Chapter 369: Return (Five in One)

“Thank him? Are you crazy?”

Horton and the others looked at Su Ming in utter astonishment.

“I’m not crazy. What I mean is, it was hard for us to escape before. But now it’s good, this guy sent a signal, and the enemy will probably catch up soon. This way, we’ll have a chance to return the way we came.”

Su Ming explained with a smile to everyone.

“Mm.”

Su Yuan and the others’ expressions eased slightly after hearing Su Ming’s words.

“But before that, I’m very curious who instructed you?”

Su Ming’s gaze fell on Parey.

Facing Su Ming’s questioning, Parey remained silent, unwilling to cooperate.

“Damn it, still not talking.”

Horton grew even more furious when Parey didn’t speak, raising his fist, ready to teach him a lesson.

Su Ming reached out and stopped Horton, calmly saying to Parey.

“I advise you to confess everything. Think carefully, did those people consider your life or death when they attacked? They were all trying to kill you.”

Parey’s face also turned very ugly upon hearing Su Ming’s words.

At this moment, Su Ming saw the situation and continued to speak.

“Even if you succeeded, I think they would silence you. You would still end up as a pawn. What’s the point?”

At this point, Parey also lowered his head and slowly began to speak.

“I’m sorry, I really didn’t want to be a traitor; they forced me.”

“Oh? Tell me.”

“My family’s business was poorly managed, and we had a capital chain problem. Those people used various despicable methods to intervene, gaining control of all our family’s assets and holding our leverage. If I didn’t do as they said, everything would be over.”

“Who is the other party?”

Su Ming narrowed his eyes and asked.

“I don’t know, the other party has always hidden their identity. I swear I’m not lying, you have to believe me.”

Parey was afraid that Su Ming and the others wouldn’t believe his words.

Su Ming was a little disappointed to hear this, as he couldn’t get more valuable information.

Su Yuan and the others frowned and said after listening.

“How to deal with this guy?”

“Please spare me, I really had no choice.”

Parey quickly begged for mercy.

“Get out of here, you bastard! I hate traitors the most! I treated you like a brother!”

Horton angrily kicked Parey.

“Alright, everyone, calm down. Now, lock him up and have someone watch him. If he has any other ideas, just kill him. When we return to Worlds Eye, Shadr, you can deal with him however you want; I won’t interfere at all.”

Su Ming arranged simply.

This Parey was a person from within the Federation. Unless absolutely necessary, Su Ming would not kill him.

Even if Shadr and the others wanted to kill him, Su Ming didn’t want it to be linked to himself.

The Federation’s system was still different from other forces.

“Good, men, disarm him and lock him up!”

Shadr immediately ordered his personal guards after hearing Su Ming’s words.

Five personal guards immediately stepped forward, disarmed Parey, handcuffed him, and escorted him away.

“Alright, now let’s get down to business.”

Su Ming said to everyone with a serious expression.

“Mm!”

Shadr and the others responded in unison.

Sixteen hours later.

A Level 5 Battleship and two Level 4 Battleships sailed from the distant starry sky.

The three ships flew in front of the gray planet and opened rows of disembarkation exits.

Swish!

The V Generation Pseudo Armor – Shadow Demon flew out first.

Following closely, various models of mechas, like a swarm of bees, rushed out.

The V Generation Pseudo Armor – Shadow Demon then led the large group of mechas towards the gray planet.

One mecha after another rapidly entered the atmosphere.

Soon after, the V Generation Pseudo Armor – Shadow Demon was the first to break through the dark clouds in the sky, with many mechas following closely behind.

For a moment, the entire gloomy sky was filled with a dense mass of mechas.

At this time, the V Generation Pseudo Armor – Shadow Demon looked down, but saw no trace of any ships on the barren land.

However, the Shadow Demon mecha still led the mecha group towards the signal source.

Soon they arrived above the melted ice layer.

The Shadow Demon mecha waved its hand, and one mecha after another went down to search for the signal device.

Soon, a Gun Knight found the pulse signal device, then squatted down, reached out, and picked up the pulse signal device.

However, a wire was connected to the back of the pulse signal device, and the entire wire was pulled out from the broken ice.

“Oh no, it’s a trap!”

The Gun Knight immediately shouted in alarm.

Everyone was startled and retreated in fear.

However, the imagined explosion did not occur. Instead, a floating projection device floated up from the snowdrift, followed by a holographic projection displayed in front of everyone.

In the holographic projection, Shadr said with a smile on his face.

“Hi everyone. By the time you see this video, we’ve already set sail for home. Thank you for letting us off the hook. Mountains remain, waters flow; we’ll meet again another day. See you!”

Kaemeng saw this video, immediately realized he had been tricked, and roared furiously.

“Quick, notify Jix and the others to intercept!”

“Yes!”

The subordinate next to him quickly replied in fear.

“Everyone, return and pursue!”

Kaemeng then manipulated his mecha, rushing towards the sky at an extremely fast speed.

Several days later.

Inside the central control room of the 3rd Level Escape Ship Wind Shuttle.

Captain Lumm had been staring at the various parameters on the operating screen, continuously correcting the flight path.

Su Ming and the others stood quietly by, watching Captain Lumm give commands.

At this moment, the ship emerged from the wormhole, and the view suddenly opened up, with countless floating meteorites coming into view.

“Great, we’re back in the star sea where we were ambushed.”

Captain Lumm let out a long sigh of relief.

Although he was confident he could return the way he came, the actual operation was extremely difficult, especially during the escape journey.

“That’s great.”

Shadr and the others all showed joyful expressions.

At this moment, Su Ming spoke up.

“Captain Lumm, stop returning.”

“Ah? Why?”

Captain Lumm and the others looked at Su Ming in bewilderment.

Su Ming looked at the surprised crowd and calmly replied.

“You wouldn’t be so naive as to think we could return so smoothly, would you? The enemy might not be just one force; they might have already dispatched personnel to wait for us on our return path.”

Horton and the others’ joy vanished instantly upon hearing Su Ming’s words, and they asked nervously.

“Then what should we do?”

“To be safe, we need to play a psychological game with them!”

“How do we play?”

“We’ll find a place to hide. Those people won’t find us, and they won’t wait for our return, so they’ll think they’ve failed and let us escape. Then we’ll return. This star field is full of meteorites, perfect for hiding, and this is also where we were ambushed. They would never imagine we’d be bold enough to hide here.”

Su Ming explained to everyone.

“Good idea, let’s do as you say.”

Shadr said with delight.

“Lord Su Ming, you are truly amazing!”

Captain Lumm said to Su Ming with admiration.

“Damn it, I’ve never truly admired many people in my life, but you’re one of them!”

Horton also replied with great conviction.

“You flatter me, everyone, it’s just a little cleverness! Let’s not talk about this for now, Captain Lumm, take the ship deeper and find a hidden hiding spot.”

Su Ming turned to Captain Lumm and said.

“Okay, leave it to me!”

Captain Lumm immediately responded.

Several hours later, the Wind Shuttle was flying within the asteroid belt.

At this moment, an asteroid, thousands of kilometers in diameter, composed of gray rock, and covered with countless giant, honeycomb-like holes, came into view.

Captain Lumm looked at the asteroid and immediately said.

“Lord Su Ming, how about we hide inside this asteroid?”

“Alright, but be careful, there might be monsters inside.”

Su Ming cautioned Captain Lumm.

“I understand.”

Captain Lumm responded in a deep voice, then began to maneuver the Wind Shuttle closer little by little.

He chose a giant hole with a diameter of twenty kilometers and flew directly into it.

When the Wind Shuttle entered the hole, it came into a deep rock tunnel.

The rock walls of this tunnel were uneven and winding.

Captain Lumm continuously maneuvered the ship, turning with the tunnel.

After sailing about twenty kilometers inward, they landed the Wind Shuttle at the bottom, maintaining a disguised state.

Then Captain Lumm reported to Su Ming and the others.

“My lord, let’s stop here. Going any deeper might lead to danger.”

“Okay, we’ll hide here. Now it’s just a matter of patiently waiting.”

Su Ming nodded slightly and said.

“Good!”

Su Yuan and the others immediately responded.

Twenty-five days later.

Inside the Wind Shuttle’s Central Control Room.

Su Yuan and the others sat bored in their chairs. During this hiding period, they dared not fully relax their guard, fearing that some monster might suddenly appear or that the enemy might discover them.

Therefore, everyone, apart from taking turns to rest, basically stayed in the Central Control Room to respond to emergencies at the first possible moment.

At this moment, Su Ming raised his wristband and checked the time. He calculated slightly that if they set sail back now, they should still make it in time for the advanced training.

Su Ming then stood up from his chair and said to everyone.

“It’s about time. Prepare to return.”

“Really, we can go home?”

Shadr was as excited as a child. He had been on edge every day during this time and had several nightmares.

“Mm.”

Su Ming replied calmly.

“Finally going back.”

Horton and the others’ patience was also nearing its limit.

Captain Lumm then respectfully said.

“My lords, shall I start the ship and begin turning around for the return journey?”

“Begin.”

Su Ming and the others nodded in response.

Upon receiving confirmation, Lumm instructed his subordinates to begin operations.

“Activate Power Engine 2!”

“Yes!”

“Bow left +5 degrees.”

Su Ming and the others walked to the observation deck, stretched, and looked out at the dark starry sky.

“Finally, we can leave this hellhole and see the light of day again.”

Su Yuan said excitedly.

“Exactly, I’m suffocating.”

Horton echoed.

Just then, a blue Light Shadow flashed past them at extreme speed.

“Huh? Am I seeing things? Did something blue just flash by?”

Su Yuan asked, bewildered.

“I think I saw it too.”

Shadr also replied with a blank look.

Su Ming also had a puzzled expression.

At this moment, an Operator looked at the prompt that popped up on the operating screen and reported in surprise.

“Report: Starlord detected.”

Shadr and the others were struck by lightning upon hearing this, and their faces showed expressions of disbelief.

“Damn, Starlord!”

Horton shouted in shock.

“There really is a Starlord!”

Su Ming also had a look of disbelief.

“I told you, the intelligence my father-in-law gave me was accurate.”

Shadr said very excitedly.

At this moment, the Wind Shuttle suddenly sounded a piercing alarm, and the scanning device displayed a huge red dot, followed by a red alert box popping up.

“Warning: Unidentified Level IV Lord-class mutated creature scanned.”

“Hint: Automatically named Sand Beak Beast.”

Su Ming and the others were instantly startled.

The next second, a monster, a thousand meters long, with an ugly, chrysanthemum-like head, a round mouth protruding with hairy tentacles, full of sharp teeth inside, covered in red spots all over its body, with gray wings, sharp claws, and a tail extending into an axe-shaped, metallic-looking appendage, flew over the 3rd Level Escape Ship Wind Shuttle and madly chased after the Star Spirit.

“Quick, go catch the Star Spirit, don’t let that monster eat it.”

Su Ming reacted immediately and shouted at everyone.

“Damn it, let’s go!”

Horton and the others came to their senses and rushed to the mobile platform.

Seeing this, Captain Lumm quickly picked up the communicator and gave orders to his subordinates in the hangar.

“Shafu, Shadr and his team are rushing to the hangar, immediately prepare the blood extractor.”

“Understood.”

A response immediately sounded from the communicator.

Soon, the mobile platform arrived at the hangar, and as soon as the metal door opened.

Su Ming and the others rushed out, desperately running towards their Mecha.

At this time, five soldiers were already holding metal boxes, waiting under their Mecha.

After Su Ming rushed to the Slaughter Blade, he took the metal box from the soldier’s hand, then activated the anti-gravity device, and he floated up.

Soon, he entered the cockpit, started the Slaughter Blade, and rushed towards the exit.

At this time, Su Yuan, Horton, and the others also started their Mecha and followed.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Su Ming and the others controlled their Mecha and rushed out of the ship.

“Over there!”

Su Ming led everyone to fly into the passage.

“Everyone, you must catch the Star Spirit, please!”

Shadr said to Su Ming and the others very nervously.

“Don’t worry, since we’ve seen it, there’s no way we’ll let it escape. But I really didn’t expect there to actually be a Star Spirit here.”

Horton said fanatically.

“Shadr, does your father-in-law have any other daughters?”

Su Yuan asked with a smile.

His father-in-law was really capable, even having this kind of intelligence.

“Uh, no, my wife is the youngest.”

Shadr scratched his head and replied.

“Stop messing around, hurry up and catch up. That Star Spirit is a juvenile, it might not be able to outrun that monster.”

Su Ming reminded everyone.

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan and the others’ expressions became serious, and they all accelerated forward.

They chased madly all the way in.

Not long after, they saw the figures of the Star Spirit and the Sand-Chewing Beast.

At this moment, the Sand-Chewing Beast was frantically chasing the Star Spirit, constantly closing the distance. The Star Spirit was also very panicked, occasionally emitting special cries.

However, fortunately, at this time, a number of forks appeared ahead.

The Star Spirit agilely turned left and entered another passage.

The Sand-Chewing Beast suddenly flapped its wings to slow down, then followed it in.

“Chase!”

Su Ming’s expression became increasingly solemn as he controlled the Slaughter Blade to pursue.

However, as the Star Spirit went deeper, the rock wall passages became narrower and narrower, and there were more and more bifurcations.

The entire interior of the planet was like a honeycomb, extending in all directions.

Facing the complex terrain, Su Ming concentrated intensely, quickly calculated the flight path, and controlled the Mecha to make deflections in advance, smoothly following the Star Spirit and the Sand-Chewing Beast as they turned.

However, when Horton and the others turned, they all controlled their Mecha to slow down. Therefore, the distance between them and Su Ming grew wider, and they couldn’t help but say anxiously in the communication channel.

“This won’t do, the distance is getting bigger and bigger.”

“It’s fine, I’ll follow, you guys catch up later!”

Su Ming said calmly, then increased the power output to catch up.

Within the narrow rock passage, the Star Spirit, the Sand-Chewing Beast, and Su Ming staged a life-and-death chase.

However, the situation was getting worse. The Sand-Chewing Beast accelerated like crazy, not caring even if it hit the rock wall when turning. It directly and brutally smashed through the rock wall to catch up, gradually narrowing the distance.

1000 meters, 500 meters…

The Sand-Chewing Beast kept opening its gaping maw, biting at the Star Spirit like a mad dog, as if to swallow it alive.

At this moment, Little Gray crawled out of the pocket, and it couldn’t help but squeak when it saw this scene.

Su Ming frowned and decisively controlled the Slaughter Blade to turn its Thunder Cannon, accumulating energy at full power.

He stared intently at the Sand-Chewing Beast’s open mouth and suddenly shot out a dazzling blue beam of light.

Boom!

The Thunder Cannon exploded right in the Sand-Chewing Beast’s mouth, instantly blowing off a large chunk of its mouth, exposing large areas of viscous cellular tissue.

The Sand-Chewing Beast immediately felt a sharp pain, then stopped, turning to look at Su Ming with a ferocious gaze.

Su Ming was not polite and shot another beam of light at it.

However, this time, the Sand-Chewing Beast directly deployed an AT Field Barrier.

The beam of light exploded on the AT Field Barrier, only causing the barrier to vibrate slightly.

The next second, the Sand-Chewing Beast rushed towards Su Ming with blood-red eyes, its sharp claws tearing towards Su Ming.

Su Ming decisively controlled the Slaughter Blade to dodge the attack at high speed, and with a backhand, he swung the Plasma Lightsaber, striking the AT Field Barrier.

Crack!

Light particles splattered everywhere instantly, and the entire AT Field Barrier twisted violently.

The Sand-Chewing Beast immediately turned around, its sharp tail fiercely lashing towards Su Ming.

Su Ming’s eyes narrowed, and he raised his left hand’s Plasma Lightsaber to block!

Crack!

Instantly, Su Ming felt as if he had been hit hard, and the entire Mecha flew backward, crashing heavily into the rock wall.

He immediately showed a very surprised expression; how could this monster’s strength be so terrifying?

At this moment, the Sand-Chewing Beast flapped its wings and ferociously attacked Su Ming.

Just then, four full-power beams of light cut through the dark cave, striking the Sand-Chewing Beast’s AT Field Barrier.

Rumble!

The huge explosion directly destroyed the AT Field Barrier, and the Sand-Chewing Beast’s body suddenly paused.

Su Ming turned his head and saw that Su Yuan and the other three had arrived.

“Su Ming, are you alright?”

Su Yuan asked in the communication channel.

“I’m fine, let’s deal with this guy together.”

Su Ming controlled the Slaughter Blade with full power, rushing towards the Sand-Chewing Beast at extreme speed.

The Sand-Chewing Beast roared in fury, opening its gaping maw, accumulating a terrifying beam of light, and sweeping it across.

Su Ming’s eyes narrowed, and he instantly disappeared with a Light Speed ​​Flash.

Su Yuan and the others were also startled and quickly controlled their Mecha to dodge.

Rumble!

The beam of light swept across the surrounding rock walls, exploding violently, sending countless shattered rocks flying. The entire asteroid vibrated intensely, as if it was about to collapse.

At this moment, Su Ming appeared on the Sand-Chewing Beast’s back, raised his two Plasma Lightsabers, fiercely pierced through its carapace, plunged them into its body, and then slashed forward!

A large area of flesh and blood was instantly cut open, and viscous green liquid gushed out.

The Sand-Chewing Beast immediately let out a cry of pain, twisting its body frantically, trying to shake Su Ming off. At the same time, it controlled its tail to curl up, preparing to sweep towards Su Ming.

“Take this!”

At this moment, Baine controlled his Mecha to appear in front of the Sand-Chewing Beast, swinging the mechanical great hammer in his hand, and smashing it heavily onto the Sand-Chewing Beast’s head.

Bang~

The Sand-Chewing Beast’s head immediately tilted, and it was directly dazed.

At this time, Su Yuan and Shadr appeared on both sides of the Sand-Chewing Beast simultaneously, swinging their weapons to cut its wings, creating huge wounds.

The Sand-Chewing Beast instantly became enraged, flapping its damaged wings, forcibly turning, and sweeping a claw towards Su Yuan.

Su Yuan decisively controlled his Mecha to retreat.

At this moment, Su Ming’s eyes narrowed, and he controlled the Slaughter Blade with full power, leaping up, and swinging both Plasma Lightsabers, fiercely plunging them into its head.

Crack!

Viscous liquid splattered out.

Awoo~

The Sand-Chewing Beast went completely insane, directly flapping its wings, carrying Su Ming towards the rock wall.

Su Ming showed no fear, decisively activating his energy barrier.

Bang!

The Sand-Chewing Beast, carrying the Slaughter Blade, continuously crashed into the rock wall.

Large areas of the rock wall shattered.

Su Ming gritted his teeth and held on, constantly twisting the Plasma Lightsabers in his hands.

The Sand-Chewing Beast crashed more and more frantically, but fortunately, it gradually slowed down not long after, its massive body began to convulse, and finally lost its life.

Su Ming pulled out his Plasma Lightsaber and let out a long breath.

“Damn it, it really doesn’t know its place. This guy dares to fight us.”

Horton controlled his Mecha to fly over, cursing disdainfully at the dead Sand-Chewing Beast.

Although this monster was more powerful than the previous Kirami, it did not have Kirami’s tenacious vitality and self-healing ability. And facing Su Ming and so many advanced Four-Generation Mecha at the same time, it was simply not enough.

“Forget about it, who knows where the Star Spirit ran off to.”

Su Ming said helplessly to everyone.

“Holy crap, no way?”

Horton and the others turned to look around, completely unable to see the Star Spirit.

“What do we do now?”

Shadr was also a little anxious.

“What else can we do? Spread out and search.”

Su Ming said helplessly to everyone.

“Okay!”

Su Yuan and the others quickly responded, as they didn’t want the duck that was almost in their hands to fly away.

“Be careful when searching. If you encounter danger, retreat quickly. If you really can’t find it, come back here to rendezvous.”

Su Ming instructed everyone.

“Understood!”

Su Yuan and the others replied with serious expressions.

“Disperse!”

Su Ming controlled the Slaughter Blade and flew towards a cave entrance to the front left.

Su Yuan and the others searched towards the other cave entrances ahead.

Within the narrow passage, Su Ming controlled his Mecha to continuously go deeper.

Soon, forks kept appearing, and he didn’t know where to fly, so he could only randomly choose a direction.

At this moment, Little Gray suddenly flapped its wings and flew up, flying to the opening of the cockpit, continuously scratching the cockpit wall with its small claws.

Su Ming helplessly said to Little Gray.

“Little Gray, stop messing around, come back quickly!”

At this time, Little Gray was unusually abnormal, not listening to Su Ming’s words, still scratching the cockpit wall with its claws, looking as if it wanted to go out.

Su Ming was slightly stunned, then reached out and grabbed Little Gray back.

“Stop messing around, it’s very dangerous outside.”

Upon hearing Su Ming’s words, Little Gray immediately raised its small claw, pointed to the right, and kept squeaking.

Su Ming looked at Little Gray’s unusual behavior and asked thoughtfully.

“You want me to go that way?”

Little Gray kept nodding, squeaking happily.

Su Ming decisively controlled his Mecha and flew to the right.

Little Gray randomly kept pointing the direction, and Su Ming flew inward according to its prompts.

After more than ten minutes, Little Gray led Su Ming to a rock wall.

“It’s a dead end.”

Su Ming said with a slight frown.

“Squeak! Squeak!”

Little Gray still squeaked at the rock wall, very excited.

Seeing this, Su Ming raised the Plasma Lightsaber in his hand and chopped at the rock wall.

Crack!

Immediately, the rock wall was cut open, revealing a gap, and it was hollow inside.

Su Ming’s eyes immediately lit up, and he controlled the Slaughter Blade to fly in, arriving inside a huge rock cave.

He saw the juvenile Star Spirit floating inside, looking at Su Ming with great fear.

Su Ming looked at the Star Spirit and showed a brilliant smile, saying.

“Hehe, I saved your life, taking a little bit of your blood isn’t too much, right?”

As Su Ming spoke, he controlled the Slaughter Blade to approach the Star Spirit little by little, but the Star Spirit became even more frightened when it saw Su Ming approaching, its body trembling constantly, and at the same time, it emitted special cries.

Su Ming saw its strong reaction, then stopped, so as not to provoke it.

At this moment, Little Gray flew to the cockpit opening again, extended its claws again to scratch the cockpit wall, and kept squeaking.

“You want to go out?”

Su Ming asked hesitantly.

Little Gray kept nodding at Su Ming.

Su Ming hesitated for a few seconds, but finally put on his exoskeleton armor and opened the cockpit.

Little Gray immediately flew out.

At this time, blue lines suddenly lit up on its body, and its originally gray body emitted a blue glow, becoming very beautiful.

When the Star Spirit saw Little Gray’s body, it immediately stopped trembling and actively moved towards Little Gray.

The two intertwined and began to play and frolic.

Su Ming looked at this scene with a very surprised expression. He didn’t expect Little Gray to have this form, and that it was so compatible with the Starlord.

He patiently watched Little Gray and the Starlord play for a while, then controlled his mecha to wave at Little Gray, signaling it to come back.

Seeing this, Little Gray flapped its wings and flew towards Su Ming.

Su Ming opened the cockpit to let Little Gray in, then asked Little Gray.

“Little Gray, you can communicate with it, right?”

“Squeak!”

Little Gray nodded in response.

“Then tell it that I saved it, can I draw a little blood?”

Su Ming said to Little Gray.

After listening, Little Gray immediately flew out, squeaking at the Starlord, making special sounds.

The Starlord seemed to understand Little Gray’s words and actively flew towards Su Ming, extending its small upper limb.

Seeing this, Su Ming quickly opened the metal box, took out two blood extractors, and flew out of the cockpit.

He slowly approached the Starlord. The young Starlord in front of him was about three meters long, completely transparent, with blue starlight radiating from its body, shaped like a whale and a Kun, very beautiful.

Su Ming reached out and stroked the Starlord’s upper limb, muttering to himself.

“Don’t be afraid, just bear with it for a moment, it will be over soon.”

The Starlord seemed to hear Su Ming’s words and blinked its eyes at Su Ming.

Su Ming then picked up the blood extractor, gently pricked the Starlord’s upper limb, and then drew out very beautiful blue blood. The blood glowed as if it contained starlight.

Soon, Su Ming had collected the blood. He reached out and stroked the Starlord’s head.

The Starlord was also very well-behaved, allowing Su Ming to stroke its head.

Su Ming revealed a slight smile, then gestured to Little Gray, signaling it to tell the Starlord to leave quickly, as the area was no longer safe.

Little Gray immediately circled the Starlord, making special sounds.

The Starlord seemed very reluctant to part with Little Gray, making sounds of reluctance towards it.

Little Gray also flew up and gently nudged its body with its small head.

The Starlord finally turned and flew away with great reluctance.

As Su Ming watched the Starlord disappear from sight, he floated towards the cockpit, and Little Gray quickly followed.

Su Ming controlled the mecha to close the cockpit and then left the cave.

A long time later, Su Ming controlled the mecha to the rendezvous point, where Su Yuan and the others were waiting.

Seeing Su Ming return, they immediately asked nervously.

“Su Ming, how was it?”

“Did you find the Starlord?”

“Found it, and got the blood too.”

Su Ming said to everyone.

“That’s great!”

Shadr and the others shouted excitedly.

“Let’s go, we’re returning to the 3rd Level Escape Ship Wind Shuttle!”

Su Ming said to Su Yuan and the others.

“Okay!”

Su Yuan and the others immediately followed Su Ming back.

Half an hour later, inside the 3rd Level Escape Ship Wind Shuttle’s hangar.

Su Ming and the others controlled their mechas to fly in through the entrance. They moved their mechas to their designated spots and secured them, then opened the cockpits and jumped down one by one.

“Su Ming, where’s the blood?”

Shadr and the others gathered around, asking excitedly.

Su Ming took out a tube of Starlord’s blood and handed it to Shadr.

“Here!”

“Haha, it’s really Starlord blood, it worked! I succeeded!”

Shadr was so happy his mouth couldn’t close.

“Well done, this trip wasn’t in vain.”

Horton praised Su Ming.

However, at this moment, Baine asked Su Ming with a puzzled expression.

“Su Ming, did you only draw one tube?”

Su Yuan and the others were also startled when they heard this, and they all looked at Su Ming.

“That’s right! Su Ming, did you only draw one tube?”

“Yes, this kind of thing is rare and hard to come by. One tube is enough; one shouldn’t be too greedy.”

Su Ming replied calmly.

When everyone heard Su Ming’s words, their faces showed expressions of great regret.

“Alright, we’ve wasted enough time here, let’s go back to the central control room.”

Su Ming said to everyone.

“Okay!”

Shadr and the others quickly responded.

Su Ming and the others then walked towards the moving platform.

Soon after, Su Ming and the others returned to the central control room.

Captain Lumm immediately stepped forward and respectfully inquired.

“Gentlemen, can we return now?”

“We can return now, but when we do, we can’t enter through the small side entrance of the defense line.”

Su Ming said to Lumm.

“Then where do we enter from?”

Lumm looked at Su Ming, puzzled, and asked.

“Return from the main front entrance of the defense line.”

Su Ming said decisively.

“No, can we even get in through the front entrance?”

Shadr and the others were also startled, asking with some concern.

“With Su Yuan and me, there’s no problem.”

Su Ming replied calmly.

“Su Ming, do we really have to go through the main front entrance?”

Su Yuan said anxiously upon hearing this.

“Is there a problem?”

Su Ming looked at Su Yuan and asked.

“No, we snuck out. The Federation has regulations that unless on a mission, one cannot casually enter the Three Great Forbidden Zones! If we return through the front entrance, wouldn’t we be caught red-handed? We’d definitely be punished then, and it would be over. Can’t we go through the side entrance?”

Su Yuan replied with a bitter face.

“No, going through the main entrance is safer. Punishment is punishment, it’s better than being intercepted and killed, right?”

Su Ming replied seriously.

“Alright.”

Su Yuan replied helplessly.

“Alright, without further ado, let’s set off quickly.”

Su Ming said to Captain Lumm.

“Okay!”

Captain Lumm immediately responded.

Soon after, the 3rd Level Escape Ship Wind Shuttle slowly flew out from the planetary passage, then accelerated into the distant starry sky, finally disappearing from view.

—

Several days later.

In the vast starry sky, the 3rd Level Escape Ship Wind Shuttle flew out of a Wormhole Spacetime, and streaks of debris belts came into view.

Inside the central control room.

Captain Lumm reported to Su Ming and the others.

“We’ve arrived at the Federation mining area. From here on, I know the way, and we don’t need to follow the original route anymore; we can take other wormholes.”

“Hmm, don’t let your guard down. The closer you get to your destination, the more likely problems are to arise.”

Su Ming cautioned Captain Lumm.

“Understood, I’m adjusting the course direction now.”

Captain Lumm replied cautiously.

“Hmm.”

Su Ming nodded in response.

However, not long after the 3rd Level Escape Ship Wind Shuttle sailed into the distance, the scanning device suddenly issued a warning, and gray dots popped up on the screen.

“Alert: Scanned Federal Level 5 Battleship Dreadnought.”

“Alert: Scanned Federal Level 5 Battleship Frost.”

Captain Lumm reported with a solemn expression.

“We’ve run into a Federal fleet.”

Shadr scratched his head and said.

“It should be fine to encounter a Federal fleet, right?”

“Oh, you scared me, I thought we ran into enemies.”

Su Yuan let out a long sigh of relief. His nerves had been too tense lately, making him a bit jumpy.

At this moment, Su Ming said with a solemn expression.

“Don’t be happy too soon. Running into a Federal fleet here isn’t necessarily a good thing. They might be here to apprehend us.”

“No way?”

Shadr and the others were also startled.

“Su Ming, you’re not kidding, are you?”

Su Yuan’s heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly asked Su Ming.

“Don’t forget, since the enemy can ambush us here, it’s not surprising that they might have bribed Federal personnel.”

Su Ming reminded them very rationally.

“What do we do now?”

Shadr looked nervously at Su Ming.

“Avoid them.”

Su Ming said without hesitation.

“Captain Lumm, quickly avoid them!”

Shadr immediately gave the order to Captain Lumm.

“Yes, sir!”

Captain Lumm immediately performed the operation, controlling the 3rd Level Escape Ship Wind Shuttle to change course and evade.

However, unfortunately, the 3rd Level Escape Ship Wind Shuttle had already been scanned by the Level 5 Battleship Dreadnought.

And the moment the 3rd Level Escape Ship Wind Shuttle changed course, a prompt box immediately popped up on the operation screen.

“Alert: Level 5 Battleship Dreadnought has sent a communication request.”

Captain Lumm’s heart immediately sank, and he quickly said to Su Ming.

“Sir, we’ve been exposed. They’ve sent a communication request. Should we accept?”

Shadr and the others all looked at Su Ming.

“Accept!”

Su Ming said, his expression changing.

Captain Lumm then answered the communication, and immediately, a middle-aged man wearing a colonel’s military uniform, with rough skin and heavy dark circles under his eyes, appeared on the screen.

“I am Colonel Tope of the Federal First Legion. I now order you to stop sailing and submit to identity verification and inspection.”

Seeing this, Su Ming and Su Yuan stepped forward simultaneously and replied.

“I am Su Ming, Brigadier General of the Federation!”

“I am Su Yuan, Brigadier General of the Federation!”

Colonel Tope was also stunned when he heard Su Ming and Su Yuan’s words. He hadn’t expected two Brigadier Generals to be on this 3rd Level Escape Ship, and immediately saluted, saying.

“Officers.”

Su Ming and Su Yuan returned the salute.

At this moment, Colonel Tope said sternly to Su Ming and Su Yuan.

“Officers, I am currently on a mission and need to verify your identities. Please present your Wormhole Spacetime transit permits.”

When Su Ming and Su Yuan heard Colonel Tope’s words, their faces immediately showed awkward expressions; neither of them had a permit.

“No, can you make an exception?”

Su Ming tried to communicate with Colonel Tope.

“Sorry, officers, given that you have entered the Wormhole Spacetime without permission, you must undergo inspection and then return with us to the Wormhole Time-Space Defense Line.”

Colonel Tope said with a headache when he heard this.

“Why is it so strict? It wasn’t like this before.”

Su Yuan asked, puzzled.

“Officers, it’s like this: it’s an extraordinary period now, and we are conducting a search and rescue mission, so all regulations must be strictly enforced.”

Colonel Tope directly explained to Su Ming and Su Yuan.

“Search and rescue mission? Rescuing whom?”

Su Ming asked, puzzled.

“We are searching for the Royal Family member of the Shabask Kingdom, Shadr.”

Colonel Tope explained to Su Ming and the others.

“Ah?”

Shadr was also startled; they were actually here to rescue him.

Su Ming immediately frowned and gestured for Shadr to remain silent, sensing that something was clearly amiss.

No one should have known about their attack; it was illogical for Colonel Tope to be there to rescue them.

Su Ming suspected that these people were trying to trick them, planning to capture them once they boarded the ship.

Su Yuan then looked at Su Ming, asking with his eyes what to do.

Su Ming then said in a deep voice to Colonel Tope.

“What happened?”

“Officers, His Royal Highness Seventh Prince Omid of the Shabask Kingdom, requested search and rescue assistance from the Federation, and we are acting under orders. Here are the request letter from His Royal Highness Ohmid of the Shabask Kingdom and the mission letter issued by the Federal Cosmic Army Headquarters.”

Colonel Tope then shared the two documents for Su Ming and the others to see.

Shadr looked at the signature on the request letter and nodded repeatedly at Su Ming, telling him the document was real.

Su Ming’s expression changed, then he spoke.

“Shadr is right here with us.”

Colonel Tope was very surprised to hear this, then said to Su Ming.

“Officers, please bring your ship into the Level 5 Battleship Dreadnought. We will escort you back.”

“Okay!”

Su Ming didn’t waste words and agreed directly.