Chapter 379: Have we met somewhere before?

The news that the Towering Alliance was about to ally with the Deep Space Knights spread quickly throughout the Deep Space Giant Sword; each Deep Space Knight was curious about Zhang Jie while also feeling deep reverence.

After all, the ability to casually summon a Deep Space Giant Beast was truly somewhat too terrifying.

After that day, Zhang Jie could clearly feel that this group of proud knights, when facing him, would always slightly nod their heads to show respect.

No, it should be said that they acknowledged him.

Moreover, the newly born Deep Space Knight Jinmai, under the training of the Insect Knights, was rapidly increasing his combat power.

And after Zhang Jie conducted a thorough evaluation of the Deep Space Knights, he finally decided to settle the alliance matter.

However, such a big matter naturally needed to be told to Lin Ran; when she learned that Zhang Jie had brought her such a huge ally, she was overjoyed.

These past few days, Lin Ran would occasionally send Zhang Jie cute photos of Blue Sapphire; basically they were just daily snapshots of Blue Sapphire getting up to mischief, and she would also add various mutterings beneath the pictures.

Lin Bu Ran: (photo of Blue Sapphire eating dragon fruit)

Lin Bu Ran: Look at your flower cat.

Lin Bu Ran: (photo of Blue Sapphire getting electrocuted)

Lin Bu Ran: Zhang Jie, this thing you brought back... seems a bit foolish...

Lin Bu Ran: (photo of Blue Sapphire's high-altitude fall silhouette)

Lin Bu Ran: Zhang Jie, your cat fell apart into a mess....

Things like that.

Fortunately, Blue Sapphire has strong vitality and is not just an ordinary cat; otherwise, after all this tossing about, Blue Sapphire might have directly turned into Blue Sapphire shards....

Occasionally there are also a few cute voice lines from Blue Sapphire, basically things like 'Knight Sir, I miss you!' 'Knight Sir, when are you coming back?' and so on.

No matter what, it's always a good thing to have someone looking forward to your return home.

"So, Mr. Zhang Jie, how did the alliance evaluation turn out?"

"It passed preliminarily; later, professional alliance members will liaise with you."

"Then... happy alliance?"

"Yes, happy alliance."

Zhang Jie reached out and grasped the glittering gauntlet of 'Xiao Yi', meeting her eyes that held a hint of a smile.

'Xiao Yi' fell silent for a moment, then slowly raised her head to look at Zhang Jie, her eyes filled with lingering doubt.

"Please speak."

'Xiao Yi' fell silent for a moment, then slowly raised her head to look at Zhang Jie, her eyes filled with lingering doubt.

"I once... did we meet somewhere before?"

"Huh?"

Zhang Jie raised an eyebrow, looking at the somewhat bewildered 'Xiao Yi', his heart equally doubtful.

"It seems Xiao Yi probably has no memory, right?"

"Could there be something else I don't know about that happened?"

And at this moment, 'Xiao Yi' continued to chatter on about her thoughts.

"Although it may be presumptuous, as the vice leader of the Alliance, I always feel that we have indeed met somewhere before."

"That feeling is quite strange, as if we once had a very close relationship."

"But before this, the Deep Space Knights had always been hidden; we should never have met before."

"Hmm....."

"How should I put it—I don't know whether you believe in reincarnation."

Zhang Jie dares to affirm that 'Xiao Yi' actively sought to learn about his past.

If so, she must know what has recently happened, and what he once did.

The soul is an entity whose existence has been proven; aside from certain extreme materialist civilizations that do not believe in it, basically every Star Sea civilization takes its existence for granted.

And derived from this is the topic of reincarnation—the soul's final destination, whether it is reincarnation, and after so many years there still is no precise answer.

The reason is also simple: the universe is too vast; the time a life exists is far shorter than a star's decline, and even a dying star lasts longer than a life.

Even if reincarnation truly exists, the temporal and spatial coordinates already determine that it will inevitably remain unknown to people.

Although there are also scattered voices claiming they have encountered so-called reincarnated beings, this has received no recognition whatsoever.

But now, Zhang Jie dares to say that such a mechanism truly exists in this world.

Leaving aside his specialness, just speaking of Xiao Yi—she is not exactly a typical example of this?

"You mean...."

"Haha, perhaps we had some kind of intimate relationship hundreds of thousands of years ago."

"Is that so...."

'Xiao Yi's' tone inexplicably sounded somewhat dejected; as the leader of the Deep Space Knights, she is usually extremely aloof.

"It was my presumption, Mr. Zhang Jie; I hope this does not affect our cooperation."

After sorting out the inexplicable emotions in her mind, 'Xiao Yi's' expression returned to indifference, but her gaze toward Zhang Jie still held a hint of gentleness.

"The newcomer named Jinmai is growing quite well."

"Do you want to go take a look?"

"Sure, I also want to see what your training methods are."

Not long after, Zhang Jie watched a group of recruits swimming in molten iron at over a thousand degrees, speechless.

His own swimming in a star is merely an isolated case; you carbon-based lot also swim in molten iron—are you truly not afraid enough to die quickly?

At this temperature, even silicone stone people would be melted into glass, and AI machines would be launched skyward—are natural disasters really such incomprehensible beings....

Among these recruits, there is a gold-and-black figure that stands out exceptionally; while the others struggle to endure, only he stands nonchalantly in the molten iron, as if taking a bath—this is Jinmai.

"You have arrived, Leader."

A heavy, thick male voice echoed in Zhang Jie's mind, and the Golden Meridian steadfastly nodded at him.

"You're excellent! New recruit!"

Standing on the high platform was, surprisingly, the insect tribe knight who had almost caused a diplomatic incident a few days ago; now it changed its humble attitude, became overbearing, and made the new recruits below unable to breathe.

"A knight should never fear hardship!!!"

"Hold on!"

"Tomorrow is the moment when those lunatics will attack us! You guys like this—can you withstand the organization and the people's test!!!"

"Zhang Jie:..."

"He now only feels that the insect tribe knight's body is reddish...."

"You guys.... any civilians left?"

"Yeah, we've taken in many survivors of the natural disaster."

"They will be responsible for infrastructure, planting, etc.; compared to risking their lives, this kind of work obviously suits them better."

"At this moment, the insect tribe knight, seeing the Golden Meridian doing nothing, also felt somewhat helpless; he really didn't expect that this newbie's physical strength would be so strong."

"Can only say, no wonder it's a knight transformed from a Deep Space Giant Beast."

"Golden Meridian! Fall out!!!"

"(All you foster fathers, I don't know what happened yesterday, I had a terrible headache, so I took a day off without permission)"

"(I owe this chapter; I'll try to make it up over the next two days)"