Chapter 32: with translation of chapter title

Fu Guang – Supporting Light

The conversation in the public area gradually drew to a close; the Sentinel with light-gold eyes straightened their back, sat upright facing Fu Guang, and a luxurious light-purple brush swished across the paper.

"Fu Guang Guide, can you guarantee that what you say is true?" Their light-gold eyes glanced lightly at the blonde girl, their tone so upright it seemed somewhat sinister.

"I will naturally take responsibility for my own words." Fu Guang leaned back in the chair, lazily lifting their eyes and said.

A black-footed cat slipped in silently, its paw pads making no sound on the ground.

Xiao Hei lazily licked its paws, jumped onto the table between the two, curled up near Fu Guang, withdrew its wild eyes from Xi Guang, and let out a meow.

A-rank – A Rank

Li Shao raised an eyebrow, and before he could speak, a white fox came running in, its three fluffy big tails swaying in the wind behind it.

It circled around, realizing there was no place for itself, so it grudgingly lay down at Fu Guang's feet, letting out two soft cries, and buried its head in its tail.

"Xi Guang, we've asked this question back and forth several times; asking again will just annoy people." With a stride of long legs, Bai Gao came from the side of the hallway.

The others also held colorful cups and turned their heads toward the nearby bar.

Yin Zhu leaned against the side of the bar as if boneless, hand resting on the waist-side cyan tattoo, and said, "That's about enough; Fu Guang Guide is not your prisoner."

"The Guide has just leveled up recently and needs to rest well." Shang Ze shook the cup in his hand, the crystal-clear red liquid swirling inside, and after downing it in one gulp, he said.

Xi Guang's eyes flashed, catching a piece of information; he raised his gaze to rest on Fu Guang, saying, "Fu Guang Guide, when did you level up?"

Alliance University – Alliance University

Fu Guang pinched the kitten's paw, and her sharp claws faintly appeared with her movement; the kitten did not like this, using its paw pad to slap her hand to stop her.

Executive Chief – Executive Chief

Fu Guang replied concisely, "As for when you leveled up, just ask Li Shao and you'll know."

Absolutely true, no need for proof.

She stood up, rubbed the cat's fur the wrong way, the cat gave a sharp glance, looked at her speechlessly, then ran off and vanished.

Sorry to leave you.

Fu Guang stood up; the fox curled at her feet shook its fur, stood up, momentarily unsure whether to approach Fu Guang.

Soft fur is the beloved of furry creatures, do you understand?

"What are you doing?" Xiguang's pen paused; the person he was interrogating had never been so at ease, not taking him seriously.

"Sleep." Fu Guang didn't turn back, just waved at them, voice lazy: "Wishing everyone a good dream."

Sheng Lai Ke Si opened his light-brain; since the guide last woke up, a day on a B-rank planet had passed, also the time for the guide to rest.

Generally speaking, for sleep time calculated by one's own strength, D-rank equals one day on a D-rank planet.

For B-rank planets, the federation defines it as system time. If not on the same planet, the spoken time is system time.

Fu Guang closed the door, flipped through her light-brain; the three times made her head swell.

At the top is her former D-rank time; in the middle is system time; at the bottom is Alliance University time.

She pinched her brow; no matter what time, nothing could disturb her sleep; just as she was about to close her light-brain, the message column reminded her of a new message.

She leaned into the water-element-filled 'bed', took a sip of chilled salty water from the small robot, and opened the document.

"Respected Guide Fu Guang, hello."

Hearing you have become a B-rank guide, the military offers sincere congratulations; a small gift has been mailed to your residence at Alliance University, please sign for it.

According to Xiguang Executive Director's investigation, you perfectly completed this D-rank mission.

The military gave your team an S-rank evaluation, awarding you 150% of the base score, i. e., forty-five points.

Supplementary clause: based on this mission's special nature, the military requires you to fill out a confidentiality document.

Upon completion, you will receive 300 points compensation and an A-rank item, redeemable on the Alliance University intranet.

Fu Guang felt the salty taste fill her mouth, comfortably lying in the cold seawater, water wet her golden hair at the temples, strands floated on the surface, she opened the linked document.

Red highlighted text hung high; she carefully browsed through, signed her name, Fu Guang.

The military's meaning is confidentiality; one must not discuss it in circumstances not allowed by the military.

In the future, if anyone wants to talk to her about this, they must still bring the military's document.

This compensation can only be said to be better than nothing; after all, those who should know already do, and those who shouldn't know knowing it is useless.

She sank into the water; the surface rippled with tiny waves; strings of small bubbles rose orderly and burst; the dark outside window's starry sky streamed swiftly by; the gorgeous starry sky was projected indoors.

After she fell asleep, a spatial ripple trembled twice; the blue-gold-patterned giant egg shrank several times and slipped out of her mental landscape.

At the same time, the Sentinels' projected mental bodies all rose, seeming both wary and fond as they twitched their noses.

The flame lion shook its smooth fur; it felt a refreshing watery aura enveloping its whole body, impossible to dispel.

The blue egg turned into a water wave, concealing its form, and hurled toward several mental bodies' heads; the black-footed cat's afterimage repeatedly dodged swiftly, while the remaining mental bodies, being too large or not agile enough, were hit squarely.

The few Sentinels gathered together stopped talking, each focusing their mental senses, but found nothing.

The starlight was dim, casting over their profiles, high nose bridges, delicate jaws, outlines appearing in the interplay of light and dark.

They continued their previous topic.

"How do you intend to treat this 'special' guide?" Shang Ze lowered his eyes, his lapis-colored eyes deep.

Li Shao took off his black tactical glove, revealing his distinct-knuckled hand: "The military's meaning is naturally to pull people into the military camp."

Li Shao is a defector, also can be said to be the military's spokesperson; naturally everything follows the military's meaning.

Yin Zhu took a sip of wine, seeming a bit intoxicated, voice somewhat ethereal: "I like this guide miss."

Bai Gao, meanwhile, was lounging with legs crossed on the spot where Fu Guang had just sat, his long hand stroking the memory of where that soft hand had touched; hearing this, his little tiger teeth showed as he said amorously, "Me too."

Sheng Lai Ke Si didn't want to get involved in their talk, stepped forward to leave, but the words behind called him: "Lang, regarding the military's mission, what do you think?"

Sheng Lai Ke Si recalled those clear eyes, remembering when they fought back-to-back on Snow Lotus Planet, Fu Guang's blazing eyes.

He said, "Look with your eyes."

"This kid."

"What do you think of Shang Ze?" Bai Gao, annoyed by Shang Ze's aloof demeanor, asked with a smiling squint, his silver eyes as if dark ink were swirling within.

Shang Ze crossed his arms, raised an eyebrow, looked down from head to toe at the slender boy, and spoke with extreme arrogance: "Little madman, even if I compete with you, what can you do?"

The blue egg made a chirp-chirp coo-coo sound, as if its liquid were churning; it didn't want to listen any further, and as usual it gave a few mental entities a flick to the forehead, returning to the mental landscape.