Dark Star Field [Interstellar]

The rain intensified after nightfall.

Xue Yelai lay down, listening to the crackling of the window glass.Bai Yang lay behind him, with his arms around his waist, while breathing, his undulating chest was close to his back, feeling a little itchy.He didn't know if Bai Yang had fallen asleep.When this person is awake and asleep, his breath does not change much.

From the perspective of others, such an embracing gesture seems to have just done something.

However, it does not.

Xue Yelai's sudden depression made Bai Yang at a loss.Bai Yang has no experience in being a lover, so he doesn't know what to do to make him feel better, so in the end he had to quietly hug him to sleep.

As a result, such an approach is actually very effective.Bai Yang's tranquility acted like a sedative, slowly calming down Xue Yelai's emotions.I have to admit that sometimes Bai Yang is more like a sage than a sage.He does not need to use spiritual power to bring others a kind of religious tranquility.

Xue Yelai even felt that it was a sin to have longing for such a person.So even if he was embraced by the other party with an ambiguous gesture, he didn't do anything.

People with insomnia are extra sensitive to sound.Xue Yelai suddenly heard a muffled rumbling sound, which at first sounded like thunder, but when listened carefully, it sounded like the engine of an aircraft.The sound is not loud, but it is continuous and disturbing like tinnitus.

Suddenly there were some unusual noises coming from the street, very close.Xue Yelai sat up, opened a corner of the curtain and looked outside.Not far away, there were several bright light beams sweeping alternately, and there were many figures, with short words mixed between their footsteps, and they couldn't make out what they said.

With the flickering light of the flashlight, Xue Ye saw the uniforms of those people clearly, immediately closed the curtains, and patted Bai Yang's arm: "You sleep in an outside room. Those people belong to the Royal Gendarmerie, and they may come to us Check here."

Bai Yang got up immediately, cleaned up the traces of lying on the bed, took his own pillow to the outside room, and pretended that the two of them had never slept together.

After doing this, the doorbell rang.

Xue Yelai scratched his hair, pretended to be sleepy, and asked Bai Yang to open the door.In front of the flower garden on the front porch, more than a dozen people in military police uniforms lined up tightly, and even the scent of flowers in the night rain was tainted with a murderous look.

A flashlight shines directly on the face.Xue Yelai turned his head to the side, raised his hand to cover his eyes, and said in an unhappy tone, "Is there something wrong with you?"

"Don't be rude to Master Xue!" A figure stepped over from the side, scolded the gendarme holding a flashlight, and then saluted Xue Ye, "Master, we are on a special mission, and we hope that you will be treated if you offended me." understanding."

Xue Yelai felt that the voice was slightly familiar, and took a step back to look at the person in front of him: "Have I seen you?"

"Master still remembers me, I am very honored." The other party bowed humbly, took off a glove, and showed Xue Yelai the bright red tattoo on the back of his hand, "At the family gathering last year, I guessed the riddle of the master, and You met once."

After he reminded, Xue Yelai remembered that there was indeed such a thing.The Xue family holds a grand gathering every year, which is a celebration for the whole family.Thousands of people from the tribe gathered together, playing the flute and singing, and having fun all night long.

According to the usual practice, Xue Yelai will make several lantern riddles and prepare several prizes every year.He has always spent a lot of money, and the prizes are extremely generous, so everyone said that guessing Young Master Xue's riddle is better than winning the first prize in the lottery.

Xue Yelai remembered it very clearly. Last year, he had just released the riddle and went back to his room to rest. The housekeeper came in and reported that someone had submitted the answer and asked the young master to take a look.

At first Xue Yelai didn't even want to look at it.His riddles have always been very tricky, and it is impossible for someone to guess them so quickly.However, he glanced at the screen casually, and he couldn't help being stunned: the other party's answer was correct.

What surprised him even more was that the other party very politely proposed that no prizes could be given, and he just wanted to see him in person.

Xue Yelai agreed.

At that time, he never imagined that after a year, he and the other party would meet again in such a situation.

"Your name is..." Xue Yelai searched for the other person's name in memory, "Xue Ruheng?"

"Yes." The young man named Xue Ruheng had a rather handsome face, his eyes were curved without smiling.But Xue Yelai didn't like this man very much - there was something sinister and sharp in those eyes, like a needle hidden in the dark, ready to hurt people unexpectedly.

Xue Yelai was on guard, but his face showed just the right surprise: "Are you working in the Royal Gendarmerie?"

"Yes. I am now the C-level squad leader of the Royal Gendarmerie." Xue Ruheng rolled his eyes and looked at Bai Yang behind Xue Yelai, "——Can I borrow your soldier? Do a simple chip test, a few Just a minute."

Xue Yelai frowned slightly, pretending to be impatient and helpless, "Since it's official business, please go ahead."

"So, excuse me." Xue Ruheng turned around and gave his subordinates a wink.Those people filed in from Xue Yelai and brought Bai Yang to a corner of the room.

Xue Yelai leaned against the open door, hugged his shoulders, and watched them use the scanner to detect the chip on the back of Baiyang's neck.The rumbling sound above his head became more and more clear. Xue Yelai looked at the sky, and saw little lights shining like stars, appearing and disappearing between the clouds with drizzle.

That is the flame from the nuclear fusion spacecraft.Judging from the number of light spots, at least a few formations were dispatched.

Xue Yelai shuddered slightly.Aircraft in the atmosphere do not need nuclear fusion energy, and only interstellar spacecraft can use such a configuration.

There must be something out of the ordinary.

"Do you know what happened to those spaceships?" Xue Yelai raised his chin to the sky and asked Xue Ruheng.

Xue Ruheng glanced at the sky seemingly inadvertently, and replied lightly: "It's just a precaution. A cruise ship of the Interstellar Federation passed by the orbit of our outermost planet, so we dispatched some reconnaissance spacecraft to monitor their actions. Please Don't worry, the empire's defense system is impregnable, and it's safe here."

Xue Yelai did not speak, and countless thoughts secretly turned in his mind.The empire blocked the civilian electromagnetic wave frequency band of the entire planet. The artificial atmosphere above people's heads is like a giant shield, which not only cuts off people's sight of the starry sky, but also intercepts communication signals from the universe.

The so-called shutting one's eyes and listening to one's ears is roughly like this - if one doesn't know what's going on outside this planetary system, one doesn't have to worry about it.

However, outside the atmosphere at this moment, somewhere in a distant orbit, is there really only one cruiser?

Xue Ruheng watched him with smiling eyes under the brim of his hat, "Master, you are very nervous. Is it because of those spaceships?"

"Of course not." Xue Yelai sensed that the other party's question was a bit ulterior.He had heard that the Royal Gendarmerie secretly hunted down those who had "no confidence in the Empire".As for what kind of performance is considered to have no confidence in the empire, it is hard to say.So Xue Yelai only answered these four words and said no more.

Sage Guards and Royal Gendarmerie, the relationship between the two is somewhat close to Jinyiwei and Dongchang.Although Xue Yelai has not officially obtained the establishment of the Sage Guards, as long as he passes the Sage Examination, he will automatically become an alternate guard.

Perhaps it was because of this that Xue Ruheng held subtle hostility towards him.

Xue Ruheng also stopped talking, and the two looked at each other and smiled lightly.

At this time, a military police corporal came over and reported: "Report to the team leader, the inspection is complete, and there is no abnormality."

Xue Ruheng nodded, "Assemble the whole team and go to the next place."

Xue Yelai stepped aside and opened the door, "Walk slowly."

After taking two steps, Xue Ruheng stopped again, turned around and asked, "Master, do you still remember the riddle you wrote back then?"

Xue Yelai couldn't figure out what he meant by suddenly mentioning this, so he replied vaguely: "I don't remember clearly."

"That's a pity." Xue Ruheng's face was hidden in the shadow of the brim of his hat, as if he was smiling, "That riddle is very interesting. Really interesting."

The gendarmerie retreated.

Xue Yelai locked the door, settled down, walked quickly towards Baiyang, and checked the back of his neck, "Did they hurt you?"

"No." Bai Yang paused, "I think they seem to be in a hurry."

Indeed.Those people seemed to be rushing to the market, coming aggressively but hurriedly, as if there were more important things disturbing their minds.

Not only the Royal Gendarmerie, but everything that happened that night revealed a sense of anxiety and panic.

Xue Yelai thought about it, "You put on your combat uniform. I always feel that something will happen later."

For a moment, he almost wanted to call his father, but finally resisted the urge.He couldn't explain why, but he thought it might be dangerous to do so.As a psychic user, he has a strange experience: sometimes, some unprovoked intuitions are actually reasonable, but the reason is often not revealed until a long time later.

Xue Yelai took a painkiller to prevent sudden headaches.Then put on the uniform and sit at the table in full armor.

It was still dark outside the window.Xue Yelai tapped the table with his fingertips, and an idiom came to his mind: "Stay ready for death."It's just that no one knows how long the night will last.

His premonition did not fail.Half an hour later, the order of "emergency assembly" was sent to his communicator, and a code was specially attached: "not a drill".

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In a small abandoned temple, hundreds of candidate sage guards gathered.The soldiers were guarded by gendarmes and remained outside the temple on standby.

Looking around, Xue Yelai saw many familiar faces: Qiangwei, Rose, Dingxiang, and others who had been in the same examination room back then.Naturally, Cao Ge was among them.The eyes of the two met accidentally, Xue Yelai turned his eyes away, pretending to look at the marble statue in the shrine.

When Xue Yelai was young, this temple was dedicated to Apollo, the sun god.He admired the handsome and extraordinary statue, and often came here to draw sketches, sitting for half a day.Now the temple is abandoned, the head of the statue has been damaged due to neglect of maintenance, and only the torso is still standing in the stone niche, illuminated by the pale light on the base.

Xue Yelai stared at the naked but powerful torso, and suddenly realized that it was very similar to Bai Yang's body.

A certain scene suddenly flashed in his mind.Xue Yelai's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly tried to get rid of this untimely thought.But the more you want to restrain a certain thought, the more tenacious the thought will become.The cold stone statue in front of him was infused with vitality in his imagination, and turned into a living flesh and blood body, and his stiff chest breathed and heaved.

However, it is precisely because this kind of imagination is too vivid that the neck of the statue that has lost its head gradually looks hideous and terrifying.

The ominous feeling overwhelmed Qi Nian.Xue Yelai forcibly interrupted his wild thoughts, and walked under the skylight to blow air.

The rain outside began to decrease, and there were flashes of lightning between the clouds from time to time.Xue Yelai calculated that those interstellar spacecraft should have passed through the troposphere and were being accelerated by nuclear fusion engines.

——Will they make direct contact with the warships of the Star Federation?Will the two sides go to war?If a jump is made, how long will it take to get here from the outermost planetary orbit of the empire?

It could be seen that everyone present had such apprehensive questions and tried their best not to show any signs of it.

Qiangwei squeezed through the crowd and greeted Xue Yelai.

"After you left, there is no follow-up on our side." Qiangwei shrugged her shoulders, looking a little shy, her originally round cheeks became a lot thinner. "No one came to take over. They only told us to stand by in the tower and prepare to be incorporated. But until today, no news has come."

He didn't continue, but the meaning behind it was self-evident.For a child like him who was born in a commoner family, the purpose of taking the sage exam is very simple: to enter the Royal Guard as soon as possible and get an enviable salary.If he had known that he would be frozen indefinitely after passing the exam, it would be better not to participate.

Qiangwei didn't know what the Xue family was going through, and probably thought that it was a noble privilege for Xue Yelai to leave early.Xue Yelai couldn't find words to comfort him.No. 2 of the sage exam has no one to take over, which was impossible before.This shows that there is a vacuum in the internal operation of the empire, as if many people have suddenly left their original positions, and their successors cannot be handed over.

Thinking of this, Xue Yelai shuddered secretly. ——Where did those people who left their positions suddenly go?Why are those Royal Gendarmerie patrolling the streets so busy?

He suddenly envied Qiangwei.Knowing nothing and simply worrying about the future may be a kind of short-term happiness to some extent.After all, even if some things are known in advance, there is no way to make any plans, which will only increase worries and call for nothing.

Xue Yelai touched his jacket pocket.He spends money carelessly, and always has some cash on his body, and he can't even figure out the exact amount.When I pinched my fingertips in my pocket, I touched a thick stack of big bills, which was very textured.

He wanted to take them all out, but stopped after a second thought.He still doesn't know the purpose of the emergency assembly tonight. If someone finds that Qiangwei has too much cash, it will probably be bad for Qiangwei.So he only took out three or four cards and quietly stuffed them into the opponent's hand.

"You take the money and use it first. Something happened to my family recently, and I don't have a lot of money. Don't dislike it. It's a little bit of help."

Qiangwei was stunned for a moment, blushed and pushed back: "You misunderstood, I didn't tell you those words to—"

Xue Yelai put his index finger in front of his lips, looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Don't be brave. The cost of living here is high, and you are here for the exam, so how much money can you bring with you? The big deal is, when you get your salary later Just return it to me. ——Also, don’t mention what you said just now.” I don’t know how much Qiangwei can understand the last sentence, and he can only speak to this extent.

Qiangwei bit her lip, put away the money, and said in a whisper, "I will pay you back. I will definitely."