Chapter 145

Chapter 145

Gu Xi brought Xu Sining back to his own tent.

This was Xu Sining’s first time seeing a military camp.

The khaki-colored tents melded into the Gobi Desert.

Tents stood in neat rows.

Inside, Xu Sining was placed on a narrow cot—barely a meter wide.

Gu Xi knocked on the turtle shell on his backpack.

“You seriously brought this along? Isn’t it heavy?”

Xu Sining took off the bag and set it aside.

“Not at all. I wanted him to see the world.”

Gu Xi poured him a glass of water.

“Feeling okay?”

Xu Sining chugged the water and let out a big breath.

“No. How’d you know I was coming? Did they… notice me?”

“You think? You think sneaking onto a warship is that easy?”

Xu Sining thought about it and figured something was up.

If someone as weak as me could board a warship so easily, then enemies could too.

“Wait… they knew I was here and didn’t throw me out?”

Gu Xi: “Right.”

“Why?”

“Because the marshal knew you missed me.” Gu Xi messed up his hair. “I’ll be right back. Stay here and rest—don’t stay put.”

“Got it.” Xu Sining nodded.

As Gu Xi turned to leave, Xu Sining grabbed his sleeve. “Is there Wi-Fi here?”

Gu Xi: “Yes, but no pics, vids, or posts—not even texting about it.”

Xu Sining nodded solemnly and snapped a salute. “Understood!”

Gu Xi chuckled and left.

Xu Sining lay on the cot to rest and fished out his phone and powered it up.

He had to apologize to Gu Jie and He Lianxin and tell them he was okay.

He’d expected his parents to chew him out, but they didn’t.

Once they knew he had safely reached Gu Xi, they just worried over him, telling him to behave and stay put.

Xu Sining felt unburdened and fell asleep as soon as he lay down.

Liu Fengyue entered with a thermal lunch box, just about to greet him when he saw Xu Sining sleeping on the bed.

One of his legs was still hanging off the side of the bed.

Liu Fengyue walked in quietly, placing the lunch box on the table beside the bed.

He moved the bag on the bed to the corner.

He glanced at the turtle with its mixed-color shell.

Gripping Xu Sining's ankle that dangled off the bed, he helped him take off his shoes and placed them neatly on the bed.

He pulled the blanket over him.

Worried about waking him up.

But Xu Sining slept soundly.

Liu Fengyue looked at Xu Sining, his usually distant eyes, veiled in a cold mist, now showed a touch of warmth.

But he only glanced a few times before turning to leave.

Outside, he lowered the curtains on both sides of the tent.

The wind and sand were fierce outside, and the soldiers all looked grimy and dusty.

In the wilderness, there were no conditions for daily baths.

After being around each other's smells for a long time, everyone gradually got used to the smell.

Xu Sining used to take a shower every day.

So, while sleeping in this sweaty bedding, he dreamed of being thrown into a trash heap, couldn't climb out no matter what.

In the end, it was the turtle that bit onto his head and pulled him out of the garbage pile.

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The current war situation with Ido is a ceasefire negotiation.

The defense system of the Ido Empire is just as strong as that of the Moti Empire.

After bombing each other for several days, it became a contest of who had more ammunition and whose defense system wouldn't fail.

The Grand Preceptor of the Ido Empire is very mysterious. Over the years of diplomatic exchanges between the two nations, the name of the Grand Preceptor has been heard by high-ranking leaders of the Moti Empire, but no one has ever seen him.

Once, someone tried to see the face beneath his mask, but before they could even get close, they coughed up blood.

And this person was an SS Level spiritual practitioner.

The opponent’s strength remains a mystery.

Moreover, there seems to be a mysterious force surrounding the Grand Preceptor. The Moti Empire has sent many spies, but none could uncover what this mysterious force is.