Chapter 189: No, You Lost
She heard no sound at all. Shi An’an opened her eyes, looked to both sides, and stretched out her hands.
She widened, heightened, and lengthened the thick earthen wall!
At the same time, she infused spiritual power into the trees standing by the earthen wall, making them grow even taller and sturdier, one by one, row by row, forming another natural barrier.
After doing all this, Shi An’an turned around and returned to Xiu’s side.
She looked at the sleeping Xiu, touched his cheek with her finger, and smiled lightly, “How many times is this? It seems like every time it’s me watching you pass out. When can we switch…”
“No!”
At this moment, Xiu heard Shi An’an’s words in his consciousness, and his first reaction was no.
He would rather fall into sleep himself than watch her sleep…
“Bang!”
The disc suddenly collided, and Xiu snapped back to attention in pain.
Shi An’an picked up Xiu, soared into the air, and flew back to Wali and the others.
Wali was cultivating when he suddenly sensed a familiar aura. He abruptly opened his eyes and looked delightedly at his master in front of him.
“Master!”
Shi An’an gently set Xiu down, looked at Wali, and nodded approvingly at how much his cultivation level had improved.
“It seems you haven’t been slacking off during this time.” Shi An’an looked at Wali, a flash of relief in her eyes.
“Master.”
Wali looked excitedly at his master, examined her carefully, and breathed a sigh of relief after seeing she wasn’t injured.
Seeing her disciple’s worry, Shi An’an smiled, “Don’t worry, we’re fine.”
“Master, I listened to you and didn’t leave the barrier.”
“Mm, I saw that.”
“Master, I’ll work hard on my cultivation. Next time we encounter danger, can you take me along?”
Hearing this, Shi An’an looked at Wali’s expectant expression and nodded, “Okay.”
Having received his master’s permission, Wali smiled happily.
“Thank you, Master.”
Shi An’an walked to the edge of the boulder and looked down, seeing the star beasts completely at ease. She smiled helplessly and shook her head.
Xiao Lu sensed a gaze and alertly looked up.
When it saw it was Shi An’an, it immediately jumped up and ran over.
“Roar roar!”
Shi An’an leaped down, stroked Xiao Lu’s head, and smiled as she replied, “Mm, I’m fine.”
“Roar?”
“Don’t worry, it’s dead.”
“Roar roar roar!!” Xiao Lu excitedly spun in circles.
“Aowu…”
Shi An’an raised an eyebrow, “You want to go take a look? You’re not scared?”
“Wuwu…”
“Sure, go ahead.”
“Roar!” Having gotten Shi An’an’s approval, Xiao Lu threw its head back and roared.
Immediately, all the star beasts stood up and followed behind Xiao Lu, running toward the dark land.
“Ouch, hey, what’s going on…”
Fei’er had been sleeping on Xiao Sangsang’s back when he was suddenly jolted awake, startled, and clung tightly to Xiao Sangsang.
“Where are you going? I don’t want to go, Xiao Sangsang, put me down first, okay? I’m not going…”
Hearing Fei’er’s scream, Shi An’an smiled and didn’t go to rescue him.
Arriving at the black hole, Shi An’an felt the attractive force emanating from it.
Once Xiu woke up, she could leave this place.
She hoped that passing through the black hole would take her to a planet with signal, so she could contact her family…
H11 Star
“Bang!”
“Alert! Alert! Mecha damage at ninety percent, please exit the mecha…”
Shi Anxin was knocked down again, listening to the mecha’s alarm, but she showed no panic, her eyes fixed tightly on Liu Qi’s movements.
Liu Qi looked at the motionless mecha on the ground, a flash of admiration in his eyes. He hadn’t expected this little girl to be so resilient.
They had been back for a week. Before that, they waited half a year on Edge Star, unable to descend to the bottom of the abyss or receive any message from An’an. With no choice, they had to return first.
He returned to H11 Star and stayed here guarding it.
Shi Zhen Guang went straight to the Independent Army to help his son.
A week ago, upon returning to H11 Star, he was pestered by this little girl to teach her combat.
He had planned to bring this girl along before. After being away so long, it was time for him to step up as her teacher.
But!
He completely hadn’t expected this girl’s resilience to be so strong…
“Alright, today’s training ends here…” Liu Qi slowly walked up to Shi Anxin, looking at her nearly wrecked mecha, feeling a bit heartbroken.
However, just as he was regretting the mecha’s state, the nearly wrecked mecha suddenly stood up again and began attacking him.
“Bang!”
This time, the one knocked down was Liu Qi.
“Uncle Liu, you lost!” Shi Anxin exited the mecha, looked at Liu Qi on the ground, and showed a bright smile.
Liu Qi opened the mecha cockpit and stepped out, looking at the smiling Shi Anxin with a serious face, “No, you lost!”
“?” Shi Anxin’s smile faded as she looked at Liu Qi in confusion.
Liu Qi looked at the wrecked mecha behind her, his expression grave, “For you, what is a mecha?”
Looking at her own mecha, Shi Anxin only then realized how severely damaged it was.
Liu Qi looked down at Shi Anxin sternly, “No matter the time, a mecha is a comrade, friend, partner… to every person.
If you blindly pursue victory at the cost of losing your partner, do you think you’ve won or lost?”
Shi Anxin listened to Liu Qi’s words and fell silent.
“In combat, would you abandon your comrade?”
“No!” Shi Anxin said firmly.
“In a life-or-death situation, would you abandon your comrade and flee alone?”
“Absolutely not!”
Shi Anxin’s answer remained very firm.
“Since you’re like that with your comrades, why treat your mecha that way?” Liu Qi looked at Shi Anxin earnestly.
“Don’t come tomorrow. Come find me for lessons only when your mecha is repaired!”
With that, Liu Qi left, leaving Shi Anxin alone, staring dazedly at her mecha.
Rong Mai and Song Yun watched this from not far away. When Liu Qi walked over, both had disapproving looks.
Liu Qi raised an eyebrow, “What? You think what I said was wrong?”
Song Yun shook her head, “It’s right, but for an eighteen-year-old girl, it was a bit too harsh. You could have been gentler; after all, she’s still young…”
“Her age is young, but her mentality isn’t as fragile as you think. And I believe her capacity to accept is strong—even if my words just now were harsher, she could still accept them in the end.
At the same time, she can understand what I mean.”
In just one week of interaction, he had figured out this little girl’s temperament.
Shi Anxin had strong willpower and self-discipline. She could train constantly to become stronger, pushing beyond her limits every time.
To become stronger, her heart was hard.
But in front of family, her heart was soft.
That’s why he had to temper her, not wanting her to take any detours in the future.
