After Xia Chujian finished speaking, everyone was stunned.
They were mentally prepared, knowing that Chu Qingchen and those noble students had betrayed them when they were ambushed by the enemy.
But they never expected that this betrayal had been in progress since the very beginning of the operation.
Xia Chujian turned off the monitoring video and put away the virtual display screen.
The hall was so quiet that you could almost hear a pin drop.
Then, everyone began to talk in small groups.
Every face showed a serious and solemn expression.
From the squads of Marine Corps to the base's student pilots, they were all talking, confirming one thing.
Finally, Mao Yonggui was pushed forward by everyone to ask Xia Chujian: "Captain Xia, do you think the Military knew about Chu Qingchen's plan?"
"Or was this mission designed to send us to our deaths from the start!"
For these soldiers, it was normal to encounter unexpected situations and sacrifice themselves in battle.
Especially for the people of their Fifth Interstellar Fleet, they were all mentally prepared for this.
Because no matter how well you prepare, once you are on the battlefield, the enemy will not fight according to your preparations.
So for them, sacrificing themselves was part of the professional requirements of being a soldier.
But they could not tolerate the Military sending them to their deaths! Losing a fight and dying was one thing, but not even preparing to fight and directly sending them as spoils of war to the enemy was another.
Looking at the suppressed emotions in their hearts, Xia Chujian said very frankly: "I really don't know."
"It may just be a few people who wanted to send us to our deaths for their own personal gain."
"It may indeed be a decision made by the Military."
"But I don't have enough information to judge where the problem lies."
"But I want to tell everyone that because I have already executed Chu Qingchen and the others, there is basically no way to verify the truth."
"So, for the time being, let's assume that Chu Qingchen and the others are the culprits."
"We have successfully completed the mission and will return to the Beichen Empire with the Longevity Flying Fish."
"In the future, you will have better prospects and a better life."
"But I hope you will never forget everything that happened today."
"Don't forget how many people are buried here, never to return!"
"Don't forget our original intention when we joined the army!"
These people were originally just ordinary Starry Sky Marines, but suddenly became Gene Evolvers, and their future in the army was simply on a different level!
Hearing Xia Chujian's words, they were silent for a few minutes.
Then they shouted one by one.
"Captain Xia! I will apply to transfer to the Fourth Interstellar Fleet!"
"I only admire Captain Xia!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
...
More than two thousand Starry Sky Marines shouted in unison at this moment: "...Me too!"
Chen Yansheng said excitedly: "Captain Xia gave us our lives! She also gave us our future! We will never, and cannot, forget our roots!"
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched, feeling that they were exaggerating a bit.
But with so many people full of fighting spirit, she didn't want to dampen their enthusiasm.
She was very clear that at this time, perhaps not all of these people truly believed in her.
But they all needed a spiritual pillar to believe that the Military, this world, could still be saved…
What gave Xia Chujian a headache was that she would soon have to fill out her college application, and she would be going to university in September.
What if these people really applied to be transferred to the Fourth Interstellar Fleet, only to find nothing there…
Tsk, she didn't even want to imagine that scene.
Xia Chujian silently wished them well in her heart, and at the same time decided that, if possible, she could join the Fourth Interstellar Fleet after graduating from university! If that Fourth Interstellar Fleet still wanted her by then…
Xia Chujian waved to everyone and said, "Now everyone go back and rest. We'll leave here immediately to complete our mission!"
After Xia Chujian finished speaking, she returned to her Captain's Room.
She had secretly hidden several cups of Blood Kirin Kong Sang water, intending to try it herself.
After all, so many over-aged people had achieved Gene Evolution, rekindling the long-hidden hope in her heart.
But she drank a cup, waited for a long time, and found that nothing happened.
Then she drank another cup, waited for a while, and still nothing happened.
In the end, she drank all the remaining fresh Blood Kirin boiled Kong Sang water, but there was still no reaction.
Not giving up, she quietly asked Seven Lù: "...Do you have to be poisoned first, and then detoxified, to achieve Gene Evolution?"
Seven Lù's childish voice clearly said: "Master, no! Blood Kirin does not have the function of enabling Gene Evolution, only Kong Sang does!"
Xia Chujian was puzzled: "But you saw it too, those Marine Corps and pilots below, they all achieved Gene Evolution after being poisoned and then detoxified."
Seven Lù tried to explain the problem from a scientific point of view.
"Master, that little bit of fresh Blood Kirin is not enough to detoxify."
"It's because Kong Sang first enabled their Gene Evolution, their own qualities underwent a qualitative change, and their Gene chains also mutated and strengthened. Therefore, even if the amount of fresh Blood Kirin is insufficient, they can still detoxify."
Xia Chujian: "..."
She was not giving up yet.
She planned to go back and "bribe" Small Dog Si Xi to get some Kong Sang, and try eating fresh Kong Sang directly.
...
Five Interstellar Airships quickly took off and headed towards the South Pole.
Xia Chujian sat in the seat in the Captain's Room, stroking the Teacup Dog A Wù with one hand, and the silver-throated long-tailed little chubby bird A Yuan with the other.
A Wù and A Yuan were both squinting their eyes, looking very content.
Xia Chujian was silent for a long time before saying, "A Wù, A Yuan, you stay here."
"There is food for you here. Only by staying here can you grow smoothly."
Although Seven Lù said that A Yuan could eat Jia Rong Grass, considering A Yuan's true size, Xia Chujian felt that even if San Zong was exhausted to death, he would not be able to grow enough Jia Rong Grass for A Yuan to eat in one meal…
What she had thought before was too idealistic.
And why should San Zong grow grass for her to feed A Yuan?
A Yuan was her responsibility, not San Zong's.
She was too unkind.
A Wù suddenly widened his eyes, looking at Xia Chujian nervously, and said, "Elder Sister! A Wù doesn't need to eat!"
"A Wù ate a lot of Alligator Dragon! It can last for many years!"
Xia Chujian smiled wryly, poked A Wù's cute little dog nose with her finger, and said, "A Wù, don't lie. You're still young and growing. How can you not eat for many years?"
The silver-throated long-tailed little chubby bird also chirped anxiously at Xia Chujian, flapping its little wings desperately, and pecking Xia Chujian's finger lightly with its little bird beak.
Its strength was very light, like a feather gently brushing her fingertips.
Xia Chujian felt a little itchy and couldn't help but smile.
She touched the little chubby bird's smooth and soft back and said, "A Yuan too… A Yuan needs to eat Haidagong, and only here is there any…"
She paused, a little guiltily, and said, "Maybe I didn't kill them all… Maybe there are still Haidagong in that deep seabed…"
A Yuan looked at Xia Chujian, suddenly shaking its little bird head, as if in denial, and as if in refusal.
Xia Chujian was so charmed by it that her face was covered in blood. She immediately picked it up and pressed it against her face.
At this moment, the little chubby bird suddenly broke free from Xia Chujian's palm, switched into a two- or three-year-old jade-like and adorable little girl, and fell straight into Xia Chujian's arms.
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
The little chubby bird was cute, but the little girl was even cuter.
But if she brought another child home, her aunt would probably faint! There was already a Wu Fu at home, this child, should just continue being a bird...
Xia Chujian kissed the little girl's cheek melancholically, and said in a low voice, "A Yuan, the little chubby bird is cuter, change back..."
The little girl shook her head and said her first sentence: "No!"
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
Children who say "no" are all naughty children, no matter how cute they look!
Xia Chujian put on a serious face and tried to reason with the little girl: "A Yuan, you can't be so willful."
"I'm just an ordinary eighteen-year-old girl, my family is poor, and I can't even feed myself, I really can't afford such a cute little girl..."
"If you change back to the little chubby bird, I might consider it."
A Yuan looked up at her, blinked her eyes with starry purple depths, and finally switched back to the cute little chubby bird appearance.
Xia Chujian put it and the Teacup Dog A Wù side by side.
A Wù looked at A Yuan pitifully, wanting to nuzzle it with its little dog head, but it had the heart but not the courage.
Xia Chujian saw it, but didn't interfere, and continued to reason earnestly.
"You are Ancient Exotic Beasts, and your growing environment is different from humans."
"Now the entire Senze Star will be yours, isn't that good?"
A Wù immediately said, "Not good!"
A Yuan also chirped a few times.
A Wù nodded its palm-sized Teacup Dog head and said, "A Yuan said, we don't need Elder Sister to raise us, we can raise Elder Sister!"
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched: "You raise me? Do you think that as long as you give me something to eat, that counts as raising me?"
A Wù tilted its head and said, "Elder Sister just said that she can't feed herself. Isn't it enough as long as you are full?"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She glared at A Wù and said, "That was a metaphor, don't pay too much attention to the details."
"What I want to say is, I am human, I not only have material needs, but also spiritual needs."
"I can't live in this place forever."
"There's no internet here, no family or friends, and nuclear radiation is everywhere."
"This place, for ordinary humans who have not undergone Gene Evolution, is hell on earth."
A Wù asked curiously, "What is hell?"
Xia Chujian said definitively, "It's a place that only makes people feel pain, can't see hope, and is completely unsuitable for human habitation, like this place!"
A Wù looked at Xia Chujian, its bright little dog eyes seemed to lose their light.
It said in a milky voice, "This is hell, but Elder Sister still wants to leave A Wù and A Yuan in hell..."
Xia Chujian: "..."
Oops!
This Small Dog is really amazing! Xia Chujian said with an embarrassed smile: "But A Wù, you and A Yuan are not human."
"This place is hell for humans, but not for you..."
"This is what my aunt said, bear's paw for one, poison for another..."
Black lines seemed to emerge from A Wù's little dog eyes and A Yuan's little bird eyes, forming three words: Don't understand.
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