Chapter III: Recovery (I)

Sha Yuanxing.

This planet, which has been extremely prosperous after nearly 100 years of human construction, is the capital of the Jingfeng Star Domain and one of the important commercial hubs of the Overseas Dominion of Siloa.

However, now it has been reduced from a commercial pearl to a devastated and dilapidated garbage planet! The beautiful natural scenery is gone, the magnificent city has become a ruin, and the once bustling and lively streets are deserted, and from time to time you can see destroyed chariots and various air defense facilities.

From the large space station in synchronous orbit and the orbital elevator towers connected to the ground, all kinds of suspended buildings in the air, urban agglomerations on the ground, and even ecological settlements on the seabed, all traces of war have been left everywhere!

In other words, the planet is largely ruined! In order to restore it to its pre-war prosperity state, in addition to the huge amount of money invested, it is more important to heal the deep wounds in people's hearts and rebuild confidence in the Imperial Legion, which will take long enough to complete.

Somewhere in a neighborhood that had been reduced to ruins, two Gambino warriors were walking down a desolate street, their thick tails dragging behind them, and their hind feet with alloy claws stepped on the floor tiles with a dull "bang" sound.

They each carried a human on their backs, apparently intending to bring them back to camp as an accompaniment to the evening snack.

The two beastly creatures walked and talked casually, their voices dull and hoarse, like two rusty steel plates rubbing against each other.

"Shaq, we can have a full meal tonight!" A guy said happily.

"Yes! It's been many years, and our people have finally entered the territory of human civilization again! The other guy carefully put away the high-frequency particle concussion knife in his hand and pinned it to his waist, and promised in his mouth.

The individual strength of the Gambino people is generally relatively strong, but the level of equipment manufacturing is really unflattering, so every time they attack the Anthropocene realm, they all think that they can loot the equipment of human warriors. This is the standard equipment of the Imperial Legion, which it captured after killing an Imperial special forces.

"Speaking of which, these humans taste really good, much stronger than the meat we've eaten before! It's like the human baby we ate last time, that taste, it's really ......" Shaq smiled, his bloody mouth opened and closed, his scarlet tongue suddenly stretched out, and licked his thick lips, looking unfinished.

What it didn't notice was a purple glow flickering in the air above their heads for a moment, silently merging into the apparently dead human boy on their backs.

"Well, of course, who calls them intelligent beings? Well, maybe we should look again, there should be still hidden humans here who haven't found it, try to catch as many as possible, and we can all eat delicious food in the next few days......" the guy said, and began to look around.

Shaq hesitated for a moment, saw that there was still some time before returning to the camp, and said, "Okay then! You search here, I'll go over there! Hopefully we'll have a good harvest. ”

With that, the two guys began to move separately.

Shaq walked a few dozen meters along the devastated streets, his flat ears suddenly moving, as if sensing something. The hideous, ugly head turned from side to side, and its large, blood-colored eyes fixed on a ruined building on the side of the road.

It weighed for a few seconds, slowly lowered the human teenager on its back, hid it in a pile of debris, and then pulled out the particle concussion knife, cautiously approached the suspicious area, and began to search carefully.

It's been days since the fall of the planet, and all of humanity has been largely captured by the mad Gambino and stored as a rare delicacy for the nobles on top of the world. And they, the low-level soldiers who stayed behind, could only try their luck in the ruins of the city that they had searched repeatedly, hoping to find a few fish that had slipped through the net, and they could secretly taste them.

Just as the guy turned around, the young man's eyelids on the ground suddenly moved, opened his eyes and stared at its back, and then immediately closed.

About half an hour later, it came back happily, carrying an unconscious middle-aged man in his hand, and the sword at his waist was still stained with blood.

I'm really lucky today, I can have a full meal when I go back! It thought happily, reaching out to grab the boy on the ground.

At that moment, the young man's eyes opened suddenly, and a blinding purple light shot out from under his eyes.

Caught off guard, Shaq only felt a dizziness in his brain, and his body became extremely stiff, unable to even make the most basic responses.

Damn, it's a psychic attack! It only had time to think of this thought before it felt a loosening of its waist, and the particle concussion knife had been pulled away by the young man, and then a piercing pain came from its abdomen.

The pain irritated its nerves, allowing its already ossified body to finally begin to regain its freedom.

Shaq roared wildly, and the thick tail that was dragging behind him flicked fiercely, and swept over with a fierce and vicious momentum! With the weakness of the human body on the other side, as long as he is hit, there is no reason to be spared!

The young man put away his knife and retreated quickly, but because he had only recently regained consciousness, his body's coordination could not keep up, and he was gently grazed by the lethal giant tail, and immediately flew out of the mouth with blood spurting!

The young man only felt that his eyes were full of stars, his brain was "buzzing", and a sense of powerlessness hit him, as if he might faint at any time!

But he also understands that if he really faints, he will be completely finished! So he bit his lip hard, trying to force himself to stay sane, clutching the knife tightly in his hand, and looked at the Gambino warrior who was slowly approaching.

Just by looking at its cyan skin and the rudimentary metal armor it was wearing, it could be concluded that this guy didn't have a good status, and he should be the lowest-level miscellaneous soldier, at most with the strength of a beginner-level ability in the Yuan Star Realm. However, due to the innate physical advantage, if an ordinary Imperial soldier does not rely on powerful equipment, it is impossible for him to be his opponent one-on-one.

What to do? He is just an ordinary person now, and he is seriously injured, and it is impossible to kill the other party with just a knife in his hand. Although the other party was also injured, Gambino was huge, and his vitality was tough and strong, and it was impossible for him to fall down in a moment and a half, and he couldn't survive it! The young man's face turned pale, and he reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and his mind quickly calculated how to deal with it.

"Damn human, you're not dead!" Shaq looked at the huge wound in his abdomen, and couldn't help but be angry, and roared viciously:

"When I kill you, I'll tear you apart slowly, and then soak you in blood wine and drink it!"

The boy smiled coldly, and although he understood the language of the Gambinos, he didn't bother to talk, just squinted his eyes and watched cautiously, looking for an opportunity to attack.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Shaq flicked his tail and rushed up again.

If only it could hit its back! The boy struggled to dodge its attack, thinking with some regret in his heart.

As a man who has participated in many wars against the Gambino, he is naturally familiar with the various habits of this race, and the tails of those low-level warriors, as well as the location of the back of the head and neck, are the locations of their vital organs, and they are also the source of strength, as long as they can inflict heavy blows on those two places, they will inevitably lose their combat ability immediately!

Shaq's attack was swift and ferocious, and after only a few rounds, the boy was in danger and unsustainable.

In a hurry, another purple light shot out from his eyes. The guy roared in pain, covered his head, and his body became stiff and sluggish again!

Well, now is it!

The young man quickly turned behind it, looked at the back of the opponent's neck, jumped up suddenly, the knife in his hand stabbed hard, and then slashed at the momentum, the blade of the high-speed slight shock was like cutting tofu, easily breaking through the inferior alloy armor, leaving a terrifying wound of nearly half a meter on its neck, and purple-black blood gushed out!

The earth-shattering howl lasted only a few seconds before it came to an abrupt end! The tall body finally fell, and there was still a deep unwillingness and anger in his eyes!

Looking at the man lying next to him, the young man hesitated, but still went over to check, but found that the other party was already out of breath, so he had to give up regretfully.

With two mental shocks, coupled with the original injuries, the boy's body also reached the point of running out of oil, so he could only leave immediately, following the memories in his mind, and stumbling towards his original shelter.

……

Deep in the basement, Xiao Junling slowly opened his eyes.

After regaining consciousness, he didn't rush to get up, but first carefully extended his not-so-powerful divine thoughts out of the canopy, scanning everything around him inch by inch.

It didn't take long, and the small underground space had been carefully explored by him, and no anomalies were found. Then, he tentatively penetrated the divine mind out of the stratum and slowly expanded to the surface.

Ten minutes later, he ceased to observe with satisfaction, his tense nerves relaxing slightly.

Looks like the damn Gambino has left the neighborhood for a while, so he's safe for now.

I closed my eyes and rested for a few minutes, due to the excessive mental tension, the consumption of mental power from the exploration just now was extraordinarily much more, and it had exceeded 30 points, which was equivalent to one-third of the total spiritual power in my body!

"This young man's body is really fragile...... he thought with a wry smile in his heart.

In the depths of consciousness, the strange cube rune slowly rotated, and a touch of spiritual purple-gold brilliance followed a certain trajectory, moving quickly and slowly on the surface, as if it had life.

When all the divine thoughts are concentrated on that rune, you can clearly see the countless small concave and convex dots on the surface of the rune and the extremely dense and complex mysterious patterns, which looks extremely delicate and gorgeous.

As the purple gold rune rotated, it faintly interacted with the free energy in the surrounding space, and occasionally a small crystal appeared from the rune and silently merged into his body. Immediately, he will feel his consciousness warm, as if he is immersed in warm water, and it is extremely comfortable. The recovery speed of mental power was also several times faster out of thin air, and it soon reached a full state again.

With a slight touch of the switch on the left-hand side, the translucent hatch slid open silently. This is an old-fashioned medical pod that is close to abandonment, which is the guarantee of his current refuge, and he depends on it to survive!

After more than ten hours of hibernation, his injuries had basically recovered, and his feet were back on the cold floor. The sensor lights on the walls immediately lit up automatically, and a soft orange glow spilled into every corner of the room.

The furnishings are simple, a single steel bed, two chairs, a small square table with bits and pieces on it, and a small cabinet made of very ordinary material. From this, it can be judged that this is a family that is not rich, and it can even be said that it is relatively poor.

Xiao Junling took the clothes beside him and put them on, and out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently glanced at the mirror on the table, which reflected a pale, slightly decadent face, not handsome, at most a little delicate, looking no more than thirteen or fourteen years old.

He shook his head, pondered for a moment, and sat down on the edge of the bed.

I've been hiding here for more than 30 days, except for sneaking out of the city twice, getting some food and drinks from a nearby supermarket that has long been abandoned, and basically hiding here to recuperate the rest of the time.

However, this is not always the way to go, and the food will eventually run out. And this planet has been completely occupied by the Gambino people, and if the Empire's legions don't fight back, he doesn't know how long he will be able to survive here on his own.

In the battle that day, with the determination to die, he resolutely stimulated the residual energy in his body to explode, dragging several blazing warriors besieging him into hell, but at the critical moment when he was about to fall, the strange rune from the ancient ruins finally reacted!

The energy of the Big Bang was easily absorbed by the mystical rune, along with his undepleted ontological consciousness, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself on the administrative planet on the northwestern edge of the empire, and had become a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy.

He was badly wounded and dying, and was being carried back to camp by the Gambino, as if intending to treat him as a delicacy for the evening.

Although this body was extremely weak and had not undergone any genetic strengthening, with the experience and memory of the powerhouse of the Falling Star Realm, he saw the opportunity, broke out, and after a desperate struggle, finally killed the disgusting guy!

Of course, he was able to escape death, mainly thanks to the magical rune in his body, every time he was exhausted, there would always be a warm energy transmitted from it, supporting him to continue to persevere! Otherwise, he really couldn't imagine that he would escape from the hands of a Gambino with the strength of a beginner-level blazing warrior.

Dying, he found the old medical pod in the basement that was close to being scrapped, and only then did he barely survive the period of weakness, and with the help of the power of the mysterious rune, he was able to fully recover in a short time.

Then there is the crazy cultivation, although the foundation of this body is really poor, but in order to survive, he can't let go of all the opportunities to become stronger! Last time, he was lucky enough to meet only one lonely Gambino man, and if he met two or more next time, he would have to serve each other as food!

But there were still surprises, and from time to time, the rune would emit bursts of strange energy, merging with his body. After these days of observation, he found that his physique had improved significantly compared to when he had just regained consciousness, and of course the biggest change was his mental strength.