The spaceship quietly traveled through the universe. Looking through the window, the number of planets gradually decreased, and the boundless darkness seemed to have returned to normal.
Because the Blazing Shark spaceship had limited energy, the induction cabins, nutrition cabins, and medical cabins in each lounge had stopped supplying energy. Dai Yi felt extremely bored, so she tiptoed to the corridor leading to the lounge.
Nightmare had been staying in the control hall. The Marshal, Four-Eyes, and Hairy were sleeping soundly in their respective rooms. At this moment, she discovered that Ding Meng's room was not closed. She was really curious about what Ding Meng was doing.
In fact, Ding Meng had been holding his breath and meditating. The battle at Meteor City had consumed too much energy, and he needed time to recover. However, when Dai Yi appeared at the door, Ding Meng could no longer cultivate and could only withdraw from the space of consciousness.
There was no other way. The function of the K virus was too heaven-defying. He could not let anyone see that he could absorb Origin Energy without using the induction cabins.
"Miss Dai, is there anything I can help you with?" Ding Meng slowly opened his eyes.
In Dai Yi's eyes, Ding Meng's actions were even stranger.
Although Nightmare's spaceship was rather shabby, it still had the basic living facilities. At the very least, every lounge was equipped with tables, chairs, sofas, beds, crystal projectors, and smart storage cabinets. Ding Meng was not lying on the bed, nor was he sitting on the sofa. Instead, he was sitting cross-legged on the floor. Not only did he not use any of the food and drinks, he did not even change out of the Celestial Wolf Corps uniform. He still looked dirty and messy.
If it was half a month ago, Dai Yi would definitely have despised him, but now, whenever she saw Ding Meng, she felt an indescribable sense of familiarity.
"Cousin Ding Meng, I had nothing to do, so I wandered around. Sorry to disturb your rest." Dai Yi was a little embarrassed.
Ding Meng stood up. "Miss Dai, please sit."
Dai Yi had already taken a comfortable bath in her room. Then, she picked out a set of clothes from the storage cabinet and changed into them.
Speaking of which, it was strange. Although King of Nightmares' spaceship did not have enough energy, the storage cabinet was filled with all kinds of women's fashion. Could it be that King of Nightmares had a hobby of collecting women's clothing?
After witnessing the sordidness and cunningness of all kinds of people in Flying Star City, Dai Yi was quite experienced. She was very sensitive to the slightest anomaly, too. But as long as she was near Ding Meng, all her worries were gone.
At this moment, Dai Yi was wearing a relatively loose light yellow mid-length jacket and a pair of wide brown bell-bottoms. Logically speaking, this outfit didn't have any special features, but it gave people the feeling that this outfit was definitely an alluring good figure.
Ding Meng frowned slightly as soon as she entered the room. He had been trying to get used to the smell of the opposite sex. Xiao 'ai had told him that he had to get used to it as soon as possible so that he wouldn't get distracted from time to time.
"Ding Meng, I suddenly thought of a problem." Dai Yi was a typical case of looking for trouble.
"Hmm?
What's the problem? "Ding Meng also sat down on the sofa and pulled out two cups of calming tea from his backpack on the coffee table.
Dai Yi looked at his backpack. "I remember that Bai Yue stole King of Nightmares' backpack. It's the same model as yours."
Ding Meng unscrewed the cap of the calming tea and handed the cup to her. "What's wrong?"
Dai Yi tried to think. "Both of your backpacks are exactly the same, but why did Bai Yue steal King of Nightmares' backpack and not yours?
It seems like he already knew that the items of the Celestial Wolf Corps were in King of Nightmares' backpack. "
Ding Meng could not help but laugh. "Actually, this is very easy to determine. I don't know if you noticed, but there are metal marks on King of Nightmares' backpack."
Dai Yi was momentarily stunned, but she quickly figured it out. When King of Nightmares and Cheng Rifeng fought, King of Nightmares was directly sent flying by Cheng Rifeng's face. King of Nightmares' backpack smashed into the steel plate of the Blazing Shark spaceship. That was probably how the metal marks came about.
"But what does this mean?" Dai Yi did not understand.
Ding Meng patiently explained, "The jewelry of the Celestial Wolf Corps is not cheap. Bringing it from the underground energy warehouse to the beach on the surface must have led to a lot of fighting along the way. Bai Yue must have noticed the marks on the backpack and determined that it was a backpack of wealth that everyone was fighting over. That's why he took action. This guy's eyes are quite sharp."
"Then what if he had tried to steal your backpack?" Dai Yi tilted her head. The fragrance of her shoulder-length hair wafted over.
Ding Meng felt a little unnatural. He raised his hand to pick up the calming tea on the coffee table. "I definitely wouldn't have let him get his hands on it."
Dai Yi said, "But you let him steal King of Nightmares' backpack."
Ding Meng laughed. "I have no interest in those things. Even if I had stolen them, it would have been useless. I feel that this calming tea is more useful than those things."
Dai Yi laughed as well. She recalled the time when they had just arrived at Meteor City. Ding Meng had asked King of Nightmares for fifty cups of calming tea. At the time, she had felt that Ding Meng was uncouth, but now that she thought about it, she felt that Ding Meng was very cute.
This smile was completely different from her usual strange smile. Her pure white teeth were exposed, and her bright cheeks had dimples. Even her eyebrows had become lively. This smiling face was very beautiful. It presented a kind of warm and sunny beauty.
Ding Meng couldn't help but feel a little dazed. This was the first time he had truly noticed that Dai Yi's profile was actually quite attractive. No wonder those mercenary leaders were lusting after her. The temperament of a natural beauty was really attractive.
However, Dai Yi's heartbeat quickened and her face heated up. She quickly lowered her head and looked at the coffee table. Other than the dazzling gold backpack, there was also Ding Meng's usual ancient sword and the T-shaped claw knife.
The light source in the room was the cold white light emitted by the crystal panel on the wall. This made the dark golden claw knife look even more strange under the white light. It lay there quietly. The twisted arc of the knife seemed to show a struggling momentum. It had a cold and mysterious temperament, making it hard for people to look away.
Dai Yi gently picked up the claw knife and gently stroked it. "Ah, there's a word on it. It's a'T '. This is your surname …"
Ding Meng nodded. "It's my knife. You just haven't seen it before."
Ever since Qu Xiaoqing gave him the ancient sword, the T-shaped claw blade was rarely used. It wasn't that he had abandoned it. It was just that the ancient sword was filled with krypton and was extremely sharp. It was very effective against things like mechas and battle armors.
Dai Yi obviously liked this knife. She played with it in her hand. "Ding Meng, look, doesn't this knife look like a pendant?
If you wrap it with a better material, I think it looks much better than those expensive jewelry … "
As she spoke, she put the claw knife in front of her chest and gestured. "Look, doesn't it look like a necklace?"
Ding Meng laughed. "Miss Dai, you're the first person to say it looks like a necklace."
"Doesn't it look like one?"
Dai Yi tilted her head and twisted her neck as if she was looking for a suitable position to hang the claw knife in front of her chest.
Ding Meng sighed. "It doesn't look like a necklace when it kills people. Do you know how many strong enemies it has killed?"
Only a straight man like Ding Meng would say something like this. Fortunately, the person he met was Dai Yi. Dai Yi laughed. "I'm not afraid. As long as it's something Ding Meng uses, I like it."
Ding Meng laughed. "These things of mine are all lethal weapons. It's better if you don't like them."
Little Rascal couldn't take it anymore. "Ding Meng is an idiot and a retard. She was clearly being sarcastic. She was clearly saying that she likes you. Girls are all very reserved. You can't expect her to say it out loud, right?
Will it kill you to take the initiative? "
Xiao Ai didn't say "agree" this time. She switched to her screen in Ding Meng's field of vision and hung a piece of wallpaper on it. On the wallpaper was Little Rascal's profile picture. Little Rascal was wearing a pair of reading glasses and picking her nose.
Little Rascal was furious. "What are you doing?
Are you trying to copy that four-eyed Russian guy?
Do you believe that I can short-circuit your system? "
Xiao Ai was also getting impatient. "Can you keep quiet?
Every time it's an important moment, you jump out and cause trouble. "
Little Rascal said, "How am I causing trouble?"
Xiao Ai said, "Can't you see that ACT5570 is … picking up girls?"
Little Rascal was shocked. "Damn, Xiao Ai, you actually know the word 'picking up girls'? I always thought that you were a boring guy."
Xiao Ai said proudly, "Sometimes, even I'm scared of my own learning speed."
Little Rascal laughed and said, "I'm scared of your bragging speed. Come, come, let's talk."
Xiao Ai was speechless.
While the two of them were arguing in private, Ding Meng was lost in thought as he stared at the claw blade.
Seeing him in deep thought, Dai Yi's curiosity was piqued again. "Ding Meng, this knife of yours must have an origin, right?"
Ding Meng was a little surprised. "You can tell?"
Dai Yi's eyes flashed. "This knife seems to be made from a material like dark gold."
Ding Meng nodded. "That's right."
Dai Yi continued, "I know that in the Holy Grail Federation and the Norse Empire, many special metals are very difficult to produce. This dark gold is one of them, but it's said that it's made using a very special method. There are very few mineral resources in the Devouring Realm, and they don't have this kind of raw material. They're all found in outer space …"
Ding Meng was truly surprised. "You know a lot."
Dai Yi's lips curled up again when she heard his praise. "I'm thinking that this knife might have come here from the Devouring Realm. After such a long journey, it must have experienced a lot along the way …"
She was undoubtedly curious about Ding Meng's past. Ding Meng could only nod silently. "Yes, this knife does have its origin."
Dai Yi asked curiously, "Can you tell me where it came from?"
Ding Meng picked up the cup and took a sip of the calming tea. He sighed and said, "This knife was given to me by a very important person."
Dai Yi hesitated. "A very important person?"
She was a little nervous, but she didn't dare to ask if this important person was a man or a woman.
At this time, even Little Rascal stopped making a fuss and pricked up her ears to listen carefully. Her curiosity about this knife was no less than Dai Yi's. Back then, no matter how she asked Ding Meng, he wouldn't say anything. Now, for the first time, Ding Meng took the initiative to speak.
"This knife was given to me by a big brother."
Dai Yi let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was a man and not a woman. However, she was even more curious. "Is it your biological big brother?"
Ding Meng shook his head. "No."
Dai Yi asked, "Then why do you call him big brother?"
Ding Meng said, "Because everyone calls him that."
Dai Yi was puzzled. "Doesn't he have a name?"
Ding Meng sighed. "He has a name, but the name big brother is more meaningful. Actually, the name isn't important. What's important is this knife."
Dai Yi held the knife in the center of her palm. "What kind of knife is this?"
Ding Meng suddenly raised his head and looked at the crystal window. There was no starry sky outside. The outer space was pitch-black and deep. However, his gaze seemed to pass through a very long time and fell into the depths of a distant memory.