Because there was no clear direction, the group could only continue traveling north.
This approach was rather inefficient, as no one could be certain if Ren Qingying’s team had maintained a consistent direction. Moreover, the dangers they might encounter in the process of searching for her team were unpredictable.
However, the kind-hearted youths stuck to their words. Regardless of whether they would actually encounter Ren Qingying’s team, they kept moving forward.
Li ZouXing noticed that Gu WenCheng was becoming increasingly skilled at acting.
Gu WenCheng had always enjoyed acting in the story, but originally, he used his talents to show off. Now, he was using them to garner sympathy. He found more and more enjoyment in this and seemed to be getting quite adept at it.
They continued until it was time for dinner, and then the group finally stopped to rest.
Ren Yingying’s situation was so pitiful that even Li ZouXing felt sympathy for her. As the main character’s partner in discovering this new amusement, Gu WenCheng had been exceedingly gentle and considerate towards her all along the journey. He sat at the very edge during breaks to avoid making her uncomfortable, and this distance did provide some relief for Ren Yingying.
Of course, this relief came with its fair share of criticism from the audience, but Ren Yingying had no time to care about that anymore. After all, Gu WenCheng’s behavior had given her a very uncomfortable feeling.
As the competition was scheduled to end tomorrow morning, they didn’t spend much time on food; they consumed nutrient liquids instead.
“We haven’t seen any signs of other people around us so far,” Li ZouXing gazed around. “If we don’t find anything before nightfall, we should look for a safe place to rest.”
“As long as I can be with all of you,” Ren Yingying hurriedly said, “I don’t necessarily need to find my teammates.”
She had already given up on being eliminated and just wanted the competition to end quickly so that she could be properly taken care of.
Since that was the case, they had an easy solution. After finding a place to stay for the night, they arranged for the girl to be placed in the innermost part of their sleeping area, with some distance between them, displaying a gentlemanly demeanor.
[They are really responsible. I can’t believe I’m seeing a template for a future husband in the strongest team competition.]
[Show some ambition. Instead of templates, if you have the ability, just go and win them over yourselves.]
The audience’s fondness for Dream Team was skyrocketing, whether it was the team’s atmosphere, their skills, or their personalities. There was nothing about them that didn’t endear1a verb that means to cause someone to become fond of or to feel affectionate toward you. them to others.
In the Empire where freedom of speech prevailed, and with the herd mentality of people, Dream Team’s livestream room was getting hotter and more crowded, even at this hour. The number of viewers was still astonishing.
Gu WenCheng felt it was the right time.
Nighttime often allowed people to accept greater challenges and made their thoughts more daring.
“Do you still remember the Multi-Vinia Flower?” he suddenly asked.
Only those who were present at the time knew about this incident. Ji Yu and the others were momentarily surprised when they heard the name of the flower, and then they began to sweat for Gu WenCheng. They vaguely replied, “I vaguely remember.”
They remembered Li ZouXing’s fiery anger at the time and his ruthless act of smashing the flower to pieces.
Li ZouXing’s tone was calm now as he said, “It was a very beautiful flower.”
He thought for a moment and used his mental power to simulate the appearance of that flower from his memory. This skill was also remarkable, leaving the livestream audience stunned and staring at their impressive display.
The Multi-Vinia Flower was originally ice-blue in color, and the flower created by his mental power was so vividly beautiful. Gu WenCheng couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly. “He must not have expected that you would remember what the flower looked like.”
Surprisingly, he was very pleased with himself.
“It’s just a flower,” Li ZouXing snorted twice. “Walter always likes to play these tricks.”
Sending flowers, jumping off buildings – back then, he was still a straight guy.
The livestream chat exploded!
Why was there a connection between flowers and Walter?
Walter sending flowers to his opponent?!
Wasn’t the opponent supposed to have a hostile relationship with him as soon as they met?!
Moreover, they had just believed the theory that Walter was using Li ZouXing as a shield. How did the situation change so quickly?
Ling Nian remained particularly firm. He sneered, “It’s a trick to confuse others.”
The most terrifying thing was when fans turned into critics. Gu WenCheng’s mouth twitched briefly, and then he asked his next question, “Hey, ZouXing, do you have a tattoo?”
“No,” Li ZouXing found this question strange. “Of course not.”
Gu WenCheng furrowed his brow, hesitating, and said, “But, I’ve seen some strange characters on your back.”
A sudden gust of wind outside the cave added an eerie atmosphere to the scene.
Li ZouXing’s thought process was somewhat unconventional, and he suddenly felt that this was a good atmosphere. He had the urge to tell an interesting ghost story to all the people in the empire, making the technology-driven world, which had always been firmly rooted in materialism, experience psychological terror.
But now, he had to deal with Gu WenCheng’s sweet attack.
“What characters?” He furrowed his brow, then reached behind and took off his coat, allowing Gu WenCheng to take another look. “Is there still anything?”
Separated by a layer of clothing, nothing could be seen, but Gu WenCheng’s hand brushed over a certain area on his back, and Li ZouXing keenly felt a slight warmth.
Gu WenCheng used his fingers to hide his intentions. If Li ZouXing hadn’t known he was up to something, he might have missed this detail.
This sensation of being touched by Gu WenCheng in front of so many people fascinated Li ZouXing.
His hand also became more open and honest, as if no matter what he did, everyone would think he was just helping his teammate.
But he only dared to touch behind Li ZouXing’s back. Even the thought of countless pairs of eyes staring at Li ZouXing’s back later made him feel incredibly irritable and angry.
“I can’t tell,” Gu WenCheng said very honestly, “but I’m sure I glimpsed some strange tattoo characters on your back once, very peculiar words.”
Xi Nan approached, wanting to lift his shirt, “Wait a minute, didn’t we have nothing when we soaked in the hot springs before?”
“Could it be that you, ZouXing, did something bad behind our backs?”
Curiosity was piqued.
[Can the camera turn around? Please, just a peek at his back.]
[Wow, those muscle lines…]
The camera followed suit, and Gu WenCheng patiently stood still while Xi Nan lifted the back of Li ZouXing’s clothes.
Fortunately, Xi Nan only lifted a corner, exposing the strange characters Gu WenCheng had mentioned to the air.
“…” He took in a sharp breath, “There are really characters, ZouXing!”
They were characters he didn’t recognize, located on the left waist, in a very dangerous and suggestive position.
He bent down to examine them closely, and the others were drawn in as well. Several big men crouched behind Li ZouXing, carefully observing, trying to figure out what this meant.
It didn’t look like a tattoo; instead, it seemed like marks that had grown naturally on the skin, appearing here naturally. If it weren’t for the fact that they were certain Li ZouXing had nothing on his back before, this thing would have looked like a birthmark.
Ling Nian suddenly had a flash of insight, and he stood up with such intense emotions, “Doesn’t this look like the characters Walter once left on the glass?”
“!”
Xi Nan and the others stared at him in shock.
“Ji Yu,” he said, “the characters he left behind when he first appeared at Chengyang Military Academy…”
He grasped what Ling Nian meant and was stunned by this idea.
“It’s like,” Xi Nan murmured, “really like…”
Si Wo Lin, who didn’t understand this situation, silently noted the information in the conversation.
[??? What’s going on here? What glass? What characters?]
[Are these characters left by Walter? By the way, what planet is Walter from?]
Meanwhile, the Dream Team on Daylight Meteor also thought about this matter.
They tried to keep their composure. If they remembered correctly, Yu Meng had once mentioned that Walter’s home planet, Meide Star, had long been extinct, and the civilization on the planet had completely vanished. The only recorded texts were in the possession of the military.
But knowing this was related to Walter, Ling Nian couldn’t wait for the match to end. He was worried about Walter’s attitude towards Li ZouXing. Lu ZouXing casually said, “I don’t know how many people are watching the live stream, otherwise, we could ask them for help.”
Gu WenCheng added, “The military should be monitoring this. Why not contact them directly and have them translate what it means?”
There was a mischievous glint in his eyes, as if he had just pulled off a perfect prank.
It was only then that Ling Nian and the others remembered the livestream aspect of this situation.
Their expressions changed several times, and finally, they forced out a composed but slightly twisted smile. “You’re right, we’ll wait for the military to get in touch.”
When it came to news about Walter, Yu Meng was more sensitive than anyone else.
He calmly accepted the report handed to him by a subordinate with an unusual expression. On it was the translation of that sentence in the interstellar common language.
After the first glance, his expression also became extremely strange.
“This belongs to me.”
The protagonist in the photo next to the sentence was Li ZouXing.
The characters on his waist were particularly conspicuous.
Yu Meng’s expression was hard to describe, and after a while, he said, “Send this information to Li ZouXing.”
What was wrong with Walter?
How could someone else’s body belong to him?
Li ZouXing finished tidying up his clothes and received the message from Yu Meng. He raised an eyebrow upon receiving it. “Pretty quick, it’s already translated.”
Imperial citizens watching the livestream stretched their necks curiously, their eyes glued to the screen, wanting to know the meaning of this sentence at the same time as the Dream Team.
Could it be an insulting remark?
After all, this was a declared opponent by Walter, and when it came to opponents, people generally didn’t expect a friendly relationship.
Or perhaps it could be a threat; none of them believed it had any good meaning.
However, Walter had quietly left an imprint on Li ZouXing’s back, which already indicated Walter’s special attention to Li ZouXing.
This made a significant portion of those who had considered taking out their frustrations on Li ZouXing quietly withdraw their hands.
Before they were confident they could retaliate against Walter, before they had enough strength, they could only keep themselves suppressed, not daring to provoke Li ZouXing again, fearing it would catch Walter’s attention and lead to an early annihilation at his hands.
Gu WenCheng considered many things. Since Li ZouXing was now connected to Walter, he wanted to make this relationship even closer—even if there were some daredevils who still wanted to harm Li ZouXing, it didn’t matter. Walter wouldn’t be by Li ZouXing’s side all the time, but Gu WenCheng would.
In essence, he just wanted to declare ownership of Li ZouXing.
Li ZouXing opened the information, and the camera selected the perfect angle, broadcasting the content to the audience on the Star Network, catching their attention immediately.
All the viewers slowly opened their mouths in astonishment.
“This belongs to me.”
They subconsciously looked at Li ZouXing.
Did this mean that only… Walter could touch him?
