Chapter 1 The Night

That night, in the southeastern part of Kang Ke Jin De, in the temporary encampment of Huaxia soldiers.

Inside a military tent, Jiang Xiao was wolfing down the iron lunchbox in his hand.

Being able to eat Huaxia cuisine in a foreign land made Jiang Xiao feel extremely comfortable.

Stir-fried eggs with tomatoes, braised pork with potatoes, shredded pork with fish-fragrant sauce, and spicy chicken. Two meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes – Jiang Xiao was so happy!

Across from him, Er Wei was eating even faster. All that was left in front of her was an empty iron lunchbox.

Er Wei sized up the entrance of the tent. Outside, Hou Mingming and Sun Dasheng stood like two door gods, one on the left and one on the right, guarding the entrance.

Er Wei turned her head to look at Jiang Xiao and said, "She's not bad. Her strength is good, and she has a high spirit."

Jiang Xiao was busy shoveling rice into his mouth: "Mmph, mmph."

Er Wei: "I'll keep her. Also, we need a shield warrior in place."

Jiang Xiao continued to shovel rice into his mouth: "Mmph, mmph."

Er Wei: "I'm going to transfer Fu Hei over. He's very strong. There aren't many healing-types who can keep up with this team."

Jiang Xiao finished the lunchbox, picked up a bottle of mineral water, tilted his head back and gulped it down: "Glug... glug... glug... burp~"

Er Wei: "..."

......

For Jiang Xiao, the fulfilling month of September passed just like that.

On the tenth day of the assessment team's joint operations, Jiang Xiao saw a familiar figure. It was Hou Yanhuan, the most elite soldier selected from the many elite soldiers of the Northern Night Watch.

This was a Star Ocean-stage King shield warrior, and also the shield warrior - Yu Zhan that Er Wei had envisioned to suit this team.

Jiang Xiao of course remembered this hearty, laughter-loving, hard-drinking man, especially the song "Huaxia Ballad" he sang. Thinking about it now, a happy smile would appear on Jiang Xiao's face.

Er Wei was completely freed and became the real evaluator of this team.

As for Jiang Xiao... well, he couldn't exactly be considered a working emperor, because almost all the Shadow Crow Star Beads the team captured were taken by Jiang Xiao.

Although the task of the team was to destroy the Dark Temple Otherworld, these Star Beads were, after all, spoils of war, and Jiang Xiao didn't want to swallow them all himself.

But Hou Mingming seemed to see Jiang Xiao's desire for the Shadow Crow Star Beads, so she simply gave them all to Jiang Xiao.

Perhaps this was Hou Mingming's thank you gift, thanking Jiang Xiao for introducing her to this team.

Judging from the combat state of these days, Hou Mingming really liked this team, and even enjoyed this kind of life very much.

Maybe... this girl really liked destroying things?

Or, in these non-stop days, her win-lose obsession and desire to conquer, which were integrated into her bones, were greatly satisfied?

Who knew? Anyway, she gave her share of Star Beads to Jiang Xiao.

You have to know, this wasn't just a small number of 20 or 30, but hundreds of them.

In the past ten days, the number of Dark Temple spaces that the team destroyed reached 15. The speed at which the Dark Temple Dimensional Space descended couldn't keep up with the team's speed of destruction.

This team even started to cross regions to steal other teams' "business"...

This was a real elite team. This efficiency was probably making even the Sui Shan Army, who specialized in destroying dimensional spaces, secretly ashamed.

Jiang Xiao certainly wouldn't disturb the team's combat process. He would only scour for Star Beads on the way back to Earth after destroying a Sacred Ruin.

The length of the return journey varied, but on average, Jiang Xiao could harvest about 30 Shadow Crow Star Beads on one Dark Temple trip. Occasionally, when Er Wei was in a good mood, Xiao Xiao would help to scour for Star Beads, and the number of Star Beads captured would increase greatly.

Er Wei also waved her hand generously and didn't take a single one.

For her, the days in Kang Ke Jin De were still long, and she could easily kill for such Star Beads, while Jiang Xiao was going back to the Imperial Capital sooner or later.

Sun Dasheng also disdained the Shadow Crow Star Beads, and he had never participated in the activity of killing Shadow Crow Star Beads on the return journey. Of course, he had never asked Jiang Xiao for Star Beads.

This led to the fact that by the time Star Ocean Yu Zhan, Hou Yanhuan, arrived, Jiang Xiao had already harvested more than 500 Shadow Crow Star Beads, seemingly still a little less than his small goal?

But it didn't matter, there was still time.

Problems always had to be viewed dialectically. The frequently opened other dimensional spaces in the Central Asian region did make life more difficult for the people living here, but for Jiang Xiao, this was a journey of harvest...

Then, just when Jiang Xiao was planning to continue happily farming Star Beads, an uninvited guest came.

Jiang Xiao had also seen this person before. It was Fu Hei, the commander who was rumored to have been dismissed for disobeying orders on the battlefield.

Er Wei finally chose to bring Fu Hei under her command, accepting this mess.

Er Wei must have made up her mind to directly add the great shield, Hou Yanhuan, and the great healer, Fu Hei, to this team.

In this way, with the old leading the new, the two support personnel could adapt to the combat styles of Sun Dasheng and Hou Mingming. After all, these two team output strong points had already cultivated a tacit understanding and developed tactics, and the tone of the team had been completely set.

Jiang Xiao was watching this team complete its first mission from horseback. Of course, Er Wei was also on horseback.

But this time, Jiang Xiao chose to sit in the back.

Xiao Xiao's body was huge, and even if five people sat on its back, there would be plenty of space. So, even if Jiang Xiao sat in the front, Er Wei couldn't get close to him, but Jiang Xiao always felt that the man should sit in the back?

As this team successfully completed its first mission, Er Wei was quite satisfied with the degree of cooperation of this team, and said to Jiang Xiao, "You can go."

Jiang Xiao was dumbfounded at the time.

Wow, you woman!

So... so heartless?

Er Wei seemed to sense something, turned her head to look at Jiang Xiao, and said, "You can also not go."

Jiang Xiao grinned, tsk~

Go then, did you really think I was free?

In fact, Jiang Xiao really wanted to return to Imperial Capital Star Warrior, uh... don't get me wrong, he wasn't that fond of studying, Jiang Xiao just hoped to have a relatively stable environment.

In the upper snowfield, under the efforts of the bait Jiang Xiao and Hu Wei for more than ten days, a solid beacon tower mixed with stone and mud had already taken shape on the cliff. Soon, the bait Jiang Xiao was about to embark on a journey of flying towards the sunset.

Jiang Xiao planned to use the bait Jiang Xiao as a detector, and then connect his senses, with the main body in a relatively quiet and stable environment, to draw a map as much as possible.

This was a long-term job, so the campus life of Imperial Capital Star Warrior, or the job of the gatekeeper, was very suitable for Jiang Xiao at this time.

"How about this." Jiang Xiao said to Er Wei, "It's time for me to go back too. When I came, Imperial Capital Star Warrior asked me to go back earlier. They said they would take me to absorb the bamboo bear star pet.

In addition, after all, Han Jiangxue and I are a fixed wilderness team, and they may also have tasks. Since you think the assessment here is complete, I can be considered a successful retirement."

Er Wei nodded, looked at the team returning below, and gently patted Xiao Xiao, signaling it to follow.

Jiang Xiao said, "How about I give you a task?"

Er Wei was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look at Jiang Xiao, her eyes showing a hint of playfulness.

The little guy's capable now,

Starting to issue tasks to me?

Jiang Xiao smiled slyly and said, "If there are no accidents, you will be performing missions here for a long time, right? Take the opportunity to get me more Shadow Crow Star Beads, you know, I really need them."

Er Wei certainly knew why Jiang Xiao needed Shadow Crow Star Beads. She didn't decline, but directly agreed to the task.

Tsk tsk,

Our Er Wei is the best.

This time, Jiang Xiao didn't have to work hard to get Star Beads himself. This team, or even Er Wei's Heavenly Dog Team and Shadow Crow Team, might join the ranks of getting Star Beads.

Comfortable, ang~

The 14-day assessment trip finally came to an end. Jiang Xiao also bid farewell to his new comrades one by one. It was worth mentioning that Hou Mingming actually wrote a letter and asked Jiang Xiao to take it to her mother, Ye Hua, a teacher at Imperial Capital Star Warrior University.

Jiang Xiao had no reason to refuse, but he was secretly puzzled. Was this how special this mother and daughter communicated?

Carrying the blessings of his comrades, Jiang Xiao boarded the military plane back. It was just a pity that the destination of the military plane was Luoyang, in the Central Plains. Jiang Xiao still had to take the train back...

But something went wrong on this train ride. When Jiang Xiao was picking up his ticket at the station, he was recognized. And after Jiang Xiao got on the train, he was so bothered by people that he even hid in the bathroom in the end.

Sigh, some people.

He clearly bought a first-class seat, but he was enjoying small toilet treatment.

In the bathroom, he really wanted to use a vice-phase star technique to transform into Xia Yan, and then go out and commit crimes with her long legs!

One whip kick, and people would be knocked over.

Two whip kicks, and everyone would get lost.

Well, Jiang Xiao finally endured it. Forget it, forget it, let's not risk being exposed.

Actually, Jiang Xiao was very curious. If this bunch of guys blocking the bathroom door to get autographs found out that the one who went into the bathroom was Little Poisonous Milk, and the one who came out was Xia Yan, how interesting would that scene be...

The process of Jiang Xiao returning to Imperial Capital was very difficult, but what awaited him was a surprise!

After Jiang Xiao reported to Principal Yang, Qin Wangchuan and others, he returned to his dormitory while talking to Han Jiangxue on the phone, and Jiang Xiao saw a familiar yet unfamiliar figure.

The man was standing by the window, wearing a gray vest, his muscles strong and sturdy, his shoulders wide, his waist narrow, forming an inverted triangle, his body lines quite pleasing to the eye.

The man's head was stretched out of the window, seemingly smoking?

Jiang Xiao was slightly stunned: "Gu Shi'an?"

Hearing the voice, Gu Shi'an turned his head, a cigarette in his mouth, and looked Jiang Xiao up and down, and blurted out, "You're pretty awesome?"

"Eh?" Jiang Xiao scratched his head. He thought there would be a hug, but he didn't expect such a start.

Gu Shi'an exhaled a puff of smoke, and waved away the smoke that was blown back on his face by the wind with one hand, and said, "World Champion?"

Jiang Xiao had a strange expression, turned his head, and looked at Gu Shi'an's desk, which still had a laptop on it.

Jiang Xiao pointed to the computer and said, "Isn't this what we agreed on a long time ago? It was decided on this bed, this desk, and this computer."

"Cough cough, cough..." Gu Shi'an coughed as he put out the cigarette.

Jiang Xiao looked at Gu Shi'an curiously: "I haven't seen you for so long, you've gotten a lot darker, but your hairstyle hasn't changed at all. Where have you been messing around?"

Gu Shi'an shrugged his shoulders and took out another cigarette: "Training, breaking through realm, absorbing star techniques, and then watching you shine in the World Cup."

Jiang Xiao automatically ignored the other party's last sentence and asked suspiciously, "Where did you go to train? It's been so long, why haven't I heard any news?"

Gu Shi'an grinned: "Hell."

Jiang Xiao: "Then how did you watch the World Cup? Is there a TV in hell? Do people there also surf the Internet?"

Gu Shi'an suddenly felt a little liver ache.