"Anything that you care about can be a dog chain?"
"Yes."
"Including hometown, lover, hot-bloodedness, honor, comrades?"
"Yes."
Xu Le looked at the white cliff reflected in the shallow pool in front of him. After a moment of silence, he raised his head and looked at Feng Yu with a smile. "I also don't want to be tied by a dog chain, even if it's related by blood or something like that. So, I have to break free with force and then walk my own path."
Feng Yu looked at him calmly. "Even if it means death?"
"Even if it means death."
Xu Le turned around and looked at Huai Caoshi's messy and slightly dirty purple hair. He looked at her ordinary face and looked at her small eyes.
"Sorry, I'm very grateful for you coming, but I really can't leave with you."
After saying this, he hesitated for a moment and then opened his arms somewhat stiffly.
Huai Caoshi's expression froze slightly. She opened her arms like him, right arm slightly up, left arm slightly down, and slowly and hesitantly took a step forward.
The two of them crossed their arms somewhat awkwardly. Their upper bodies leaned forward and gently hugged like two pieces of wood. Then, they separated.
"Can you promise me one thing?" Xu Le looked into her eyes and said softly.
Huai Caoshi looked at him quietly.
Xu Le hesitated again and said with some difficulty, "The thing you took from Zou Yu is too big of a threat to the Federation. After we return to the Empire, can I trouble you to destroy it?"
Huai Caoshi's eyes gradually narrowed. There was some coldness and faint disappointment in her eyes.
Xu Le knew that there was no way for him to not be angry when he said something like this at this moment. He lowered his head and said, "If that thing falls into your hands and is cracked, too many people in the Federal forces on the frontlines will die. Although probably no one thinks so right now, some of them are my subordinates and comrades after all."
"Then, have you ever thought about how many fewer imperial soldiers would die if that little blue device was cracked? And they are your real compatriots?"
Huai Caoshi narrowed his eyes and slowly clenched his fists. After a while, he slowly released them and said with a trace of tiredness that was difficult to suppress, "I promise you."
"Thank you," Xu Le said. "I know you're disappointed. I'm sorry."
Huai Caoshi looked at him coldly and said, "I know what kind of person you are, so my real disappointment is that since you don't want to go home with me, your last words before leaving are actually this."
"That wasn't the last sentence."
Xu Le looked at her and paused for a very long time. Then, he said, "I will go to the Empire to see your … sister."
Hearing these two words, Huai Caoshi's narrowed eyes slowly relaxed. The lines and expression on her face that seemed to be carved from steel suddenly melted into the branches of spring. She reached out and patted Xu Le's shoulder. Without saying anything, she turned around and left.
Crossing the river of stars to come to the Federation, disregarding the risk of life and death, even throwing the Empire and all of her responsibilities to the back of her mind, this most powerful princess just wanted to bring her younger brother home. Even though her wish was not fulfilled, she was already satisfied to hear the last two words.
The wilderness was full of the pungent smell of residual fire and ammunition. The frosty grass by the wetland was completely withered and charred. The three people walked into the smoke. They could faintly hear some very unnutritious dialogue. They could vaguely imagine what kind of story would happen in the long journey that followed.
"I didn't expect that I would have to be a nanny for once when I'm old."
This was the uncle's arrogant and infuriating sigh.
"Nasri, I definitely don't mind beating you until you can't take care of yourself."
This was Huai Caoshi's calm and confident threat.
"Yes, I'm very willing to be his nanny in this situation."
This was the direct expression of a master.
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Seeing those figures disappear into the wildfire and wild grass, Xu Le slowly retracted his gaze. He tidied up his equipment and silently left to the other side, his face expressionless.
He could not go back to the Empire with Huai Caoshi.
He had killed too many people from the Empire. Macklin was his uncle, and that butcher Kaedun should also be some kind of relative. In this kind of situation, he did not know how to face that strange country.
This was not the key to the matter. He believed that Her Majesty had enough methods and iron blood to suppress all voices of dissent. The real key was that he had been to the Empire before. He did not like the Empire. Compared to the dark Federation, the human world of the Left Heaven Star Region was even more naked and dark.
He could not imagine that he would live a peaceful life in that kind of hierarchical society and enjoy the blood and sustenance of hundreds of millions of lowly people. He could not imagine that he would one day lead the Imperial Royal Army to fight against the Federation. He could not imagine that one day he might run into the Seventeenth Division, He Lei, Xiong Linquan, Hua Xiaosi, Gu Xifeng, and the others on the battlefield, but he had to raise the gun in his hand …
Wander together with the uncle? A slightly cold pain appeared in the depths of Xu Le's eyes. The uncle had just said that the mine disaster that killed his parents and Xian Yi was caused by the previous generation of seeds of the Empire, but other than him, even the Imperial Royal Family did not know where he was, so how could that seed of the Empire know?
He walked alone in the wetlands and entered the short shrubs at the foot of the mountain. He did not pay attention to the fighter jets whistling through the sky. His heart was heavy and frustrated. He could not go to the Empire, and he could not stay in the Federation. The universe was so big, so where should he go?
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At the edge of the New Moonlight and Shadow, a quiet and broken tri-winged spaceship floated in the dark space. Inside this spaceship that looked down on human society like a ghost, an angry and resentful voice echoed. This electronic voice was perfectly simulated to have a hoarse and slightly hoarse texture. It definitely did not have a cold feeling, but was rather charming.
"Core program protection? You clearly did not know of my existence, so why did you make the core program protection? Is it because of that stinky uncle with a mouth full of rotten teeth that Xu Le spoke of, or did you intuitively discover my intentions? Beep beep! You actually managed to deceive this young master! This old lady will fight it out with you! "
Green streams of data flashed quickly on the narrow workbench's hologram. Student Philip had discovered the abnormality of the Federal Central Computer. He was so ashamed that he became angry and cursed non-stop, as if someone was jumping around with their hands on their hips.
Since he had discovered the problem, Philip immediately began to work. Although he could not see the light of breaking through the core protection of his own body in a short time, through the ubiquitous electronic monitoring network, he immediately discovered the source of the problem. The hologram on the hologram quickly zoomed in, showing a wetland that still had a faint trace of smoke remaining.
"My little master, where are you hiding?"
Philip used a very short time to scan the wetland and confirmed that Xu Le was not dead and had left. He could not help but grumble in disappointment.
During this period of time, the tri-winged battleship floating in the sky above New Moon was mainly carrying out two tasks. The first was to compete with the Bureau of Proclamation's main body for the leadership of the Federation of Light. Although the Central Computer did not discover the existence of this fellow and did not do anything, it still firmly held the leadership. However, the embarrassed and angry Philip insisted that this was a very difficult battle, and that he had only lost because he did not have enough resources.
The second task was to search for Xu Le's whereabouts. However, the Federal Central Computer could not find Xu Le, and naturally, the tri-winged battleship could not find him either. Philip quietly hacked into the monitoring network and began to continuously monitor 50 important locations. These monitoring points were all locations in his memory that had a special meaning to Xu Le.
Linhai State's Li Hua University, including the library, the H1 area, the Iron Gate, and the female dormitory. Linhai State's gymnasium, especially the underground parking lot. Shell Motor Company's headquarters, especially the research institute, as well as the Whitewater Security Company, the Ministry of Defense building, the training base, and the Wangdu Youth Residence …
The voice in the tri-winged battleship suddenly quieted down, and a teahouse on the street next to the Wangdu Youth Residence appeared on the screen. Outside the teahouse was a little girl wearing a pink sweater and carrying a heavy school bag.
"She looks very familiar."
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The streets of the capital in winter seemed particularly bleak. The annoying wind passed through the apartment buildings, cutting the faces of pedestrians like knives, and the bodies of trees before smashing themselves into ice shards under the walls or windows.
Zhong Huoyan stood outside the floor-to-ceiling glass window of a teahouse. She exhaled a mouthful of white fog, brushed off the ice on her mask, and put it back on. Her two eyes, which were exposed outside the large mask, looked around attentively at the Youth Residence opposite her, not caring about the frost hanging on her slender eyelashes.
The sweater was very thick, and the earmuffs were very warm. The little girl was not very afraid of the cold, but the backpack on her back was too heavy. Her feet were a little stiff, and she couldn't help but stamp her feet. She thought silently in her heart, I've already searched the Xishan Courtyard and Charter Square. Could it be that I really have to go to Linhai State? She wasn't afraid of the long journey, but she was worried that in the process of searching, she would miss that guy again.
Inside the floor-to-ceiling glass window, the owner of the teahouse, who was also a waiter, kept looking at the little girl outside the window curiously. Doing business on the street, the owner didn't know how many strange situations he had seen over the years, but in such a cold winter, a little girl who was fully equipped to resist the cold actually stood on the street for half a day. It was really rare. What kind of perseverance did this require? He couldn't help but think of the beautiful woman who cut her cheek in the teahouse that year. His heart slightly moved, he knocked on the glass and smiled to indicate that the little girl could come in to warm herself.
Zhong Huoyan heard the knocking behind her and curiously looked back. After understanding the other party's meaning, she shook her head to indicate that she didn't need to. Although the big mask covered two-thirds of her face, her eyes narrowed like the moon, clearly showing the sweet smile of gratitude.
A man wearing a woolen coat walked out of the restaurant next door. The man was obviously drunk, and the words he muttered indicated that he should be a government official. Just as his subordinate went to get the car, the man noticed Zhong Huoyan standing on the street side of the teahouse. He saw her beautiful and clean eyes and didn't know why his heart moved. He staggered over and put his arm around the little girl's shoulder. He laughed and said, "Little girl, where are your parents?"
The door of the teahouse was pushed open, and the owner ran out. He pointed at him and shouted, "What are you doing!"
Although through the mask, the stench of alcohol could still be smelled. Zhong Huoyan frowned in disgust. She felt that the hands that were holding her shoulders were getting tighter and tighter. She finally couldn't help but put her right hand into her pocket.
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