"Everyone, over here! Form up!"
Rena cleared her throat, planted her hands on her hips, and shouted across the training ground with the air of a captain.
Then she yelled at Ge Xiaolun, who was still scurrying around the center of the training ground with his hands over his head, "Xiaolun, stop getting beaten up over there and get over here!"
The drone gun battery ceased fire at her command. Its barrels lowered, and it hovered in midair, returning to standby.
As though granted a pardon, Ge Xiaolun scrambled out of a shell crater, his dark alloy helmet hanging crookedly on his head. He ran like a groundhog that had just survived a disaster.
Liu Chuang and the other two, who had been squatting nearby watching the show, hurried to their feet and ran over as well, forming a line on the open ground at the edge of the training area.
In the distance, a figure holding a sniper rifle also lowered her weapon and walked over, her steps steady and silent.
Qilin took her place at the end of the line. Her curious gaze swept over Qin Feng, then lingered briefly on Ge Xiaolun's disheveled appearance, the corners of her lips pressing together almost imperceptibly.
Once everyone was in position, Rena strolled unhurriedly in front of the line and clapped her hands. "Let me introduce him. This is Qin Feng, ruler of an unknown civilization. Like Xiaolun, he carries the Galaxy Power gene. At the invitation of yours truly, a goddess, he's here to have a look around our Super Soldier Company. Give him a round of applause!"
Zhao Xin was the first to break into enthusiastic applause, and the others clapped politely as well.
But Liu Chuang, standing in the middle, did not move.
His hands hung at his sides, clenched into fists, his knuckles white from the force.
His eyes were fixed on Qin Feng, his pupils faintly red. His Adam's apple bobbed, and he forced the words through his teeth. "So it was you!"
At that, Qin Feng raised an eyebrow.
"I still haven't settled the score with you for last time!"
Liu Chuang stepped out of the line, his chest heaving, his voice low and heavy.
"Where's that big red guy who was with you? Call him out! I'm not who I used to be! Today, I'm getting revenge for that punch!"
Qin Feng blinked, taking a second before he remembered what had happened last time.
Back in the alley, Tara's punch had sent Liu Chuang flying straight into Ge Xiaolun, who had just woken up, activating the super gene inside Liu Chuang in the process.
Had his God-Slaying Power not been activated in time, Liu Chuang probably would have been killed on the spot.
"Buddy!"
Ge Xiaolun's voice cut in from the side.
He tilted his head and leaned closer to study Qin Feng's face, then his eyes suddenly lit up.
"It's you! Back in the alley, I wanted to thank you properly, but you were gone before I knew it."
He scratched his head, then turned and patted Liu Chuang on the shoulder.
"Chuangzi, don't make such a big deal out of it. Didn't you beat me to death once back then? I didn't hold it against you, did I?"
"That's different!"
Liu Chuang stiffened his neck and said gruffly, "We got to know each other through a fight! Besides, you and I are both from Blue Star. Shouldn't we be presenting a united front against outsiders now?"
"Oh? A united front against outsiders?"
Rena folded her arms and tilted her head at Liu Chuang, a hint of dangerous amusement in her voice.
"Then how about trading a few blows with this goddess? After all, I'm not from Blue Star either~"
At those words, Liu Chuang's neck instantly went rigid.
He turned toward Rena's smiling face, and the hairs on his back stood on end. He hurriedly waved his hands and shook his head, every trace of fierceness vanishing from his voice. "Sister Na, how could I? You're the captain I respect most! I wouldn't dare lay a hand on you even if I had all the courage in the world!"
Ever since Rena had dragged him onto the training ground and taught him a lesson, he had become thoroughly obedient to this Lieyang Main God.
And after spending this time together, he had genuinely come to accept Rena as their big sister.
Whether in training or everyday life, she took good care of everyone.
He did not want to fight her.
Not at all.
"Then what are you still fussing about here for?"
Rena rolled her eyes at him in exasperation.
"If you don't dare fight, go find somewhere else to cool off!"
"Qin Feng is a guest I invited. If you beat him black and blue and word gets out, where am I supposed to put my face as the Lieyang Main God?"
"People who didn't know any better would think I had no idea how to treat a guest!"
At that, Liu Chuang's lips moved, but in the end, he jerked his face away and let out a muffled snort through his nose.
Seeing that the atmosphere had eased somewhat, Ge Xiaolun moved closer to Qin Feng and grinned. "Don't take it personally, buddy. That's just how Chuangzi is. Once his temper flares, nobody can stop him. He really just wants to fight someone strong and test what he can do."
"You might not know this, but our Super Soldier Company was established to fight aliens. But ever since we got here, we haven't seen any other aliens. Now that we've finally met you, naturally we want to spar."
Qin Feng looked Ge Xiaolun up and down.
The kid was dressed in Dark Alloy Armor, his helmet still crooked and his face smeared with dust. Yet there was no real malice in his eyes, only a foolish sort of instant familiarity.
Standing in front of him, Qin Feng could even sense the waveform of the Galaxy Power inside him, which shared the same origin as his own.
But the power inside Ge Xiaolun seemed shrouded in mist, far from the clarity of Qin Feng's own power after its full activation by the Great Clock.
He smiled and said casually, "It's fine. If you want to fight, I wouldn't mind obliging."
He had come to the Super Soldier Company to pick a fight in the first place, and swindle another batch of resources along the way.
Now that Liu Chuang had stepped forward of his own accord, wouldn't Qin Feng be wasting all that painstaking effort if he didn't take the opportunity to fleece him?
Upon hearing Qin Feng say that he wouldn't mind obliging, Liu Chuang's extinguished hopes instantly flared back to life, and delight spread across his rugged face.
"Sister Na, you heard him. He said it himself. I didn't force him!"
Rena rolled her eyes at him and snorted irritably. "You? You want to fight Qin Feng? This goddess isn't bragging, but even all of you put together wouldn't be enough to take him on alone."
Although she had not personally witnessed the entire process of Qin Feng driving Morgana away, she had seen with perfect clarity how he had casually flattened that tsunami afterward.
Forget Ge Xiaolun and the others-even she might not have been able to pull off something so effortless.
From that glimpse, Rena had reason to believe that Qin Feng's strength was definitely not as simple as the third-generation super soldier he appeared to be.
"Sister Na, that's not right, is it?"
"We're the ones on your side. How can you build someone else up and put us down?"
Rena could not be bothered to waste words on him. She turned straight to Qin Feng, a hint of scrutiny entering her gaze.
"What are you thinking? Did you really come here to cause trouble?"
Qin Feng slipped his hands into his pockets, that inscrutable smile on his face. "What do you think?"
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