Tempest of the Stellar War

However, the speed at which the rescue capsule dropped was slightly slower since the parachute was deployed. The attacking aircraft appeared again and locked onto the rescue capsule. Boom…

“Target has been destroyed, but we’ve been spotted by the planet’s systems. Retreat!”

The fighter plane made a quick turn and quickly disengaged.

The damaged escape capsule descended rapidly, and it would have had turned into a pile of mush if it hit the ground.

Boom… The escape capsule suddenly exploded from within!

A huge shadow engulfed Wang Zheng!

Boom. The Skeleton mech did not fly up with Wang Zheng but instead fell heavily onto the ground. Meanwhile, Bonehead started melting like ice. The sturdy, rocky ground started breaking apart and huge amounts of dust formed.

Bonehead made his move just as the specter of death loomed over Wang Zheng. Unfortunately, he had to pay a huge price for that. Skeleton was unfinished and did not possess any fighting capabilities. The mech collapsed immediately after that.

Wang Zheng’s entire body shook as if a rag doll was tossed to the ground. Blood poured out from his mouth like spring water. Only the outer layer of the Skeleton mech was complete, and even though this was able to block most of the incoming impact, he could not resist the remaining force. His reinforced bones were broken, his ribs pierced his lungs, his spleen was bleeding out, he was losing consciousness…

Darkness…

Endless darkness…

He wanted to move, but he was too tired. He wanted to open his eyes, but he felt sleepy.

He was tired and wondered if he was dreaming.

“Miss, this is not possible. He should already be dead…”

A voice pierced his ears, causing him to be alert and sensitive.

He should have been dead…

“There is brain wave activity. Can he still hear?” This was a female voice, which was nice and soothing.

“This should be the natural reaction of the brain towards sound and not a sign of consciousness. This is not good, his body is rejecting the repair robot and has surpassed the load line. We need 100 CCs of sedative number 9.”

Darkness resurfaced like the tide and engulfed the light that had just formed. The feeling of distress drowned his consciousness.

A long time passed…

Another ray of light allowed Wang Zheng to regain consciousness. His vision was blurry and he could not see clearly. The voices heard were like messages from the sky that entered his consciousness.

“Why is his fever not subsiding? His inflammation should be under control by now…”

“Miss, why are you here?”

“How is his condition?”

“This… He should have died yesterday. But it seems now that his will to live is extremely strong. If it was anyone else, giving the person ten lives would still be insufficient to overcome an injury of such an extent. His body temperature has indeed lowered. It is strange that we still cannot locate the cause. However, Miss, are you sure you want to save him? We checked his personal items and found that he is from the Milky Way Alliance.”

The woman made a cry of surprise and said, “This can’t be. Is he really not a pirate?”

“This has been confirmed multiple times, there should be no mistake.”

“According to our satellite records, patrolling ships of the Milky Way Alliance shot him down.”

The woman’s voice started to quieten but still pierced through like thunder.

In an instant, the blurriness wore off and Wang Zheng regained consciousness. However, he could not move his body and could not open his eyes.

The sounds surrounding him became all the more clearer. The breathing sounds, the footsteps, the equipment. He could not move because he was placed in a medical tank.

He heard a few footsteps leave the room. After the soft sound of the closing door, he could not hear anything else aside from the sound made by the medical equipment.

Quiet…

He could not move physically, but his mind was racing.

Aina’s smile crossed his mind like a shooting star. Short, yet beautiful.

His mind kept replaying scenes from the explosion of the spaceship.

Why was he the only one on the whole transport plane? Why did the two drivers lock themselves in the control room?

It was obvious that the fighter plane that attacked the spaceship he was on intended to take him out.

But… why?

Boom…

The whole room was shaking. The instruments monitoring his brain waves did not move, but the equipment on the table beside him started flying in the air.

Wang Zheng was not a man made out of clay! He felt enraged.

He felt a sudden, abrupt pain in his chest.

“Alert, alert. Energy capacity exceeded, emergency protocol activated.”

Charcoal started making sounds. Wang Zheng was startled and immediately returned to facing the darkness…

A dark dreamland.

Who wanted to target him?

Someone who was defeated by him in the IG?

Impossible!

There were many people who had treated him as an enemy. However, these people were proud and would get over a defeat and regain their confidence in no time. These people believed that they could eventually be the best in the world.

These people had a thing in common. They were not fond of using such cheap methods to strike back at someone. Wang Zheng’s existence would only serve to motivate them to become stronger.

If everyone were to employ such tactics when they faced a small obstacle, even geniuses would become useless in the huge Milky Way.

Aside from them, who else wanted him to permanently disappear from this world?

The Aslanian royal family…

An unwilling answer popped out in his mind like a wild beast set free. He screamed and experienced a momentary blackout.

However, Wang Zheng felt a sense of helplessness when he thought of Aina with a face full of tears. Was this not within his expectations? This was reality. The Aslan Empire did not allow romance or even rumors about romance to happen under their watch.

Wang Zheng slipped into deep thought. Slowly, he fell into a dark slumber as his body felt heavy and lethargic.

Everyone else was on another ship back to the Solar System. Meng Ao and the others did not show themselves on the journey back.

Meng Ao could not do anything. He realized something was up when he witnessed the Princess’ performance. Thankfully, Aslan’s reaction was not too huge and they only requested for the separation of both parties and not allowing them to meet. To accomplish this, the Princess was sent to Atlantis for her studies on paper. In reality, it was equivalent to grounding her. The military was also thick-skinned in its attempt to please Aslan. Fortunately, Meng Ao fought for him and Wang Zheng ended up being sent to Titatitan for two years. Although it was unique there, it could prove to be a good thing for Wang Zheng. They would not be so heartless as to allow a talent to be degraded. Regarding the others, Wang Zheng had to overcome his own psychological barrier as the world was divided into classes.

“Wang Zheng’s treatment is indeed different. There are even special ships for him.”

“Look at who he is. He is our king, and he is the best.” Zhang Shan laughed. Everyone was allocated separate tasks, and Zhang Shan was to follow the Solar System Federal Fleet for two years. He was elated when thinking of the beautiful female military officers in uniforms.

The rest were happy. Lear was quiet and he left because, perhaps, he did not enjoy interacting with others. The rest did not care, and Fatty Luo followed him out immediately.

“Boss, you should not care about what they are saying. They are immature and have not experienced much,” said Luo Fei in an attempt to flatter Lear. If not for Wang Zheng, Lear would have had all the glory.

Lear shook his head and said, “Actually, Wang Zheng is an interesting person at times. Humans are so tiny and are like droplets of water who would evaporate before even reaching the sun.”

Luo Fei could not smile after listening to Lear’s praises. When Lear praised someone, that person was not a threat to Lear.

“Boss, you are saying…”

Lear patted Luo Fei’s shoulder and said, “What I am saying is, Wang Zheng is pretty good. Understand?”

Luo Fei nodded. The hidden message was that he had only ever said that the dead were good.

No wonder Lear had been calm recently…

Looking up at the sky full of stars, Lear let out a faint smile which seemed to be of a mocking nature. If Wang Zheng had not offended Aslan, how could he have landed such an opportunity? It was a pity that there had not been a victor determined between the both of them, given that the Solar System was destined to belong to only one person.

King Lear!

Wang Zheng did not know how much time had passed. He only knew that he had woken up twice in the middle of his sleep.

He heard the same nice female voice again. Only she was there this time.

She was naggy and had plenty to say.

From her words, he found out many things about her. He discovered that her name was Lan Ling and what family she was from. She was also the person who had rescued Wang Zheng.

She described the rescue situation. There was a ten-meter crater where the rescue capsule landed. “It looked like an impact crater, and everybody thought that it was impossible that there were any survivors. I was worried and noticed you. Surprisingly, you were still able to move. Uncle Qi said that you would succumb to your injuries and asked me to leave you alone. He said that such an attack on you meant that you must have offended people with authority. However, you still survived. Despite becoming a vegetative person, people say that your brain is very active. Your chance of awakening is pretty high, but there is potential memory loss. Actually, I feel a bit of envy towards memory loss. I want to lose my memory too sometimes so I do not have to worry about so many things….”

Wang Zheng had survived because of Bonehead and Charcoal’s protection, and not because he was tough. As for the crater that seemed like it was caused by a meteor impact, this should have been caused by Bonehead when protecting him.

Lan Ling’s conversation topics had already ran out. From the impact crater, she moved on to herself. “Today I went to the swimming department, and the situation there was terrible. Youngsters there were determined to use violence as a solution to their problems. It took me plenty of advice to get Khalifa to handle those people…”

Lan Ling clearly regarded Wang Zheng as a listener who would not reveal her secrets as she kept talking about herself. Initially, it was just small troubles at work. Slowly, it progressed on to some secrets which should not be talked about. “Actually, I am not fond of Uncle Dong’s son. However, my father would always tell me that Uncle Dong is the president of the Chamber of Commerce and that his son is a genius. I know what my father’s intention was, which was to marry me to his son.

“Robin of Ye Luo said that we humans are liars and would not work with us anymore. He is also in the midst of moving back to the jungle, and he ignores any advice.”

…

Lan Ling kept looking for topics to talk about, and she went on for quite a bit. She let out a long sigh of relief and said, “I feel much more comfortable after talking about all these things. It is a pity that you could not hear any of it. Luckily, you cannot hear, or else I’d have no other place to talk about all this. OK, I have something to do, but I’ll visit you tomorrow.”