The Last Cat in the Universe
Chapter 15
Yue An looked at the vast sea of stars around him.
The virtual training room could simulate any geographical environment, including the sense of weightlessness in the universe and the vacuum state. However, the vacuum state was not switched on today.
Yue An felt that the sense of weightlessness was very novel.
Yue An adjusted his body according to Ji Xiuyun's instructions and tried to get used to the sense of weightlessness. Then, he stabilized his body that was floating around due to an unknown gravitational force.
He even wisely learned how to roll around in a vacuum environment.
The stars in the distance emitted a strong light. Under such circumstances, there was no atmosphere. Yue An's cat eyes narrowed into a thin line. His eyes were filled with a sky blue color. He curiously approached the mecha that was not far away from him.
He tentatively reached out with his claws and gently patted the gigantic machine in front of him.
The main body of the silver mecha was not activated. It sat quietly in the midst of the stars in the universe. The beautiful streamlined body of the mecha was perfectly proportioned. There were some black lines on top of the mecha.
On the surface, the outer coating of the mecha was seamless. There were no traces of it being stitched together.
Yue An stretched out his paw and touched the lines. He realized that the texture of the lines was no different from the surface of the mecha. It was probably just the pattern of the coating.
Yue An climbed up the mecha's arm to the top of the mecha's head. He poked his head out and looked at the eye that acted as a window. His two little paws pressed against the large screen but he realized that he couldn't see anything at all.
He leaned over and stuck his entire cat face on it, looking here and there curiously.
Ji Xiuyun had just entered the mecha when he looked up and saw the curious little head on the top of the screen.
The pink meatballs under the two front paws were pressed against the screen, creating a few cute little plum blossoms.
Marshal looked up for a while. After admiring his cute cat enough, he covered the sensor board in front of him with his hand. He activated the mecha and chose to enter the sensory mode.
This was a mode that allowed the user to become one with the mecha. From the mind to every nerve ending, the user was in perfect harmony.
The pilot would have full control over every part of the mech, and when the mech was damaged by external forces, the pain would be transmitted to the pilot without any reduction.
After confirming the mode, the surrounding control panels instantly retracted, giving Ji Xiuyun ample space to move around. A few key sensors stuck to Marshal's body as if they were weightless.
The screen under Yue An's paws suddenly lit up with a dark red light. Yue An's entire body was dyed in a dark red.
"Meow!"
The petite cat jumped in fright and took two steps back. In the next second, it was caught by a mecha arm that reached out from the side. It was held in an empty palm and was taken down from the top of the mecha.
The marshal lowered his head and looked at Yue An, who was squatting obediently in the palm of the mecha. He removed his hand and saw that Yue An had stopped steadily in a weightless environment. He narrowed his eyes.
It was out of the Marshal's expectations that he could adapt so quickly.
His cat was really smart.
Mr. Marshal couldn't help but poke Yue An, who was smaller than the knuckle of the Silver Blade, with his finger.
The white cat spun a few rounds in the vacuum after being poked by the mecha. After he finally stabilized himself, he angrily waved his pink paws at the huge object.
He was really adorable.
Mr. Marshal thought to himself as he moved his body. He made sure that his mecha could still perfectly follow his movements. Then, he crooked his finger at Yue An.
His voice was a little distorted through the mech, but it was still heard clearly by the other three people and the cat.
He announced, "Begin."
Yue An disappeared from this space as soon as he finished speaking.
He appeared again in less than a second. His snow-white fur was emitting a white glow. His two weak hind legs were about to collide with the hard alloy mecha's outer shell!
So fast!
The three spectators held their breaths.
Although they were amazed by this little guy's amazing speed, in their hearts, this little cat would probably be forced out of the training room the moment he collided with the mecha.
The military's virtual training system was completely different from the normal, semi-recreational virtual training system.
The military system was directly connected to the user's spiritual power. Pain and the fear of death would be transmitted to the user's body through their spiritual power.
Of course, the virtual training system wouldn't cause the user to die. They would be forced out of the training room before they could feel death.
It was because of the bone-piercing pain that their growth speed was so fast.
It was because they could clearly feel the fear of death that they had a natural instinct for danger.
This training system was very effective in developing combat intuition, skills, and tactics.
Most soldiers had experienced this virtual training system before they went to the battlefield. They were very clear about the key points of victory.
They believed that the Yue 'an Association would lose to Ji Xiuyun in this exchange.
Although this little guy's speed was fast, in reality, even they, who had A-rank and S-rank genotypes, could clearly see his movements with their naked eyes. Needless to say, Ji Xiuyun, who was operating a symbiotic mecha and had an SS-rank genotype genotype, could clearly see his movements.
The three commanders could almost see the image of the little guy, who was emitting a soft glow, disappearing.
However, the scene they imagined didn't happen.
Everyone, including Yue An, didn't expect Ji Xiuyun to retreat at this moment!
There was no reason for him to retreat!
The three commanders couldn't believe it.
Yue An was also taken aback for an instant. In that instant, he was pointed at by a cannon in Ji Xiuyun's mecha's palm that had been opened at some point.
Ji Xiuyun's hand was very steady. He didn't hesitate to fire the cannon.
Yue An had zero combat experience, but he had a lot of hunting experience. His heart shrank, and he instinctively chose to retreat without hesitation.
The man and the cat were once again in a stalemate.
The three Legion Commanders were dumbfounded.
"Did you see it clearly just now?"
"No."
"An SG-94 superluminal beam cannon fired within three meters … was dodged???"
The three spectators looked at each other and straightened their attitude in an instant.
As expected, Marshal dodged. There was a reason for that.
"Meow!"
Yue An was a bit angry.
Didn't we say that we were going to do a strength test?
What's the point of dodging?
Marshal, who was inside the mecha, guessed what Yue An was trying to say.
However, if that kick had landed, the entire arm of the mecha would have been broken. Out of an instinctive sense of danger, the marshal dodged out of reflex and counterattacked.
Ji Xiuyun moved his neck and said, "Let's change it to a full test. Try and kill me."
Yue An heard this and was instantly energized.
Before entering this virtual reality room, Ji Xiuyun had already told him about the system inside. He could fight to the death. Although it would be painful and uncomfortable, and there would be all kinds of difficulties in actual combat, there would not be any real death.
What did this mean?
This meant that his chance to take revenge for his ninth tail had come!
Yue An immediately became excited. He didn't even shake his tail. Instead, he shot out his fingernails like a cannonball!
The three commanders who were standing at the side gradually turned from serious to shocked speechless.
They realized that it wasn't strange for the little guy to be faster than the "Death by Aiming" beam.
This was because they saw the little furry ball reach out with its two claws and tear open the outer shell of the Silver Blade's forearm!
That was the Silver Blade!
The Silver Blade that gathered the most advanced technology in the entire military!
Its outer shell was made of krypton alloy!
In the current era, its hardness was second only to energy crystals!
Be!
Straight!
Hit!
Hit!
Rip!
Rip!
The Second Commander held his face with his hands. His face was full of fear as he maintained his shouting posture.
This was not the end.
This little furry ball … no, this cat, could even dodge most of the attacks from the Marshal's Sensory Perception Mode!
The reason why he couldn't dodge the attacks was mostly because he took the initiative to exchange injuries. The other reason was that the Marshal used some small combat tricks to confuse his vision and senses, causing him damage.
The three army commanders stared dumbfoundedly at a mecha and a cat fighting their way into a high-speed asteroid belt from outer space. Then, these two fellows with superior physical fitness, reflexes, and instincts against enemies, jumped up and down in the high-speed asteroid belt, which was known as the warrior's graveyard. It was a place of no return. It was an extremely lively fight.
Ji Xiuyun finally gained the upper hand. The reason was not only clear to the Marshal, but also to the three commanders who were watching from the side.
Yue An only knew how to hunt and had very little combat experience.
After clearly understanding the little guy's few tricks, even the three commanders beside him were confident that they could take down this little guy, let alone the Marshal, who had grown up fighting on the battlefield.
The Marshal finally felt that it was about time. He carried the cannon in the mech's armory and blocked the Yue An's escape route with a few shots. He easily forced the Yue An out of the meteorite belt.
After leaving the meteorite belt, he casually feinted a few more times and finally caught the cat, whose body was covered with many wounds, in his hands.
The Marshal had been successfully ambushed by the Yue An during the early stages of the battle. Now, the mech was full of scratches from the cat's claws, tearing, and kicking. The main energy module was also smashed into pieces. Eight of the twelve protective layers of the cockpit were torn apart.
Overall, it was extremely tragic.
The Marshal was also given the mech's sense of pain under the Sensory Perception Mode. At this moment, he was sweating profusely because of the pain transmitted to his mech's nerves.
But the result was good.
"You lost."
After the Marshal finished speaking, he prepared to reset the virtual training room's data to relieve himself and the Yue An of the pain.
However, the Yue An was unwilling to admit defeat. He stood in the mech's palm and all the fur on his body stood up.
"Meow!"
The three commanders, who were originally prepared to go forward to discuss, had just taken a step forward when they saw the ball of fur carefully held in the Marshal's palm suddenly emit a bright light.
"Rumble — —!"
When the light dissipated, the three commanders, who were protected by the spectator system, looked at the battlefield. However, they realized that only the snow-white kitten was left on the battlefield.
At this moment, the wounds on his body had already been healed. He was proudly puffing out his chest and his tail was almost pointing to the sky.
The second commander, who was the first to react, quickly checked the status of his commanding officer's account. When he realized that the indicator light was grey, he couldn't help but click on the information. He saw that the number of losses under Ji Xiuyun's name had changed from 0 to 1.
The three Legion Commanders were confused.
Did our Marshal … fail?
The three of them looked at each other, then opened the communication page in unison.
What are you waiting for?!
Hurry up and tell the other four comrades this good news!!!
Ji Xiuyun was also confused for a moment after he was forced to exit the virtual training room.
He actually … failed?
It was rare for Ji Xiuyun to be absent-minded.
However, when he thought about it carefully, it was actually not wrong.
In the beginning, he didn't forbid Yue An from using his special innate ability. However, his impression of Yue An was still at the level of exploding fish. He didn't expect Yue An's special innate ability to be so powerful.
He tilted his head and looked at Yue An, who was still in the helmet. After thinking for a while, he put on the helmet again and entered the virtual training room.
The moment Ji Xiuyun entered the virtual training room, he saw that his three commanders were hesitant to speak.
Mr. Marshal was also very calm. He nodded lightly and said, "I lost."
The second commander couldn't believe it. "Cats … are all cats so powerful?"
"Yue An is a little special." After the Marshal finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Yue An, who was walking towards him.
Yue An happily jumped to the Marshal's side. It hugged his hand and purred proudly.
Ji Xiuyun wasn't angry. After rubbing Yue An's belly, he said, "Use that again."
"Eh, can you communicate with words?" The three commanders were full of curiosity.
"Yue An is very smart." The Marshal gave a perfunctory explanation. Then, he said to Yue An again, "Use it again?"
The three commanders rubbed their hands excitedly.
Such a powerful AoE cannon!
It was comparable to the main cannon of a General-class flagship!
Yue An was stunned. Then, it let go of its paws, turned around and faced the Marshal with its butt. It used its actions to express its ugly rejection.
He wanted to use it too.
The problem was that he had just used up all the spiritual energy that he had painstakingly accumulated for so many years due to his anger over the blood transfusion.
Where was he going to find spiritual energy for Ji Xiuyun to use spells?
Yue An whined and crawled into Ji Xiuyun's pocket, curling up into a ball.
The Marshal was slightly stunned. He didn't understand why he had been rejected.
However, since Yue An wasn't willing, Ji Xiuyun wouldn't force him to do it.
The Marshal rubbed Yue An's fur and shook his head at the three commanders who were full of anticipation. Then, under their disappointed gazes, he adjusted the combat rating.
Yue An's agility, speed, strength, and destructive power were all rated A and above. Only its combat skills were rated D, which was a pitiful D.
The Marshal and the three commanders weren't surprised by the newbie's combat skills rating.
"It's a newbie when it comes to combat," the commander of the Second Army interrupted.
"According to the information, many people on Ancient Earth treated cats as pets, right?
Also, cats naturally wouldn't fight with humans. "The commander of the Fourth Army expressed his opinion." However, the hunting skills of wild beasts are very obvious. "
The commander of the Fifth Army turned on the video and began his routine post-battle analysis.
The Marshal quietly listened to the commanders. He felt Yue An's paw on his hand again, so he lowered his head to look at him.
Yue An poked his head out of Ji Xiuyun's pocket and listened attentively to the commanders' analysis of his fight with Ji Xiuyun. His little ears perked up, and he even pressed down on the Marshal's hand that was rubbing his head with disdain.
However, the commanders were more focused on Ji Xiuyun's combat skills and judgment.
They couldn't be blamed. After all, Yue An's combat skills were really good.
"Meow!"
Yue An unhappily meowed at Ji Xiuyun and patted the Marshal's palm with his soft paw.
No matter what, I won!
Why didn't you all praise me!
Yue An felt wronged.
The commanders turned their heads when they heard him.
The Marshal scratched Yue An's chin. He didn't understand what Yue An meant by meowing, but he could clearly tell that Yue An felt wronged.
The Marshal thought for a while and said, "He probably felt wronged because you all said that he didn't have any combat skills."
Yue An: "…"
I'm not.
I didn't.
Don't praise me.
Just shut up.
However, the Marshal had the confidence that he was absolutely right.
Hence, he turned his head and looked at Yue An. "Then, why don't you fight with them and learn from them?"
Yue An retracted his head back into Ji Xiuyun's pocket.
I'm just a cat that wants to eat a cat that's waiting for its tail to grow.
Why would I want to fight with you humans?
Are you stupid?
I'm not stupid. I won't fight.
"I'll go get this month's 50 crystals …" The Marshal paused and looked down at Yue An's little head that popped out. "The one that we don't have at home."
In the end, the Marshal didn't tell them about the energy crystals.
If people were to find out that Yue An could eat energy crystals as snacks, perhaps one day when he wasn't paying attention, Yue An would be nailed to the wall with his teeth pulled out.
Just thinking about it made him feel miserable.
"Also, you really should learn these techniques," the Marshal said. "This era is scarier than you think."
Yue An had a strong sense of danger. Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed to steal the teleportation array in his tribe when he had just grown five tails.
Hence, he thought about it and finally wagged his tail under the expectant gazes of the three commanders, indicating that he agreed.
After Ji Xiuyun told Yue An not to use his special talent, he left the virtual training room.
The Marshal took off his helmet and put it away. He looked at Yue An, who was curled up under the helmet, for a while before he got up and walked to the door.
The Marshal didn't expect that the moment he stepped out of the virtual training room, he would be surrounded by the other four commanders.
The commander of the Seventh Army, who was the youngest and had always been tortured by Ji Xiuyun's bad habits, was very excited.
It had been so many years!
He had been bullied for so many years!
He finally caught the Marshal's tail!
He was very excited as he looked up at Ji Xiuyun, who was a head taller than him.
"Marshal!
I heard that you've failed! "
Finally, there was someone who could subdue this sinful person!
This was truly great news!!