CH 94

On the huge training ground, only the backup power supply above their heads was sizzling, struggling to work.

The ear-piercing scraping sounds of Zerg’s claws attacking and scratching the outer wall reverberated in the open field, it felt as if the sound surrounded them from all directions, causing people’s scalp to go numb and fear to grow their hearts.

Outside the wall was hell on earth.

Panicked discussions broke out in the crowd, atmosphere of fear could be felt in the air.

Under the gloomy and murky light, a snow-white glint reflected on the silver-white mecha.

The mecha door opened.

The young man sitting in the mecha cab showed his face. In the darkness, his face looked cold and white, like a frozen ray of morning light.

A pair of dark eyes drooped down, looking down at everyone condescendingly, as he spoke with a calm and indifferent voice:

“The military protective barrier of the planet has been severely damaged.”

“In just four hours, the entire planet will cease to exist.”

“You are the last barrier between the insect tide and the defenseless city.”

The young man’s lower jaw was small and round, his facial features were beautiful and noble, the line of his upper lip was soft, even if he did not smile, it curved upwards slightly, making him look childish and well-behaved, the opposite of aggressiveness and danger.

But his eyes were cold.

Like an icy sharp blade, it penetrated the screen cutting straight into the watcher’s eyes, as if it could cut through skin, tear flesh and blood, and stab straight into the heart, bringing a sense of suffocation deep from the soul.

He swept his cold eyes over the crowd.

“Those who don’t want to be a barrier will be treated as deserters.”

The laser blade condensed in the air, and the sharp blue light lit up in the dark, reflecting in the youth’s pupils.

He raised the corners of his lips and on his lips appeared a pure and sweet smile:

“Killed without mercy.”

Immediately afterwards, the video came to an abrupt end.

Its full length was very short, only a few minutes, but it caused an instant sensation on the Starnet. After a brief period of speechlessness, the post began to spread like a virus and quickly topped the traffic lists of all major social networking sites. A frenzied discussion spread across the Federation.

“I’m shocked I’m suffocating FUCK FUCK FUCK who is this WHO IS THIS?”

“Ahhhhhhh, have you forgotten the previous video with Haines!! This is another protagonist!!!!”

“Is it actually an Omega? It’s a godly level of control of mecha! My worldview has been refreshed…”

“To be honest, even the alpha can’t reach this level. This is the absolutely highest level in the entire interstellar space!”

“The leader who turned the tide, the single person who completely changed the results of the battle, and drove the mecha to a glorious death alone… Heavens, I’m speechless, as an Omega I am I actually fell in love with another Omega!”

“I’m beta, and the moment he looked at the camera, I announced that I was also in love.”

At the same time, a new issue the most concerning for everyone gradually came to the surface, and it was——

After diving the mecha into the explosion, was the person still alive?

Due to the boiling public opinion and the urges and petitions that flew into various government departments in countless numbers like snowflakes, the relevant departments of the federal government had to stand up and issue a statement: “Iris Drost is not dead, and is now receiving treatment in the hospital. The cause of this insect tide is still under investigation, and the specific process cannot be announced for the time being, we hope the public will wait patiently for the time being.”

After confirming that Iris was not in mortal danger, another wave of people on the Starnet began to revel:

“Who was it that talked previously about couple mechas!!!! The prophet, come out !!!! “

“Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, I am coming!!!”

“I thought it was the story of the domineering captain and a little white flower, but I didn’t expect it to be a ferocious piranha — why do I seem to be better off dead!”

“This couple szd*!!”

*chinese slang meaning: it is real (是真的）(the ship is cannon)

In the hospital, Ge Xiu had no idea at all what kind of stormy waves were set off by him outside.

He woke up from time to time, but every time he opened his eyes he would find that his ward was twice as crowded as the last time he was awake.

The mountains of gifts and letters sent to their wards, the glowing thank-you notes and condolences from all over the planet skyrocketed, and even the hospital staff began to complain that there was nowhere to pile more, this trend continued for several days without slowing down at all, and even began to intensify.

In the end, the administrators of the hospital were so overwhelmed that they had to announce the temporary closure of the remote gift delivery function.

Until three days later, after waking up after twelve hours of sleep, one of the nurses who took care of him walked into the room, squeezed Ge Xiu’s hand, and thanked him with tears for his contributions to the Federation and the common people.

Then, after a brief conversation with the nurse, Ge Xiu learned what had happened outside during the few days when he was in a coma.

Somehow, he became the hero and saviour of all stars.

Ge Xiu felt that it was so ironic it was amusing.

The last time he was so famous was in the real world — he was the most wanted criminal in the entire interstellar space, and according to the presiding judge, when he was arrested, he also caused an explosive sensation in the entire interstellar space.

The comparison felt almost absurd.

Ge Xiu seemed to understand why they’re so eager to make him leave this world this time — after all, if this world does not end soon, he will probably become a sought after and admired winner in life.

As he was leaning against the wall and thinking about things aimlessly, the door of the ward was knocked on again.

There was no nurse notification this time.

Ge Xiu raised his eyebrows and said: “Come in.”

The door was gently pushed open.

Surprisingly, the one who appeared at the door this time was Haines, who he had not seen for a long time.

He looked thinner than before the war, his facial features were sharper and colder, and the cold dangerous aura that was often camouflaged by image of laziness was even more difficult to conceal at the moment. He emitted a decisive killing intent tempered in the fire of war.

Haines stared at Ge Xiu, his eyes were dark and blue, as deep as the depths of the sea, he slightly raised the corners of his lips: “You are in good condition today.”

——Isn’t that because he always picked a time when he was asleep to come before?

Ge Xiu was too lazy to expose him.

He shrugged: “It’s not bad.”

Haines walked into the ward, sat down on the chair beside the bed, glanced at the table beside him, then reached out to pick up an apple and began to peel it naturally: “You should know about the recent discussion about you in the outside world, right?”

Ge Xiu nodded slightly: “I heard a little.”

Haines was obviously a good knife wielder, his movements were elegant and dexterous, the long apple peel slipped from between the slender fingers, and gradually grew longer without breaking.

He winked narrowly at Ge Xiu:

“Based on your outstanding performance on the battlefield, the Federal Council has decided to award you with the highest medal.”

This kind of information was obviously classified, but he said it so lightly.

Ge Xiu pouted: “Oh.”

Haines cut the apple into small pieces, arranged it in a flower-like shape on the plate, and handed it to the place where Ge Xiu could easily reach.

As he was doing it, he said,

“Also, we almost have a clue about this insect tide.”

Ge Xiu squeezed an apple and put it in his mouth, and raised his brows with interest: “What do you say?”

Haines concisely said: “The insect race has evolved, but not every insect has intelligence. These insects without thinking ability obey the orders of the intelligent insect king, and act strictly according to the instructions of the other.”

“Then whose army attacked the battalion on the planet?”

“I tracked the source of the weapon, and now I basically know which planet was it now. My fleet and the army of the Federation have already gone to arrest them. As for why they did this did it, let’s wait until catching the culprits before finding out.”

Haines said it easily, but the reality was much more difficult than this.

Whether it was the initial tracking or positioning, or even the final joint siege and arresting, the Federal Council and the Federal Army did not help the bureaucrats in any way—they did want to arrest people, but they didn’t want to delegate power to Haines. And so they racked their brains trying to delay time. If it wasn’t for Haines’ tough attitude, and the fact that there were some sensible people like Admiral Drost in the military, this matter most likely wouldn’t have been achieved.

Ge Xiu raised his eyes to look at Haines and asked straight to the point,

“You chose me to see me when I was awake today, just to say this?”

He just laughed softly, held Ge Xiu’s hand beside the bed, and said:

“Of course not.”

Ge Xiu’s fingertips tensed slightly for a moment, hesitating for a moment, but in the end he still didn’t pull out his hand from the other’s palm.

Haines stared at him: “I found a way to save you.”

Ge Xiu was shocked: “What?”

“I found a way to save you.” Haines repeated patiently. “The doctor said that they couldn’t find the reason for the failure of your organs. That’s because it wasn’t your organs that began failing.”

He took out his personal terminal and pushed it to Ge Xiu: “I found your metal power test before enrolling.”

The face of Iris is displayed on the screen, and there are several clear and distinct characters on the side:

[Mental Strength: 69]

[Level: Passing]

Ge Xiu stared at the screen of the terminal, and Haines’ calm voice sounded in his ears:

“In addition, I read all the images and texts you left before being lost in the war — how could a person’s personality change so completely in such a short period of time? Even your food preferences would change? ? Whether it was strong combat experience or the uncompromising way of thinking, it was not something that could be explained by participating in a war. The most important thing was that your mental power test value was always 0 no matter how many times it was tested. It wasn’t a problem with the machine — the mental power of human beings may increase or decrease in a small range, but such an abnormal change is impossible.”

“So what are your conclusions?”

Ge Xiu asked calmly.

He put down the terminal, turned his head to look at Haines, and his eyes looked straight into his deep eyes.

The curvature of the corners of Haines’ lips deepened, and his voice was low and even, as if telling a simple fact:

“You’re not Iris Drost, are you?”

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Bamboo’s little theater:

Judges: It’s the fourth world. Is he regretting his crimes yet?

Subordinate: Uh… actually he is being worshipped by all of interstellar and was called the hero of the century.

Judges: ….

Subordinate: And he also found a very rich fiance who bought him a beautiful mecha

Judges: $#%#$%% GET HIM OUT OF THIS WORLD, NOW!