"Marshal, Ge Ping has made all the arrangements. He will come to you soon to report on the recent logistics supply work."
The next morning, Mist reported the progress of the work to Qin Qi. If all went well, the Marshal would be able to meet Ge Ping after the training was completed.
Qin Qi hummed and looked up at the military training ground not far away. The sky was overcast and heavy rain was pouring. The sand on the ground was soaked by the rain. Shoes could easily sink into the mud, making it difficult to move. The rain also blocked the view, making the training of the cadets particularly difficult.
"Let's continue practicing today."
Mist paused when he heard this. He originally thought that the marshal would end the training early today. After all, their marshal had only been in charge of the Fourth Battalion for a short time, and the new recruits could not withstand the high-intensity training in extreme weather for a while.
However, only by maintaining training in such an environment can the recruits grow faster.
"Yes, I will notify the instructors now."
Mist saluted and walked down the steps to leave the rostrum. Behind him, Qin Qi silently observed the new recruits in training for a long time without moving.
Mister was walking very fast. Halfway through his journey, he ran into Yaxiao who was looking for the Marshal.
"Yaxiao, are you here to test the Marshal's TH value?"
Mist looked at the boy holding the black umbrella.
The continuous rainy weather always makes people feel a little depressed, but Yaxiao still looks energetic, as if he will never get tired. His blue eyes with a bright smile are so dazzling that they make people's eyes brighten.
Mist couldn't help but be infected by the other party and smiled.
"Well, it's almost time to test TH."
Yaxiao smiled and replied to Mister. Noticing that he was heading to the training ground, he asked with concern, "Do you have an umbrella? If not, use mine first."
The rostrum was not exposed to rain, but it was different at the training ground. Mist was his friend and a weak human being, so Yaxiao was willing to lend him an umbrella.
Mist looked at the considerate young man in front of him, his heart warmed, and he shook his head and said, "No need, my military uniform won't get wet for a while, just go and come back quickly."
Both of them had tasks to do, so they didn't waste each other's time. They chatted for a few words and then left. Yaxiao walked up the stairs to find Qin Qi.
On the rostrum, raindrops hit the ceiling, and the crackling sound echoed throughout the space. Qin Qi stood straight behind the railing, as tall and straight as a pine tree.
Yaxiao stepped onto the last step of the stairs, and when he looked up, he saw the other person's profile hidden in the dim light, with sharp and clear outlines.
The man looked down at the training ground, his face serious and cold.
Yaxiao gently folded his umbrella, looking thoughtful.
The villain seems to take this training very seriously.
I also heard from the two adjutants when chatting that during the military academy training a few years ago, although the marshal was strict, he did not train the recruits as hard as he does now.
The amount of training currently given to cadets is almost twice that of previous recruits.
There are also related plots in the original book.
His younger brother Qin Chen was the instructor of the Second Battalion, but he also received the task of increasing the amount of training for new recruits during training. It was said that this was a proposal made by Marshal Qin to the marshals at the border base.
Considering the subsequent plot of the large-scale insect tide, Yaxiao had no doubt that Qin Qi should have known from the beginning that there would be a tough battle to fight, otherwise he would not have suddenly increased the training volume for new recruits at this point.
The crisp sound of the umbrella being folded had been suppressed to a minimum, but it still reached Qin Qi's ears. He turned his head to look over, and when he saw the smile on Yaxiao's face, he turned and walked to the butler and stretched out his wrist.
This place happened to be blocked by a wall, which blocked the view of the new recruits who were in training. In the past few days, Qin Qi had Yaxiao test the TH value in this corner.
Of course, it was raining all the time and the recruits were suffering in training. Even if the two of them were not standing in the corner of the rostrum, no one would have the heart to see what was happening on the rostrum.
Currently, the Marshal TH value tends to be stable.
Although it is still within the high-risk taboo range, it will not suddenly get out of control unless there are external triggers.
"Marshal, why is there rain on your face?"
After Yaxiao recorded the numbers with satisfaction, he looked up slightly and saw crystal clear raindrops dripping down Qin Qi's face.
A rainproof roof was specially built on the rostrum. The villain had been watching the new recruits training on the rostrum, so he should not have been exposed to the rain.
Qin Qi was like a resting beast, his dark eyes showing a bit of indifference. He said calmly, "I just went downstairs."
As the highest instructor of the training camp, the marshal can stay on the rostrum all the time, but this means that he cannot have an in-depth understanding of this group of cadets.
"oh."
Yaxiao glanced at the scattered dirt on Qin Qi's shoes and nodded obediently. He did not ask Qin Qi why he did not wear a raincoat or hold an umbrella. He knew that it was definitely not suitable to hold an umbrella at that time without asking such questions. He thought about it, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and carefully helped Qin Qi wipe the rain, and earnestly reminded him:
"The kitchen is preparing hot soup for the new recruits to ward off the cold. I will go make soup for the marshal later. I will definitely not let him get sick."
Although the villain is powerful, he is still a human being like Mist. As long as one is a human being, there is a possibility of getting sick. This is the knowledge that Yaxiao learned from the system's virtual space.
When raising a human, one must provide all-round protection, especially for someone like Qin Qi, who could easily lose control and get injured. Therefore, when Yaxiao wiped the raindrops, he was extremely careful not to miss a single bit.
When Qin Qi saw Yaxiao raising his hand, he subconsciously wanted to take a step back, but when he met those eyes full of concern, Qin Qi stopped unconsciously and let the other person wipe his face.
As a soldier who has fought for many years, it is impossible for him to get sick just by being caught in the rain, but Yaxiao seemed to treat him as a fragile object, with a serious look in his eyes, as if he might get hurt if he was not careful.
Through the smooth silk handkerchief, Qin Qi could clearly feel the boy's soft and warm fingertips. He unconsciously looked at Yaxiao's blue eyes that were always smiling. His fingers felt the same as his whole body, always warm. Qin Qi's skin felt slightly hot when it was touched.
"That's enough. No more."
Qin Qi held Yaxiao's wrist, his tone somewhat stiff, and refused: "It's just a little rain, it will dry up soon."
Yaxiao had actually finished wiping it. He looked up at the villain's expression and was about to take his hand back.
However, the warm and damp feeling coming from his wrist stopped Yaxiao's actions. He thought about it, and grabbed the marshal's wrist with his other free hand, coaxing him in a low voice: "I will stop wiping after I finish wiping the marshal's palm."
You have to dry your palms, otherwise it will be bad if the villain gets sick.
As for why the rain fell on his palms, Yaxiao ignored this question.
Qin Qi lowered his head and looked at Yaxiao's slightly curly black hair. The other party seemed to be worried that he would move around, so he deliberately grasped his knuckles. The white and soft fingers contrasted sharply with the darker hands with calluses.
Those beautiful blue eyes were focused and serious.
The boy, who has almost no temper and always has a warm smile on his face, would always be strangely stubborn at certain times.
And most of the time, such contrast is about oneself.
For example, this time when I wiped the rain, and a long time ago, when I realized that I was in a bad mood, I gave him a forceful hug to comfort him.
“Are you like this with all your employers?”
Qin Qi lowered his eyelashes slightly and watched Yaxiao carefully wiping his fingers, and suddenly asked.
"No, there is only one, the Marshal." When Yaxiao heard Qin Qi's question, he answered without hesitation. He had only taken care of one human, the villain!
The Marshal is the only human being that he can take such good care of!
When Qin Qi asked that question, his heart sank slightly, realizing that his words had crossed the line. However, when he heard Yaxiao say that he was only like this to him, Qin Qi's heart seemed to be hit, and he looked up at Yaxiao.
The black-haired boy was lowering his head and wiping his fingers, as if the words just now were his subconscious response, and such words without thinking were a person's truest reaction.
Obviously, Qin Qi is special to Yaxiao.
Yaxiao likes the marshal.
Mist's voice rang out again, expressing the desire for a lifelong love.
Qin Qi felt an inexplicable heat in his heart. He looked away and stopped looking at Yaxiao, but his Adam's apple rolled up and down involuntarily and sweat oozed from his palms.
It's a very strange emotion.
Qin Qi had felt this emotion more than once, and every time it was Yaxiao who made him have this experience.
"Marshal, all right."
After Yaxiao wiped the Marshal's palm, he folded the handkerchief and put it away, then smiled at him, "I'll go make some hot soup for you now."
Qin Qi withdrew his hands, and the two hands placed on the sides of his legs seemed to still feel the softness and warmth of the handkerchief.
He lowered his head, his expression was as calm as usual, but the look in his eyes was turbulent. After a while, Qin Qi hummed, "You go."
Yaxiao looked at Qin Qi and felt that something seemed a little strange. After staring for a long time, Qin Qi turned around as if he was about to start working and took the lead to leave the corner.
"Okay, Marshal, I'll be there in a minute."
Yaxiao thought that the marshal was probably thinking about training soldiers or "that great man", so he didn't think about it any more. After saying a few words, he turned around and left the patrol area.
Qin Qi himself stood in front of the podium again, looking at the cadets below struggling to roll around in the wet and sticky mud. He could no longer feel as calm as before.
Qin Qi tried to ignore his feelings many times and forbade himself to think too much, but in fact, it was of little use. Whenever Yaxiao revealed something, his mood would always become a little strange.
This weirdness is not a negative emotion.
Qin Qi was reluctant to delve into the matter every time, but as an adult man who was nearly thirty years old, he already knew something subconsciously.
This is not surprising. Yaxiao is lively and cheerful, simple and innocent, serious and responsible, has excellent aesthetic sense, and is like a little sun at every moment. There should be no one who doesn't like him.
And such an excellent Yaxiao seems to like himself.
Qin Qi's eyelashes drooped slightly, his eyes curved with a smile as he recalled the past, and he spoke to the black-haired boy who was only special to him, and his hands at his side clenched slightly.
He looked at the chaotic training ground in front of him.
The drizzle of rain watered the soil. On the field, the cadets' limbs were shaking due to excessive fatigue, but they still had to climb forward under the scolding of the instructors.
Even though they were far away, Qin Qi knew that those overworked and red-faced cadets were probably swearing to vent their fatigue.
They were tired, but they had to carry out orders.
For my loved ones, for the future of mankind, and for myself.
Only through hard training can one survive and continue to fight on the cruel battlefield.
But even so, at least two-fifths of these newly graduated military academy students will die on the first battlefield of their lives.
Next, half of them will die in the mouths of the magic insects.
The remaining recruits will grow rapidly in wars and become forbidden ones who may get out of control at any time. They will stay away from ordinary humans and become powerful walls to protect the human base, waiting for death with their broken bodies.
The simulated eyeball that he was kneading in his hand suddenly squeezed out from between his fingers, and Qin Qi's eyes became gloomy.
This has been the fate of soldiers throughout the years.
In almost a moment, the turbulent emotions in his heart were completely suppressed. He shouldn't have thought so much.
Qin Qi slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he had regained his usual calmness and composure.
There was no way he could be with Yashao.
He doesn't deserve it.
Young people are so beautiful and deserve better existence.
At this moment, Mist, who had already notified the instructors to practice more, stood behind Qin Qi again.
The sky was covered with dark clouds and remained unusually gloomy.
Rain and sweat mixed together on the training ground. Mist kept thinking about Ge Ping. When the training was about to end, he whispered, "Marshal, Ge Ping should have arrived."
"Well, let's go."
Qin Qi withdrew his gaze from the recruits, turned around and walked away from the podium.
Mister followed Qin Qi and walked a few steps before he saw the marshal in front of him suddenly stop and said calmly: "Go tell Yaxiao that I have something to do. If the cold-dispelling soup is ready, bring it directly to my room."
"yes."
Mister was a little puzzled when he heard about the soup, after all, the marshal didn't seem to be caught in the rain, but thinking that Yaxiao liked the marshal, Mister suddenly realized it, and he chuckled a few times behind him: "Yaxiao cares too much about the marshal."
Originally Mist thought the marshal would say something, but in fact the marshal said nothing.
Looking at the man's back, which was as straight and silent as ever, Mist felt that something was strange.
Well, although the marshal didn't say anything, it always gives people a feeling of tacit consent.
After the marshal met with Ge Ping, Mist stood guard outside the room, lowered his head and sent the marshal's instructions to Qin Qi.
At the same time, Yaxiao, who was making soup, received a message from Mist.
He replied "OK", but did not turn off the computer. Instead, he thought about it carefully and asked his fourth uncle in his heart: "Fourth uncle, how is the situation over there?"
The system held up its reading glasses and recorded Delbo's sleeping face from multiple angles, while replying: [Delbo is resting as usual, there is nothing unusual.]
Taking a break
Yaxiao thought about it and realized that Delbo seemed to have the habit of resting in the afternoon every day. He had rested at fixed times in the past two days. From this point of view, there was nothing strange about it.
If Delbo was really that adult, two days of 24-hour surveillance would have revealed something, but in fact, apart from the fact that he could only drink nutrient solution due to taboos, there was no major problem at all.
When Fourth Uncle was monitoring Sheng Cheng, it was obvious that the adult was using a special means of communication to communicate with Sheng Cheng.
Sheng Cheng had to speak at that time so that the other party could hear him, so he destroyed the surveillance.
However, no one could be sure whether the adult needed to speak out.
If that adult could communicate with Sheng Cheng and his contacts without speaking, it would be obvious that even if the other party was really Delbo, they would not be able to see the other party's problem.
What a hassle.
As Yaxiao thought so, his tail hidden in his trouser leg swung excitedly. After all, demons like challenging things the most.
We still need to pry more things from Qin Qi.
After all, it was Qin Qi who had doubts about Delbo from the beginning.
Why did he think Delbo was wrong? Was it just because Sheng Cheng was prompted by that adult to accuse Delbo
Well, we still need to use Crow Step!
After making the decision in no time, Yaxiao acted decisively and dutifully carried the hot soup to the marshal's room.
When Qin Qi came back, he followed his usual behavior pattern and stayed in the room for a few hours with Qin Qi, who looked calm and showed no abnormality. After absorbing two or three demon points, he left the room.
Yaxiao, who was addicted to the puzzle game, didn't know that after he left, Qin Qi stared at the closed door for a long time before looking away.
When Crowstep knocked on the window and came in, the cigarette butt between Qin Qi's fingers was already half burned.
"Is the Marshal in a bad mood?"
As Yaxiao stood on the floor, he was still a little shocked. The villain would only smoke when he was in a bad mood, but when he was there just now, he didn't notice it at all.
What a huge blow this is to the butler who performs extremely well in the virtual space!
For a moment, Yaxiao even began to doubt his devilish intuitive talent.
"No, just to refresh myself."
Qin Qi and Yabu were just partners, so it was impossible for him to explain to the other party the many feelings of irritability in his heart. This irritability was mostly caused by the fact that too many things had happened today.
The fruitless relationship, the disgust towards himself, the meeting with Ge Ping, and the things he learned from Ge Ping... He frowned and put out the cigarette.
"You should have known Ge Ping's identity, which is why you took the initiative to remind me yesterday."
Ge Ping's identity? Has the villain been found out
Of course, Yaxiao didn't know who Ge Ping was, but that didn't stop him from realizing that the villain must have gone to meet Ge Ping.
The mysterious young man was calm. He walked to the chair and sat down without saying a word. He just chuckled and looked like he was listening attentively, acting like an outsider who didn't know Ge Ping's identity.
Qin Qi just took it as the other party's consent.
Yabu must know Ge Ping's identity, otherwise he would not have suddenly asked him if he knew any elders similar to Ge Ping and given him a hint last night when he thought Ge Ping was an ordinary person.
"Gepin was a friend of my grandfather's."
Qin Qi said calmly: "After my grandfather passed away, Ge Ping gave me his diary."
"He died not long after. I didn't know until now that he just changed his identity and appearance and left to cover his tracks."
Grandfather's diary.
When Yaxiao heard this, he recalled the plot of the original book in his mind.
The villain and Qin Chen's grandfather was also a marshal.
A long time ago, his younger brother Qin Chen was beaten up by the villains and thrown out of the border fortress just because he wanted to get his grandfather's diary.
It is said that the diary contains information about a barrier that protects the human base from being invaded by demonic insects.
Yaxiao thought for a moment and summed it up in one sentence.
Ge Ping is really one of us.
Qin Qi paused for a moment, then continued, "He was also one of the people who knew about that incident."
Yaxiao looked at Qin Qi, and felt that there was a hint of obscurity on his expressionless face.
What would make Qin Qi show such a strange expression? Based on his understanding of the villain, Yaxiao guessed wildly that it was related to the destruction of the Seventh Base
Could it be that Ge Ping knows why the villain destroyed the barrier of the Seventh Base
Qin Qi briefly mentioned Ge Ping's matter and said no more. Everyone should have known about these Crow Steps.
His purpose was just to lead to the next words.
"Sheng Cheng suddenly involved Ge Ping in the basement. The person behind him should have known Ge Ping's identity."
Ge Ping's real information is hidden very deeply.
Even the villain's subordinates didn't find any problems when they first checked, but Sheng Cheng suddenly mentioned Ge Ping.
This speaks volumes.
All kinds of speculations flashed through Yaxiao's mind, and he curled his lips, "Is this a demonstration to the marshal?"
The person behind Sheng Cheng not only did not kill Ge Ping, but also took the initiative to expose Ge Ping, as if showing off his strength to the villain.
Qin Qi did not deny it. He looked at Yabu calmly with his dark eyes: "Thank you for your reminder."
The people behind Sheng Cheng brought up Ge Ping as a demonstration, but also to confuse him and make him wary of Ge Ping.
If he didn't have the Crow Step, it might take him a long time until he confirmed Ge Ping's identity before taking the next step.
"It's okay, this is what I should do."
Yaxiao nodded in agreement, his eyes behind the mask curved into crescents, and he felt that he was really great.
He thought about it for a moment. In the original plot, the villain did not catch Sheng Cheng, so Ge Ping's identity should not have been exposed in the original plot.
Later on, for some reason, Ge Ping recognized the villain, and finally some things happened that were related to the collapse of the building.
As for these reasons, Yaxiao was more inclined to believe that it was the adult behind Sheng Cheng who was behind this. After all, from Sheng Cheng's reaction, it could be seen that the other party loved to go against the Marshal.
"What is the Marshal going to do next?"
Yaxiao said happily: "That person has already demonstrated against you, don't you plan to fight back?"
Qin Qi raised his eyelids and looked at Yabu. The other party seemed to be very happy to see such a situation. Qin Qi labeled Yabu as someone who liked chaos and liked to watch the excitement. Then he hummed and said, "I will clean up all the contact persons in the central city in the near future."
Yaxiao said wow in his heart and chuckled, "Okay, Marshal, please let me know if you need my help. After all, Delbo is pretty boring."
Perhaps it was because he had broken free from the restraints of the butler, Yaxiao almost showed his bad side to the fullest when using the Crow Step vest.
When Qin Qi heard Crow Step's evaluation of Delbo, his fingers kneading the simulated eyeballs paused slightly, and his expression darkened. Delbo was indeed very good at hiding.
"Delbo is very cunning. He should have regarded all the receivers as abandoned pawns long ago. Even if he cleared out those abandoned pawns, it would not have any impact on him at all."
So Qin Qi really thinks Delbo is the real culprit behind this
This was the first time that Yaxiao heard Qin Qi evaluate Delbo so directly.
However, since he had expected this, Yaxiao was not too surprised. He curled his eyes and said, "What should we do? This is so troublesome. How about we just kill Delbo?"
Demons tend to use force to break through.
Qin Qi: …
seriously
(End of this chapter)