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Chapter 243 Huang

"It turns out that there is such a huge difference in physical quality between the ancestors and non-ancestors of the same race..."

"Well, maybe it's only us Savra that are like this? As an ancestor, I can even regulate my own body temperature, but it's difficult for other non-ancestor Savra to do that." The ranger said as he stretched out his hand to Ling Dengxian. He held the warm big hand that was covered with scales but not prickly, and indeed felt the temperature change from warm to cool and then to scorching hot. He immediately felt very magical.

After all, the body temperature changes of the cold-blooded animals that were the prototypes of the Safra also require external influences, but the ancestors of the Safra can control it autonomously.

"How amazing..." Ling Dengxian looked at the big hand that became warm again and couldn't help but sigh.

"Haha, it's just the advantages of each race. Everyone has their own areas of expertise and weaknesses, and their lives will blossom and bear fruit." The ranger smiled. Although it looked a little scary, when he saw the fleeting thing in Ling Dengxian's eyes, he seemed to remember something, and put away his smile, and added very softly like a sigh: "Of course, some flowers don't bear fruit."

"I don't drink much, so I'll drink less. Don't blame me, my friend."

"Ah, no, me too. I'll have to drink alcoholic beverages." The old man and the young clinked their glasses with their own memories in mind, and the clear sound made no trace of time.

"Operator White Dove, this may be a little abrupt, but I feel like you and I have some affinity, so I still want to ask you something," the Ranger's words carried a hint of emotion that he couldn't taste, very faint, as if it didn't exist, "If one day you have to make a choice, with companions and death on one side and inheritance and survival on the other, what would you choose?"

Ling Dengxian opened his mouth slightly, and for some reason, the broken images of the two swords being unsheathed, wrapped in pain, flashed before his eyes. He said with a final breath:

"I will be brilliant. Regardless of life or death, I will definitely choose a 'brilliance' that will allow me to bloom without regrets."

Even if you look at the universe, you can still light up the splendor and ordinariness as you like.

In the endless sea of ​​flowers, the images of stunning beauties are everywhere. The stunning beauties' shadows seem to be laughing and mocking, and the sea of ​​flowers goes from life to death, and then back to life, and finally returns to the silent and swaying "splendour".

"What kind of flower you see, what kind of fruit you get. Some flowers don't bear fruit."

"And you... are a fig, a conspicuous fruit wrapped in an invisible flower."

Let’s keep up the good work and treat this story… just as a story, with a beautiful ending.

"I'm a little hungry," Ling Dengxian stood up and waved to the ranger, "I'll go get some food. Where's Mr. Ranger?"

"Go ahead, young people should be more energetic. Don't always accompany old men. Walk more and talk more. Rhodes Island is a great place."

The white old man Safra laughed and signaled him not to worry about him.

Ling nodded casually and walked towards the food table. At this time, he noticed Ace's gaze.

Not only Ace, there are several more figures around him and the doctor. Their clothes are a little different from those of ordinary Rhodes Island operators. I think they are elite operators like him.

It’s just… “Their expressions are so weird…” Ling Dengxian tilted his head. He saw the same expression on their faces as he saw when he and Ace first talked, surprise, a little joy, and some subtle curiosity.

After their eyes met, Ace smiled at him and pointed at the crowd behind him, signaling him to continue. Among the elite operators on the side, a handsome male Sarkaz wanted to come over, but was held down by Ace. It seemed that he said something to him. The Sarkaz and the others showed confused expressions.

Feeling a little embarrassed to keep staring at Ace, Ling Dengxian retracted his gaze, picked up the plate, filled it with feather beast meat, and then sat down in the corner...

This was not the first time Ling Dengxian had done this. In the past, whenever it was a non-family gathering, once he sat down at the table and started eating, Ling Dengxian would often reduce his presence until he was full.

By the way, the non-family gatherings he experienced most were class meetings at school, the kind where they could eat and watch movies at the same time.

However, this time when he sat down, he found that he was not alone.

"..."

"..."

The two looked at each other with food in their mouths. Ling Dengxian admitted that he did not pay attention when choosing the seat, but he did not expect it to be such a coincidence.

Ling Dengxian chewed the meat in his mouth and swallowed it, then greeted awkwardly: "Ah, what a coincidence, Senior Skadi."

He was sure that if he didn't speak first, Skadi would keep staring at him until he couldn't stand it anymore.

The main thing is that she has food in her mouth and she stares at people calmly, which is really a bit silly.

She made a somewhat scary swallowing sound, then nodded: "Yeah."

Hey, hey, hey, please say something more... I was a little unhappy during the day. If you don't make it clear, I'm a little concerned. Do you mind?

"Di Zi, where are you? I miss you so much..." Ling Dengxian was quite envious of Feng Di's strong communication skills.

The last time someone shut down a conversation with just one sentence was by Texas, who had an inexplicable hostility towards him.

"..."

"...Senior Skadi, do you want to say something?" Ling Dengxian finally spoke out his real thoughts.

"...You didn't listen to me either."

"How can I listen if you don't tell me?"

"I told you," Skadi picked up a piece of dessert with chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth, "I told you that today."

"...Am I annoying?" Ling Dengxian was a little shocked.

"You're fine, but I don't want you to die." Skadi paused, but her attitude remained stiff.

"I don't have any other thoughts about you...but you won't beat me to death..." Ling Dengxian felt that she was exaggerating.

"I told you today that someone said something similar to you, and then he died." She said softly, and continued to eat.

"This world is always dangerous... No one can guarantee that they won't die, right?" Ling Dengxian looked into her red eyes. After Skadi responded to his gaze, he spoke again seriously, "I just think that you are very lonely... And I have also felt that burning stomach and chilling heart."

"...I don't quite understand." Skadi looked away very slowly, put down her chopsticks, and stopped eating. "But, your kindness...I can't ignore it..."

"…If you really want to do something…"

"Then prove to me that you have the ability to protect yourself. Tomorrow, at night, at the training ground, bring weapons but no protective gear."

After saying these words, Skadi left with a look that seemed both indifferent and expectant, and stood up and left with the plate.

"...Yes, reach out for her, not for yourself." Ling Dengxian pursed his lips and took a deep breath.

"Hello, um, I didn't mean to eavesdrop." The sudden voice startled him, and he realized that there was a girl with lavender hair and peculiar racial features sitting on the seat behind the chair he was sitting on.

"you are?"

"You can call me Scorpio... I'm sorry for eavesdropping on your conversation, I'm used to it..."

"Oh, it's okay. You didn't understand it either, did you?" Ling Dengxian thought about it and felt that the conversation might not be easy to understand for someone who didn't know the truth.

"Almost... but you want to make friends with Operator Skadi, right?" Scorpio asked timidly.

"...Yes, what's wrong?"

"I... also hope to be your friend. I only called you once and you noticed me..." The Scorpion Lion was a little nervous. "I am usually easily ignored. I want to change the status quo..."

Ling Dengxian smiled slightly and stretched out his hand: "Of course, more friends mean more care."

"Thank you..." Ling Dengxian felt strange to be thanked like this. He wanted to say something more, but the lion scorpion seemed to have used up all his courage. However, he was quite happy to get a positive answer: "Just now you said that you will go to the training ground tomorrow. Are you going to spar with each other? Can I go and watch tomorrow? Ah... that's a bit rude..."

"That's nothing..."

"Thank you. Today... I'll be leaving first. Goodbye."

Ling Dengxian felt somewhat helpless. After a while, he remembered that he hadn't even introduced himself yet...

"It's a bit bloated... Let's go to the bathroom."

He walked carefully through the hall and was about to push open the door, but unexpectedly, the two doors were pulled open from the outside with a "whoosh", and then a girl attracted everyone's attention with an enthusiasm that Ling Dengxian had never seen before.

"Finally made it!! How's it going? Did I miss the arm wrestling competition and the drinking party?!"

This was the first time Ling Dengxian and Huang met. The girl, who was illuminated by the lights of the cocktail party like a fantasy that day, left a deep impression on him.