AGTCTCC Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Saving Grace with a Promise of Devotion

Chapter 3: Saving Grace with a Promise of Devotion

Xiang Li’s eyes suddenly cleared, and he stealthily glanced at Chu Qi. The other party had no change in expression, and the book he had covered up was obviously halfway through.

Xiang Li: “…”

He looked at the bookshelf, then at the book, and finally his gaze settled on Chu Qi’s legs covered by the blanket.

Chu Qi seemed to sense what the other party was thinking and merely smiled.

“Quite interesting.”

Xiang Li curled his lips and remained silent. They maintained this position for two seconds before Xiang Li was the first to get up and go to wash.

Chu Qi didn’t move, nor could he. He watched Xiang Li busying about, experiencing the novelty of being cared for for the first time, especially by a child much younger than himself.

“Nice technique.” The book remained obediently in Chu Qi’s hand, but Chu Qi merely held it down with one hand, tilting his head to watch Xiang Li’s every move.

Xiang Li naturally held one of Chu Qi’s hands, his palm mixed with a thin Spiritual Power, slowly entering Chu Qi’s body with his movements.

“Officer Chu, please enjoy your book. I finally managed to buy it back.”

Xiang Li lowered his head, a tiny cut on his palm, the pinkish-white flesh slightly split open, disappearing without a trace after two seconds.

Looking closely, one could notice some pinkness on Chu Qi’s hand, which Xiang Li naturally wiped away.

“Finally bought it back, do you like reading this type of book?” Chu Qi shook the book titled “365 Days on How to Make Someone Fall in Love with You.”

Xiang Li raised his head, the title on the pink cover large and conspicuous. He curled his lips.

“Yeah, learning is endles… .”

Bang—

Before Xiang Li could finish speaking, he was abruptly interrupted by a huge crashing sound.

Xiang Li stood up abruptly. Through the transparent glass, he could see a fragment of a stellar body smashing into the ground not far away.

The flowerbed suffered, the surrounding soil cracked, and even blue flames ignited on the soil.

The scene couldn’t help but make one feel apprehensive, but it wasn’t over yet. The flames quickly spread along the soil to the side, and if they continued to burn, they would soon reach their little house!

Bang!!

Another one.

Although it landed far away, the situation was still not optimistic.

“Tsk.” Xiang Li was annoyed. Fragmented stellar bodies kept falling, causing small-scale land collapses.

Chu Qi’s expression was a bit grave. He reached out and supported himself on the bed, the heavy feeling in his lower body reminding him that he couldn’t move right now. A fleeting look of loneliness crossed his eyes.

“Officer Chu.” Xiang Li poured a glass of water next to Chu Qi.

“Wait here for a while, it might take a while. Remember to drink water.”

A glass of water was placed in Chu Qi’s hand, his face still a bit surprised. He raised his head to see Xiang Li’s departing back, turned his head to look out the window, and raised his hand to take a small sip of water from the glass.

After Xiang Li went out, he reached out and clenched his hand to the side. Pieces of metal wrapped around Xiang Li’s arm. Finally, the black, metallic-glossy launch port was aimed at the sky.

He didn’t care what he was aiming at and fired wildly. Countless shells were fired, forming a net in mid-air.

The mechanical arm was thrown to the ground by him, activated, the launch port aimed at the sky. He took a few steps back, waited for the energy to accumulate, and stepped on the shell towards the sky at the same time.

What could be seen through the glass was very limited. Chu Qi couldn’t see what Xiang Li was doing. The flames in the distance were slowly spreading.

The dense Spiritual Power beneath Xiang Li’s feet isolated the contact with the shells. The shells previously launched hung in mid-air, being used as stepping stones by him one by one.

The orbit of this planet collided with another planet, and the magnetic fields collided with each other, causing the stellar bodies to shatter. The fragments were attracted by the planet’s magnetic field.

Xiang Li lightly clicked his tongue, a bit troublesome. Next to him, a huge black mech crouched obediently.

The place where the energy ring should have been on the chest was assembled into a huge display. The screen showed Chu Qi reading a book and drinking water.

On the other side of the mech was a dark shadow.

“Who’s this? When did you hide a pretty boy?” Facing the two planets about to collide, he was clearly more interested in Chu Qi on the mech’s display screen.

Xiang Li turned off the display. The other party straightened up, making a cut sound to express his dissatisfaction with the current situation.

The mech rushed forward first, the mechanical arm holding up the colliding planet.

Because of the magnetic field friction, the mech was also a bit hot. The power thruster emitted extremely hot flames from the back of the mech, deforming the surrounding air.

Blue light paths surged with energy on the mechanical arm. The strong shockwave was blocked by an invisible barrier.

Xiang Li: “Thank you for your hard work, solve it.”

The dark shadow didn’t move. “What, is your hand broken?”

After saying that, he pretended to bend down to check if Xiang Li’s hand was broken.

Xiang Li just stared calmly at Chu Qi on the screen, his voice very faint, his eyes carrying aggressive emotional colors.

He said: “Chu Qi’s blood can suppress my Spiritual Power.”

“Wow~”

The dark shadow shrugged, indicating that he understood.

Then, his entire figure rushed forward, touching the other stellar body with his bare hands, exerting force. The stellar body was actually pushed a bit.

Countless shells were fired from the shoulders of the mech towards the orbit of the stellar body. The orbit was broken with a crack.

The energy of the planet’s rotation changed its speed because the orbit was destroyed. The collision and friction between the two stellar bodies became more intense, but in just an instant, the two stars quickly separated again, running into their respective orbits.

Xiang Li watched quietly. After resolving the collision trajectory of the two planets, the dark shadow reached out and grabbed the mech, turning around and throwing it straight at Xiang Li.

Xiang Li easily dodged it. When he looked up again, the other party had already disappeared without a trace.

Looking at the spreading flames below, Xiang Li only felt a headache.

These flower seeds are very difficult to keep alive, okay?

After all the flames were extinguished, Xiang Li went into the house and was about to pinch Chu Qi’s hand again.

Chu Qi had been watching Xiang Li put out the fire through the glass and noticed his movements. He reached out and pushed Xiang Li, his voice soft.

“No need to press it, I’m much better.”

He glanced outside and asked, “What happened?”

“Nothing, normal phenomenon.” Xiang Li didn’t say much. Chu Qi said there was no need to press it, so he lay on Chu Qi’s legs, his whole body sprawled out.

“Remember to pack your luggage in advance,” Chu Qi reminded, thinking of something.

Xiang Li closed his eyes, turned his head to the side, and turned his ear upwards.

“Huh?”

“Returning to the Main Star. My communicator is location-bound to headquarters. Although I can’t contact the Main Star, they will definitely search for my location.”

“You can pack up in advance.”

Xiang Li was silent for two seconds, opened his eyes, got up, as if the exhaustion just now was all an act. The 1.8-meter-tall figure walked around the room, holding several pieces of clothing in his hands.

“Officer, how many beds are there at home?”

Chu Qi narrowed his eyes: “You can sleep on a mat in my room.”

“I’m particular about my bed.”

“Then go sleep on the ceiling.”

“…”

On the Starship returning to the Main Star.

The medical officer stared at the undulating data on the holographic diagnostic panel, his fingertips unconsciously tapping on the edge of the projection.

Those purplish-red curves representing the Spiritual Power threshold were slowly collapsing, like a nebula being torn apart by stellar gravity.

Medical Officer: “Colonel, your Spiritual Power resonance spectrum shows a level 3.1 crack.”

He called up a set of full-spectrum analysis. The blue light of the virtual screen made the metal bulkhead glow coldly, “Doctor Lin suggests activating a quantum resonance scan, but you need to go to the Beta Zone base in person…”

Chu Qi took the Spiritual Power Restoration Agent handed over to him. Nano-crystal clusters floated in the light blue suspension, blooming with iridescent halos every time it was shaken.

Chu Qi nodded to indicate that he knew: “Thank you for your trouble.”

Suddenly, the sound of fabric rustling rang out from the side.

Xiang Li propped himself up from the floating chair, his dark pupils reflecting the outline of the empty medicine bottle.

“Will you auction off the colonel’s Spiritual Power samples?”

Xiang Li pointed to the glass bottle in Chu Qi’s hand.

“Like in these kinds of containers.”

The diagnostic bay fell into an eerie silence.

The medical officer’s fingertips, which were adjusting the instrument, stopped. The disinfectant spray condensed into a suspended mist in mid-air.

“The Imperial Hospital follows Article… of the 《Galactic Bioethics Convention》…”

“The black market price last week was 230,000 Interstellar Credit.”

Xiang Li took out a glass bottle from his pocket, the liquid metal refracting streamers of light between his fingers, “I heard it’s contaminated with Colonel Chu’s Spiritual Power.”

Chu Qi’s breathing regulator emitted a slight sound.

He reached out and held the back of the young man’s neck, an inexplicable emotion in his eyes: “Those are illegally collected genetic materials…”

“I know.” Xiang Li suddenly flipped his wrist, the glass container in his hand turning into a rhomboid storage device in the blink of an eye.

“So I bought this – a quantum key claiming to record a holographic image of your bathroom.”

A slyness flashed in his eyes, “It only cost eight hundred Interstellar Credit.”

The metal bulkhead reflected the twitching corners of the medical officers’ mouths.

Chu Qi sat up straight, averting his gaze from Xiang Li: “Now I’ll take you to destroy the stolen goods.”

…

In Interstellar Calendar 4617, a new form of polluted zombie virus broke out, its transmission method… unknown.

Six hundred years have passed, and the laboratory has news that – a antidote formula has been successfully developed, and everything is developing in a good direction.

The Imperial Research Base occupies a large area, hidden in the deepest part. The well-arranged waterside pavilions and gardens and the magnetic fields rubbed out by rare Source Stones are hidden under the original white walls. Occasionally, Starships and mechs stop flying.

A few touches of green seem a bit abrupt at this moment, or a strange beauty, adding a bit of good years.

Beta Zone, can also be called Medical Base.

Xiang Li leaned his back against the Starship bulkhead, his ten fingers tightly clasping the metal protrusions of the escape valve.

He gritted his teeth. If he had known that Beta Zone was a Medical Base, he wouldn’t have followed.

“Officer Chu, I don’t want to! I won’t watch! This is different from what we agreed on!”

Xiang Li strained his voice, and the next second he turned his head and glared fiercely at the medical staff surrounding him.

“Don’t come over. If you come over, the headline of “Galaxy Express” tomorrow will be ‘Colonel uses his position to bully others, using the majority to force a beautiful boy’ – with a holographic image attached!”

“…”

The medical staff stopped their movements and turned to look at Chu Qi in unison.

Chu Qi: “…”

A thought suddenly flashed through his mind that someone once said they were most annoyed by children making trouble. At this moment, he seemed to understand a little.

Sure enough, troublesome.

No one noticed that in a corner not far away, a black camera was silently recording everything.