Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 156: Midnight Uproar

A soft knocking sound woke Zhou Yuan. He rubbed his eyes; it was still dark outside.

"Who is it?"

"Brother, it's me."

"Xiaolu, what's wrong?"

"Brother, I just heard your window creak once, then creak again. It sounded like something was there."

Just as Zhou Yuan was about to get up, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and a cold female voice whispered in his ear, "Don't move, quickly get that woman away."

"Xiaolu, it's nothing, it's probably just the wind."

"Oh, then you should get some rest, brother." Chu Xiaolu prepared to go back to her room.

Suddenly, Zhou Yuan's telepathic message arrived: "Xiao Lu, there's an assassin in my room. You need to think of something quickly."

"Ah? Big brother, I'll think of something as soon as possible." Chu Xiaolu was flustered, then took a deep breath and exhaled to calm herself down.

Chu Xiaolu's room was next to Zhou Yuan's room, on the west side. Wei Shan and Leifia's room was on the east side, about fifteen meters away from Zhou Yuan's room. Chu Xiaolu first pretended to open and close her own door, then quickly crouched down and crept towards Wei Shan and Leifia's room. After passing Zhou Yuan's window, she stood up and ran towards Wei Shan and Leifia's room, her feet lightly touching the ground. She arrived in no time. Chu Xiaolu was shrewd; she picked up a dozen or so pebbles, then poked a hole in the window paper and threw four pebbles in different directions. There was no response. Chu Xiaolu gritted her teeth and threw all the pebbles out forcefully. Finally, Wei Shan's voice came, "Who's there?"

"Shh, Sister Shan, keep your voice down, it's me," Chu Xiaolu replied softly.

"Xiaolu." Wei Shan got up, the candlelight shining through the window. When she saw the pebbles on the quilt and the floor, Wei Shan was startled and immediately opened the door.

Chu Xiaolu rushed in, somewhat incoherently, "Sister Shan, something terrible has happened! Big Brother is in danger! There's an assassin in the house!"

Wei Shan was startled and quickly shook Lefia gently. Lefia was probably too tired and was sleeping soundly. Wei Shan shook her harder, and Lefia woke up with a start. She looked at Chu Xiaolu in front of her and seemed a little confused.

"Xiaolu? What's wrong?"

"Sister Ya, my brother is in danger. There's an assassin in his house."

"Huh?!" Lefia hurriedly got up, jumped out of bed, and dressed. She asked, "Xiaolu, really?"

“Really. He told me that through a mental link.”

Lefia calmed down, her mind racing.

"There is."

Lefia beckoned and whispered a few words in their ears.

"Sister Shan, let's go. Xiaolu, come here too. Saving our brother is the priority."

"it is good."

Lefia grabbed another candle and a tinderbox, then dashed out the door and ran towards Zhou Yuan's room, with Wei Shan and Chu Xiaolu close behind. Soon, they faintly heard Zhou Yuan talking to a woman. Lefia stopped, tiptoed to Zhou Yuan's window, and with a creak, opened it and entered. The conversation abruptly stopped. Lefia closed the window, then lit the candle, illuminating the room. She opened the door, and Wei Shan slipped inside, closing the door behind her. Wei Shan only saw Zhou Yuan on the bed; there was no one else in the room. A chill ran down her spine.

"Shanmei, stop looking, she's gone invisible."

"Big brother, are you alright?"

"I am fine."

"We'll use our rings to detect and subdue this invisible man in a moment."

"it is good."

Zhou Yuan pretended to wake up with a start, "Shanmei, Yamei, what brings you two here?"

"Brother, I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back asleep. I miss you."

Lefia and Wei Shan each walked to one side of Zhou Yuan's bedside and kissed him on the forehead. In this slightly chaotic moment, the rings on Wei Shan and Lefia's hands emitted force field shields at the bedside, surrounding the three of them.

Zhou Yuan flicked his left hand, and the ring emitted a faint light, scanning the room. Sure enough, a human-shaped silhouette appeared near the door.

Sensing something was wrong, the invisible "person" tried to open the door, but was bounced back by Chu Xiaolu's force field shield. Chu Xiaolu's lightsaber thrust forward, forcing the invisible "person" to retreat back into the house and run towards the window.

Zhou Yuan wasn't about to let it escape. He instantly activated the ring's function, and a beam of light quickly enveloped the invisible "person." The invisible "person" struggled to break free, but the beam of light held it captive. Wei Shan deactivated the ring's energy shield, and a powerful beam of light shot out. Crackling sounds rang out from the invisible "person," and then it collapsed to the ground.

Zhou Yuan and the other two stood up together, each wielding a lightsaber, and slowly walked towards the window. Chu Xiaolu also entered the room. The four of them surrounded the invisible "person."

Just then, the invisible "person" gradually revealed itself, then its entire body appeared, with its head appearing last.

The invisible "person" was no longer invisible at this point, presumably because the strong ion beam had damaged the invisibility device.

The invisible person was wearing a silver-white outfit, which was probably an invisibility cloak. His long hair covered his face, and there was a short sword on his right.

Wei Shan used her lightsaber to deflect the short sword far away. Lefia used her ring to examine the woman's hands, and Chu Xiaolu used her ring to examine the woman's feet. Two "light ropes" then bound the woman's hands and feet respectively.

Lefia swept her hair back, revealing her face.

"Gaia?!" Zhou Yuan, Wei Shan, and Lefia exclaimed in surprise.

Indeed, this "woman" who just went invisible has the appearance of Gaia, the virtual projection of the Earth Empire's lunar steward.

Wei Shan and Leifia lifted the woman and placed her on Zhou Yuan's bed.

"Brother, what should I do?"

"Why is this planet so strange? Everyone I've encountered seems to be familiar to me: the Southern Heavenly King, Aya, Pandora and Balu among the four men in black, and now it's Gaia."

"Are these related to that 'heavenly book'?"

“Commander Park will scan this place tomorrow and obtain the ‘Heavenly Book’ of this continent. Once that’s complete, we’ll know what’s going on with all these strange things.” Zhou Yuan then turned to Wei Shan and said, “Shan, could you please contact the three flying saucers and have them send one of them to take Gaia to Park So-yeon’s fleet? Let Commander Park and the others obtain her memories, but don’t harm her.”

"Okay, big brother."

Wei Shan shook her left hand, and a ring appeared. She immediately contacted the UFO special forces soldiers above the palace-like building complex.

A short while later, the Gaia on Zhou Yuan's bed disappeared and was secretly teleported to a flying saucer.

"It's getting late, you should all go back and rest."

"Big brother, this place isn't safe. I'll stay with you." After Gaia's ordeal, Lefia seemed wide awake.

"I'm a little sleepy, Princess. Why don't you stay with my brother? Xiaolu, let's go."

Chu Xiaolu glanced at Zhou Yuan, seemingly reluctant to part with him. "Xiaolu, why don't you keep your older brother company?" Lefia asked, smiling as she looked at Chu Xiaolu.

"Ah? No, no, I'm sleepy too. Sister Shan, let's go."

Wei Shan and Chu Xiaolu left the room, and Chu Xiaolu closed the door behind her. Chu Xiaolu didn't go back to her own room; instead, she slept in the same room as Wei Shan.

Lefia closed the doors and windows, blew out the candles, undressed, and got into bed. She first teased Zhou Yuan for a while, and then the two became deeply affectionate, their love as radiant as the morning sun. After playing around for a while, they finally stopped and then fell asleep in each other's arms.

Chu Xiaolu, who was just beginning to experience romantic feelings, barely slept all night, imagining Brother Zhou and Sister Ya spending time together in a room, and felt her face burning.

Chu Xiaolu woke up again in a daze. She saw that Wei Shan was still fast asleep. She looked up at the window and saw that the sky seemed to be getting light. It would be bright in another hour and a half.

Since Chu Xiaolu couldn't sleep anyway, she simply took out a flat object about three or four millimeters long and wide from her pocket, and then pulled it with both hands. The flat object actually expanded, and in a short while it was twenty centimeters long and wide. This was Chu Xiaolu's holographic e-book for keeping a diary.

Chu Xiaolu started "writing" on the e-book with her hands, though it was more like she was gesturing in the air. If Wei Shan hadn't been there, she would have used voice input.

An hour later, Chu Xiaolu had almost finished writing. By then it was already dawn, so Chu Xiaolu got up, washed, and went out to breathe in the fresh morning air. She could faintly hear Zhou Yuan and Lefia talking in Zhou Yuan's room, but their voices were not loud, and Chu Xiaolu could not make out anything, except for the occasional giggles of Lefia.

Chu Xiaolu blushed and quickly ran back into the house, closing the door behind her.

"Xiaolu, what's wrong?" Wei Shan had just woken up and stared at Chu Xiaolu with wide eyes.

"Sister Shan, it's alright."

Why is your face so red?

"Oh, I just went out for a workout. Sister Shan, shouldn't we have breakfast? I'm feeling a little hungry now."

"Didn't Aya say last night that she would make the arrangements?"

"Yes, yes. Miss Aya should be here by now, right?"

As the two were chatting, the doorknob outside the courtyard was knocked a few times, and a clear, melodious voice came from outside, "Big brother, Sister Shan, Sister Ya, Little Sister Xiaolu, it's time for breakfast." This sweet voice belonged to Aya.

"Sister Aya, wait a moment." Chu Xiaolu opened the door and shouted loudly towards the courtyard gate. Chu Xiaolu was smart after all; she shouted so loudly so that Zhou Yuan and Lefia could hear her and get them out of bed.

"Sister, you're up so early!"

"It's still early. I usually get up before dawn. I must have walked a lot yesterday and was too tired to sleep last night."

Chu Xiaolu opened the courtyard gate, and Aya walked in, her face beaming, and took Chu Xiaolu's hands.

"How did you sleep last night?"

"You slept very well."

"Oh, that's good. Why is your face so red? Your skin is so soft, let me pinch it." Aya said, reaching out her hand in a gesture.

“You’re the same.” Chu Xiaolu and Aya playfully bickered and laughed as they walked into Wei Shan’s room, where Wei Shan was washing up.

"Aya, I'm here. Wait a moment. I'll be right there."

"Where is Sister Ya?"

"Sister Ya, I just went to call Brother Zhou. They'll be here soon."

After Wei Shan finished washing up, the three of them sat down to chat.

A moment later, Lefia took Zhou Yuan's hand and led him into the house.

Chu Xiaolu quickly went to greet him, "Sister Ya, is Big Brother a lazybones? He needs you to wake him up."

"That's exactly how your older brother is; he likes to sleep in. Besides, he drank quite a bit last night, so he overslept this morning."

Although Zhou Yuan looked completely innocent, he had no choice but to pretend to be deaf and dumb and let them talk as they pleased, with Leifia and Chu Xiaolu singing in unison.

"Everyone, let's go."

Led by Aya and guarded by soldiers outside the gate, the group walked for more than ten minutes before arriving at a luxurious palace. Male and female servants bustled about, carrying bowls and plates filled with soup and vegetables. Upon Aya's arrival, they all nodded in greeting. Aya also nodded to the servants. It was clear that Aya was well-liked by the servants.

Aya led the four of them around several bends and then they arrived at a courtyard with its gate wide open. The Southern Heavenly King was already sitting at a table waiting for them.