Huo Yushen still wore a stern expression, quietly watching her, as if to say: Keep making it up, keep going…
Xia Chujian steeled herself and said vividly, "Later, after I sent the messages, I still felt uneasy."
"I thought that even though I sent so many SOS messages, none of them were reliable."
"Only you and my leader can give me a sense of security!"
"So, regardless of whether you and my leader were available, I brazenly sent you the SOS messages!"
"Later, my intuition proved to be the most correct! Sure enough, you and my leader were the first to arrive!"
Although Huo Yushen didn't quite believe it, seeing that Xia Chujian was still willing to make up an excuse to placate him, he didn't pursue the matter further.
His expression softened slightly, and he said, "Now that so many people know, let's leave it at that."
"Say that you didn't want Ji Shunliang to get your spoils, so you burned two Longevity Flying Fish."
"You were planning to burn the third one when I came to rescue you, so there's only one left that wasn't burned."
Xia Chujian beamed and gave Huo Yushen a thumbs up: "Marshal Huo, your ability to make up stories is simply effortless!"
"Compared to you, I still have a lot to learn!"
"I hope you won't hesitate to teach me in the future!"
Huo Yushen: "..."
He didn't feel comforted at all.
But he didn't dwell on it, just said, "Go pack your things, the instructors from your base have already come to pick you up."
Xia Chujian "ah-ed" and looked up at him: "Where are they?"
Huo Yushen also pulled up a virtual display screen, showing her the situation in the airspace outside.
Xia Chujian saw several Interstellar Airships with the base's logo, as well as a Starry Sky Cruiser.
"Huh? Where are all those densely packed Warplanes outside?"
Xia Chujian asked curiously, "And those four Starry Sky Cruisers?"
Huo Yushen said, "They've already been withdrawn."
"Ji Shunliang committed suicide, and also killed all his loyal subordinates."
Xia Chujian sighed and muttered, "Why bother? Why did he have to fight me..."
Huo Yushen stared at her, and finally decided not to discourage her.
He simply said, "This time you go back, your special training will be over."
"I heard that the National Higher Education Entrance Examination results will be out this Friday."
"Which university are you planning to apply to?"
Xia Chujian had actually been thinking about this question all along.
She asked seriously, "Marshal Huo, when you were withdrawn from the front lines by the Military high-level officials, did you think there was still a possibility for them to change?"
Huo Yushen looked at her, his expression no longer cold and chilling, and asked calmly, "What does that have to do with you going to university?"
Xia Chujian insisted, "It has everything to do with it. Just tell me, is there still a possibility for this Military to change?"
Huo Yushen's tone was unusually gentle, even with a hint of encouragement, and said, "...I don't have the ability to make them change, but I think you do."
Xia Chujian's eyes lit up, as if she had been given a shot of adrenaline, and she said excitedly, "You really think I can do something you couldn't do?!"
Huo Yushen smiled: "First Lieutenant Xia, you've already done many things I couldn't do."
Xia Chujian wouldn't let him off the hook: "Like what?"
A rare smile bloomed on Huo Yushen's face, and he said, "Like this..."
The virtual display screen in front of him switched to a picture of a palm-sized fiery red Phoenix sculpture.
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
This was really beyond her expectations.
The key was, she wasn't mentally prepared at all.
Her face flushed red instantly, and even her breathing became rapid.
She was so embarrassed, it felt like the Crown of the Head was about to be blown off by her boiling brain...
Huo Yushen wanted this kind of unexpected effect.
He had only been guessing all along, and now he was truly certain of his conjecture.
However, looking at the change in Xia Chujian's expression, feeling her shyness and embarrassment, a trace of pity actually arose in his heart.
This had never happened before in his exceptionally cold and hard personality.
Why did he have to force her to reveal all her secrets?
So, the words reached his lips, but Huo Yushen changed the subject again, and said gently, "...Do you like this kind of Mecha?"
Xia Chujian had just felt her heart about to jump out of her throat!
Now it was back in her chest...
She quickly adjusted her breathing, and said with a hearty laugh, "...I like it! I especially like it! It looks so good!"
"Does this kind of Mecha really exist?! It's so beautiful! I have to ask Master if I can switch my Shao Siming Mecha to this look!"
Huo Yushen said with a smile, "Then you're in luck, I've already sent this thing to your Master. Maybe soon, you'll have such a Mecha."
Xia Chujian quickly said, "That's great! I'll send a message to Master later."
After speaking, she glanced at Huo Yushen again, and asked curiously, "Marshal Huo, where did you get this kind of Mecha? I've never seen it before..."
Huo Yushen's face paled again, and he returned to his previous attitude, saying calmly, "Your leader brought it back. As for how he got it, you have to ask him."
Xia Chujian was full of doubts, but she didn't dare to ask Huo Yushen, fearing that she would be caught by Huo Yushen if she wasn't careful...
She nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask when I have time. By the way, Marshal Huo, what exactly happened to my leader that requires you to personally pick him up?"
She knew that Meng Guanghui had gone to Eze Star, but she didn't know why he didn't come back with the others, but instead went to the East Tianyuan God Country.
Also, what was going on with that Divinely Blessed Daughter? Xia Chujian's curiosity rose again.
She continued to ask, "When you went to the East Tianyuan God Country, weren't you discovered by that Divinely Blessed Daughter?"
Huo Yushen leaned back in his seat, clasped his hands together comfortably, and tapped his two index fingers lightly against each other unconsciously, saying calmly, "Fortunately, that Divinely Blessed Daughter is a bit strange."
Xia Chujian frowned: "Strange?"
Huo Yushen said, "Yes, she can be used as a carrier for the descent of a Mental Strength expert, which is what they call a god."
Xia Chujian understood: "So that's what a Divinely Blessed Daughter is... No wonder, isn't that just the ghost possession in our Mulan City legends..."
Huo Yushen couldn't help but laugh again, and said, "Such a powerful god, you call it 'ghost possession'... I really should have taken you with me."
"Maybe you would have taken care of that so-called god."
Huo Yushen rarely smiled, and was always so cold that people couldn't resist, only wanting to stay away.
But in front of Xia Chujian, he smiled more and more.
However, Xia Chujian was a little nervous because of this "Quan Yuxun's Smile".
Although Huo Yushen's face was unparalleled when he smiled, in Xia Chujian's opinion, he always felt that he was like Quan Yuxun, and didn't know what he was up to.
She suppressed the suspicion in her heart, shrugged her shoulders, and said, "I said before, let you take me with you, but you said that I don't have Mental Strength, and you have to distract yourself to protect me... Do you regret it now?"
She just said it casually, and didn't expect Huo Yushen to admit it.
But Huo Yushen nodded seriously, and said, "I regret it, I should have taken you with me."
Xia Chujian: "..."
Finished, she was actually stumped by Huo Yushen.
But Xia Chujian quickly cheered up, and said smugly, "It's good to know you were wrong! You should listen to other people's opinions in the future, maybe there are good ideas?"
Huo Yushen twitched the corner of his mouth, and said, "But it's not too late. This time, the East Tianyuan God Country killed more than a thousand of our field agents, and your leader and I only killed more than five hundred people from the Wenren Family there, still five hundred short."
"Do you have the confidence to take revenge?"
Xia Chujian's clear eyes shone even brighter. "Really?! Marshal Huo, are you really letting me take revenge?! Is it a one-to-two revenge, or one-to-three?"
Huo Yushen thought, as expected of a Killing Embryo, this momentum... hmm, not bad, she's one of my soldiers.
But he still said sternly, "One-to-one is enough. But only kill elites of the Wenren Family. If they're not elites, killing them doesn't count."
Xia Chujian asked curiously, "How many elites are there in the Wenren Family? I've already killed five hundred. Are there still more?"
Huo Yushen said, "When you go, I'll give you a list. No need to think about it now."
Xia Chujian rubbed her palms together eagerly. "Just tell me when to start, and I'll definitely exceed the mission quota!"
Huo Yushen gazed at her and said, "When your winter vacation comes this year, I'll personally take you on a trip to the East Tianyuan God Country."
Xia Chujian was both nervous and excited. "Really, Marshal Huo? You're really going to personally take me... on a mission?!"
She almost said "to kill people," but realized at the last moment that it sounded a bit strange, so she changed it to "on a mission."
Huo Yushen said, "Go back and think about it carefully. What if you can't come home for the New Year after you leave? Will your family disagree?"
Xia Chujian thought that made sense. She couldn't decide on her own.
Besides, she had already spent most of her summer vacation outside. If she was also outside during the winter vacation, not to mention her Aunt, even Small Si Xi would probably be unhappy.
She said, "I'll go back and discuss it with my family."
Huo Yushen nodded, glanced at the information prompt on his main control panel, and said, "Those two thousand-plus people of yours have already completed the Review."
"They don't remember being poisoned anymore. They only remember that after being attacked by Phantom Fighter Jets, a large number of Starry Sky Fighters crashed, resulting in heavy casualties."
"And that you destroyed the Global Laser Defense and Guidance System at the North Pole of Senze Star at the most critical moment, leading them to final victory."
"They also remember there were three Longevity Flying Fish, but you destroyed two of them while confronting Ji Shunliang, leaving only one."
"Take this one Longevity Flying Fish back to the base later, as proof that you completed the mission."
Because Xia Chujian had sent a distress message to the base earlier, saying that she was bringing back three Longevity Flying Fish, it wasn't enough to just brainwash their own people. Therefore, Huo Yushen plugged the loophole by saying there was only one Longevity Flying Fish left.
Xia Chujian breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, saluted Huo Yushen, and said, "Thank you, Marshal Huo! I'm going back!"
Huo Yushen nodded slightly and watched her leave.
Xia Chujian came out of Huo Yushen's office and saw Meng Guanghui standing guard at the door. She quickly said, "Leader, I'm going back to the base. After I get back, let's contact each other again!"
She pointed to her Smart Bracelet.
Meng Guanghui straightened her Combat Suit regretfully and said, "Then go back first. I brought you good things this time too. When you go home, I'll send you back to Guiyuan Star and you can take them back with you."
Xia Chujian beamed. "Thank you, Leader! I'll be waiting!"
Meng Guanghui waved at her and watched her leave quickly.
...
At this time, Pei Zijing was standing with Yu Fei in the Captain's Room of the base Airship, repeatedly calling Huo Yushen's Bat-style Fighter Jet, wanting to talk to him.
But Huo Yushen didn't answer. In the end, Kang Shanxing answered.
He said to Pei Zijing with a straight face, "Chief Instructor Pei, how was this mission arranged? Who provided the preliminary intelligence? The Special Security Bureau requires you to submit a detailed report on this mission."
"Whether your base is responsible needs to be assessed by the Special Security Bureau."
Pei Zijing agreed with a wry smile, but still mustered the courage to ask, "Colonel Kang, when can our students be released to go back?"
Kang Shanxing said, "We haven't stopped them."
"It's just that they're coming back from a place like Senze Star, and the Special Security Bureau needs to conduct a special Review to prevent any dirty things from Senze Star from coming back with them."
Pei Zijing frowned and said, "That place only has primitive people. What dirty things could there be?"
Kang Shanxing raised his eyebrows. "So Chief Instructor Pei doesn't know that there's severe nuclear radiation on Senze Star? Ordinary people there would have their Gene chains completely destroyed in less than twenty-four hours."
Pei Zijing was shocked. "That serious?! But... but... the information we received only said that its atmospheric composition is the same as our Habitable Planet!"
Kang Shanxing ignored him and directly turned off the communicator.
Pei Zijing wanted to call again, but Yu Fei held him down.
He said in a low voice, "Xia Chujian and the others seem to be out."
Pei Zijing hurriedly looked up at the monitor screen in front of him.
Sure enough, a huge Starry Sky Cruiser flew out from the bottom hold of that Bat-style Fighter Jet, which was so large that its edges could hardly be seen.
It had the markings of their base on it.
Pei Zijing quickly said, "Connect to that Cruiser!"
They used the base's public channel to dial.
Xia Chujian accepted the video call invitation.
Pei Zijing's figure appeared on the virtual display screen.
He hurriedly said, "Xia Chujian, are you alright?"
Xia Chujian nodded: "Thank you, Chief Instructor Pei, I'm fine."
"Let's talk when we get back to base."
Pei Zijing understood and didn't say anything more.
He had come as soon as he received Xia Chujian's call for help, but he was still a step late.
By the time he arrived, Ji Shunliang had already committed suicide, and the confrontation was naturally over.
Xia Chujian had already taken her Starry Sky Cruiser into Huo Yushen's Bat-style Fighter Jet to undergo "Review".
It was good that she was out now.
Under Pei Zijing's command, his Cruiser and several of the base's Airships started up at the same time, following Xia Chujian's dilapidated Falcon-Class D1 Starry Sky Cruiser back to the airspace above the base.
Along the way, Pei Zijing couldn't wait to connect to Xia Chujian's video call and immediately asked, "Xia Chujian, where are the other Cruisers? Why is there only one of yours?"
Xia Chujian said calmly, "Of course they were destroyed, Chief Instructor Pei. We brought twenty thousand Starry Sky Marines, and only two thousand returned."
Pei Zijing's pupils shrank sharply: "What?! So many people died?!"
"Were they killed by nuclear radiation?"
Xia Chujian said, "No, they were killed by the Shang People and Haidagong on Senze Star."
Pei Zijing exclaimed, "That's impossible! Their technology is still in the Bronze Age, how could... how could..."
This is the second large chapter, including Moon Tickets for August 3300+.
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