The Star Knight

After an unknown amount of time, Opal heard someone calling outside.

"Open the door!" Xun roared angrily, "Do you fucking want to escape? Coward! Come out! If you are sad, go and avenge Raymond!"

"E7, open the door." Opal said.

The cabin door opened, rushed in quickly, grabbed Opal by the collar and threw him to the ground, there was a commotion in the spaceship, Opal was dirty and smelly, full of sweat, and quickly yelled in his ear : "Get up! Cheer up! What do you look like!"

"I know." Opal said: "I understand the truth, I understand. I will continue to work hard."

Opal staggered up and went to the bathroom, Xun had prepared a lot of speeches, but he couldn't say anything for a while.

He stumbled to the shower while Sid sat in the living room, packing up his things.

Xun sighed aggrievedly, Opal shaved inside, took a shower and changed into clean clothes, and came out, Xun said: "Are you joining us? Or should we join you? I don't care, or you can apply to join the group. "

Opal said, "No, I have my own plans."

Xun frowned and looked at him for a while, then Xi De said, "Let's go out for a meal first, and bask in the sun, it will feel better."

The three walked out of the tarmac, the sun was shining outside, the gloomy days had passed, and Lie Xing returned to the sun.

There is always a trace of unspeakable misery and pain under this pale sunlight. Perhaps the pain caused by this war can only be smoothed out gradually with time.

Opal was wearing Raymond's necklace, and the pendant was attached to his heart, feeling the emotional ups and downs on it.

He didn't even know whether Raymond had really left him, maybe he was still with him.

The trade unions in all cities opened ahead of schedule, and the New Year holiday ended. The City of Battle Spirits, which had gone through two wars, was rebuilt again. They got off the car in Sunlight City, quickly ordered a lot of food, and said, "How long have you not eaten?"

"Several days," Opal said.

He ate the bread with big mouthfuls, his face turned a little bloody, Sid asked, "Are you going to continue recruiting?"

Opal's mouth was full of food, he glanced at Sid, swallowed it with difficulty, and said, "Keep the establishment of the mercenary regiment, I plan to do some solo missions first, and then recruit into the team when I meet the right ones."

Xun said: "We intend to follow you and let you be the team leader..."

Opal took a sip of his drink, waved his hand, and signaled that there is no need to say anything more. He took out his pocket and paid the bill, and said, "I'll go to the trade union to have a look. I'm paying for this meal."

His mood has completely calmed down. Compared with the surging sorrow, he is more like a dead person at this moment. The belief in his heart has been turned into burning embers, and he no longer has the slightest enthusiasm for life.

But many things still need to be done, such as eating, sleeping, earning money, at least superficially living the same as before.

He went up to the third floor, took his ID card to the team window to apply for Raymond's pension, and noted the sacrificed team members at the same time.

There were quite a few people in line, and a mercenary asked one by one: "Are you recruiting new members? What about you? Are you recruiting new members?"

Opal stared at him, as if seeing his former self.

He asked about Opal, and Opal said: "No, I'm not recruiting, I'm here to receive the pension for comrades in arms."

The mercenary insisted: "I can fill his position, you see, I got an A in the recruit course. I used to be a veteran, so I won't hold you back!"

"Come on!" Another group leader said: "The future is at your feet, and you will find a team, as long as you don't give up."

The recruit said, "But no one recruits me now!"

Opal said: "Go downstairs to get a few simple one-person commissions, maybe there are mercenaries who want to find someone to partner with?"

"Okay." The recruit said helplessly.

"I wish you a long life." Opal smiled with tears in his eyes.

The people who lined up in front left, and Opal went to the window, and the clerk said: "I wish you a long life—it's another pensioner, and even the king is gone, don't be too sad, we will have revenge one day The... let me see..."

"My spouse." Opal said, "On the first day of our marriage, he died in the defense battle."

The clerk said: "Okay... his name is Raymond, right? The state also gave him a pension, plus all his property before his death, a total of [-] million, but this money needs you and his Parents, as well as children... If there is any, everyone will share it equally, and the wrench does not recommend that you take pensions to retire for retirement."

"I don't intend to be a turtle either." Opal said.

"That's good." The clerk said, "Fill in the form."

Opal entered the reason for claiming on the light screen and said, "I don't know where his hometown is."

"What about the immediate family?" the clerk said.

Opal: "No."

"Ah, it's really not there, so it's all yours." The clerk said: "I wish you a long life, and there are only two people in your regiment? The leader sacrifices, the deputy leader is automatically promoted, and all the authority of the team is opened for you... ..."

After Opal received his pension, he was walking slowly on the sun-exposed street, passing by a store, and suddenly remembered something.

"Do you have the latest dream machine?" Opal said, "The kind that can sleep with people in memory..."

"Yes!" The boss said, "This model is the most popular, and it only costs 6888 credits..."

Opal said: "The most expensive one."

The boss said: "The luxury model only has a few more tide effects of Green Mercury, you might as well buy more scene chips..."

Opal said, "I want this one, buy it."

The boss said, "Where's the chip?"

Opal said: "I want one of the same, so can I be with him?"

The boss said: "Here, read the instruction manual, read it carefully before using it, don't get addicted..."

Opal bought the dream weaving machine and returned to the spaceship, steered it into the sky, flew to the universe and stopped, and carefully read the dream weaving machine manual.

Connect the neural patch before starting the dream loom, and try to construct your own fantasy object until the completion is 100%, save it.

Opal entered the virtual spiritual world, stood on the beach, clicked on the options on the dream machine, constructed Raymond's body, and tried to recall it according to his own memory.

Raymond appeared, and he stood in front of Opal.

"I love you," said Raymond. "I love you like crazy."

Opal murmured: "Me too."

"When you laugh, my heart beats," Raymond said.

Opal said: "Your smile is beautiful, I love you, Raymond."

Raymond's eyes were blurred, he didn't know who he was, and he didn't have the slightest emotion. Opal quit the dream loom, used the fantasy movement by himself, lay sideways on the sofa, felt the bursts of orgasm, and then set the time again, Enter the program world of Dream Loom.

He picks on Raymond's behavioral patterns and does it wildly with him in a fantasy world.

They worked together by the beach for a long time, the sun was shining on Raymond's copper-colored toned skin, the scene switched again, to the gorgeous big bed in the old castle, and then changed the scene again, kissing wantonly on the grass in the wild, obsessed with Opal Gently touched Raymond's face, his waist, his chest, and his abdominal muscles.

Raymond was gentle at times, and fierce at other times. He hugged him and bumped against him, seemingly never tired. Opal rode on him and hugged him tightly.

Time stops and Fantasia calls the police.

Opal was almost in shock, and when he opened his eyes, his body was dripping with sweat, and his lower abdomen was a mess, covered with his own semen.

Panting heavily, he raised his hand and pressed the setting button, and the dream machine turned on a warning red light: "Your entertainment time is too long, please try again after adjusting your physical condition."

Opal patted impatiently, but in the end he had to give up and staggered up to take a shower.

He drove the spaceship back to Liexing, slept for a while, and his dream was full of Raymond. When he woke up, he went out to eat and bought some drinks to replenish his energy. Dream loom.

"I love you." Raymond said to Opal.

"I love you too." Opal stood by the hot spring and said, "Come on, let's do it."

They hugged each other and entangled beside the steam in the hot spring. After an unknown period of time, the dream machine called the police again, waking Opal up from the hallucination.

He was almost exhausted, and then he replenished his physical energy again and again, and indulged in his dreams again and again. Raymond would only repeat those few words mechanically, without a smile on his handsome face. Opal asked: " Can you laugh? My heart beats when you smile."

Raymond in the dream couldn't answer him, Opal opened the control panel, reset the behavior mode for the person he imagined, and chose "affectionate".

Raymond's gaze changed and he said, "I love you."

Opal said: "I love you too."

He pressed his thumb against the corner of Raymond's mouth, trying to make him laugh, but Raymond would be wrong, and lowered his head to kiss him, Opal's nose was sore, and tears rolled in his eyes.

Raymond whispered, "Honey, go home."

Opal said: "We are at home, come on, let's make love."

Until the dream machine alarmed again, Opal was drenched in sweat, woke up from the illusion, and stared blankly at the ceiling.

He was about to go into shock, his eyes were black, and he was dizzy. He lay down for a long, long time before he recovered.

Opal opened the hatch, there was a magnetic storm outside, and the world was dark.

He turned on the food maker, ate something to fill his stomach, and then turned on the fantasy music and the dream machine.

"Your cumulative usage time is too long, I suggest you adjust yourself." The dream machine alarmed again: "This suggestion will remind you every 10 minutes."

Opal pressed a few times and forced his way into the virtual world. Raymond was sitting on a bench in a park, wearing a windbreaker - that was what Opal called out from the fashion store for him to wear. His hair was cut by Opal. Very short, with black-shaven and sexy stubble, sitting in a daze in the U galaxy tulip garden on Rembrandt's planet.

"Let's go to the villa to have sex later." Opal took two bottles of scented tea from an unattended shop and said, "Would you like some drink?"

"I love you," Raymond said.

"I love you too." Opal said, "I'll feed you, dear."

Opal unscrewed the cap of flowering tea, took a sip, and fed it to Raymond, lip to lip, and Raymond drank it down.

Opal rode on Lei Meng's lap, and kissed his lips passionately every time he took a sip of scented tea, until he had fed a bottle of scented tea, and stared intently into his eyes from time to time.

Raymond said, "I love you."

Opal: "I love you too."

Raymond added: "Your cumulative usage time is too long, it is recommended that you adjust yourself in the real world so as not to get addicted to the virtual world."

Opal didn't say anything, turned off the dream loom, and returned to the quiet spaceship.

The dome light of E7 was still on. Opal stood in front of the console, staring at the bright starry sky outside the porthole, raised his hand to wipe away his tears, shook his head, and cried loudly.

Raymond left him anyway.

After another magnetic storm week passed, Opal slept for a full 36 hours, finally got up tired, put away the dream loom, put on clean clothes, took a shower, and went to Sunshine City to pick up the task.

His team has no organization and needs to be supplemented to receive team tasks. Many people wanted to join Opal's team, but he rejected them one by one.

He accepted a one-person commission to help a lady of the Republic find her son who had run away from home, found him on the Sphinx planet, took the boy's ear, and brought him home.

After he came back, he took on a solo mission on Planet Serling to recover the missing robot. He spent almost no time on this mission. He searched in the direction the robot left, and found it quickly.

However, Opal gradually discovered one thing - his power of belief was gone.

When he used hypnotism to get the boy who had run away from home to follow him, he found that no matter how hard he tried, it was useless. He could only beat him up and tie him to the spaceship.

When looking for the missing robot, the power of faith can no longer spread out to perceive the surrounding world, he can't even find the slightest bit of faith, his heart is empty, like a certain ability that has been filled in his heart quietly leaves him after waking up go.

It's like missing a hand. I wanted to pick up something with my left hand. One day I found that my thoughts could no longer drive this hand. When I tried harder, I found that it was no longer there.

Opal thought for a long time, and had to admit that his faith was dead. Raymond's departure took away all of Opal's power of faith.

He didn't even know what's the point of accepting the commission and completing the commission. After receiving the reward, he simply said thank you, deposited the money into his account, and squeezed out from the quarrel between the blushing and thick-necked clerks and mercenaries. I was in a daze in the lobby, and then went to squeeze the window to receive the commission.

In the dead of night, Opal would also turn on the dream machine and stand quietly in front of Raymond.

Raymond said, "I love you."

Opal said: "I love you too."

He wrapped his arms around Raymond's neck, leaned closer, kissed him, then turned and left, turning off the dream machine.

Raymond's necklace has remained on his heart, and it hasn't shone since that day.

Opal intends to work hard to carry out the commission, no matter how dangerous it is, until he encounters an unmanageable situation, and then dies in a certain commission, in a cold place in the universe, and disappears from then on.

But none of the missions he encountered was difficult, and the entrustment points faced by one person were less, and the rewards were less, and they were all easy.

"Brother, is your regiment recruiting?" A recruit asked, "I am F-rank."

"No, we don't accept people." A regiment leader said: "Our regiment is full."

"You won't regret recruiting me." The recruit said, "I have rich combat experience..."

Opal saw that recruit again. He was about the same height as himself, with dark skin, very thin and tough, wearing a field cap and a mercenary jacket. The wind and sun made him look much more mature than Opal. .

Opal recognized the recruit and asked, "You haven't found the regiment yet?"

Seeing something interesting, the recruit handed over his mercenary diary and said, "Brother, are you willing to accept me? Just give me a chance, and I won't disappoint you."

Opal opened his mercenary diary, saw that his name was Karens, and suddenly had a little impression.

"You're the one... I remembered." Opal said, "Culence! I saw you outside the tarmac!"

Cullens said with a smile: "I recognized you a long time ago, but you forgot me. I remember you still have a teammate. Where are the others?"

"He died in the defense," Opal said.

Cullens nodded, "I'm sorry."

The two were silent for a while, and Cullens took out his cigarette and lit it, saying: "After the recruit training, I went home for a while, and I heard the bad news here at home. When I came back, the king had changed. S...how should I put it?"

Opal nodded and said, "He is a good man."

Cullens said, "Yes."

Opal said: "A lot of people died in that battle. Do you plan to continue to develop in Lie Xing? Now Lie Xing is in an unprecedented downturn. The evaluation of combat power is also much lower, and there are even fewer commissions..."

Cullens said: "The new king promised to avenge Azeroth, and everything will be fine, isn't it?"

Opal pondered for a long time, nodded, closed Karens' diary, and said, "Try to join me, let's go, let's work together."

Cullens said with a smile: "Great, thank you for giving me this opportunity, brother."

Opal went to apply for Cullens to join the group as a probationary member, went to the second floor to fill out the form, and then came down to accept the commission.

The sun is shining and it's a new day.

——Volume [-] The King of Meteors·End——

Book Three: The Glory of the Republic