Chapter 265: A River of Blood

The dishes have been served, and a group of people are sitting around the round table, but no one dares to be the first to take chops.

The dishes on the table were lined up in a circle, and Sakura's Yusheng and Qianjie's stir-fried octopus were as stable as ever. Kevin's Bolognese Lasagna and Creamy Macaroni are also very good - after all, they are the work of two and a half years of practice.

Mikael's salad is also good, after all, this thing is good for the right hand.

Alicia's cake was pretty good except that it looked a little ugly and a little greasy.

However, others are...horrible...

Looking up at the stars looked good, but Hen and Blanca seemed to have forgotten to marinate the fish in wine, so that the entire filling inside the pie was filled with the salty smell of sea fish, making it completely inedible.

Eden’s Bitter Melon Juice…

…

The reason why Mobius's eel soup is green is that she grinds various vegetables into powder and pours it into the broth, and also adds water starch to thicken it. Although the taste may not be bad, let alone the appearance, it is The fact that "the maker is Mebius" makes no one dare to try this dish.

Hua's longevity noodles are quite average, far less delicious than Kevin's. The soup is mainly clear and watery, and I don't know if they forgot to add salt. It's really authentic.

Oh, actually, it’s not that Su’s wedding eggs are inedible, it’s just that he put the eggs in a box, and when he opened the box, the eggshell was broken...

As for Padu’s oil-soaked dried fish and Weiwei’s “bumping soup” that stirs and explodes everywhere...

These things... don't mention it.

"How about... don't eat it..."

The small living room is crowded with all kinds of smells: salty, pungent, burnt...

It makes people lose their appetite even for those few decent dishes.

"How about this... If you are not satisfied with the dishes you made, withdraw them now..."

Kevin scratched his head. Before he could finish his words, a group of people jumped up as if they had been granted amnesty.

The desktop was instantly empty.

Although more than half of the dishes were lost at once, except for Mei, Aldemir and Himihu, everyone present was a fusion warrior and did not rely heavily on eating to survive. On the contrary, the atmosphere was no longer awkward. Everyone sang happy birthday again and asked Mei what wishes she wanted to make.

Suddenly, it seemed as though it was Paduo who shouted:

"No! Did we miss something?"

Only then did everyone realize that everyone was focusing on "gifts", but no one thought of getting a birthday cake...

Mei raised her head, with a smile on her lips, and quickly glanced at Kevin, who was sitting across the round table.

"Otherwise, let's use this one from Ellie?"

Kevin said bravely.

Mei didn't care, but how could Mikael and Ellie do what he wanted.

"No, no, no! Ellie's cake is so delicious... No, it's so greasy. If we use this as a birthday cake, everyone will gain weight tonight."

"Hmph! Besides, I made it specially for Mei. It's only so small and big. I can't share it with everyone when making a birthday cake."

Kevin looked at the poop-shaped cake as big as a casserole in the middle of the table and fell into thought.

But he didn't know that the cake embryo inside was actually only the size of a cup lid, so there was really no way to divide it.

"It's really not possible. Let's go find it now... Well, at this time, it's too late for the logistics department to do anything..."

Seeing Kevin's embarrassed look, Mikael couldn't help but speak out to help him out, but thinking about it carefully, at this point in time, it was too late to prepare a cake no matter where he went.

In fact, it's not that you can't use power to construct a cake, but the way of using this power is somewhat... off the table.

If it is a reappearance of power, that's it. His own power must still retain a certain dignity.

"Hey! It doesn't matter if it doesn't work! You don't have to make a wish on the cake candles for your birthday! As for me, it's your wish, and wishing for something is not a wish, and there is no need for candles or anything. We were on Twilight Street When we were young, it would be nice to be able to make a wish on half a can... Although, we don’t know when our birthday is, we only remember the day when we were picked up..."

You can solve the troubles you caused by yourself, but Pado's voice became softer and softer because everyone was focusing on her, which was really unaccustomed to her.

She thought she had said something wrong, but unexpectedly, as Mei shook her head with a wry smile, everyone let out a burst of long and short sighs.

Ai Li, who was sitting next to her, stretched out her hand to pluck her hair, pinched her cat ears emphatically, and then said softly:

"You better live and understand, Phyllis."

"Ah...ah? Sister Ai Li, did we say the wrong thing or did we just talk?"

"Shh-"

Ai Li's index finger gently touched Padu's lips, "You're right, don't be so afraid!"

"So that's it. It seems that everyone from Kevin to the present is impressed. After all, the previous two birthdays didn't have such a painstaking preparation for the 'formality'. They just informed each other and everyone just followed their own wishes."

Su closed her eyes and turned her face to her best friend.

Kevin was holding a glass of ice water, lowering his head and not knowing what he was thinking.

If it's embarrassing, a little bit.

But the most important thing is that he consciously wasted everyone's time, but even a small birthday celebration was full of mistakes.

Forget about everything else, I even forgot such important things as candles and cakes.

He knew that Su Ming seemed to be complaining, but in reality he was trying to excuse him - candles and cakes were just formalities, weren't they? None of that matters, as long as...

"In fact, various formalisms, interpreted from a sociological perspective, can be said to have emerged out of the need to convey one's feelings to a certain extent. But no matter what, Kevin, everyone feels your feelings. Here we are, I also...feel it..."

May, who had been just as nervous and embarrassed as Kevin from the beginning, finally spoke boldly.

At this moment, it was like a thin drum beat sounded in the heart, and the two people's eyes met across the diameter of the round table.

This distance is not long, only three or four meters. Kevin can cross it in 0.1 seconds, but this is a distance that two people cannot reach each other even if they reach out to each other at the same time - this is also due to some kind of reason. In the format, Mei was the one to celebrate the birthday, and Kevin needed to help her take care of the guests, so he sat across from her.

"Oops! May's direct attack made Kevin shy. It's such a foul! Everyone, hurry up and take photos, don't wait until it's too late!"

Ellie's yelp sounded, and the timing was perfect.

Mei and Kevin both showed a smile, and then quickly glanced to the side before everyone else took out their mobile phones.

"Well...if that's the case, then I'll just make the wish."

Mei took the initiative to speak and controlled the rhythm of the audience. She clasped her hands together, closed her eyes and lowered her head, silently reciting in her heart——

"If possible, I want to be with Kai..."

She suddenly froze.

She just let her emotions go, but she didn't expect that she would give such an answer.

It's not that there is any need to laugh at such a wish, it's just that she thought she would wish for how the world and humanity would be.

Unexpectedly, in the end, she was just a selfish person.

But there is nothing wrong with this selfishness personally. As far as Mei is concerned, she is only slightly surprised.

But... Ke Mei still put an end to this idea abruptly.

Because at this time, she represents not only herself, nor just the small family composed of Mei and Kevin, but represents the fire-chasing moth and represents all mankind.

Of course, some people may think that this is a big deal for a birthday wish.

Kemei insists that this is necessary. The so-called change of mentality is mostly the result of accumulation over time. As the saying goes, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, but the real change is often an inflection point, a moment.

Since you realize your immaturity and inadequacy at this moment, it would be best to make changes at this moment.

Ten seconds...

half a minute...

One minute...

Mei just lowered her head and closed her eyes without any words or movements.

Silence always stretches out the time. For example, even though it was less than two minutes, Pado was already twisting and turning, as if two hours had passed since he was watching this scene.

Only Mikael, and perhaps Su and Destobia, could inadvertently catch a glimpse of Mei's change of mind.

Only they can understand what the silence of more than a minute just means...

Mei finally washed away the youthfulness and introversion recovered from distant memories. She was no longer the little girl.

The past is part of the future, the past self is part of the present self, and the present self is part of the future self. No one can leave the past behind, because from the perspective of society, the past self is still "oneself" "Part of it, but from the perspective of "self", the past self is definitely not the same as the present self, but two different individuals.

So people often say, I'm not the same person I used to be.

So now Mei, she is no longer the student Mei at Qianyu Academy, nor is she the scholar Mei when she went to Mu Continent to attend academic seminars. She is also not the Mei who struggled to develop hope in the cracks when she first joined Fire Chasing Moth. plum.

It is Dr. Mei, the leader of the Fire Chaser Moth, who leads all mankind to fight against Honkai.

"My wish is...that humanity can eventually defeat Honkai - no matter what the cost."

but……

but……

but……

In the silent night, the sound of frogs croaking in early spring came, and Mei somehow thought of everything she saw on the moon.

The earth is so far away that you can’t reach it, the universe is so profound that you can feel the loneliness of tens of thousands of years at a glance, the inscription left by “myself” 250,000 years ago...

And the fate of endless reincarnations.

"Can I really do this?"

"I... no, don't say I can defeat Honkai, I can really..."

There was obviously nothing in the air, but Mei felt a weight pressing on her shoulders, and then she realized that the so-called hope was not an illusory thing, but had a real weight.

The weight was getting bigger and bigger, so much so that her shoulders were shrinking inward...

But the next moment, the pressure eased slightly, and then became more and more relaxed, but she knew that it was not that those hopes were gone, but that someone shared those hopes with her...

She opened her eyes and caught a ray of light for the first time.

It's Kevin, it's Mikael and Alicia, it's Mebius, it's Velvet...it's everyone sitting here, even Prometheus, and even the entire Fire Chaser...

Thinking about it carefully, she has never been alone all the way to the present. She will always have countless companions - it was like this in the past, it is like this now, and it will definitely be like this in the future.

"At the very least, our era is much better than the 'script' given by Mikael. Since the Herrschers who fought for mankind did not exist in the past era, we can still stumble to the end. In the decisive battle, we can definitely do it now. The me now, the us now, will definitely be able to do better than the us who were 250,000 years ago, and the one in the script!"

Then Mei's eyes curled up——

"Okay, my wish has been fulfilled."

"Wow, wow, wow! Tell me, tell me! What wish did you make? Is it related to Kevin? It must be, right?"

Alicia blinked narrowly at her, and Mei smiled softly, neither denying nor confirming.

After making their wishes, everyone stopped sitting around the round table. Since the dinner ended hastily, everyone should have left.

But after a short vacation, we finally got together again, and we always wanted to talk more.

For example, Himiko and Aldemir, because they did not become fusion warriors, they later belonged to different departments and were responsible for different combat missions, so their interactions were much less. Now that they have the opportunity to get together, of course they need to chat more and reconnect. emotion……

Especially Himihu...especially Captain Himihu! Just now, Mingming was lying on the sofa drunk and snoring. After Kevin asked everyone to remove the dishes, Mikael turned his head and glanced, just in time to see Himiko squinting one eye to detect the situation...

Now he sat up directly from the sofa and pulled Ai Li and Mei to have sex.

Mikael covered his forehead, thought for a while, and walked up to Aldemir and Evan Jielin.

His first words made the two of them excited:

"Let me tell you some good news. Due to the addition of mass-produced fusion warriors, the anti-entropy organization will definitely not be able to accommodate so many people. In the future, a large number of fusion warriors may be mixed with ordinary soldiers to deal with the collapse of the emperor-level and below. Bad beasts and dead men disaster."

"Yeah!"

Yiwen Jielin clapped her hands and stood up.

Aldemir scratched his head shyly and raised the scarred goggles on his forehead.

"Um?"

Mikael let out a light sigh.

"What's wrong?"

Aldemir frowned and asked quickly.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was thinking about other things just now and got distracted. Do you have time recently? I would like to find an opportunity to get together with the people from the fifth team and bring the captain with me."

"The fifth team..."

His brows relaxed, he leaned back on the chair naturally, pondered for a moment, and shook his head:

"The old man who was in the fifth team during the third collapse is now dead and scattered, let alone one out of ten. There are less than 200 people in the establishment. I still have the impression of it, but Two or three people.”

"That's it..."

Mikael touched his chin and continued to ask:

"Then how many of us are there? You, Evangelion, myself, Alicia, Mebius, plus the captain?"

"Spare me..."

Aldemir smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"I have to go on an escort mission the day after tomorrow, so time is a bit tight."

"Escort?"

"Um……"

Aldemir rolled his eyes, probably thinking that given Mikael's authority and relationship, it would not be difficult to obtain this information, so he casually mentioned:

"Escaping soul steel, Dr. Mei recently required all factories that originally manufactured soul steel for the coalition government to pay off their inventory."

"Ah...that's a pity..."

Mikael shook his head regretfully and walked away with his back.

After walking two steps, he suddenly turned his head and glanced back from the corner of his eye. Aldemir raised his head with something in mind, and saw Mikael walking to Hua and sitting down, chatting with her. , and didn’t care.

"Why didn't Carol come?"

Mikael rubbed his eyebrows, his tone was a little weak, and he was a little sad and haggard.

Carol was originally a member of the rapid response force stationed in the Mu continent, but now that the Mu continent is gone, he was naturally transferred back to the headquarters.

Kevin didn't forget her either, so he invited her, but for some reason she didn't come.

"She..."

Hua seemed to have thought of something, and an impatient smile appeared on his face.

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

"Ding dong——"

The doorbell rang at exactly this moment, and Pado jumped up first, rushed forward and opened the door——

"Hey, hey! Am I late?"

The familiar loud voice really said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao are here.

But following Carol through the door, there was also a big cake.

She didn't even look at it with an excited expression on her face. It took a lot of effort to suppress Hua from jumping on her, and she raised the cake in her hand as if to show off:

"Dang, dang, dang! This is the thought of all our Fire Chaser members - just in time, we went to check your ingredient ordering records in the logistics department. Only Alicia ordered ten three-inch cake bases, but that was obviously Can’t make a birthday cake.”

She smiled and placed a huge cake box on the table. At first glance, it looked like it was about twenty inches tall, and she didn't know how she carried it all the way.

"Oh! You are really attentive, thank you very much!"

Ellie squinted and was about to unpack the cake, but Carol got there first and said:

"What are you doing, Sister Ellie? Dr. Mei must open the cake herself!"

Mei didn't think much about it. She walked to the cake, untied the bow, and the box opened on all sides.

But in addition to the cake, there was also a dagger with a cold light in front of everyone's eyes——

"Even if you divide the cake, you don't need such a knife..."

Mei was thinking so, and saw a flash of cold light in front of her eyes, and the dazzling tip of the knife was getting closer and closer to her——

"Shua——"

The coldness was pervasive, and the ice knife in Kevin's hand immediately cut off Carol's right hand holding the knife, and blood splattered all over the cake, the table, and Mei's body and face.

"Kevin!"

Michelle reminded loudly, and Kevin understood. The ice knife in his hand circled and cut off Carol's other hand, but did not hurt the vital parts——In this bizarre situation, it is natural to leave a survivor.

"Ah——"

As luck would have it, Hua felt a pain on her face, her vision went dark, and her hand involuntarily touched Carol's left hand.

Blood mixed with broken ice shards flowed out from the broken part, and the rubber-like meridians twitched and throbbed, gradually sliding out from the broken part.

"Ka... Ka... Carol..."

Hua's teeth were chattering. Although she had experienced life and death countless times, she still felt her heartbeat speed suddenly increased by hundreds of times, and a burning sensation almost burst out of her throat. Then, she didn't know whether it started from the back or the back of the head, and her body gradually became numb and unable to move.

But she soon had another shock all over her body——

"Bang!"

Aldemir took out a pistol, and the bullet hit Carol's neck, so her entire neck exploded under the power of the bullet, leaving only a little flesh hanging, and her eyeballs also burst out of their sockets under the huge pressure. After rolling on the ground for several circles, her eyes stared at Hua's direction.

Carol's body fell to the ground, and blood slowly flowed all over the floor.

Hua stared blankly at the crimson blood that kept spreading toward her feet. For the first time, she realized that a person's death could also cause a river of blood.