Qin Qi's eyelashes drooped slightly as he recalled the black-haired young man who smiled and curved his eyes, saying that he was only special to himself. His hand on his side clenched slightly.
He looked out at the chaotic training ground in front of him.
The rain watered the dirt, and on the field, the military academy students' limbs were constantly trembling due to excessive fatigue, yet they still had to keep climbing forward under the reprimands of the instructors.
Even if they were far away, Qin Qi knew that the mouths of those red-faced, overworked military cadets should all be cursing profanities and venting their exhaustion.
They were tired, yet they had to carry out the orders.
For the sake of their loved ones, for the future of humanity, and for themselves.
Only through grueling training could they survive the brutal battlefield and go on to fight.
However, despite this, at least two-fifths of these freshly graduated military academy students would perish on their first battlefield in their lives.
Next, half of that number would consecutively die in the jaws of the demonic insects.
The remaining recruits would swiftly mature through each subsequent battle, becoming taboos on the brink of losing control, far removed from ordinary humans, transformed into formidable walls guarding human bases, using their battered bodies to await the coming of death.
The eyeball kneaded in his hands was suddenly squeezed out of his fingers. Qin Qi's eyes were dark and sunken.
This was the destiny of military soldiers throughout the years.
The next war would only be more brutal, and death and madness would only become the norm.
In almost a moment, the emotions rippling in his heart had been suppressed as much as possible. He shouldn't have thought so much.
Qin Qi slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was back to his usual calm and collected self.
There was no way he could be with Ya Xiao.
He didn't deserve it.
The young man was so wonderful and deserved a better existence.
It was at this time that Mist, who had already informed the instructors of the extra practice, stood behind Qin Qi again.
The clouds were dense and the sky had been gloomy beyond words.
Rain and sweat were mixed together on the training field. Mist had been remembering Geping, and when the extra training was about to end, he whispered, "Marshal, Geping should have arrived already."
"Hm, let's go."
Qin Qi withdrew his gaze at the recruits, turned around, and lifted his steps to leave the platform.
Mist followed behind Qin Qi. Not more than a few steps later, he saw the marshal in front of him suddenly stop and calmly say, "Go tell Ya Xiao that I have something to do. If he has prepared the cold-expelling soup, bring it directly to my room."
"Yes."
Mist was a bit puzzled to hear about the soup. After all, the marshal didn't seem to get wet, but thinking about Ya Xiao's fondness for the marshal, Mist instantly came to a sudden realization. He chuckled a few times in the back softly, "Ya Xiao cares too much about the marshal as well."
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Meanwhile, Ya Xiao, who was making soup, received the message from Mist.
He replied with an okay but did not turn off the optical brain. Instead, he thought carefully for a while, then asked Fourth Uncle in his mind: [Fourth Uncle, how is the situation on your side?]
The system raised its old-fashioned glasses and recorded Delbo's sleeping face from multiple angles while replying, [Delbo is resting according to the usual practice, there is no abnormality.]
Resting?
Ya Xiao thought about it. Delbo seemed to have the habit of resting in the afternoon every day. The other party would rest at a fixed time for the past two days, so there was nothing strange from that point of view alone.
If Delbo was really that lord, the twenty-four-hour non-stop monitoring for two days in a row would always reveal something, but in fact, the other party didn't have much of a problem at all, except for the fact that he could only drink nutrient solution because of the taboo.
When Fourth Uncle was monitoring Sheng Cheng, that adult was clearly using a special means of communication to communicate with Sheng Cheng.
Sheng Cheng had to speak at that time for the other party to hear him, which was why he destroyed the monitoring.
However, no one could be sure if that adult needed to make a sound.
If that lord didn't need to speak out loud to communicate with Sheng Cheng and the supporters, it was obvious that even if the other party was really Delbo, they wouldn't be able to tell what was wrong with him.
What a trouble.
While Ya Xiao thought so, his tail hidden inside his pants wiggled excitedly. The demon liked challenging things the most.
It was still necessary to pry more things from Qin Qi's side.
To begin with, the one who had suspicions about Delbo was Qin Qi.
Why did he think something wasn't right about Delbo? Was it just because Sheng Cheng was prompted by that lord to accuse Delbo?
Well, it was still necessary for Ya Bu to step in!
Making a quick decision, Ya Xiao dutifully carried the hot soup to the marshal's room.
When Qin Qi returned, following his usual behavior pattern, he accompanied him with a calm demeanor, not showing any signs of abnormality. He stayed in the room for a few hours, absorbing some demon value before leaving.
As for Ya Xiao, who was immersed in the deciphering game, he was unaware that after he left, Qin Qi stared at the tightly closed door for quite some time before withdrawing his gaze.
The cigarette between Qin Qi's fingers was already half lit when Ya Bu knocked on the window and came in.
"Is the marshal in a bad mood?"
Ya Xiao was still a little shocked as he stood on the floor. The villain only smoked when he was in a bad mood, but he hadn't even noticed a little bit just now when he was present.
What a blow this was to the butler who had performed extremely well in virtual space!
For a while, Ya Xiao even began to doubt his demonic intuition talent.
"No, just refreshing."
Qin Qi's relationship with Ya Bu was only that of a collaborator, so naturally, it was impossible for him to explain to the other party the many annoyances within him, annoyances that stemmed more from the fact that too many things had happened today.
The fruitless feelings, the loathing of himself, the meeting with Geping, and those things he learned from Geping's mouth.... He put out his cigarette with a sullen face.
"You should have already known Geping's identity before you took the initiative to remind me yesterday."
Geping's identity? The villain had already found out?
Ya Xiao certainly didn't know what Geping was, but that didn't stop him from realizing that the villain should have gone to meet Geping.
The mysterious young man's posture was calm. He walked to the chair and sat down without saying a word, but only gave a light smile and revealed a listening look, acting like an uninvolved person who didn't know Geping's identity.
Qin Qi took it as the other party's default.
Ya Bu must have known Geping's identity. Otherwise, he would not have suddenly asked him if he knew any elders similar to Geping last night to give him a hint when he thought Geping was an ordinary person.
"Geping is my grandfather's friend."
Qin Qi said lightly, "When my grandfather passed away that year, Geping gave me my grandfather's diary."
"It wasn't until now that I realized that he just changed his identity and appearance and left to cover his tracks."
Grandfather's diary.
Ya Xiao recalled the plot of the original book in his mind when he heard this.
The villain and Qin Chen's grandfather was also a marshal.
A long time ago, his younger brother Qin Chen was beaten up by the villain and thrown out of the border fortress because he wanted to get his grandfather's diary.
It was said that the diary contained information about the barrier that guarded the human base against demonic insects.
Ya Xiao thought about it briefly and summarized it in one sentence.
Geping really was one of their own.
Qin Qi's voice paused for a moment and continued, "He was likewise one of the people who knew about that incident back then."
Ya Xiao looked at Qin Qi and only felt that his expressionless face was vaguely obscure.
What kind of thing would cause Qin Qi to show such an odd expression? Ya Xiao guessed wildly based on his knowledge of the villain that it was related to the destruction of the Seventh Base.
It was hard to believe that Geping knew why the villain had destroyed the barrier of the Seventh Base.
Qin Qi briefly mentioned a few words about Geping and said no more, all of which Ya Bu should already know.
His purpose was only to draw out the next words.
"When Sheng Cheng suddenly involved Geping in the basement in the first place, the existence behind him should have already known Geping's identity."
Geping's true information was hidden very deeply.
Even the villain's subordinates didn't find out anything when they first checked, but Sheng Cheng suddenly mentioned Geping.
This was enough to indicate the problem.
Various speculations flashed through Ya Xiao's mind, and he curved the corner of his mouth, "Is this a demonstration against the marshal?"
The existence behind Sheng Cheng not only didn't kill Geping but also took the initiative to expose Geping as if he was showing off his strength to the villain.
Qin Qi did not deny it, his dark eyes calmly looked at Ya Bu, "Thanks for the reminder."
The person behind Sheng Cheng had moved Geping out. There was an element of demonstration, yet there was also a reason why he wanted to confuse himself and make him wary of Geping.
If there was no Ya Bu, he might have had to go through a long time until he was sure of Geping's identity before he would make his next move.
"It's fine, it's all I should do."
Ya Xiao nodded approvingly, his eyes curving into crescent moons behind his mask, feeling really good about himself.
He pondered slightly that the villain hadn't captured Sheng Cheng in the original plot, so Geping's identity shouldn't have been revealed in the original plot either.
It was only when it was followed up for some reason that Geping recognized the villain, and then something happened in the end that got involved with the building collapse.
As for these reasons, Ya Xiao was more inclined to the fact that it was the lord behind Sheng Cheng who was behind it. After all, from Sheng Cheng's reaction, it was clear that the other party loved to go against the marshal.
"What does the marshal plan to do next?"
Ya Xiao said rather happily, "That one has already made a show against you, aren't you going to counterattack a bit?"
Qin Qi raised his eyelids to look at Ya Bu. The other party seemed to be happy to see that kind of situation. Qin Qi labeled Ya Bu in his mind as a person who liked chaos and loved to watch the fun, "I will clean up all the supporters in the central city soon."
Ya Xiao let out a wow in his mind and chuckled softly, "Alright, Marshal. If you need my help, please feel free to say so, after all, it's kinda boring over there at Delbo."
Perhaps freed from the constraints of the butler, Ya Xiao almost fully revealed his nasty side while using the Ya Bu persona.
When Qin Qi heard Ya Bu's comment about Delbo, his fingers kneading the eyeball slightly paused. His complexion slightly sank, it was true that Delbo was very good at hiding it.
"Delbo is very cunning. He should have long considered all his supporters as expendable pawns. Even if he clears those pawns, it won't have the slightest impact on him."
So Qin Qi really thought that Delbo was the real culprit behind the scenes?
This was the first time Ya Xiao had heard Qin Qi evaluate Delbo so bluntly.
However, because he had expected it, Ya Xiao wasn't too surprised as he curved his eyes and said, "What should we do then? So troublesome, why don't we just kill Delbo?"
Demons tend to use force to break the situation.
Qin Qi: ......
Seriously?