Mu Xingzhou regained consciousness after being in a long coma.
He heard someone singing in his ear. The singing was ethereal and full of vitality. With this song, his body seemed to glow with life and repaired his torn muscles.
Who was it?
Mu Xingzhou felt that his thinking was becoming clearer and clearer. His heavy and fuzzy consciousness slowly recovered.
Finally, the vitality born in his body allowed him to break through the long darkness and open his eyes with difficulty.
He first saw a blurred light.
The viscous liquid attached to his eye mask caused a slight tingling pain. He blinked and in the misty light, he vaguely saw a blurry figure.
He couldn’t see the other person’s appearance clearly. He just saw long silver-white hair, a pair of focused and affectionate purple eyes and gently opened lips.
Was he listening to this man’s singing?
Mu Xingzhou looked at the silver-haired young man in a stunned manner, trying hard to see his face. Then…
Another figure blocked his view.
He saw a pair of extremely sharp, gray-blue eyes filled with hostility and disgust.
The keen intuition belonging to the strong made Mu Xingzhou subconsciously want to defend himself.
However, he currently didn’t have the slightest power to protect himself.
He only heard two familiar screams, followed by…
His entire body flew out.
Xu Sili blinked as he looked up at the hole in the ceiling that the nutrition capsule flew out of.
That Mu Xingzhou just woke up?
Looking at that hole, he became unsure again—wouldn’t he die right after being rescued?
Kuris and Angelia were rejoicing at the awakening of their boss. Then in the next moment, they watched the nutrition capsule being thrown out by this monster-like man.
It felt like falling directly from heaven to hell.
“You can go now,” Si Sheng glanced at them and said coldly.
The two of them looked at each other and didn’t dare to say anything else. They turned around and ran out of the room in a panic, chasing to confirm the situation of their boss.
Si Sheng turned his head and saw the young man looking at him, obviously waiting for him to explain. He pursed his lips and said without changing his expression, “He has no clothes.”
He looked very unhappy with those scorching eyes.
Xu Sili was going to die of laughter. Mu Xingzhou might’ve been wearing nothing but the key parts were still covered.
However, he completely let go of his worry after seeing Si Sheng dislike this person so much.
There was no chance for Mu Xingzhou in this world!
Seeing his smile, Si Sheng suddenly reached out his hands, grabbed his arms and pulled Xu Sili into his arms.
The young man leaned obediently on his shoulder.
Si Sheng put his arm around his waist with one hand, stroking his silver hair with the other. He closed his eyes and felt the reassuring power of the other person’s body. He whispered again, “I didn’t protect you well.”
Xu Sili retracted his smile.
He clung to Si Sheng’s neck and rubbed against it in an attached manner. “Aren’t I standing here well? Don’t beat yourself up. You’ve done a good job.”
Si Sheng lowered his eyes and he suddenly thought of a question that puzzled him. “After you turned into a card, the summoning… was it invalid?”
“No.”
Xu Sili instinctively replied before suddenly freezing.
The man’s hand stroking his long hair also stopped. An unpleasant atmosphere replaced the warmth and joy of the reunion after separating. This made Xu Sili’s back stiffen.
Si Sheng slowly let go of him.
Xu Sili raised his eyes slightly and met the man’s eyes. The beautiful blue-gray eyes were full of grievances and some accusations at the moment. Xu Sili was instantly filled with guilt when he saw it.
“Sorry, I know I was wrong.”
He admitted his mistake very actively. It was true that he hadn’t taken into account Si Sheng’s mood.
“I was going to wait until I reached here to summon you. After all, it was only two days…”
Xu Sili’s voice gradually weakened as he spoke.
Si Sheng looked at him. “I was worried.”
“It might’ve been only two days but I almost went crazy.”
At every moment of separation, he couldn’t help thinking about what would happen to Xu Sili after he was taken away, whether Xu Sili would leave the world forever at some moment to somewhere Si Sheng didn’t know.
If it wasn’t for the vague feeling in his heart that the connection between the two of them hadn’t been broken, he was afraid that he wouldn’t have been able to suppress the idea of destroying the world in his heart.
Xu Sili looked at his calm face and couldn’t help gulping, as if he could feel the raging undercurrents below.
“I’m sorry I made such a willful decision in a situation where I couldn’t report my safety to you.” He admitted his mistake very sincerely. “I promise that this won’t happen again in the future. Ah Sheng, can you forgive me?”
Si Sheng looked at him. After a long time, he took Xu Sili back into his arms again, saying in a low voice, “You aren’t wrong. I’m not strong enough.”
If he was strong enough, he wouldn’t have just watched as Xu Sili was taken captive, nor would he have to wait in agony for Xu Sili’s call.
In the final analysis, he was still too weak.
Xu Sili could probably feel his thoughts and his heart became more and more helpless and guilty. “I said that I was wrong. It really isn’t your problem…”
In the end, he couldn’t help saying, “Are you still angry? Won’t you forgive me?”
“No,” Si Sheng denied it. “I can never be angry with you.”
“You were angry when I asked you to be my lover before.”
“……”
An old account was suddenly brought up. As powerful as Si Sheng was, he didn’t know how to justify it for a while.
He thought for a moment before saying, “Then… you can coax me as you did back then.”
At this moment, Xu Sili was speechless.
How did he coax Si Sheng at that time? He quickly remembered.
Xu Sili and Si Sheng looked at each other. Suddenly, Xu Sili stretched out his hands to wrap his arms around Si Sheng’s waist and snuggled against his chest.
Then the young man raised his eyes.
The beautiful purple eyes were as bright as water and all of Si Sheng’s soul was captured at once. He listened to the young man’s soft voice saying, “Ah Sheng, don’t be angry with me, okay?”
Si Sheng stared at him, Adam’s apple moving slightly.
Just before the word ‘okay’ could be spoken, the young man had already clutched his stomach and fell into his arms laughing.
Si Sheng looked puzzled and heard him say, “So you also fall for this trick?”
Was there anything wrong with this?
Si Sheng pursed his lips. His ears gradually turned red from the other person’s laughter. Finally, he simply held the young man’s face, leaned over and kissed him.
The kiss was lingering. Both of them gasped when they parted and their eyes were still locked. It was a bit clingy.
Xu Sili was a bit moved by this kiss but it wasn’t the time or place. It was a bit inappropriate, so he had to stand on tiptoe and peck at the end of the man’s eyes.
“I’ll give you food when we go back.”
Then he took Si Sheng’s hand and strode out of the room to the room where Dr Ding and his ‘sister’ were.
Si Sheng looked at their hands held tightly together and the corners of his lips curled slightly. At this moment, he finally felt that Ah Li had indeed returned to his side safely.
The two of them happily returned to the next room. Meanwhile, Mu Xingzhou who was thrown out was finally found by Kuris and Angelia.
Fortunately, the nutrition cabin configured for their boss used special materials that wouldn’t be broken even if it was bombarded by shells. So the nutrition cabin was intact even though it was thrown out and smashed to the ground.
It was Mu Xingzhou inside it who almost fainted again.
Mu Xingzhou was still dizzy when Kuris pulled him out of the nutrition cabin but at least he had woken up. This made Angelia cry directly.
“Boss, you’re finally alive…”
“This is a warm reminder. The Flaming Star base will turn on cleansing mode in 30 minutes. All personnel of Flaming Fox, please evacuate as soon as possible or you will bear the consequences.”
The siren sounded again.
This time, it was undoubtedly much gentler than the previous dull and hurried warning, but the content of the words was much crueler.
Mu Xingzhou reluctantly managed to gather his composure. He looked at the familiar younger brothers and sisters and forgot to ask about the identity of the young man who was singing just now and the person who threw him out.
It was because he saw his star thief subordinates fleeing outside the base and finally heard clearly what the siren was saying.
Cleansing mode? All personnel of the Flaming Fox should evacuate?
Mu Xingzhou was in a daze. He found that when he woke up, something terrible seemed to have happened.
He wanted to ask clearly but Kuris didn’t give him the time. “Boss, endure it. Let’s leave here first or I’m afraid we won’t be able to leave.”
Then he activated the Card Transformation skill on Mu Xingzhou.
Mu Xingzhou was turned into a card and directly taken out of the base in his confused state. He was finally released when they arrived in outer space.
It wasn’t until this time when he heard Angelia’s narration that he understood everything. He also learned that when he was in a coma, his subordinates directly turned their base to nothing.
“Boss, that is a monster!”
Kuris settled the injured Wang Kun and ran out to show him the video of Si Sheng slaughtering a group of mechas.
Mu Xingzhou looked at the video, expression quite solemn. It wasn’t known what he was thinking.
At this time, Angelia said with red eyes, “Boss, I’m sorry. We are the ones who provoked the wrong people. Flaming Fox… not only is the base gone but the hearts of the people are also scattered.”
Looking at the star thieves who were frantically fleeing outside, anyone could feel that it would be impossible for the Flaming Fox to return to the past.
Mu Xingzhou looked up at her and suddenly smiled. “If the base is gone, it is gone. It can be built again.”
He was very open-minded. Then he raised his eyebrow. “Is my life not worth a base?”
This self-confident look showed no signs of depression at all.
“This result is more acceptable to me than giving it to Blood Dance.”
In his mind, the blurry figure of the silver-haired young man appeared again. Unfortunately, he was thrown out by the man’s guardian before he could see the face clearly.
Would there be a chance to meet again in the future?
After all, the Flaming Star base was there and it couldn’t run away.
Such thoughts disappeared in a flash and he soon restrained his mind.
“As for people’s hearts…” Mu Xingzhou looked out the window and said quietly, “I had originally planned to clean up a wave of them. This has saved me some effort.”
Kuris and Angelia were both a bit surprised.
“Boss, you mean…”
“It is hard to lead people when the group gets bigger. It is good now.” Mu Xingzhou continued, “Tell me in detail what happened during my coma.”
Mu Xingzhou supported his newly recovered body and chatted seriously with his two confidants.
Looking at his calm appearance, Kuris and Angelia both seemed to have taken a reassurance pill. They quickly cheered up from their frustration and sadness and it was as if they had been injected with chicken blood again.
At this time, Starry Sky had entered and the passage to the Flaming Star base closed again. The cleaning began.
Of course, Xu Sili wasn’t really frustrated enough to kill people when he saw them. Two hours was a bit short and it wasn’t enough for many people to evacuate.
In particular, apart from the star thieves, there were many high-end technical talents like Dr Ding who had been captured with their families.
Xu Sili asked Xiao Wu to do a strict screening. The star thieves on the most wanted list were all concentrated together. Once the screening was over, they were packaged and sent to receive the bounty on them.
The amount of a single bounty wasn’t worth looking at but together, the amount was considerable.
As for the remaining innocent captives, he consulted their opinions. Those who wanted to stay could stay and those who wanted to leave could leave by spaceship.
He would send them to the nearest inhabited planet. As for how they would contact their own nation, it wasn’t his concern.
Xiao Wu successfully took over all of the Flaming Star base. This military fortress was completely under his control.
As for how to deal with this base, Xu Sili had some difficulties.
He took this base purely to help vent anger for himself and Dr Ding. But as for the purpose of the base, he didn’t think much about it.
Staying here definitely wasn’t an option.
Not only could the star thieves go back and forth but the sent away captives definitely wouldn’t keep it a secret after they returned. Flaming Star Base was likely to be exposed like this.
It was difficult to predict what would happen at that time.
This time on the trip, Xu Sili had hidden his identity and was ready to keep a low profile. If this matter was exposed, it wouldn’t be what he wanted.
But how to take away such a big base?
According to the technology of the star thieves, there was no way to make this base navigate freely in the universe.
In addition, the size of the Flaming Star base wasn’t small. Going out like this was too ostentatious.
“It would be great if I could turn it into a card and take it away,” Xu Sili muttered.
Unfortunately, Kuris was driven away by Si Sheng.
In addition, he probably didn’t have the ability to transfer such a big base into a card, right?
Si Sheng glanced at him and thought about it. Then he summoned the shadow leopard, ordered him to follow Xu Sili everywhere, and disappeared in place.
Xu Sili found it a bit strange but didn’t think much about it. He continued to worry about how to deal with the affairs of this base.
On the other side, Kuris settled Mu Xingzhou and was about to go see Wang Kung. Then as he walked out of the room, he saw an unexpected figure.
“You! What are you going to do?!” Kuris exclaimed in a panic.
Si Sheng frowned and glanced over. Then Kuris felt a familiar power pressing down on him. He was forced to lie on the ground and was completely speechless.
“Card master?”
Si Sheng stared at him coldly.
Speaking of which, this person was the culprit who kidnapped Ah Li. It was too cheap to let him leave like this.
“Please stop!”
Just as he had murderous intentions in his heart, the closed door next to him suddenly opened and Mu Xingzhou walked out from inside.
“What do you want to do to him?”
SI Sheng turned his head sideways and looked over with cold eyes.
Mu Xingzhou was very interested in this powerful, mysterious man but he also knew that now wasn’t the time.
His heart felt like it had received an electric shock and he said in a trembling voice, “Your companion said that our grudge would be written off if the Flaming Star base is given to you, right?”
Si Sheng’s thin lips pursed slightly. He remembered everything that Ah Li had said. How could he forget Ah Li’s promise to a star thief?
Ah Li couldn’t break his word.
Without saying a word, the terrible coercion on Kuris weakened slightly.
Mu Xingzhou felt this and sighed with relief.
As a result, he saw Si Sheng grab the back of Kuris’ collar and lift him up. Then his heart rose to his throat.
Si Sheng’s palm pressed on top of Kuris’ head. His gray-blue eyes turned a dark gold and mysterious light patterns appeared on his face. It was slightly different from Thunder’s Wrath.
Kuris originally thought that he was finally safe. He didn’t expect Si Sheng to suddenly attack again. He trembled all over and felt that his head hurt so much that it was about to explode.
This process didn’t last long. After only around three minutes, the light lines on Si Sheng’s face slowly dissipated. His eyes returned to their original blue-gray color.
Kuris had already rolled his eyes and fainted.
Si Sheng casually threw him away and he was quickly caught by Mu Xingzhou.
Mu Xingzhou checked Kuris and found that he was still alive. The big stone in his heart finally fell.
He looked up at Si Sheng and was about to ask what he had done. Then he saw the man suddenly look at him with a very serious expression and say solemnly, “We aren’t companions.”
Mu Xingzhou blinked in a stunned manner for a moment before reacting. This person was referring to the sentence he had just said.
But if it wasn’t a companion then it was…
“We are partners.”
The man looked down at him and declared his sovereignty coldly and solemnly.
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