Chapter 295 Going Home (Second Day Countdown) "Come back..."

"She's back?!" This time, Sang Zhitao landed directly on the moon, startling everyone.

"This world hasn't been around for very long, has it?" Sheng An flipped through the notebook.

Sang Zhitao appeared in a flash, then held a plate of Chinese pastries in her hand. She quickly stuffed a jujube paste pastry into her mouth, a satisfied expression on her face: "Mmm, I was really fast this time~"

Sheng An flipped the page back, a smile appearing on her face: "From what I can see, you have about two more worlds left to travel through."

"The rest are all worthless worlds." He closed his notebook, looked at Sang Zhitao, and said with a touch of emotion, "You can finally have a vacation."

Sang Zhitao tapped her fingertips a few times before shaking her head and saying, "It should be three worlds."

"Three?" Sheng An frowned, then looked down and took out his notebook to flip through it.

Although their technology is already very advanced and there are various ways to record information, he still prefers his notebook that has been with him for many years. As he flips through the documents, his fingertips caress the notebook, and a sense of reluctance wells up in his heart.

Sang Zhitao pressed her fingertips on his notebook, stopping him from flipping through it: "You won't find it."

"What?" Sheng An looked up at her.

“That world…” Sang Zhitao frowned. “I don’t know either. I just have a feeling that it’s important.”

Sheng An sighed and put the notebook back in his pocket: "Alright, we are just mortals after all. We haven't been able to offer you much help in this matter of time travel all these years."

Seeing the apology on his face, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but laugh and pat him on the shoulder: "Please, it's already very good, okay? I'm the richest man in the world now. Who can be as generous as my mother and give me such a high dividend?"

“It’s what you should do,” came Li Mingguo’s voice from behind her.

Li Mingguo had long reached retirement age, but he was reluctant to hand over Sang Zhitao to others, so he kept applying for a delayed retirement, and as a result, he has been busy until now.

"Uncle Li~" Sang Zhitao greeted him with a smile, "Congratulations on retiring soon."

"The closer we get to this point, the more vigilant you must be. Don't forget there's still Zhen." Li Mingguo smiled and patted her hair before sighing and giving her his advice.

"Yes, I know what I'm doing."

Ultimately, the country didn't offer you much support, and even now it can't help you much more...

Li Mingguo's sentiments were not only his and Sheng An's thoughts, but also the thoughts of everyone in the entire base, and even everyone in the entire Dongguo who knew of Sang Zhitao's existence.

This sense of guilt has never faded since the first day Sang Zhitao began her mission, and has even deepened over time.

Even if Sang Zhitao were to run up to the current Grand Elder and say that she wanted to be the Empress, the elders would probably find someone to act out a grand spectacle of an Empress ascending the throne and ruling the country, just to make her happy.

Of course, she wasn't that bored.

“The elders miss you very much.” Li Mingguo patted her shoulder. “They’ve been wanting to see you for a while, but you’ve been so busy, and they haven’t been able to find the time.”

“The Second World wasn’t very safe before, and we didn’t dare let the elders take risks there, lest they be assassinated.”

"Now that technology has advanced once again, the elders can meet you in the Second World."

Sang Zhitao nodded indifferently: "Okay, just help me schedule a time."

Watching her eat three plates of pastries, Li Mingguo frowned and stopped her from reaching out her hand into the air again: "Eating too much will cause indigestion."

Sang Zhitao withdrew her hand from the opened spatial passage, touched her stomach and said, "I'm not even human anymore, I can't eat anymore. Uncle Li, you have no idea how bad the food is over there."

Li Mingguo helplessly held up one finger to her: "The last round."

"Yay! ヾ(▽)ノ!" Sang Zhitao quickly pulled out a plate of freshly made pineapple cakes from the kitchen through the spatial passage.

"Just tell the kitchen what you want to eat. You can bring it over directly through the spatial channel or have them deliver it to you." Li Mingguo, listening to his secretary's urging, did not forget to instruct Sang Zhitao, "If you want something ready-made, have the kitchen staff make it for you."

"Okay~" Sang Zhitao waved her hand, seeing off the hurried Li Mingguo.

Sheng An shook his head helplessly: "You probably don't need regular food to fill your stomach now."

Sang Zhitao held up one finger and waved it: "No, no, no, you don't understand the wonder of food."

She smacked her lips as she spoke: "Speaking of which, I kind of miss the days when I was a gem person. Those gems were so crunchy and delicious. I really can't make that kind of texture with my cooking skills in real life."

Sheng An nodded thoughtfully: "I understand."

"What do you know?" Sang Zhitao stared blankly at Sheng An's departing figure.

Only then did he realize that he was all alone in the open space.

She glanced around furtively, then reached into the spatial passage again, touched a heavy plate, and pulled it out with delight.

The smile vanished from her face instantly.

The plate was full of fruit, with a note attached: "Baby, the base chief won't let you have any pastries, so have some fruit instead."

She stared at the cucumbers on the plate, picked one up angrily, took a bite, and then grinned in disgust: "Cucumbers don't even deserve to be called fruit!"

"So that's why you brought me a basket of cucumbers?" Sang Lezhi looked at the basket of cucumbers weighing about 20 pounds on her desk and couldn't help but complain.

"Don't underestimate these cucumbers. The newbies in the agricultural team said they're special-supply grade. I'm giving them to you as a gift." Sang Zhitao patted the basket, looking like she was saying, "I'm so good to you."

Sang Lezhi couldn't help but roll her eyes: "I'm from the agriculture team. Do you think I'd be short of this kind of specially supplied fruit?"

Sang Zhitao touched her nose and looked away.

Sang Lezhi knew, of course, that this was because her sister didn't want to eat it, but considering it was a kind gesture from her younger sister, she didn't say anything more.

"By the way, the world you mentioned is a bad ending in the original book. How do you plan to resolve this issue?"

Sang Lezhi couldn't even remember which world she came from, but she grew to love listening to Sang Zhitao tell her stories about her time in another world.

Initially, she just wanted to learn about some of the things that had happened to her younger sister from Sang Zhitao's story. Having already missed out on her sister's growth, she really didn't want to miss any of her subsequent experiences.

But later she grew to love those strange and wonderful worlds more and more. She read some of the original books dozens of times, but still felt that none of them were as exciting as her sister's stories.

"Ah... so later time went back hundreds of years, back to before everything happened, what about your friends? Did they all disappear?" She picked up a cucumber and took a bite before asking curiously.

As Sang Zhitao ate the cucumber, her thoughts drifted back to the future she had envisioned upon arriving on Earth…

On the Sky Continent, Mihar celebrated his coming of age.

As the only younger brother of the future emperor and the only prince of the Kare Empire, his coming-of-age ceremony was a cause for national celebration, especially since it was also the day he was to betroth his future queen.

It wasn't just humans who were curious about which queen he would choose; even alien races like elves and dragons couldn't help but place bets.

"I bet it's the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's family. She's known as the most talented woman in Kare and the future female Prime Minister!"

"I don't think so. Miss Carola is focused on her career and wouldn't be interested in His Highness Michael."

"Could it be the second young lady of the General's family? She and Prince Mihar grew up together; they were childhood sweethearts!"

"No, no, Miss Celine said she's going to take over the General's position and become the next General."

"Ah...could it be the third young lady from the finance department?"

"The third young lady said she wants to become the richest person in the future..."

"Why are the girls in our Kare Empire so ambitious?" After guessing the names of more than a dozen young ladies, a man couldn't help but sigh.

The tavern owner placed a glass of beer on his table, looked him up and down, and then laughed, "If everyone in the Kare Empire is like you, then of course we girls have to be in charge."

The man was about to slam his fist on the table and stand up, but when he saw the proprietress's arms, which were thicker than his thighs, he shrank back, took a sip of beer, and muttered, "Hmph, a grown man doesn't argue with a little woman."

Such a debate did not attract the attention of Michal, who was waiting for his coming-of-age ceremony in the palace.

He sat cross-legged on the floor, looking at his older brother on the sofa, his cheeks puffed out in anger. This made the young Gaius unable to suppress his laughter, but fearing that his laughter would make his younger brother even angrier, he could only pretend to choke on his water and cough a few times.

"I said I would become the most famous bard in the Kare Empire!!!"

“Okay.” Gaius raised an eyebrow in agreement.

Mihar was surprised that his brother, who had always been against it, would suddenly change his mind. He looked at his brother suspiciously for a moment before continuing, "I want to travel after I come of age."

"Can."

Mikhail was even more shocked. He got up from the ground, carefully squatted down in front of Gaius, and placed his hands on Gaius's knees: "Really?!"

Gaius nodded: "Of course, go do what you like."

Mikhail frowned, sensing something was off: "Why did you change your mind?"

Gaius was stunned for a moment. He didn't know how to explain it to Michal. He just had a feeling that if he didn't agree to his brother's request, he would definitely lose his brother and it would be something he would regret for the rest of his life.

"Then... can I bring Lina along too?" Michal didn't notice Gaius's stunned expression, his thoughts turning to his lovely fiancée, a doting smile appearing on his lips.

When Gaius heard the name Lina, his hand holding the teacup trembled. It took him a long time to recover before he was urged by Michal to say, "Yes, take good care of the guards and the money. Don't make me worry."

"Wow~ I love you, brother!!" Michal stood up from the ground, spun around several times, and then kissed Gaius. "I'm going to find Sweetheart and give her this good news."

As he left, Gaius was somewhat dazed, as if he had seen Mikhail's back countless times before, but those backs were devoid of any joy, only filled with sadness, silence, and indifference.

In a daze, he seemed to see Mikhail holding the body of a young girl, silently walking into the night.

"Your Highness." The arrival of his subordinate interrupted his thoughts.

The warm sunlight shone on his hand holding the teacup, bringing a touch of warmth to his cold body.

Those nightmarish scenes faded from his memory, leaving nothing behind.

"Your Highness?" The subordinate, not waiting for a reply, couldn't help but remind him.

“Yes, do everything according to His Highness’s instructions. Give him whatever he wants.” Gaius came back to his senses and whispered, “And remember to protect Miss Lina as well.”

The subordinate acknowledged the order and withdrew. Gaius subconsciously took a sip of tea before looking out the window at the green lawn. Everything was moving in a positive direction...