Chapter 335: Fate (2/2)
Ning Moyan’s expression was unreadable. He was silent for a full half a minute before mocking himself, ”Yes, fate is truly unpredictable. The once penniless dull man is now the top fighter of Gray Valley. Me, on the other hand, once a genius, was kicked out of Gray Valley. Haha, now, I’m even brought down to this miserable situation. Fate is cruel.”
”Moyan, I know that you’re not responsible for what happened back then,” Bei Guang said this sincerely to Ning Moyan, ”I only have one question for you.”
”And that is?” Ning Moyan lifted his eyebrow sarcastically.
”Was it you who spreaded the virus?” Bei Guang asked in a low voice.
A great anger rose within Ning Moyan. He wanted to return a few sarcastic words, but he saw Bei Guang’s expression. Old memories came back to him. The image of two little boys playing together touched the softer part of his heart, and that great anger vanished without a trace.
He could not help but spoke the truth, ”Guang, it was not me! I swear it.”
Bei Guang looked meaningfully at Ning Moyna, and Ning Moyan did not avert his gaze. After a while, Bei Guang nodded and said, ”Moyan, don’t worry, I will find the person responsible for spreading the virus.”
Ning Moyan knew that his once friend always kept his word. He nodded, and did not say more.
Bei Guang turned to the other man and said with a hint of respect, ”Old Xu, I don’t understand at all why you would be involved in this!”
”You’ll find out later,” Old Xu said calmly, ”I’ll just warn you a bit, those people in the know, hehe …” Abruptly, Old Xu stopped there, and it was a long moment before he sighed again, ”I won’t tell. For you, the lesser you know the better.”
”Guang, don’t investigate further into this matter. It’s more complicated than it seems,” Ning Moyan advised, but he could tell from the light in Bei Guang’s eyes that his words did nothing to convince him. He knew this man inside out, being his very close friend. Once his eyes lit up like that, there was no stopping him.
Old Xu sighed softly and looked at Bei Guang. He said calmly, ”Do what you have to. I’m not going back to Gray Valley to meet those people. It’s simpler to just die here.”
Ning Moyan showed the same calmness as he spoke, ”Yeah, if you’re really trying to help me, then do it. There’s only suffering back there, and you know it. Hehe, and they might just not get what they wished for.”
Bei Guang knew that if he brought them back, they would probably be greeted with endless torture. His expression dimmed as his eyes betrayed his pain and sadness. He looked to Ning Moyan meaningfully, and Ning Moyan looked back at him with acceptance.
It was as though they were back to their youthful days of fun.
Bei Guang gritted his teeth and turned around. He waved his hand in a sharp jerk.
Two red beams shot through the dead center of Ning Moyan’s and Old Xu’s foreheads.
As he turned back around, Bei Guang was already in tears. He walked to Ning Moyan’s corpse quietly and kneeled down. Bang bang bang! He kowtowed three times, leaving his forehead bloody.
His face was still covered in tears as Guang Bei stared silently at Ning Moyan’s body on the ground. Ning Moyan’s face looked calm, without any trace of pain.
After a full three minutes, Guang Bei finally stood up and slipped into his mech.
”Squad Captain, this place …” Through the comms, his comrade asked carefully. Anyone could see that Guang Bei was now greatly devastated.
He knew of the friendship between Bei Guang and Ning Moyan. They had grown up together. Guang Bei was honest and a bit rigid, while Ning Moyan was hailed as a genius. They shared a close friendship, akin to brothers. Guang Bei’s rigidity had made him a bullying target, but Ning Moyan had always defended him.
Guang Bei’s current achievement was closely related to Ning Moyan. Guang Bei had always trusted Ning Moyan since they were young. His training schedule was completely designed by Ning Moyan. When he first met the squad captain and before they began receiving official training, he remembered seeing the squad captain still training according to Ning Moyan’s suggestions.
Later on, for some unknown reason, Ning Moyan was exiled from Gray Valley. Guang Bei might be rigid, bu he was also extremely hardworking and reliable, so he continued to rise through the ranks. When he was finally given Sentry, he became one of the top mech pilots in Gray Valley.
”Destroy this place. All the useful things here have already been moved out,” Guang Bei said solemnly. He was still deep in pain.
After rapidly setting up the ultra-strong explosives, the two mechs quickly left the archive room.
Just after they left, Ye Chong rushed out of the cupboard. He remembered the three serial numbers that Old Xu mentioned clearly.
He ignored Rui Bing and quickly searched for those three chips among the other chips in the room.
When Ye Chong went out of the cupboard, Rui Bing felt a momentary loss, but quickly gathered herself.
He had a blue, yellow and red chip. After double checking their serial numbers, Ye Chong felt overjoyed and quickly deployed his mech. ”Let’s go,” he said as he slipped into his mech. Rui Bing also deployed Guardian and resumed her position on Han Jia’s shoulder.
Down in the underground sewer, Han Jia carried Rui Bing and accelerated to its maximum speed.
Ye Chong and Rui Bing both knew that time was of the essence! They had to reach safety before the bombs exploded.