There was a huge countdown mark in the center of the virtual panel. Now was definitely not a suitable time to reminisce.
In less than two hours, the first wave of alien invasion would arrive. It might not seem too tense at first glance, but it inevitably became urgent once the need to contact other teams was added.
After all, people like Chi Ting were much more proficient in using this type of communicator. In order to avoid causing damage to it due to Lou Yueren’s loss of control, he took it back and put it aside to continue studying it.
On the other hand, the others were also divided into small teams to try and see if they could find traces of other teams around. There was a possibility that some teams didn’t notice the existence of the communicator.
Ji Xingque dragged Song Xuefeng away in the blink of an eye, leaving Lou Yueren to form a team with Hua Qianmei and Lu Nanling.
Lou Yueren glanced from a distance at Chi Ting and Qi Xiu, who were sitting together fiddling with the communicator, and surprisingly didn’t complain at all.
Once the two figures gradually disappeared from view, Hua Qianmei couldn’t help saying to Lou Yueren, “This isn’t right. Why are you so cooperative this time?”
“This isn’t called cooperation. I just need to know some information on my own.” Lou Yueren sneered. “Come on, both of you. If you don’t mind, can you tell me who the guy called Qi Xiu is?”
Lu Nanling reminded, “The captain said he would tell you slowly.”
“But I can’t wait.” Lou Yueren played tricks without changing his heartbeat or expression. The corners of his lips raised without any emotion. “So, in order to prevent me from accidentally losing control and being an underground killer during this instance, I think it is absolutely necessary to do some ideological preparation in advance.”
Hua Qianmei was amazed. “You even dare to do something to the captain’s old partner. Aren’t you afraid that the captain will fight you to the death?”
Lou Yueren’s expression darkened when he heard this. “Will Chi Ting fight me for him?”
“……” Hua Qianmei rubbed her throbbing temples and gave up communicating with this crazy guy. “Xiao Lu, please say it. It happens that I don’t know much about those things back then.”
“I don’t necessarily know more than you do.” Lu Nanling thought for a moment. Then considering that Lou Yueren was present, he chose to start with the most basic information. “You should know that the captain recruited all of us to form Dawn, but before that, the captain was actually imprisoned in the restricted area for a long time. The specific reason for this was related to this first generation partner.”
Lou Yueren had adjusted his mood and was ready to listen to the story, but this sentence made his brow furrow immediately. “Imprisoned?”
Lu Nanling replied, “Yes, imprisoned.”
He subconsciously turned his head and glanced in Chi Ting’s direction. “There is no doubt that the captain is definitely the most powerful superpower in the action team. In such an apocalypse, he means hope to many people and is like a ‘god.’ Therefore, the legend about the captain has long been talked about by everyone. The name that most often appears with him is Qi Xiu. Many things in the past have been lost, but according to the most widely circulated version, the captain and Qi Xiu are both awakened superpowers from the same batch. Since they were very compatible, they naturally became the best partners during missions. Many of the missions were easily solved by the two of them working together.”
Lou Yueren said in a deep voice, “So what is the matter with the imprisonment?”
“There was a serious rescue accident. The core information was blocked. No one except the high-powered party could know it. So all I know is…” Lu Nanling glanced at Lou Yueren’s uncertain expression and was hesitant over whether to tell him everything. Then he saw the other person’s gold gaze and thought for a while before continuing, “During the execution of the mission, there was the special interference of an alien party, and the alienation degree of all the superpowers participating in the rescue rapidly exceeded the standard. This caused an unprecedented crisis to break out. The special action process has been unable to be verified. It could only be confirmed that Qi Xiu’s alienation degree reached the warning line at that time. It was said that he retained the last bit of sanity when it exceeded the critical point, forcibly sacrificing himself to become the sharpest weapon in the captain’s hand.”
Lou Yueren was slightly stunned. Then thinking of Chi Ting’s ability, he instantly understood what the so-called ‘weapon’ meant. “Chi Ting took over Qi Xiu’s spiritual world.”
Lu Nanling nodded. “Even though there isn’t much public information, the situation at that time was undoubtedly quite critical. This was no longer just a rescue accident. Once all the superpowers involved in the rescue were out of control and counterattacked, the human side would lose more than just a few fortresses. It was under such circumstances that the captain single-handedly repelled a full army of tens of thousands of alien species, including thousands of former comrades who had completely lost themselves due to excessive alienation.”
These words came out, and the surroundings fell into a brief silence again.
Lou Yueren had an ambiguous smile on his face when he spoke again, but one could tell that his voice was extremely tense. “So Chi Ting saved your world once. Then when he came back, as a way of thanking the savior, you chose to imprison him?”
Hua Qianmei also heard a relatively complete story for the first time. At this point, she understood. “It should be the degree of alienation. Once the degree of alienation exceeds a certain threshold, he will completely lose his mind like other superpowers. With the captain’s ability, no one can bear the consequences if it really reached that step. The supervisory bureau must’ve been prepared from the beginning.”
Lu Nanling noticed Lou Yueren’s sneer, looked him in the eye, and said, “I know you think this is unfair to the captain. Unfortunately, in our world, everything is so cruel. This was also originally the captain’s own choice. Otherwise, do you think anyone in the supervisory bureau could have the strength to lock up the captain?”
Once their eyes met, Lou Yueren’s eyes were originally filled with sarcasm. But he finally calmed down when he saw Lu Nanling’s calm demeanor. However, the shadows under his feet were still swaying slightly as his thoughts fluctuated. “Let’s not talk about this for now. Why did you say it was related to Qi Xiu?”
“You should’ve seen the captain’s full abilities in the instance,” Lu Nanling replied. “The ability Spiritual Authority allowed him to completely take over the spiritual world while also absorbing the opponent’s alienation degree to a certain extent. Even if a person with weak abilities has a high alienation degree, the impact they will have on the captain is very weak. Meanwhile, Qi Xiu was different. In order to resist the aliens, the captain had already taken on a great burden when mobilizing other people. In this case, taking over Qi Xiu’s spiritual world… There was no collapse on the spot, which was an absolute miracle in itself.”
He had originally thought that the conversation would end here. Then after thinking for a while, he added, “But at least in the end, the captain successfully passed the inspection of the supervisory bureau and lifted the ban.”
For a moment, even the sound of the wind seemed to have disappeared.
“F*k…” Lou Yueren opened his mouth, but found that he didn’t know what to say. In the end, he was so angry that he laughed. “You people are really forcing living people to death for the so-called human beings.”
Facing such a cold gaze that vaguely contained killing intent, Hua Qianmei didn’t try to evade it this time. “No, this is our Dawn’s choice.”
“Your Dawn?” Lou Yueren sipped his tea carefully. He raised his eyes and looked at the two people standing in front of him. Finally, the corners of his lips lowered, and he turned around to walk away.
Hua Qianmei thought that Lou Yueren was going to throw a tantrum and was ready to fight. She didn’t expect this guy to just leave like this.
There was a moment’s pause before she raised her voice and asked, “Where are you going?”
“Didn’t you say you were going to find other teams? Why don’t you hurry up? What else can you do if you don’t want to clear the instance?”
Lou Yueren raised his hand and waved gently. He never looked back while speaking. Only the shadows under his feet that almost swallowed up the entire deserted street seemed to show his inner emotions.
Yes, Dawn. Perhaps it would always be an existence that he couldn’t understand.
In his opinion, the future of these crappy humans was nothing. if Chi Ting was gone, this world would truly have no meaning for existence.
As long as he thought about the things that Chi Ting had experienced in a place he didn’t know about, he felt something pounding wildly in his chest that was difficult to vent.
Lou Yueren remembered the mark he had seen on the back of Chi Ting’s neck.
The man’s answer was so nonchalant at that time. Looking back now, perhaps it was left over from his dark time in captivity.
Despite being treated like that, he was still willing to be their savior and say that he wasn’t a good person. He must be the reincarnation of a living Buddha.
As for that Qi Xiu—
Even though Lu Nanling’s description was extremely objective, it was enough to make him realize that the first generation partner was definitely a very meaningful existence to Chi Ting.
With quick steps, Lou Yueren completed the search of the area he was responsible for in the shortest time possible.
He could sense that Hua Qianmei was following him closely without slackening off, as if she was afraid he would go crazy at any moment. Especially on the way back, she looked even closer at him as if she had foreseen that he would start a killing spree in the next second.
Lou Yueren was indeed in a bad mood, but he was also really happy at this time.
The moment he finally saw Chi Ting’s figure from afar, he finally stopped because he could no longer bear it.
Behind him, Hua Qianmei also stopped at the moment of collision.
“You, stop following me. I won’t do anything rash, especially in front of your captain. At the very least, not now.”
As he spoke, Lou Yueren gestured for Hua Qianmei to stay. Then he took a step forward and walked towards Chi Ting with big strides.
Ji Xingque and Song Xuefeng had also returned. It seemed that they had gained something. Not far away stood two teams he didn’t recognize.
Lou Yueren just glanced at them and didn’t look again. All his attention was always fixed on that person.
Chi Ting also noticed the return of Lou Yueren’s group. “You guys are back just in time. I’ve already used the communicator to…”
“We’ll talk about the rest later.”
Lou Yueren interrupted Chi Ting’s next words neatly. He walked up to Chi Ting in two steps, pulled him into his arms, lowered his head, and kissed Chi Ting fiercely.
The people around him all looked at him in unison, unable to conceal their astonishment. They instantly fell into a delicate silence.
Lou Yueren turned a deaf ear to such attention.
He just wanted to hold this person in his arms.
The suppressed emotions all along had already driven him a bit crazy. At this moment, he slowly closed his eyes under the deep kiss. Finally, he got a thorough release through this method.
If only he could’ve been there during all those dark times.
It wasn’t until he felt someone patting him gently on the back that Lou Yueren opened his eyes after calming down a bit.
Close to him, Chi Ting looked at him with a somewhat confused expression. “?”
Lou Yueren licked the other person’s lips with a reluctant expression and smiled softly. “Nothing. I just left for too long and suddenly missed you.”
Hua Qianmei, who had just rushed over, heard this sentence as she approached. She stumbled unexpectedly. “……”
They had only been gone for an hour, d*mn! Have some shame!
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thanks for the chapter!! <33