Dark Star Field [Interstellar]

Xue Yelai hurriedly dodged, but it was not faster than the speed of the aircraft.But in the blink of an eye, the huge metal monster roared towards him, and the vortex of air flow from the engine knocked him down.

To make matters worse, under the powerful impact, the upside-down iron grille on the head of the aircraft hooked his shoulder at a strange angle, dragging him to glide on the ground at high speed.

Everything happened so fast that no one had time to react.

At such a moment of life and death, the time in Xue Yelai's consciousness was long and still, and he could not feel the pain from his body, as if his soul had been thrown out of his body.He thought very clearly: I am going to die.He had seen that death was like a barrier separating him from everyone else.No one can save him, no one can feel his despair at this moment, and he will soon lose all feeling forever.

Like a hallucination before death, he suddenly saw an incredible scene——

Thick smoke, raging flames, a red-hot metal cabin, and a flickering operation panel with garbled characters.

There was someone beside him, a woman.

The woman had long, gorgeous red hair, and a figure that was both feminine and warrior-like.With her bare hands, she tore open a gap in the heat-deformed hatch, which was so small that it could only allow a child to pass through.

She began to wrap Xue Yelai with something like a life jacket, and her movements were interrupted several times due to the bumps in the cabin, but in the end she managed to wrap Xue Yelai like a baby in a swaddle.

"On the galaxy, please bless my child." These were the last words the woman said.She took off a necklace with a ruby ​​pendant around her neck, carefully tucked it into the "swaddling", and then threw the "swaddling" through the gap with force.

Xue Yelai's gaze rolled, and he heard his young self crying loudly.He hit the ground, but he didn't feel much pain thanks to the cushioning of the covering.

His body was firmly bound by many straps, so he widened his eyes and looked up at the direction where he fell just now.There, a badly damaged aircraft was crashing down another block, the tail where the nacelles were located had turned into molten steel.

Every cell in Xue Yelai's body was in alarm, desperately trying to do something to save the aircraft.He knew full well that if it fell, he would lose his mother.But he couldn't move, and watched it crash between a row of roofs.He couldn't see it, and the fear made him cry out all around him with all his strength, hoping that someone could save his mother.

But there was no one.As far as the eye can see, there are high and low old eaves, mottled and decayed black windows, like eyes with unpredictable expressions.

……

Xue Yelai woke up crying.The body is still restrained, the eyes are blurred with tears, and I can't see anything clearly.A certain tidal sound resounded very close to him, but he didn't know where it came from.

It took a while before he was sure he was in reality.He was lying on his back with a breathing mask on his face, and the tidal sound was made by his own heavy breathing rubbing against the mask.The wrist is fixed to the side of the bed, and the blood oxygen sensor is clamped on the finger.

He tried to move his other hand and found something that looked like a switch.After pressing and waiting for a while, he heard the sound of the sliding door opening, and a vague light blue figure walked to his bedside.

Xue Yelai blinked, trying to let the tears that blocked his sight fall from the corners of his eyes.A soft object gently covered his eyes, moving gently, wiping away his tears.

When he opened his eyes again, his field of vision had become clear.

Bai Yang sat on the edge of the bed wearing a sterile suit, and said softly, as if afraid of disturbing him: "That aircraft was shot down."

Xue Yelai was in a trance for a moment, thinking that Bai Yang was talking about the scene that happened in his hallucination.Then he realized that Bai Yang was talking about what happened that night when he was on duty.

"—On the way to send you to the hospital, you were semi-conscious but kept crying. Did you dream about something?" Bai Yang observed his expression and asked carefully.

Xue Yelai nodded.

Bai Yang was silent for a moment, and comforted clumsily: "Don't be sad. No matter what you dreamed, it's over."

He raised his hand, as if he wanted to pat Xue Yelai, but he hesitated as to how to do it.Xue Yelai could imagine that he must be miserable right now.Being dragged to the ground at that speed, it would be a miracle to save his life.If a person has bad luck, all kinds of disasters can happen.

Xue Yelai smiled wryly in his heart, and suddenly his eyes narrowed, trying to raise his hand to touch his neck—that necklace that he never left since he was a child, must he lose it?

However, the resistance at the wrist reminded him that he couldn't move his hands.

"Chain, is the chain still there?" He asked with difficulty.

The voice coming through the oxygen mask was very unclear, but Bai Yang understood it. "You mean, the necklace with the ruby ​​pendant? I kept it for you."

Xue Yelai was relieved.He paused and asked, "How am I doing now?"

"It's a serious injury and needs to be taken care of for a while." Bai Yang's eyes dimmed, "I'm sorry, I couldn't save you that day."

Xue Yelai said with mouth shape: I don't blame you.No matter how powerful the Dark Warrior is, he is only a human being after all, and it is impossible to compare with the speed of the aircraft.

"You don't understand." Bai Yang shook his head, "I don't want to have that feeling again."

Xue Yelai was stunned.He suddenly understood what Bai Yang was talking about—at that time, facing the threat of death, he instinctively strengthened his spiritual link to the maximum, and passed his emotions to Bai Yang.At that moment, Bai Yang was the only person in the whole world who was connected with his soul and felt his situation.If Xue Yelai died just like that, Bai Yang would experience his fear before death over and over again.

No matter how strong a person is, he can't resist such endless torture.This is a large part of the reason why soldiers will fall into a state of mental disorder or even collapse after the death of a sage.They can't sever the spiritual link autonomously like a sage, and they can't resist the mental torture from the other party, no matter whether the torture is intentional or unintentional.

Sage, what a selfish character.

"Bai Yang, break the contract with me." Xue Yelai said slowly, "I'll help you find another sage you can trust. I don't know what will happen to me in the future, so there's no need to drag you down."