Jiang Ci was absorbed in the battle and naturally had no time to pay attention to Huo Xianfeng, but Ye Shu, who had been standing beside the latter, witnessed all of Huo Xianfeng's performance throughout the whole process.
This young man of unknown origin looked lazy and unreliable, but in fact, since the moment he appeared, everyone seemed to be led by him.
First he got the remains of the Forbidden Abyss, then he easily seized the core, and even after seeing through Ye Shu's hidden back-up plan, he went with the flow. Until just now, when everyone thought that Cruzi had really taken the core.
As it turned out, it was just a game experiment by Huo Xianfeng.
"… "
At this moment, Ye Shu couldn't even conceal the surprise and shock in his tone.
"Who...are you?"
This is really an unsolvable question. Huo Xianfeng thought about it, turned around and asked him,
"I'm suddenly very curious, if I were really Huo Chao, what would you do?"
This question made Ye Shu's breathing stagnate, but he did not show any overly intense emotions, he just gave a bitter smile.
“… If you were, you wouldn’t be asking me questions like this.”
Huo Xianfeng nodded and accepted the other party's refusal.
"Yeah, that's right."
At this moment, the young man suddenly threw it casually.
Snapped!
General Wan caught the forbidden abyss core thrown by Huo Xianfeng. The black and silver metal ball was engraved with complex and mysterious patterns, and the surface was covered with traces of gunpowder and war damage from the ancient battlefield on Earth three hundred years ago.
I don’t know how it was briefly activated by Cruzi just now, but now it is emitting a beautiful, soft, warm light.
Ye Shu looked at the core in his hand with a complicated look.
"Do you know why I stopped you that night to ask you three questions?"
"?"
Huo Xianfeng thought about it, but didn't get an answer. But at this time, Ye Shu didn't mean to keep him in suspense.
"Because, from the day Jiang Jinsheng first broke through the church's technological barriers and developed a mecha that could be controlled by mental power a long, long time ago, until now, there have been people who can control mechas at will without using mental chains..."
He looked up at Huo Xianfeng, as if he wanted to catch the shadow of another person through him.
"Besides Huo Chao, there's only you."
So, at that time, Ye Shu intuitively felt that he should have some relationship with Huo Chao.
"… "
At the same time, this was also part of the reason why Huo Xianfeng was able to take back the Forbidden Abyss core from Cruzi at that time.
The boy was silent for a moment, then smiled and said,
“I am honored to be compared with that great man.”
However, Huo Xianfeng now wants to know the answer to another question.
"Ye Shu, how did you take away the Ten Thousand Generals from the Legion Commander?"
Huo Xianfeng had fought with Zhou Jiuya before, and had also heard of some of the deeds of this founding father. Logically speaking, it should be difficult for Ye Shu to seize control of Wanjiang.
"… "
—Of course it is the virus chip given by Jiang Jinsheng.
Virus chip...
Ye Shu closed his eyes and saw the old friend who had passed away in his yellowed memories.
[What do you want this for?]
At that time, when Ye Shu, who was still seriously injured, found Jiang Jinsheng, the latter was still working day and night to repair the Forbidden Abyss Core. Jiang Jinsheng was very surprised to hear such a strange request.
[He chose Pei Changyun, and I chose the dead Huo Chao.]
[We are already on opposite sides. One day, we will come to blows.]
Ye Shu touched the gauze wrapped around his left face.
[Before that, I need to prepare a trump card.]
Hearing this, Jiang Jinsheng actually smiled.
[Why don't you say I betrayed you too?]
After all, Jiang Jinsheng was providing Pei Changyun with weapons and funds at the time, which was equivalent to standing on Pei Changyun's side.
[No, it's different.]
Ye Shu shook his head.
[You never stand on the side of anyone, you only always stand on the side of human interests.]
Back then, the Illusionary God Cult suddenly rose on Earth. After this strange church showed high technology that surpassed that of humans by nearly a thousand years, they quickly gained control of a large number of voices in the alliance. At the same time, they quickly established three major church colleges across the Earth and recruited many believers.
Jiang Jinsheng entered the church academy at the age of seven. When he was thirty-five, the huge technological gap was shortened to four hundred years by his own efforts, making him the number one wanted enemy of the church.
At that time, Ye Shu looked into Jiang Jinsheng's eyes and said seriously,
[He said, You are a great man.]
Jiang Jinsheng was slightly stunned, lowered his eyes, shook his head, and smiled.
[Ah... Huo Chao is such a flatterer.]
So in the end, Ye Shu got a micro-nuclear bomb, a virus chip, and a lot of financial assistance from Jiang Jinsheng. Then, he took the wreckage core of the Forbidden Abyss to Tiandong Star and built an underground city.
But Ye Shu obviously would not tell these secrets that were buried for years to a stranger who knew nothing about him except his name.
Seeing the other party's silence, Huo Xianfeng did not ask any further questions. After all, he certainly did not need an answer. He just wanted to tell Ye Shu that—
"Lord City Lord, I think our relationship has not yet reached the stage where we can be open with each other, what do you think?"
"… "
-indeed so.
But, perhaps because the other party was sitting in the cockpit of Jinyuan at this moment, facing such a familiar scene, Ye Shu did not feel too wary.
At this time, Huo Xianfeng suddenly said,
"Speaking of which, the time that the city lord controls the generals should not be too long."
“…!!!”
Ye Shu's pupils trembled, and the next second, he turned back suddenly, only to see Zhou Jiuya suddenly jump up and break free from the shackles.
boom!!!
A big hand violently threw Ye Shu against the wall.
Perhaps the people of the Jiang family were very resistant to drugs. After such a large dose of tranquilizer, Zhou Jiuya had recovered 50% of his strength in less than 20 minutes. He took out the handcuffs and buckled Ye Shu's wrists. His movements were smooth and neat.
"The farce ends here, Ye Shu!"
The latter did not struggle, but just responded with a sarcastic smile.
"Why, do you want to capture me and present me to His Majesty the Emperor for a reward?"
"… I won't let Pei Changyun hurt you."
"It'll just put me under house arrest, right?"
Back then, the four of them had fought side by side under Huo Chao for a long and difficult period of time, and they understood each other very well.
"… "
Zhou Jiuya was suddenly speechless.
Seeing the other party's reaction, Ye Shu chuckled softly, as if he had suddenly figured out something that had puzzled him for many years.
"So, that's what he meant... That's what he meant..."
Ye Shu once asked Huo Chao what he thought of the four of them. At that time, the latter pondered for a moment and answered like this -
Jiang Jinsheng was devoted to scientific research. Closing the technological gap between the church and the alliance was his lifelong dream. Such a person was destined to go down in history.
Pei Changyun, an ambitious politician, also has the skills and brains to match his ambitions, but his fighting ability is not very high, but this is not a fatal flaw, because he will use others to make up for it.
Zhou Jiuya is calm and reserved, with extraordinary personal bravery. He is a rare military talent, but... he wants to grab everything. If he doesn't change this, he will probably lose everything in the end.
The more Ye Shu listened, the more curious he became. He asked,
[What about me? What is my profound connotation?]
Huo Chao quickly flipped through the documents on his desk without even looking up.
[You? You're just a little devil.]
That joking comment made Ye Shu very angry, but at that time, there was an urgent military situation, and Huo Chao didn't even put down his pen, but strode out. So in the end, Ye Shu didn't get an answer.
But three hundred years later, Ye Shu suddenly understood what Huo Chao said that day. The latter had seen through everyone long ago.
Jiang Jinsheng finally died for his dream.
The ambitious Pei Changyun tried his best and finally overthrew the alliance and became the founding emperor.
Zhou Jiuya is indeed a talented general who values friendship the most, but he has obviously worked hard enough and tried his best, but in the end, both his most cherished family ties and friendships are now in a mess.
Finally, as for Ye Shu...
Such a long time has passed, and the world has changed dramatically. Almost everyone has long since gotten over Huo Chao's death. Only he still stubbornly guards the core of the wreckage of the Forbidden Abyss, sinking in memories for three hundred years, unwilling to wake up.
Just like a stubborn and childish kid.
What Huo Chao said casually back then turned out to be a prophecy, and finally all came true one by one in the torrent of time.
So, does that person foresee his own death
Probably.
At least that's what Ye Shu thought. He believed that no one could kill him except Huo Chao himself.
Ding-
Calm returned to General Wan's cockpit and Zhou Jiuya regained control of the mecha.
"Report, Commander, the church has opened a space wormhole, and the aircraft carrier has already jumped and evacuated."
"Um."
This was the result Zhou Jiuya had anticipated.
"Clean up the battlefield, and then tell the Political Department..."
He paused, and said in a deep voice,
"Prepare to take over Tiandong Star."
"yes!"
After Zhou Jiuya had properly arranged all the remaining matters, he found that Huo Xianfeng was no longer there. He turned around and saw that Bai Ze had ended the battle, and Jin Yuan was squatting beside him. The two were checking the wreckage of the scrapped Zerg mecha.
"So, it was you who took the core of the Forbidden Abyss?"
Jiang Ci's confusion was finally resolved. He said that after Cruzi got the core, his strength increased greatly. At that time, Jiang Ci was not even sure he could win. However, the last shot was obviously not enough to defeat Cruzi, but it actually smashed the opponent into pieces.
"Yes, this biological mecha is obviously still in the experimental stage, and its strength level is very unstable. However, after it stole the power of the Forbidden Abyss, it did experience a terrifying increase in strength for a short period of time."
Huo Xianfeng nodded with a smile. He fiddled with the debris on the ground, as if he was looking for something.
"But if the core is suddenly pulled out, it would be like a huge bonfire that was originally burning fiercely, but someone suddenly took away the main body. Naturally, only a few sparks would be left. Insufficient energy at a critical moment would be very fatal."
Jiang Ci narrowed her eyes slightly.
Moreover, Huo Xianfeng took back the core at a very precise time, just one second before he was ready to deploy the defense shield. This was equivalent to Cruzi directly using his most fatal weakness to hit Jiang Ci's most powerful attack.
So it was not surprising that it exploded into a ball of fireworks in the end.
Jiang Ci discovered that this guy really liked to use the trick of cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron. He would either not fight, or choose the most labor-saving way to fight, or if it was more labor-intensive, he would just get rid of the trouble forever.
The silver-haired major general stared at him with a complicated expression, and at this moment he actually felt a subtle sense of relief.
Fortunately—
This young man named Huo Xianfeng is not an enemy.
Otherwise, it would be terrible.
Jiang Ci suddenly noticed Jin Yuan's empty hands and frowned and asked,
"Where is the core now?!"
"Well… "
Huo Xianfeng suddenly raised his hand and reached back casually.
The next second—
The core in General Wan's hand suddenly turned into a line of silver light and shot out straight out.
Snapped!
Jin Yuan tightened his five fingers and caught it accurately. Then the next second, Huo Xianfeng threw the core in his hand to Jiang Ci.
"Here it is."
His movements were very casual, as if that was not the only 3S mecha core in the world, but just a bouncing ball that a child liked.
"If you like it, take it."
Jiang Ci originally just wanted to ask casually: "...Huh?"
Zhou Jiuya, who was about to put the core away, said: "...?"
"????"
Jiang Ci never expected that the other party would actually do such a thing. You know, this war was caused by this core. Everyone was desperately fighting for it, but Huo Xianfeng just gave it to him so casually
"you give me?"
"yes."
Jin Yuan squatted on the ground, supporting his face with one hand. He should have been acting like a village scoundrel, but the way he did it, he looked a bit more ruffian-like.
Huo Xianfeng really wanted a more powerful mecha, but the Forbidden Abyss was too troublesome and involved too many forces. He was afraid of trouble, so he decided not to go for it.
Plus-
"Anyway, this thing isn't fixed, so there's no use for me holding it."
"… "
Hearing this explanation, Jiang Ci felt mixed emotions, but the next moment he heard the other party say,
"If you really feel bad, you can give me an A-class mecha."
Jiang Ci: “…”
Sure enough, he knew that Huo Xianfeng would never suffer any loss.
"… Can."
In fact, if you think about it carefully, this is the best way to deal with it. After all, although Huo Xianfeng is strong, he alone cannot match the entire First Legion.
It would be better to hand over the core openly and get some courtesy.
Oh no, the other party even stole his mecha.
Mechas above Class B are regulated military equipment under imperial law, but that is limited to those produced by military factories, not including private manufacturing.
—This was a promise Pei Changyun made to the Jiang family.
But to manufacture a mecha, it is not something that can be done by one person. In the entire empire, probably only the Jiang family has this strength. For example, Xiao X was originally just a childcare system, but Jiang Ci implanted it into the core and made it into an A-level mecha.
rustle-
The ground of the ruins suddenly shook slightly.
Wow!!!
The ground suddenly collapsed, and the remains of the biological mecha were swallowed up in the blink of an eye.
Bai Ze stood up suddenly, flew into the air, turned sideways and extended several gun barrels, pointing directly at the ground—
If Jin Yuan had not been still there, Jiang Ci would probably have opened fire immediately.
"Huo Xianfeng! Get out of the way! There's something underground!!!"
His voice suddenly tightened and he said warily,
Although he said there was something there, after experiencing the resurrection of the Zerg on Earth, the Major General almost instantly confirmed what was hidden underground.
—Zerg!
Moreover, Huo Xianfeng had just asked Ye Shu in person, and he had said that there was indeed an insect nest underground on Tiandong Star.
At this moment, Jiang Ci had no time to think about when Huo Xianfeng discovered the insect nest. He just stared at the ground, ready to attack at any time.
But at this moment, Jin Yuan did not move. His hand was flat on the ground, as if he was really sensing something.
[Do you know what is left on the forelimb?]
Huo Xianfeng has become proficient in communicating with this group of silly larvae. He had doubts the moment the Zerg mecha appeared, and these doubts reached their peak when Cruzi used something to activate the Forbidden Abyss and steal power.
In the darkness beneath the ground, the larvae quickly sniffed the scent remaining on the wreckage.
[Wang, it seems to be nerve fluid...]
[It's neural fluid!]
[The General's Neural Fluid!]
These little guys only know short sentences, which they repeat over and over again.
Huo Xianfeng was slightly stunned.
[What is neural fluid?]
The next second, the larvae chirped and gave the answer quickly.
[That’s the liquid in the brain…]
[Very important liquid!]
[If the bugs are gone, they will die!]
[will die...]
[died...]
The larvae below huddled together and shivered, repeating the same thing over and over again, their tone filled with fear.
Seeing that Huo Xianfeng did not react, and the ground stopped shaking at this moment, Jiang Ci frowned, but slowly fell down. At this time, Huo Xianfeng stood up and said in a light tone,
"It's nothing, don't be nervous, it's just that the aftermath of the battle caused the ground to collapse."
"… Yeah?"
Jiang Ci didn't quite believe it, but when he turned on the detection system and checked carefully, the fact was just as Huo Xianfeng said, there was nothing underneath, it was just a pure collapse.
But he still felt something was strange.
Boom—
A clear roar like thunder came from the sky.
The three mechas on the ground raised their heads at the same time, and saw a black army of warships and mechas descending brazenly, casting a huge shadow that covered the sky and the sun, causing the entire underground city to shake slightly under this huge pressure.
—This small-scale battle is finally over.
Huo Xianfeng narrowed his eyes and clearly realized a fact: at this moment, Tiandong Star was completely under the military jurisdiction of the empire.
Wan Jiang and Bai Ze simultaneously transformed and shrank, and the two hundred-meter-tall steel giants turned into two tiny human figures in the dazzling snow light. Huo Xianfeng thought about it and jumped out of the cockpit as well.
-Although Xiao X can serve as the temporary core of the Forbidden Abyss, it cannot activate the space folding function.
Therefore, at present, Jin Yuan cannot be transformed into a small ornament to be carried around like Bai Ze.
Then, everyone in the First Legion saw the huge remains of the Forbidden Abyss.
"That is!!!"
"Is it... Forbidden Abyss?!"
"Is it Marshal Huo Chao's forbidden abyss?!!!"
"Didn't they say it was turned to ashes in the nuclear explosion?!"
"How would it appear here?!!!"
At this moment, no one was happy about the small victory just now. Everyone had only one question in their mind -
Who is driving the Forbidden Abyss? !
Who can drive the 3S-level Forbidden Abyss? ! !
Before this moment, everyone would probably have only one answer.
But now, a second one appeared before them.
Wow!
With the help of Xiao X's anti-gravity function, Huo Xianfeng landed suddenly on the ground with neat and handsome movements, just like a black panther jumping down from a tree.
only…
The young man looked around, as if he could feel countless dense, burning gazes.
Why do these people look at him like that
After all, Huo Xianfeng now has three or four points of similarity with Huo Chao in his eyebrows and eyes. Compared with Huo Chao's cold and sharp appearance, it is obvious that Huo Xianfeng has a more youthful handsomeness.
and-
They also have black hair and black eyes, which are extremely rare nowadays.
An incredible but very reasonable guess came to everyone's mind.
Holy crap!!!
The First Legion’s private communication channel exploded.
"With these eyebrows, hair color, and eye color, they must be related by blood, right?!"
"Isn't this Marshal Huo Chao's son???"
"Besides, I just saw him jump out of the cockpit of the Forbidden Abyss with my own eyes!!!"
"sky… !!!"
"… "
Countless warships and mechas finally landed, crushing the ruins on the ground with a loud bang. Then, countless senior officers and guards quickly lined up and ran towards this side. While running, everyone couldn't help but look at Huo Xianfeng.
The scene was very strange. A large group of alpha officers rushed towards the legion commander like cattle and horses, but their eyes were fixed on Huo Xianfeng beside them.
If Huo Xianfeng didn't know that his face and figure didn't match those on Earth, he would have suspected that he had been exposed.
"Tsk..."
The boy couldn't help but lean towards Jiang Ci.
"Look at my face, is there something on it? Why are these guys looking at me like that?"
Jiang Ci: “…”
Jiang Ci had seen photos of Huo Chao, but she had spent more time with Huo Xianfeng. Because the latter had a very stubborn personality, she would never associate the two together.
However, he still turned his head as he was told, but he didn't expect that at this moment, the other party also came closer.
The dangerous and ambiguous distance suddenly shortened. If it was five centimeters closer, perhaps there would be a more intimate skin contact.
Jiang Ci was slightly startled, then turned back quickly.
“… Nothing!”
"oh."
This scene was seen by all the onlookers.
Although Zhou Jiuya was quickly receiving the current military reports and making timely deployments and arrangements one by one, at this moment, everyone was more concerned about the strange black-haired boy standing next to the major general than this small-scale victory.
Naturally, he also saw the unusual intimacy between the Major General and the guy who was suspected to be Marshal Huo Chao's biological son.
You have to know that if any other alpha dared to approach suddenly, he would be kicked by the major general and turned into a meteor in the sky.
"Major General Jiang Ci—"
Several officers came towards him, seeming to want to say something. Actually, this was a very normal thing, but at this moment, Jiang Ci suddenly realized something and suddenly shouted!
"Wait! Stop, don't come over here!!!"
Click!
This sound instantly attracted everyone's attention, and the alpha officers stood there in a daze, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.
The young man looked back at him in surprise, only to find that Jiang Ci had suddenly wrapped her clothes tightly around her body, her face as gloomy as water.
"Huo Xianfeng... this is all your fucking fault."
"… "
Sassy—
At this moment, a breeze suddenly blew over the ruins, and a faint scent mixed with alpha pheromones and similar to that of a pregnant omega instantly spread from Jiang Ci's body.
The next second, all the officers and soldiers of the First Legion could smell it clearly.
"… "
"!!!!!!"
Huh?!!!
(End of this chapter)