Dark Star Field [Interstellar]

After summer, the city has entered the continuous rainy season.The sky is never clear, and it is always covered with a heavy leaden gray.

The flat-bed flying vehicles arranged in a column shuttle back and forth with the containers in the low air and stop on the unloading platform.Xue Yelai, together with other companions of the Sage Guards, used an electronic cart to transport the unloaded boxes to an aisle for stacking.

The soldiers were assembled to move bricks to another place.Moving bricks does not require the manipulation of sages, but only requires the Royal Gendarmerie to watch overseers with weapons.

It's not the job of sages and warriors, but no one complains.Everyone can see what this is doing: moving strategic materials to the fortress and strengthening the fortifications.

Everyone's heart is covered with leaden gray like the sky.What this means is self-evident.Even sages and warriors have been sent to do this, and it is conceivable that many more are doing the same elsewhere.The planet has essentially entered a state of combat readiness, it just hasn't been announced to the public yet.

During the rest time, Rose found a leeward place at the entrance of the passage, took a few sandbags and sat on it, watching the sky outside and smoking.E-cigarettes are popular in this era, but quite a few people like retro filter cigarettes, thinking that the real thing is more flavorful and refreshing.

He was not proficient in the posture of holding the cigarette, and accidentally shook a piece of cigarette ash onto himself.But the people around were silent, and no one teased him.There is a kind of gloom in everyone's eyes, including Rose herself.

Xue Ye looked at him for a while, walked over slowly, and sat down beside him.

"Thank you that day." Xue Ye said.

Rose froze for a moment, then nodded.

"That day" refers to the night when Xue Yelai was knocked down by the aircraft.Bai Yang told him that Rose helped him a lot on the way to the hospital.For a period of time, Bai Yang was "guarded" by the gendarmerie, and it was Rose who accompanied Xue Yelai until Xue Yelai was pushed into the operating room.

Xue Yelai always wanted to thank Rose in person, but never found the opportunity.

The two of them remained silent for a moment, Rose looked around, and suddenly covered her mouth with her hand holding a cigarette and whispered, "Cao Ge came to see me and asked me what you said when you were half unconscious that day."

Xue Yelai suddenly felt vigilant, but asked calmly, "What did I say?"

"You were crying all the way, as if you had something to say, but I didn't catch it."

"Hmm." Xue Yelai responded with a word of unknown meaning.

Rose didn't say anything anymore, she rounded her lips pretending to be relaxed, and exhaled a big smoke ring like old smokers, watching it slowly spread and disappear in the air.

The bell rang for the end of the break.A group of people slowly stretched their limbs and stood up, walking towards the work point.

Rose had just walked out a few steps when she heard Xue Yelai asking behind her: "Are there any more cigarettes?"

"Huh? - Oh, there are only a few left, I'll give them to you." Rose turned around and took out a shriveled cigarette box, and threw it over.

"Thank you." Xue Yelai took it in his hand and gave him a nod, "When I have good cigarettes, I will pay you back double."

"..." Rose's eyes flashed, "You said it. I remember it."

Xue Yelai squeezed the cigarette case and stuffed it into his uniform pocket.He doesn't actually smoke, he just used this method to hint to Rose: I will return your favor.

What Rose told him just now contained a dangerous meaning.

It is impossible for Cao Ge to care about Xue Yelai's ravings when he was unconscious for no reason.Rose is a smart guy, he must understand that there is something wrong with it.However, he probably still doesn't understand the real purpose of Cao Ge's question.

Xue Yelai understood.When I stayed with Rose that day, I probably said something else.

In that strange dream, the young him seemed to be crying "Save Mom".Maybe he also uttered the same raving in a coma, and someone heard it, but he didn't hear it very clearly.

This should be what Cao Ge wanted to confirm with Rose.

But why is Cao Ge so interested in this matter?

Xue Yelai recalled his dream, recalled the news he heard from the elder, and recalled the story Bai Yang told him.

When he was young, he and his mother used to ride an aircraft, planning to go somewhere.There was no one else in the craft.

More than ten years ago, my father secretly planned an escape.

Twenty years ago, his father imprisoned Bai Yang's mother in order to save Xue Yelai's mother.

……

In just a few steps, all thoughts passed through Xue Yelai's mind one by one.His fingers clenched tighter and tighter in his pocket, unknowingly crumpling the cigarette case into a ball.

In the dream he had when he was ill and had a fever, the red-haired woman and the brunette had very different temperaments, but were very similar in size.

Bai Yang's mother, the dark-haired woman, must have been a warrior too.

The figure of a warrior has extremely distinctive features, and the proportions of the head, body, waist, and legs are impeccably precise, which cannot be formed by ordinary people through acquired training.This is especially true for female fighters, with long legs and thin waist, the difference from ordinary women is obvious at a glance.

Xue Yelai's figure is much better than other sages, thanks to her mother's inheritance.Back then when he played the role of Juliet in a school play, the makeup artist couldn’t help admiring him after putting on a chest pad and tightening the corset: “If you don’t wear the big long skirt outside, you can play a female warrior with your figure. "

Perhaps, it was because of the obvious physical characteristics of the female warrior that he superimposed the images of these two women when he was young.Even though he had no idea about the female body at that time, he was still impressed by such a good-looking figure.

It was precisely because Bai Yang's mother was a soldier and did not have a tattoo of the family emblem on her body that she was able to escape the genocide that night.

Then, Bai Yang's father should be a sage of the Su family.They may not be married yet, they just made a private appointment for life, so the name of the female warrior is not in the family list.When the catastrophe came, the sage broke the spiritual contract between the two and let the pregnant female warrior escape alone.It's just that he will never have the chance to know that she escaped the genocide, but fell into another tragedy.

But why did her father imprison her?

More than ten years ago...father...flying machine...planned to escape...Bai Yang's mother...

Xue Yelai's heart skipped a beat, and he stopped abruptly.

Why did Bai Yang's father think that his female warrior might escape?

Of course, at such a critical juncture at that time, maybe he was just desperate in desperation.But the warrior has an almost instinctive loyalty to the sage, not to mention the love relationship between the two.Although there is no evidence, Xue Yelai still has reasons to believe that if there were no extremely special circumstances, the female warrior would not abandon her sage and leave alone, just like he believed that Bai Yang would not abandon him.

——What kind of situation can be called extremely special?

Xue Yelai thought about it.For example... For example, the sage may have told her that as long as she did what he said, she would be able to escape to a safe place and raise the children of both of them.

This reason should be special enough, Xue Yelai can only think of this at present.

—Where is a safe place for her?

The Su family had a secret channel to escape from the Star Domain Empire, and they made corresponding preparations, but it was a pity that they were one step too late.

Xue Yelai suddenly realized that he added the word "unfortunately" before "a step late", and he really regretted it.How wonderful it would have been if they escaped successfully back then, at least Bai Yang would have lived a completely different life.

No, now is not the time to think about this.

Xue Yelai expelled the sad emotions from his mind, and let his assumptions continue to be deduced.

The female warrior managed to escape from the Su family, planning to use some kind of channel to escape from the Star Domain Empire.But in the process, she was caught by the "hunter"—that is, Xue Yelai's father.

Soon after, the "Hunter" secretly planned another escape.

Xue Ye turned his head back and forth, looking at the deep passage behind him.He felt that he might have found an answer, at least standing at the door of that answer.