Arc 10: Star Mermaid (9)

He understood what Yingzhao meant, it was a thank you gift to him. But after all, it belongs to his partner's secret. Even though Yan Ning has a very strong possessiveness towards Ying Xiaolin, he is more willing to choose to respect each other. And he believes that his lover will not do him any harm.

But now, the lover actually opened this secret box in front of him, and Yan Ning's mood was still a little excited.

Looking at the box in his hand, he looked at Ying Xiaolin with some doubts. But seeing the other party's blushing face, he coughed lightly and said to him, "Open it and have a look."

Yan Ning opened the box after hearing the words. I found a copper breastplate lying quietly in the box, and I couldn't help showing a little disappointed look on my face.

Seeing Yan Ning's appearance, Ying Xiaolin asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

Yan Ning pursed his lips, shook his head, and said a little disappointedly, "I thought it would be a marriage proposal ring..."

When Ying Xiaolin heard his lover's words, he couldn't help laughing and crying, and said to Yan Ning, "Look carefully, don't you think this bronze medal looks familiar?

" I found that the bronze medal actually belonged to me. That's a bronze medal that everyone gets when they enter the First Corps.

There are still some charred marks on it, apparently it has been preserved for a long time. At that time, he was not yet Ying Xiaolin's deputy manager, the two of them were equal comrades-in-arms.

At that time, because Ying Xiaolin was usually unsmiling and too rigid, he didn't have any friends around him, only Yan Ning, who was in the same bedroom with him, was always close to him.

The two remained silent in the First Legion for two full years until the Zerg attacked and they went to war. In that battle, Ying Xiaolin sneaked in in order to destroy the temporary nest of the Zerg, but was found and besieged.

At the moment of crisis, Yan Ning rushed to save him desperately. He almost destroyed the surrounding Zerg by semi-self-destruction, but he was seriously injured because of it.

But it was also that battle that made both of them make great contributions, and gave them a ruthless prestige in front of other comrades-in-arms. He still remembered that Ying Xiaolin had been taking good care of himself since then.

In that station, Ying Xiaolin's military merit was higher than his own, and he has been his adjutant by his side since then. The lover is very grateful for his life-saving grace and treats him well.

However, Yan Ning already knew in his heart that the reason why he was so reckless was because when he saw the other party for the first time, he had already fallen in love with this dull and rigid wood. And as their relationship got deeper and deeper.

But Yan Ning knew in his heart that Ying Xiaolin never wanted to be with a man. He had always planned to marry a mermaid according to the family's arrangement, so he suppressed the emotions in his heart.

Until not long ago, the other party's drunken gaffe, he couldn't suppress the desire in his heart and ate his sweetheart. Only to find out that he still has such a lovely side, and it seems that he does not exclude himself.

Just the bronze medal in front of him, he clearly remembered that he had lost it on the battlefield when he was saving Ying Xiaolin, but he didn't expect it to appear in this small box now.

Yan Ning looked at the other party with some doubts, and heard Ying Xiaolin say to him: "This bronze medal was actually picked up by others when they were cleaning the battlefield in the later period. Sorry, I didn't return it to you, and I kept it at Because every time I see this bronze medal, I will think of how you ran over to save me. Without you, I would not be where I am now."

Yan Ning heard his lover's words and smiled. shook his head. "I didn't try to save you at first, everything was like instinct. I just know that I can't watch you get hurt. In fact, in the First Army, I really have nothing to ask for, I just feel bored. I found something to do for myself, but I met you. So, all I want is you. Now you have given me what I want, and my life is complete. Xiaolin, don't worry too much. Those things from the past."

When Ying Xiaolin heard Yan Ning's words, his heart was even more agitated, and his expression couldn't help moving. The repair cabin can repair the scars and wounds in the past, but Yan Ning really endured those dangers and pains for himself.

But that injury was not the only one. Although after that, he reminded himself to treat Yan Ning well and repay Yan Ning. But on the other hand, every time he encounters a crisis on the battlefield, it is still Yan Ning who protects him.

Thinking of this, Ying Xiaolin felt more and more guilty towards Yan Ning. He took a deep breath and suddenly hugged him tightly.

He leaned into his ear and said softly: "Yan Ning, I will show you this bronze medal. I don't just want to thank you for saving me in the first place, I want to tell you. Whenever I see this bronze medal, I am afraid. You will be injured or even die just because of me, afraid that you will leave me!"

"I have doubted everyone, but I have never doubted you. I always thought that you were a person who did not give anything in return but stood up for the defense of the country. The people around me. I didn't expect..." Having said this, Ying Xiaolin's face flushed red.

Yan Ning raised a smile on the corner of his mouth, kissed the bridge of Marshal Ying's nose, and then continued: "I didn't expect that, but I have a plan, and the plan is you, the imperial marshal."

Ying Xiaolin heard the words He shook his head vigorously. "It's not so much that you care about me and can't leave me. In fact, I can't leave you. I'm too stupid. I didn't see my heart clearly in the past. Yan Ning, in my heart, you are more than you think. more important!"

This was the first time in Yan Ning's life that he heard Ying Xiaolin confess to him so solemnly, which made him, who has always been very shrewd, turn red with excitement, and he didn't know what words to use to respond to the other party for a while. .

Then, Ying Xiaolin opened the drawer of the desk, took out a small black box, and opened it in front of Yan Ning.

Inside the box lay two simple rings, Ying Xiaolin looked at Yan Ning affectionately. With a gentle smile, he said softly to him: "Yan Ning, are you willing to officially become my partner? From now on, we will never be separated!"

After saying that, Marshal Ying picked up the bag with an attitude that could not be rejected. One of the rings was put on Yan Ning's ring finger. Then he took out another one, and just as he was about to put it on his hand, Yan Ning snatched it away.

Yan Ning took Ying Xiaolin's hand, put the ring on Ying Xiaolin's finger with red eyes, and then dropped a pious kiss on the ring, and then the kiss was printed on the lips of the opposite person.

Yan Ning's voice became slightly hoarse because of his touching. He took a deep breath and said to Ying Xiaolin: "Xiaolin, do you know? This is the most beautiful love story I have ever heard in my life!"

Ying Xiaolin gently He stroked Yan Ning's hair, and saw that his long and narrow fox eyes were full of his own reflection, showing a satisfied smile, and then took the initiative to kiss his lover's lips.

While kissing each other, he whispered softly: "Sorry, I know I'm too dumb, but I will study hard! Yan Ning, teach me more, teach me, okay?"

Yan Ning He nodded and looked at his lover who was so serious about this kind of thing. Gently responded to each other's kiss, and then personally taught him about the most intimate things between loved ones.

The people who love each other clasped their fingers tightly, Yan Ning looked at the rings of the same style on their fingers, and then felt that life was truly complete. While tasting the good taste of his lover, he kept thinking in his heart.

After a while, it's time to tell your lover about your bloodline and Cecil. After all, this is his life partner, and he doesn't want to hide anything from his lover for something as important as this.

Otherwise, Xiao Lin himself will find out in the future. If he feels that he has been deceived and concealed, it would be fine to get angry and beat himself up, but if he is allowed to eat vegetarian food and sleep on the sofa, he can't stand it at all.

Yingzhao was sleeping sweetly in Cecil's arms, and he didn't know that he was about to be sold by his cheap stepfather. It's just that when Yingzhao woke up the next morning, there was no man around him.

Yingzhao knew that the other party had returned to his bedroom early to prepare, and there was indeed a breakfast prepared by his lover in the kitchen.

While eating breakfast, he was worried about his man's hard work, but Yingzhao knew with certainty that it would be like this every night in the future.

The training of the personnel today was as planned yesterday, and all the people were dispersed. They joined two different teams, and then fought against each other.

In fact, the reason for this arrangement is not only to train the students' personal combat ability, but also to let Cecil come into everyone's sight.

Yingzhao knew that his lover would definitely be the leader, and that he would become one of the leaders in the military in the future. Most of these Imperial College students will become the backbone of the military in the future.

Therefore, Yingzhao also wanted to let them see Cecil's strength early. After everyone came to the military to work together, they would naturally obey the strong. This can also shorten the run-in period between them.

When you love someone deeply, you will naturally plan for him in the long run.

Yingzhao watched Cecil strategizing on the battlefield, only to feel that the breath of the superior seemed to be imprinted in the opponent's bones.

After all, he has no experience in leading a group of people in this way, so he was slightly weaker than Harrison at the beginning.

Cecil's combat power is strong enough, but team battles are not a one-man show. The most important thing is to control the overall battlefield.

Harrison was educated in this aspect of the royal family from a young age, and at the beginning, the momentum was really stronger than Cecil. But Cecil is very knowledgeable about learning and self-improvement.

In the course of the battle, it has been constantly improving. By the end of the day's battle practice, Cecil's team was already able to draw a tie with Harrison.

Many students were also surprised by Cecil's performance, because they could clearly feel that the other party was just a rookie when he first commanded them and didn't know the way.

But the speed of this person's growth is so fast that it is almost impossible to make such progress in a short period of time. It can only be said that the other party is a genius in command.

And by the second day of this kind of battle practice, Cecil's shrinking team could already beat Harrison's. Although it was only a narrow victory, the result was still staggering.

You must know that Harrison is also a gifted student of the Mecha Combat Department and the Command Department, and his grades have always been among the best. Arguably the most popular royal family member in recent years.

So it is undoubtedly a matter of pride to win over Harrison. It was only on the third day that Harrison obviously couldn't hold back Cecil's momentum, and Cecil made progress at a terrifying speed.

It took Yingzhao a week to conduct such two-sided battles, and from the third day onwards, the two teams were swapped every day.

That is to say, except for Harrison and Cecil, the two leaders are unchanged, and the players in the two large teams are temporarily decided by lottery every day.

This is also to prevent the leader of one side from being too prominent, leading to a situation where the war is one-sided, which will blow the trainees of the losing team.

In this way, every day the students experience new challenges and fight against different enemies, which is of great benefit to them.

Of course, this is also a challenge for leaders. Because the team is not fixed, it is impossible to communicate and arrange in advance. All rely on on-the-spot performance and real-time control of the war situation.

So whether it's Harrison or Cecil, their ability to lead the battle is steadily improving. It's just that Cecil's improvement speed is completely unmatched by ordinary people.

It can be said that in the last three days, every day there is no doubt that Cecil's team is pressing Harrison's team to play.

Having truly experienced the power of Cecil, many students had a feeling of admiration for this red-haired man who was suddenly parachuted into the Mecha Combat Department.

I didn't expect that this person who suddenly joined the Imperial Academy would be so powerful. Maybe it was a genius discovered by a big family and then sent here.

Witnessing the growth of her lover with her own eyes, Yingzhao was very proud, and a sense of pride rose from the bottom of her heart.

After the seven days had passed, Yingzhao felt that all the students had trained very well for the individual battles, so they started training for the small team competition.

In this part of the training, the British recruits chose a more conventional and traditional method, allowing everyone to return to a small team and go to the simulated forest of StarNet to fight.

Teams need to survive in the forest, adapt to the environment there, and then find other teams to fight on both sides. Winning the other team's iconic bronze medal counts.

Three days is a cycle, and after every three days, the winner will be determined by the number of bronze medals in the hands of the remaining teams.

This is also the mode used in real mecha competition team competitions, so arranging training is more conducive to them directly adapting to the competition.

It has to be said that in such an interstellar era, the simulated forest in the virtual network is so realistic that it can almost confuse reality.

Although it is virtual in the star network, the senses are actually very real, and there is 100% tactile synchronization.

The star beasts and zerg in the forest will also be the experience of this group of students, so they need to face many unknown dangers.

They have to live here for three days in real life, just like in the real wild. The nutrient solution in the training pods will keep them well-sustained for these three days.

And such a simulation training place is not only provided for competitions, the military also has similar training content, in fact, it is also for them to truly adapt to wild survival.

The simulated star beasts and the Zerg are also edible. They can be captured as long as they can have a high enough force value, and they can also have a virtual feast.

Although it does not change their hunger, it can satisfy their appetite. However, it is clear that most of the teams are not very interested in killing star beasts to eat.

This seemingly real battle made the nerves of many students extremely tense. Some teams even found the location of the ambush on the first day, and did not move, just waiting for the rabbit. Wait until other teams pass by, then ambush.

Anyway, in a match like this, as long as the final victory is achieved by any method without violating the rules, Ying Zhao will not stop it.

What's more, facing more unexpected situations is also of great benefit to the growth and training of all teams.

Yingzhao's training method is cruel, but it has to be said that the growth brought to these students is rapid. Perhaps because they all directly felt their progress, these students were very excited.

Time flies so fast, six days passed quickly. The overall group battle has gone through two rounds, and in each of these two rounds, Cecil's team won the final victory.

This made Prince Harrison feel even more anxious. After all, for him, winning the mecha competition was especially important.

As for the reason why Cecil's team is so prominent, in Yingzhao's view, it's just because most of the team is composed of some warm-blooded militants.

Cecil hopes that Yingzhao can be proud of him, and go all out in all battles no matter what. As for the other team members, of course, under the leadership of Cecil, their blood boiled even more.

Not to mention Dulu and Duke, Andy also fell in love with the refreshing feeling of splitting the mecha when fighting against the enemy. So every time I entered the simulated forest, I was eager to find other teams. Trying to split different types of mechas has become the most troublesome opponent in the eyes of all students.

Yingzhao can monitor the conditions of all of them in real time according to the monitoring devices in the star network. And often, he would go into the forest to guide them.

It is a great honor for any student to have the personal guidance of Yingzhao. Even Harrison, who has always been hostile to the Ying family, is no exception. He hopes that Ying Zhao can speak out about the shortcomings of his team.

Even if Yingzhao did not like Prince Harrison, he did not favor one over another, but pointed out some of their problems.

But basically every time he finished talking about these questions, he would leave, and he didn't like to deal with the fake courtesy of the royal family, which made Yingzhao feel a little bored.

Cecil's team has always worked very well together, and the leadership of the men is unquestionable. In particular, there is a military advisor like Yan Lang, which saves Yingzhao a lot of heart.

It's just that even if Cecil's team has nothing in particular to guide, Yingzhao still occasionally sneaks into their vicinity to observe secretly, in fact, mainly to take a look at the man in his family.

After the group stage this time around, Cecil's team did not have an unexpected third victory. The haze in Harrison's eyes was even stronger, and he only felt that since Cecil appeared, he seemed to have become the second child of ten thousand years.

After this round of group training, all personnel returned to the dormitory to rest. As for Cecil, of course he went to Yingzhao, and the two spent a very sweet night.

The next day, when the new round of the group stage began, Harrison took the initiative to bring his team to find Cecil's team.

Said that he hoped to cooperate with them and deal with other teams in the simulated forest together, and the final outcome could be decided by the battle between their two teams.

Because Harrison kept his posture very low, and he was the prince of the empire, Yan Lang felt that it was not easy to tear his face with the prince, so he agreed to the other party's request.

Cecil maintained an indifferent attitude, but he still listened to Yan Lang's advice most of the time, and he didn't say anything to stop him when he saw Yan Lang's agreement.

Harrison naturally has his own plans for doing so. Cecil's team has won the previous three times. Although the strength of the other party is indeed strong, Harrison just doubts whether there is any unknown secret on their side.

So I wanted to use this method to approach Cecil's team and observe how they fought. On the one hand, I want to see if there is anything worth learning, and on the other hand, I want to see if there is any unknown situation in this team.

Bennett instinctively rejected Cecil and did not want to get too close to this person. However, in the face of Harrison's decision, he could not refute, and could only follow the team dissatisfied. Looking at Cecil and his party not far away, there was no good face all day.

It's just that the people on Cecil's team are all just like him, all of their own personalities. Therefore, they completely ignored Bennett's expression.

After Cecil's team found and defeated three teams in a row in less than half a day, Harrison has already felt their toughness head-on.

After being tired for a long time, everyone decided to find an open space to camp and rest first. After all, even if the body will not be hungry in the training cabin, the consumption of mental energy along with the battle will still make them feel sleepy.

Both teams set up simple tents and were separated on both sides of an open space for rest.

However, when the other members of the team over there were building temporary resting places, Cecil suddenly stood up and walked towards the depths of the forest.

Looking at it like that, I don't know where the other party is going. Bennett narrowed his eyes when he saw this, and quietly followed.