The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 888: Chapter 866: Interstellar Superstar 36

Currently, Raya Star is filled with scars, countless skyscrapers leveled to the ground, and the earth covered with large craters. Some buildings still have insect eggs hanging on them.

There are many bodies of the Insect Clan on the ground, along with human bones.

Moreover, the place where the battleship is docked emits an indescribable stench and burnt smell, nauseating to the point of vomiting.

Fang Xiaolian almost threw up.

Anning, however, was alright.

She’s seen worse situations than this; she stood beside Xiao Yuan, surveying the heavily damaged Raya Star.

Xiao Gen’s adjutant came to pick up Xiao Yuan and the others.

Approaching them, he spoke to Xiao Yuan, ”The general is battling ahead and sent me to receive Marshal’s group. Please follow me.”

Everyone was taken to the barracks, Xiao Yuan and Anning each got a room to themselves, while the rest shared rooms.

Fang Xiaolian joined the cook’s squad, and being a woman, she also got a small room to live in.

Once everyone was settled, Xiao Yuan prepared to take people to support the front line.

Anning didn’t go to the front line; she stayed in the barracks to guard, and she also had to research music aimed at the Insect Clan.

As Fang Xiaolian settled, she went to the kitchen to help cook.

At this time, she really could endure hardships, cooking several large pots of dishes silently without complaints.

However, Fang Xiaolian’s cooking tasted quite good.

At least it was much better than what chefs in those famous Alliance restaurants made; even the large pot dishes surprised those staying at the barracks, quickly leading everyone to scramble for the dishes she cooked.

Fang Xiaolian’s dishes were not only for those staying behind but a portion was packed and sent to the front line.

Anning stayed at the barracks for a few days, and the battle at the front grew increasingly tense.

Unknown what the Insect Clan was crazed about, they sent a large number of high-level Insects to Raya Star, seemingly desperate to break through the defenses and attack human society.

Every day brought messages from the front, and deaths occurred daily, with Mechas being wrecked by high-level Insects, soldiers killed by the Insect Clan, even having their remains devoured, filling Raya Star with a pervasive stench of blood.

Over several days, the soldiers here had switched defenses several rounds, with those staying behind and those on the front constantly swapping places every day.

That day, Anning stepped out of her room and went to the cafeteria to eat.

Halfway there, she heard sobbing.

Anning followed the sound and found Fang Xiaolian hiding at the corner.

Fang Xiaolian was crouched beside a low shrub, crying sorrowfully.

”What’s wrong?”

Anning went over and asked.

Fang Xiaolian crouched there, raising her face, filled with tears.

She wiped her tears, ”It’s nothing, I just... can’t handle it, not because of hardship or exhaustion, nor is it because of the poor environment; no matter how harsh it is, I can endure it. It’s that the people who joked just days ago are gone today. They praised my cooking just days ago, we even promised that once we defeat the Insect Clan and return to Imperial Star, I’d cook them some homemade dishes, but who knew the front line reported they were killed today.”

Fang Xiaolian crouched there for a while, almost falling when trying to stand due to her numb legs.

Anning helped her up, ”Is it the first time you’ve seen so many deaths?”

Fang Xiaolian nodded, ”Yes.”

”I’ve always lived in the Imperial Star, imagining every place is peaceful and quiet, yet unaware that what I thought was peace was bought with countless people’s blood. I...”

She choked a bit and couldn’t continue.

Anning lifted her gaze to the blood-stained sky, ”Once someone told me that there’s no such thing as years of quiet, only because someone carries the burden for us. We didn’t understand this before, but now we do. We can now be the ones who carry the burden for others too.”

She glanced at Fang Xiaolian, ”Dry your tears, crying is the weakest act. The Insect Clan hasn’t retreated, the war is still at a stalemate, we cannot cry.”

Yet just after saying this, Anning herself began to cry.

Fang Xiaolian wiped her tears, and seeing Anning crying, couldn’t help but tease, ”You tell me not to cry, look at yourself now.”

Anning wiped her tears while retorting fiercely, ”I’m just tearful, I’m different from you.”

”Do you have time tonight?”

Fang Xiaolian asked Anning.

Anning nodded.

Fang Xiaolian proposed, ”I’ll find some materials, tonight let’s quietly commemorate them with some white flowers.”

”Alright.”

Anning agreed.

Fang Xiaolian wiped her tears once more and darted back into the kitchen.

Anning knew what she was planning, she wanted to try her best to cook the best dishes.

Today, these people eating at the barracks might be on the front line tomorrow and never return. Fang Xiaolian wanted to try her utmost to let them eat well.

Anning sighed softly, rubbing her forehead, having a headache from composing music recently, she managed to create a piece against low-level Insects, but the song against high-level Insects was still elusive.

The Front Line

Xiao Yuan frowned at the incoming Fifth-Order Green Locusts.

He couldn’t help but curse, ”Dammit, are the insects crazy?”

Many others shared his sentiment.

If the insects weren’t crazy, they wouldn’t send such a massive wave of high-level Insects before their breeding season.

Looking at the stance of those insects, they were absolutely relentless, indifferent to casualties, pursuing their goal with insane fervor.

This was truly a headache.

Cui Anlin was also at the front line.

He wasn’t new to the battlefield.

At the military academy, he ranked top in competitions and came to Raya Star to experience the military’s atmosphere, and had fought against Insects. However, those were small-scale skirmishes, he hadn’t been through large-scale wars like this.

He operated his Mecha to kill a Threadworm and shot down a Green Locust.

But at this moment, a Mantis Creature aimed its enormous scissor-like forelegs at the Mecha Cui Anlin operated.

Cui Anlin cursed and piloted his Mecha to confront it.

Xiao Yuan piloted a massive Mecha, soaring into the sky, battling those Green Locusts.

Xiao Gen grew anxious upon seeing this and hurried to assist Xiao Yuan.

Hundreds upon thousands of large Mechas fought desperately against the Insects, either on the ground or in mid-air, successfully staving off this wave of Green Locust attacks.

Everyone finally had a chance to catch their breath.

At this moment, the barracks sent food over.

Every day at this time is the most relaxing moment for the professionals at the front line.

The meals sent from the barracks are always delicious and differ daily; everyone anticipates and guesses what delicious food they might have today.

”Roast meat.”

Several young soldiers’ eyes gleamed at the sight and smell of the food being sent over, ”Smells delicious.”

”There’s braised pork too, and what’s this...”

Everyone scrambled for their lunch boxes to begin eating.

Just at this moment, another wave of insect attacks arrived.

Can’t they even let us eat?

The soldiers at the front were furious, everyone entered their Mechas to fight again.

When the second wave of attacks was suppressed, bad news came.

The Alliance’s warship, sent to transport supplies to Raya Star, was destroyed by the insects, and all sixty-eight soldiers onboard were killed, with a ship full of supplies lost.

Most residents on Raya Star were evacuated days ago; the.resources on this planet have been largely destroyed due to several battles, leaving the barracks with merely limited supplies.

Without reinforcements, they’d soon exhaust their resources.