Honkai Impact 3: Saving the former civilization by rubbing the black technology

Before Qianjie spoke, Ai Yue had many assumptions about his needs.

For example, asking for an increase in the college's funding, expanding the college's scale, or just something small like installing new equipment in the kitchen.

But he really didn't expect Qianjie to say such a thing.

Aponiya wanted to say something, but finally controlled herself. She glanced at Ai Yue, then waited quietly by the side.

As the first person to take in Qianjie, Aponiya actually knew very well that he had always had an extremely strong tendency to self-destruct. She didn't know what kind of experiences Qianjie had experienced before Dusk Street, but judging from the situation when she first found him, it was probably not a good thing.

Of course, Aponya wanted to save Qianjie from this extreme emotion, but she couldn't find out the root cause of the other party's knot, so she didn't know where to start. The person who really saved Qianjie was actually Ai Yue.

Although he came into contact with Qianjie much later than Aponiya, Ai Yue seemed to understand Qianjie very well. With his help, Qianjie has almost walked out of the shadow of the past. Although he still refuses to take off the mask and still speaks harshly to Aponiya, at least when facing other people, he can achieve basic normal communication, which was unimaginable before.

Therefore, it seems that there is no room for me to intervene in the matter between the two of them.

“Why do you have such an idea?”

After a moment of silence, Ai Yue finally spoke, "I thought you were very satisfied with your life here."

“It’s nice here.”

When he said this, Qianjie's eyes couldn't help but soften a little, "It's really good, I like it very much."

"Then why leave?"

Ai Yue simply put down his chopsticks and said, "If you think the cafeteria is too tiring, I can also arrange for you to work in the logistics department."

"No, on the contrary, the work in the cafeteria is too easy."

Qianjie shook his head, "Besides, this is not the key."

"The point is, I'm not actually needed here."

Hearing this, Ai Yue remembered that Qianjie had said something similar before Chaoyang College was officially established.

It's not that he is needed here, but that he needs this place.

"That's not so bad, right?"

After figuring this out, Ai Yue also roughly understood Qianjie's meaning, "We don't really need you here."

"No, you do."

Qianjie said decisively, "Some time ago, a very strong guy came to the academy."

Ai Yue was stunned for a moment, then realized that Qianjie was probably talking about Hen.

The training school for new fusion warriors is actually located on the Chaoyang College side, but the two sides do not interfere with each other on weekdays, so ordinary students and employees are not aware of what is happening on the other side.

But since Qianjie used the word "quite strong" to describe Hen, either he had sensed the other person's strength, or the two had already fought.

"I heard from him that you are short of staff now, right?"

Qianjie saw that Ai Yue didn't say anything, "If that's the case, then it's obvious that the Fire Moth needs me more."

Ai Yue wanted to say something, but he noticed that Aponya gave him a look, which meant to stop him from continuing to persuade Qianjie.

"Okay, I'll consider your application."

So Ai Yue changed his words and said, "If you don't change your mind in a month, I will come to pick you up in person."

"Thank you."

Qianjie nodded and repeated, "Thank you."

These two identical sentences seemed to contain different emotions, but before Ai Yue had time to think about it, Qianjie left the box early.

"I thought you would persuade him to stay."

Only then did Ai Yue look at Aponya, "Why are you stopping me?"

"I didn't want to get involved, but you don't seem to understand Qianjie's feelings."

Aponya said, "He wants to repay you."

"I can see that he doesn't actually want to leave here, but he made this choice for other reasons."

Ai Yue shook his head, "But actually, I don't need him to repay me."

"That's why I said you don't understand Qianjie's feelings."

Aponya looked into his eyes and asked, "Just because the rescuer doesn't ask for anything in return, does that mean the people he rescues can enjoy all this with peace of mind?"

Ai Yue was stunned for a moment.

“Repaying a favor is only natural.”

Aponya said, "I know you don't need anything in return, and we may not be able to really help you, but if we don't repay the favor, how can we find peace in our hearts?"

Ai Yue was silent for a moment, and finally sighed: "I was negligent."

Perhaps it was because he had been too alone recently that Ai Yue's ability to understand other people's feelings had become dull.

Repaying a favor is not only an explanation to others, but also an explanation to yourself.

He has always wanted the people around him to live the life they like, but hasn't he also ignored their own ideas?

At the same time, Ai Yue also remembered more things.

Qianjie once said that he still had a score to settle with Honkai. Apparently, his anger did not subside just because the children were saved, but instead grew more intense because of the ravages of Honkai.

If he can't completely defeat Honkai, he probably won't be able to rest easy.

"You just understand."

Aponia also smiled. "Although Qianjie is not good at speaking, he is very perceptive. If you really refuse to let him return to the Poison Pupa, I am worried that he might choose to leave without saying goodbye and fight the Honkai in his own way."

"It's certainly possible."

Thinking of Qianjie's character in the original plot, Ai Yue couldn't help but nodded, "Thank you for reminding me."

Aponya smiled and shook her head: "It's only natural. I am your nun."

"Don't say that."

Ai Yue scratched his head. "Belonging to me or something like that? That sounds pretty weird."

"is it?"

Aponia's smile turned a little subtle. "But that's not what you said last night."

"No, no way! Don't talk nonsense!"

Ai Yue quickly rushed over and covered her mouth, fearing that there were ears on the other side of the wall and these messed up words would spread.

Aponiya looked at Ai Yue, who was a little flustered in front of him, and the smile on his face became more obvious.

From the conversation just now, she could feel that Ai Yue's mentality had gradually become no longer like that of a human being, but was gradually moving towards a certain transcendence. One of the manifestations was that he could no longer empathize with the feelings of others.

It was as if Ai Yue's humanity was gradually fading.

Although no matter what Ai Yue becomes, it will not affect her feelings, but in comparison, she still prefers Ai Yue in front of her like this.

38

Chapter 38: Of course, you have to pet cats at times like this.

"Are you leaving?"

After dinner, Ai Yue and Aponya returned to her office together, where the portal to the Light Star Experimental Base was installed.

Aponiya looked at Ai Yue, obviously still reluctant to let him go.

"Well, I have a lot of things to do, so it's hard to have some free time."

Ai Yue smiled and reached out to lift the hair by Aponya's ear, "But I will probably come here more often in the future."

Aponia was slightly stunned, then smiled softly: "That's great."

Ai Yue also smiled back, then turned and left.

After returning to the Star of Light, his smile gradually faded, and finally he revealed a somewhat serious expression.

Aponya's words were very obscure, but that didn't mean Ai Yue hadn't noticed the changes in himself.

He reflected on it and found that he had always stayed in the laboratory alone during this period, greatly reducing his contact with other people, which led to this situation.

However, despite saying so, I still feel a little reluctant to put down the work at hand. After all, if the Stigma Project can produce results one day earlier, it may greatly improve the overall combat effectiveness of mankind.

It is not easy to find anyone to help with this matter, because the only person who can help him is Mebius, and if she knows that Kevin contains clues to the evolution of all mankind, then Kevin will be in big trouble.

For the sake of all mankind, please make some sacrifices.

Ai Yue scratched his head and planned to call Kevin over to draw another tube of fresh blood.

Looking at it this way, it seems that I haven't let him go either.

Unfortunately, Kevin is currently on a mission outside and cannot get away for the time being.

"Task?"

Ai Yue asked curiously, "Aren't you assigned to the headquarters to protect Dr. Mei? What urgent missions are there that require your help?"

He asked Prometheus to retrieve the global Honkai energy fluctuation distribution map within 48 hours, but he did not find any area with dangerous peak data that required Kevin's intervention.

"It's not an emergency mission. Mei just had to go out, so I just followed her."

Kevin inquired, "It's about the United Nations. There's a meeting that Mei needs to attend, and we don't know how long it will take."

The United Nations is a place where leaders of various countries argue with each other. Even a small meeting will take a long time. If it is a large meeting involving the global situation, it will take several days to resolve the issue.

Kevin took advantage of the break in the meeting to answer Ai Yue's call.

Considering that the United Nations recently disclosed the truth about the disaster to the world and the Fire Moth came to the forefront, although Ai Yue did not directly ask Kevin about the scale of the meeting, he was able to guess the general situation.

"Okay, I get it. Just focus on protecting Dr. Mei."

Thinking of this, Ai Yue didn't say anything more. "There's no rush for the Brahma Project... Since you returned yesterday, have you experienced any abnormalities in your body?"

"No, everything is normal."

Kevin replied, "I felt a little sleepy after I came back yesterday. I don't know if it has anything to do with the surgery."

Of course it matters. With so much blood drawn, even a fusion warrior can't be completely unaffected.

"Well, it's probably just a side effect of the surgery. Let's continue to observe."

Ai Yue awkwardly changed the subject, "By the way, have you discussed the serious matter with Dr. Mei?"

"said……"

Speaking of this, Kevin's voice couldn't help but lowered a lot, "Then I was kicked out to sleep..."

"Look at what you have accomplished!"

Ai Yue said angrily, "How can you be the head of the family if you continue like this? You have to stand up!"

"That's what I say, but..."

Kevin suddenly stopped talking mid-sentence and said, "No more, the meeting has to continue. I'm going to hang up now."

Ai Yue couldn't help but sigh and could only postpone the stigma plan for the time being.

However, this actually gave him more time to think. Coupled with the warning he had just received from Aponia, Ai Yue began to reflect on whether it was because the simultaneous appearance of the Herrscher of Rock and the Herrscher of Domination had made his nerves too tense recently?

Thinking of this, Ai Yue couldn't help but make another call.

"Hey?"

Padovice's voice came from the other end of the phone: "This is Padov's Shop. How can I help you?"

"commissary?"

Ai Yue was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing, "Do you have cat food for sale?"

Padufils' voice seemed to have some kind of magic, which made Ai Yue relax involuntarily.

It was as if we were back to the days when we were basking in the sun on the roof together on Twilight Street.

"Brother Yue?"

Padufils was stunned for a moment, and her tone immediately became a little flustered. "Well, well, I was just joking..."

Obviously, she also knew that, theoretically, such things were not allowed to be done privately within the Fire Moth.

"Why are you so nervous? I'm not here to check on you."