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Two aircraft were parked outside the villa, one to pick up Rhine and the other to pick up Lu Yuan.

Rhine was going to attend the departure ceremony, and he had to leave immediately after the ceremony, so Lu Yuan, as a family member accompanying the military, had to go to the starship in advance.

Lu Yuan watched as Rhine boarded the aircraft first, and only after the aircraft carrying Rhine drove away did he get into the vehicle that was picking him up.

WALL-E also boarded the aircraft and sat down next to Lu Yuan, his legs together, sitting very upright in the back seat of the aircraft.

On the way to the starship docking base, Lu Yuan kept looking at the surrounding street scenes, thinking that he wouldn't see these views for eight years, so he had to make the most of the time to see them.

Along the way, many insects were heading in the same direction as Lu Yuan; they were all going to the departure ceremony.

After about two hours of driving, the spacecraft came to a stop at the starship docking base.

As soon as he stepped off the aircraft, Lu Yuan was so shocked by the enormous creature that appeared before him that he couldn't close his mouth.

The starship before them was far superior to the small spaceships Lu Yuan had previously traveled in.

The entire starship was roughly forty stories tall, its appearance extremely imposing and intimidating. The front was sharp as a sword, gradually expanding into a broad tail fin at the rear. Its surface was covered with intricate geometric patterns and armor plates, giving the insect a heavy and sturdy feel.

"Sir, let's board the starship first," said the driver who brought Lu Yuan here.

"Okay."

Lu Yuan followed the driver onto the starship, while WALL-E followed closely behind with his luggage.

The starship was still quiet at this time, without a single insect.

The starship's interior consisted of multiple compartments. The driver took Lu Yuan directly into the living area and then stopped in front of a room.

"Lord Lu Yuan, this is the room of the Rhine Legion Commander. You may go inside and rest for a while. Your biometric information has been pre-registered in the room, so you may go in directly."

After saying goodbye, the driver left.

After the driver left, Lu Yuan stepped forward and placed his hand on the door handle. Then, a beam of blue light shone from the door handle and scanned Lu Yuan from head to toe.

Three seconds later, with a beep, the door opened.

Lu Yuan and Wali entered the room, and the door closed automatically as soon as they went in.

Lu Yuan looked around the room in front of him. It was a small one-bedroom apartment with a separate bathroom.

The room was predominantly white, and its decor resembled the rooms on spaceships in the science fiction movies Lu Yuan had watched before his journey.

While Lu Yuan was still looking around, WALL-E had already started cleaning like a typical housework robot.

The room had definitely been cleaned as a whole, but some small, unfinished areas weren't quite cleaned, so WALL-E started to show off his skills.

Seeing that Wally was busy, Lu Yuan felt embarrassed to just stand there, so he went to the place where the luggage was piled up, opened the luggage, and took out some daily necessities.

Just as Qian was getting into the swing of things, Lu Yuan suddenly heard the sound of cannon salutes.

Knowing that this was the signal for the start of the departure ceremony, Lu Yuan quickly put down what he was holding and ran to the bedroom window to look outside.

The departure ceremony was held inside the starship docking base, and the bedroom was in a good location, with a perfect view of the parade ground where the ceremony was held.

There are a lot of bugs standing on the playground now.

In the very center of the parade ground stood a row of neatly lined female soldiers, their postures upright, and standing at the very front of them was Rhine, dressed in a white military uniform.

In front of Rhine stood a high platform, on which sat the Insect King and Queen, some members of the royal family, and some powerful ministers. Of course, the Crown Prince, the First Prince, the Eighth Prince, and Duke Norton were also present.

A group of people stood around the playground; some were reporters, and others were members of the public who had come to participate in the ceremony.

The Insect King was the first to stand up, seemingly giving a speech, but Lu Yuan couldn't hear what he was saying and wasn't interested, focusing instead on watching Rhine.

After speaking for about half an hour, the Insect King finally stopped, seemingly still wanting more.

Then Rhine walked up to the platform, knelt on one knee in front of the Insect King and Queen, placed his right fist on his left chest, and bowed slightly.

After saying a few more words, the Insect King took a longsword from a box held by a servant and handed it to Rhine.

Rhine took the longsword with both hands, then turned and walked down from the platform, stood in front of the rows of female soldiers, and raised the longsword in his hand and shouted.

"The Empire will prevail."

The female soldiers joined in the chant.

"The Empire will prevail."

"The Empire will prevail."

"The Empire will prevail."

Many journalists and members of the public watching nearby were also caught up in the atmosphere and joined in chanting that the Empire would surely win.

Soon, the ceremony came to an end. Just as the ceremony was about to end and Rhine was about to walk back to the queue, he took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention when he turned around and suddenly winked at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan didn't know why Rhine not only knew he was looking at him, but could also accurately meet his gaze. However, he didn't have the mind to think about these things now. At this moment, he was leaning against the window, smiling at Rhine like a fool.

Then, regardless of whether Rhine could see it or not, Lu Yuan also made a heart shape with his hands towards Rhine.

Fifteen minutes later, the departure ceremony came to a complete end.

Led by Rhine, the female soldiers formed a long queue and followed behind Rhine as they boarded the starship in an orderly fashion.

The reason why so many female soldiers followed Rheinland was that, in the 10th Army, in addition to the change of the corps commander, many other mid- to high-ranking officers, as well as a small number of soldiers, were due for rotation.

Most of the lower-ranking soldiers in the Tenth Army were recruited from local planets, but because the level of female insects on those planets was generally low, the Empire still had to send a number of high-level female insects from the capital planet in order to effectively resist the attack of the Arach insect race.

The male insects living on the capital planet are generally unwilling to go to the front lines with the army, so the high-level female insects sent out by the capital planet must be rotated every eight years at the latest to prevent problems from arising in their spiritual sea.

As the last female insect boarded the starship, the hatch closed.

After a while, an announcement came over the loudspeaker inside the starship.

"Starship is about to take off. All crew members, please take your designated seats."

Lu Yuan sat down in the designated spot in the room, and the safety device quickly popped up, securing Lu Yuan firmly in place.

WALL-E, on the other hand, found a corner and secured himself there as well.

As the starship's engines roared deafeningly, Lu Yuan could feel the starship slowly taking off. Then it flew faster and faster, higher and higher, and soon broke through the atmosphere of the capital star. The vast and boundless universe that he had seen before reappeared before Lu Yuan's eyes.