Chapter One: What Became of Him?
the squad. Without a powered exoskeleton, he towered over even the armored Sergeant Major and that insufferable lieutenant.>However, even this giant who could crush a bear with his wrist, showed obvi...I was extremely dizzy, my vision blurry and unfocused. All over my body, besides the pain, I felt nothing. All I could hear in my ears was the ominous booming of the bone membrane, mixed with even more unsettling noise and commotion.
However, Yu Lian felt a little happy.
After all, the memories of before were stuck at that moment, which wasn't pleasant——He didn't know why he still awoke, his eyes blazed with starlight, and from the mouth of the Devourer, gushed gamma-ray bursts capable of tearing apart even Titan-class warships.
Given his high-level psionic abilities and decades of experience traversing the stars, it can be concluded:
"It's over! I'm doomed! See you in the next life!"
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However, the expected eternal oblivion did not arrive, which is certainly worth celebrating with champagne.
So, those two brats were the ones who pulled me out Mere smugglers managing to get this illustrious one out of the clutches of the Star Dragon King... they'll have bragging rights for centuries!
Sure! When I'm recovered, I'll teach you anything you want to learn, and I won't keep anything from you.
“He’s done for, we really still have to...” a male voice said urgently.
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Take back my previous words, a smuggler is still a smuggler!
“Today, three of my comrades have died! Sir!”
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"Indeed, this is the demeanor one would expect from a smuggler with ideals, aspirations, and principles... hold on, this sounds like a rather young female voice This old master doesn't recall your ship having any beautiful women."
Because this girl's voice sounded nice, cool and with a hint of fierceness, it was Yu Lian's type, so he thought she must be a pretty girl.
"But, his power armor is busted, and now this Are you going to make us drag him back step by step" The voice that had been ready to give up sounded more frantic now.
"I didn't think this was a question, sir!" (Yu Lian thought.) The beautiful girl stood her ground.
"Watch your attitude, Sergeant Hill!
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Even at this point, even if his intelligence and judgment were only one-tenth of their usual level due to dizziness and drowsiness, Yu Lian could sense that something was amiss.
Sir Sergeant!
It had been at least five or six years since I'd had any dealings with military organizations. Yu Lian also confirmed that a legitimate military organization, if they truly encountered me, would either be distraught or ecstatic, but it was absolutely impossible for them to have this attitude.
As if eager to make sense of his current situation, he felt his eyelids grow lighter and managed to force them open. What first met his gaze was an endless expanse of sand rock, shimmering with golden hues. The high temperatures caused the air, thick with dust, to form a mirage on the horizon, distorting his vision. Above it all lay a sky of azure blue, alongside two suns, one crimson and the other cerulean, resembling the eyes of some deity.
As the saying goes, "A solitary smoke plume rises and straightens in the vast desert, while a pair of suns sets on the winding river!"
"This can't be Tatooine... uh, I'm so tired of the same old jokes!" Yu Lian sighed at his own bad taste, then half a second later confirmed that he should be on New Jade Gate Star, which is the first colony planet developed by Earthlings in the Andromeda Galaxy.
I am too familiar with every grain of sand and stone here.
The New Jade Gate... is essentially Earth people's second home after being reborn. However, this was also the name of the planet before they abandoned it.
"In New Gate, we've only been here for a few years! Don't you understand We're in danger ourselves!" The man called "Sir" by Sergeant Hillrik exclaimed again.
So your conversation is so through the ages! What do you mean just a few years Isn't it now the 884th year of the Galactic Calendar Humanity has lost this "Fairy's Jade Jewel" almost half a century ago!
She had long since been renamed "Iron King" by her new owner, a particularly tasteless K'tai name.
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"They're here!" the third voice cried out, tinged with panic.
Yu Lian could hear the rapid, heavy breathing, the grinding of mechanical bones, the clicking of bullets being chambered, and the roaring of power axes and chain swords. It must be said that all of this was so surreal to him that he didn't feel any tension at all, only as if he were in a bizarre farce.
He propped himself up—the effort alone drained him—and quickly assessed his condition.
Yu Lian told himself that even if it was a feeling of being out of time, even if every bone in his body felt like it was trembling with pain, he had to immediately grasp the current situation. This was the quality required of a "Free Knight," a Seven-Ring Spiritualist, an unparalleled and renowned wanderer throughout the universe.
He's now lying on a powered stretcher. Within a ten-meter radius, there are a dozen or so armed personnel marching quickly in formation. It's clear they're exhausted, and some are even shaking, but at least they haven't run away. They still have some courage, I suppose. Just...
"They're standing too close together, and there's no sense of layered firepower. This is early infantry tactics before General Patton's reforms. It means our parallel universe's tech tree grew crooked, otherwise we wouldn't still be using this level of tactical awareness even in the space age." Yu Lian shook his head and sighed.
“ …Lieutenant, you're awake” Yu Lian heard the voice of Sergeant Shilika, and then saw her face approaching.
It's unrealistic to expect a young woman, clad in armor stained with blood and dust, her face marred by grime and fatigue, to be graced with the scent of flowers. Of course, even if she were weary from travel, she wouldn't appear disheveled in the slightest. Underneath her neatly styled golden bob lay a face with sharp features and eyes that glowed an impossible crimson red for any normal Earthling. Full of life yet piercingly sharp, she was indeed a striking beauty.
Hill-ka... Sergeant Red Eye! This, can't be...
Yulian felt like he should know the other person, but only from the news and videos.
Besides, she's definitely too young for that...
"Don't worry, the soldiers of the collective will never abandon their comrades!" she said crisply, inspecting her rifle with meticulous care.
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A collective... uh, girl, why are you wearing an AS-40 power exoskeleton that only pirates and Black (meow) Gang would use And you're wielding a C10 kinetic rifle that's been discontinued for almost 30 years Are we filming a historical drama
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Although Yu Lian really wanted to say that, as a free wanderer who had traversed most of the universe, he naturally understood that this wasn't a movie.
These people, they really are tense, afraid, gritting their teeth and preparing to deal with something.
"This place is too open, we can't engage in battle here! Lieutenant Mondersen!" The one who originally wanted to ditch his "superior officer" was still chattering away, just now he'd switched targets to a similarly clad middle-aged man wearing an old-style power armor suit.
Lieutenant Monderson seemed to hesitate for a moment, but gritted his teeth and said: "Crush them here completely! Return to your position, lieutenant!"
His tone was resolute, but perhaps a little too resolute, making it seem somewhat contrived.
The argument between the two officers came to an abrupt end, not because the lieutenant was unwilling to continue, but because in their line of sight, the rolling smoke and dust were getting closer and closer. So close that even with their noses they could smell the stench within it.
Of course, they didn't notice that Yu Lian, who had woken up, had already sized them up and down.
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The shoulder insignia was orange, which marked them as belonging to the River-Beyond Colonial Star Garrison, even less prestigious than a Marine "Orangutan". They were also known derisively as "Security Team Trash", as their place on the military's hierarchy of contempt was at the very bottom.
The rank insignia is a silver swallowtail with one star, and without a star, it is indeed the lieutenant and second lieutenant.
As for the female sergeant beside her, she bore the insignia of a red-bronze chevron with crossed swords, and indeed she was a third-class sergeant.
This is indeed the insignia of a collective army rank. But, that fallen country... Yu Lian glanced again at the stern-faced sergeant major, especially at her handsome and spirited face, subtly guessing the current situation.
What is this Week two
This is just a test.
"Fire!" bellowed Lieutenant Monderson.
Dozens of electromagnetic pulse rifles blazed with flashes, their dull booms sending hundreds of steel nails hurtling into the smoke. Immediately, a chorus of horrifying screams, mingled with the sickening sounds of mangled limbs and torn flesh, filled the air. A dense fog of blood and viscera, thick enough to choke on, spread with a frenzied pace.
Clearly, the bullets from a kinetic rifle weren't going to push them back.
"What in the hell is this thing" a black man with the rank of sergeant spat.
A sergeant, easily taller and broader than him, gritted his teeth in silence beside him. He continued firing his rifle with one hand, the other gripping the power axe at his hip. He was the tallest and strongest man in the squad. Without a powered exoskeleton, he towered over even the armored Sergeant Major and that insufferable lieutenant.
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However, even this giant who could crush a bear with his wrist, showed obvious signs of nervousness.
If they were truly "naturally" bred beasts, they would never dare to charge headlong into a hail of bullets. This perception, which surpasses common sense, represents the unknown and naturally breeds panic.
"Roar! Screech!" A monstrous creature, resembling a large hyena but with insectoid claws protruding from its sides, burst from the smoke. Its ferocious visage radiated an aura of menace. At first glance, there seemed to be over a hundred of them, but the smoke obscured their true number.
Amidst those packs of large "hyena", there stood a giant shelled "Cobra" that had reared up on its hind legs, instantly towering over two meters. It was also brandishing claws as sharp as those of a praying mantis.
It's truly terrifying. It looks like a heartless predator with no emotions. And the sheer number of them, swarming together in large groups, it's almost unbelievable that they are carnivores. What on earth could have driven their evolution to develop such thick, bullet-proof shells
Everyone was terrified, gritting their teeth and persevering! But Yu Lian only felt humiliation, humiliation that made him feel like he would burst into tears out of shame.
Help me up! Bring my atomic spear, whirlwind blast cannon, and Dawn Breaker sword over here! Even though I'm old, I fought the Ethereal Dragon for three hundred rounds! I've even beaten your queen more than once!
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Now it's being ridden by a bunch of low-level jumping worms and vipers, what a disgrace!ice cried out, tinged with panic.Yu Lian could hear the rapid, heavy breathing, the grinding of mechanical bones, the clicking of bullets being chambered, and the roaring of power axes and chain sword...