After arriving at the fortress, Qin Qi became increasingly busy.
As the butler closest to Qin Qi, Yaxiao felt it most directly. The time they spent together was much less as Qin Qi became busier.
Even so, the demon value is still rising.
"Qin Qi seems to have not completely absorbed those fragments." Yaxiao analyzed to his fourth uncle, "Otherwise, the speed at which the demon value increases would not continue to increase."
Precisely because he was still absorbing fragments, the speed at which he absorbed demonic value continued to change.
This is a good thing, but Yaxiao always suspects that Qin Qi's body will have problems if he injects energy like forcing something to grow.
After all, a human being's body as a container can only withstand limited amounts of energy, and even powerful taboo holders are no exception.
So after arriving at the fortress, Yaxiao checked Qin Qi's TH value more frequently than before.
Qin Qi just thought that Yaxiao was uneasy about the approaching battlefield and did not think much about it. He cooperated very well and let the young man check his body.
Although the TH value fluctuates, it is always within a controllable range and is relatively stable.
Yaxiao thought of the values on Qin Qi's watch that he had seen not long ago and suppressed his worries.
There is no visible impact at the moment, but he still cannot let his guard down. He doesn't want to become a big devil and then the marshal will completely collapse because his body can no longer withstand the energy.
"Yaxiao, you've been in the fortress for almost three days, and you haven't really had a good look around here. I'll take you around."
The middle-aged man who was speaking was wearing a tuxedo. He was Matt, the butler of Adjutant Weicheng. He looked as honest as his employer and was a very enthusiastic person.
When Qin Qi was working, Yaxiao spent most of his time chatting with Matt to pass the time.
"now?"
Yaxiao tilted his head slightly, his blue eyes somewhat puzzled.
On the second day, Qin Qi began to organize the officers of the Sixth Base to lead their troops to the battlefield. Although Yaxiao had stayed in the underground research institute of the fortress and did not go up, he knew that there were many wounded and taboo people in the fortress, and it was not suitable to wander around.
"right."
Matt smiled innocently, but he felt a little nervous. He knew the situation of the fortress, but the order was given by the marshal himself.
Anyone watching the current battle situation would be nervous. Yaxiao is so young and has just arrived here. It would be of no benefit for him to see those scenes too many times. Instead, it would scare the other side. I really don't know what the marshal is thinking.
Yaxiao looked at Matt's slightly stiff expression, curled his eyes, and nodded: "Okay, let's go together."
He could take this opportunity to observe the battle situation.
The fortress is a supply and rescue station on the front line. It is very large. After coming out of the underground research institute, Yaxiao smelled the bloody smell floating in the air.
This is much more serious than the previous few days.
Yaxiao followed Matt, looking at the row after row of iron warehouses. Hoarse roars with strong murderous intent came through the warehouse walls. The bangs of the impacts left deep holes in the walls, and pieces of protruding iron could be seen from the outside.
One can't help but worry whether they will rush out from inside.
Yaxiao looked at the ground. Blood flowed out along the gap between the warehouse and the ground, gradually dyeing the surrounding yellow sand red.
Some of the forbidden people in the warehouse are not in a good condition.
The workers wearing protective clothing around were walking back and forth in a hurry. They had to determine what medicine the out-of-control person needed and supply it in the shortest time possible.
"If you are injured, you can go to the southeast corner."
Matt said, pointing the direction to Yaxiao, "That's the medical supply point. The officers who are not out of control will be treated there."
Yaxiao nodded, then he lowered his head to look at the blood-stained sand at his feet, rubbed it with his soles, and buried the blood under the clean sand.
The devil's hearing was enough to let him know that there were out-of-control people in almost all of the nearly a thousand iron houses here. After inhaling the suppressant spray, the unconscious out-of-control people would be taken away, and the next out-of-control person would be brought in soon after.
During the few minutes that Yaxiao and Matt were talking, some of the out-of-control people in the tin houses had already changed twice.
"let's go."
Matt planned to take Yaxiao to the medical station first. The marshal and his employer would also go to the front line tomorrow. If they were accidentally injured, they would have to go to the medical station to get medicines and treatment equipment.
Yaxiao nodded upon hearing this.
On the way, he happened to see medical staff carrying the out-of-control person out of the tin house. Yaxiao took a glance and saw the thick arm hanging from the stretcher, which was covered with bloodstains. The thick back of the hand was ulcerated from pounding the wall, and blood dripped down the calloused fingers.
The man's other arm was empty below the upper arm, and his left arm was wrapped in a tightly wrapped bandage. It seemed that he was injured on the battlefield.
“He should retire.”
Matt whispered to Yaxiao, "The number plate of this person's isolation room starts with A, which means he has lost control more than fifteen times. If he continues to stay on the battlefield, it will be too much of a burden on his body."
If drugs that suppress loss of control are used more often than indicated, they can cause irreversible damage to the body.
Yaxiao moved his eyes away from the stretcher and nodded unenthusiastically. Obviously, that person had nothing to do with him, but Yaxiao found it hard to feel indifferent. He suddenly thought of the fact that the villain seemed to have lost control many times.
Before applying for the job, Qin Qi had already used suppressant drugs many times.
Thinking of this, Yaxiao felt a little blocked in the heart.
He didn't really want the villain to get hurt.
Matt noticed that Yashao's mood seemed to have cooled down a bit, but he didn't think it was strange. Everything in the fortress made it difficult for people to feel happy, and the environment on the front line was much worse than that in the fortress.
While secretly complaining about the Marshal's cruel order, Matt continued to take Yaxiao on a tour of the fortress. During this time, Yaxiao responded to Matt's words, but he obviously spoke much less.
When the alarm on the optical computer suddenly rang, the two housekeepers realized that their employer's meeting was about to end, so they turned and headed for the underground research institute.
When Qin Qi walked out of the office, he noticed something unusual about Yaxiao. He moved his eyes away from Weicheng's housekeeper and knew that Yaxiao should have gone to the fortress above.
He said nothing and took Yaxiao back to the room.
"Marshal, the medicines you carry with you have been placed there for you."
Yaxiao curled his eyes and spoke in the same cheerful tone as usual. Although he was a little unhappy before, he quickly recovered.
Yaxiao has known all this for a long time and won't be depressed for too long.
In the demon world, it is not uncommon for demons to die in exciting battles.
Not to mention that the moment he saw Qin Qi, all of Yaxiao's unhappiness completely disappeared. It was just that Qin Qi observed too carefully and captured Yaxiao's subtle emotions.
"Um."
Qin Qi realized that Yaxiao's mood was the same as usual. He paused and did not ask the other party what he thought about the fortress.
There is no need to ask.
Qin Qi knew that the young man would eventually understand.
Yaxiao didn't know what Qin Qi was thinking. He stayed beside Qin Qi happily to absorb the demon value. It was almost nine o'clock before he got up and returned to the room.
"Um!"
Hearing this, Yaxiao nodded heavily, swung his tail behind him, and looked at the devil value on the screen with his eyes narrowed. According to the current speed, if he can spend another hour together tomorrow morning, he will have enough devil value!
[Host, have you chosen the powder? ]
The system prompts.
"I've chosen it!"
Of course, Yaxiao would not forget such an important thing. To grow bat wings, one needs to rely on a specific magic circle, and the magic circle must be drawn with specially ground medicinal powder. Yaxiao bought high-quality black pearl scale powder in the mall early on.
[That's good.]
The system breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: [When does the host plan to start converting magic power? ]
"We'll start tomorrow once we've saved enough!"
Yaxiao said without hesitation that it would take at least five hours to grow bat wings. Qin Qi would go to the front line tomorrow, so the period after that would be just convenient for him to take action.
Yaxiao discussed it with the system and after feeling that there was no big problem, he didn't say anything more.
The next day, because he was worried about the devil value, Yaxiao woke up earlier than usual and stuck to Qin Qi even more closely, almost inseparable from him.
In everyone's eyes, Qin Qi was about to go to the battlefield, and Yaxiao was very reluctant to let him go.
After all, once you go to the front line, it is hard to say whether you can come back within a few days, especially given the character of their marshal, he will not retreat from the front line for ten days or half a month.
Adjutant Soran looked at Yaxiao who was following closely behind the marshal, and suddenly remembered what Gomister had said to him, that Yaxiao liked the marshal.
Is what his brother said true
Soran thought doubtfully.
At the same time, Qin Qi's mood was a little complicated. Yaxiao was very smart. He specially asked Matt to take Yaxiao for a tour of the fortress yesterday.
The boy will understand the distance between them and realize that he is not right for him.
When that time really comes, Qin Qi will feel sad and depressed, but more of a satisfaction for the young man's future stable and happy life.
However, in fact, the imagined scene did not happen. Yaxiao did not seem to have any intention of changing, and was even more clingy than usual. Qin Qi stood under the airship, looking down at Yaxiao who was very close to him, his voice a little hoarse: "I won't be hurt, don't worry."
He felt that Yaxiao was worried about his safety.
"Don't worry, the Marshal is very strong!"
Yaxiao certainly didn't think that the marshal would be injured. Even if he wanted to deal with the insect queen, Qin Qi would choose the right opportunity. Now was obviously not the time. It was just an ordinary little demon insect. The villain would definitely be fine!
The villain is super strong!
Qin Qi stared into Yaxiao's bright blue eyes, his Adam's apple moving slightly. He had always known that the boy admired him very much, but when he heard such straightforward words from the other party again, Qin Qi's heart couldn't help but beat a little faster.
The officers who were about to go to the front line were ready. Qin Qi was silent for a while, looked at the young man deeply, said nothing, and walked into the aircraft.
Sauron followed Qin Qi.
He thought that the marshal would want to be quiet for a while after sitting on the airship, but then, Soran heard Qin Qi say: "Notify officers above the rank of lieutenant general to hold a meeting."
Soran looked at the Marshal's calm and steady expression, and his heart was shocked: "Yes!"
After Sauron left, Qin Qi lowered his eyelashes, rubbed his simulated eyeballs in his hands, and analyzed the current battle situation on the border.
Yaxiao’s matter is important, but the front line is the top priority now.
If the front line cannot resist the invasion of the magic insects, everything he is guarding will disappear. Qin Qi's eyes became much darker.
As the airship gradually disappeared into the sky, Yaxiao heard a system notification sound:
[Ding, the demon value collection progress has reached 100%! ]
Hearing this, the smile in Yaxiao's blue eyes almost overflowed, but it was only for a moment, and then he frowned, turned around and said to the butler Matt beside him tactfully:
"I feel a little unwell, so I'm leaving now."
"Okay, if you need any medicine, please contact me."
Matt looked at the uncomfortable look on Yaxiao's face and said enthusiastically.
Yaxiao nodded and said thank you. After returning to his room alone, he immediately became full of energy.
"Fourth Uncle! Fourth Uncle! I'm ready!"
The system had been waiting nearby. Upon hearing this, it immediately opened the virtual space and let the host in.
The virtual space is pure white.
Yaxiao didn't waste any time. He took out the powder made from the black pearl scales and started drawing the magic circle.
Because he had already drawn it once in the Demon Realm, this time, Yaxiao seemed very skilled.
Black powder was sprinkled on the white floor, dots connected to dots, ends connected to ends, gradually forming a hexagram magic circle. Yaxiao clapped his hands, stood up happily, and snapped his fingers.
The next second, the powder suddenly ignited with a bang, and the burning black flame moved like an icy python on the hexagram pattern representing the devil, gradually dyeing the magic circle a burning black.
An ancient and mysterious demonic language was chanted from somewhere, and waves of power seemed to echo in the air.
Yaxiao had taken off his shoes and shirt at some point, and stepped into the flames barefoot, as if he didn't feel any pain at all, with a light smile in his blue eyes.
He glanced at the screen, raised his hand and pressed the conversion button. The next second, a pop-up window showing the conversion of demon value into magic power popped up instantly.
[Ding, demon value conversion is starting]
[Ding, conversion successful.]
Seeing this, Yaxiao curled his lips and waited patiently. As time passed, his body seemed to have suddenly opened a valve. At a certain point, a steady stream of magic power instantly poured into his body from the outside world.
After coming to this world, his dried-up magic power was replenished in an instant, and every cell in his body was madly devouring the magic power until the magic power flowed throughout his body and his body seemed unable to withstand the infusion of magic power anymore.
Pain swept over him in an instant, and magic power rushed through the blood like lightning, crashing recklessly, and every bone seemed to be kneaded and reshaped wantonly.
Yaxiao groaned, his face turned pale in an instant, sweat dripped from his forehead to the ground, but his blue eyes became brighter.
There was an itch on my shoulder blades.
The dark flames were fueled by magic power and became more and more vigorous. A black beam of light appeared on the magic circle in the black flames and gradually covered Yaxiao's whole body.
The only sound that can be heard in the virtual space is the crackling sound of burning, and the passage of time seems to be particularly long.
Until the black column gradually disappeared, the system breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately broke into a sweat again, as it had reached the most critical moment.
The burning flames suddenly became much more intense. Amidst the billowing black flames, the huge black bat wings trembled slightly in the air.
As if impacted by something, the black flames burst out with a thunderous sound, the fire spread rapidly, and finally exploded in the air.
Sparks fell from Yaxiao's side like black fluorescent lights. Black wings flew across the air behind him, and he stepped barefoot on the flames again.
Amid the crackling sound of burning, the strange yet familiar black-haired young man slowly opened his eyes, his mouth curved into a beautiful arc, and he whispered:
"Uncle, I seem to have succeeded."
(End of this chapter)