Quick Transmigration: The Villain Is Too Pampered and Alluring - Chapter 368

Sheng Nuan decided to make a trip there, and she also planned to bring Sheng Siyang along.

Recently, Sheng Siyang has been training diligently with that heavy-type mecha, making significant progress. The only thing he lacked was real combat experience.

Originally, she hesitated about whether to bring him, but customer service reminded her about a critical timing point: it would not be long before the Zerg launched a massive surprise attack on the Imperial Star, just like in the original plot.

By then, unless they fled the Imperial Star, they would be unable to avoid the war.

She had already deliberately spread rumors saying that the Zerg were gathering forces to invade the Alliance and that, according to reliable sources, their target was the Imperial Star.

Her goal was to make the Alliance take it seriously, and also to make the people on the Imperial Star prepare themselves.

However, the Alliance’s official response was to quickly refute the rumor, claiming that the news was untrue. Refuting it was one thing, but the most important part was that they hadn’t even investigated or verified anything before coming out to deny it.

Sheng Nuan had tested Sheng Siyang, asking if he would be willing to flee with the family if the Zerg really invaded. Sheng Siyang’s answer was that he would choose to fight.

It was because of this that, when Sheng Nuan decided to go help Huo Ling, she sought out Sheng Siyang and told him what they were going to do and the possible dangers they would face.

When she looked into Sheng Siyang’s eyes, she did not see even a hint of hesitation or fear, only eager anticipation.

He even said, “I can go by myself. Sister, you just stay home and wait for my good news.”

Sheng Nuan didn’t know whether to laugh and cry at that, directly rejecting his suggestion… Only if she were present would she be confident that, no matter what happened, she could ensure Sheng Siyang’s escape. Only under that condition would she let him go.

In the end, she reminded Sheng Siyang, “Brother, it will be very dangerous there.”

Sheng Siyang grinned, “If I fear danger, I’ll never dare face it… Nuan Nuan, your brother wants to be someone you can truly feel proud of!”

Sheng Nuan paused, then smiled at him, “I’ve always been proud of you.”

Born into privilege yet never arrogant, never bullying the weak, maintaining a pure and kind heart, loving and gentle… Such a brother, even if in other people’s eyes he might be considered the most useless one, was truly good in Sheng Nuan’s view.

The siblings told Mi Rong that they were going out to have some fun. Mi Rong did not think too deeply about it, only telling them to stay safe.

She had no idea that her son and daughter were heading to one of the most dangerous places, a place the Alliance’s officials had long since abandoned.

After Sheng Nuan and Sheng Siyang finished preparing, they boarded the spaceship… Not long after the ship left the spaceport, Sheng Nuan received a video call from Huo Ling.

There were traces of bl00d on his face, and the blurred background made it impossible to discern his location.

At that moment, Huo Ling and the other two competitors participating in the mission, along with their forces, had already been trapped by a large number of Zerg in a stone city for seven full days. Ammunition was running low, and food and water were basically depleted.

Yet in the video, his expression remained the same as ever… still fond of putting on an act.

Sheng Nuan asked him, “What are you doing?”

“On a mission,” Huo Ling looked at her and asked in return, “What are you doing?”

Sheng Nuan made a sound of acknowledgment, speaking casually, “Looking at blueprints… Otherwise, where did you think the bracelet I gave you came from?”

Huo Ling smiled.

If it weren’t for the armor Sheng Nuan had given him, which allowed him to repeatedly penetrate enemy lines and kill several Zerg leaders, his people would never have held out until now.

He could not even imagine how she managed to design such a set of armor.

With a faint smile at the corners of his eyes, Huo Ling asked, “Why did you used to pretend to be a fool?”

“Hey, what kind of way is that to talk?” Sheng Nuan rolled her eyes at him. “If you, a rebel army boss, could pretend to be a well-behaved kid, why couldn’t I do the same?”

Huo Ling raised his eyebrows, “That’s because I was down and out at the time, and to find a place to recuperate and eat soft rice¹, I unfortunately ran into a fiancée who was a white-eyed wolf always trying to bully me… If I didn’t pretend to be pitiful to protect myself, what else could I do?”

Sheng Nuan clicked her tongue, “So, you think eating soft rice is that enjoyable?”

Huo Ling curled his lip, “You’re the most cunning, best at acting woman I’ve ever met…”

Sheng Nuan drawled leisurely, “Right back at you.”

At that moment, gunfire rang out on Huo Ling’s side. He glanced back, then said to Sheng Nuan, “Gotta hang up.”

Sheng Nuan gave a small sound of acknowledgment, “Be careful… Don’t push yourself too hard. If worst comes to worst, just come back and keep pretending to be pitiful to scam your free meals.”

Huo Ling laughed, looked at her deeply, and then the video connection ended…

He tossed aside the communicator with a dead battery. A subordinate beside him hesitated for a moment and asked softly, “Boss, why didn’t you say anything?”

At the brink of life and death, the last call he made would naturally be to someone special… But he hadn’t said anything meaningful, just chatted lightly for a few sentences.

While loading ammunition into his weapon, Huo Ling spoke carelessly, “If I make it back, I’ll say it in person. If I don’t… then there’s no need to say anything.”

In the next instant, gunfire erupted outside, and Huo Ling rushed out with a calm expression…

This planet was originally called Pisces Star. Because it was close to the Zerg, the population had always been sparse. But due to abundant resources, people had lived fairly comfortably… until seven years ago, when the Zerg launched a massive surprise attack and occupied it.

The Alliance had sent people several times but failed to break through. In the end, they gave up and publicly declared that all humans on Pisces Star had perished tragically.

No one knew that there were still human survivors on Pisces Star… hiding here and there, living like mice in burrows on a planet occupied by Zerg, waiting day after day for rescue.

Huo Ling and his group encountered a batch of survivors, and from them learned the approximate location of the broodmother. But what followed was a massive Zerg siege.

The entire planet was occupied by Zerg, and their overwhelming superiority in numbers and strength forced the humans to flee everywhere… Until, following the original plan, they entered this uninhabited, ghostly stone city, only to realize they had fallen into a trap.

Clearly, the opposing Zerg were not just mindless insects. There must be high-level Zerg with intelligence no less than that of humans behind the scenes. They deliberately lured them all into this stone city and then surrounded them, leaving no escape…

Huo Ling rushed out from inside a building and saw that the streets overgrown with wild grass, as well as every rooftop, were swarming with Zerg pouring in on them.

“Open fire!”

Huo Ling spoke softly. At the same time, the bracelet on his wrist abruptly covered his entire body, transforming into armor. He then blasted forward, ramming into the frontmost squad of Zerg and sending them flying. The laser cannon in his palm swept across, slicing a whole group of Zerg neatly in half.

In an instant, the fiercest wave of attacking Zerg was torn to shreds. The rebel forces behind him, spirits shaken, immediately opened fire at those behind.

As long as they prevented the Zerg from getting close and maintained heavy fire suppression, they had nothing to fear.

“Luckily we have Fifth Brother here, otherwise we would have died long ago!”

The other two competitors engaged in the contest wore solemn expressions. “His armor can’t hold out much longer…”

All weapons and armor need energy. Especially that set of armor on Huo Ling, which they did not know where he got it from. Its laser weaponry cut through Zerg like slicing tofu, but correspondingly, it must consume enormous amounts of energy.

Soon, Huo Ling suddenly flew back. While still dozens of meters away from his own people, his armor’s energy ran out, and he crashed heavily to the ground.

The armor on his body reverted back to its bracelet form. He knew that the bracelet was truly spent now. He struggled up and ran toward his people… Behind him, a large horde of Zerg howled, pouncing after him.

They knew this human had killed countless of their kind these days, foiling their sieges time and again. Now, if they killed him…

Huo Ling did not even look back as he tossed two grenades behind him. Seeing that his comrades wanted to rush forward to cover him, he immediately shouted, “Get back!”

Their mecha were also out of energy. The gap in physical prowess between humans and Zerg was too great; coming out here would be suicide.

He knew he probably wouldn’t escape this time. At this moment, Huo Ling seemed to be calm, but in fact, he also held some regrets.

He should not have said nothing during that previous call.

Fortunately, he had already done many things for the rebel army… With what he took from the Blue Palace, if the rebel army ever confronted the Alliance, their situation should improve a lot. There were also the recorded images from Pisces Star. Once it becomes public, the Alliance’s reputation would plummet.

His life was not entirely in vain…

On the other side, his comrades’ eyes were all bloodshot and filled with tears.

A flare of fire exploded behind him, and Huo Ling’s entire body was lifted by the shockwave… But in that instant, Huo Ling suddenly heard a clear mechanical voice.

“Hi, Little Liar, I am Classmate Xiao Huo… I’m here to help you.”

Huo Ling whipped around to see a spaceship diving down from high altitude, opening massive suppressive fire. One large and one small mecha crashed to the ground back to back, their sweeping fire slicing through all the surrounding Zerg in half.

Two button-like objects flew onto his bracelet with a click, and in the next instant, the depleted bracelet lit up again, the armor swiftly covering him once more.

In his ears came the mechanical voice of a little boy, “Hi, Little Liar, here’s my gift to you, a brand-new energy compensation device… Let’s fight side by side.”

The intelligent system of Huo Ling’s armor responded shyly, “Okay…”

T/N: You guys… even intelligent systems now have partners… 😔