The Seventh Base

Chapter 895: Chapter 1: Just Passing By

A jet-black warship travels through the deep space. From a distance, the speed of the warship seems slow. In the boundless universe, even the fastest velocity appears insignificant.

Inside the warship’s rest chamber, soothing music is playing at the moment.

“Brother Mo, interstellar travel seems different from what I imagined. It’s not thrilling at all,” Xiao Qi complained to himself. His hair had grown long since it had been a while since his last haircut.

Since embarking on the interstellar journey, they hadn’t seen a single person for six months. They couldn’t even see the shadow of another warship, only the endless starry sky.

In the beginning, there was some excitement, but as time went on, only boredom remained.

“Not happy?” Xu Mo put his arm around Zero’s slender waist and said to Xiao Qi. Zero blinked, but she was accustomed to it, letting Xu Mo be reckless. Ever since they boarded the Chiyou Battleship and started the interstellar journey, his courage had grown, with mom and Master Qiong absent.

“Brother Mo, be a decent person.” Xiao Qi glanced at Xu Mo holding Zero and cursed irritably.

“Xiao Qi, learn to enjoy the moment,” Xu Mo patiently said. “Look at me; I’m happy every day.”

As he spoke, Xu Mo pulled Zero onto his lap.

Xiao Qi took his wine glass and left, muttering about the despicable couple!

“Why did he leave?” Xu Mo muttered, glancing at the deep space outside. Long ago, when he had read the memory crystal of the Chiyou Battleship, he knew interstellar travel was an extremely tedious thing. The universe was too vast; the long interstellar journey was enough to cause mental stress.

Nevertheless, the reason they hadn’t seen a human planet yet was that the Star System Alliance’s location was relatively remote, which was both bad and good. If it weren’t for its remote position, the civilization wouldn’t be so backward, but similarly, if it weren’t remote, it wouldn’t be as peaceful.

“Comfortable?” Zero, sitting on Xu Mo’s lap, looked at him and asked.

“Comfortable.” Xu Mo seriously nodded, close to her perfect face, commenting on the elasticity.

Zero glared at him and said, “I’m going to cultivate.”

She then left, and Xu Mo looked at Zero’s back, thinking to himself that with Master Qiong gone, it was just a matter of time before things would become permanent.

At this time, Ye Qingdie walked over with a smile and sat down opposite Xu Mo.

“Sister Butterfly, let’s go to the rest chamber to chat.” Xu Mo suggested to Ye Qingdie.

Ye Qingdie kicked Xu Mo under the table. This rascal was gutsy indeed.

“Ah…” Xu Mo sighed deeply. It had been six months, and he wasn’t happy either.

“Where is our destination?” Ye Qingdie asked, having drifted in space for six months, never once asking where they were headed. She and the others quietly followed Xu Mo wherever he went.

“To the former center star domain of the Empire. There is a star map aboard the Chiyou Battleship. Although it’s an old star map, the position of the planets is still accurate,” Xu Mo replied.

“What does the once Silver Star Empire look like now?” Ye Qingdie murmured. It was said that after the Empire’s destruction hundreds of years ago, endless interstellar wars erupted across its domains. What’s the situation now?

“From the memory of the Mandala people, after the Silver Star Empire fell, interstellar wars never ceased. The former Imperial domains have now been divided among various powers, the most powerful ones still ruling most of the domains, continuing their endless conquests,” Xu Mo explained.

“Are we still going?” Ye Qingdie looked at Xu Mo and asked.

“Wars are ultimately in small ranges, and the Imperial center domain holds various civilizations, advanced technology, and top-notch transcendents, even higher-level alien races. For example, I’ve read in the Lucas University Library of an alien civilization praised as the Angel Civilization. This human gene is incredibly perfect, with angel genes giving them extremely high appearance value, both male and female,” Xu Mo asked, “Aren’t you interested?”

“Not interested.” Ye Qingdie shook her head. “So, the key factor is high appearance?”

“??” Xu Mo looked at Ye Qingdie, “Sister Butterfly, do you have some misunderstanding about me?”

“I have no misunderstanding about you.” Ye Qingdie showed a contemptuous look. Perfectly attractive humans? This rascal, certainly not of good intentions.

Isn’t Zero perfect enough already?

“Sister Butterfly, in my eyes, you are perfect.” Xu Mo said.

Ye Qingdie: “……”

Ha!

Zero’s rest chamber.

After cultivating, Zero took a shower, then sat on the bed in her leisure pajamas, holding a memory crystal with her spiritual power infusing it.

“It’s been six months in space, and still nothing has been encountered. It turns out humans are truly insignificant. I wonder where mom and Master Qiong have gone?” Zero sealed the memory in the memory crystal, her spiritual power not ceasing.

“When mom and Master Qiong aren’t around, I’m very happy…”

“Before mom left, she warned me to be careful of Xu Mo, saying he wasn’t a good person, but I think mom was wrong. Xu Mo is very nice, although occasionally not very honest, but most of the time, he is very obedient.”

“Actually, I like being hugged by him too.”

“If only it could always be like this, with mom and Master Qiong never around…”

After saying that, Zero hid the memory crystal. It was a gift from Xu Mo. Though he gave it by mistake, she had long forgiven him.

This memory crystal must be hidden well and never let mom and Master Qiong see it in the future.

Having placed the memory crystal securely, Zero sat on the bed, hugging her knees, gazing at the starry sky outside. Though somewhat dull, the starry sky was indeed very enchanting.

At that moment, the doorbell rang. Zero glanced at the monitor beside her and saw Xu Mo standing outside.

She pressed the button to open the automatic door, Xu Mo walked in, halting momentarily upon seeing Zero sitting on the bed with her arms around her knees.

“What are you here for?” Zero asked, her eyes warily watching him as he closed the door. She had just praised him.

“Zero, I want to count stars with you.” Xu Mo walked forward and said.

Zero’s beautiful eyes turned. Count stars together?

Xu Mo was already sitting on the bed, consciously leaning against Zero, looking outside, “The starry sky is truly beautiful.”

Zero blinked. He’s so natural about it.

Xu Mo reached out, held Zero’s shoulder, and with a gentle movement, let Zero lean against his shoulder, “Zero, do you feel scared sleeping alone?”

“No way…” Zero looked up at him, why feel scared??

“Zero, let me chat with you for a bit.” Xu Mo continued to speak.

“What should we talk about?” Zero asked softly.

“Leaving mom and Master Qiong, wandering the interstellar with me, do you feel lonely?” Xu Mo asked softly. Zero had always been closely monitored, the farthest she’d gone was Lucas Star, but even then under surveillance.

This time, both mom and Master Qiong made a firm decision to let her accompany me on a long journey.

“Seems like, a little bit.” Zero whispered, but she hadn’t thought much about it. Just like the memories she left on the Memory Crystal earlier, without mom and Master Qiong’s supervision, she is quite happy being with Xu Mo.

“Silly.” Xu Mo unknowingly lay down with Zero, hugging Zero’s body as he touched her hair with his right hand.

This made it feel like something was a little off.

Wasn’t it supposed to be a chat for a bit?

How come they lay down without saying much?

Zero’s body became a bit stiff.

“Zero, I’m just purely hugging you.” Xu Mo said softly.

Zero blinked, then gently nodded, relaxed her body, and curled up in Xu Mo’s embrace, feeling warm.

Xu Mo seemed to sense Zero’s attachment and hugged her a bit tighter. He really was just innocently hugging her with no other thoughts.

“You’re poking me.” Zero murmured in Xu Mo’s embrace.

“Uh…” Xu Mo weakly said, “Zero, that’s out of my control, believe me, I’m innocent.”

“Mm.”

Xu Mo miraculously found that he wasn’t beaten this time. Zero quietly closed her eyes, her breathing evened out, and her cool body gradually warmed up.

For a long time, Xu Mo looked down and saw that under those long eyelashes, the beautiful eyes were already closed, sleeping quietly there. Her body curled slightly, with her long beautiful legs bent, as if trying to snuggle entirely into Xu Mo’s embrace.

Xu Mo leaned forward and lightly kissed Zero on the forehead, holding her quietly as both drifted into a deep sleep.

……

Lansiding Star, one of the administrative stars of the republic.

Outside Lansiding Star, a great battle was erupting.

In the main ship, Lan Qing donned a white armor, her gaze fixed on the face of their opponent’s main ship displayed on the screen.

“Lan Qing, surrender. The republic has abandoned Lansiding Star.” Lonco’s menacing face carried a hint of greed. This daughter of the Lansiding Star Governor, heroic and valiant, he was eager to see the view beneath the armor. Soon, all of this would be his.

“Lonco, the republic’s fleet will leave you with no place to bury your dead.” Lan Qing’s voice was icy as she directly ordered to cut off communication.

“General, a giant warship has been detected heading this way.” At this moment, someone spoke up, and a massive black warship appeared on the screen.

“Request connection.” Lan Qing spoke.

“Understood.”

Soon, the connection was made, and a young, handsome face appeared on the screen.

“Your Excellency, this is the fleet of the republic’s administrative star Lansiding Star, currently being invaded by the Dark Organization, requesting assistance.” Although Lan Qing wasn’t clear about the identity of the arriving fleet, at this moment she couldn’t care less, asking for help was the priority.

“Send me the Star Map and overlay all planetary information.” Xu Mo said to Lan Qing.

Although Lan Qing didn’t quite understand Xu Mo’s intention, she nodded nonetheless, “Sending it over.”

Soon, on the Chiyou Battleship, Zhi Zi’s voice came through, “The latest Star Map has been received, Lansiding Star is under the republic’s jurisdiction, it is a republic border administrative star.”

At this moment, another warship requested connection, Lonco’s face appeared on the screen, speaking to Xu Mo: “Your Excellency, which force do you represent?”

“Just passing by.” Xu Mo responded, “Carry on.”

Saying this, the Chiyou Battleship truly turned around and prepared to leave.

Finally encountering a human fleet, he just came to say hi, with no other purpose.

“We’ve been locked on.” Zhi Zi system voice came through, Xu Mo paused, as Lonco spoke, “Since you’ve come, why leave in such a rush.”

“Fire the drill.” As Lonco’s words fell, terrifying beams of light like blue drills, giant cosmic drills attacked the Chiyou Battleship straightaway.

“Boom…” The Chiyou Battleship shook, the shield was barely damaged, as Xu Mo had already observed the opponent’s combat prior and roughly knew the combat level before asking for the Star Map.

“Your Excellency, apologies for the disturbance, you may proceed as you wish.” Lonco’s expression changed slightly, addressing Xu Mo.

“Block the signal.” Xu Mo commanded.

“Blocked.” Zhi Zi system responded.

“Lock on the opponent’s warships, annihilate all.” Xu Mo ordered.

“Understood.” Zhi Zi system responded, and moments later, beams of light were fired from the Chiyou Battleship, Lonco’s expression changed dramatically, attempting to escape, but his warship was similarly pierced and destroyed.

In an instant, the fleet led by Lonco was entirely eradicated.

Lan Qing’s heart pounded fiercely, she looked at Xu Mo and said, “Your Excellency, I am Lan Qing, daughter of the Lansiding Star Governor, I mean no harm.”

She was worried Xu Mo might leave no witnesses.

At this moment, Xu Mo’s eyes flickered, those deep eyes made Lan Qing feel a bit scared.

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