Eastern Communications Station.
Lu Yan originally wanted to take Yan Mingxu's body back to the space, but Qin Zhen seemed to be in a very bad state. He knelt on the ground and tidied the body's clothes four or five times.
So Lu Yan could only leave the body outside temporarily.
After Mu Tang replaced his mental energy, he remained huddled behind the mud without saying a word, and his state was very worrying.
As soon as Lu Yan walked over, he saw her leaning against Niba. He couldn't help but sigh, walked to her and squatted down.
Before she could speak, she heard her confused voice:
"Lu Yan, should I be sad?"
Lu Yan paused when he was about to lift up and touch her head. Then he saw the little girl turning her head to look at Qin Zhen and the other two soldiers who were surrounded by tears in front of Yan Mingxu.
Lu Yan asked softly:
"Are you feeling sad?"
Mu Tang shook his head, grabbed Lu Yan's hand and put it on his chest, with a blank expression:
"I don't know, I... I just feel very empty in my heart. I don't feel happy, but it seems... I don't feel happy either, I just feel empty."
Mu Tang grabbed Lu Yan's hand again, put it next to his face and rubbed it:
"Aren't I weird? Xiao Yan is so kind to me. I can't even feel sorry for him."
She looked helplessly in the direction of Qin Zhen. She had obviously cried whenever she wanted to in front of Lu Yan, and she was also very sad when she quarreled with Lu Yan.
But now, there was nothing but a void in her heart.
Should I cry now? Everyone around was crying.
But she couldn't cry.
The tear ducts seemed to have dried up, and not a single tear could flow out.
Lu Yan stayed silent with her. After a while, he suddenly reached out and took her into his arms, saying softly:
"My uncle once told me a very old-fashioned saying. When an old friend passes away, sadness is inevitable, but more importantly, it is remembrance. If we never forget him, he will always live in the hearts of our relatives and friends."
Lu Yan raised his hand and touched the corners of Mu Tang's eyes, and said softly:
"Crying is not the only way to express sadness, and sadness is not the only way to show that you care about someone."
Mu Tang lowered his head and said dullly:
"Um."
Lu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Mu Tang would not feel relieved just because of these few words. She needed time.
"I want to go to the central missile control room. Before we leave, I must hurry up and go there." Lu Yan whispered.
"Then I'll accompany you..." Mu Tang quickly looked up at him, but then said in frustration:
"No, I can't go with you."
Lu Yan asked:
"What's wrong?"
Mu Tang was a little unhappy:
"If I leave here, the mental connection for the fraud will be lost, and Qi Su will find out."
Hearing the little girl mention Qi Su's name, Lu Yan suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something:
"How did he know your name?" In other words, why did Mu Tang know his name.
When asked about this, the expression on Mu Tang's face became even more depressed. Now that things have happened, she will no longer regard Qi Su as a friend. It is impossible for them to coexist peacefully when they meet in the future. She will be honest with Lu Yan The explanation is clear.
"...He said he taught me, and then asked me not to tell you." Mu Tang whispered, then suddenly thought of something, and grabbed Lu Yan's clothes:
"Is it, is it because of me that Xiao Yan is like this? If I had killed him from the beginning, Xiao Yan would have been fine?"
Lu Yan didn't expect that Qi Su and Mu Tang would come into contact so early. When he heard the little girl ask this question, he immediately held her shoulders solemnly and looked directly into her eyes:
"no."
Both Qin Zhen and Mu Tang rushed to blame themselves for Yan Mingxu's death, but this had no effect except putting heavy psychological shackles on themselves.
"But……"
Mu Tang shook her head and wanted to continue, but Lu Yan interrupted her:
"There's no way you can guarantee that you can kill him, right? Even I can't guarantee it."
Mu Tang was stunned, lowered his head and muttered:
"……yes."
As long as Qi Su lives, Yan Mingxu's sacrifice is inevitable.
What's more, if Qi Su and Mu Tang didn't know each other, their casualties today might be even more serious.
Lu Yan took a deep breath. He was still wondering why Qi Su suddenly retreated today. Under the circumstances, as long as Qi Su kept pestering him, the remaining people would most likely be killed by the giant centipede.
Even if not all were killed, at least there were heavy casualties.
But Qi Su actually gave up such a good opportunity.
He couldn't figure it out at first, but now when he thought about the previous battle, he suddenly realized that not only him, but also most of Qi Su's attention was actually on Mu Tang.
It was because of Mu Tang that he gave up such a good opportunity and chose to retreat.
"If Qi Su didn't teach you, you wouldn't be able to replace his mental power now. Maybe we would have fought him again and attracted giant centipedes."
Lu Yan continued, Mu Tang did not say a word, but his tense body suddenly relaxed a little.
Lu Yan patted her shoulder and stood up:
"Okay, I can't waste any more time. I'll go and come back as soon as possible."
If Mu Tang's mental connection would be ineffective if he left the fake, Lu Yan thought he could use this to do something else.
Mu Tang no longer pulled Lu Yan willfully and nodded obediently:
"I'll wait for you to come back."
Lu Yan bent down and touched her head one last time, then turned and walked toward the exit.
When passing by the exit, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly saw Qiao Yue kneeling next to the surviving soldier, holding something in her hand.
Qiao Yue pulled up the sleeve of the surviving soldier, then took out an injection from her pocket, groped for the deltoid muscle on his arm, and then pushed the injection in.
It wasn't until the last bit of medicine was injected into the body of the surviving warrior that she breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"What are you doing?" Lu Yan's cold voice suddenly came to his ears.
Qiao Yue was startled, and she suddenly sat down on the ground. She turned around and saw Lu Yan appearing behind her at some point, looking down at her.
Lu Yan's eyes looked up and down, and finally landed on the empty injection next to Qiao Yue. He frowned and looked at Qiao Yue with sharp eyes:
"What is this? What did you put into him?"
