The temperature gradually warmed up and the northern hemisphere of Escher finally said goodbye to the cold winter. It woke up from thousands of miles of ice to usher in the recovery of all things in early spring.
The spring breeze still carried a slight chill. Silin wrapped her leather coat tightly around herself as she flew quickly across the grassland. She carefully guarded the package on her back while vigilantly paying attention to her surroundings.
In early spring, there were interstellar beasts that had just woken up from hibernation.
After a winter of no consumption, they were now hungry and their aggression had increased a lot. Their strength was relatively weakened but it was still dangerous for her.
Especially now. The things she carried were so important that there was no room for the slightest mistake.
Even on the flat grassland, she didn’t dare to fly in a straight line. She could only keep traveling in a roundabout way to avoid the possible dangers ahead.
Fortunately, the wind was her best companion and guide. She passed the dangers that were invisible to the naked eye from a distance and it could be called a thrilling journey.
For nearly two months, she had been on the road to repair a base station.
There were three base stations near the underground cave where they were currently living. The furthest took three or four days to reach if she flew at full strength.
Fortunately, in the past four years, she hadn’t slacked off and had figured out the location and safety route of the base stations in advance. This meant she wouldn’t lose vision without a navigation map.
These three base stations were all destroyed by interstellar beasts. One of them even became a nest of interstellar beasts. The destruction could be imagined.
After scanning the three base stations, the small robot finally selected the one with the least damage to repair.
This base station was also the furthest away.
Perhaps because it was far from the frontal battlefield, it was relatively intact. Still, this caused a lot of trouble for the repair.
Without tools and parts, the only improvement was the guidance of the small robot, although such delicate work was still a challenge for Silin and the others.
Now Silin was rushing overnight and dismantling useful parts from another base station. She used the advantages of a wind elementalist to transport these parts and other collected ones to the furthest base station.
She hadn’t been back to the underground cave for a long time.
There were people guarding over there. As long as they didn’t come out, safety wasn’t a problem. However, she occasionally missed her brother and worried about his condition.
Silin stopped at a bush, landed on the ground, took out a water bag and took a sip. All the time, she was still nervously watching the wind and grass around her.
Then she couldn’t help glancing at the sky.
It wasn’t far from the return date of the spaceship that Xiao Wu said…
“Buzz—”
The communicator in her hand vibrated.
[Sister Silin, don’t look. Concentrate on the road.]
A line of small print appeared on the light curtain of the communicator. It was a reminder from the little robot.
[Even if the spaceship comes back, there is no communication signal and it can’t be contacted. It is still necessary to quickly repair the base station.]
The little robot looked soft and simple, but as an intelligent life, he was much more rational than adults like Silin.
[Sister, you can’t chase the spaceship anymore.]
[After the beginning of spring, a large number of interstellar beasts have started to become active and are in a state of extreme hunger. Sister, if you chase the spaceship like last time, the danger level will be increased by several times. It is completely suicidal.]
Silin looked at the little robot’s persuasion, took a deep breath and took her attention back.
[Don’t worry, I understand.]
She typed the reply before putting away the water. Then she continued to rush to the target base station with the parts on her back, a bit faster than before.
The woman’s figure turned into the wind as she rushed through the grassland, continuing to work hard for the future.
At the same time, above the high clouds, through the dangerous and complex magnetic field and atmosphere, in the deep darkness of outer space, the figure of a spaceship slowly flew out of the transition channel.
After two days of sailing, the Starry Sky finally successfully returned to the star field where Escher Star was located.
Due to its black paint, it looked very inconspicuous. The moment it appeared, the figure suddenly started to melt into the background.
Xiao Wu cautiously turned on stealth mode and started to scan the field near Escher Star. Finally, he really found something abnormal.
It was a miniature spaceship hiding between meteorites and there weren’t any creatures on the spaceship. After being invaded by Xiao Wu, it was completely in the grasp of the artificial intelligence.
It was obvious that this spaceship was left by the lizardmen of Bewatt.
It was estimated that after the last battleship was blown to fireworks, they were directly frightened and didn’t dare send a new battleship over. They left only a mini spaceship to monitor this place.
This spaceship was too small for Xiao Wu to be interested.
He intercepted the information of the Starry Sky and didn’t care about the spaceship. He left only a doppelganger body program there that would start whenever there were any abnormalities.
Xu Sili agreed with his approach.
Roland needed time to develop and Bewatt’s targeting was inevitable. If they handled Bewatt too well, it might force the lizardmen to change their strategy and then it would become more troublesome.
It was better to let them ‘monitor’ here. In any case, there was Xiao Wu and he wouldn’t let the lizardmen find the entrance to the safe passage.
After handing everything over to Xiao Wu to arrange, Xu Sili turned his head to look at Si Sheng.
“Ah Sheng, take me to Aunt Val’s room.”
Si Sheng nodded. He reached out a hand to hold Xu Sili and the figures of the two people disappeared from the control room.
For the two pilots who were suddenly fed a bit of dog food…
They looked at each other and then looked down, as if they hadn’t seen it.
Regarding the relationship between the two bigshots, it had long been an open secret after His Majesty’s abduction. Everyone thought it was quite good. After all…
The marshal after losing the emperor was really terrible, qaq.
In the cabin where Val Roland was, the figures of Xu Sili and Si Sheng slowly emerged.
Dr Ding wasn’t there. There was only the woman suspended in the nutrient solution. Her long silver hair that reached her ankles floated silently and there was an inexplicable sadness in her beauty.
Xu Sili sighed slowly.
After Aina’s explanation, he finally knew that the Val Roland in front of him was actually the sister of the emperor, in other words, Snow’s aunt.
Later, he also contacted Janice and Grand Duke Felton. It was only then that he got a general idea of his aunt’s deeds.
Back then when the Interstellar Alliance had just opened the safe passage, his Aunt Val had a disagreement with her older brother, who had become the emperor.
The emperor believed that they should focus on their own development and shouldn’t rely too much on external forces.
On the other hand, Aunt Val felt that they should seek the help of other interstellar nations and learn from the advanced aspects of other civilizations in order to get Roland out of trouble.
The two sides couldn’t stop arguing and no one could convince the other.
In the end, Aunt Val decided to leave with the Interstellar Alliance’s spaceship and go to outer space alone to prove it to the emperor with practical actions.
Due to communication difficulties, she wasn’t heard from after she left.
The emperor was very disappointed with his sister’s behavior and once thought she was a deserter. Still, the external publicity only said she was sick and needed to recuperate.
Gradually, the absence of such a person meant many people forgot there was such a princess in the imperial family. Those who remembered her thought she had died of illness.
In this regard, the former emperor didn’t explain much, probably in order to protect his sister’s reputation.
This was what he learned from Grand Duke Felton, but he learned the other side of the truth from Aina and Dr Ding.
Val Roland wasn’t a deserter.
At first, she did spend a lot of time studying alien civilizations and adapting to interstellar society. Then when she became familiar with it, she started to work for Roland’s recovery.
Almost all of Roland’s vagrants who were in exile, as well as the remnants of the old kingdoms of Escher Star, received her invitation.
She was a princess whose status was only second to the emperor. She cheekily wore a mask to travel through various nations in the interstellar world, fighting for all the power that could be won and not missing an opportunity to earn resources for her homeland.
It could be said that 80% of the aid that Roland received in the past three decades was obtained by her through various means.
After all, time had passed. Even if the people of Escher Star still thought of their homeland, they couldn’t withstand the trials and tribulations of a hundred years. There was no one to maintain it and time always diluted everything.
Princess Val was the link that connected them with Roland.
It was just that more of the funders helped through the Interstellar Alliance and the Interstellar Alliance wouldn’t specifically mention Val Roland or even know her role.
Therefore, the Roland Empire was closed off from external news and no one knew about the princess’ dedication to the empire.
She left Escher at the age of 20. After 33 years, she finally returned to her homeland but she was in such a state.
In addition, Xu Sili also knew a secret from Grand Duke Felton…
Little Joan was actually Aunt Val’s child.
“About 10 years ago, Her Highness Val’s shadow guard brought back a child and… the news of her death. The child was His Highness Joan.”
Xu Sili recalled the words of Grand Duke Felton and knew that after the shadow guard handed over the child to the emperor, he went to the front line and never returned.
He should’ve died in the beast wave four years ago.
“Ah Li?”
At this time, Si Sheng gently held his hand.
Xu Sili turned his head sideways and saw Si Sheng’s worried eyes. He blinked his slightly sore eyes and shook his head. “It’s nothing. I just think that Roland, a big family, is really good at poking people’s hearts.”
She wasn’t dead but what was so good about this state that wasn’t dead or alive?
“Do you think I should tell Joan about this?” Xu Sili asked.
He had felt strange before. Three of the emperor’s four children were silver-haired and purple-eyed while Joan was black-haired.
He thought that after the death of the empress, the old man married someone else. Now it seemed Xu Sili wrongly blamed him. No wonder why the former emperor was so surprised when he talked about Joan in the trial world.
Si Sheng saw the young man’s distressed look. He could feel that the young man valued the imperial family of Roland. Even if they weren’t his real relatives, he was often sad because of them.
He couldn’t understand it but since it was something Ah Li valued, he wouldn’t neglect it.
“His Highness Joan is still young. Perhaps you can wait for him to grow up a bit more,” Si Sheng said.
Xu Sili nodded. “You are right. He is still too young. Even if I don’t wait for him to grow up, I will have to wait until Aunt Val wakes up.”
He raised his eyes to look at the woman in the nutrition cabin and said softly, “Little Joan has grown up very quickly. Listening to Li Zhecheng, he has broken through one star and is working hard toward one and a half stars.”
“Aunt Val, you should wake up quickly if you don’t want to miss his growth.”
When he said this, he added sound elements to his voice. He wanted to see if he could stimulate her. The result was…
Beep—Beep—
The monitor of the nutrition cabin suddenly emitted a sharp alarm sound.
In reality, the headquarters of the Xu Group.
Xu Yuheng pushed open the door of the president’s office, walked into the office vigorously and came to Xu Fengqing.
“The first batch of game cabins for Starry Sky Age have all been successfully delivered. The server will open on time in three days…”
Xu Fengqing listened carefully to his report and nodded lightly.
After several months of hard work, the Xu Group’s crisis was completely resolved with the help of the two Yin families. He could finally sigh with relief.
“Big Brother, when it is the open beta, you should have time to enter the game, right?”
Xu Yuheng finished the report and expressed the real purpose of his trip. “Don’t think about refusing again or I will tell our parents.”
Xu Fengqing glanced at him. “Xu Yuheng, are you still a three year old child?”
Xu Yuheng didn’t care about his ridicule. He promised Xiao Li at the end of the second closed beta. Even if he had to drag their older brother, he would bring Xu Fengqing into the game to meet him!
In the end, Xu Fengqing was really entangled by him and had to throw out the killer tool. “I don’t have a game cabin.”
Xu Yuheng was stunned before figuring things out.
“You don’t? Did you sell the one I equipped for you earlier?”
Seeing that Xu Fengqing didn’t deny it, Xu Yuheng couldn’t help wailing. “You are too heartless!”
Now there was no game cabin and the others were still in overtime production at the factory. They definitely wouldn’t be able to catch up with the open beta!
“It is better to give it to those who need it than leave it to collect dust here,” Xu Fengqing shrugged and said.
Xu Yuheng looked at him and suddenly narrowed his eyes. “Will you follow me into the game if I get you a game cabin?”
Xu Fengqing looked up at him and paused before nodding in agreement.
Xu Yuheng was a bit surprised when seeing that his attitude had actually loosened up. “Okay, just wait for me!”
After speaking, he turned around to leave.
“Don’t harass buyers,” Xu Fengqing said solemnly.
“Don’t worry.”
Xu Yuheng didn’t turn his head and just waved at him.
Seeing his leaving back, Xu Fengqing was a bit lost in thought. Then he smiled in a self-deprecating manner.
Proofreader: Purichan
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