Ge Xiaolun stood in the middle of the crowd, still not fully grasping what he had received.
He looked left and right and found everyone avoiding his gaze. He immediately felt uncomfortable all over, as though he had stolen something from someone.
"Um... Mr. Ryze."
He rubbed his hands together, his voice carrying an uncertain hesitation.
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate? How about choosing someone else?"
Ryze glanced at him, his tone carrying a trace of certainty that brooked no argument.
"Ge Xiaolun, you are the Galaxy Power. Is that reason enough?"
Ge Xiaolun opened his mouth, then ultimately closed it.
Meanwhile, Qiangwei had already walked out through the base's gates.
Her steps grew faster and faster, as though she were fleeing something filthy. Only when she reached the old tree on the base's outskirts where she often spent time did she abruptly stop.
She stood in the shade with her back against the rough trunk, then slowly crouched down and buried her face in her knees.
Her shoulders shook.
She made no sound, but curled up like that, she resembled a wounded little animal licking its wounds alone in a corner where no one could see.
She had never expected Du Kao to give her any fatherly love, but when that man truly vanished from this world, she realized that place in her heart had been empty all along.
So empty it hurt.
"Qiangwei? So this is where you are! I was just about to look for you!"
An exuberant voice came from overhead.
Qiangwei raised her head. Through her tear-blurred eyes, she saw Morgana emerging from a dark-purple Space Wormhole, an excited smile on her face as though she had found some treasure.
But that smile froze when she saw the tear tracks on Qiangwei's face.
"Qiangwei, what