My Endless Life.

Chapter 499 Hongye's New Mission (Happy New Year!!)
Looking through the information about the Great World Game Company and focusing on his gaming experience with Endless World, Li Qi couldn't help but connect this game with the world of his previous life.

If nothing unexpected happens, the carrier of this game is the "doomsday world" that Li Qi experienced in his previous life.

Originally, Li Qi should have looked for clues about his past life as soon as he recalled his memories of his past life.

But due to family reasons and other reasons, Li Qi temporarily forgot about this matter. He only remembered it when he accidentally investigated the relevant game company.

It was not unexpected, but now that he had found clues related to his previous life, Li Qi had to go and take a look.

After all, the world of his previous life is still waiting for him to save it.

But before saving the world, Li Qi needs to deal with the relationships in the academy first.

"Kiri."

As soon as he went out, Li Qi saw Art holding an envelope.

He placed the envelope sent by the academy on the table with a serious expression and asked, "What did you do these few days when you went out? Why did the academy ask you to report to the Security Bureau?"

"Um...it's a long story..."

Li Qi, who had just returned and had started to retreat, suddenly remembered that he had not told Art about his experience on this mission.

Art doesn't know anything yet.

Li Qi felt a headache when he thought about the situation that if he explained the situation, Art would start lecturing him non-stop.

He skipped the topic for the time being, picked up the letter on the table, pulled out the identity card of the Security Bureau prepared by the academy, and fell into deep thought.

The missions of the Security Bureau are also the favorite missions of the students of the Mechanic and Mecha Academy.

You only need to register with the Security Bureau and you will earn credits every month. If you take the initiative to solve major cases during your registration period, you will earn more credits.

Normally, this kind of tasks can only be obtained by students with some background, and ordinary students basically don’t need to consider it.

But now, perhaps with Jetus's help, Li Qi skipped various prerequisites, skipped a month's probation period, and was directly incorporated into the foreign aid team of the security force.

Li Qi could understand Jetus's thoughts.

Compared to an alien planet where dangers might ensue, it would be safer for Li Qi to carry out missions on the Academy Planet, which has extremely strong security.

However, it is not Li Qi's style to draw a salary without doing any work. The most important thing is that the credits earned without doing any work can only be exchanged for resources that can barely support Li Qi until he reaches the fifth level.

If Li Qi wants to have enough materials to build his own mechanical army directly at the fifth level, he must earn enough credits before the fifth level.

"But it's not impossible to go to the security team first. After all, it's free credits..."

Putting away the ID card, Li Qi prepared to report to the garrison first, and then consider taking other tasks.

Anyway, the academy only asked him to join the garrison, but did not require him to carry out the mission.

Li Qi thought so and stood up to leave.

But just as he stood up, he was stopped by Art.

"Kiri... No, Your Highness, please tell me what happened during this mission."

Art bowed his head in front of Li Qi and called out the long-lost "Your Highness".

Although Li Qi concealed a lot of things, as a result, Art now knows nothing and can't do anything except doing housework at home or going out to work.

But this doesn't mean that Art is a fool.

Li Qi was personally sent back by the garrison yesterday, and the next day the academy sent him the security team's identity card. The faint smell of potion that Art smelled on Li Qi also proved that Li Qi's mission this time might not be an easy one.

Perhaps it is also related to the federal garrison corps.

Art is Li Qi's exclusive knight. Even if Li Qi doesn't need his protection now, Art can't protect Li Qi personally. He at least has to find out the whole story.

This is his responsibility.

"It's not a big deal. It's just that something unexpected happened during the mission, that's all."

Seeing Art's insistence, Li Qi could only briefly describe the mission process, and then said:

"You don't have to worry about me. I told you when I came to the Academy Star that we are now in the Federation, not the Empire. The exclusive knight system won't work here. You just need to be yourself."

"But……!"

Before Art could say anything else, Li Qi interrupted him:
"Besides, I am a student at the academy now. It is normal for me to go out on missions. It is also normal for me to get injured during missions due to my lack of strength."

Li Qi paused here, took a deep breath, and said to Art seriously:
"And the most important thing is that I can't let you protect me forever, because I need to become stronger, and if I am always in a state of being protected by others, I will never become stronger."

After Li Qi finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Art raised his head and looked at Li Qi. He opened and closed his mouth twice, lowered his voice, and asked with a slight tremor:

"So, Your Highness, are you saying that... you... don't need me anymore?"

"I didn't say I don't need you. I just hope you can live for yourself now and stop being obsessed with protecting me."

Li Qi patted Art on the shoulder and walked past him to leave the room.

Only Art was left.

Li Qi knew how much Art cared about him. For Art, Li Qi, who personally chose him to be his exclusive knight, was his only goal in life.

Apart from Li Qi, Art could not find the meaning of his own survival.

But that was in the past. Now Li Qi is no longer the innocent child he once was, and Art does not need to really sacrifice his life for Li Qi.

They have come to the Federation, and Art should live for himself, which is also Li Qi's idea.

I just don’t know if Art can think clearly.

Li Qi sighed in his heart, walked out of the dormitory and prepared to report to the Security Bureau. However, just as he walked downstairs, he ran into Shen Cong who came to see him with Milia.

"Kiri-san!"

Shen Cong seemed to have been waiting outside for a long time. When she saw Li Qi coming out, she trotted over to Li Qi and said quickly:
"I've already talked to Milia! The reason she rushed out during the last mining mission was because of the smart chip in her mind! That smart chip was connected to the mechanical beast for some reason, so she couldn't control herself!"

Without waiting for Milia to speak, or for Li Qi to ask, Shen Cong blurted out the reason why Milia rushed out last time.

Li Qi's expression remained unchanged. He turned to look at Milia, who also showed no emotion, and then asked:
"So? What does it have to do with me?"

"Um... I... I mean, there is a reason why Milia did this. Didn't you say that if I tell you the reason, you can make Milia... stay..."

Shen Cong explained, but his voice became smaller and smaller until it was barely audible.

Because she noticed Li Qi's expression.

It was a calmness without any emotion or superfluous feeling, and she did not see any change of heart in Li Qi's expression.

Li Qi didn't say anything, Shen Cong couldn't say anything either, and Milia stood aside with her head down, not saying a word. Everyone fell silent, and the only sound around was the hustle and bustle of the city.

After staring at Shen Cong for a while, Li Qi slowly said:

"I've already given her a chance to explain herself before."

"But...but disbanding the team will leave a stain on the file..."

Shen Cong spoke in a hesitant voice.

Li Qi was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Milia, looked at her quietly for a few seconds, and suddenly said:

"I have something else to do later, so I'll only give you five minutes to explain the situation."

As Li Qi finished speaking, Shen Cong's expression brightened, and irregular light flashed in Milia's bionic eyes.

……

Outside the Academy Galaxy, on another administrative planet five light years away.

Hongye walked in the central city of the planet, looking for someone to connect with.

Since separating from Li Qi, Hongye has remained in the Federation.

It’s not that Hongye doesn’t want to return to the empire. After all, she is also an imperial noble. Unless the Renaissance Society has a mission for her, she can live a good life after returning. There is no need for her to stay in the Federation.

But after contacting her superiors, she was ordered to stay in the federation and wait for orders.

Then she waited for two months, and her superiors asked her to come to this planet to contact someone, saying that they would arrange a new identity for her to carry out the mission.

Of course, Hongye also has the right to refuse. After all, the person who assigned her the task was also clear about her identity and knew that Hongye was not an ordinary person, but a noble with a title.

So even if Hongye really doesn't want to carry out the mission, it doesn't matter. At most, she will not be able to enter the core of the Renaissance Society in the future.

Of course Hongye was unwilling to do this.

She joined the Renaissance Society in order to overthrow the corrupt empire and enable more ordinary people to live a good life. How could she retreat just because of a little setback?
If that were the case, Hongye would not have joined the Renaissance Society in the first place. Wouldn't it be better for her to be a young lady on her own planet!
Therefore, Hongye took on the task without hesitation and came here.

But now there is another problem before her.

She had been here for a whole day, but still hadn't received any message from her colleagues.

Did he forget about her? Or was it that the superior who gave him the task was testing him?
Hongye couldn't figure it out, but until her superiors gave her new instructions, she could only wander around the city.

They kept walking like this until late at night, and when the lights around them were brightly lit, a certain specific signal came from Hongye's chip.

Hongye, who was originally drowsy, suddenly became alert. He followed the signal and wandered around the city for a long time before he found the person he was supposed to meet at the door of a restaurant.

A young woman wearing a warrior robe and with a bun on her head.

Comparing the signals in his mind, Hongye hesitated for a while and sat down opposite the young woman.

The woman didn't even raise her head. She casually picked up the teacup and poured herself some tea. She flipped through a paper book beside her and said to Hongye as if to say hello:

"coming?"

"Uh... here it comes."

This greeting, like that of an acquaintance, startled Hongye, but she reacted quickly and spoke to the woman as if she were an acquaintance.

The woman nodded, then took out an iron token from her arms, placed it on the table and handed it to Hongye.

"Take this token and report to the martial arts gym across the street."

"Martial arts school...?"

"Yes." The woman nodded and said, "From today on, you are a member of our Wumeng."

Hongye: "???"

Hearing the woman's words, Hongye was full of questions.

(End of this chapter)