Wild Journey

Three days later, they set off for Area P.

This mission is only open to the top ten mercenary regiments of the association, but it is not mandatory. However, due to its lucrative profits and low risk factor, most qualified mercenary regiments choose to participate.The accompanying mercenary regiments were still the same as last time. After the flying boat incident, more or less people died, and some regiments suffered heavy casualties, and even had a major change of personnel.

Even so, Mu Han still has a lot of acquaintances, and they were chatting and chatting all the way on the plane. After taking their seats, Ting Na walked over, and Si Yuan got up very knowingly. He wanted to give up his seat to Ting Na, but was stopped by Mu Han: " What are you going to do?"

Si Yuan took it for granted, "Give up your seat for her."

Mu Han was puzzled: "What seat should I give her?"

Si Yuan: "Isn't she your ex-girlfriend?"

Mu Han was even more puzzled: "Is there any need to contact me?"

Si Yuan: "You talked to her for so long last time."

Mu Han turned sideways, faced Si Yuan, and said in a low voice: "It's an ex-girlfriend, not a current girlfriend. She and I really have nothing to talk about. She and I get together and part ways, so it's not easy to drive her away." , right. You just sit here and leave her alone."

Ting Na stopped in the aisle and greeted Mu Han.

The people next to him started booing, and Mu Han said loudly, "Go, go, you're too busy, aren't you? What should you do?"

Ting Na smiled shyly, but didn't leave, she was talking to Mu Han.

Mu Han responded politely, but didn't take the initiative to raise the topic. Tingna seemed to like Mu Han very much, and she would talk to him about trivial things, and she didn't leave until the time of take-off, which seemed rather dissatisfying. .

Si Yuan looked at Ting Na's back: "Why did you separate?"

Mu Han: "After graduation, we will be divided."

Si Yuan: "Did she become a mercenary because of you?"

Mu Han raised his eyebrows: "Probably not, she was only in the second grade when I graduated, and I haven't contacted her since we broke up. Well, maybe she was affected a little."

Si Yuan: "You don't seem to like her very much."

Mu Han: "We've been talking for more than two months. I just helped her with her homework. I can't say whether I like it or not. No one is young."

Si Yuan whispered, "But she seems to like you very much."

Mu Han hummed suspiciously: "Is there? Kid, a woman's heart is a needle, don't try to guess the girl's mind." After finishing speaking, he turned Si Yuan's face straight, "Okay, stop, gossip about me again, I'm going to beat you."

Si Yuan was never afraid of his threats, so after thinking about it, he asked again: "Mu Han, you are almost thirty, why don't you find a girlfriend yet?"

Hearing this, Mu Han was neither annoyed nor angry, but instead laughed: "I've talked enough about my girlfriend, I'm not interested anymore, I want to find a boyfriend now, you are not young, are you interested in trying?" Do you want to try?"

Si Yuan hurriedly waved his hands and stopped asking.

Feng Yao was fixing the problem of the flying fish. The sudden switch between ease and hard work made him a little uncomfortable. He fell asleep halfway through the drawing, and fell asleep until the plane landed.

Gu Xiao beside him helped him rub his eyes: "Here we are."

Rubbing brought a faint itch, Feng Yao groaned for a while, and rubbed reflexively, like a kitten greedy for petting.

This completely unconscious action made both of them stunned. Feng Yao sat up straight and stared at Gu Xiao dully, seeing the surprise in Gu Xiao's eyes slowly disappearing, replaced by a less obvious ridicule.

Feng Yao woke up as fast as he could in his life. He deliberately turned his head and gave a random reason: "Just now my eyes were itchy."

The snowy area was cold, Gu Xiao was wearing a coat, and his fingerless gloves were replaced with full-fingered black leather gloves. He took off one side to rub Feng Yao's eyes, and he was wearing it slowly. Hearing Feng Yao's explanation, Then he laughed, with a frivolous and affectionate meaning: "You really know how to pick time."

Feng Yao countered: "Who told you to touch my eyes?"

Gu Xiao imitated his tone: "Who told you to sleep."

Feng Yao: "What does it matter to you if I sleep?"

"Sleeping is none of my business." Gu Xiao's eyes lightly moved, and fell on his shoulders, "It's not my business to sleep on my shoulders, tsk, you're still drooling."

Feng Yao: "..."

Area P is located on the border of the empire, a world-famous snow-covered plateau.

The majestic and stretching mountains lie on top of each other, and the snow does not melt all year round. The terrain of P area is steep, it does not border the outside world, and it has been far away from human habitation for many years.Although such a geographical environment saved the district and city from the ravages of the war to a certain extent, it also directly led to the closure and backwardness of the local area.

In addition, due to the inconvenient transportation and blocked information in the early days, the mountains and mountains became a natural dividing line, and the snowy area gave birth to different beliefs and civilizations. People separated by mountains and water have formed their own tribes over the long years. It was not until they were incorporated by the empire that they began to blend.

Due to the later time of incorporation and the special geographical location, the empire's jurisdiction over the P area is also relatively loose, so each tribe can continue to maintain its past customs and lifestyles.

P-01 area, also known as Katomu, translates as the embrace of the gods.

The local people advocate religion, and Xuemu is the god. There is a legend that Xuemu created man, and they believe that human life is a process of continuous pollution, and death is a kind of purification. Heinous people cannot be purified, only clear and clean Only the soul can enter reincarnation and be reborn as a human being.

After Feng Yao finished reading the popular science, he said, "Today is the sun of the gods, and it is Snowmother's birthday, and there will be a lantern festival tonight."

Si Yuan came to his spirits: "Really? Go and have a look."

Mu Han rebuffed straight away: "I don't approve, I have business to do."

Si Yuan began to shake the morale of the army, talking endlessly: "Oh, there are so many mercenaries looking for two people, one more than you is not too much, and one less than you is not too much. Besides, isn't it also doing business while looking for you while shopping? Just let it go , it’s not easy to find if it’s too deliberate.”

Mu Han didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why are you so unreasonable, huh?"

Si Yuan didn't care about him, and when he entered the city, he dragged Feng Yao for a stroll.

At night, the streets became more and more lively. He walked around the stalls on the side of the road, looked left and right curiously, and disappeared as he ran. Mu Han looked like a master dragged by a big dog, chasing Si Yuan, after a while , also disappeared.

Feng Yao, who was left behind, was squeezed to the point where he couldn't find his way at all, so Gu Xiao managed to keep him from getting lost.

In the evening and dusk, the chill became stronger. They followed the crowd to the bridge. There were candle shadows on the street, a gentle light flickered on the distant water, and the sky lanterns slowly lifted into the sky, embellishing the river like a Milky Way.

Feng Yao had never seen a sky lantern before, so he asked curiously, "What is that?"

"Pray for sky lanterns." Gu Xiao told him, "It has been handed down from the old society that the people who put up the lanterns would write their wishes on the lanterns for blessing."

Feng Yao suddenly groaned, stared blankly for a while, and was shocked by this rare romantic scene, he murmured: "This place is different from the outside world, like the ones I read in books. The old world."

Gu Xiao hummed and looked at him.

The light and shadow were reflected in the eyes, as if they had settled into the splendor of amber. Feng Yao raised his face slightly, his eyes followed the lights floating towards the sky, and the dim stream of light coated his side face with a touch of warm gold, so delicate and beautiful .

He was looking at the lamp with a focused expression, while Gu Xiao was looking at him.

After a while, Feng Yao didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly asked: "Why do you want to be a mercenary?"

"For livelihood." Gu Xiao said, "I used to be a refugee."

This reason is reasonable, Feng Yao didn't think too much, believed it, and had a slight resonance: "I was also a refugee when I was young."

Gu Xiao: "Didn't you lose your memory?"

"I read my information from Sen." Feng Yao recalled, "I was born in District U. My parents died during the war. Sen picked me up, took me back to the research institute, and raised me. .”

He wanted to ask about Gu Xiao's past, after all, he was very interested in Gu Xiao's former lover, but the topic was taken away.After Gu Xiao listened to his narration, his eyes darkened slightly, and he said politely: "Sen's reputation is not very good."

Feng Yao said objectively: "People with good reputations all die miserably."

Gu Xiao: "..."

This is a terrible and deformed era. International organizations use peace to cover up the atrocities of power. All wars and plunder are given high-sounding reasons. Under the appearance of a legal society is a huge Hobbesian jungle. The law of the jungle is the most basic survival method , the phenomenon of reverse elimination can be seen everywhere.

However, the sad times are one thing, and Feng Yao has to admit: "Sen's personality is indeed not very noble." And it's not too noble.

"You feel this way because you are on his side." Gu Xiao stared at Feng Yao, and after a short pause, he asked seriously, "What if his carelessness killed the person you love the most?" .”

Feng Yao felt very strange: "Why do you always think like this?"

Gu Xiao said as if nothing had happened: "Ask whatever you want, you can pretend that I didn't say anything."

After Gu Xiao's guess last time, Feng Yao also thought deeply about his question, but he didn't know the truth, and he couldn't make a conclusion. After a long silence, he said: "So I want to become stronger, I don't have the ability to change the world, but at least... ...I want to protect the people I love."

Gu Xiao lowered his eyes: "What if you can't protect it?"

For some reason, Feng Yao read a little bit of sadness in Gu Xiao's eyebrows and eyes, the sadness was too weak to be noticed, and was quickly covered by his eyes, but Feng Yao could see it clearly.He looked at Gu Xiao in a daze, until he met Gu Xiao's questioning eyes, and then hurriedly regained his senses, thinking about the question just now.

"You... are right." Feng Yao was stunned, and then smiled wryly, "I'm really not capable enough to protect myself."

The atmosphere became heavy, Gu Xiao didn't say any more, but said: "I can protect you."

Feng Yao muttered, "I don't need your protection."

Gu Xiao asked back: "Don't you need it?"

Feng Yao was speechless, saying that there was no need to deceive himself, after all, Gu Xiao had indeed protected him many times in the past six months, he got stuck for a while, and then returned to the topic discussed before: "...I can't repay you."

Gu Xiao: "You can repay, Feng Yao, you know what I want."

Feng Yao looked at Gu Xiao, and asked tentatively, "What do you want?" Could it be that you want him to call you brother?

Gu Xiao half-truthfully said: "I want to fall in love with you."

Feng Yao said without hesitation: "Don't talk about it."

Gu Xiao raised his eyebrows lightly: "Why?"

Feng Yao said stubbornly: "I've said it ten thousand times, I have someone I like."

Gu Xiao looked at him carefully, and asked slowly: "What if there is no G?"

This sudden assumption stunned Feng Yao, he was dumb for a moment, and then pretended to be calm and said: "This assumption is meaningless."

Gu Xiao calmly exposed him: "You are running away."

Feng Yao's tone was stiff: "I'm not running away."

"To escape is to acquiesce, what are you worrying about?" Gu Xiao ignored Feng Yao's stubbornness, he paused, "Or are you shy?"

After saying this, he took half a step closer, lowered his head slightly, and stared into Feng Yao's eyes at a close distance, his voice was so low that it was almost a whisper, "There are only two of us here, if you are shy, you can tell me quietly, okay?"

The coaxing words wrapped in an ambiguous tone, lightly brushed over Feng Yao's eyelids, as if sweeping across his heart.Feng Yao raised his eyes in a panic and bumped into Gu Xiao's deep eyes, and suddenly felt his cheeks burning, he hastily pushed away the person who was close at hand, put his forearm across his face, and said angrily: "Get out, don't you Face."

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What Feng Yao meant was not that people with good reputations died miserably, but that people with good reputations more or less had dark histories.The setting of the world view is a very bad troubled times.