Chapter 505: Returning to the Team

The light receded, and the night curtain gradually spread across the entire firmament. The thin atmosphere reflected all the stars of outer space onto the firmament, forming a magnificent and spectacular scene...

"Please believe me, I will not tell the Master about your affairs." The Grim Reaper followed behind Ye Nan, chattering incessantly.

Footsteps fell on the ground, making a *patter-patter* sound, and these heavy footsteps seemed to foreshadow Ye Nan's mood. He walked in front, pretending not to hear the Grim Reaper's chatter, showing no intention of paying any attention.

"Fine, I admit, I will tell the Master about what happened here, but I swear, I will absolutely not tell the Master about your affairs." The Grim Reaper raised his hand, as if he could swear to the heavens as long as Ye Nan agreed.

Ye Nan stopped in his tracks. Under the Grim Reaper's joyful gaze, he turned around, his cold eyes quietly watching him. "I have no interest in your swearing. What I should have done, I have already done. What happens next has nothing to do with me."

"Don't be like this." The Grim Reaper tangledly took off his police cap and rubbed his bald head. "You know, I don't have the power to traverse planets. In the past, the Master always picked me up, but now, I can't contact the Master—at least not here."

As he spoke, the Grim Reaper looked at Ye Nan pitifully. "Since you've saved me, be a good person to the end and take me to the Heart of the Galaxy. Don't you Chinese have an old saying: 'See a Buddha off to the West'?"

"I will not take you to the Heart of the Galaxy." Ye Nan shook his head. He was not yet prepared to face the existence in the Heart of the Galaxy. He knew that as long as he didn't go to the Heart of the Galaxy, that existence wouldn't do anything to Ripley, and Ripley would live well.

But once he went and got trapped in it, Ripley's fate would be miserable. For Ripley's sake, and for his own, he would not go to the Heart of the Galaxy while he lacked sufficient strength.

In fact, he had long known that the existence was not trustworthy, and he had never trusted that existence, even though it seemed to have been helping him all along.

"Why, why won't you take me to the Heart of the Galaxy?" The Grim Reaper was anxious.

The Grim Reaper's strength had not yet reached the level of traversing cosmic stars with his physical body. Every one of his transfers relied on his Master's power, but on this planet, his Master's power was blocked. It was simply impossible for him to leave. Moreover, Beth had also said that the Zerg Master Harris already knew he had escaped, and what awaited them would be an endless Zerg army.

The Grim Reaper understood that with his strength, it was simply impossible to escape from an endless Zerg army. At this time, he had to rely on Ye Nan and obtain Ye Nan's protection. Only then could he survive.

"Because you and I are not on the same path." His cold eyes were like a cold star, rejecting people from thousands of miles away.

If it could be said that he and the Grim Reaper had a shred of friendship back on Earth 3, then after the existence in the Heart of the Galaxy snatched Ripley away, that shred of friendship had been severed. So, there was no need for him to take the Grim Reaper along, even though the Grim Reaper could provide him with some help.

"How are we not on the same path?" The Grim Reaper met Ye Nan's eyes and laughed sheepishly. "I know, what happened back then, the Master did something a bit wrong, but you should believe in the Master. The Master will absolutely not harm your daughter."

He also knew about what happened back then. In fact, he had watched the whole thing. He had no dissatisfaction with the Master's actions. In his eyes, what the Master did was right. As for Ye Nan, they were just in a relationship of using and being used.

It was just that now, he needed to rely on Ye Nan to avoid the Zerg Master's potential killing blow and to leave this planet. So, no matter what he thought in his heart, he would agree with Ye Nan's words and pick some pleasant things to say.

"After I go back, I will persuade my Master to let Ripley go," the Grim Reaper promised, patting his chest.

"Are you telling the truth?" A glimmer of hope flashed in Ye Nan's eyes, and his originally cold expression melted somewhat.

"Sure enough." Seeing Ye Nan's reaction, the Grim Reaper knew in his heart that he had touched Ye Nan's heart. "Everything I said is true."

"Will that existence let Ripley go?" Ye Nan asked again, looking at the Grim Reaper with burning eyes. "As long as you are certain you can make that existence let my daughter go, I will agree to take you away from this planet, at any cost."

Feeling Ye Nan's burning gaze, the Grim Reaper retreated repeatedly, putting some distance between them. He turned his head away, avoiding Ye Nan's gaze, and said, "I'm not certain either. I can only say I will try my best to persuade him."

He had never dared to speculate about his Master, not only because of his terrifying power, but also because of his fickleness. He had once seen with his own eyes a servant who, out of audacity, asked him some questions, only to be dragged into a black hole and completely annihilated.

As for his promise to Ye Nan, he had no intention of fulfilling it at all. Breaking a promise was the most normal thing in the world to him; anyway, no one was holding him to it, and no one would know.

It was just that he understood that if he said he had absolute certainty, with Ye Nan's suspicious nature, he would absolutely not believe it. On the contrary, if he said he would try his best, he could maintain a shred of hope.

"Try your best!" The glimmer of hope in Ye Nan's eyes dimmed, but soon, he cheered up again. "Follow behind me. Once I find the Brain Bug, I will take you away from this planet together."

"But I am only taking you away from this planet. I will absolutely not go to the Heart of the Galaxy."

"Good." The Grim Reaper was overjoyed, almost jumping for joy. He said repeatedly, "Good, good, as long as you take me away from this planet, I will put in a good word for you before the Master."

His words were the words of a complete lackey.

Looking at the excited Grim Reaper, Ye Nan was also helpless. He knew very well in his heart that the Grim Reaper was a petty person. This point could be seen from his interactions with him.

When he and Ye Nan first met, the things he said were full of holes; when facing the Chaos Evil God, he was timid as a mouse, without even a shred of spirit.

People like them usually had no promises to speak of. When facing death, their promises were more sincere than anyone's, but once the threat of death passed, all promises would be cast to the nine heavens.

But this was, after all, a shred of hope. For the sake of this hope, he was willing to take the Grim Reaper away from here, even if it meant facing a sea of Zerg.

"But you have to listen to me for the time being," Ye Nan added.

He didn't mind taking the Grim Reaper along, and he wasn't afraid of facing a sea of Zerg, but he didn't want the Grim Reaper running around, causing him trouble and ruining his plans.

"Can, can." The Grim Reaper nodded busily, saying that as long as he could be saved, he would listen to anything.

"Good, let's go."

Ye Nan took the Grim Reaper and walked back, listening to the Grim Reaper's account along the way.

It was only then that he learned that this base was not a human base, but a Zerg base. The Zerg Master Harris had obtained some civilizations during the war with the local civilizations of the galaxy, and this base was a testing ground. He wanted to use a combination of technology and biology to clone Zerg in large numbers, but unfortunately, it failed.

The cloned Zerg did not obey the Brain Bug's commands like the Zerg produced in the Zerg base. Lacking intelligence, they would instead treat other Zerg as food. Of course, this was mainly because there were only Zerg on this planet.

After the failure, this base was abandoned, and the amber-like things Ye Nan saw along the way were the failed Zerg that the Zerg Master Harris had thrown here.

After walking around this base and confirming that no one was there, the Big Guy and Rick started arguing again. The reason was still the initial one: the Big Guy wanted to go back and wait for rescue, while Rick wanted to kill the Brain Bug and wipe out the Zerg.

For this reason, the two of them walked and argued all the way. When they encountered the base's distress signal, Rick suppressed the Big Guy. Now that they discovered this base was empty, the Big Guy naturally had to make a scene.

"Grim Reaper, kill that Big Guy later." Seeing the two of them still arguing here, Ye Nan frowned slightly. In the past, he might have had the interest to properly suppress him regarding power struggles, but now, he was in no mood.

"Okay." The Grim Reaper responded immediately. His fingers twitched lightly in the void, and one after another, threads of fate were lifted. One end of these threads of fate was connected to his fingers, and the other end was connected to the Big Guy.

"How do you want the Big Guy to die?" the Grim Reaper asked.

"Any way will do, as long as he can die quickly," Ye Nan said.

"Okay." The Grim Reaper grabbed the Big Guy's thread of fate lightly and pulled hard. He only saw the Big Guy, who had been roaring, suddenly clutch his chest, let out a few meaningless cries, and fall to the ground.

"What's wrong?" Rick, who was roaring at the Big Guy, saw the Big Guy suddenly fall to the ground and panicked. He hurriedly grabbed the Big Guy's shoulders, shaking him constantly. "Major, what's wrong with you?"

Although he didn't get along with the Big Guy, that was only a disagreement in philosophy. Seeing the Big Guy die, he felt somewhat sad in his heart; after all, the two of them were comrades-in-arms.

Others gathered around one after another, their faces filled with anxious expressions.

"The faster you shake him, the faster he dies. This is murder." A strange smile appeared on the Grim Reaper's face. He pushed all the blame for killing the Big Guy onto others.

"No need to put on an act anymore. Let's go." Ye Nan called out to the Grim Reaper, and they returned to the team together. (To be continued.) ===== CHAPTER 506 =====