Chapter 4: Isn't that love at first sight?
Wen XiaoYun returned to the communication array. Using the components that he collected from the garbage pile, he assembled and fixed, spending an entire night to finally replace all of the broken installations of the original communication array.
At this moment, the sky was bright. However, the trash planet still remained enveloped by a grey fog.
"ZzhhZZzZhzzhhz."
The communication array rebooted. Like an old ventilator, it seemed like it was about to lose connection at any time.
A drop of blood flowed out of Wen XiaoYun's nose. His skin has been exposed under the radiation for a long period of time already and has started to peel. Later on, it'd start to fester.
Wen XiaoYun expressionlessly wiped away the blood from his nose and continued to adjust the communication array, entering in his battleship's frequency signal.
His AI was damaged completely during the battle. Therefore, he can only enter the frequency using the communication device.
The sound of the electronic static was very ear-piercing. Wen XiaoYun patiently waited, his handsome face continued to remain calm and composed.
Finally, a dozen or more minutes later, he received a reply.
A familiar voice transmitted from the uniquely installed communication receiver. The voice carried a tone of exhaustion: "We have acquired a portion of your signal. A search and rescue team will analyze this signal and figure out your exact location. Next time, I suggest you contact a nearby patrol ship. Our battleship……"
Wen XiaoYun interrupted him: "Vice-admiral Cheng."
On the other side, it abruptly silenced for a moment. Then, exhaustion swept away, the voice shouted excitedly: "Boss!"
Vice-admiral Cheng JinXue was extremely emotional: "Boss, is it really you? Where are you right now? Your signal is too weak! Wait a second, I will strengthen the connection immediately!"
The connection of the communication was increased. This faint signal finally stabilized.
Wen XiaoYun didn't waste his breath. After saying his location, he reported the trash planet B-324's coordinates: "The intergalactic port has records of B-324's location. You can find an old travel route from the intergalactic port."
"Hurry up!! Verify B-324's position immediately and set a new navigation route!" Cheng JinXue hastily delegated the task downward.
When he returned again, Cheng JinXue's voice was choked with emotion: "Boss, I can't even believe it. It's really you. How are you right now? Are you injured? Is it bad? After your incident, we've never given up searching for you. The military has been suppressing the news this entire time as well. However, you should know as well, this can't be hidden for too long……"
During this battle with the Alien Insects, because of the physical appearance of the Alien Insects Empress, the Capital Planet, and pretty much the entire Empire as well, were all paying close attention to this military campaign. The news of Admiral Wen XiaoYun and the Alien Insect Empress perishing together really couldn't be concealed.
All of the citizens of the Empire were praying for Wen XiaoYun over the internet, including everyone within the 3rd legion that was under the Admiral's command. Everyone had a 'Not dead unless we see a corpse' attitude. Unable to find the remains of Wen XiaoYun's mecha, they can comfort themselves by saying the Admiral must still be alive.
However, 8 days has already passed. Hope was growing more and more uncertain. There were even some other nations fanning the flame with ill intent, posting declarations of grief for Wen XiaoYun on the galactic internet, practically jinxing the battle god Wen XiaoYun to die asap. Cheng JinXue and the others almost died of anger
Wen XiaoYun maintained his usual calm, as if he wasn't the one being mourned by everyone online. He asked indifferently: "How's mother?"
Cheng JinXue said: "Madam is terribly sad. The guard transmitted a message from the Madam saying she wanted us to find you and bring you back no matter what."
Even if they had to bring back only remains.
Acknowledging with an 'en', Wen XiaoYun asked: "Do you have the navigation route?"
Cheng JinXue just happened to receive the map only a few seconds after his Admiral asked the question.
Pausing briefly, Cheng JinXue realized that the boss must have been listening to his nonsense all this time, perhaps because he was waiting for this navigation map……
Not because he had missed them very much.
Cheng JinXue hastily said: "I just got it. Boss, I discovered that the closest warp point to B-324 is already closed down. We need to warp to a nearby stop first and restart the warp point to reach B-324."
Wen XiaoYun asked: "How many days?"
Cheng JinXue said: "Four days at least."
Wen XiaoYun said: "En."
Four days can't be considered particularly long. The universe was enormous. The distance between galaxies was huge. To reach some planets that even had warp points, it'd still take half a month.
Four days was already short.
In order to gain a more accurate pinpoint of Wen XiaoYun's location, Cheng JinXue kept the connection open instead of cutting it off.
When Wen XiaoYun returned to the escape pod, he didn't see Zhuang Zhou. However, the Divine Image was still on the wall.
Wen XiaoYun gave a look at this statue. He had to say, this statue really looked very similar to Zhuang Zhou. No one would doubt these two were father and son. Some people might even believe that this was Zhuang Zhou himself.
Wen XiaoYun and his war god father, Wen Tian, also looked very much alike. For a period just after his father died in battle, his mother would always feel uncontrollable sadness whenever she saw his face. It was so bad that around that time, he pretty much didn't dare to appear in front of his mother.
Zhuang Zhou was sleeping in his Divine Image.
After sensing Wen XiaoYun's return, he woke up.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Wen XiaoYun staring at his Divine Image.
Zhuang Zhou became somewhat excited.
Is he about to worship me?
Worship me! I can make you rich!
Under Zhuang Zhou's immense anticipation, Wen XiaoYun made a customary gesture that the galactic people used to mourn for elders. Then he laid on the makeshift bed and started to write.
Zhuang Zhou: "......."
Why was it so hard to gain a follower!
He lowered his head and glanced at the little round ball hanging on his neck.
This little round, marble-like ball looked small, but it had an enormous space inside.
This was a faith collection device.
During the training period, an intern God of Wealth needed to fill up the faith collection device in order to become a proper god.
However, right now, his faith collection device was so empty, there's not even a piece of dust!
Wen XiaoYun suddenly raised his head and looked directly at the Divine Image.
Was it his misconception?
He faintly felt a pair of eyes watching him attentively.
Wen XiaoYun examined the Divine Image for a while. Not finding any issues, he slowly withdrew his gaze and continued to take notes.
Forcibly landing on the trash planet B-324: Day 9.
The communication array has already been fixed. Connection established with the 3rd legion vice-admiral, Cheng JinXue.
Number of nutritional supplements remaining in the escape pod: 3 bottles.
Apparent physical symptoms have appeared due to radiation.
Ruled out the possibility of 'Zhuang Zhou' being a native of the trash planet B-324.
The likelihood of other natives existing on the trash planet B-324: Extremely low.
Suspicious point: 'Zhuang Zhou' is not affected by radiation.
Origins: ?
Strength: ?
Personality: Innocent and naive
Danger level: Extremely low.
Wen XiaoYun had written 'Zhuang Zhou' in the galactic writing according to the youth's pronunciation.
Done recording, Wen XiaoYun was about to put away the journal when he suddenly thought of something else.
If this little friend left B-324 in the future, he would attract a lot of trouble if people found out that his body wasn't affected by radiation.
After hesitating for a moment, Wen XiaoYun opened the journal again and completely blocked over the words 'Zhang Zhou is not affected by radiation', covering it up completely.
Done recording, Wen XiaoYun, who didn't sleep all night, laid down to rest. After enduring the effect of high radiation, he needed ample rest so his body doesn't deteriorate as quickly.
Wen XiaoYun very quickly fell asleep.
In the midst of disorientation, a clean good-looking youth suddenly appeared unwittingly in front of him again.
Wen XiaoYun composed himself. As the only person in Empire's history with a SSS level psychic ability, Wen XiaoYun only needed a few seconds to figure out.
He seemed to be dreaming again.
However, this dream was very strange. Under normal circumstances, people would only realize they were dreaming after waking up.
Yet he had already discovered that he was dreaming while still in the dream.
Mysteriously and inexplicably, he had a feeling that with his level of psychic ability, he can even control this dream.
Wen XiaoYun stood where he was, unmoving and staring unblinkingly at the youth, wanting to see what exactly the other planned to do.
Zhuang Zhou called out to him: "Wen XiaoYun." His voice was sulky and aggrieved.
He used the pronunciation that Wen XiaoYun had taught him.
These words were also the only words that he said most coherently.
Wen XiaoYun looked at him in silence.
Zhuang Zhou stammered; "You, you sit."
Wen XiaoYun was too tall. Zhuang Zhou needed to raise his head to look at him in the eyes.
Wen XiaoYun silently sat down.
Zhuang Zhou was still not too accustomed to use the galactic language. Unconsciously, he started to use Mandarin again and said sulkily: "How come you don't worship me?"
Wen XiaoYun said: "Use the galactic language."
Zhuang Zhou didn't seem to hear him and continued to chatter: "You gave me the beverage to drink. I already drank it…… thank you. However, you shouldn't buy this beverage in the future. It's not tasty……"
"Tomorrow after you wake up, you will forget everything about how I burned the spiritual talisman. You'll also forget how I had made an offering……."
"You…… en. You're a good person. The High God always says that everyone has their own ambitions. Some people have ambitions elsewhere. If you only want to pick up garbage, then I… I will bless you to become the leader of this garbage dump……"
"There's so much garbage here. If you become the leader of this facility, you can also get rich."
"Alright, you can go back to sleep." Saying this, Zhuang Zhou patted Wen XiaoYun's shoulder. His palm was so soft that Wen XiaoYun couldn't feel a hint of force at all.
Wen XiaoYun suddenly reached out and grabbed that delicate and fragile looking wrist.
Zhuang Zhou jumped in fright and wanted to pull back his hand: "What, what's the matter?"
Wen XiaoYun released his hand and faintly furrowed his brows. The sensation he felt from the touch was so real it didn't seem like a dream.
After Zhuang Zhou was released, he gave Wen XiaoYun a strange look. However, Zhuang Zhou didn't say anything other than goodbye before pulling out of Wen XiaoYun's dream.
He had bestowed Wen XiaoYun a dream just for the sake of making Wen XiaoYun forget what he had done previously. At the same time, he also gave Wen XiaoYun a mental suggestion so that Wen XiaoYun can start worshipping him soon.
Wen XiaoYun can even invite his Divine Wealth God Image into his home and enshrine it!
In anycase, Wen XiaoYun would completely forget the content of his dream after waking up anyways. At the same time, the mental suggestion that Zhuang Zhou left would take effect. What should be forgotten will be forgotten. It was impossible for him to remember seeing Zhuang Zhou in his dream!
However, what Zhuang Zhou didn't know was that Wen XiaoYun wasn't an average person. He, who possessed an extremely high psychic ability, wouldn't be affected by this kind of mental suggestion at all.
Zhuang Zhou's dream this time was destined to fail, just like the first dream he had bestowed upon Wen XiaoYun.
With Zhuang Zhou's exit, Wen XiaoYun immediately woke up from his dream.
Wen XiaoYun looked around in his surroundings. He was still inside the escape pod. Zhuang Zhou wasn't anywhere nearby. Sure enough, it was only another dream.
Wen XiaoYun pressed his lips together and looked at the time. He slept four hours.
Getting up and leaving the escape pod, he returned to the communication array.
In order to continuously locate Wen XiaoYun's position, the signal to the 3rd Legion's battleship, Wyvern, was never disconnected.
Hearing the sound of Wen XiaoYun's return, Cheng JinXue immediately opened his mouth and asked: "Boss, how was your rest? I already sent people to report news of your survival to Madam. If B-324's signal weren't so weak, I would have transmitted your frequency directly to Madam. She is very worried about your health……"
Wen XiaoYun said nonchalantly: "It's not bad, just some side-effects from the radiation."
Hearing this, Cheng JinXue felt even more worried. The side effects of radiation on the body wasn't any trivial matter!
He still wanted to ask something when he heard Wen XiaoYun inquire: "Under what situation, would someone dream about the same person continuously for two nights straight? A person they just met."
Cheng JinXue froze and said reflexively: "Ah? Boss, you saw them in your dreams? A person you just met? Isn't that love at first sight?"
Saying this, Cheng JinXue thought of something and abruptly closed his mouth.
Wen XiaoYun: "......."
There was an entire 10 seconds of silence that fell between them.
Finally, Wen XiaoYun expressionlessly said: "How can that be."
Cheng JinXue hastily agreed: "Exactly. That's impossible!"
The Admiral's wife. Is. Only. His. Mecha!
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The author has something to say-- ps
Zhuang Zhou: I will bless you to become the leader of this garbage dump!
Wen XiaoYun: …… I thank you.