Chapter 13 "She's Overthinking It, Okay?"

Speaking of how her brother had caught someone's eye, Lu Xiaoyao felt she owed it to the situation to roll her eyes, given everything she knew.

"She told my brother that they were both single, came from similar backgrounds, and were equally matched in strength, so marriage would be perfect!"

Lu Xiaoyao even mimicked the other girl's imperious expression. After imitating her, Lu Xiaoyao immediately shuddered, expressing how disgusted she was.

"Who says that similar external conditions mean you have to get married?"

Lu Xiaoyao recalled that the way the girl looked at her brother was nothing like the adoring gaze of a maiden in love.

It was clearly a kind of appraisal, sizing him up as if he were a rare commodity, a high-end luxury item worthy of her.

"This is too..."

Those around her didn't know what to say. What kind of person was that?

Hu Yue expressed her sympathy for Lu Gui's experience, but Mingmei said, "If she really had designs on your brother, why... why didn't she go to the Third Legion?"

"Huh?"

Mingmei's reminder made Lu Xiaoyao blink. That made sense.

Why didn't she go to the Third Legion?

...

Central Star, the Lu family's old residence.

"Has that Jian girl been looking for you lately?"

While the students recruited by the Sixth Legion had departed early, leaving Lu Xiaoyao to make waves in the game, Lu Gui had just returned from playing games at a classmate's house.

Lu Gui was enjoying his last moments of leisure before entering the legion.

"Her?"

Lu Gui looked speechless, glanced at Lu Xingchen, who was like an old weasel come to life, and said quietly, "She's too busy. She's already on her way to the legion."

"Ah?"

Lu Xingchen was stunned and asked, "She went to the Sixth Legion?"

"Yeah."

"How did she go... brat, did you trick her?"

"I didn't trick her. I just didn't say where I was going. She found out where Lu Xiaoyao was headed and assumed I'd follow her, right?"

Lu Gui glanced at his grandfather, who was sitting on the sofa browsing star news, and said, "Besides, she's a grown woman. How could I trick her just like that? She doesn't seem like an idiot. How could she not know where your old power base was? It's easy to guess my plans with a little deduction. Don't imagine she's so infatuated with me..."

Although Lu Gui had heard from Yuan Fang that the girl had gone to the Sixth Legion, and Old Man Jian had even gone to the palace to sigh with His Majesty for a long time, he didn't think it was that simple.

Lu Xingchen sat there thoughtfully, his star news page frozen, and sighed silently after a long while.

Lu Gui wasn't in a hurry. He quietly sat next to Lu Xingchen, took a sip of tea from the butler robot, and waited for his grandfather to speak.

However, before Lu Xingchen could speak, Lu Gui said, "Do these people think they've had enough peaceful days? The Zerg problem isn't even solved, and they're already thinking about the future?"

...

In the game, the battles that followed for Lu Xiaoyao and her group were like holding in a breath. Sun Yunzhong clearly sensed that everyone seemed to be holding back a surge of energy while giving commands. Even though he repeatedly reminded everyone not to pursue desperate enemies, some people still ignored his advice and chased after them, until they really encountered a trap!

"It's them!"

Lu Xiaoyao immediately recognized that the core Zerg units in the opposing team were the same ones that had face-rushed them at the start of the game!

However, the opponent's team had expanded from a few dozen to three hundred.

"Holy crap!!!!"

The team of just one hundred and twenty people, when they suddenly saw the densely packed, overwhelming three hundred Zerg, someone couldn't help but exclaim in a less-than-dignified manner.

"Oh my god!"

Lu Xiaoyao's scalp tingled as soon as she saw the Xingyan (Star Flame) Zerg. The image of those overwhelming flames flashed in her mind, almost ruining her mood again.

A group of people who hadn't even had time to return to the starship in their mecha to repair were greeted with this sight when they looked up. Anyone would feel terrible!

"Any ideas?" Mingmei asked Sun Yunzhong in the chat channel.

Although she wanted to ask Mu Chen, she and Mu Chen definitely had the strength to break out. But now she wanted to know if everyone could get out.

"Yes!"

Sun Yunzhong's words made everyone present shudder!

"Really? There's a way?"

Even if they all piloted mecha, it would still be a one-to-three fight, and their piloting skills varied greatly.

"Yes, but it doesn't involve all of you piloting mecha." Sun Yunzhong glanced at the people in his starship who were already planning to pull out their mecha and fight to the death.

If they had the strength to fight to the death earlier, would he have asked them to stay in the starship and assist him in piloting?

"I need one of you to blow up the opposing Xingyan Zerg."

Sun Yunzhong's tactic reminded Lu Xiaoyao of what happened after Waldo was blown up in the last game.

She had been affected too.

So, they wanted to do the same thing now, to make the Xingyan Zerg explode in the middle of the Zerg team and take out their own people?

"The method is good, but—" Mu Chen said, raising a hand and casually firing a shot from his fingertips towards the Xingyan Zerg. However, halfway there, it was blocked by a black-armored Zerg.

At this moment, everyone saw that almost all of the black-armored Zerg in the entire team were surrounding the Xingyan Zerg. Moreover, a Qianmu (Thousand Eyes) Zerg was circling above the Xingyan Zerg, providing vision for it and even the entire team.

Although they left a gap for the Xingyan Zerg to spray its fluids, they had no way to rush through at the moment.

Suddenly, the Xingyan Zerg sprayed a highly corrosive liquid at them. Without thinking, Lu Xiaoyao rushed to the front to prop up a defense. The defense visibly melted rapidly, and Lu Xiaoyao had to increase the power supply. Otherwise, she would be the first to suffer when the shield disappeared!

"Careful!"

Mingmei suddenly appeared beside Lu Xiaoyao like a ghost, directly blocking a Lianying (Sickle Fly) Zerg that was only one-sixth the size of her Jinyi (Brocade Robe).

Seeing that the opponent was trying to attack the energy storage area behind the Fen Dai (Pink Makeup) mecha, Mingmei immediately fought it without hesitation!

This Lianying Zerg's agility was even stronger than Hu Yue's portrayal of the Lianying Zerg!

And it wasn't just a little stronger!

As Lu Xiaoyao's friend, she definitely knew whether the Fen Dai mecha had any weaknesses. However, she didn't understand how the guy in front of her had found Lu Xiaoyao's weakness!

Even Lu Xiaoyao was startled when she realized what the opponent was doing, and the defense shield she was propping up almost disappeared!

Her energy reserve area was usually the strongest defensive area, but once she activated this large-scale protection, the area behind her would become extremely vulnerable.

Her grandfather had told her that the related improvement plan was ready, and she just had to go to the Sixth Legion to find a mecha repairman and give him the plan and materials.

But who knew that before she could even modify it, she would almost get ganked in the game!