Master Dongling was filled with awe and bowed deeply to Xiaoman, saying, "With such a great princess who cares for the country and its people, how can the empire not prosper, and how can the people not live in peace and contentment?"

"I haven't done enough." Xiaoman wasn't being modest; her true intention was simply to return to Blue Star as soon as possible. It was out of her feelings for Dudu that she got involved in the reshuffling and reconstruction of the Crimson Hun Empire.

Now, he's caught up in the investigation of the Ghost Beast Clan, completely against his will.

“Princess, please do not underestimate yourself.” Master Dongling’s eyes were extremely firm. “I believe that in the near future, you will become someone who surpasses all the sages of the past.” He gave a thumbs up and nodded emphatically. “I have no doubt about it.”

Xiaoman was greatly encouraged and thought to herself, "These people have placed all their hopes on me. As the eldest princess, I must not let them down."

She sighed deeply and looked eastward. "Brother Tian, ​​sisters, family, please give Xiaoman some time. I will come back as soon as I finish dealing with what's in front of me."

After making the decision, he pointed to the parchment scroll and asked, "Strategist, can you determine which star system this is?"

"I don't know yet." He patted his chest. "Give me a day, and I'll definitely find out its location."

"Okay." Xiaoman turned around. "Thank you."

"Princess, there's no need for you to be so polite. These are all things I should do."

Don't overwork yourself.

After nodding in acknowledgment, he turned and left.

With nothing to do, I strolled around the city lord's mansion and unknowingly arrived at the main gate.

"Since we're just killing time anyway, why not go for a stroll in the city and experience the local customs and culture?"

She walked straight past the guards, startling them so much that they stood ramrod straight, not daring to even look at her.

After passing through the main street of the city lord's mansion, you arrive in the town, where pedestrians walk everywhere and merchants come and go in an endless stream.

"Friends from other star systems, I have something good for sale here. Are you interested in taking a look?" The short, scorpion-human man was dressed in tattered clothes, with dark brown skin, but his eyes were bright and piercing.

Xiaoman didn't want to bother with this kind of small vendor, but out of the corner of her eye she caught sight of something on his waist. Her pupils dilated instantly, she froze on the spot, and her mind went blank.

The man had an old-fashioned mobile phone from Earth tucked into his waistband.

A few seconds later, Xiaoman finally came to her senses and pointed to the vendor's waist, "This thing looks quite interesting, how much is it?"

"Give it away, don't sell it." The vendor pulled out a piece of parchment from somewhere. "This was obtained by my ancestors by chance. It shouldn't be sold, but they were short of money and couldn't afford to eat, so they had no choice."

Seeing that he spoke with great refinement and knew aristocratic etiquette, Xiaoman carefully sized him up and asked, "So, how much do you want for it?"

The vendor held up three fingers, "Three thousand in common currency."

Before Xiaoman left, Dudu ordered someone to pack several million dollars in general currency for her, which was a small amount of money.

"Take it, it's mine now."

The vendor felt like he couldn't quite process what she was thinking. Three thousand yuan was enough for a family to live on for two or three years for these poor people. She just bought it without asking?

He bowed deeply and presented the old-fashioned mobile phone with both hands, saying, "Thank you, kind adventurer."

Xiaoman took the old-fashioned mobile phone, and the vendor bowed again before backing away.

He slowly turned on his phone, which contained dozens of phone numbers. "Damn, all that work for nothing."

As I turned off my phone, I noticed a lot of unread messages at the bottom out of the corner of my eye. Driven by curiosity, I opened them.

The first few messages are all spam.

The fifth message, however, was sent by the phone owner to his son on the front lines. It read: "Yongzi, your mother and I are currently at the resettlement site in the Kunlun Mountains. Everything is fine, so don't worry..."

Xiaoman's eyes immediately reddened, and her heart felt heavy. "Brother Tian, ​​sisters, I miss you all so much!"

My heart was filled with unease for a long time.

Suddenly, a respectful voice came, "Your Highness, what are you doing here?"

Ao Canglong rushed over in a great hurry.

"I was getting a bit bored staying in the city lord's mansion, so I came out for a walk."

"The strategist just sent word that the parchment has been deciphered, and I've come to inform you."

"knew!"

Xiaoman was preoccupied with thoughts of Dafeng Mountain and was somewhat absent-minded.

Ao Canglong, unaware of this, thought he had disturbed the eldest princess, and lowered his head, not daring to speak.

Reaching a secluded spot, he exhaled a long breath of stale air, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of him. "Scorpion King, you go about your business. I'll go find the strategist."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After he left, Xiaoman looked through her phone's photo album again. Inside were photos of the elderly couple, as well as several pictures showing the entire Kunlun Mountain resettlement site. The houses were neat and tidy, the trees were shady, and there were many sports facilities.

"Okay, okay!"

Xiaoman's eyes welled up with tears as she gazed eastward. "They are already building up the motherland. It's time for me, a human still wandering in foreign lands, to return home."

The desire to return is growing stronger.

He hurriedly found Master Dongling, "Strategist."

He immediately handed over the parchment scroll, pointing to a corner, "This is an ancient star field, located due north. Even traveling at the speed of light would take several months to reach it."

"It takes this long?" Xiaoman smiled wryly, then looked down and remembered the parchment scroll she had just received. "Let's see if this will be of any use."

Master Dongling glanced at it and was immediately captivated. Overjoyed, he exclaimed, "It's an auxiliary map! Wait a moment!"

He took out a bunch of strange and unusual things and kept placing them on the parchment scroll.

Soon, the content on the second parchment was imprinted on the first, and the parts that originally needed to be deduced became clear.

“With this, the time to reach the ancient star field will be greatly shortened.” Pointing to the black dots above, “These locations all have large star field teleportation arrays. Using them, it will take at most one month to reach this ancient star field.”

With a slight frown, she said with great concern, "Your Highness, this place is too eerie. It's best not to go there until you're certain you'll make a fatal mistake."

“The Ghost Beast Clan is on the verge of breaking free.” Xiaoman took the parchment scroll. “If I hadn’t obtained it, I might not have gone looking for it. Now that I know of its existence, there’s no reason why I can’t go back.”

After a brief pause, he said, "Strategist, wait a moment."

Special communication was established, and a beep sound appeared.

Master Dongling was quite frightened and quickly bowed.

"No need for formalities." Dudu smiled and looked at Xiaoman. "Sister, what can I do for you?"

Xiaoman smiled faintly and pointed to Dongling Shangren, "I recommend a strategist to you. His talent is by no means inferior to that of Hu Xiaoxian."

"Huh?" Dudu was a little confused.

Fox Fairy is a genius strategist, and the strategist group she founded has made great contributions to the empire. Without them, the Crimson Hun Empire would not have achieved its current glory.

"Sis, are you sure?" Dudu asked with a serious expression.

"When have I ever lied to you?" Xiaoman asked seriously.

"Sis, I absolutely adore you!" Dudu disregarded the Empire's image and instantly transformed into a little fangirl.

Upon witnessing this scene, Master Dongling became even more determined to burn out the last bit of life force in Chi Hun. He bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle and said, "Thank you, Great Princess. Thank you, Great Emperor."

"From now on, Dongling Shangren will be the Right Military Advisor, with a position equivalent to Hu Xiaoxian."

"Thank you for the great emperor's reward. Your humble servant will dedicate my life to the empire with all my might." He placed his hand on his heart, his eyes filled with unwavering determination.

Xiaoman helped him up, saying, "When there's nothing major, you can stay in the Scorpion's territory and assist the Scorpion King."

"Your humble servant obeys!"

"This star field is too barren; you must find a way to make it rich. Also, tap into their inherent advantages; they will surely become powerful weapons on the battlefield in the future."

Master Dongling nodded emphatically, accepted the order, and left.

Once outside, he suddenly turned around and bowed deeply towards where Xiaoman was, saying, "I am not even one ten-thousandth as good as the First Princess in terms of her magnanimity and intellect."

Half a day later.

Xiaoman had prepared all the necessary items and boarded the fighter jet.

The fighter jet soared into the sky, and everyone in the Scorpion Territory spontaneously stood on high ground to watch her leave.

Upon entering space, immediately input the coordinates and travel at the speed of light towards an ancient star region...

at the same time.

A desolate star field, deep within a frigid pool.

An extremely strange aura shot into the sky and then disappeared without a trace.

A dozen minutes later, it appeared on a distant, unknown planet.

It rushed straight into the highest point of the mountains.

"After thousands of years of painstaking planning, I never expected such a turn of events." The enormous ghostly beast was enraged and punched the mountain wall, causing the mountains to tremble and collapse continuously, as if it were the end of the world.

After the surroundings returned to calm, a strong killing intent flashed in the ghost's eyes. "Since you insist on coming to your death, then kill me."

He turned around quickly and formed a hand seal.

Dozens of ghostly beasts, each only a third the size of him, gradually solidified.

He bowed respectfully, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

The Ghost Beast King nodded and waved his hand, "Kill her."

Xiaoman's image appeared in everyone's minds at the same time. "Yes, Your Majesty."

More than a dozen people disappeared in an instant...

Xiaoman was unaware that she was being targeted by the enemy and was still traveling through time.

"Beep beep! We are almost at the target star system. Do you want to stop the shuttle?" a mechanical voice said.

"Stop shuttling."

The fighter jet hovered outside a massive planet.

"Enter the planet."

It passed through the atmosphere and entered the planet.

A strong sense of unease washed over her, and Xiaoman frowned slightly. "Such a strong sense of crisis."

Just as they were considering whether to abandon this teleportation point, the sky darkened, and soon it became pitch black.

"scanning!"

The high-tech radar kept spinning, displaying the message: "No life detected, no life detected..."

"The more critical the moment, the calmer you must be!"

I took a deep breath of the cold air, calmed myself down, and kept scanning the data transmitted back from the instruments.

Suddenly, a jet-black aura surged from the left slant.

It was very close to the fighter jet and appeared out of nowhere, so to avoid it, one had to use aerobatic maneuvers.

Xiaoman did not hesitate and immediately switched to manual control.

The fighter jet rolled backward, maintaining its previous distance from the black mist.

The black mist followed relentlessly, as if it were never going to tire.

Xiaoman didn't feel anything for a short time, but after a while, she suddenly felt exhausted.

"We must get rid of it!"

It rolled sideways to a point not far from the mountains, then rapidly climbed up and swooped down to the right.

The black mist gave chase at high speed, but it couldn't escape the mountain peak.

boom!

The mountaintop exploded, sending tens of thousands of rocks flying, which terrified Xiaoman so much that she had to perform a series of high-difficulty aerial acrobatics...