After hearing Xu Fengqing’s words, before Xenos could say anything, the little white snake shook its body and turned to look at Xenos with pitiful accusations in its round eyes.
Xenos couldn’t help laughing when he saw this. “It seems that it doesn’t like me very much.”
What he cared about was Fengqing’s thoughtfulness in giving him this gift. As for the gift itself, Xenos didn’t think it was important.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the little white snake lowered its head and rubbed against his fingers with a flattering approach.
Xenos looked at the cute little guy and was a bit surprised. “It seems to be very smart?”
Xu Fengqing reached out, gently tapped the little white snake’s head and said, “This is a native of Bewatt Star.”
Xenos couldn’t help blinking when he heard this.
“A native of Bewatt Star? Aren’t they all…” Palm-sized beastmen?
Xu Fengqing nodded. “It has some congenital deficiencies, making it difficult for it to transform into human form.”
When he picked up the little white snake, it had just hatched from its shell and was only as thick as a toothpick. If the game system hadn’t written its information, he would’ve thought it was some peculiar little insect.
As it grew up, he discovered that this little snake had an intellectual disability and was unable to transform like the ordinary residents of Bewatt Star.
Xenos looked at the cute little skin and felt sympathy for it.
“However, it is still very smart compared to ordinary snakes. I tested it and found that its intelligence is about the same as that of a three or four year old child. It can understand some words and is very sensitive to emotions.”
Xu Fengqing had been raising the little snake for a year.
The natives of Bewatt Star were a typical short-lived race. Just like the cat tribe, they could mature and reproduce in one or two years, This was true for most races.
However, he had specially learned that snakes had a relatively longer lifespan but it was rare to see a snake that couldn’t transform within a year of its birth like this one.
Xenos nodded before suddenly thinking of something. He looked up at Xu Fengqing and asked, “So you have been staying on Bewatt Star for more than a year and rarely returned to Roland just to raise this little guy?”
Facing the man’s clear and bright purple eyes, Xu Fengqing paused slightly before finally nodding truthfully.
His backpack couldn’t carry any living things, so when he committed suicide and returned to the city, he was unable to bring the little snake back with him. He could only keep it on Bewatt Star.
The snake tribe was very rare and he hadn’t found its tribe members yet. The beastmen of the cat tribe didn’t dare to take it in.
After all, snakes were carnivores and this was a stupid snake with intellectual problems.
It wasn’t until the ultra-long-distance teleportation circle connected the two planets that Xu Fengqing was able to safely bring the little white snake back to Roland.
Looking at the man’s serious expression, Xenos suddenly smiled gently, his beautiful purple eyes shining like stars.
“Fengqing, you are truly the most gentle and kind person I have ever met.”
Xenos voice was soft, as if he was muttering to himself, but every word was carried into Xu Fengqing’s ears by the breeze.
He couldn’t help being stunned.
Xu Fengqing never thought he would hear such an evaluation from others. Somehow, he felt his ears getting hot.
He shook his head and said seriously, “I’m not.”
This was just about being responsible for a life and had nothing to do with being gentle and kind.
Xenos stared at him, still smiling, but he didn’t insist. He just said, “Yes, you are a dragon.”
Xu Fengqing: “……”
Xenos saw that the man was choked up and his smile brightened.
He felt very happy as long as he was with Fengqing.
He didn’t think he had said anything wrong. If it wasn’t for Fengqing’s gentleness and kindness, he wouldn’t be able to stand here today.
Xenos lowered his eyes and looked at the white snake on his palm. He thought of something and asked, “What is its name?”
“No,” Xu Fengqing said. “You can pick one for it. It is yours now.”
Xenos thought for a moment before saying with a smile, “Then let’s call him Xiaofeng.”
Xu Fengqing glanced at him and nodded. “It is up to you.”
Xu Fengqing finished giving the gift and was prepared to leave.
Xenos was a bit reluctant when he heard Fengqing say, “After the war starts, let’s go around together.”
He didn’t ask Xenos whether he would go or not. This was already a foregone conclusion. All Xu Fengqing could do was to protect him.
This time, he wouldn’t let Xenos get hurt.
Despite so much time passing, Xu Fengqing still remembered how unwilling and painful he felt when Xenos was abducted by the lizardmen.
He absolutely wouldn’t let such a thing happen again.
Xenos watched Xu Fengqing’s back as he left. The gentle and bright smile on his face gradually faded, and a layer of ice covered his purple eyes.
The scene of the man dying in front of him was naturally vivid in his mind.
He knew that Fengqing could be resurrected from the dead, but he would never allow Fengqing to sacrifice himself a second time.
Xenos slowly raised his hand and clenched it hard.
In an instant, all the flowers on the tree were frozen into ice crystals, accompanied by a crackling sound. After a breeze blew, the light white petals all turned into powder, leaving only tender green leaves messy in the wind.
Xenos’ aura was powerful for a moment, but then he completely restrained it.
In just two years after his return, Xenos successfully broke through from two stars to the peak, becoming the second five star elementalist of the new generation after Xu Sili.
His elemental skills had also changed dramatically compared to the past. In addition to his original auxiliary skills, he now had a lot of powerful killing moves.
Perhaps he seemed to have fully recovered, but the sufferings of the past still left deep marks on his heart.
The little white snake on his other hand felt something and couldn’t help trembling.
Xenos noticed it.
He looked down at it and the ice in his eyes melted again. He raised his hand gently, rubbed the snake’s head against his cheek and said, “Xiaofeng, you are so cute.”
The little white snake slowly relaxed.
It stuck out its tongue and rubbed against him. It looked well-behaved, not at all like a ferocious venomous snake, let alone one that could bite people.
It would be turned into powder if it bit someone. It wasn’t so stupid.
With Xiao Wu around, all the movements of the Roland Empire were naturally kept strictly secret. Even if there were spies on Escher Star who wanted to leak the information, they simply couldn’t do so.
So from the outside world’s perspective, the entire universe might be discussing and paying close attention to this matter, but the Roland Empire wasn’t in a hurry at all. This made it impossible to tell its true strength.
The lizardmen of the Bewatt Empire had always looked down on the Roland Empire, but Roland had beautifully won the battle against the Clive star thieves.
Faced with a nation with such powerful military force, the lizardman leader became vigilant.
Bewatt Star entered a first-level defense state. Almost 80% of its warships were sent to outer space as a dragnet.
The lizardmen had already studied and found that the magic of the Roland Empire that could appear inside the spaceship was limited.
It was just like in the battle against the Clive star thieves. The first super battleship was destroyed, but the remaining four stationary battleships were disintegrated from the inside.
So this type of magic only worked on stationary spaceships?
It had to be said that the lizardmen really guessed it right.
The fixed-point teleporter could only deliver items to designated coordinates. Once the coordinates of the spaceship changed, the delivered items naturally couldn’t reach the interior of the spaceship.
Therefore, all the warships in the lizardmen’s dragnet were moving at all times.
Moreover, no matter which direction Roland’s army came from, they would face the concentrated fire of a warship and ten ordinary battleships at the same time.
Given the Roland Empire’s backward technology, would they lose in a head-on battle when their warships weren’t destroyed from within?
The lizardman leader was very confident.
Even if the worst outcome happened and the army of the Roland Empire could cross such a long distance to airdrop directly to Bewatt Star, the warships patrolling in outer space could turn their fire at any time and shoot the targets from outer space!
The firepower was inevitably weakened, but it was enough.
The remaining warships and mechas were sent to the desert oasis. The lizardmen were prepared to strike first and eliminate the forces in the desert oasis.
However, what shocked the entire lizardman army was that when they drove their warships and mechas over the desert oasis, ready to carry out an indiscriminate sweep—
The enemy was discovered in various parts of the planet!
The Roland Empire actually possessed the ability to directly deploy troops across planets!
Not only was the army’s combat effectiveness very strong, but it also specifically targeted important military locations with weak defenses. In less than half an hour, news of the cities’ fall was transmitted back to the capital!
The lizardman leader had remained calm when he first received the report.
He looked at the surveillance videos of all the cities where battles had taken place and said through gritted teeth, “Just in time! Let the firepower preparation in outer space proceed as planned!”
The warships in outer space moved quickly. All their firepower aimed at the city that had fallen in the first encounter.
A faint light appeared at the barrel, gradually becoming brighter and brighter.
The lizardman leader saw this scene, his yellow-brown vertical pupils filled with cruel murderous intent.
There were still a large number of civilians in the city who hadn’t evacuated, but he believed that his people were ready to sacrifice for the nation at any time!
If they wanted to blame someone, blame those Roland people!
He stared at the light screen, watching as the light in the barrel reached its peak. A satisfied smile appeared on his lips.
Then the entire scene was illuminated by white light. Less than half a minute later, his palace was also submerged in the familiar white light.
He heard his adjutant’s terrified cry. “Your Majesty! It seems to be coming toward us!”
Then he completely lost consciousness.
The main palace of Bewatt Star, which had just been rebuilt not long ago, turned into ruins again.
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