Time goes back one hour ago -
After Huo Xianfeng boasted that he could and would definitely surpass Marshal Huo Chao...
—After such delusional words,
Although Jiang Ci expressed his doubts in time, he did not refuse outright. He thought about it and finally agreed.
"Okay, let's give it a try."
But their first difficulty was not how to control the Forbidden Abyss to run out and snatch the core hanging in the sky, but how to connect Xiao X as a temporary replacement core to the wreckage of the Forbidden Abyss and wake the latter up.
The gap between the design and implementation of this plan is probably like someone saying that since there is no cement or bricks, perhaps we can use wood with mortise and tenon joints to build a house, but the problem is that there are only pieces of raw wood and only an apprentice who knows a little about mortise and tenon joints.
Compared to Jiang Jinsheng, the empire's top mecha manufacturing master, his child Jiang Ci, although he also inherited his talent in mecha manufacturing and research and development, but now, the latter is obviously only a green apprentice.
When Jiang Ci proposed this plan, he hadn't had time to think about it carefully. Now that he was about to put it into practice, he suddenly realized that this was a completely impossible plan.
Because of the huge difference in level between Xiao X and Jinyuan, as well as the difference in manufacturing, the two will produce an extremely strong rejection reaction.
Although the possibility of replacing the core is not zero, it will take several months to process and readjust Xiao X's data to make it match the Forbidden Abyss.
No matter what, you have to give it a try.
Jiang Ci controlled Xiao X to transform into a core form, embedding it into the broken chest of the Forbidden Abyss wreckage, and then reconnected the tens of thousands of energy lines and spiritual chains remaining on the latter with the temporary core.
But what surprised the silver-haired major general was—
The rejection reaction that should have occurred did not occur at all, and the reconnection of the temporary core and the Forbidden Abyss wreckage was incredibly smooth.
Almost at the moment when the small X was transformed and fitted in, the various originally broken and dry wires seemed to be suddenly activated and immediately entangled and connected.
"How can it be… "
At this moment, Jiang Ci suddenly had an incredible idea -
It's almost like...
Xiao X is not a simple parenting system that Jiang Jinsheng made for his child, but it is a second-generation core tailor-made for Jinyuan!
Wow!
A dazzling blue light shone from Jinyuan’s chest.
The red-gold energy liquid suddenly accelerated along the photon track, just like thousands of blood vessels madly injecting energy into Jinyuan's body.
Click!
The skeleton-like fingers began to tremble.
At this moment in the cockpit, the silver-haired major general closed his eyes tightly, his forehead was covered with dense cold sweat. His current physical condition was not very good, and his mental threshold could only reach two-thirds of his peak due to injuries and the side effects of inhibitors.
Such a rapid reconnection caught Jiang Ci off guard, and his mental strength was almost overloaded tenfold in an instant.
Fortunately, in the next second, Huo Xianfeng suddenly raised his hand and grasped the air.
The spiritual chain that was originally connected to Jiang Ci's neck was immediately pulled away, and quickly turned into thousands of bright filaments in the air, converging towards the young man like a galactic torrent.
—That was the first time Jiang Ci saw such terrifying mental power.
If his mental power threshold is compared to a shallow river, then the mental power that invaded from Huo Xianfeng at that moment was like a raging flood in ancient times that was enough to overturn the entire continent and cause species extinction at will.
terrible…
Is that really... a spiritual power that humans can possess? !
Jiang Ci's knees went weak, but he still gritted his teeth and held on. In the quiet space, he could clearly hear his own suppressed gasps.
The reconnection was not over yet, although Huo Xianfeng had joined, his mental power could not be withdrawn rashly now, because he needed to make a handover of the forbidden abyss connection with Huo Xianfeng.
So it is inevitable that—
The mental powers of the two people first produced a slight touch, then rubbed against each other, and finally, the young man's huge and fierce mental power unconsciously wrapped Jiang Ci up.
"Well… "
You have to know that in this era, mental power is the most private thing for everyone and cannot be touched by others, not even parents.
Moreover, it is thousands of times more sensitive than normal human nerves, so it can connect the human body and machines and allow the latter to follow the human consciousness, synchronize movements, five senses, and even pain and consciousness.
Therefore, the extremely intimate mental touch and entanglement in just a few seconds even made Jiang Ci have the illusion that she was stripped naked and her whole body was touched by Huo Xianfeng himself.
Or rather, even more intimate than that.
Buzz—
At this moment, Jin Yuan's head paused slightly, and his eyes suddenly lit up with a scarlet light in the darkness.
The heroic soul that was supposed to be sleeping in hell was awakened, slowly opened its eyes, and came to the world again.
Reconnection completed.
boom!
Almost at the moment of confirming the reconnection, Jiang Ci fell to the passenger seat. He struggled to draw out his mental power. His lower body was so limp that he could hardly stand. It was as if a slight electric current had just passed through him. At this moment, all the nerve endings in his body were filled with an unbearable numbness.
Huo Xianfeng opened his eyes and immediately turned to look at Jiang Ci, but the latter deliberately turned sideways. At this angle, he couldn't see the expression on the other person's face at all, he could only see a silhouette.
The omega's slightly slender back was slightly arched, with countless silver threads pouring down his shoulders and back, and a slight tremor appeared as his shoulders and back trembled slightly.
However, the boy just stared at him for a few seconds, his Adam's apple moved slightly, but in the end he said nothing.
Huo Xianfeng turned his head and controlled the Forbidden Abyss to quickly absorb the remaining energy in the reactor, then quickly transformed into a fighter plane, followed the direction guided by the larvae, and left the underground.
The control system of Jinyuan is actually completely different from that of ordinary mechas, but for some reason, Huo Xianfeng doesn’t seem to need to learn at all and knows what to do instinctively.
Ten minutes later, Jiang Ci finally recovered a little. He identified the direction he was heading and frowned.
"This... is not the direction to Asahi District."
"Yes, let's not go there yet. We have to go to Peilin District, which is close to Asahi District, first."
"Why?"
Jiang Ci looked back in surprise, with a beautiful blush still on her fair face. Huo Xianfeng glanced at him, his gaze paused for a moment, and then quickly retracted.
"Before I found you that night, I met Ye Shu in Peilin District."
The first half of the sentence did not specify the night, but Jiang Ci immediately realized what the other party was talking about. However, before the embarrassment in her heart spread, she heard Huo Xianfeng smiling and asking,
"Why do you think he was here that night?"
"… "
An omega appeared in the dungeon, causing an alpha riot. This was indeed a serious matter.
In other places, it is normal for managers to come and check on the situation and take care of it, but Ye Shu is different. Over the years, he has been deliberately letting the entire dungeon fall into a state of chaos and darkness.
"That day, Ye Shu showed up just in time. Or rather, he didn't just show up there, but was already there. And I heard that when the city lord travels, he usually brings a lot of guards with him."
"But that day... when I met Ye Shu, he was alone."
Huo Xianfeng cares a lot.
"So, the next night, after I calmed you down, I went to the dungeon again."
Hearing this, Jiang Ci froze instantly. A memory that he had just buried deep was dug out again. But when the boy said "I'll comfort you", his tone was very natural.
It was like, it was just an ordinary, common little thing.
"… "
But in the end, the silver-haired major general still had the same frank and cold face. After thinking for a while, he said,
"Then you discovered there was something wrong with that artificial sun."
Huo Xianfeng raised his eyebrows, and a happy expression appeared on his face. He seemed to really enjoy communicating with a smart and beautiful omega like Jiang Ci.
"Yes, it lights up three minutes later than usual."
It may not sound like a big difference, but what if the artificial sun had never gone wrong when it was first lit and extinguished when this underground city was first built
In addition, Huo Xianfeng came back from the underground city that day and found that the First Legion had suddenly surrounded Tiandong Star. So he guessed that Ye Shu's appearance that night was probably related to the First Legion's siege of Tiandong Star today.
But at that time, Huo Xianfeng didn't know that the artificial sun contained the core of the Forbidden Abyss.
But now that we know this, putting all the things together, it is easy to come up with a possible guess -
"So Ye Shu was most likely there to replace the core that night."
Jiang Ci was silent for a moment and asked him,
"Huo Xianfeng, what if you guessed wrong?"
He pursed his lips.
"After all, what you just said is not conclusive or substantial evidence."
"Um?"
The young man raised his eyebrows in surprise, turned to look at him, raised the corners of his lips, and revealed a slightly rogue smile.
"Why, you want to make a third bet?"
Jiang Ci turned her head away angrily: "... I refuse."
of course not.
He now owes Huo Xianfeng two wishes.
There is no such thing as a third time. This time, the major general said he would not gamble with him no matter what.
"Tsk..."
Huo Xianfeng smacked his lips in regret.
Sure enough, after being fooled twice, the omega finally became a little wary.
It seems that I really can't gamble this time, but I can still tease you again.
"Who said I don't have conclusive evidence?"
Jiang Ci turned around again: "?"
Huo Xianfeng gave him a string of coordinate numbers.
"The remains of the Forbidden Abyss have revived, and the location of the core can be sensed."
Jiang Ci's pupils trembled: "...!!!"
He originally thought that the remains of the Forbidden Abyss and its core would only have some subtle connection and attraction, but he did not expect that the former could actually accurately find the specific coordinates of the latter!
But the next second, the major general suddenly reacted and became furious.
"So your analysis just now was just a joke?!!!"
Moreover, this person already knew the coordinates of the Forbidden Abyss core, yet he still came to make a bet with him. It was obvious that he was trying to cheat him.
Jiang Ci finally woke up. The previous two bets were definitely the same. This guy was 100% sure that he would win, so he made the bet.
"Well… "
Huo Xianfeng waved his hand and smiled.
Jiang Ci: “…”
If it wasn't because this guy was the only one who could control the Forbidden Abyss, he would definitely kick him down right now!!!
So the truth of the matter is -
Just as the Church and the Empire were fighting to the death for the miniature nuclear bomb disguised as an artificial sun in the sky,
Huo Xianfeng was leisurely driving his small fighter plane and taking his beautiful omega with him, and he easily stole the city lord's crystal.
Of course, this is also the main reason why Huo Xianfeng started earlier and faster than the two parties fighting in the desert, but only appeared after Zhou Jiuya had fought two rounds.
This move of cutting off the source of the problem is truly invincible!
No matter how much Jiang Ci hated this guy, after personally following him and witnessing the whole process, she had to admit how terrifying Huo Xianfeng was.
Whether it is brain strategy, personal strength, or even meticulous observation and decisive judgment...
By all standards to measure whether a person is excellent and powerful, the other party seems to have reached the top.
Of course, except for his bad personality, everything else is almost perfect.
So after the whole process was completed, this moment was created—
Huo Xianfeng took out the core, and the effect shocked everyone on the scene.
"you… !!!"
The city lord was almost vomiting blood at this moment. But the familiar voice of the boy suddenly reminded him of the night when he went to replace the core.
"It's you?!!"
After Ye Shu made the replacement, he suddenly received news of chaos in the Chaoyang District, and coincidentally, he ran into Huo Xianfeng, who could control four C-class mechas at the same time.
—Ye Shu had only seen such a strong mental power in one person.
So at this moment, he didn't have the slightest doubt at all, and was directly certain that the person driving the Forbidden Abyss at this moment was the one he accidentally let go that night!
"The city lord has a good memory."
Huo Xianfeng casually tossed the core in his hand with a leisurely attitude, as if it was not a treasure that the two sides of the Imperial Cult were fighting for, but an ordinary metal ball.
Not to mention Ye Shu, even Zhou Jiuya felt suffocated watching this action.
Snapped!
The boy suddenly grabbed the core in the air and said with a smile
"If the Lord City Lord is willing to answer three questions for me, I will return the Forbidden Abyss Core to you. How about that?"
—This is what Ye Shu said to him at the beginning.
[As long as you answer three questions, I will let you go.]
At this moment, the city lord had a strong feeling of humiliation. It was not the kind of humiliation that insulted his dignity, but the humiliation of having his status suddenly reversed and being controlled by others.
But when these words came out, even Jiang Ci in the cockpit was stunned. He had no idea what Huo Xianfeng was thinking. He originally thought that the young man's purpose was also Jinyuan.
At this time, Ye Shu clenched his fist and gritted his teeth,
"You ask-"
Huo Xianfeng did not keep anyone in suspense and went straight to the point.
"The first question is, why is there an insect nest near the Forbidden Abyss ruins?"
Hearing this, Zhou Jiuya was stunned and immediately turned to look at Ye Shu. He was also waiting for the answer.
The appearance of the insect nest was something that Huo Xianfeng found incredible. Logically speaking, as a fanatical fan of Huo Chao, Ye Shu should hate the Zerg to the core. So why would he allow the insect nest to be built near the ruins of the Forbidden Abyss
"That's a blockade,"
Ye Shu closed his eyes and said in a deep voice,
"I will make all those who dare to covet the Forbidden Abyss taste the pain of being eaten by the Zerg."
—That’s indeed a plausible reason.
But not all.
Huo Xianfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, but did not ask any more questions.
"The second question is, why is the city lord selling Zhimei flowers in the underground city?"
"No!"
Ye Shu answered this question quickly, and his tone sounded very angry.
"I'm also looking into this matter. Although the dungeon is not under the jurisdiction of the empire, it still has certain principles and regulations!"
"So, what you're saying is..."
While Huo Xianfeng was replying to Ye Shu, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Ci's ugly face meaningfully.
"The Zhimei flower was secretly brought into the underground city by an unknown person?"
“That’s right!”
Zhou Jiuya believed that Ye Shu would not lie on such an issue. After all, the latter almost killed the current emperor with his own hands because of Zhimeihua.
At the same time, Ye Shu's affirmative answer made Jiang Ci turn away in embarrassment and avoid Huo Xianfeng's sight.
This question... maybe he was just being sentimental, but maybe 5% of the reason was that Huo Xianfeng asked it for him.
If Zhimei flowers were also forbidden in the dungeon, and even Ye Shu, the city lord, hated them to such an extent, then Zhimei flowers would never openly enter the auction house in the Chaori District.
But it just happened to appear there.
The news that Zhimeihua appeared on Tiandong Star was told to him by He Zhun.
In fact, before this, He Zhun had already obtained the Zhimei flower and was even able to extract certain ingredients from it.
"… "
Huo Xianfeng withdrew his gaze from Jiang Ci.
It is true that Jiang Ci was not being self-indulgent, but it was not just 5%, it was probably as much as 40%.
From the first time Huo Xianfeng saw Jiang Ci communicating with the doctor, he had already sensed something strange.
At this time, seeing Jin Yuan's long silence, Ye Shu couldn't help but urge him,
"—and last question?"
Huo Xianfeng pondered for a moment, it was obvious that the third question was very important.
"The third question..."
The boy raised his head, his tone was calm but sharp.
"Ye Shu, you chose Tiandong Star back then to build an underground city to hide the remains and core of the Forbidden Abyss separately..."
"—Is this Huo Chao's order?"
If there was someone in the world who could make Ye Shu give up his deep hatred for the Zerg, and even tolerate the Zerg nest being built around the ruins of the Forbidden Abyss.
Then this person can only be Huo Chao.
"… "
Ye Shu was shocked. At this moment, his pupils were dilated to the extreme due to extreme shock. His throat seemed to be strangled by someone and he couldn't utter a single word.
—This is Ye Shu’s last secret.
After a long while, Ye Shu finally spoke slowly and with difficulty.
"No... not..."
To be precise, it was not Huo Chao's order, but Jin Yuan's request.
Because they had never seen each other since the day when Ye Shu's arm was cut off by Huo Chao. And when the earth fell, Huo Chao detonated a million nuclear bombs and perished together with the Zerg.
Ye Shu fought desperately but only managed to snatch back the almost shattered Forbidden Abyss.
But Huo Chao was not there.
There is not even a body.
—He didn’t even get to see Huo Chao for the last time.
Not to mention getting that person's last order.
But, at the moment when the broken forbidden abyss was about to fall into eternal sleep, it expressed a request to Ye Shu.
[Ye Shu, separate my core and my wreckage and hide them separately.]
[Hidden in... a place called Tiandongxing.]
"… "
Just as the two sides were in a stalemate and silence, Zhou Jiuya was staring at Jin Yuan's chest.
From the moment Jinyuan appeared just now, he had been paying attention to the temporary replacement core. After all, Jinyuan's real core had not been repaired yet. The other party could restart the wreckage, which meant they must have found a temporary replacement core.
But how could it be so easy to find a replacement for the core of the Forbidden Abyss
So even though he felt very familiar with the temporary replacement core, Zhou Jiuya always believed that it was either an S-level mecha core, but it was more likely to be a double S.
It can't be an A-grade core, right
But I never expected—
Through such a close observation, Zhou Jiuya finally discovered that in the lower left corner of the cockpit, the most inconspicuous place, there was a pattern similar to a child's graffiti.
That was painted by Jiang Ci when she was three years old using some kind of indelible paint.
“…!!!”
Wan Jiang suddenly formed his five fingers into claws, and suddenly rushed towards the core position of the forbidden abyss. Huo Xianfeng didn't understand why the opponent suddenly launched an attack, but this did not affect his quick blocking.
boom!!!
The two sides collided with a loud bang that shook the earth.
Before Huo Xianfeng could open his mouth to question, he heard the other party shouting!
"Jiang Ci!!!"
Huh
The young man was slightly surprised and turned to look at the omega in the passenger seat. The latter had a stiff expression, and revealed a hint of guilt that was barely noticeable.
Oh, by the way, Huo Xianfeng suddenly remembered that Jiang Ci was Zhou Jiuya’s subordinate.
If a leader finds out that his subordinates are in the enemy camp and have been secretly undermining him, wouldn’t he be angry
But the situation was much more complicated than Huo Xianfeng had imagined.
Because the two mechas were very close to each other at this moment, unlike the time when Wan Jiang erected a defense shield and focused all his attention on resisting the attack, at this moment, all of Zhou Jiuya's attention was on Jin Yuan's cockpit.
In addition, Xiao X failed to close the vent, and the omega's pheromones were leaking out. In fact, this low concentration of pheromones would not attract attention under normal circumstances.
But that's not the point—
The key point is that it is mixed with Huo Xianfeng's strong alpha pheromones, and it immediately launches an extremely fierce rejection and attack on Zhou Jiuya, who is also an alpha.
Moreover, there is a smell that is unique to pregnant omegas.
Zhou Jiuya was stunned.
"???"
“!!!!!!!!!!!”
At this moment, the legion commander's mind went blank, and then he was filled with rage.
Damn it! The cabbage I had grown for eight years was pulled out by the roots? ! ! !
(End of this chapter)