Interstellar boss, she doesn't talk about martial arts

Chapter 1788 Human Nature (Two-part long chapter combined)

Xia Chujian pursed her lips.

She knew that the entire family of this humanoid boy, Qingcheng, had been sacrificed.

She originally had another cousin, but she just received news that her cousin Qingning from Qingcheng had also sacrificed her life.

He is now an orphan.

On Guiyuan Star, there were no more worries.

It would be better for him if Hu Shantu could take him away.

Xia Chujian said calmly, "That's great. Would you like to go through the formalities and officially adopt him?"

"He's still underage."

Hu Shantu waved his hand dismissively: "No need for that. I'll just make a will."

Xia Chujian: "..."

Hearing the first sentence, she thought Hu Shantu was making excuses.

Upon hearing the second sentence, I realized that he had already thought it through.

Making a will is better than simply adopting.

Adopted children are not necessarily entitled to inherit their adoptive parents' estate.

Because if the other party has a will, it takes precedence over adoption.

But if the other party directly makes a will, leaving all their property to Qingcheng, then what's the difference between that and being adopted?
Xia Chujian nodded: "Alright, it's his good fortune to have this opportunity."

As she spoke, she was about to hang up the phone.

Because the main purpose of her call was to make sure the child was safe.

Now that she knows Hu Shantu meant no harm and even gave the child a great opportunity, she feels relieved.

However, just before she hung up, she suddenly remembered something and subconsciously asked, "Mr. Hu, why did you suddenly come to Guiyuan Star?"

"You were...on Beichen Star before, weren't you?"

How did you get here?

Hu Shantu sighed and mumbled, "Don't mention it!"

"On a whim, I consulted a fortune teller. The result revealed that Yu Shen's life is in danger this time!"

Xia Chujian's heart sank; an ominous premonition, like a shadow, loomed over her.

But the next second, she came to her senses and, thinking of Hu Shantu's "divination" record, couldn't help but sneer: "Um, Mr. Hu, how accurate are your fortune telling predictions?"

Hu Shantu said awkwardly, "...It works sometimes and sometimes, but what if it does?"

"I'm just reminding Yu Shen that it's better to believe it exists than to believe it doesn't."

Upon hearing this, Xia Chujian fell silent again.

For the first time, she felt that Hu Shantu's words made some sense.

Xia Chujian was silent for a while, then ended the video call with Hu Shantu. She then saw the video call invitation sent by Huo Yushen and had been waiting for a while.

She pressed the call button.

Huo Yushen's incomparably handsome appearance appeared on the virtual display screen.

When he's not speaking, his whole demeanor is cold.

Especially his gaze; even though you know he meant no harm, his extremely cold eyes made it seem like he wouldn't be able to end things without killing one or two people.

Xia Chujian's heart skipped a beat.

She subtly shifted her gaze and asked, "What's going on over there?"

Huo Yushen then relayed to Xia Chujian what he had just said to Hu Shantu.

Although Xia Chujian had spoken to Hu Shantu earlier, Hu Shantu hadn't mentioned the Qingqiu Fox Clan, nor had he explained how the humanoid boy Qingcheng had become a nine-tailed fox...

Now, everything is clear.

Then, Xia Chujian thought of the divination result that Hu Shantu had mentioned.

She swallowed hard and said casually, "Huo Yushen, I need to handle some emergencies in the West District. You will temporarily take over my command position."

"Without my order, you are not allowed to leave the highest military command post in the South District, do you hear me?"

Huo Yushen hesitated for a moment, then subconsciously thought of Hu Shantu's divination.

He remained calm and said, "Yes, Lieutenant General Xia."

For some reason, although Xia Chujian's expression didn't change, Huo Yushen suddenly realized that she seemed... to care about him?
Could it be that she also knew about Hu Shantu's prophecy?

Although Huo Yushen was extremely curious, his expression remained unchanged.

He quickly sent a message to Hu Shantu after ending his call with Xia Chujian.

[Huo Yushen]: General Xia contacted you? Did you tell her about the divination?

Hu Shantu received the message without any warning and replied immediately.

[Hu Shantu]: Yes, what's wrong? Can't we tell her?

Huo Yushen pursed his lips, trying hard to suppress his lip movements, but it was really difficult...

He sat at his desk, looking slightly dazed.

After a while, I took a deep breath and told myself not to overthink it.

Xia Chujian's actions may have stemmed from concern for his comrade-in-arms.

After all, anyone who hears Hu Shantu's words would rather believe them than not, right?
It's only human nature, it's only human nature!

……

Xia Chujian ended her video call with Huo Yushen and looked up at the core area of ​​the luxurious villa in front of her.

On the surface, this Xicheng District is no different from before.

However, if you turn on the mech's detection radar data feedback, you will find that the entire city is enveloped by a bowl-shaped layer of atmosphere.

That's the bionic defense system in Xicheng District; it's quite robust.

At least the Zerg that came from the south were all crashing around outside, but they just couldn't get in!
The insectoids that previously wreaked havoc in the West District did not come from outside, but rather emerged from within.

Therefore, within the Xicheng District, there was a faint, dark purple mist flowing in the air.

Dark purple is a unique color of the new Zerg gene fragments.

Of course, this dark purple color was not visible to the naked eye; she saw it using the mecha's detection system.

This indicates that the Zerg's genes are still very sparse in the air.

Xia Chujian then looked towards the outskirts of the western district, at the areas not covered by the bionic defense system.

There are still swarms of Zerg there, attacking.

She said to the humanoid soldier captain, Mist, whom she had brought with her, "First, kill those Zerg outside."

"Don't go out. Stay inside the defense system and use those plasma cannons over there to blast them!"

"Don't worry about using too much ammunition!"

"My order is: plenty of ammunition!"

"Beat me to death!"

Wu Hang: "...".

Fang Chengliang: "...".

They had never felt this kind of domineering aura from male officers!
Xia Chujian gave a brief explanation and then drove her Xuan Nu Qingyao Titanium Mecha to the core area of ​​the luxury villa district in the West District.

Because that was the central area of ​​the previous Zerg advance, and others who went in never came out again. Therefore, Wu Hang and Fang Chengliang forbade their Star Marines and humanoid soldiers from entering that area.

Wu Hang even surrounded that area, treating it as a restricted zone.

Only early summer is available to visit.

Because she is the highest-ranking commander here.

She didn't invite anyone else to go with her.

She felt that if there was really great terror there, she could escape faster by going alone, without having to take on the lives of others.

She remained invisible and quickly passed the restricted area markers set up by Wu Hang, entering the area that was already shrouded in dark purple mist.

After she went inside, she said to Qilu from inside the fully enclosed helmet, "Qilu, the Zerg gene fragments here are very concentrated, aren't they?"

Qi Lu, with a slightly hoarse voice, said, "Master! The Zerg gene fragments here are indeed very concentrated, but Master doesn't need to worry!"

"Based on the concentration and the amount in stock, Ah Chou can handle this place on his own."

Xia Chujian felt relieved and quickened her pace, arriving at the heart of the luxury villa district, which was the largest villa area.

It was a villa that looked like a medieval castle, as big as a school.

The gray-white stone exterior walls are covered with dark green ivy.

However, the Virginia creeper is now wilting, and the edges of its leaves have started to turn purple.

Xia Chujian instructed Qi Lu to activate the energy detection.

If the Zerg originated from here, then there must be an unusual energy field here that allowed them to break through the spatial barrier.

The fact that the Zerg could appear inside Guiyuan Star without anyone noticing, rather than tearing through the spatial barrier from outer space, suggests that they must have other means of transportation.

Xia Chujian thought things through deeply and was not bound by her past experiences.

She piloted the mecha and quickly flew into the interior of the castle-like villa.

As soon as she entered, she saw a figure flash past her.

That person was exceptionally tall, at least two meters.

Wearing a very familiar cloak, purple-orange with fine silver trim, she looked noble and dignified, as if an emperor had descended.

It has a similar design to the cloak that Xia Chujian once seized from Haidagon.

She wore a purple-brown cloak with fine gold trim and a hood, just like the figure that had flashed by earlier.

Xia Chujian's eyes flickered slightly.

That's a Hydragon too?!

Is it Haidagon, who once came to the Northern Star Empire from Morizawa Star?!

They are able to maintain their human form until the age of thirty-five.

Furthermore, when Tantai Zijun was still Qiu Zijun, she once went to Morizawa Star to pick up a Haidagon boy...

Xia Chujian thought about many things in a short while, but she didn't stop and chased after them.

The castle has many houses, and it seems that there are corridors, bends and staircases everywhere.

Using the mecha's excellent radar thermal detection capabilities, she firmly locked onto the corner of the cloak that kept flashing before her eyes.

Before she knew it, she had caught up to the highest attic of the villa castle.

The man stopped running and just stood in the small attic, as if searching for something.

Xia Chujian was invisible, so she didn't think much of it and walked straight in through the open wooden door.

As a result, her invisibility was canceled as soon as she entered.

Because in front of her, the small attic that had seemed empty just moments before suddenly appeared with colorful spider silk-like things, filling the small attic completely, as if a spider cave had reappeared in the world.

The person who was looking around suddenly turned around and looked in the direction where Xia Chujian was standing.

He blurted out, "...Xia Chujian?!"

His voice was strange, like he had a kazoo in his throat. When he spoke, his voice sounded like noise and was very unpleasant.

Xia Chujian was somewhat surprised.

She's wearing a full suit of mecha armor, plus a fully enclosed helmet!

They didn't even show their face.

How did this person figure it out so quickly?
However, she didn't show it or say anything. Her mechanical arm quickly rose, and she switched to a plasma sniper rifle.

The man was also caught off guard; Xia Chujian came up and was about to fire without saying a word!
He raised his cloak with his left hand to shield himself, and then drew a semicircle behind his back with his other hand.

He was holding something in his right hand that seemed capable of cutting through air or space.

Because behind him, a small spatial black hole appeared instantly, filled with billowing clouds and mist, as if it were another world.

Xia Chujian acted decisively and pulled the trigger.

A colorless plasma energy beam shot out rapidly from the 1.5-meter-long barrel!

The person wearing the purple-orange cloak stretched out their left hand, pointing towards Xia Chujian.

Xia Chujian clearly saw that there was a dark purple six-pointed star drawn on the palm of his left hand!
A continuous stream of mist seeped out from the six-pointed star in his palm.

The space in front of you becomes gelatinous and heavy, as if even time has slowed down here.

Just then, Xia Chujian noticed that the energy beam fired from her plasma sniper rifle had also slowed down!

She could only watch helplessly as her energy beam vanished into the spatial black hole behind him before it could strike the cloaked man!

Xia Chujian sneered: "...So it's a miniature wormhole opener? Ha, what are you pretending to be, what kind of tricks are you playing!"

After that person disappeared, the viscous, gelatinous state of the space gradually eased.

The miniature wormhole remained open, as if tempting her to follow it in, to follow it in, to follow it in…

Xia Chujian glanced at it, but of course didn't go in.

The spiritual energy left behind by that person had absolutely no effect on her.

She simply raised her gun, aimed it at the still-open micro-wormhole, and squinted.

She was completely unaware, but in her consciousness, the tiny golden dot that had already sprouted petals ejected an even smaller golden particle, which rushed into the still-open micro-wormhole.

In that instant, all the magnetic field energy within the miniature wormhole began to surge and erupt, like a drop of water being poured into a pot of boiling oil, causing it to crackle and pop like firecrackers exploding.

Xia Chujian saw that the energy beams fired by the plasma sniper rifle had all entered the micro wormhole.

On the other side of the miniature wormhole, a roar that seemed to tear apart the galaxy suddenly rang out, like the last struggle of a trapped beast, but to no avail.

Because the powerful spiritual energy that could break through spatial barriers was drawn back by the channels formed by the golden particles shot out from Xia Chujian's consciousness domain.

It nourished that tiny golden sprout in her consciousness.

Soon, the flower bloomed in full, like a giant golden spider lily.

The elegant curves of the filaments bloom in the darkness, captivating and alluring without realizing it, gradually illuminating the boundless realm of consciousness shrouded in darkness.

Centered on that small golden dot, light spread outwards like wisps of flower petals.

As she absorbed more and more spiritual energy, the golden petals in her consciousness extended further and further.

No matter how far it extends, it cannot reach the boundary of Xia Chujian's consciousness.

If someone saw this scene, they would definitely wonder, just how vast is her realm of consciousness?

Xia Chujian didn't know either; she didn't even know that she had a "consciousness domain."

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