Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

"You should just let me eat you."

The girl's voice was no longer as gentle as before, but now it carried a creepy viciousness.

Her words seemed to be some kind of signal, and as she finished speaking, several strange figures emerged from the shadows again.

Those people were covered in black crystals, without any trace of human skin. The only difference was their human-like appearance, which explained their previous identities.

These people have completely mutated, and even look similar to the mutants n109 and those in Luoxia City.

It seems that those weird guys that appeared before were not accidents nor the evolution of wandering bodies, but... man-made!

Looking at the approaching "figure", Xia Jiumeng no longer hesitated and directly took out his hunter pistol and fired two shots.

The bullets pierced through the rain and accurately hit the calves of the two figures in front, but they continued to move forward as if they didn't feel anything, only their speed was slightly affected for a few seconds.

No sense of pain?

The muzzle of the gun moved up and aimed at the figure's head, and his finger pointed at the trigger, giving the bullet a layer of metallic light.

"boom!"

A gunshot was heard, but it was not fired by Xia Jiumeng.

The twisting and leaping girl behind the figure instantly lost all movement and turned into tiny energy particles that disappeared into the air.

The sound comes from... behind?

"Found them! Stop them!"

The next moment, several dazzling rays of light were cast at the same time, and the originally dark space was suddenly illuminated, and the sound of loading guns was heard in unison.

The next second, bullets poured out from the muzzles of the guns, countless bullets grazed her ears, and hit the 'people' who rushed towards her.

Despite this, there were still many people who ignored the bullet attacks and rushed straight towards Xia Jiumeng.

But before he could touch her, he was sucked into the vortex of the twisted black space and torn into pieces.

Xia Jiumeng's heart skipped a beat when she looked at the gravitational black hole in front of her.

This power is Xia Yizhuo... It's over...

The rustling sound of raindrops disappeared instantly. The traces of bullets and the splashing crystals were all fixed by a force and suspended in the air. An indifferent face gradually became clear behind the rain curtain.

With every step he took, the rain in front of him avoided him in a strange manner.

"elder brother...."

"Why are you here?"

Xia Jiumeng looked at Xia Yizhuo and felt inexplicably guilty, so she came up with a lame excuse.

"Well, do you believe me when I say I'm lost?"

"Lost?" Xia Yizhou glanced at her and said calmly, "This is a blocked area. How could someone get lost here?"

"........."

"Compared to me, your whereabouts are also wrong, right?" she asked directly.

"You're talking about these 'people' when you say we're cleaning up stray bodies and monsters, right?"

Xia Yizhuo took a step forward and reached out to grab her wrist forcefully.

"Don't you understand yet?"

"There are things out there that are coveting your power..."

Under the interlaced light and shadow, his expression was obscure and difficult to discern. He couldn't tell if the person he was talking about coveting her was referring only to the monster in front of him or something else...

The wandering body roared and struggled on the edge of the vortex, and its strange energy continued to dissipate.

Xia Jiumeng turned her head and saw that in the wind field, the gathered energy particles were actually gathering together in a strange posture, forming a huge wandering body, which roared and broke free from the vortex and approached Xia Yizhuo.

"Xia Yizhuo, be careful."

"It's you who needs to be careful."

With a cold face, he pressed Xia Jiumeng's shoulders and pushed her behind him. "Are you going into the blockade alone to prove that you are strong enough?"

His eyes quickly passed over her calves, and the coldness in his tone became even stronger. "Let's talk about this kind of thing when you won't get hurt in front of me again."

As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed towards the wandering body and killed it directly with a quick and simple method.

The wandering body turned into smoke and dissipated.

In front of other non-commissioned officers of the fleet, Xia Yizhuo took her away and returned to the ship that was automatically cruising over Tianxing City.

In the rest cabin, Xia Yizhuo placed her on the medical bed, squatted in front of her with a medicine box, and gently tore open the cloth stained with a little blood.

The black leather gloves had a cool touch and brought a strange feeling when they came into contact with the bare skin.

The not-so-deep wound on his white calf was still oozing blood, which was very eye-catching on his gloves.

Xia Jiumeng turned her head slightly.

"Does it hurt?" Xia Yizhuo frowned and his hands moved more lightly.

"Yeah." She responded softly.

Xia Yizhou could hear her depressed mood and asked, "Are you angry?"

"No."

The cold feeling on my legs disappeared, and I heard the sound of him unpacking medicines and equipment. Just as I was about to speak, a hand covered my eyes.

The tiny needle poked the skin, then...slid and didn't penetrate successfully.

Xia Yizhuo looked at the slightly bent needle and said, "..."

Xia Jiumeng: "...."

"Actually, you don't need any medicine. It's just a skin injury..."

Xia Yizhuo did not answer her, but just looked at her skin carefully with a serious expression.

Unfortunately, after looking at it for a long time, I found that except for the wound, the rest of the skin was rosy and smooth, with no infection or other abnormalities.

He turned around and took out a new injection from the medicine box and prepared to give Xia Jiumeng another injection.

Seeing that he insisted on treating her injuries personally, she could only cooperate and relax her muscles secretly. Sure enough, although the second injection was still difficult to insert, the medicine was successfully injected.

"Xia Yizhuo...was the explosion at Xiaosen's house a man-made accident?"

"Just to have a legitimate reason to conduct the cleanup?"

"What on earth were you doing while I wasn't aware?"

"..."

He silently threw the syringe into the trash can and took out a suture patch from the medicine box and applied it to her wound.

"Do you know what would have happened if it hadn't been me there tonight?"

His voice was deep and one could hear both joy and anger.

"Is it because I once left you alone that you want me to go through the same pain?"

Xia Jiumeng's heart skipped a beat and she quickly denied, "I didn't..."

"Then you shouldn't do such risky things."

With a 'click' sound, the wound was tightly sutured by the suture machine, and he reached out to wipe away the remaining blood.

"The people you saw tonight...it doesn't make much difference whether they're dead or alive."

"Anyone who attempts to possess power that does not belong to them must pay the corresponding price."

"The explosion was just an accident, but it was indeed an opportunity for the fleet to intervene in this matter."

Xia Yizhuo explained.

"Then why didn't you tell me before?"

"Tell you, what can you do?"

"If you keep it from me, I won't be able to do anything?"

"In your mind, am I so 'disobedient'?"

She frowned at the silent man, not wanting to argue with him anymore.

She was no longer the weak and obedient girl he knew her to be.

"I'll leave once your ship lands."

She had originally planned to deal with these matters alone, and her reunion with Xia Yizhuo was just an accident.

"It's about leaving, but not you leaving."

"Since you can escape from home, let's go to another place."

He raised his hand and gently stroked Xia Jiumeng's face.

"I'm your brother, I will protect you."

"Before I can resolve anything, I need to ensure your absolute safety."

She felt a chill in her heart when she heard Xia Yizhou's words. This guy wanted to put her under house arrest?!

I rely on!

Is he still the Xia Yizhuo I know?

"Xia Yizhuo, I'm no longer that little girl who has no ability to resist."

"I can guarantee my own safety."

"I didn't see it."

Xia Yizhuo said with a cold face, not giving her a chance to refuse.