It's Hard to Calm Down

When the stellar storm of the ninth galaxy tore through the indigo sky like the claws of a giant beast, Shen Tangdong stumbled into the central command room dragging his right arm burned by the energy flow. The blood-stained armory badge twisted and deformed on his chest, and the metal fragments mixed with sparks and fell, dragging dazzling blood stains on the cold-glow alloy floor. A vast star map was suspended in front of the holographic sand table. Xie Shuxun, dressed in a plain white combat uniform, was flying in the torrent of data, like a lonely snow crane in the cold night. His slender fingertips traced the galaxy projection, and his tone was so cold that it could freeze liquid nitrogen: "Get out, Chief Shen." On the pale face, the moonstone earrings reflected a cold halo - this was the first lie told by the Federation's youngest "Eclipse" commander to fate. Three months ago, when Xie Shuxun found Shen Tangdong in the ruins of the rebel base, he was leaning on the melted mecha with a bloody smile on his lips. This flaming spirit body, which was rumored to be able to burn the entire star field, now used fingers that were still sparking to lift his earrings: "Commander, the way you wear the moonstone... I really want others to offend you." At that time, Xie Shuxun's ice blade almost touched his throat, but in the end, it only cut off a strand of blood-stained black hair. Ice and fire are supposed to be eternal opposites. Xie Shuxun's absolute zero power is the sharpest blade of order in the Interstellar Federation. The combat regulations he personally formulated are engraved on the dome of every military fortress; And Shen Tangdong's fierce flames can instantly vaporize asteroids. This wanted criminal who wanders in the gray area even has a provocative smile in the photo on the federal reward order. Until the bloody dawn when the alien insect swarm engulfed the third colonial planet. Xie Shuxun's ice shield cracked inch by inch in the sea of ​​millions of insects, but he saw a wall of crimson flames suddenly falling from the sky. The scorching flames and the extremely cold ice blades collided in the vacuum, erupting into bipolar starbursts that could tear apart space. Those once arrogant alien creatures turned into cosmic dust amid the interweaving of ice and fire. "Report to Commander, Shen Tangdong illegally used overclocking powers in the C-7 star field!" The adjutant's voice vibrated over the communicator. Xie Shuxun stared at the crazy energy values ​​beating on the tactical screen, and his slender fingers hung on the punishment button but did not press it: "Demerit." "But he got back the research data for you before Professor Xie and his wife disappeared..." The command room fell into dead silence. Xie Shuxun's moonstone earrings suddenly shimmered, making the ends of his eyes scarlet red: "... A big mistake." He turned around and looked out the window at the deep universe. In the shadows that no one could see, the corners of his lips curved in an arc that even he didn't notice. ——This is the second lie told by Commander Eclipse. Concept: Interstellar