31 is Shockley, and No. 57 is Richards. They are all from the Department of Physics, and their research areas are all particle inverters. According to the records, their birthplaces are in the Southern Cross Region."
Vincent: "After analysis, the chance of us being phished is no more than 13 percent."
What this means is that there is still a 13 percent chance that this is a trap set by the rebels for them.
His eyes darkened slightly, and Lu Fenghan made a decision in just ten seconds: "Prepare for rescue."
"yes!"
Passing through countless planets and rubble, thousands of miles away, a starship is crumbling.
A young voice sounded over the radio: "Hello, everyone. I am a lieutenant in the Fourth Army Corps stationed in the Southern Cross Region. My name is Hahn. My superior, Major Wang Wenxin, died two minutes ago. Now I will take over his place and complete this escort mission."
He seemed a little shy, "You can ask me any questions you have."
In the cockpit, Hahn finished speaking, exhaled, and looked a little dazed - he was a little afraid of being asked questions because there was a high possibility that he would not be able to answer them.
A few hours ago, he was on duty on the planet Toria in the Southern Cross Region when his superior, Colonel Wang Wenxin, suddenly appeared in front of him and gestured to him: "Follow me."
He followed in a daze and boarded a small ship.
It wasn't until the small ship set off from the starport and flew into space that he realized it was a confidential mission.
Because the mission is important, in order to ensure that information is not leaked, we usually just temporarily recruit people and send them out directly.
After sailing for a while, they picked up three middle-aged men from a space station.
Hahn kept the discipline in mind and said nothing more. He followed Shangguan quietly, and only pieced together from the information he occasionally heard that these three should be scientists. They had just conducted some kind of scientific experiment in the space station and were now returning to Tolia to consider whether to transfer to the front line from Tolia.
He had a vague idea that since it was related to the front line, it must be very important.
So I became extremely alert.
Unexpectedly, on the way back, they encountered a sudden attack by the rebels. After two rounds of fire, he realized that it was not an accident. The rebels were targeting the three scientists!
However, in order to minimize the noise, they only dispatched seven small ships and one reconnaissance ship.
Soon, under the fierce offensive of the enemy, his superior Wang Wenxin drove the reconnaissance ship hard into the enemy after the port side was damaged by artillery fire, and disrupted the enemy's formation by self-detonation.
He thought of the flames that ignited when the starship exploded, pursed his lips, and added through the radio: "Sorry, I have to inform you in advance that we may not be able to complete the escort mission this time."
A gentle female voice rang out from his communicator: "Don't blame yourself. Even if we die here, we are just returning to where we came from. Humans are made up of many elements, 1% of which come from the explosion of white dwarfs, 9.5% from the Big Bang, 16.5% from extinguished small stars, and 73% from exploding large stars. We are all stardust."
Hahn was stunned and stammered, "This is very romantic."
Another person answered, "Of course, physics is the most romantic subject in the universe. If the timing of our meeting is right and you are interested, I can tell you all about the romance! For example, when you think about it, we are actually traveling through the ashes of the Big Bang. Nebulae and galaxies are just the floating ashes that have not yet dispersed."
This was the first time Hahn had heard such a statement.
This statement was so beautiful that it temporarily stopped his fear.
But soon, the "beeping" alarm sounding on the console brought him back to his senses.
"I will try my best to escort you back to Tolia!" Hahn took a deep breath, "Because I really want to hear your stories about the universe."
Behind the cockpit, Ling Qishui smiled and said, "He's a good kid. If I can come back alive this time, I'd be happy to tell him all the stories I know."
Richards, a middle-aged woman with long blond hair, leaned against the metal wall: "If Shockley hadn't died, he would have been just as happy as we are."
Shockley and Hahn's superior, Major Wang Wenxin, were on the reconnaissance ship together. The two reached a consensus to open a way for themselves to survive by self-destructing.
Richards held in his hand an optical storage device containing Shockley's life's research.
At this moment, the entire starship shook violently, and then Hahn's voice came from the radio: "Sorry, I didn't dodge in time just now, and the tail wing was hit by the enemy, but fortunately, the damage is not serious."
He was obviously trying to remain calm, but one could still hear his panic.
He seemed to be explaining the situation to the "passengers", but also seemed to be comforting himself.
Ling Qishui spoke up: "How old are you this year?"
In the cockpit, Hahn heard the question and answered, "Twenty-three years old, graduated from military school a year ago."
He swallowed hard, gripping the joystick tightly while speaking, "I know you are trying to relieve my nervousness and fear. Thank you, but I am not afraid anymore. On the first day I became a soldier, I swore an oath to use my bones as blades and my blood as shields, and to move forward only for the Alliance. Just now... I was actually very scared, but after reciting this sentence several times, I gained some courage."
At this moment, another starship was blown to ashes by the rebels' artillery fire. Hahn silently saluted in the direction of the explosion.
He didn't know whether he could complete the task, but he would always try his best.
A few minutes later, only three of the seven small ships that set out from Tolia were left in the battle circle, while the rebels still retained half of their combat power and gradually tightened the encirclement.
Hahn gradually realized that the rebels did not want to kill them outright, and were even trying to avoid direct artillery fire on the ship - it was more like they wanted to capture them alive.
After thinking for two seconds, Hahn opened the communication again: "It seems that the rebels want to capture you alive."
"Yes, we have a new technology in our hands called 'Particle Inverter'. It should be very useful on the frontline battlefield. We were still hopeful at first, but now it seems that the rebels got the news from somewhere and want to steal this technology."
Hahn had never encountered such a situation, nor had he been taught about it in class, so he couldn't help but ask, "What should we do then?"
Ling Qishui's voice was always gentle and calm: "You can do whatever you want. Charlize and I have reached an agreement. Before it falls into the hands of the enemy, we will empty and destroy all the optical storage devices that store data, and we will also end our own lives. It's a pity that this technology couldn't be delivered to the front line, but it must not fall into the hands of the rebels."
After hearing this, Hahn gripped the joystick tightly and said, "Wouldn't it be unacceptable to end your own life?"
Charlize replied: "Of course I will not accept this. We still have many secrets about the universe that we want to know. But even if we die, there will be people who will come after us. Human beings will not stop looking up at the stars, and that is enough."
Another starship was blown up nearby.
In the dangerous situation, the enemy ships surrounding them were like ferocious beasts with bared fangs and claws, ready to open their bloody mouths.
Hahn frantically reviewed all the knowledge he had learned about how to deal with the enemy.
He doesn't want to give up!
He was unwilling to let Ling Qishui and Charlize die with regrets!
The other party wanted to avoid hitting the ship and capture it alive, so this might be a breakthrough...
The enemy ship's turrets rose up and aimed at his starboard side. Hahn made a quick prediction and then pulled the joystick hard. The entire starship suddenly shifted and narrowly avoided the attack.
We must think of a way, we must—
At this moment, an arc of light came into view like a rainbow, from far to near. The dazzling light of the laser cannon even made Hahn squint his eyes.
A silent explosion.
The enemy ship pointed its guns at him and was hit accurately!