Chapter 75: The Gains from Venturing Deep into the Wild Starfield

"General."

At this moment, a sergeant stepped forward and took out the last of his medicine and bandages from his equipment bag: "Your wound needs to be treated."

Phil opened his tiger-like eyes and glanced at the soldiers in the cave. The wounds and blood they had shed were probably no less than his own.

"I'm fine, you can keep it."

"But……"

"This is an order!"

Before the soldier could finish speaking, a stern and angry shout rang out, silencing him and causing him to reluctantly put away his equipment bag.

After the soldiers had gone, Phil took a deep breath and forcibly controlled the flow of energy within his body, trying to retract his half-beast form. After all, he was now the backbone of the army, and if he appeared so dejected, it would surely cause his soldiers to lose their will to survive.

He forcibly reverted to human form, pressed himself against the wall, and then took a photograph from his pocket.

The photo shows two figures.

One of them was a silver-haired boy, and the other was a sweet-smiling girl. The two were having dinner together in the spaceship's restaurant. The boy held a peeled shrimp to the girl's lips, and the starry sky outside the spaceship in the background was very romantic.

As Phil looked at the photo, his thumb unconsciously pressed against the image of the silver-haired boy, while he stared at the girl next to him and grinned foolishly.

such a pity.

He and Xiao Nuo don't even have a single photo together.

This was taken when Theo posted a photo of himself and Xiao Nuo on the StarNet to annoy him, and he secretly downloaded and printed it from the StarNet.

The only photo he had was of Xiao Nuo.

The tenderness in the male's eyes gradually overshadowed the murderous aura emanating from him; longing, nostalgia, and reluctance seemed to be supporting his will.

"Snapped!"

Just then, someone else came over and threw the military bag on the ground in front of Phil again, causing Phil to pause in surprise and put the photo back in his pocket.

"do what."

The tenderness in Phil's eyes vanished instantly.

The male standing before him was his deputy general, named Modo, who had followed him for many years. He was a peak 7th-tier expert and his right-hand man.

However, upon closer inspection, one can see that the lieutenant's right hand had three fingers severed, and that they had been torn off by wild beasts while he was still alive; the bloody scene was shocking.

Without saying a word, Modo squatted down, opened the military equipment bag, and took out all the medical equipment and medicines inside: "You are the leader, you must live."

"..."

Phil frowned: "I already said I'm fine, you can keep them for later use, don't you understand? When did my orders become so useless?!"

The powerful roar echoed through the cave. Several soldiers walked back and forth, their faces showing some emotion, but under these circumstances, no one was willing to waste the remaining medical resources.

But Modo ignored him, his attitude equally cold and hard: "Right now, apart from you, my strength is the strongest, but I am only at the 7th level. Therefore, you are the only one with the greatest hope of survival."

They had previously encountered high-level savage beast packs, and had been surrounded and attacked by these beasts several times. Of their hundred-man squad, only seven or eight people remained.

In this situation, they were clearly unable to withstand another encirclement and were about to be completely wiped out.

Phil looked up and found that he had become the center of attention, with all the soldiers in the cave staring at him.

"General, please keep these medicines for yourself. Return to base alive and take the supplies back with you." At this moment, a soldier spoke up quietly.

Gradually, everyone in the cave began to speak in unison, and each person's words came from the bottom of their heart.

“If you hadn’t been looking out for us in the previous battles, you wouldn’t have been injured. In battles of this level, we’re just a hindrance. It would be a waste to leave us with the medical resources.”

“That’s right. We previously only used equipment to survey this mysterious information substance, and what we detected was just a few bits of information data in the air, which was not precise. Now that we have discovered the physical substance, we must bring it back to the base safely.”

"Only you can complete this task."

“I, Keller Brook, am willing to act as bait to cover the General’s escape from here.”

“I, Caen Herbert, am willing too!”

"Me too."

"..."

One by one, vivid names echoed in Phil's ears, bringing tears to his eyes, a reminder of his usual strength. These were his soldiers, his comrades-in-arms, with whom he had trained and risked his life. How could he bear to use them as bait to cover his escape?!
"impossible."

Phil stood up angrily, kicked his military bag two or three meters away, and then walked step by step towards the cave entrance, supporting himself against the wall.

But his anger wasn't directed at these soldiers; it stemmed from his own sense of powerlessness.

He hated himself for being useless and unable to change the overall situation, and he also felt hatred for those lowly beasts. Since the outbreak of the battlefield, so many fresh lives and many of his comrades-in-arms had been lost!
"Roar--!"

At this moment, the roars outside the cave became clearer and clearer, indicating that it wouldn't be long before the savage beasts discovered their tracks and surrounded them again.

At this moment, Mordo, watching Phil about to leave, suddenly spoke up: "General, do you intend to disappoint Miss Jiang Nuo?"

Phil resolutely stopped in his tracks.

Clearly, Modo's words had a profound impact on him.

“We all saw what you did during your time in the Legion. You like Miss Jiang Nuo, don’t you?”

“If you have someone to care about, you should live on and go back to see her. Unlike us, we have no females who like us and no offspring. Even if we die, there is nothing to regret.”

Modo's words carried a hint of desolation, and the soldiers behind him also showed self-deprecating expressions.

That's absolutely true.

At this moment, Phil's eyes were filled with mixed emotions. He pressed his fist tightly against the sand wall and remained silent for a long time. The entire cave became very quiet, with only the roars of wild beasts coming from outside.

After a long while, he turned around.

Looking at the soldiers behind him, their eyes were full of respect and love, and they even placed their hopes on him.

However, no one doesn't cherish their own life; deep down, everyone wants to live.

"Modo, listen to me."

Phil said, word by word, "If I use my brothers as bait today and escape alone, Xiao Nuo will really be disappointed in me when she finds out."

After saying that, he took out an emerald-colored bud crystal from his inner pocket. As soon as the stone appeared, it emitted a huge life force.

It was this aura that caused the savage beast horde to evolve rapidly. Phil even suspected that the large-scale outbreak of mutated beastmen was related to the informational substance emitted by this stone. This item was their greatest gain from their deep exploration of the savage star field.


(End of this chapter)

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