AGTCTCC Chapter 4
by VolareChu Qi’s military terminal on his wrist suddenly vibrated, and a pale blue holographic screen projected the iris wax seal of the command headquarters.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the wailing voice beside him rose a few degrees.
Chu Qi: “…”
He cleared his throat.
Chu Qi: “The commander wants to see me… put a Level 3 Restraint Strap on him.”
The black-haired officer’s voice was colder than the liquid nitrogen pipes in the Healing Pod, “One more peep and I’ll activate the silence field.”
Chu Qi didn’t finish his sentence before turning around and striding away.
Chu Qi automatically blocked out the resentful gazes and the louder wails of Xiang Li behind him.
He lowered his head, tapped the communicator twice with his fingers, then looked up, the gloom in his eyes deepening, his dark eyes glancing back slightly before returning forward.
He still had to investigate this kid’s background. He thought.
Preoccupied with his thoughts, Chu Qi didn’t notice in the corner of the communicator – the top trending search in real time: #Cold Faced Officer Clinic Play#.
As soon as Chu Qi left, a voice popped up.
“Where’s Chu Qi? Wasn’t he said to be at the base gate?”
The sound of military boots “thump thump” grew closer, and the owner of the voice tripped over himself first.
Shen Gui noticed Xiang Li in front of him and cleared his throat.
“Who’s this mournful-faced guy?”
Hearing a strange voice call Chu Qi’s name, Xiang Li stopped fooling around, instantly put away his expression, and assessed the situation.
Chu Qi’s friend?
“Captain Shen.” The medical staff said helplessly, “This is the injured person brought back by Colonel Chu.”
Shen Gui stuck his head out, looked Xiang Li up and down with a serious expression, and suddenly hammered his palm as if enlightened.
“You’re that son from the hot search about Chu Qi having a child out of wedlock!”
Other medical personnel: “…”
Everyone turned to look at Xiang Li.
Wasn’t he the lifesaver?
Xiang Li didn’t show any emotion on his face, but he was secretly gritting his teeth inside.
Would he be fined for attacking someone on the Main Star because of rumors?
Xing Zi Mu flashed out from behind Shen Gui, and his leather glove accurately smacked the back of Shen Gui’s head, the metal armor making a crisp sound.
“Damn—”
Shen Gui bent over, immediately hugged the back of his head with both hands, curling up like a shrimp, and looked up with a pair of watery, rolling sunny-side-up eyes.
“Stop gossiping from the forums.”
“Xing Zi…”
Shen Gui was wronged, useless, and crumpled.
The Source Stone Energy Ring around Xing Zi Mu’s waist flickered twice, reducing the friction, and he seemed to stick to the ground like a magnet. Hearing Shen Gui’s voice, he couldn’t help but turn around and punch him again.
“Wow!”
Xing Zi Mu rubbed his wrists, ignoring the gazes of others.
He asked, “Where’s Chu Qi?”
Several medical staff members were about to repeat themselves, but they closed their mouths again, as if they had seen something.
“…”
Xing Zi Mu raised his eyebrows when he saw their expressions, tilted his body to the side, reached out a hand, and skillfully grabbed Shen Gui, who was about to fall to the ground.
“Where’s Chu Qi?”
He repeated.
“Um, um… Colonel Chu went to the main base.” A medical staff member came back to his senses and said.
Xing Zi Mu carried the soulless Shen Gui with one hand, the latter arching his back, relying entirely on Xing Zi Mu’s strength.
He lowered his eyes to Shen Gui’s direction, the blue Source Stone around his waist emitting a faint light again, the light wrapping around his wrist, and the two of them floated slightly off the ground.
Xiang Li stared at the Source Stone around Xing Zi Mu’s waist, raising his eyebrows. Able to wear Source Stone on his body, rich people.
He shifted his gaze upward, meeting Xing Zi Mu’s deadpan face.
What are you looking at. Xiang Li narrowed his eyes.
Xing Zi Mu turned back, carrying Shen Gui with one hand and putting the other in his pocket. He bent down and assessed Xiang Li.
“Vice Captain Xing.” Xiang Li nodded, his dark eyes clear and sharp, as cold as Xing Zi Mu.
Shen Gui lifted his head slightly, his eyes filled with puzzlement.
What’s wrong?
Xing Zi Mu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, “What’s your name?”
“Xiang Li.”
Xing Zi Mu: “You look familiar.”
Xiang Li smiled insincerely: “All handsome guys look like me.”
Xing Zi Mu: “Spiritual Power rating?”
Xiang Li: “Never tested.”
Hearing this, Shen Gui suddenly poked his head out from under Xing Zi Mu’s hand: “Xing Zi, are you checking his household registration? Could this be your illegitimate son?”
He said with a wild imagination.
Xing Zi Mu: “…”
Xing Zi Mu didn’t speak, but the hand holding Shen Gui’s collar tightened again.
Shen Gui: “!”
He lowered his head again, not laughing.
Sorry.
Xing Zi Mu wanted to say something, but the silent communicator on his wrist rang.
It was Chu Qi.
“Xing Zi, is Shen Gui next to you?”
In the holographic projection, Chu Qi was adjusting his tactical gloves, and a transport ship imprinted with the Imperial emblem flashed past the porthole of the command room behind him.
Shen Gui poked his head out and greeted with a playful smile.
“Hi, Chu Qi, is the old man not around?”
“Shen! Gui!”
Chu Qi didn’t speak, but a loud crash of a metal scepter hitting the ground came from the background.
Shen Gui instantly shrank into a quail, giving the screen to Xing Zi Mu.
“The commander wants you and Shen Gui to come to the command room. Are you two at the medical base gate now?”
Chu Qi noticed the building behind them and asked.
“Yes, and the illegitimate son you brought back.”
Xiang *Illegitimate son* Li: “…”
Does it cost money to slander and hit people?
“Illegitimate son?”
Chu Qi chuckled, arms crossed. He was now wearing a neat combat suit, black with silver trim, the tightened waist making him look slender and well-proportioned.
The black brim of the hat revealed those calm eyes, staring expressionlessly at the screen.
“Whose is it with?” The old man next to him interjected.
“Probably Xiang Li, he’s the one who saved me from the Polluted Entities that day, the one I just told you about.”
Chu Qi explained, then turned to stare at the person on the screen.
“Turn the camera around, I want to see him.”
When Xiang Li’s still childish face appeared on the screen, his visible displeasure was clear.
“I’m allergic to Healing Pods.”
Xiang Li spoke first, pressing his fingers to his heart, frowning, and making up stories in a serious manner.
“Last year at K73 Medical Station, they drew 200ccs of my blood just to verify some bullshit genetic theory, and I’ve had a shadow ever since…”
He said it sincerely, but no one there believed it.
“Be good and get a check-up, and big brother will take you to eat Martian ice cream, Interstellar Pirate Special Edition.”
Shen Gui was being a smartass behind him, putting his arm around Xing Zi Mu’s shoulders, and Xing Zi Mu elbowed him in response.
“Ah, that kid from Planet C079.”
Xiang Li was about to retort Shen Gui, but before he could say anything, he heard this sentence.
The old commander’s hoarse voice slowly sounded in the background.
As soon as this was said, it suddenly became quiet around. Shen Gui put away his carefree expression, his narrow peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze scanned Xiang Li up and down like a machine.
“…”
“It won’t take more than twenty minutes.”
Chu Qi’s projection suddenly dropped three centimeters, this height difference allowing him to look at Xiang Li directly.
“Okay.” Xiang Li heard his own voice say, and then reached out and made a “yay” gesture.
“But I want double the Nutrient Solution as compensation for emotional distress.”
So now, Xiang Li was lying flat in the Healing Pod, his eyes still warily looking around.
A ring of neural pulse bands suddenly lit up on the inner wall of the Healing Pod, and blue-purple light spots flowed like nebulae.
The sensor on the back of Xiang Li’s neck emitted a beep, and a holographic projection showed a quantum image of his heart on his chest – there was an extremely thin black crack in that beating light and shadow.
“Relax your Spiritual Power.”
The medical staff in front of the screen reminded.
Chu Qi stood beside him, quietly staring at the data analysis and images on the screen.
Xiang Li accurately pressed his finger on the location of the crack in the image, sounding particularly annoying: “Officer Chu, is this what they call lovesickness in novels?”
Chu Qi: “…”
Lin Wu: “…”
Lin Wu: “There’s no major problem with the Spiritual Consciousness Sea. The fluctuation difference in body data is a bit large… Is there a problem with the heart?”
“What’s the problem?” Chu Qi interjected.
Before Lin Wu could speak, Xiang Li covered his heart and started groaning.
“Officer Chu, my heart hurts… let’s go home.” Saying that, Xiang Li looked uncomfortable and stretched out a hand with difficulty to pull on Chu Qi’s sleeve.
Those dark and bright eyes were wet, as if it really hurt so much.
Lin Wu didn’t even glance at him, looked at Chu Qi, and handed him Xiang Li’s report.
“The pressure difference between the two ventricles exceeds the standard by 37%.”
Lin Wu casually folded the paper report into the shape of a spaceship, “It is recommended to reduce exposure to high concentrations of 107 radiation sources.”
He pointedly glanced at the Particle Gun on Chu Qi’s waist, the Source Stone inlaid in the gun handle emitting a unique ghostly blue of palladium.
Lin Wu changed his tone: “But it’s not as serious as you, there are no signs of gene infection, basically all sequelae caused by Spiritual Power disorder, you have it too.”
Saying that, he glanced at Xiang Li, signaling him to stop “groaning.”
Xiang Li ran over to grab his report.
“I don’t believe it, let me see!”
Xiang Li’s eyes were glued to the report, scanning back and forth between each item of data.
Lin Wu let go and didn’t care about Xiang Li’s words, the report just fell into Xiang Li’s hands, he waved his hand.
Take it and play with it.
“Colonel Chu, it’s your turn.”
The other party tapped his glasses twice with his fingertips, and numbers flashed constantly on the lenses.
“I’m curious what surprises Colonel Chu can bring me this time.”
Chu Qi: “…”
He sighed.
When Xiang Li came out of the medical room, the alloy door of the Spiritual Power Testing Room closed behind Xiang Li.
It made a mechanical bite sound similar to a safe, and the test report in his hand was slightly wrinkled due to force.
Before entering the Spiritual Power Testing Room, Xiang Li took out a small glass capsule-sized sealed bottle from his pocket. He pressed his finger hard and the glass shattered.
The silver liquid inside turned into mist the moment it came into contact with the air and drilled into Xiang Li’s fingertips.
Xiang Li lay down on a mechanical platform again, this time his limbs were tied down by silver mechanical rings.
Countless instruments extended from the floor to the ceiling in the room, dazzling.
“Don’t move around.”
The medical staff next to him prompted.
Xiang Li nodded, allowing the mechanical rings to buckle around his wrists. This angle allowed the monitoring camera to not capture the abnormal pulse frequency of his carotid artery. “How long will it take to get the results?”
The medical staff was obviously very receptive to him, especially since Xiang Li was young and spoke gently.
“It won’t take long, very soon, relax, the results will be out in an hour.”
The sound of the instrument starting was rumbling and low, and every speck of dust circulating in the air in the room seemed to resonate with it. The sound waves that could not find direction frantically teased in people’s hearts, and restless emotions arose crazily in the depths of the heart.
When the resonance wave penetrated the chest cavity, Xiang Li overflowed with a very thin silver mist between his teeth.
“What is your relationship with Colonel Chu?”
Xiang Li gently rolled his throat, suppressed his emotions, slowly exhaled a breath, and immediately fabricated a rumor: “He likes me, sister, how is Officer Chu’s body?”
Xiang Li: “Didn’t they say that officers have shorter lifespans and get sick? I feel sorry for him.”
The medical staff was surprised for a moment when she heard that Colonel Chu liked the person in front of her, but when she saw his face, she seemed to understand a little and sighed.
When she mentioned Colonel Chu’s body, she frowned again and did not hide the truth.
“Ah, Colonel Chu’s body is also very bad. Now several deans are sighing when they see Colonel Chu’s data.”
“Um.”
Xiang Li also lowered his eyes, his dark eyelashes covering his eyes, so that others could not see his expression, as if he really “felt sorry for Officer Chu” as he said.
He lowered his head, but was inwardly filled with emotion.
Rich, sickly, tsk tsk tsk.
Xiang Li waited for Chu Qi in the hall. People came and went, and balls of plants were placed in the corner of the hall. He didn’t know what kind they were, but they looked fluffy, but they were very prickly to the touch.
Xiang Li sat on the chair, baring his teeth, with one hand spread out, and carefully pulling out the thorns that had stuck in.
Suddenly a person sat down next to him, wearing a mask, his hair was a bit long, covering half of his face.
“Now that you’ve come to the Main Star, who did you give the keys to the safe house to?” He whispered.
Xiang Li’s movement of pulling out the thorns did not stop, his black eyes slightly lifted and looked around, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to them, he lowered his eyes and continued to pull out the thorns.
“I gave it to Bai Yan. Old Yan, you’ve been on the Main Star for so long and haven’t gained anything. I still have to come.”
He had a tone of “Look, look, I’m indispensable.”
Even if Yan Zhou Ping couldn’t see the expression on his face, he knew that he must be complacent.
“Readymade Chu Qi, don’t waste him.”
Xiang Li blew on his hand, and his face didn’t have the complacency that Yan Zhou Ping had guessed. He had no expression at all.
The person called Old Yan snorted lightly.
“Then you better not let Chu Qi discover your identity, and don’t let those rats know your secret.”
“I know.”
Afraid of being noticed for too long, Yan Zhou Ping told Xiang Li his contact information and address.
After speaking, he reached out and pressed down on his hat, preparing to leave, and couldn’t help but look at Xiang Li again before leaving.
Yan Zhou Ping was a little worried, but he couldn’t help but want to curse in his heart.
Yan Zhou Ping thought, turning his steps and suddenly changing direction.