“Did you resolve the issue?” Jing Xi asked.

Chi Yao walked back with him, keeping an eye on the surroundings.

“There was a lost child; he’s been returned to his father.”

Jing Xi’s eyes flashed, and he turned his head to look at him.

So that’s why he hit his head earlier?

Jing Xi switched to the legion’s public frequency on his terminal and issued an order to the people he had brought: “Rescan the area within a three-kilometer radius. If any stranded personnel are found, rescue them immediately.”

“Yes, sir!”

“Why can such careless parents have children?” Chi Yao scoffed, his gaze icy. “Parents don’t need to take exams or undergo training, nor are they punished for doing a bad job. The consequences are all paid for by the children. How convenient.”

Jing Xi took his hand. “Laws in this area indeed need further improvement.”

This was a place Chi Yao didn’t let outsiders touch, and even Jing Xi didn’t dare to touch lightly.

Chi Yao: “It should be mandated that parents who can’t watch their children are stripped of custody rights.”

Jing Xi: “Is that punishing the parents or punishing the child?”

Chi Yao paused and turned his head.

Jing Xi didn’t continue, instead looking straight into his eyes and chuckling lightly. “In the future, I’ll raise you, this little kid who bumps his head while walking.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Chi Yao: “I’m afraid you haven’t seen that your own forehead is swollen too, right?”

Jing Xi: “…”

They spoke quickly, but their pace was fast.

The fighter jet Chi Yao had left blocking the road had several dents knocked into it by two bison that slipped through the net.

Other fighter jets in the air didn’t dare to bomb, afraid of scrapping the jet on the ground.

More than a dozen soldiers were shooting in the direction of the bison, but the bison’s hide was tough and thick; ordinary machine gun bullets couldn’t penetrate it at all.

Chi Yao pulled out his gun with a reverse grip, twirling it casually on his fingertips.

“Bro Black, pistol mode.”

A slight clicking sound came from inside Xuanfeng.

[Xiao Hei: Air compression rate 90%, five bullets compressed.]

Just as the soldiers were considering how to lure the bison away to use heavy destructive weapons, a bison suddenly collapsed to the ground.

“What happened?!”

Someone pointed in a direction.

“It’s Mr. Chi!”

Everyone looked over in unison.

Chi Yao happened to be making his move on the other few bison.

“!!!”

So cool!

A pistol that can really blow away a Level 4 mutant bison exists.

Are Chi Yao’s hand bones made of metal?!

Chi Yao slowly holstered his gun.

“Not bad, but conventional mode still feels better.”

“It’s normal not to have a feel for it when you just started playing.” Jing Xi gestured over there. “Let’s go, find Old Jin.”

Seeing Jing Xi take the pilot’s seat of the fighter jet, Chi Yao could only go to the co-pilot seat.

Just after takeoff, a squad leader’s report came over the public channel.

“Reporting to the commander, scans show no stranded civilians in this area.”

Jing Xi: “Good, everyone follow me.”

“Yes, sir!”

The rescue troops in this area were closest to the front line, making rescue efforts the most difficult. Coupled with a shortage of manpower, no soldiers were willing to take shifts to rest.

After flying for a few minutes, Chi Yao saw the long queue outside the warship on the monitoring screen.

Soldiers were constantly busy maintaining order on both sides of the crowd.

“The soldiers under you are quite good.”

Just as Jing Xi was preparing to land, hearing Chi Yao say this suddenly, he said indifferently, “The people under you are also quite good.”

What is this scene of mutual business flattery?

Chi Yao chuckled lightly. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Jing Xi add a sentence: “If they undergo labor reform, they’ll be even better.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Over there, Jin Ze stood by the warship, exchanging intelligence with his subordinates via the public channel.

“Xiao Chu, has the Fifth Detachment replied?!”

Chu Xiao said seriously, “Not yet. Captain Zhuo said he is having them inventory the rescue supplies!”

Jin Ze shouted loudly at him, “Old Zhuo is so damn slow! Send him three trucks of supplies first!”

Chu Xiao: “Yes, sir!”

Chi Yao and Jing Xi got off the fighter jet and walked from the end of the line.

Through the monitoring screen, Chi Yao hadn’t felt the atmosphere was that tense, but standing here, his ears were full of roaring and noisy sounds. Soldiers with live ammunition shouted until their voices cracked and became hoarse; all of this was to ensure everyone here could evacuate safely.

“Get down! Everyone get down!”

The surrounding soldiers waved their hands and roared, raising their guns to the sky.

Chi Yao turned to look, frowning.

It was a flock of mutant falcons, with the ones at the very front being Level 3 mutants.

“Ah—!”

Screams erupted from the crowd.

The originally orderly line instantly scattered.

People kept running past Chi Yao, hiding in buildings on both sides of the road.

One person was pushed by the crowd and bumped into Chi Yao.

Chi Yao turned his head; it was a middle-aged beta.

Seeing him standing still, the beta cursed at him with a bad expression.

“Are you an idiot, standing here blocking the way?!”

After speaking, he hurriedly ran forward.

Chi Yao grabbed him by the collar and hauled him back.

“Who are you scolding?”

The beta struggled a few times but couldn’t break free, flustered and exasperated. “Let go, quick—!”

When their eyes met again, the beta suddenly froze.

This person—is Extreme Shadow’s Chi Yao?!

A momentary pause, then the cry of a falcon came from overhead.

“Ahhhhhhh—!”

The beta curled up holding his head, screaming in a breakdown, “Let me go, let go!”

Didn’t get carried away by a beast, but fell into Extreme Shadow’s hands.

This is definitely a dead end boohoohoo—

Chi Yao held him with one hand and raised his gun with his right hand, aiming at the diving falcon.

“Compression rate 150%.”

[Xiao Hei: Five bullets compressed.]

Just as the notification sound passed, an air bullet entered the falcon’s open mouth and pierced right through.

After a sudden gunshot, followed by a heavy thud, the beta looked up tremblingly.

A falcon several meters long had fallen three meters away from him.

The beta turned his head blankly. Chi Yao pulled the trigger, and another falcon fell in response to the sound.

He took care of that fierce big guy with just one shot?!

Blade light flashed, and the beta looked not far away.

A long-haired officer just dodged the falcon’s claws. Holding a long blade in reverse grip, he neatly sliced the falcon’s neck.

Crimson blood splattered. The falcon flapped a few times, hit a nearby building, twitched a few times, and stopped moving.

The beta squinted to look carefully.

That falcon’s neck was only attached by a layer of skin; it had been decapitated.

So, so amazing!

Jing Xi flicked the blood off his blade and spoke to the crowd, “Squat down where you are, don’t run around!”

His voice was cool and calm, exceptionally penetrating in this noisy environment.

Quite a few people squatted down holding their heads, sneaking peeks over there.

It’s Major General Jing, he came personally!

Is the one standing next to him Chi Yao?

They look so much better in person than in photos?!

Chi Yao tossed the beta in his hand aside, frowning irritably. “Didn’t you hear me tell you to squat down?”

The beta squatted silently: “…”

How can I squat while being held by my clothes?

The falcons came suddenly, but the rescue troops were well-prepared and not worried. The most troublesome part was the civilians running around.

Before Jin Ze could issue orders, he suddenly saw several fighter jets flying over in the sky, hovering above to provide cover.

“Minister, the Commander and Mr. Chi are here!” Chu Xiao said pleasantly surprised.

Jin Ze looked in the direction he pointed.

Holy crap! The two big shots have already started killing.

A crisis ended before it even began.

Jing Xi said to Jin Ze who ran over, “Re-count the number of people, see if there are any injured.”

“None.”

Jin Ze said without thinking.

Seeing Jing Xi look over, Jin Ze cleared his hoarse throat and added, “With you two here, they didn’t have a chance to get hurt, okay?”

Jing Xi didn’t speak, but Chi Yao laughed first.

“Nonsense.”

Jing Xi: “…”

The re-queuing civilians looked towards Jing Xi and Chi Yao from time to time.

Jing Xi was getting an understanding of the on-site situation from Jin Ze, while Chi Yao leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, looking bored.

With them there, it felt especially safe.

Although Chi Yao was a star pirate, his combat power was undeniably high!

Once boarded in the warship’s passenger cabin, some people excitedly posted online.

[[Video] I’m here to fulfill a vow, Chi Yao really came to save us!!! The first time being so close to my male god, ahhhhh I’m dead!]

Unexpectedly, the post went viral.

Every refresh, comments increased by over ten thousand.

“I’m here to verify, Chi Yao was explosively handsome! A Level 3 mutant falcon, he blew it away with one shot! Tears of emotion flowed from the corners of my mouth.”

“Major General Jing uses a long blade, wow~! I like it so much!”

“They look so compatible standing together, can they really not be together? QuQ”

“These two standing together spells S-A-F-E-T-Y in capital letters. Feels like even if the sky falls, there’s no need to fear!”

The videos circulating online were all recorded by civilians themselves.

Some people had been live-streaming since the transfer began, thus recording the entire combat process.

For a time, discussion volume across the entire network peaked. Extreme Shadow and Chi Yao’s names hung at the top of the trending search list again. Even some firearms enthusiasts, after seeing Chi Yao instantly kill a falcon with a small pistol, specifically posted analysis threads.

[Chi Yao’s gun, there’s something to it.]

Major star pirate groups were still queuing for numbers on small planets near Extreme Shadow’s home base. Seeing Extreme Shadow trending again out of the blue, their eyes turned red with envy.

Several star pirate leaders sat in a row on benches, refreshing online comments, incredibly sour.

“Since when have we star pirates been this glorious?”

“Is there anything Chi Yao can’t do? If the news said he saved the Empire one day, I wouldn’t be surprised.”

“One thought becomes a demon, one thought becomes a Buddha. It’s probably people like him; doing anything casually can influence an entire circle.”

“Speaking of which, how many numbers are ahead? I can’t wait to go land clearing.”

“I bribed an Extreme Shadow lackey yesterday to ask. There are still 28 ahead of you, and 16 ahead of me. I heard Extreme Shadow’s stock of hair dye isn’t enough anymore.”

“Can we dye our hair ourselves first and cut in line?”

“The same style of hair dye is already sold out online!”

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At 5:00 PM, the rescue mission was completed ahead of schedule.

Chi Yao, Jing Xi, and Jin Ze’s group boarded the warship together.

Jing Xi looked at Chi Yao: “You go rest first, I’ll go check the passenger cabins.”

As the commander, he had an obligation to soothe the refugees’ emotions.

Chi Yao watched him run continuously all day; let alone using the bathroom, he didn’t even have time to drink water.

“Rest a bit first, I’ll go with you later.”

Jin Ze followed up: “Yeah Boss, they’ll be on the warship all night, they won’t run away.”

Some time ago, the Boss’s condition relapsed, and even his personality had problems. He had finally gotten better recently; he couldn’t be exhausted again.

Warship capacity was limited, and night was unsafe. Under permissible conditions, they generally kept refugees overnight and transported them to the rear safe zone after daybreak the next day.

Jing Xi shook his head: “I don’t have time.”

Taking advantage of now to console the refugees, there was a regular meeting in two hours, plus checking the frontline situation and summarizing reports to submit to headquarters.

Chi Yao had been triggered during the day; he wanted to finish work early to accompany him.

But Chi Yao didn’t care about all that.

Dragging him by the hand towards the rest cabin, Chi Yao didn’t look back as he said to Jin Ze, “Your Boss is hungry. Go get some food, something heavy on flavor.”

Jin Ze: “You got it!”

Jing Xi: “…”

Chi Yao found a random rest cabin, went in, and pressed Jing Xi into a seat.

“Do you remember when you ate your last meal?”

Jing Xi looked up at him: “Morning?”

Chi Yao: “Don’t ask me back.”

Jing Xi: “…”

He guiltily pulled Chi Yao to sit next to him. “You sit for a while too.”

Just as Chi Yao sat down, someone leaned over.

He naturally put his arm around the person. “Obviously very tired, yet still holding on.”

“I’m not tired.” Jing Xi leaned on his shoulder. “Being able to fight side by side with you like this, I’m very happy.”

Chi Yao’s eyes flashed slightly, and he kissed his hair. “Just this makes you happy?”

Jing Xi closed his eyes to rest: “Mn.”

Moments later, Chu Xiao, acting as a food runner, came over with a warming robot.

“These were specially made on the Minister’s orders.” Chu Xiao served the dishes onto the table one by one. “They are all things you two love to eat.”

Chi Yao and Jing Xi glanced over there, instantly speechless.

Chicken again, all kinds of chicken.

Why is there endless chicken?!

During the meal, the External Liaison Minister came in to report on online public opinion.

External Liaison Minister: “Do we need to make a response?”

The discussion online was already like that. As a legion that had cooperated with Extreme Shadow, remaining silent didn’t seem quite right.

Jing Xi picked up a whole chili pepper and stuffed it into his mouth.

“Send them some clearer versions.”

The External Liaison Minister immediately understood and left like a gust of wind.

When Chi Yao was on his second bowl, the Information Department Minister ran in.

“Boss, bad news! The Extreme Shadow warship coming for support was intercepted by an unidentified warship. We don’t know the specific situation yet!”

Jing Xi paused with his chopsticks, his gaze turning cold.

“Where are they now?!”

The Information Department Minister opened his terminal and brought up the map.

“This location.”

It was almost entering airspace.

The enlarged window showed images captured by satellite.

Chi Yao glanced at that warship.

“Nine out of ten, it’s Ghost.”

Jing Xi put down his bowl and chopsticks and stood up. “Mobilize two warships, set off immediately!”

Information Department Minister: “Yes, sir!”

Chi Yao grabbed Jing Xi’s hand. “What’s the rush? Finish eating first.”

Jing Xi frowned: “Extreme Shadow’s warship has been hijacked!”

Chi Yao chewed on chicken meat, saying indifferently, “I heard.”

Jing Xi said anxiously, “Chun Qin and Iron Bear are both there!”

He had seen Iron Bear’s strength. Although young, he was clever, and with the Shadow Guard there, self-preservation shouldn’t be a big problem. But Chun Qin was delicate and frail; the dog and the child couldn’t protect her very well.

Chi Yao pulled him back to sit on the chair, picked up a chicken leg, and put it in his bowl. “It’s rare for them to come out for fresh air, just let them have fun.”

Jing Xi: “…”

Saying it so lightly.

The Information Department Minister who hadn’t left and Chu Xiao standing aside as a waiter looked at each other.

With Extreme Shadow’s strength, indeed not many people could bully them.

But from an ally’s perspective, it was still worrying.

The Information Department Minister worriedly said, “The dog—Shadow Guard’s injury from last time, don’t know if it’s fully healed. If it gets hurt again—”

Jing Xi frowned: “I’m only worried about Chun Qin.”

Just as he finished speaking, he heard Chi Yao chuckle.

“Worried about Chun Qin?”

Seeing him look like he heard a joke, Jing Xi was puzzled: “You already made arrangements?”

Chi Yao finished his second bowl of rice, put down his chopsticks, and said slowly, “Do you know who taught me my marksmanship?”

Jing Xi was stunned.

With this way of asking, could it be that—

Chi Yao’s terminal rang, and he swiped it open casually.

The enlarged window showed a metal corridor on a warship. Chun Qin’s slender, scallion-white hand held a gun. The hem of her lace long dress was stained with blood, but apart from that, there wasn’t a hint of disarray.

Her usually gentle eyes were slightly cold. Noticing Jing Xi in her peripheral vision, she returned to her usual warmth in the blink of an eye.

“Controlled them all. Bring them in or take them back?”

Chi Yao: “Bring them in.”

In less time than it took to eat a meal, she had dealt with a warship full of Ghost’s people.

Jing Xi’s brow twitched.

Still underestimated Extreme Shadow’s women.

Suddenly remembered Chi Yao saying he escaped with Chun Qin, and later encountered Lin Chengde’s spaceship.

He always thought Chun Qin was the one saved by Chi Yao.

Li Yuan, Iron Bear, and the others were usually so afraid of Chun Qin; maybe not just because she was a woman.

I’m afraid she is Extreme Shadow’s true second-in-command.

“Chun Qin, are we there yet? I’m hungry.”

Iron Bear’s voice came from the virtual screen.

Chun Qin had her back to him, holstering the gun into a leg strap and covering it with her long skirt.

“Are they tied up?”

“All tied up! I supervised it personally!” Iron Bear said, looking toward the virtual screen, eyes widening instantly as he rushed over. “Boss is hiding alone eating delicious food, so sneaky!”

Hearing about food, the Shadow Guard immediately flashed into view, howling non-stop at the screen.

Jing Xi: “…”

Chi Yao: “…”

The onlooking Information Minister: “…”

Although he didn’t know what happened, a sentence inexplicably flashed through his mind—You can always trust Extreme Shadow.

Not a single one is easy to deal with!

“Tell your people to strengthen surveillance. Ghost definitely doesn’t just have this many people.”

Chi Yao hung up the video call abruptly and said to Jing Xi, “I have a premonition they will make a big move.”

The election was over. The people behind Ghost wouldn’t be content with being passively beaten; they would definitely counterattack.

The longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it was for them.

Jing Xi nodded and looked at the Information Department Minister: “Strictly monitor all areas inside and outside the airspace. If any abnormality is found on the battlefield, report to me immediately, no matter the time.”

Information Minister: “Yes, sir!”

Jing Xi looked at Chu Xiao: “Trouble you to notify the kitchen to prepare more food. Prepare more meat and marrow bones.”

Chu Xiao: “I understand!”

Chi Yao was helpless: “You spoil them too much.”

Jing Xi chuckled: “They are all your people. If I don’t spoil them, who should I spoil?”

“What ‘my people’?” Chi Yao leaned over to kiss him. “Spoiling me alone is enough.”

Before the kiss landed, he was pushed away by Jing Xi.

Jing Xi picked up his bowl and chopsticks again to eat: “You didn’t wipe your mouth after eating.”

Chi Yao: “…”

This person loves him, right?