Chapter 127: The Two Who Were Captured
Lin Xi couldn’t figure it out. Clearly, those Star Beasts were ready to kill them, so why did they suddenly change their minds and capture them instead?
“What exactly is the reason?” Lin Xi was extremely puzzled.
Suddenly, he thought of something and pulled the jade pendant from around his neck, examining it carefully.
“Anfeng, look!” Lin Xi held the jade pendant in front of Shi Anfeng’s eyes.
“Chirp!!!”
Suddenly, the Star Beast above their heads chirped, holding the two in front of its eyes, its huge Star Beast head appearing before them.
The surrounding Star Beasts also gathered around one after another.
“What’s the situation?” Lin Xi tightly grabbed Shi Anfeng’s arm, vigilantly watching the approaching Star Beasts.
Shi Anfeng mobilized his Mental Power to envelop the two of them, holding a bomb in his hand. Even if they had to go down together in the end, he didn’t want to be eaten by the Star Beasts.
“Roar!!!”
“Chirp!!!”
“Roar!!!”
……
The Star Beasts roared incessantly, their eyes fixed tightly on the two.
At this time, Shi Anfeng followed the Star Beasts’ gazes and looked over, moved his arm, and said softly, “Put your jade pendant away.”
“Huh? What…” Lin Xi looked at the Star Beasts around them, his mind a bit dazed.
“Jade pendant, put it away!” Shi Anfeng watched the Star Beasts’ movements and softly reminded again.
This time, Lin Xi heard clearly. He stiffly raised his hand and grabbed the jade pendant.
“Roar!!!”
The moment Lin Xi grabbed the jade pendant, the Star Beasts became excited again.
Seeing this scene, the two exchanged a glance and then turned to look at the Star Beasts again.
Lin Xi slowly tucked the jade pendant back into his neckline.
“Chirp!!!”
“Ah! Bastard, slow down!!!”
After the jade pendant disappeared from sight, the Star Beast holding them panicked and flung them roughly, while the other Star Beasts howled one after another.
“Roar!”
Suddenly, amid this group of frenzied Star Beasts, a majestic and deep roar came from the distance. The next second, all the Star Beasts stopped and continued flying forward.
The two, who had been flung dizzy, slowly recovered. Shi Anfeng turned his neck to look around.
He discovered that these Star Beasts were heading toward an Abyss.
They had once searched this Abyss with unmanned surveillance, and there was nothing inside—no things or Star Beasts.
But because the Abyss was too deep and contained dangerous gases, they hadn’t gone down to investigate.
Lin Xi also noticed this issue. “Could it be… that this is the Star Beasts’ lair below?”
Shi Anfeng pursed his lips tightly, staring solemnly at the increasingly dark Abyss as the pungent gas assaulted them.
Shi Anfeng’s Mental Power tightly enveloped the two. “I don’t know how long it will take.” He feared that by then his Mental Power would be exhausted, and before the Star Beasts could kill them, they would be poisoned to death.
Lin Xi shook his head and also mobilized his Mental Power. “Withdraw the Mental Power from me. I can do it myself.”
Hearing this, Shi Anfeng withdrew the Mental Power from Lin Xi.
“Hey, did you hear that roar just now?”
“Mm.”
“But I didn’t spot who made it. It felt a bit different.”
Shi Anfeng frowned. “It came from the Abyss.”
Lin Xi craned his neck to look at the bottomless, pitch-black Abyss. “Could it be the leader of this group of Star Beasts?”
“Right, why did this group of Star Beasts get so excited upon seeing the jade pendant?”
“Also, I just saw a crack on the jade pendant. Is it because it blocked an attack for us before…”
“An’an said this jade pendant can only block three attacks. It’s already used once, with two left… Sigh, what to do? I don’t know if anyone will come to rescue us…”
Lin Xi chattered on endlessly, while Shi Anfeng simply closed his eyes and pondered alone.
“The optical computer can’t be used—no signal at all!” Lin Xi sighed in frustration.
At this moment, all light vanished, leaving pitch blackness around them. Only the sound of the Star Beasts’ heavy breathing and the continuous falling of rubble striking rocks could be heard.
But…
Shi Anfeng listened carefully. After a long wait, he still didn’t hear any sound of rubble hitting the ground, as if those stones had vanished.
Suddenly, Shi Anfeng and Lin Xi felt a wave of dizziness. In the second before passing out, they seemed to see a light…
………
A week had passed since the Edge Star garrisoned by the First Legion was attacked by a group of Star Beasts.
Now, the entire Federation knew about this news.
The eight surviving soldiers of the First Legion all had their Mental Power on the verge of collapse after waking up.
However, when asked about the situation that night, they all shook their heads, saying they didn’t know. They only remembered opening their eyes to see a huge Star Beast approaching to attack them…
Currently, among all the fallen soldiers, Shi Anfeng and Lin Xi were nowhere to be found.
Regarding this news, Star Net was full of speculation.
Some said the two had deserted and run away.
Some said they had been eaten by the Star Beasts.
Some said they might not have been at the scene at the time, realized something was wrong, and ran…
In short, there were all sorts of speculations, but no one guessed that they might have been captured, and no one even considered the possibility of being taken away.
Shi An’an and Liu Qi had now arrived at Edge Star, but due to the heavy guards here, they hadn’t gotten close.
Liu Qi found a position and activated anti-tracking mode.
Shi An’an calmed her mind and sat down, seriously sensing the whereabouts of Eldest Brother and Lin Xi.
As long as those two jade pendants stayed on them, she could sense their positions.
However, due to the great distance, with Shi An’an’s current cultivation level, she still couldn’t sense them.
Shi An’an opened her eyes and looked at Liu Qi. “Uncle Liu, it’s too far. I can’t sense the position. We might… need to land on Edge Star.”
After hearing this, Liu Qi looked grave, thought for a moment, and nodded. “Alright, wait a bit. I’ll contact someone!”
Then, Liu Qi began contacting someone.
Moments later, Liu Qi turned off his optical computer. “It’s arranged. My old comrade is right here. We’ll enter from the Sixth Legion’s position, then head to the Edge Star garrisoned by the First Legion from there…”
“Okay, Uncle Liu, you arrange it. I’ll follow your lead!” Shi An’an didn’t understand these things. Now, as long as they could enter Edge Star, no matter how Liu Qi arranged it, it was fine—as long as they could find Eldest Brother and the others!
“Let’s go. We’ll take the aircraft. The starship’s target is too big.”
“Okay.”
Shi An’an and Liu Qi quickly packed up and boarded the aircraft, heading to the garrisoned place of the Sixth Legion.
They hadn’t gone far when they met up with Liu Qi’s comrade who came to rendezvous. The man was burly, and upon seeing Liu Qi, his eyes reddened. He hugged Liu Qi excitedly.
“Alright, Little Tiger, I have serious business. Hurry and take us there!” Liu Qi couldn’t stand it and shouted to stop.
This kid had been under his guidance when he first joined the legion, and this habit of tearing up easily hadn’t changed after all these years.
“You’re a major general now, still so sissy. If your subordinates see you, they won’t laugh at you!” Liu Qi teased with a laugh.
