AGTCTCC Chapter 42

Chapter 42: Chapter 42 (3-in-1) Officer, are you falling for me…?

Chapter 42: Chapter 42 (3-in-1) Officer, are you falling for me…?

In the damp, dark shadows, a building lurked. Although constructed with rare Source Stone materials, it still looked somewhat aged from the walls.

Inside, the largest Healing Pod was filled with a pale green liquid, occasionally rippling with a few round bubbles rising to the surface.

Outside the pod, a person gently stroked the outer layer of glass, their gaze towards the person inside considered tender and lingering.

Their palm caressed the glass as time slipped away. Suddenly, the figure inside began to distort, the skin on the surface cracking like blooming petals, revealing the blood and flesh beneath.

Qi Xiao slowly opened her eyes, the purple blood vessels seeping into her pupils. She looked at the person outside the pod, and after a long pause, moved her body slightly. The blood mixed with the surrounding liquid, deepening the green hue.

She slowly stepped forward, reaching out a hand that barely resembled one with five fingers, and pressed it against the glass, aligning it with the palm outside.

Qi Xiao didn’t speak, but her hoarse voice pierced the minds of those present.

“Fifteen days.”

The person outside the pod smiled and patted the glass twice, soothingly.

“Don’t worry, fifteen days is just the beginning. Humanity should make way for us,” they said, each word distinct.

Qi Xiao glanced at them from her elevated position, her gentle face now bearing an increasingly heavy purple in her eyes.

Yan Zhou Ping’s house.

Xiang Li was also in a Healing Pod, while Yan Zhou Ping tinkered with various bottles and jars of experiments before him.

Shen Gui, on the other hand, sat on the opposite sofa, a pile of files pilfered from the archives scattered in front of him. Bai Yan quietly remained in his shadow.

Xiang Li and Yan Zhou Ping never bothered to look at the files on the table—just some boring data.

Though Shen Gui’s eyes were fixed on the papers before him, he kept glancing back and forth between Xiang Li and Yan Zhou Ping.

While they appeared calm on the surface, they were all still in a weakened state. He had even seen Xiang Li secretly coughing up blood during the night, staining the surrounding liquid a deep color.

Ding-dong~

Lin Wu stood outside the door. As soon as he entered, he handed something to Shen Gui, who weighed it in his hand—not very heavy.

Lin Wu clicked his tongue, “Be careful with that.”

The object was spread out on the table, completely covering the experimental data sheets. Lin Wu carefully extracted a Spiritual Power Source Stone from within.

“This is the densest Spiritual Power storage stone I could find. To find something that met your requirements, I even went to the black market. I almost didn’t make it back,” Lin Wu complained incessantly.

The Source Stone was given to Yan Zhou Ping, who, without hesitation, summoned a dagger with a mechanical arm.

The sharp end of the dagger was aimed at his heart, and in front of everyone, he carved out his own heart.

Xiang Li: “…”

Bai Yan emerged from the shadows the moment the dagger made contact, supporting Yan Zhou Ping, who seemed like a paper doll, his eyes unfocused, blood pooling on the floor.

Bai Yan picked up the Source Stone and tried to place it in Yan Zhou Ping’s empty chest cavity.

The Source Stone replaced his heart.

After a few minutes, or perhaps a dozen, Yan Zhou Ping’s eyes regained their sparkle. He blinked weakly.

Bai Yan wordlessly leaned him against the back of the chair, his body softening and collapsing onto the ground as a puddle of black water, slowly seeping into the shadow of the nearest, Lin Wu.

Yan Zhou Ping didn’t move, the wound on his chest exposed to the air. Everyone could see the sharp edges of the Source Stone being slowly enveloped by growing flesh.

Xiang Li knocked twice on the Healing Pod, and the mechanical arms carefully lifted Yan Zhou Ping’s heart, placing it in an instrument filled with a transparent liquid.

Lin Wu looked at the red pool on the floor, quietly marveling.

If this happened to a normal person, they would have died from blood loss long ago.

Xiang Li lowered his eyes, the fingertips of his hands pressed against the glass slowly curling tightly.

Lin Wu nudged Shen Gui.

“Sang Quan has a fever. Stay with him at the hospital these next few days, I’m swamped.”

Shen Gui: “Sang Quan has a fever?”

Lin Wu grimaced, “Yeah, he came to me that day to do some blood and Spiritual Power tests, and he had a fever then. You know, you can’t do those tests when you have a fever, the machines are prone to misjudgments.”

“But Sang Quan insisted, saying something about a fifty percent chance. He fainted from a high fever before the results even came out.”

Shen Gui simply nodded after hearing this, not asking why Sang Quan would want to take those Spiritual Power and blood tests.

Xiang Li still couldn’t hear anything outside, only knowing that Shen Gui and Lin Wu were discussing something. He tugged at his collar, feeling a bit irritable.

Tsk, he clearly recovered in no time last time, why is it taking so long this time?

On the other side, Yan Zhou Ping’s fingers twitched slowly. His complexion had regained some color, and his chest rose and fell gently.

He reached out and touched the area he had just injured, feeling no pulse. He closed his eyes.

Because of the Source Stone, Yan Zhou Ping’s complexion was much better. The somaticization, the abnormal manifestation of his body due to the weakening period, also began to slowly recover.

Yan Zhou Ping could hear their conversation. After exhaling a breath, Lin Wu seemed to remember something as well.

Lin Wu: “Where’s Chu Qi?”

Seeing the other two looking over, Xiang Li, unable to hear, had been staring at Yan Zhou Ping, unaware of what had happened.

Belatedly, he turned to look at Lin Wu.

Lin Wu was packing up his bag and taking out a Spiritual Power restoration agent.

Lin Wu: “He hasn’t been to the hospital in a while. You’ll definitely be worn out when you go to C079. I’m going to give him a boost while I have the chance.”

Shen Gui didn’t speak, unsure of what to say. Yan Zhou Ping straightened his blood-soaked clothes.

“I can help take care of Colonel Chu Qi’s body first. Doctor Lin must be busy.”

Lin Wu considered it and agreed. He really was too busy lately, with the flu coming and going in waves.

So he said, “Okay, I’ll just leave this Spiritual Power agent here.”

With that, Lin Wu hurriedly left with his medical kit, Shen Gui accompanying him, mainly to check on Sang Quan Shi Li.

Xiang Li stared at the exhausted Yan Zhou Ping. In the empty house, he suddenly heard Yan Zhou Ping say.

Yan Zhou Ping: “Swallow my heart.”

Xiang Li: “…”

He tilted his head, unable to hear, and didn’t ask what Yan Zhou Ping had said.

Devouring the Spiritual Power of a “kin” could delay the pain of the weakening period. Yan Zhou Ping wanted the same for Xiang Li.

Xiang Li could tell from his expression, but he also knew that Xiang Li would never agree, so he didn’t continue, simply muttering to himself.

In the transparent instrument, the heart seemed to be still in Yan Zhou Ping’s chest, slowly beating, its pink veins clearly visible.

And Bai Yan was hiding in Lin Wu’s shadow.

The doctor was busy, and people inevitably stepped on his shadow, especially now that Bai Yan was in a weakened state, feeling very irritable.

He lightly clicked his tongue, switching to the shadow of the person next to him without even looking up.

Since the beginning, Bai Yan had been feeling a little dizzy. He didn’t even know that he had followed Lin Wu to the hospital, thinking that the person next to him was Shen Gui or someone else.

Though the surroundings were still noisy, it was good that no one was speculating about him. Suddenly, the surroundings became quiet and empty, making him feel uneasy.

Bai Yan opened his eyes and saw a face pressed tightly against the shadow on the ground, which was Bai Yan.

The person’s bulging eyes stared at the shadow. Seeing him wake up, a smile bloomed on their face.

“Awake?”

Bai Yan: “!”

Old Yan!!!

Before Bai Yan could shout, the person’s arm reached into the shadow, groping around. Before Bai Yan could react, the person’s hand had gripped his throat.

Then, they easily pulled him out of the shadow.

Bai Yan reached out to pull the hand choking his neck, but soon felt a wave of dizziness.

The person seemed to realize this as well, their smile growing more triumphant.

Bai Yan scoffed.

Laugh at your ass!

The person used a clever force, their hand fitting tightly against Bai Yan’s neck. Bai Yan tried to pry the hand open, but his fingers couldn’t find any gaps.

So he turned on himself, his slender fingers digging forcefully into his own neck, blood spraying out instantly, staining both of them.

Bai Yan didn’t seem to notice, his smile even crazier than the person’s. He bent his fingers and pried the person’s hand open.

Bai Yan: “I * your grandpa!”

The person hadn’t expected this either. Bai Yan’s actions caused them to loosen their grip and step back, allowing Bai Yan to stand on the ground, the wound on his neck healing rapidly.

He commented, “Madman.”

Though he said that, his face became increasingly excited. He grabbed at the air, and a gray rod appeared in his hand.

Bai Yan rolled his eyes.

He commented, “Bootleg.”

The person: “Bootleg? Hmph, you can call it a bootleg after you beat me.”

After noticing that Bai Yan was gone, Shen Gui searched around but couldn’t find him. He sent a message to Yan Zhou Ping and continued searching.

[Shen Gui: Bai Yan is gone!]

[Yan Zhou Ping: ?]

Yan Zhou Ping stood up, pressing his chest. He felt a stuffy, uncomfortable feeling there.

Yan Zhou Ping typed to Xiang Li: I’m going to the hospital. Bai Yan is gone.

Xiang Li glanced at it and nodded.

Come back safe.

Yan Zhou Ping had just left when he suddenly appeared in front of Xiang Li.

Xiang Li tilted his head. He was surprised to see Chu Qi. He reached out and slowly wrote on the glass.

[Have you come to collect your reward, Officer?]

Chu Qi was quiet, staring at Xiang Li, who felt that something was strange. He had an indescribable feeling from being stared at by Chu Qi.

Xiang Li: [What’s wrong, Officer? Have you really fallen for me?]

Chu Qi: “…”

Xiang Li frowned, staring intently, wanting to see what Chu Qi was saying. Chu Qi’s lips moved, and Xiang Li felt a sudden panic.

Xiang Li: “What did you say?”

Xiang Li hadn’t spoken in a long time, his voice hoarse. But he couldn’t hear Chu Qi’s voice, and his heart was beating faster and faster.

“Chu Qi, what did you say? Write it down for me.”

He repeated.

Xiang Li: “I can’t hear. Chu Qi, write it down for me!”

His tone was somewhat commanding because of his urgency. Xiang Li slammed his hand against the glass several times, his brow furrowed. For the first time, he felt that being in the Healing Pod was a hindrance.

Chu Qi, on the other hand, obediently wrote it down as Xiang Li had requested.

Chu Qi: [Qi Xiao is outside the barrier.]

Xiang Li paused when he saw those words, ignoring the bitter liquid pouring into his mouth.

“You… help me open the Healing Pod.”

Chu Qi didn’t move, his eyes showing obvious refusal.

They stared at each other in silence. Xiang Li bit his lip, looking at the calm Chu Qi standing not far away.

He cursed inwardly: What a bastard.

Xiang Li stepped back, his fingertips touching the glass, followed by the sound of shattering glass.

Black Spiritual Power surged into the crack, directly shattering the glass into pieces.

Xiang Li’s body was washed out along with the liquid. He reached out his arm, signaling Chu Qi to pull him up.

Chu Qi did so, releasing him after he had stood steady. He didn’t help open the Healing Pod, but he didn’t stop Xiang Li from breaking it either.

The wet clothes clung to Xiang Li’s body. Though not exactly revealing, it wasn’t much better.

He swept his wet hair back, creating a slicked-back style, revealing his full forehead and making his features more prominent.

As Chu Qi reached out to support Xiang Li, the liquid trickled down his fingers and wrist.

He wasn’t wearing his conspicuous uniform. The water droplets smoothly traveled to his elbow, one after another.

Xiang Li took a few steps forward and patted his ears, confirming that he still couldn’t hear.

Chu Qi followed him, and because Xiang Li couldn’t hear, Chu Qi silently kept quiet.

This interaction mode made Xiang Li feel strange, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

Although he was usually taciturn, the feeling was completely different.

Xiang Li cursed under his breath. What he thought was a whisper was clearly heard by Chu Qi, who slowly moved his dark eyes a fraction.

Xiang Li grabbed Chu Qi, “Lead the way.”

After waiting for a while without any action from the person beside him, Xiang Li turned to look and met Chu Qi’s gaze. His dark eyes seemed to reflect his own image.

Xiang Li retreated a few steps as if he had been caught with his tail, but still maintained a calm demeanor.

“What are you doing?”

Chu Qi wrote: [Reward.]

Xiang Li looked at him, somewhat puzzled. Since when did this bastard start caring about such things?

He felt around the few pockets he had. He had just changed clothes, and he had nothing on him.

Xiang Li was silent for two seconds, then took the communicator on Chu Qi’s wrist and entered an address.

Xiang Li: “You can go shopping here. Tell me what you like when you get back.”

But Chu Qi deleted the address in front of Xiang Li, then typed.

[I don’t want this.]

Xiang Li was puzzled and began to type as well, but the communicator was snatched away as he typed the first word.

Chu Qi: [Speak.]

Xiang Li: “…”

He looked Chu Qi up and down, suddenly softening and leaning against Chu Qi. He had just opened his mouth.

“Officer Chu wouldn’t want me to offer myself, would he?”

But before he could finish, Chu Qi pushed him away.

Chu Qi: [Choose another.]

Xiang Li: “…”

Xiang Li: “No, that’s all there is.”

After saying that, he rolled his eyes. “Take it or leave it.”

Despite saying that, Chu Qi still led him to Qi Xiao’s real residence.

Aside from the barrier, all the Polluted Entities around them were roaring quietly. Perhaps because Xiang Li was losing too much blood, the Polluted Entities seemed to be coming in waves.

Chu Qi didn’t know if he had been provoked by something Xiang Li said earlier, or if he was just naturally cold-faced. His movements were swift, dealing with one after another.

Thus, Xiang Li was like a “princess” being protected by a “knight” from the attacks of the monsters, making it through smoothly.

But after walking for a long time, they still hadn’t seen the so-called “Qi Xiao’s residence”.

Xiang Li stared at Chu Qi, who had just finished off a wave and was leisurely wiping his gun. His eyes narrowed slightly, a clear exploration in his deep eyes.

Xiang Li: “Chu Qi, you don’t know, do you.”

The next second, a silver metal pistol was held against Xiang Li’s throat like a dagger.

Chu Qi said coldly, “You don’t trust me?”

He didn’t type, so Xiang Li couldn’t hear him. But he could barely make out what he said from his mouth shape.

But Xiang Li couldn’t read lips. He met Chu Qi’s eyes, not caring about the gun against his neck, and said sarcastically.

“Colonel Chu spent all this effort to get me out here just to… take a walk in the woods with me?” He scanned the sparse trees around them.

Chu Qi placed the metal bracelet on his wrist in Xiang Li’s hand, turning on real-time text conversion.

Chu Qi: “What’s wrong with taking a walk in the woods? Aren’t you enjoying it too?”

Xiang Li was surprised that these words could come out of Chu Qi’s mouth. It seemed that he had really angered him.

But he didn’t seem to have provoked Chu Qi, right?

Chu Qi pinned Xiang Li against a tree. Xiang Li was slightly taller than Chu Qi. He lowered his eyes to meet Chu Qi’s gaze, raising his hands in a gesture of surrender.

Chu Qi: “You planned the prison break, didn’t you.”

Xiang Li didn’t hesitate.

“That’s right.” He even gave Chu Qi an affirmative look.

Xiang Li: “I caused the explosion, and I poured oil on the fire. I deliberately had Little Black help you, just to make you feel a little sympathetic and complete the prison break.”

“It turns out I bet right.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang Li’s black snake Spiritual Form slithered up to Xiang Li’s shoulder, its golden vertical pupils staring at the two people standing close together, hissing.

Xiang Li chuckled and leaned forward. They were indeed close, so close that even with a gun against Xiang Li’s throat, he only needed to lean his head to touch Chu Qi.

Xiang Li leaned close to Chu Qi’s ear, his breath soft and shallow.

“Little Black, named after a couple, it sounds nice, right?”

He emphasized, his voice drilling into Chu Qi’s ears, both seductive and unsettling.

Chu Qi: “You’re still the same as before.”

After saying that, Chu Qi loosened his grip, but the gun was still against his throat, giving Xiang Li a look that was difficult to decipher.

After noticing this, Xiang Li secretly lowered one hand, a flash of cunning in his eyes.

“Officer, those people in the Empire clearly want to sacrifice you. I came to save you.”

While speaking, Xiang Li’s hand gently touched Chu Qi’s waist, bringing them closer together.

Chu Qi’s expression didn’t change. The gun in his hand was no longer against Xiang Li’s throat; the dark muzzle was directly pressed against his head.

“Break it.” Chu Qi ordered.

Xiang Li pretended to be confused: “Break what, Officer? The spiritual link?”

As soon as Xiang Li finished speaking, Chu Qi felt a slight pain in his mind, like a threat.

Xiang Li: “Officer, isn’t it good for us to be tied together? We can detect the other’s danger at the first moment.”

Chu Qi said angrily, “To collect your corpse?”

Xiang Li was dissatisfied and pressed closer again. Both of Xiang Li’s hands were now down, holding Colonel Chu’s waist firmly. He shook his head gently and smiled wickedly.

Xiang Li: “I won’t die, Officer. I’ll be the one collecting your corpse.”

As he spoke, his Adam’s apple moved up and down.

Once.

Twice.

…

Time passed slowly. He stared into Chu Qi’s eyes for two seconds and chuckled.

“You’ve fallen for me, Officer?”

Chu Qi’s handsome face was cold and expressionless, his eyes were still, and his thin lips were pressed together, warning.

“Let go.”

The owner of the hands not only didn’t listen, but instead tightened their grip and pulled him into his arms, not caring that a gun was pressed against his head, only continuing to ask.

“Do you like me?”

Chu Qi: “…”

Chu Qi: “You must hide your tracks well…”

…

Yan Zhou Ping frowned slightly when he saw the man and man sitting on the sofa.

“Chu Qi?”

After saying that, he saw the thoroughly destroyed Healing Pod next to him: “…”

Chu Qi was reading the information from the files left by Shen Gui. He nodded to acknowledge Yan Zhou Ping and glanced behind him.

No one.

Yan Zhou Ping sat wearily on the single sofa, lowering his head, his hands resting on his knees.

“Bai Yan is missing.”

Xiang Li straightened up.

“It’s just one Main Star. He’s over six hundred years old. How could he get lost?”

Yan Zhou Ping looked up at him.

“Can you hear now?”

Xiang Li pointed to a metal patch on his cheekbone, and Yan Zhou Ping understood.

Yan Zhou Ping: “There’s too much mixed Spiritual Power in the hospital. Bai Yan ran out of the shadow at some point.”

“Star chart monitoring can’t capture Bai Yan’s shadow form.”

Xiang Li immediately stood up.

“I’ll go find him.”

Yan Zhou Ping immediately grabbed him, frowning.

“Your injuries haven’t healed yet. What are you looking for? Where are you going to look? Bai Yan isn’t useless. He can fight back even if he’s in danger.”

Xiang Li thought for a moment and asked, “What should we do now? Wait for Bai Yan to find us?”

Yan Zhou Ping: “Definitely not. He just arrived at the Main Star alone. You need to heal your injuries first… Why is your mouth cut?”

Hearing this, Xiang Li generously said, “It was from a kiss.”

Chu Qi: “…”

Yan Zhou Ping: “…”

Chu Qi drank some water to change the subject and asked, “Where’s Shen Gui?”

Yan Zhou Ping came back to his senses from Xiang Li’s “kiss” and subconsciously glanced at the cut on his lips when he heard Chu Qi speak.

“… Captain Shen is taking care of Teacher Sang at the hospital. His high fever has gotten worse.”

Chu Qi adjusted his sitting posture to avoid his gaze.

“Sang Quan does get a fever once a year.”

“…”

The atmosphere was a bit stagnant. No one spoke. Xiang Li sat next to Chu Qi, playing with his free hand, kneading his fingertips over and over.

Yan Zhou Ping: “I’ll go out and inquire about Bai Yan’s whereabouts…”

Xiang Li interrupted.

“I’ll go with Chu Qi.”

Yan Zhou Ping: “?”

Xiang Li: “You need time to adjust to having a Source Stone instead of a heart and not having Spiritual Power. If you go out and there’s danger, you won’t be able to protect yourself. I’ll go with Chu Qi. He can protect me if there’s danger.”

He said he was being protected by Chu Qi as if it was his right, without any shame.

Yan Zhou Ping thought for a moment and nodded.

“Okay.”

Since they were going out, Xiang Li’s face was still “wanted.” So he evilly put on “Wu Zhen’s” face.

Chu Qi: “…”

Xiang Li, wearing Wu Zhen’s face: “Officer, do you like this face?”

Chu Qi looked Xiang Li up and down, and in Xiang Li’s nervous but pretend-calm eyes, reached out and took off the metal patch on Xiang Li’s face.

Xiang Li widened his eyes slightly and reached out to stop him. The sudden silence made him instinctively panic, but then Chu Qi’s lips pressed down.

Xiang Li was stunned for a second, his fingers lightly clenching Chu Qi’s clothes. He should have taken the initiative, but now he was just standing still, not even closing his eyes.

The kiss only lasted for a brief two or three seconds.

Xiang Li wiped the moisture from his lips, his thumb rubbing the edge of the newly applied mask, using force to tear off the entire mask.

He approached Chu Qi.

“Do you like my face or that one better?”

Chu Qi’s eyes were extremely calm.

“Is there a difference?”

Xiang Li couldn’t hear what he said, bit his lip, didn’t ask, and automatically chased after him to continue the kiss.

Because of this interlude, it was already evening when they left. The demon-eye-like sun had completely sunk, and the remaining light made the sky very gloomy.

Xiang Li had kept his mouth shut since leaving the house, and he didn’t look at Chu Qi once.

Chu Qi didn’t coax him either, quietly following him. There weren’t many people outside at this time.

Xiang Li led Chu Qi, twisted and turned, and after passing through a dim alley, the people suddenly increased. As soon as they appeared, people came up to ask them if they wanted to buy anything.

But after seeing Chu Qi’s face behind him, they paused slightly and leaned close to Xiang Li’s ear.

“Bro, you’re really brave. You got a simulation robot that looks exactly like Colonel Chu. Aren’t you afraid of being raided?”

Xiang Li glanced at the “simulation robot” behind him, nodded lightly, and didn’t refute.

Simulation robot: “…”

The person said to himself: “Wow, the person who made this for you is really brave. But how did you get Colonel Chu’s body data?”

Xiang Li: “Guessed.”

The person stared at Chu Qi for a few seconds. Chu Qi frowned. He felt uncomfortable with this cold gaze that was sizing him up like merchandise. He looked up and saw Xiang Li standing next to him, arms crossed, watching him with interest.

The person pulled Xiang Li back to the alleyway and took out a few things from his pocket.

“See if you like anything. If not, I can get it for you. I’ll give it to you cheap.”

“I don’t want anything from you. Just tell me the data of your simulation robot.”

Xiang Li’s eyes darkened: “What do you want to do?”

The person noticed the change in Xiang Li’s tone and hurriedly explained.

“This is Colonel Chu! I’ll make one and put it at home for worship.”

Xiang Li: “…”

He waved the person’s hand away.

“I don’t have it.”

After saying that, he strode to Chu Qi’s side, pulled him and was about to walk inside, ignoring the person’s offers of higher prices.

Chu Qi had already observed the surroundings. On a wooden sign next to him was written “Ghost Market” in a flamboyant style.

There were not many vendors where they were, but looking into the distance, it was bustling like it wasn’t the Main Star.

People passing by would glance at Chu Qi, but they all thought it was a simulation robot, and then gave Xiang Li a “You’re awesome” look.

Chu Qi tugged at Xiang Li’s sleeve.

“What are we doing at the Ghost Market?”

He naturally knew about the Ghost Market, a place that wasn’t under the jurisdiction of the Empire and didn’t belong to the Empire.

As long as there were people, regardless of whether it was the apocalypse, there would be exchanges of benefits.

The Ghost Market was the place to conduct these transactions, a region that was separated from the Empire.

Xiang Li led Chu Qi all the way to the innermost area, a rusty small building.

Xiang Li pressed the doorbell twice, silently counting in his heart at the same time.

One.

Two.

Three.

…

When he reached the fifteenth second, he raised his hand and pressed it again.

This time, the door was opened when the doorbell rang for the second second. A little old man squeezed out of the narrow doorway.

The little old man looked at Xiang Li at the door and then at Chu Qi behind Xiang Li.

Little old man: “Two, four, six, eight, ten.”

Xiang Li: “One, two, three, four, five.”

After hearing this, the old man reached out and pushed the frame of the door. The door frame that was supposed to be fixed was actually pushed by the other party.

Chu Qi raised an eyebrow, looking at Xiang Li’s back with an inscrutable look.

Xiang Li stood shamelessly in place, watching the old man busy himself, with no intention of helping.

After pushing it, the little old man bent over, put his hands on his knees, gasped for breath, and rolled his eyes at Xiang Li.

The door that was originally only enough for one person to enter and exit was now much wider.

Xiang Li smiled and patted the little old man on the back.

“Grandpa Yu Han, thank you for your hard work.”

The little old man waved Xiang Li’s hand away and let them in. After they both entered, he struggled to pull the door back. Chu Qi helped him.

After entering the door, you could see a lot of metal materials, semi-finished products, and finished products piled together, all covered with a thick layer of dust.

Xiang Li picked up a piece of cloth that was placed on the side and wiped a rare Source Stone, examining it in his hand.

Yu Han waited until he closed the door before shouting at Xiang Li.

“You old bastard, calling me grandpa, are you embarrassed!”

Xiang Li looked at Yu Han, who was still in good spirits, and didn’t refute him. He got to the point.

“Lend me your Spiritual Power Viewer.”

Yu Han asked warily, “What for?”

Xiang Li: “A friend of mine is missing. I’ll borrow it to use.”

Yu Han turned around to rummage through his pile of junk after hearing this.

While he was looking, Xiang Li moved closer to Chu Qi, took out the gun from Chu Qi’s waist, and began to remove the inlaid Source Stone, replacing it with the one in his hand.

He whispered to Chu Qi: “I looked at it for a long time just now, this one is good, it matches your gun.”

Yu Han looked for a long time and didn’t find it, scratching his thinning hair, and burrowing into another pile of junk.

Xiang Li took out the cloth for wiping the gun from Chu Qi’s pocket and slowly wiped it. He heard the latter ask.

“You also know Yu Lao, the ghost market’s smith?”

Xiang Li raised his head and realized that Yu Lao was referring to Yu Han. He nodded.

Xiang Li: “I’ve known him for many years.”

At this time, Yu Han also found the Spiritual Power Viewer that Xiang Li needed from the pile of junk and threw it to him. He picked it up with disgust.

Yu Han patted the dust on his body, as if he didn’t see the gun that had been replaced with a new Source Stone in Xiang Li’s hand, and coughed twice.

“Try it, I haven’t used it for twenty years. I don’t know if it’s rusty.”

Xiang Li thanked him.

Yu Han: “How’s Old Yan doing? Why did he come to the Main Star again? Did he get a facelift? I don’t feel like he’s the same as before. I didn’t recognize him just now.”

Yu Han whispered the last sentence.

Xiang Li opened the instrument and replied: “You can go back with me and see. He’s coming to the Main Star to catch rats. He didn’t get a facelift. Old Yan’s new research on human skin mask.”

After Xiang Li finished speaking, Yu Han took a big step and hugged his face, examining it carefully, and finally nodded.

“Human skin mask, not bad, if I did it, it could be more exquisite.”

Under Xiang Li’s murderous gaze, Yu Han rubbed the dust on his hands on the human skin mask again, looking at Chu Qi next to him.

Xiang Li introduced Chu Qi to Yu Han: “My boyfriend.”

Yu Han widened his eyes, and after two seconds he thought it was reasonable.

“Okay, you won’t die. The simulation robot can give some Source Power to be immortal like you…”

The next second.

Chu Qi: “Hello Yu Lao, I am Chu Qi.”

Yu Han: “…”

Yu Han: “Old Yan developed it. I’ll send you a smarter one later.”

Xiang Li rolled his eyes, reached out and put his arm around Chu Qi, met the latter’s gaze, but didn’t dare to rub the dust on Chu Qi’s clothes.

Xiang Li: “Real person, who wants your broken smart one?”

Yu Han: . . .

Yu Han: !!!

“Colonel Chu?”

Xiang Li nodded.

Xiang Li ignored Yu Han, who was still digesting the information, and approached Chu Qi with the Spiritual Power Viewer.

“Set the Spiritual Power strength to 35-21, what do you think?”

Chu Qi: “Weaker, too strong will affect the surrounding magnetic field again.”

Yu Han coughed lightly, and after seeing them both look over, said.

“I decided to go back with you to see Old Yan.”

Xiang Li didn’t care: “Oh.”

Early the next morning, Yan Zhou Ping was shocked to see Yu Han, who had returned with them.

And Yu Han felt that Yan Zhou Ping’s condition was not right at first glance, looked him up and down, and asked: “Where’s your Spiritual Power?”

Yan Zhou Ping: “I replaced my heart with Source Stone to run.”

Yu Han was shocked for a moment, but didn’t ask any more questions, just said: “Is this Source Stone okay? If not, I have a few good ones.”

Yan Zhou Ping smiled: “Just a simple function.”

Yu Han secretly glanced at the Xiang Li and Chu Qi who were [being all lovey-dovey].

Whispered: “Xiang Li and Colonel Chu are a couple.”

Yan Zhou Ping smiled: “I just found out too.”

Yu Han: “How do you feel?”

Yan Zhou Ping followed suit.

“Xiang Li has his own judgment, I don’t need to say it.”

And the two people on the side [being all lovey-dovey] were actually exploring Bai Yan’s Spiritual Power. But for some reason, from the start of the instrument, the target ran everywhere on the Main Star.

Xiang Li shook the Spiritual Power Viewer.

“Yu Han, is this broken?”

Yu Han was furious when he heard this and hurried over.

“Bah, bah, bah, how could something I make be broken.”

Xiang Li made way for Yu Han to see, and Yu Han also closed his mouth rarely after seeing it.

Yu Han: “Hiss… impossible.”

Although Yu Han would say that the instruments he made haven’t been used for a long time and are rusty, he knew better than anyone whether the instruments could be used or not.

While checking the Spiritual Power Viewer, Xiang Li also told the news he had inquired about in the Ghost Market.

Xiang Li: “The Empire’s secrecy work is okay. At least now the secret of C079 has not been circulated to the Ghost Market. They are only claiming to fight the Polluted Entities.”

“The Empire’s senior management has acquired a lot of weapons in the Ghost Market, and I sent out a Qi Xiao bounty mission by the way.”

Bai Yan is just a black shadow, which is not suitable for describing to humans.

Yan Zhou Ping nodded and looked at Chu Qi.

“Does Colonel Chu know how many people the Empire army can mobilize?”

Chu Qi: “About 200,000 people.”

200,000 people, Xiang Li thought about his own dozen brothers.

Silence.

At this time, Shen Gui suddenly sent a message.

[Fan Yuanying has an accident.]

The next second, the video call came.

Shen Gui was stunned when he saw Chu Qi, and looked at Xiang Li next to him to confirm that it was the real Chu Qi.

Shen Gui: “Chu Qi, when did you…”

Chu Qi interrupted: “Let’s talk about the Zerg first.”

Shen Gui: “The commander sent the Interstellar data to the Zerg Queen. Their queen replied that they didn’t know about this and let the commander dispose of the worm at will. If possible, they hope to send worms to the Main Star to assist in the investigation.”

“The commander didn’t agree. Just now, Fan Yuanying began to burn all over, and strongly requested to see Xiang Li.”

Xiang Li: “Since he wants to see me, let’s meet.”

As he said that, Xiang Li put on Chu Qi’s clothes, and when he was putting the human