Soon, Mu Chen appeared on the starship. The moment he saw Mingmei, the icy expression on his face melted away. He walked a few steps to Mingmei, looked her up and down, and then asked, "Is everything alright?"

"Okay." Mingmei nodded without saying much, and handed the mecha that Da Yao had just given her and the insect core that had been transformed into an energy core to Mu Chen, saying, "Take it back and find a suitable owner for it during the later battles."

Putting away the spatial button and the insect core, Mu Chen's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at Mingmei and asked again, "What about you? Are you coming with me?"

Hearing the question, Mingmei's heart stirred, and she turned to meet the other person's serious eyes and asked, "If I want, will you really take me back?"

She clearly remembered how she was put onto the starship today.

"If you want to," Mu Chen said, then reached out his hand to Mingmei. "If you want to go back, I'll take you back."

However, if he had answered a moment earlier, Mingmei would have nodded, reached out her hand, and gone back with him to become a firsthand witness.

But now, she can't.

"No, thank you."

Mingmei smiled slightly, shook her head, looked down at Da Yao's corpse, and said quietly, "I still have things to do."

Suddenly, Mingmei heard Mu Chen's laughter, followed by his words: "The closest planet to this route is a desolate planet, and there is an asteroid belt on its outer layer, which provides good cover. However, the surrounding magnetic field is very chaotic, and there is a risk of losing contact if we are not careful."

"Thank you." Understanding that Mu Chen already knew her thoughts, Mingmei looked up and smiled at him, then asked, "Is this...is this Vice Commander Mei's idea?"

"Well, I guess so."

【I don't understand? What?】

[Aren't we going to return? Isn't this supposed to be a hero rescuing a damsel in distress?]

[This... judging from what she's saying, it seems the merchant lady is about to veer off course with her starship!]

【Ah! Why? What's going on? Did I miss a part of their conversation?】

[Idiot! It must be that this starship can't return! So many hidden Zerg are eyeing it covetously. This starship is part of the Zerg's plan. If it returns, wouldn't that be blatantly telling those Zerg that we've been exposed?]

【so what?】

So, this starship won't appear until after the events at the Sigma military fortress are over!

Did that starship later appear?

"...I don't think I've heard of that."

After Mu Chen finished speaking, he stood still without moving, just looking at Mingmei. Mingmei looked up, and the two stared at each other for a few minutes without saying a word.

After a while, Mingmei saw that the other party had no intention of leaving, so she raised her hand to pat his arm to remind him to pay attention. This was just a game, after all. But then the other party suddenly asked her, "After this is over, do you want to go to Changping Star Harbor to look at houses together?"

Mingmei: "Ah...okay~"

Mu Chen seems to really hold a grudge about that house; he still remembers it.

[Help! Is this considered a knife?!]

[Giant Blade! I can't take it anymore! In the Battle of Sigmar, only General Meiqiu and this starship remained... Waaah... I haven't heard anything about it! Doesn't this mean...]

[Humans can't be chopping boards forever, always bearing the brunt of the knife! On the bright side... wouldn't double death be considered a different kind of happy ending?]

[Hey, are you poisonous?!]