Admittedly, what the survivors were discussing amongst themselves was of interest to , but I had no intention of approaching them at this point.
The entire warehouse itself was surprisingly dry, not at all humid as you would expect from a dockside property.
Seeing as it was dinner ti, the girls and I picked a quiet spot where we could gather before dismounting from our exosuits.
Having just stepped out of the cockpit, I began rummaging through my inventory for food, but I was quickly tackled aside by a frightened Qiaoqiao who had just dismounted her own exosuit.
Big brother that was so scary She wept, and given how much had been piling on her till now, she probably wasnt going to stop anyti soon. At the end of the day, she was just an eleven year old kid; the fact that she held on so long was comndable in itself.
But being the good girl that she was, she did not cry for long.
With Qiaoqiao placated, I took out a large tablecloth and neatly laid it out on the ground. I gently lowered Qiaoqiao down onto the cloth first, then began laying out the food, at which point the girls took their seats without asking.
We were all seated close to each other, proximity borne out of a palpable sense of insecurity in each of the girls, the difference being that Lixiang and Bitong were a lot better at hiding their fears. While the exosuits were designed to be easy to control, extended periods piloting them would still wear a person down, especially in stressful situations like battles. And once the tension of battle had well and truly passed, all that stressed and pent-up emotion ca flooding back in.
Although This close proximity afforded a first-row seat to the slightly sweet, slightly warm slling fragrance wafting off the girls Ahhh there wasnt a sweaty quality to this sll eitherbut it had to be stressed that this wasnt being creepy Absolutely, no.
By now, Qiaoqiao had mostly recovered while seated in my embrace. In fact, she was starting to lean in, eyes half-closed, and little face rubbing slowly against my shoulder like a kitten.
Big brother slls so good
Hearing that, Lixiang leapt on and began sniffing like a bloodhound.
Finally, after a long, drawn-out sniff, she calmly stated in the most matter-of-fact tone ever, His Highness is an exalted Fallen Angel, its only to be expected that his body exudes only the most subli of fragrances!
What do you an subli? Can you not describe my body in such a creepy fashion! And Im a guy -what do you an fragrance?!
Ke has always had a strange fragrance to him, ever since Ive known him as a child. Without vigorous exercise, you cant even sll it. Bitong proceeded to nonchalantly pull Qiaoqiao off . All right. Stop troubling your big brother, its ti for dinner.
But Qiaoqiao wants a hug Qiaoqiao vehently resisted Bitongs hands, clamping down on even harder. Qiaoqiao wants to eat with big brother!
At that point, an invisible vein seed to pop in Bitongs head. Her lips cracked into a sinister grin, Qiaoqiao Do you want your big sister to hang you by your feet and beat you up?
I imdiately recoiled backwards reflexively when I saw that black grin on her face, pushing away Qiaoqiao without a second thought. Thats right. Qiaoqiao, be good, dont make your big sister angry.
Hmph. Qiaoqiao isnt afraid. Qiaoqiao muttered under her breath, but sulked away in the end.
Maybe you arent scared of her, but I am you havent seen Black Bitong yet -you dont want to go anywhere near that
Now that Qiaoqiao was out of the way, our al began in earnest.
Originally, this tablecloth was ant to be used for a picnic, but ever since our hotspring visit, we never had a chance to go on a picnic, what with all the zombie nonsense going on
Dinner itself consisted of simple fare -bread and whatever snacks and condints we picked up from the inn. While munching, we started discussing what our future plans were. More importantly, how to tackle those ghosts.
Lixiang took the lead in declaring confidently, Those ghosts are employing a psychic attack that targets the soul directly.
Targets the soul? I asked in disbelief, but the mont I did so, I realised how logical that conclusion was.
An accomplished writer of her own fictional life, Lixiang firmly stated in an ironically shaking voice, Your Highness, that has to be a soul attack!
Just the fact that those ghosts were able to pass through solid matter alone was proof that conventional logic did not work on them. The idea of a soul attack wasnt that far-fetched. At the sa ti, that ant those deactivated exosuits were a result of the ghosts directly assaulting the pilots within.
However, all that talk about ghosts employing an intangible form of attack had yet to be proven. After all, they could have easily used so sort of physical attack after passing through the exosuit. Without inspecting one of their victims, there was no way to prove these theories.
The soul was still an unexplored realm on Gaia. To begin with, the entire atmosphere of this world was filled with spiritual energy. These invisible energy particles were the antithesis of anything soul-like. That was how Gaia remained ghost-free till now.
Because of that, no one knew how to deal with ghosts, not even the military who suffered imnsely as a result.
All that begged the question: what are ghosts doing in Southern Plains? Was it because of that strange green fog, or perhaps sothing else?
Thats because the laws of the world have been warped around the vicinity of Southern Plains. As if on cue, the system suddenly chid in with an explanation. Rather, the laws of the world have begun warping with Southern Plains as its centerpoint.
The laws of the world have begun warping?
Valued host, your ever-helpful system has sothing to clarify at this point. The laws of the world do not just refer to the laws on Gaia, but rather the laws of the entire galaxy. Gaia is rely one of the many life-bearing planets in this galaxy. This planet forms just a tiny portion of the galaxy, but even such a tiny portion can effect change. In a lot of ways, the laws of the world can be likened to the laws of Heaven -dont the humans of this planet always use that term? Thats basically it
So the laws of the galaxy, then? But what do you an warped? And laws of Heaven I thought this was a scientific world we lived in. Have I been living in a different world all this while? Am I the one thats delusional?!
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