"Crap—he's coming straight at me!"
Mao Shen's heart jolted.
Don't tell me my concealment's been discovered?!
He hurriedly dodged aside.
In the next second, a spinning meteorite whizzed past the spot he'd just vacated and smashed into a massive rock behind him, shattering it.
Mao Shen flashed away a few more times, putting even more distance between himself and where Lin Fei and Lena were.
"…Am I just overthinking it?"
After all, Lin Fei hadn't come flying at him. That meteorite just now seemed more like a coincidence.
Mao Shen hesitated, not daring to act rashly, and chose to keep observing.
On the other side.
Lena, having regained her composure, looked at Lin Fei with sparkling eyes.
"Th-this… you can even play it like that?!"
"Heh, heh—want to learn?" Lin Fei teased.
"Yes! Coach, I want to learn this!" Lena said excitedly.
"Exclusive secret technique. No passing it on," Lin Fei said, crossing his arms and speaking with obvious smugness.
"Come on, come on—don't be like that," Lena laughed shamelessly. "Name your terms. This goddess will trade with you!"
"Aiya~ probably from moving meteorites too much. My shoulders are a bit sore right now," Lin Fei said casually.
Seeing this, Lena immediately sidled up to him, placing her hands on his shoulders and kneading them attentively.
Even though she was only touching illusion-scale armor, just looking at her posture, she seemed to be giving it her all.
"Be honest—does it feel better now?"
"…The other side too…"
Before Lin Fei could finish speaking, Lena instantly moved to his other shoulder and continued massaging.
Watching from afar, Mao Shen's mouth fell open.
By the blazing sun god—
their solar goddess Lena was actually coaxing and massaging a man?!
He almost couldn't resist rushing out to teach that audacious bastard a lesson.
But remembering General Pan Zhen's instructions—that he was to stay hidden and ensure Goddess Lena's safety, reporting back any unusual situations—he restrained himself.
And right now, Lena was clearly not in danger. He couldn't make a move.
So he could only continue hiding in the shadows, watching quietly.
Still… he had already decided.
Once that bastard separated from the goddess, he'd definitely step in and give him a proper "lesson"!
"Hehe~ how does it feel now?" Lena asked.
"Mmm, not bad," Lin Fei replied.
"Then…"
"…Still not good enough."
"Huh?"
Lena froze, her expectant expression turning blank.
Why wasn't he playing along?!
Then she saw Lin Fei raise one finger.
"If you can beat me, I'll teach you."
"But only for a little while—and there's no guarantee you'll learn it."
"Oh, that's easy!" Lena said confidently. "With this goddess's talent, what can't I learn?"
Her exquisitely beautiful face lit up with self-assurance.
"…Wait, haven't you already lost to me?" Lin Fei asked.
"That's nothing!" Lena waved it off. "Worst case, you just go easy on me later~"
She laughed thick-skinnedly, not the least bit embarrassed.
Lin Fei: "…"
Her bold personality was exactly the same as he'd imagined.
"Alright then. As long as you block one attack, you win."
"Really? I knew you were a good guy!" Lena beamed.
"Stop handing out 'good guy cards' so casually!" Lin Fei complained loudly.
Lena stuck out her tongue playfully and returned to the front of the meteorite pile, standing before the goal.
"This goddess refuses to believe it—I can't block even one!"
Her confidence was sky-high as energy gathered in her hands.
Then…
She failed.
Fifteen times in a row—she didn't block a single one.
Those meteorites all whizzed past Lena and flew toward Mao Shen's direction, forcing him to dodge again and again.
He hadn't even fully landed before having to flash away once more.
On his expressionless face, a large imaginary "#" popped up.
He was growing increasingly suspicious—
Had this bastard discovered him?!
Coincidences couldn't keep being coincidences, right?!
"This isn't scientific—this isn't scientific at all!" Mao Shen roared inwardly.
"How could this goddess fail to catch even one…?" Lena began doubting her life choices.
"No, no—definitely the method is wrong!"
She suddenly recalled that the meteorites Lin Fei kicked were all spinning at high speed.
And every time, once they reached a certain distance from her, they would suddenly change direction, curving around her.
"Then I just need to attack earlier!"
Having grasped Lin Fei's attack pattern, Lena's confidence returned.
She shouted toward Lin Fei in front of her:
"Again! This goddess has figured it out—this time I'll definitely block it!"
Lin Fei nearly laughed.
Wasn't that basically reminding herself to change her timing?
But he had no intention of letting Lena lose.
Training alone in this empty cosmic space would be unbearably boring.
With Lena around, it was much more fun.
And it didn't interfere with improving his own internal energy either.
In fact, when Lena attacked and he defended the goal, it was even more effective than practicing alone.
"Got it!"
This time, Lena successfully intercepted the meteorite Lin Fei kicked.
A violent explosion instantly shattered the entire rock, bursting into flames.
Lena jumped excitedly.
"You lost!"
"…Alright," Lin Fei smiled.
"Then you can teach me now, right?" Lena said eagerly.
She skipped over to Lin Fei, grinning as she patted his shoulders again.
Though she was loud and carefree by nature, she wasn't stupid.
She could tell Lin Fei had gone easy on her.
Seeing Lin Fei nod, Lena didn't immediately demand instruction.
Instead, she asked curiously:
"By the way, is it because you can't survive in space that you're always wearing this helmet?"
Actually, she'd been curious about his appearance since the moment they met.
When she first saw him, she'd even thought he was some kind of glutton.
After all, this was a lifeless planet.
And this route also led toward Blue Star.
Anyone who appeared in a place like this at this time—aside from gluttons—was probably no one else.
But judging from Lin Fei's build and his red armor, she quickly dismissed that idea.
Gluttons were beast-bodied, while Lin Fei clearly had a divine-river physique.
And their armor was completely different—
glutton warriors all wore black armor.
They also couldn't move those hundred-meter-wide meteorites as effortlessly as Lin Fei.
As she spent more time with him, she realized they really did get along well.
Which only made her more curious about what he looked like.
"Oh, this? It's not really a big deal," Lin Fei said.
He'd always been fully armored, never removing it.
Now, the illusion-scale helmet shifted slightly upward on both sides.
The armor covering his face and head slid back.
The helmet turned from solid into an afterimage—then vanished.
"Huh?"
Lena found it fascinating—the armor could disappear like that?
But immediately, her attention was captured by Lin Fei's face.
She walked around to his front, studying him carefully, eyes full of amazement.
"I didn't expect you to be this handsome?!"
"You've got good taste," Lin Fei said smugly.
"Born this handsome—I can't help it."
He flirtatiously brushed aside the bangs on his forehead.
"Actually, you're really beautiful too," he added.
"If you entered a beauty pageant, you'd definitely win without any competition."
"Of course!" Lena puffed up proudly.
"This goddess is naturally gorgeous—universally acknowledged across the cosmos! I am the light of the sun, Lena~"
She was clearly flattered, hands on her hips.
"You've got good taste too~"
Lin Fei and Lena exchanged a glance.
Two people whose middle-school cringe and narcissism were perfectly in sync burst out laughing together.
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