The group had concentrated on Chu Miaoâs beautiful appearance and capabilities with her identity of being both General Chuâs granddaughter and Major Yeâs girlfriend that they forgot about how she appeared there and where she was standing.
Yes, only now did they stop to think. How did Chu Miao appear before them out of thin air and what had she been standing on all this time?
Looking down at her feet, they found her on the surface of the water, standing. What was more outrageous and also something they were noticing for the first time was how dry she was from head to toe.
The rain was still going on. They were already rained on to the point that they looked like drowning rats, but she was completely dry.
Her clothes were dry, her hair was dry, her shoes standing on water were even more dry than their underwear.
How on earth did she do it? And now, Major General Ye was standing next to her in the same manner.
Standing on the water surface as dry as cereals. Were these two even human beings?
The fleeing soldiers felt a sharp gaze on them and they didnât dare to look back anymore. With a trembling heart, they sped up the boats to the maximum speed and disappeared in a short while.
"Are you done?" Chu Miao turned to look at the man who had appeared beside her and asked.
She hadnât expected his deterrence power to be so strong. One word was all it took for those soldiers to run as if the devil was at their heels. How hilarious.
"Mmm....I am fine. Youâve worked hard." Ye Xuan said with a smile as he stretched out his hand to tuck away a few stray hairs falling on the side of her face.
Even though she had a hair cut about two and a half months ago, her hair seemed to have taken some kind of growth hormone. It was already very long and past her shoulders. It could no longer be called a bob.
However, after thinking about it, she had decided to let it grow back. She had realized that the apocalypse wasnât as daunting for her family as the novels had implied.
She had read many apocalypse novels, which is why she and her mother shaved their long hair. After all in every novel, the female lead seems to shave their beautiful hair to enable them to fight better or save on resources.
She didnât need to save resources and fighting for her couldnât be hindered by long hair. She had even longer hair in ancient times and still win most of her battles.
Her hair had never been an obstacle. So, she had decided to grow it back.
"It was nothing. You have a good eye for people." Chu Miao replied with a smile of her own.
"Hahahaha... letâs go home. There is another group ahead, are they part of your team Captain Qi?"
Ye Xuan first laughed at Chu Miaoâs complement then turned around to face Qi Long and his face changed so fast. It was faster than flipping the pages of a book.
He became the usual dignified major general they all knew. As if the man with a tender look and a captivating smile a moment ago wasnât him.
But no one dared to slight him, so Qi Long answered quickly.
"Yes major general, when they heard that I was leaving with my team, they insisted on retiring and following us. Things have changed in the base as you have just witnessed.
Simply because we refused to go on any other missions that would end up killing innocent people or having my brothers perish, the leaders send a squad with advanced weapons to eliminate us.
If not for Miss Chu, we would have died. So, when they said they didnât want to serve such a military anymore as it went against their oaths and beliefs, I agreed.
I am sorry for making such a significant decision without informing you first."
Qi Long first explained his reasons then apologized for taking matters into his own hands.
"Itâs not a problem. If we have more people, it would be better for survival. Letâs go get them first then." Ye Xuan didnât fuss over the issue. He was just a little surprised to see over a hundred people when Qi Long had said he would bring four of his remaining brothers.
But it didnât matter. They could afford to feed a few more mouths. Moreover, soldiers could perform better than ordinary people when it comes to going on supply collection missions or protection department.
Ye Xuan then turned to look at Chu Miao. She had placed the yacht in her space, but he still didnât feel it was safe for her to expose it.
Since she had given him a space ring, he could pretend that it was him who had the boat in his space so that no one would suspect Chu Miao.
Seeing the look he was giving her, Chu Miao understood his intentions and had no intention of contradicting him.
Her space was indeed special and the fewer people knew about it, the better.
So when she saw Ye Xuan raise his hand, she immediately took the yacht out of the space and it appeared in front of everyone.
"Everyone, get on the boat." Ye Xuan said and took the lead to enter the yacht while holding Chu Miaoâs hand.
The two walked side-by-side to the deck and stood on the railing to look at the still dumbfounded soldiers standing on their modified rowing boats.
âCould they have become stupid for some reason?â Chu Miao wondered as she saw that even after a minute of waiting, no one was moving.
"Make a move, soldier." Ye Xuan gave an order and as if by reflex, they all saluted and said in unison,
"Yes Major General." Only then did they seem to have come back to their senses and started to row to the edge of the yacht.
There was a ladder that they used to climb up to the deck and then turned around to look at the modified boat they had spend so much time to make and felt it was a loss to leave it.
However, they couldnât haul it onto the boat, so they could only look away reluctantly.
As they were about to look away and walk down to the cabin, the rowing boat suddenly disappeared.
They were shocked once again, but this time they recovered quickly and smiled.
They were soldiers and weâre trained not to ask questions. So, even though seeing such a big yacht appear was shocking, and their boat disappearing was equally astonishing, they didnât ask anything.
They had heard of space users before, but according to their investigations, most space users only had at most fifty square meters of space.
Some even had thirty while others had less than twenty. So, seeing a space that could store such a large yacht and also keep their boat was indeed a surprise.
Ye Xuan didnât stay to talk to them and headed to the helm together with Chu Miao.
Soon, the yacht came to life and headed towards the direction where those small rowing boats had headed.
It was the direction of the building he had been meditating in so he didnât need anyoneâs navigation for the time being.