Chapter Forty-Five The Final Night

  That night, Xu Ming and Maya snuggled up in the grass of the training ground.

  The moonlight shines in the grass, groups of crickets and other small insects sing happily there, everything is so quiet, so beautiful.

  Maya nestled in Xu Ming's arms, her face flushed. She had been with Xu Ming all these days, but they were always on the edge of life and death, never having such a quiet moment before.

  The world in peace is so good, when can we have such a day?

  Maya didn't dare to think about it. Nowadays, all the resources in the world are drying up, and there are increasingly severe signs that this day may never come again.

  "What did Lieutenant Colonel say today? Why can others stay on the base, but only you can't?" Maya recalled the conversation at the dinner table and couldn't help but feel sorry for Xu Ming.

  Xu Ming stroked Maya's hair, smiling and saying: "Because I'm different from you, maybe I can say it like this - I'm a person of the Huaxia Empire. If someone comes to look for information about me, what would happen? If I were dead, they'd have a good explanation. But if I were at the base? That's an international incident, and they wouldn't dare take that risk."

  Maya smiled coquettishly, resting her head on Xu Ming's thigh, with their faces facing each other. She looked at him curiously and said, "Actually, Ming, I'm also very curious - are you really from the Huaxia Empire?"

  "I guess so." Xu Ming didn't know how to respond either, he couldn't say that he crossed over while playing games, so he vaguely said: "Anyway, I'm the kind of person who absolutely won't cause any international disputes."

  "Why didn't you tell Captain?" Maya blinked and said, "Maybe they'll send you back home. I heard Huaxia is much better now, although there's still war, it's way better than our side."

  Xu Ming smiled faintly and said, "They don't dare to. They still need the support of the Huaxia Empire. Any risk, they won't dare to take. Alright, let's not discuss this matter anymore."

  Xu Ming's expression suddenly turned somewhat evil, his demonic claws suddenly dug into Maya's clothes, roaming on Maya's tender skin.

  "By the way, tonight's dinner was quite good. I'll come with little Maya to check our bodies and see if we've gained weight?"

  Maya, symbolizing 'sex', protested: "How can you get fat so quickly... ah..."

  Xu Ming's demonic claws were now roaming freely over Maya's 'chest', causing her face to turn bright red in an instant, and she couldn't help but let out a weak moan.

  Maya whispered: "Tomorrow... we... let's go back to the tent..."

  The major was particularly considerate of them, allowing the two to share a tent, while Karp had one to himself. This was also, perhaps, their last benefit before death.

  Xu Ming originally thought so too, but Maya was speaking with her eyes closed, under the moonlight, and he could clearly see that Maya's skin was all pink.

  He couldn't help but think of teasing Maya a bit, his waist slightly twisted, and something rubbed gently against Maya's small face through the fabric.

  Maya jumped in fright, almost shouting out loud. Opening her eyes to take a look, the small tent was already standing tall. Maya hehe smiled, grinding her teeth, turned her face and gently bit onto the fabric with a soft "chomp".

  "Ah..."

  Xu Ming suddenly let out an exaggerated cry of despair, covering something as he fell into the grass thicket and slightly convulsed.

  "Is it that serious?" Maya walked up to Xu Ming with a skeptical look and said weakly, "I'm very light..."

  Xu Ming suddenly flipped over and pulled Maya down, pinning her underneath. He revealed an exceptionally evil grin, scanning Maya's body back and forth, chuckling to himself as he said: "Hmph, you bit me? You think it'll be that easy to let you off? Watch as I punish you on the spot."

  "No, no. This... what kind of place is this? No..." Maya struggled, her eyes darting around in all directions, afraid that someone would come over.

  This remark reminded Xu Ming that others would definitely not come running in the middle of the night, but the command center must have the ability to monitor every corner of the training ground, and this place was indeed not suitable.

  "Tomorrow, let's go back. Whatever you want to do is fine..."

  Maya's voice grew softer and her eyes inadvertently swept across Xu Ming's something.

  Xu Ming gritted his teeth and picked up Maya with a swift motion, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

  "Nowadays young people, oh dear, I haven't seen anything." The lieutenant chuckled to himself in front of the screen and quickly turned his head back.

  The lieutenant was sitting on the sofa next to him, smoking a cigar, with a ruddy complexion and his legs crossed, without any sense of being subordinate.

  "I'm telling you, old buddy, there aren't many white-rich-beauties left nowadays. With our conditions, finding a wife is absolutely no problem. If you don't consider it, then find a 'female' friend?" The lieutenant commander said with a puff of his cigar, jokingly remarking from the side.

  The lieutenant shook his head, belched and said: "No way, can't find. If you find it, there will be entanglements. We are looking at the scenery, maybe we are alive today, but tomorrow we may die on the battlefield. It's not practical, your Zhivago is really good. 'Take' some time to 'get' two more bottles and taste them. When we die, we won't regret it."

  "You think you're so lucky, and there are two bottles." The lieutenant colonel chuckled and said: "Do you know where this bottle came from? It's still the spoils of war we captured last time. The general wanted it, but I withheld it. Otherwise, you wouldn't have had this good fortune."

  The lieutenant smiled wryly and said: "I was just saying, it's been several years since I've had a drink, today I just took a sip and almost couldn't hold on."

  "Hmm, that's right." The lieutenant suddenly said in a serious tone, "That injured kid probably won't be able to participate in the competition, what are you going to do about it?"

  The lieutenant colonel took a deep drag on his cigar and said faintly, "What do you think?"

  "His performance is pretty good, he should be a local, I mean leave him at the base." The lieutenant shrugged and said, "Of course, you're in charge."

  "The translation team is short of one person, and there isn't anyone suitable at the moment. I've already contacted them about it, and once Harry recovers from his injury, he'll be arranged to go over."

  The lieutenant stood up unsteadily, patted the major's shoulder heavily and chuckled: "Actually, I shouldn't have asked. After all these years of friendship, I know you best."

  The major pressed the lieutenant down to sit, saying in a low voice: "Old buddy, be careful now, the war is about to start, don't speak 'recklessly' from now on."

  At two or three o'clock in the morning, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the training ground.

  The boys in the tent dressed at the fastest speed and stood in formation within two minutes.

  The major walked over, smiled slightly and said: "Not bad, had a bit of wine, still so quick on the move, looks like you all have a good capacity for liquor."

  What a good drinker you are... You can even drink with Lieutenant... How much did we drink anyway...

  "It's good that way, a new day has begun, and you will complete the extremely arduous training in the next 72 hours. Perhaps you will face death countless times, but I believe in you."

  "Target, the rocky mountain you once fought on. Training content, bare-handed rock climbing to the water pool, and underwater extreme training in the water pool. Time limit for bare-handed rock climbing is thirty minutes, underwater extreme training lasts until dawn, depart."

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