I raised stunning young ladies, but they all wanted to possess me.

"Actually, I've thought about it. If humanity really becomes extinct, I'll take you with me."

"Take us to a star system that hasn't been polluted by the Black Tide, find a quiet planet, and let you continue to live there."

"You are the only person who has ever touched me."

"There probably won't be any more in the future."

"Our angel race doesn't pursue reproduction. We have long lifespans and weak emotions, so the probability of encountering a genetically compatible individual is close to zero."

"That's why I won't let you die."

Gu Yan didn't know what to say for a moment.

He looked into Elena's earnest golden eyes; she had clearly planned this with genuine sincerity.

A twelve-winged angel who had lived for countless years was discussing with him that if humanity were to perish, she would take him to another planet.

This scenario seems absurd no matter how you look at it.

"Where did you learn all this?"

"Movie."

"Ya Song downloaded a movie for me last week called Interstellar, which is about a father who travels through a wormhole to save his daughter."

"I don't think he did it thoroughly enough."

"If it were me, I would take my daughter away immediately and not leave her there to wait for decades."

"There's another one called Titanic, but I wasn't very satisfied with the ending."

"If I were the female lead, I wouldn't let go."

She paused, the seriousness still lingering in her golden eyes.

"So if that day ever comes, come with me."

"Anyway, you owe me a life, and how you use that life is up to me."

Gu Yan didn't say anything either.

He leaned against the deck railing of the Akagi aircraft carrier, watching the energy shields of the Fifth Defense Line flicker in the night sky in the distance.

The East China Sea is now humanity's last line of defense; if we retreat further, the Great Xia homeland will be right behind us.

Jinghai, Shanglu, Jinling.

All the streets he walked, the houses he lived in, and the people he met would be exposed to the onslaught of the Black Tide.

As he thought of this, his fingers unconsciously tightened their grip on the railing.

Just then, the crisp sound of high heels stepping on steel plates came from the other side of the deck.

Pei Youyi walked over from the direction of the ship's island. She had changed out of the dark blue outfit that was stained with blood at the pass and put on a moon-white cheongsam again, with a light gray cardigan draped over it.

Her hair was still loosely tied back with that jade hairpin, but her face carried a subtle expression that only those who knew her well could detect.

She stopped a few steps away from him and nodded slightly.

"Xiao Yan, can you come out for a moment?"

"I have something to tell you."

Elena leaned against the railing, a faint, almost imperceptible, mischievous glint in her golden pupils under the moonlight.

She tilted her head towards Gu Yan.

"Your soulmate is waiting for you."

"Should I avoid this?"

Gu Yan glanced at her and said, "No need, you can continue reading."

Elena pulled the ancient book that could never be finished from her sleeve and turned to a page.

"Alright then."

"Anyway, I'm used to it."

"You've never stopped having trouble in this area."

Gu Yan did not respond to that sentence.

He followed Pei Youyi to the elevator platform on the side of the island superstructure, but he was thinking about something else.

Yu Ran.

Pei Youyi's initiative to come to him was most likely related to Yu Ran.

That idiot goose who placed the sword tassel in front of his coffin in Santorini, what if he were to discover that he was still alive, and that his mother had been by his side all along without telling him a single word?

How will she react?

Whom will the sword strike first?

"Sister Youyi, what's wrong?"

Pei Youyi stood in the shadow of the elevator platform, her hands clasped in front of her, her fingertips gently stroking the dark patterns on the cuffs of her cheongsam.

She remained silent for a long while before speaking.

Have you seen the news?

"The main direction of the Kuroshio attack has been determined to be the Eastern Theater Command, and all theater commands are sending reinforcements to the East China Sea."

"Yu Ran was not originally on the support list."

"She has a heavy workload on the front line and can't get away."

"But she submitted a transfer request on her own initiative, insisting on coming here no matter what."

She looked up at Gu Yan.

"She must have sensed something."

"That child has a particularly keen intuition, especially about things related to you."

Gu Yan remained silent for a moment.

"What did that transfer order say?"

"Nothing was written."

Just one line of text.

"Request to accompany the support fleet to the fifth defense line of the Eastern Theater Command. Reason: Personal matters."

"She is one of the top fighters on the combat power list. The association generally does not reject any transfer orders from S-class or higher superhumans who volunteer."

"So her application was approved."

As Pei Youyi spoke, she brushed the stray hairs that had been blown by the sea breeze behind her ears.

"She never wrote transfer orders like this before."

"She is a very organized person, and she always writes her applications very clearly."

"Mission objectives, estimated time, and list of required supplies."

"But this time, not a single word was mentioned about the mission."

Gu Yan leaned against the wall of the elevator platform and pressed Han Zaixi's armband through her shirt.

That silly goose probably saw footage of the Battle of the Pass on the news, saw the young man standing in the center of the colorful light screen, and saw his mental frequency.

The disguise of spiritual power can fool the naked eye, but it cannot fool her perception of spiritual power.

She recognized him.

But she said "with the support fleet", not "flying directly over".

She gave him and Pei Youyi some breathing room.

At least for now.

Just then, Pei Youyi's cell phone rang.

She took out her phone, glanced at the screen, and then looked up at Gu Yan, making a very soft "shh" gesture.

Then answer the call and hold the phone to your ear.

"...Yu Ran."

"Why are you still up so late?"

Pei Youyi's tone remained as gentle and composed as that of the matriarch of the Pei family.

Pei Yuran's voice came from the other end of the phone. Through the receiver, next to the quiet elevator platform, Gu Yan could hear every word.

The voice remained as indifferent as ever, but it carried a subtle hint of urgency that only those closest to the person in question could detect.

"I'm on a plane."

"We'll be at the East China Sea in a few hours."

"So fast."

"Didn't they say we'd set off tomorrow?"

Pei Youyi's eyelashes trembled slightly.

"The flight route was changed at the last minute."

"Go with Priestess Ikana's fleet; they're fast."

Pei Yuran's tone was very calm, as if she were reporting today's weather.

"Where are you."

"I need to talk to you."

"I'm on the Akagi, with the Eastern Theater Command."

"Settle in first when you arrive, then come find me. Don't catch a cold."

"It's windy at sea."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

The sound of wind came through the receiver, mixed with the deep roar of transport plane engines.

Pei Yuran remained silent for a long while. When she spoke again, her tone was still extremely cold and indifferent, but each word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth.

"it is good."

"I watched a replay of the Battle of the Pass before boarding the plane."

"That Yuzuru's assistant, his mental energy frequency."

"There is only one person in the entire world who can use the seven-colored light to create a psychic superpower."

"The crystal coffin in the Windsor Manor cemetery is empty; Gu Yan's body has never been found by anyone."

"That year I sat on the cliff in Santorini and placed a sword tassel in front of his coffin, but I knew from the beginning that he might not be inside."

"A dead person won't suddenly appear unless he was never dead in the first place."