Chapter 207: Appearance

When Mother Ying saw Huang Xi walking into the house with red eyes, a sudden bad premonition arose in her heart; she pulled Huang Xi in front of her and spoke to her in a gentle tone.

"What's wrong? What happened? Why are you crying like this?"

Looking at Mother Ying comforting her, Huang Xi could not stop her tears from falling, and she said with a choked voice.

"Mom! Yingfang... he sacrificed himself! He sacrificed himself in the battle against the Zerg! I only just received the death notice today..."

Mother Ying's hand, which had been gripping Huang Xi's, suddenly stopped; she seemed to turn into a statue and ceased moving for about five or six seconds, then Mother Ying's voice became very low.

"My son, oh, oh, oh, oh..."

The sound gradually grew louder, Mother Ying's emotions instantly spiraled out of control, and she hugged Huang Xi, sobbing uncontrollably.

A medical Xiunu was observing the changes in Mother Ying's emotions; if Mother Ying had any complications, she would provide treatment at the first opportunity.

Ninth Defense Zone Outer City.

A Transport Aircraft appeared in the sky above the Outer City Landing Pad, then slowly descended.

Yingzhou untied the ropes securing him on the Transport Aircraft and stretched his somewhat sore body.

"Although the transport aircraft for equipment doesn't have seats, it is quite spacious, so it isn't very uncomfortable."

As the Transport Aircraft's cabin door slowly opened, Yingzhou walked off the aircraft and saw a group of soldiers transporting weapons and equipment toward the aircraft to load these supplies inside.

Just as Yingzhou was about to turn and leave, a female voice came from behind him.

"Yingzhou? Why are you here?"

Listening to the somewhat familiar voice, Yingzhou turned his head and discovered it was the girl the original owner used to like—Tan Xiaotong.

At this moment, the radiant look she had in the past was no longer on her face; there was a small scar at the corner of her eye, her originally fair skin had turned wheat-colored, and her entire temperament no longer had any childishness, making her look slightly more mature.

"Tan Xiaotong? Do you need something from me?"

After recognizing Tan Xiaotong, Yingzhou lowered his head and asked politely.

"That... after hearing that you were still alive, I was still happy for you... also, thank you for saving me back then; I only found out later that it was you who saved me. After hearing the news of your death at the time, my feelings were also very complicated..."

"Comrade Tan Xiaotong, what exactly are you trying to express?" Seeing that Tan Xiaotong had been talking for a long time without saying anything useful, Yingzhou had to interrupt her and ask.

"I just wanted to say thank you, and... I just wanted to ask how you are doing now?"

Tan Xiaotong's cheeks were slightly red, and she spoke in a somewhat coy tone.

"I am doing very well, thank you for your concern; I am currently learning to be a qualified dad. Also, I didn't save you for any special reason, just because you were still a Human at the time. If you had already been controlled by an Alien Race, then I would have killed you without mercy. Don't be corrupted by the Alien Race in the future; Humans will definitely win this war."

After Yingzhou said these words to Tan Xiaotong in a calm tone, he lowered his head to take his leave.

"If there is nothing else, then I have things to attend to, so I will take my leave now."

Hearing Yingzhou say this, Tan Xiaotong had no choice but to nod and reply.

"Okay, goodbye."

Watching Yingzhou's departing back, Tan Xiaotong muttered to herself, "He actually already has a child! It's been so long since we last met, the changes are truly huge."

A soldier nearby watched Tan Xiaotong standing there motionless and asked in confusion, "Xiaotong, do you know Yingzhou?"

"Ah, we were friends... classmates before."

Tan Xiaotong had originally wanted to answer that they were friends, but in the end, the words changed to classmates when they reached her lips.

"Then you are truly lucky. That Yingzhou was just a legend in the Military District before; everyone didn't believe someone could grow that tall. Later, over at the Sixty-Sixth Corps, it is said that he summoned a troop all by himself, slaughtered those bugs during an Insect Tide, and in the end, even took out a Small Hatchery, becoming famous in a single battle!"

This soldier looked at Tan Xiaotong with envious eyes, his words full of admiration for Yingzhou.

"Yeah, it really is quite lucky, but we are no longer people of the same world."

Only at this moment did Tan Xiaotong recall what Yingzhou had said to her during the Back Spirit Awakening Ceremony, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

So that was what he meant back then; I was young and hot-headed at the time and thought he was just saying angry words.

Yingzhou arrived at an area with many homeless children; their parents had all died in various accidents, and no one remembered them. They just waited until they turned 18 to undergo a Back Spirit Awakening Ceremony; other than that, no one cared whether the children here lived or died.

Yingzhou's tall stature attracted the attention of the surrounding children, but seeing the military uniform on Yingzhou and his strong arms made some of the restless children abandon the idea of trying to get something valuable.

"Damn, this guy is from the Military District; why did he come to our dark place?"

"Could he be here to catch us?"

"What are you thinking? How could anyone care about us? Unless we are adults, the government people won't let us go to the battlefield or factories."

Yingzhou felt that there were too many gazes around him, so with a thought, he summoned 50 Modian Iron Guards. Their bright uniforms formed a sharp contrast with the dark and damp environment. The 50 Modian Iron Guards stood neatly in front of Yingzhou, and the leading Modian Sergeant saluted Yingzhou and said.

"Great Emperor, please issue your decree; we will surely execute it according to your requirements!"

"Drive the surrounding children away, do not hurt them." Yingzhou pointed at the children whose gazes had become surprised and spoke slowly.

"Yes!"

The Modian Sergeant took the group of Modian Iron Guards and sternly scolded those children, driving them away and leaving a quiet environment for Yingzhou.

Seeing that the surroundings were quiet, Yingzhou summoned three more medical Xiunu and had them watch the surroundings for any abnormalities.

After everything was ready, Yingzhou took a deep breath and slowly said, "System, summon the Lord of Fire Dragons, Volgan Vulkan."

"Summoning Volgan Vulkan, extracting a trace of the host's blood, drawing the host's Spiritual Power, consuming points and Faith Value, please wait..."

"Wait! You didn't seem to mention that you needed to extract my blood before? And..." As soon as Yingzhou's voice fell, he felt the Spiritual Power in his body rapidly receding, and the points and Faith Value on the System Panel were dropping at high speed.

Just as Yingzhou felt he was about to be hollowed out, a small figure appeared in front of him. He saw a child with pitch-black skin, eyes tightly closed, and larger than an ordinary child appear before Yingzhou.

Before Yingzhou could reach out to catch him, the child had already begun to fall toward the ground.

"Damn! So sudden!"

Yingzhou hurriedly caught the falling child, held him with quite clumsy movements, and looking at the little black one in his arms, Yingzhou felt a certain connection forming between him and this child.