The missing trio are here contemplating how to escape the insectoid race from Planet Aquamarine.
Huo Shen has already received the adjutant's report—
"...StarNet live stream?" Huo Shen looked at his adjutant. "What live stream?"
"What a country bumpkin," the adjutant thought to himself, but on the surface he still explained the most popular adventure channel on the StarNet, and then casually projected the live stream content into their room.
Suddenly, a scene from a live streamer's room appeared on the semi-transparent, suspended screen.
When Huo Shen saw the familiar missing trio, and saw Cen Yu bending down and letting Chi Jiazhen apply something to the back of his neck, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
He stood there, staring at the image projected on the screen. "What's going on?"
The adjutant cut to the chase, explaining the entertaining nature of the anchor and the Mant Tourism Company spaceship with its set-up autopilot route.
Although Huo Shen wasn't interested in these urban legends, he had at least heard of the famous Mante Travel Company.
"Can't they return?" He looked at the few people inside the cabin who seemed to be busy with something.
"The flight path is set and cannot be changed; we must reach the Blue Planet first," the adjutant said.
"Why?" Huo Shen asked, puzzled.
"It will explode."
"..." Huo Shen took a deep breath, "Find their location, go now."
If two ordinary military academy members weren't enough to get him to the vicinity of Planet Aquamarine, adding the Second Prince would change everything.
Even if there are strict old fogies who want to make a big fuss about this, the other party is Li Chonghe. Are they just going to watch the Second Prince die on Hailan Planet?
At this moment, Huo Shen was somewhat grateful that Cen Yu had brought Li Chonghe along; otherwise, even if he wanted to go to Hailan Planet, there would be people who objected.
Huo Shen has absolute control here, but the journey is still long... He can only hope that the three of them will still be alive when he arrives at Hailan Planet.
He stood there, looking at the three people inside the spaceship. "Where did that King Worm go?"
He certainly remembered that Cen Yu and the others were captured by the King Worm. This spaceship was unmanned, and even if someone were to operate it, it would not meet the hard requirements to repel the King Worm. Therefore, Huo Shen had some doubts in his mind.
"I don't know," the adjutant replied quickly.
He navigated the page and quickly brought the live stream back to its very beginning—
In the scene, the bright silver mech suddenly appeared at the tail of the spaceship, then deftly removed the landing hatch and crawled into the spaceship.
"No queen beetle was captured in the footage."
Huo Shen didn't dwell on it after hearing this.
“You continue to Planet Nott,” he said to his adjutant. “The Lily of the Valley Squad will be with me to Planet Aquamarine.”
The Lily of the Valley Squad, named after the Fifth Legion's insignia, is an elite squad of Huo Shen's relatives... He looked at his adjutant, "Go and investigate the secrets of Planet Nott again."
"The latest report says that the monsters that crawl out of the ground have half-human, half-insect characteristics."
"Although the fire destroyed some things, Wen Xi delivered the report he had found."
“Project Eden.” Huo Shen said, looking up at the scene in the live broadcast, “What exactly are those people hiding?”
The adjutant, of course, also knew the latest news from Planet Nott. He hesitated for a moment and said to Huo Shen, "Wen Xihe said his recorder was destroyed in the battle..."
Huo Shen understood what he meant; he suspected that Wen Xihe was hiding something.
"What he's trying to hide isn't the point."
He figured it was mostly some kind of illegal operation.
The reason given—that the explosion was caused by a leak in the mech fuel—was untenable, and Huo Shen didn't care about that... He just wanted to know what truth Planet Nott was hiding.
...
Cen Yu was unaware that their every move was being broadcast live.
It even quickly made it onto the Empire's hottest news and gossip section—
[Topic: Let's talk about the Second Prince and his runaway Alpha wife]
[The Second Prince truly lives up to his reputation as a Beta among Betas; he even managed to get an Alpha ( ). I heard they were classmates?]
【No way! Doesn't anyone care that they're going to Planet Aquamarine soon?? Wen Zhen disappeared around here!】
[It wasn't said that Huo Shen had already gone there.]
Where can I watch the live stream?
[Share this link, you're welcome! The whole thing will be live here :)]
The person quickly opened the live stream and saw the three of them sitting together eating nutrient solution. After Li Chonghe finished eating, he threw the nutrient solution into the spaceship's waste disposal port and then prepared to try again to see if he could turn the spaceship around.
Chi Jiazhen sat obediently next to Cen Yu, chewing on the nutrient solution in her mouth.
Cen Yu, with a nutrient solution in his mouth, was still fiddling with his communicator. During the competition, the communicator was locked, and they couldn't find any signals from within their camp. Cen Yu tried for a long time but still couldn't connect to the StarNet.
The only good news is that the system that submitted the report has returned.
The fat cat licked its paws and said to Cen Yu, "The judgment is acceptable."
Although there are some discrepancies, the two conditions of "being captured in front of Chi Jiazhen" and "being captured by the Zerg during the match" are met, so the mission can still be considered completed.
Cen Yu rested his chin on his hand, pretending to be deep in thought, communicating with the system in his mind.
"So... this is where my script ends?? How things develop from here is up to me?"
The system felt a little uneasy, but still honestly replied, "Yes... Meow~"
Perhaps in an attempt to awaken Cen Yu's conscience, it even meowed once, trying to act cute.
"Don't make a sound, I'm thinking."
Cen Yu was sorting through his memories. As he completed more and more worlds, the fragments of memories in his mind gradually became clearer... but most of them were still in a chaotic state, all fragments, and he needed to find the answers slowly, like a jigsaw puzzle.
"Are you using your position for personal gain?" He looked at the fat cat suspiciously. "Why is that spaceship also called Golden Iris?"
"It's a coincidence," said the fat cat. "Pure coincidence."
"Heh," Cen Yu sneered, "Do you think I'd believe that?"
Putting aside the question of why a system is called "Golden Iris," the very first introduction to this system states that it is a chosen one tasked with completing missions in various small worlds.
And in the fragments of memory he obtained by completing missions.
He could clearly see the collapsed building, the people trapped underneath, and the intense pain they were in.
He guessed what he must have encountered in his original world before being sent to complete these small tasks. As he completed more tasks, his lost memories would gradually reappear.
"Am I dead?" Cen Yu asked directly, since that's how it was written in the novels he read anyway. "I mean, the original world."
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