In the image, a man with black hair and black eyes was covered in blood under a big tree. There were two huge pits next to him. It could be seen that he had just gone through a battle.
He was lying on the ground with his eyes closed. Not far in front of him, a silver-haired man was crawling toward him with difficulty.
“This is… your older brother, Eldest Prince Xenos?”
Chamo’s pupils shrank. He had been present when Silin and the others were rescued. Therefore, he knew about the situation of this eldest prince.
The man’s face couldn’t be seen clearly because his head was lowered, but his physical features, hair color and the words His Majesty just blurted out could already prove his guess.
Xu Sili recovered from the shock. He hadn’t noticed Xenos just now.
On the one hand, the Xenos in the image was too different from what he remembered. On the other hand…
Was the person lying on the ground his oldest brother Xu Fengqing? This person looked exactly the same. It couldn’t be an NPC created by the game group, right?
Xu Sili observed carefully and found that it was really the same as what he remembered but more mature. The immaturity of youth had completely faded.
This also matched the age of his oldest brother in reality!
If this was really his big brother, when did he enter the game? Why was he with Xenos? Why was he lying on the ground now?
One question after another popped up in Xu Sili’s mind.
Looking at the blue light around Xenos’ hand, Xu Sili knew it was the light of the water healing technique. Then when the light dimmed, Xenos was crying sadly. How could he not guess what happened?
The person who looked like his oldest brother died?
How did he die? Who did they just fight? Did he die with the enemy?
Soon, Xu Sili got the answer.
He saw the spaceship with the national emblem of the Bewatt Empire, the lizardman jumping down from the spaceship and his subsequent terrible actions against Xenos.
“Bast*rd!”
Before Xu Sili could experience the joy of seeing his two ‘big brothers’, he was directly overwhelmed by anger.
“Asheng, where are they? Can you take us over to them?”
Asheng shook her head. “This is the scene I just saw when I closed my eyes. It seems that some time has passed.”
She couldn’t speak clearly, so Chamo explained it for her.
“Asheng has undergone the blood purification and become a pure elf. As the only member of the elf royal family, she inherited the power of the elf ruler in the ceremony just now. She should’ve seen everything that happened on the elf clan land.”
Xu Sili frowned and gritted his teeth. He watched as Xenos and the ‘corpse’ suspected to be his oldest brother were taken away.
It had been a while… could he still find them?
At this time, Si Sheng took his hand.
“Since it happened in the land of the elves, they must still be near. Even if they leave, they won’t be very far away. Give me some time.”
Xu Sili was startled before his face showed joy. “Si Sheng, I’m begging you. We must find them!”
Si Sheng nodded and closed his eyes.
He concentrated all his energy and released his spiritual strength as much as possible. Soon, he locked onto the two pits that had appeared in the image.
It was just that there were no traces of the target there. He didn’t stay and started to explore the sky. Finally…
Si Sheng opened his eyes abruptly.
“How is it?”
Xu Sili waited anxiously but didn’t dare to disturb Si Sheng. He quickly asked after seeing that Si Sheng opened his eyes.
Si Sheng’s lips curved. “I found it.”
Xu Sili hugged him and said in surprise, “Then let’s go and save them!”
Then he looked at Chamo and Asheng.
Asheng pointed to the Tree of Life and said timidly, “It said that I can’t leave yet…”
Chamo hurriedly said, “I’ll guard her here. Your Majesty, hurry up and save them!”
Xu Sili nodded. Chamo wasn’t a person who did things randomly. There was no need to worry about his and Ashengs’ safety.
So, he looked at Si Sheng.
Si Sheng nodded, hugged him and disappeared in place.
Chamo looked at the interstellar beasts around the lake that were prepared to move again after they left. He couldn’t help sighing.
This time, it was a big deal again…
“Asheng, you go ahead. Finish it quickly!”
The moment Chamo finished speaking, the interstellar beasts in the lake rushed over. He raised his hands, and the space around the Tree of Life was instantly cut. The interstellar beasts that pounced directly crashed into the turbulence of time and space and were crushed to pieces!
On the other side, Xu Sili waited for the dizziness to disappear. Then he found that they hadn’t caught up with Xenos and the others but had actually returned to the Starry Sky?
“Si Sheng?”
Xu Sili looked at him in confusion. Then the man kissed him on the forehead and said, “You stay here. I’ll go.”
Xu Sili opened his mouth, but in the end, he could only nod.
It must be because he knew that Si Sheng wasn’t prepared to take him along. If he did go, he would only add to the chaos.
“Yes, you have to stay safe! I will summon you back when necessary!”
He could monitor Si Sheng’s data in real time, and summon him immediately if he was in danger. Moreover, Si Sheng had mastered the Card Transformation technique and could completely save his big brothers after turning them into cards!
“Okay.”
Si Sheng patted the top of his head and flashed away from the spaceship.
The moment his body fell, the shadow leopard appeared, carrying him high into the sky and speeding like a black lightning bolt.
The tenderness on Si Sheng’s face had disappeared. He pursed his lips and his spiritual power was released again.
He didn’t take Ah Li with him because he found out—
The Bewatt Empire’s spaceship wasn’t taking the space passage but was making a space jump.
He didn’t know much about interstellar technology, but he could feel the fluctuations in the spaceship that were very similar to the fluctuations of the previous Starry Sky’s space jumps. However, it was much more violent and unstable.
Therefore, he couldn’t take the risk with Ah Li.
Ah Li should stay on the Starry Sky and wait for him to return.
Xu Sili really couldn’t move around.
Without Si Sheng’s coercion to deter the flying interstellar beasts, the Starry Sky could only stay in place and disguise itself through stealth methods to ensure temporary safety.
He waited in the control room, staring at Si Sheng’s various data with anxiety.
Then at this moment, his communication device suddenly rang.
The signal wasn’t very stable. It should be a message from Roland’s side.
“Second Brother?”
Xu Sili’s eyes lit up and he quickly answered.
Xu Yuheng also hurriedly went online. Seeing him answering, he couldn’t help being happy. “Xiao Li, where are you? You aren’t busy, right?”
Xu Sili asked, “Second Brother, is there something wrong?”
“It isn’t me. It is Big Brother!” Xu Yuheng said. “He entered the game and accidentally got a rare race. I don’t know which map he was thrown to.”
“He said before that he wanted to explore on his own. In addition, I was busy so I didn’t tell you for the time being. Unexpectedly, he just asked me for help!”
Xu Yuheng’s tone was full of disbelief. It was because this was the first time his older brother asked him for help.
He also had a subtle feeling in his heart. Last time, Xu Yuheng was thrown to Orchid Moon City but he went to Imperial City to see Xiao Li on his hand!
Of course, Xiao Li’s help was inseparable.
“I already know about it,” Xu Sili said.
Xu Yuheng was shocked. “What? You already know?”
On board the Bewatt Empire’s spaceship.
Kutes and his companion Angis controlled the spaceship with bated breath, fully focused without any distracting thoughts.
They were using ultra-short space jump technology.
Jump technology was generally used in interstellar navigation. This required a stable space and sufficient starting distance.
Such ultra-short space jump technology was extremely dangerous, especially when used for such a short distance from the planet to outer space. No one would use it like this.
However, this was their only way to enter and leave Escher Star without using the safe passage.
They eventually succeeded, but countless experiments showed that such technology could only be applied to small spaceships and the damage rate was particularly high.
Due to restrictions, they couldn’t transport troops and equipment onto Escher Star through this method. So they could only make small moves behind the scenes.
So far, the results of these small actions were gratifying.
Four years ago, the beast wave successfully destroyed nearly a century of efforts of the Roland Empire. It forced the Roland imperial family into a desperate situation. Now they had captured the eldest prince of the Roland Empire!
As long as he was used to threaten the current emperor of Roland… Kutes smiled excitedly when he thought of that scene.
According to his understanding, the new emperor of Roland had only been on the throne for half a year and didn’t have a high support rate among the people
He had seen the video from his spy.
Roland’s people were fierce and strong. The little emperor’s timid and cowardly performance definitely wouldn’t win the hearts of the people.
Using the eldest prince might not be able to make the emperor hand over his authority, but it would definitely cause chaos in Roland! The oldest prince was once the prince of the people’s heart!
“Kutes, don’t be distracted!”
At this time, his companion, Angis, whispered.
Kutes quickly controlled his mind and continued to focus on controlling the spaceship.
In the end, they successfully entered the transition channel.
Outside the control room, in the originally quiet corridor, the special cloth bag placed in the corner suddenly started to move.
The person inside struggled. However, the mouth of the bag was tied so tightly that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t break free. Finally, the bag fell to the ground and deflated.
A shadow moved out from under the bag. He moved slowly and finally came to the closed door.
The metal door made by interstellar high-tech was tightly fitted, but this was easy to overcome by the shadow with almost no substance.
In the end, the shadow found a gap in the door that was close to nothing and successfully squeezed into the room.
The shadow moved slowly and climbed the wall. After destroying the surveillance camera, he fell to the ground again and transformed into human form.
After killing the lizardman called Cole, Xu Fengqing’s level was raised to Lv 16 and he once again gained a talent skill.
He glanced at Xenos first.
The man still had his eyes tightly closed and his face was as pale as paper. Sweat was breaking out on his forehead and he looked to be in very bad condition.
Xu Fengqing frowned deeply. Distress and anger flashed in his eyes.
This emotion was amplified to the extreme when he helped unlock the handcuffs and saw the blood marks on his palm and the bruises on his wrist.
He finally raised this person to the point where he was a bit healthy. Now, not only did it fail but Ah Xe was worse than before!
“Um…”
A low groan was heard behind him. This made Xu Fengqing’s mind return. He turned around and looked at the figure lying on the other bed.
It was the lizardman named Eller. He was the one who found them hiding in the tree, which led to all of this!
Eller groaned in pain. His limbs were frozen and then broken off. Blood was still flowing out at this moment.
If one observed carefully, they would find that the flesh and blood at the broken parts seemed to be stirring and growing. This made people feel horrified.
Xu Fengqing walked to his bed and stared at him.
At this time, the lizardman probably sensed the danger and tried to open his eyes. Once he saw the black-haired man standing beside the bed, he couldn’t help calling out.
The next moment, a pillow covered his open mouth.
“Wu wu…”
Eller struggled and tried to shout. But at this moment, without any limbs, he couldn’t break free at all.
The violent vibrations of the spaceship during the space jump also covered up all movements.
Even so, Xu Fengqing felt that his physical strength was declining rapidly. This was brought about by the level suppression.
He knew he couldn’t continue like this. Then he noticed the gun placed beside the bed and his mind moved. He quickly reached for it and pointed the gun at Eller’s throat.
He recognized the gun. it made no sound when fired. After being hit, it could quickly corrode a hole in the tree trunk, so it was very powerful.
Xu Fengqing pulled the trigger without hesitation.
The bullet penetrated the lizardman’s hard scales. In just one second, all the lizardman’s struggles stopped. There was no movement at all.
[Ding~ You have killed ‘Eller Lv 46’ and gained experience points…]
Xu Fengqing didn’t look carefully at the following values. He just knew that with the experience he had gained, he was promoted several levels in a row and even gained another skill.
Looking at the lizardman that was judged dead by the system, he sighed with relief. Instead of taking away the pillow, he pulled up the quilt and directly covered the lizardman.
This account didn’t have the mosaic system. He had no interest in the lizardman’s tragic death.
Xu Fengqing glanced at the hand holding the gun. He stretched out his right hand and gripped it, stopping the shaking of his arm.
It was all too real…
Without the bloody scenes glorified by the holy light, it was impossible for him to treat this as just a game like ordinary players.
Not to mention…
Xu Fengqing turned around and came to Xenos again, staring at him with lowered eyes.
There were such rich and delicate emotions, as well as a smart mind and reaction ability beyond ordinary people. How could such a person be a piece of data written in advance?
“Ah Xe, Ah Xe.”
Xu Fengqing called out to Xenos softly, gently patting him on the shoulder to try and wake him up.
Xenos felt like he had fallen into a bottomless abyss again, surrounded by darkness.
He curled up in a ball, letting himself fall silent, unwilling to wake up again.
Let it end like this… let his life without any hope end like this…
“Ah Xe… Ah Xe…”
He heard someone calling him. The voice was so familiar that he felt warmth when he heard it.
It was the sun, it was a campfire, it was scalding hot porridge and warm cotton clothes in the cold night…
“Ah Xe, wake up.”
Xenos’ silent consciousness awakened again. He remembered the owner of this voice.
It was that person.
It was the person who saved him several times and brought him countless warmth, but… that person was killed because of him…
Was he dead? Was that how he managed to meet that man again?
Xenos opened his eyes and looked at the man calling him. Staring into these dark and deep eyes, he could clearly see his own confused expression.
“Fengqing…”
He raised a hand and gently touched the man’s face.
Then he felt a tingling pain coming from his palm.
“Ah Xe, are you awake?” Xu Fengqing held his hand and let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Seeing Xenos’ dazed look, he quickly explained, “It is me. I’m not dead, but we are in trouble now.”
The hull of the spaceship was still shaking. Xu Fengqing looked up at the window. The scenery outside the window was no longer clear. It was a scene that would only appear under extreme speed.
He was just going to exchange health medicine for Xenos from the faction warehouse when he saw his capsule communicator ringing.
It was his younger brother, Xu Yuheng.
Did he think of a countermeasure so quickly? Xu Fengqing quickly clicked to answer.
“Ah Heng?”
“Brother, listen to me. I have contacted Xiao Li. Now you can open the faction warehouse and get a communicator. Do you have a signal over there?”
Xu Fengqing frowned. “There is a signal.”
The spaceship was in extreme motion and he might not be able to contact the outside world, but this state would definitely be lifted later. But…
“The communicator requires 1,000 reputation points.”
“It is no problem. Xiao Li has changed the required reputation to 0 and also designated that only rare races can exchange it.”
Xu Fengqing was slightly stunned. Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by Xu Yuheng.
“These things can’t be explained in just one or two sentences. Once you are out of danger and come back, I will explain it to you. Then you can choose whether to believe it or not.”
Xu Fengqing pursed his lips before finally nodding. “Okay.”
Seeing that his brother was finally listening to him, Xu Yuheng felt relieved and continued saying, “Xiao Li said that Si Sheng has already gone to save you.”
“Once you get the communicator, try to contact him. I will send you his communication number. Remember it.”
Xu Fengqing had a lot of questions in his heart, but he still chose not to ask any more questions. He ended the call and successfully redeemed the communicator as Xu Yuheng said.
It was just that Si Sheng…
He naturally hadn’t forgotten that this was Snow Roland’s CP. It was said that the two of them were really together in the game.
A sense of estrangement rose spontaneously. Xu Fengqing didn’t want to have any contact with this person, but…
He glanced at Xenos and still recorded Si Sheng’s communication number.
At this time, the spaceship slowly stabilized.
He saw that there was a bright and quiet starry sky outside the window. This made Xu Fengqing’s heart sink.
There were footsteps outside. Someone was approaching.
Xu Fengqing put away the communicator. Distant water couldn’t save the nearby fire. Now it was useless to contact Si Sheng.
Angis had a sullen expression. Once he saw the empty bag in the corridor, he looked warily at the small bedroom.
They had successfully completed the space jump and reached outer space, but the induction from their bloodline made him and Kutes realize that Eller was dead.
Sure enough, he discovered a problem when he came to take a look.
In the small bedroom, Xenos held Xu Fengqing’s hand. He had barely figured out the current situation.
“I don’t know how you came back to life, but you can’t take any more chances. You hide in the shadows and hold that gun. I’ll be the bait.”
“Kill him when he lets his guard down!”
Xu Fengqing also knew that this was the only way to deal with the crisis at the moment. He gritted his teeth, followed the order and sank into the shadows.
It must be foolproof or Xenos would be in danger!
Outside the door, Angis was ready to break in. As a result…
A man’s palm quietly rested on his shoulder.
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