Du Kang and Chen Yaozhi soon joined Lu Wenqing and his party, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They thought they were going to face the bruised Du Kang, but they didn't expect a false alarm.

A return date was agreed upon.

Before returning, the two went to the base of the Tenth Army again.

Ye Chong was a little surprised, he thought the two of them didn't want to come here again.

Chen Yaozhi: "Actually, I came back because you told me about something last time."

Ye Chong once said that Fan Yingran has been in a trance since Qiu Shanmu left, with ups and downs.

Chen Bitzhi: "Last time you said that Mr. Fan often had some strange thoughts when he was ill, such as the last time he went to Gulin Xing to look for Qiu Shanmu. It was deliberately led by someone.”

Ye Chong once wondered why Fan Yingran suddenly had the idea of ​​going to Gu Lin Xing.The interstellar network between the base and the Federation is not connected, and it is impossible for someone to convey information through the network.Ye Chong also read Fan Yingran's letters, but couldn't find any clues.If it is said that everything is Fan Yingran's imagination, but some of the news is an astonishing coincidence.

"Dream." Chen Bitzhi said.

"What?" Ye Chong was confused.

"Fan Yingran's condition may be a dream." Chen Yaozhi said.

Ye Chong laughed lightly: "I never thought that Mr. Chen is also an emotional person, and he would believe such ridiculous talk."

Chen Yaozhi shook his head.

He is not talking nonsense.In the past two days, he had talked with Jin You about the ability to create illusions.People with the ability to create illusions can change the memory of the other party to a certain extent.

Of course, there are prerequisites for all this, for example, the other party’s spirit is quite fragile, and they have had emotional traumatic experiences, etc.As a result, many illusionists work as psychotherapists.

This ability can be treated positively, but it can also be used negatively.

After hearing Chen Yaozhi's analysis, Ye Chong smiled and shook his head: "Your idea is very good, but it is not valid. First of all, there are only a few people who know Qiu Shanmu's real appearance; Then, for the illusion-making ability to affect Fan Yingran, it must be someone close to him, and the level of hallucination ability is high, so that Fan Yingran can relax his instinctive defenses. We don't have advanced illusionists here."

Chen Yaozhi spread his hands: "I just proposed a possibility. After all, you also said that there are no such coincidences in the world."

"You're right, there are so many coincidences in the world."

It was not Du Kang who agreed with Chen Yaozhi, but Fan Yingran who walked out of the secret door in the room.

"Marshal." Ye Chong said anxiously.Hearing that Du Kang and Chen Yaozhi were going to visit Ye Chong today, Fan Yingran specially asked Ye Chong to arrange himself in a dark room. Through the special wall, people inside can see outside, and people outside can't see inside.

Ye Chong understood Fan Yingran's mood, the knife named Qiu Shanmu split his heart into three petals, one petal was written to avoid it, the other petal was written to be deterred, and the last petal was written to ask for it.

Du Kang's expression turned cold all of a sudden, and the leisurely and contented state when he entered the door disappeared.

Fan Yingran was much calmer.He didn't have much hostility towards Du Kang.He had heard about this junior's life experience from Ye Chong, and also saw his shadow in him.

They are all heavy bearers with halos on their heads, with youthful fame on their heads, and the expectations of others on their backs.They climbed on the cliffs, looking back at the way they came, covered with tear-soaked moss and painfully sharpened sand.The difference is that he chose to give up, while Du Kang was still struggling.

When he was awake, Fan Yingran was still the most famous genius in the Federation. He took out a simplified version of the map from the cabinet. "Let's start with the Battle of the Lone Forest Star. If the bug swarm hadn't just happened, the two of us would have met in advance. Given the situation at that time, what would have happened?"

Du Kang: "The first type, you win, and the Federation sends troops to attack you; the second type, you lose, and the Tenth Army's treasonous invasion is captured, which makes people happy; the third type, both losers, with corpses everywhere."

Fan Yingran smiled: "Why do you always analyze from my point of view, what about yourself?"

Du Kang remained silent.

Fan Yingran nodded: "I can see that Marshal Du will participate in the Mecha Gathering. Presumably, he will follow suit, and even take the initiative to lure the enemy into deep, just like being deliberately captured by us this time."

Du Kang continued to remain silent.

Fan Yingran: "That's right. After all, most people thought Du Kang was dead at the time, so you were naturally not provided with a stage when setting up the game. But I don't think that I almost made my debut on this stage because I and the person who set up the game are connected. "

Chen Bitzhi: "So why did you go to Lone Forest Star?"

Fan Yingran looked at Chen Yaozhi: "I said I don't remember, do you believe it? It was a sudden strong thought in my mind, and he told me that Xiaoqiu was there. I thought about it for a long time when I was sober these days, maybe , your guess is not wrong, I was hinted at."

It began to rain suddenly outside the window, and the weather on Pasdak was always sunny and rainy.The rain was accompanied by the wind, blowing the half-closed windows open and closed from time to time, as if there were a group of lonely ghosts living in the house, crowding each other and rushing out, wanting to feel the moisture of the rain.

Fan Yingran leaned closer to Chen Yaozhi and lowered his voice: "Do you know that Qiu Shanmu gave me a gift before he died, which is a book of fairy tales. I once told him that when I was young, I liked to take a book of fairy tales. Fairy tale books, but I can't afford them."

Chen Yaozhi didn't know how to answer the words.This thoughtful gift may move the person involved, but not the observer.

Fan Yingran didn't ask the other party to empathize with him. He gave a wry smile and continued: "He left a sentence on the title page of that book - 'Don't get close to people who are exactly like me.' At first I thought this sentence was possessive. Later, I thought that this sentence was hatred for me. Until I met you, I suddenly realized that this might be a warning, a literal, naked/naked warning.”

The air suddenly became heavy.

Chen Yaozhi thought of Jin Cha's letter to himself - [There are many people who look the same as you. 】

The rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, changing from thin needles to steel nails, and the distant scenery became unclear in the fog.

In the end, it was Du Kang who broke the silence. "The Sri Lankan has passed away, and it is ridiculous to seek a replacement." Du Kang remained expressionless, but physically hugged the person beside him, swearing ownership.

Fan Yingran lowered her head and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I know, I knew it from the beginning."

He raised his head and stared at Chen Yaozhi: "I know you are not him. From the very first moment when you shed your disguise, do you believe it? A person's soul has colors, but the body is just a skin. His soul is two tones."

Du Kang somewhat disliked Fan Yingran's hypocritical and profound words, but Chen Yaozhi could tell from his expression that he didn't have a sustenance-like love for himself, but more of thinking about others when he saw things, and regarded himself as a statue. .

Du Kang didn't like the two looking at each other: "So? Are you planning to return to the Federation? Re-investigate the truth? Or are you planning to find Qiu Shanmu's origin and see what secrets are hidden behind it?"

Fan Yingran shook his head.

"No, I'm tired. When I chose to escape from the federation, I also wanted to recharge my batteries, thinking that one day I would avenge Chen Xue for Senior Zhong. But you know, being young and energetic is like cooking porridge. You always I want to use the best heat to get the best taste, but I don’t know if I cook it, the porridge will become mushy, burnt and thick. You turn off the fire quickly, but there is no one waiting for the porridge, and the porridge will be cold and rotten. gone."

Du Kang didn't say anything, whether it's pursuing the truth or fighting against enemies in the dark, the process is long and arduous.Du Kang didn't know if one day he would be tired and give up.

Fan Yingran stared at Du Kang suddenly, and there was a brilliance in his eyes that he had never seen before.

"But you are different from me. Your heart is still young and full of drive. Maybe you can solve all the mysteries, for the past and for the future."

Fan Yingran's eyes flickered, as if she wanted to drag out the remaining enthusiasm from her body, knead it into a pill, and let Du Kang swallow it.

a long time.

"What are your plans?" Du Kang said.

Fan Yingran: "I have always comforted myself that when I escaped from the Federation, everything was over. But now it seems that there is no such thing, and we have some kind of subtle intersection. I want to facilitate this intersection. I am afraid that the people around us have succeeded must."

Du Kang's eyes darkened.

What Fan Yingran meant was that he had insiders of unknown forces around him, and Du Kang also had them around him.This coincides with Du Kang's guess.

Fan Yingran took out a page from his pocket and handed it to Du Kang.Du Kang glanced at it with a complicated expression.

Several people had lunch together, and when the rain stopped, Du Kang said goodbye to Chen Yaozhi.

At the last moment when he was about to step out of the base, Chen Yaozhi turned his head and found Fan Yingran standing not far away.He followed them all the time, keeping a distance.

The expression on his face was still the same as when he first saw him, and he couldn't tell whether he was crying or laughing.

Chen Yaozhi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, a strange emotion began to spread from his chest, and he was tightly wrapped by skin and flesh, unable to breathe.

Fan Yingran didn't intend to stay, he just stood there, staring at the two of them in a daze.

After walking a long distance, Du Kang remembered that the people around him had been silent.

"Unhappy?" Du Kang asked in a soft voice. He understood Chen Yaozhi's character, and he would not take hard things, but under normal circumstances, the result would be better if he showed softness directly.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yaozhi didn't have a cold face, and suddenly hugged him.

The warmth spread into his chest through his clothes, and Du Kang suddenly felt like he was about to move.

"Aren't you afraid?" Chen Yaozhi's voice came from his arms, muffled.

Du Kang wanted to adjust the atmosphere and joke a few words, but his words stopped in his throat.

After a long time, he pretended to be relaxed and said, "What are you afraid of?"

"I do not know."

Du Kang picked him up from his arms. It was rare to see confusion in Boss Chen's pupils. He couldn't help but feel cute. He lifted his face and kissed his forehead heavily.

==

The fourth star field.Lone forest star.

The primitive small planet that no one cares about in the past is now covered with densely packed detachable military houses, like wild mushrooms popping up from the yellow land.Military equipment and mechs can be seen everywhere, as if it is the time when the military situation is in danger.

However, the war has long since ended, the mother worms have been exterminated, and the remaining zerg races have almost been driven to extinction, leaving a few groups of helpless remnants, which became the targets of the soldiers.

Ninth Army Provisional Front Command.

Ever since Du Kang disappeared, the atmosphere in the entire headquarters was on the verge of breaking out, as if the last leaf on a dead branch in late autumn was trembling, fearing that a gust of autumn wind would pass by, leaving the branches empty and completely depressed.

Today however is slightly different.

Posing her loli face, Xin Po asked uncertainly, "Really, is the news from the headquarters correct?"

Zhu Yijiao, deputy marshal of the Ninth Army, was as calm as usual. What joyful and sad news, to him, there was only the difference between the corners of the mouth rising and the corners of the mouth drooping. "Yes, it is said that the signal from the Tenth Army was also sent to Jinchi Channel and other media, and was forcibly suppressed by the headquarters."

Most people in the Ninth Army only heard about the existence of the Tenth Army after Du Kang was captured.Of course, even if they heard about it, they didn't know much about it. Most of them defined it as disloyal, filial, disrespectful and unrighteous people who betrayed the Federation back then and hurt Du Kang now.

However, the heinous existence in this rumor specially dispatched a signal ship, flew to the vicinity of the Federation's fourth star field, and sent a long letter to the Federation where the interstellar network could receive the signal.

The long letter is not aggressive, nor does it shed tears, it is written very realistically.

According to legend, Fan Yingran, the leader of the Tenth Army, the past is finally gone, and they don't want to have anything to do with the Federation.Marshal Du Kang and the others will send it back alive and intact. From then on, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, no more face-to-face meetings.

The letter was neither humble nor overbearing, and its credibility was much higher.

Li Zishao, head of the Armament Department, dragged his sad face: "So, the Tenth Army is not as bad as the rumors."

Lu Fengliu, head of the logistics department, waved his fingers, and performed his duty as the first Du Chui of the Ninth Army very well: "No, I think it must be the boss's charisma that conquered him, made him cry, change his mind, and start a new life."

Han Ruoruo, head of the starship department, had a sullen face and did not speak.He is the oldest among the senior members of the Ninth Army, and he knows much more about the Tenth Army than the other juniors.He was in the same class as Fan Yingran, and he was in a different department. Fan Yingran's defection to the Federation had shocked him to the extreme.For Fan Yingran, when he was young, he was mostly jealous, but when the defection happened, he felt even more disdain.However, when you get older and time has changed, if you look back on the past, you will find that things back then were quite weird.

Han Ruo Ruo stroked his beard.He originally only had a circle of beard, which was sparse and upturned, and he would carefully groom it so that it did not exceed the length of his lower lip.Although he was disliked many times by his colleagues, he always said that "a beard is a sign of a mature man." These days, because of worrying about Du Kang, apart from not thinking about food and tea, this "sign of a mature man" has also grown too fast. Rubbing is almost down to the neck.

Huang Jiu was also silent.As a close friend with Du Kang from the student days, he naturally understands Du Kang's character.This incident was particularly strange from the moment Du Kang was taken away.A few days ago, he was concerned and chaotic, and almost secretly dispatched a few fleets to rescue with Mrs. Xin, but he calmed down at the last moment.The enemy is dark and we are clear, and rashly dispatching is tantamount to death.

Xin Po: "In any case, it is naturally the best result to welcome Du Kang back without a single soldier. Right now, the headquarters is pretending to be blind and has never issued an attack order. Since the other side takes the initiative to send people back, no matter who No cheating, we naturally welcome it."

Nian Jiashu, head of the command department, agrees very much. "It is essential to be defensive, but sometimes it is better to be positive when thinking about things. As Fengliu said, with the charisma of the boss, it is not easy to conquer a rebel leader. Now that the Zerg has been wiped out, when Du Kang returns, we will start What do you think of the grandest celebration banquet?"

Nian Jiashu's cadence of words, a combination of chicken soup for the soul, fancy flattery and empty promises, is extremely sensational, as if he has been trained in the brainwashing industry.

It's a pity that there is no one in the room to join in. Everyone is sitting in the seat, with different expressions, and it seems that they have their own thoughts.

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