Chapter 100- Immortal Love
The soldiers on the starship stared blankly at the silver-white mech, including Vice Admiral Hai Dongqing, who was called the God of Ten Thousand Eagles. At this moment, he felt that the man in front of him was the god of slaughter.
If Xi Guican hadn’t contracted that strange illness two years ago, the Federation would have seen the youngest marshal in its history.
A monster from the Star Sea Orphanage’s human experiments.
The most powerful mech pilot.
Perhaps at another time, the astonishing feat of single-handedly killing ultra-high-level insectoids would have incurred jealousy from those with ill intentions. But at this critical moment of life and death, everyone witnessing all this knew that there was one strong individual who was the Federation’s fortune.
The recording devices hovered overhead, faithfully transmitting the battle to the live broadcast. The high-level officials in the Military Command Headquarters watched the broadcast with solemn expressions.
After the silver-white mech killed one ultra-high-level insectoid, it quickly targeted another closest one. Like a judgmental sword, it slashed toward the bulky insectoid. The snow-white mech arms turned into blades, emitting a sharp light in the void, even causing the sun in the sky to pale momentarily.
How long does it take to kill an ultra-high-level insectoid?
Before this battle, without the joint effort of three giant warships and the lives of countless mech pilots, without a day and night’s time, the Federation couldn’t even inflict heavy damage on the ultra-high-level insectoids.
But now, Xi Guican let everyone know that it only took fifteen seconds to kill one ultra-high-level insectoid.
The silver-white mech shot out like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, it appeared on another giant warship. The mech warriors on the warship dispersed like a receding tide, making way for this magnificent mech and the ultra-high-level insectoid.
Before the silver-white mech made its move, the live broadcast room was silent. They saw the mech overlapping its arms, and two long, highly aggregated plasma lightsabers were silently drawn out, the stunning light instantly piercing the silent air—
Like a brilliant meteor streaking across the sky, the god of slaughter reaped the souls of the creatures in the barren land. The light, filled with endless violence and arrogance, cut off the crystal-clear insect wings.
Ah—!!!
The piercing scream of the ultra-high-level insectoid echoed through the sky. Its eight claws flailed desperately, its bulky body writhed wildly. However, from the moment it faced Xi Guican, its death was already sealed.
The piercing scream of this ultra-high-level insectoid abruptly stopped, but the feast of slaughter had just begun.
“1, 2, 3, 4, four ultra-high-level insectoids died in front of me, I… I can’t believe it.”
“Now it’s five.”
“Six.”
“Ah, my God, seven kills!!! Is Xi Guican still human?!”
“Am I dreaming? Why does it seem so effortless for Xi Guican to kill ultra-high-level insectoids, as easy as cutting watermelons?”
“One person equals ten giant warships.”
“He’s not the Federation’s Blade, he’s a god.”
He Ruge watched with excitement, his heart beating fast for some reason. Perhaps he was stimulated by the blockbuster-like live broadcast, or maybe it was because all the barrage messages were chanting this name—
“Xi Guican! It’s a live broadcast by a major general! Xiao He, you’re actually hiding here to secretly watch the Star Wars broadcast!”
Shui Xirui suddenly exclaimed, startling He Ruge. He had forgotten the time while watching the broadcast and didn’t even know when the physical education class ended.
But Shui Xirui was also immersed in the broadcast. She covered her mouth in astonishment and said, “Is it my imagination? How come there are three ultra-high-level insectoids? And one was cut down by Major General Xi like slicing a watermelon?!”
She rubbed her eyes, and in just a blink of an eye, the silver-white mech in the video chopped down another insectoid. Even more dramatically, the last remaining ultra-high-level insectoid on the Star Wars unexpectedly turned and fled!
The insectoids were a race that knew only killing and feared no death. Their behavior of fleeing shocked everyone. It was as surprising as robots violating their programming and declaring a strike.
“Ah, Major General Xi, he, he, he killed the last ultra-high-level insectoid too?! Three ultra-high-level insectoids! All killed?!”
Shui Xirui screamed, her soprano voice almost piercing He Ruge’s eardrums. The cubs from Land Class 1, hearing the commotion, came over. He Ruge made a gesture to Shui Xirui, indicating her to keep quiet.
His tone was like that of a parent unable to resist bragging about their child getting a perfect score, but his expression was like remembering his outstanding lover, “Not three, but ten.”
The cubs who had finished physical education surrounded He Ruge, chirping and asking, “What three? What ten?”
The Star Wars broadcast continued. Although all ten ultra-high-level insectoids had been killed by Xi Guican, the remaining medium and low-level insectoids, even if they stood still, would still take the Federation a day and a night to kill.
The silver-white mech was the most dazzling presence, like a killing god freely shuttling through the swarm of insects, harvesting lives.
As He Ruge watched the live broadcast and felt the atmosphere of the Star Wars, he wildly typed on the keyboard with inspiration flowing. However, after watching the Star Wars broadcast for a long time, he felt his eyes were burning.
Because the screen was full of insectoid corpses and mech wreckage. From the initial horror to the current numbness, even feeling that any random screenshot could be used as roach poison.
Now it was time to teach the cubs, a process of refreshing his eyes. Especially when He Ruge stood on the podium and asked questions, the fluffy cubs eagerly raised their paws, eagerly looking at He Ruge, hoping to be called out, which could melt He Ruge’s heart.
Very soon, at six o’clock in the evening, the broadcast time for ‘Lull You to Sleep’ arrived.
However, the style of this live broadcast was different from before.
He Ruge said, “Good evening, today I want to tell you not a fairy tale, but a myth. What is a myth? As the name implies, it’s a virtual story where the protagonist is a deity.”
This time, he didn’t want to tell a fairy tale. He wanted to tell a hero’s story, and Chinese mythological stories seemed more fitting.
When he mentioned the word ‘deity,’ the youth’s expression remained unchanged, even with a hint of a smile in his eyes, as if he were blaspheming the gods and at the same time praising them.
He said softly, “A long time ago, there were ten suns in this world, taking turns appearing in the sky. However, one day, all ten suns appeared in the sky together. They scorched the earth, causing a drought. The divine archer Hou Yi was sent by the Heavenly Emperor to drive away the suns…”
The mention of ten suns intrigued the live chat, sparking discussions about the scientific feasibility of ten suns. However, when they heard about Hou Yi shooting the suns, they began to comment: “Unscientific,” “Impossible,” “Nonsense.”
He Ruge paid no attention to the chat. He continued to tell the story, and the cubs from Land Class 1 listened attentively, “He drew his ten-thousand-pound bow, loaded it with a thousand-pound arrow, and shot down nine suns, leaving only one in the sky.”
The chat continued to buzz:
“Isn’t this too far-fetched? It’s better to say it’s a tall tale. How could you shoot down the sun with an arrow?”
“Why argue over it? He Ruge already said it’s a virtual story, it’s fake. You insist on applying it to reality.”
“Even if it’s virtual, it shouldn’t completely depart from reality! Can you show me someone shooting down the sun from reality?”
“There’s no shooting down the sun, but there are bug slayers. Xi Guican killed ten ultra-high-level insectoids. Why don’t you go check the live broadcast recording? He killed more ultra-high-level insectoids than the number of suns shot down in the myth.”
“Some people are narrow-minded. If I had told you before today that Xi Guican could kill ten ultra-high-level insectoids in one go, would you still think it’s nonsense?”
“…Actually, if you had told me about Xi Guican’s achievements yesterday, I would have thought it was nonsense.”
“I get it now. This isn’t about telling us stories; it’s about feeding us dog food.”
“Ah, it’s too sweet!”
So today’s hot search not only included ‘Xi Guican kills ten ultra-high-level insectoids,’ but also ‘ Xi Guican and He Ruge’s Immortal Love.’
The highly praised comments under this hot search were like this:
“I’ve never believed in gods in my life, but when I think of you, I speak of mythological stories.”
“As a mortal, my life is short, fleeting like a passing cloud, but when it comes to my admiration for a deity, it’s like the sun, moon, and stars, vast and boundless. Who is that deity, you ask?”
“It’s you.”
“Why do you all compare the love between He Ruge and Xi Guican to that of a believer and a deity? I don’t think it’s like that! Have you seen the way the major general looks at He Ruge in the live broadcast? It’s as deep as the ocean! Clearly, it’s the deity’s exclusive favoritism towards his little believer!”
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He Ruge was still unaware of all the cheesy sentences about him and Xi Guican on the Star Network. After telling the mythological story, he sang “Only Fear Not Fighting,” written by Xian Xinghai, with some slight modifications to the lyrics:
“Blow the little trumpet, da di da di da! Beat the little bronze drum, dong dong dong!
Hold the little knife and gun, charge into the battlefield. Cut down the insect tide with one slash! Shoot the bug clan with one shot!
Not afraid of being young, only fear not fighting! Blow the little trumpet, da di da di da!
Beat the little bronze drum, dong dong dong! Not afraid of being young, only fear not fighting! Only fear not fighting!”
After singing this children’s song, He Ruge ended the live broadcast decisively and said to the cubs in front of him, “Everyone, study hard! Strive to become little heroes and defend our homeland!”
The cubs nodded vigorously. After listening to He Ruge’s song, for some reason, they felt energized, as if they had strength but nowhere to use it. Not only the cubs, even Shui Xirui felt invigorated now, feeling like she could wash ten bear hearts in one breath.
Seeing everyone’s unusual spiritedness late at night, He Ruge was puzzled. “Why isn’t everyone yawning and wanting to crawl into bed to sleep?”
Even the little rabbits about to transform into humans and Autumn Dream Valley were full of energy.
“Teacher Xiao He, when I listen to you sing more lyrical children’s songs, my mood becomes peaceful, peaceful enough to fall asleep with my eyes closed. But when I listen to you sing that passionate song just now, my spirit becomes extremely excited,” Shui Xirui explained.
He Ruge nodded thoughtfully. He guessed it had something to do with his racial ability. Mermaids’ songs could enchant the heart, so once he sang military songs like that, it could boost morale and uplift spirits.
“Since everyone is so energetic, how about we do some math problems?” He Ruge suggested, but the cubs unanimously rejected the devilish proposal. He Ruge didn’t insist and instead sat by Autumn Dream Valley’s small bed, singing soothing children’s songs to all the cubs.
“The little crayon wears flower clothes, red, yellow, blue, and green are so beautiful. Children gather together, drawing pictures to compare. Draw little birds flying in the blue sky, draw flowers blooming in the spring…”
When leaving the room, He Ruge patted Autumn Dream Valley’s head. Although Autumn Dream Valley saw a dark world, He Ruge hoped the child’s dreams would be colorful.
The night wind in the corridor was a bit chilly. Shui Xirui and He Ruge walked back to the teachers’ dormitory together. Shui Xirui tucked the stray hairs blown by the night wind behind her ears, sighed in relief, and said, “It feels like I’m dreaming. Everything is starting to get better. Major General Xi is back, and Star Wars is starting to improve. Teacher Xiao He, you’re here, and Land Class 1 is starting to get better.”
“Oh, Teacher Xiao He, there’s something I haven’t told you yet. In seven days, the cubs from Land Class 1 will embark on a space battleship to another peaceful planet.” Shui Xirui’s voice sounded somewhat melancholic.
“Although I know leaving is the best outcome for these cubs. The geographical environments of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres are completely different, and these cubs from the Western Hemisphere will go to a planet more suitable for their lives.”
“They will leave the unfamiliar Water City and the war-torn Sixteen Stars for a better life.” Shui Xirui covered her eyes, somewhat embarrassed.
“But I can’t bear to part with them.”
“When those cubs were cold and even hostile to me before, I already liked them a lot. These past two days, with your help, Teacher Xiao He, they’ve been clinging to me, smiling at me proactively. I… really can’t bear to see them go.”
He Ruge didn’t know how to comfort Shui Xirui. In fact, when he thought about the cubs leaving in seven days, a small piece of his heart felt like it had been taken away.
But one thing He Ruge was clear about was that leaving here was the best for the cubs. He couldn’t let them stay because of his own reluctance.
Shui Xirui wiped away her tears and said somewhat embarrassedly, “I’m someone with a low threshold for tears. My tear ducts are well-developed, so I easily cry when my emotions are stirred. Actually, there’s no need to be too sad. It’s not like we’ll never see each other again. I can still video call them… If the little ones are willing to chat with me, I can see them often. We don’t have to meet every day. I just don’t want to miss important stages in their lives, like their first transformation into humans, their first marriage, or their first offspring.”
“If at that time, they are willing to hold their own offspring and say to the little ones, ‘Look, this is Teacher Shui. She was our parents’ Teacher Shui back then,'” Shui Xirui’s eyes reddened, and she said softly, “Then I’ll be very happy.”
“I’m sure they will.”
He looked at Shui Xirui firmly. His bright eyes, as bright as stars, possessed a convincing power. Under such gaze, Shui Xirui seemed to transform into a small jellyfish.
Why did she want to become a nursery teacher?
Because when Shui Xirui was still a crybaby, she would be bullied by naughty classmates. Those little rascals liked to see Shui Xirui being bullied to tears. Children’s malice was very scary; they even went so far as to cut Shui Xirui’s skin just to see her cry.
The Flower Cap Jellyfish is a highly toxic jellyfish. Before they can transform, they cannot control the toxins within their bodies. Shui Xirui’s poisoned blood made the children who bullied her cry and also resulted in no one daring to approach the injured Shui Xirui at the time.
It was her nursery teacher, a gentle kissing gourami, who carried her to the infirmary.
Later, when the children asked the teacher why he was swollen all over, if it was because of Shui Xirui, the teacher smiled and said, “It’s because Xirui is too cute. I really want to have such a beautiful child, so I couldn’t help but kiss her. I’ve kissed myself into a sausage mouth.”
At that time, the little Shui Xirui dreamed of becoming as gentle as her teacher.
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