When Cheng Chu and Mikel boarded the aircraft to return, the distant horizon had already begun to turn white, separating the sky and the earth into two parts.

More than a dozen aircraft took off from the cabin together, heading in an orderly fashion toward the legion in the capital.

The uproar caused by the daytime explosion has subsided, as there were no casualties and the public outrage it sparked was only temporary.

Aris was at least somewhat sensible, but the owners of the four explosion sites could only accept their bad luck or wait and see how Marshal Acocas would handle the situation.

Inside the aircraft, Elijah was in the front pilot's seat, while Mikel, holding the insect egg, sat in the back seat with Cheng Chu.

It was only at this point that Mikel had time to report back to Marshal Anas.

Marshal Anaos was very anxious when he learned of Cheng Chu and Chong Dan's disappearance and had been waiting for news from Mikel.

Seeing Mikel focused on replying to messages, Cheng Chu took the insect egg from him. His fingers were fiddling with the ring on his left ring finger, but his eyes kept glancing at Mikel, as if he had something to say but was hesitant.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Mikel finally finished replying to Marshal Anaos's message. He glanced at Cheng Chu's hand as he fiddled with his ring, assuming he was still upset about Aris's teasing. He took Cheng Chu's left hand and gently comforted him, "That's just how Aris is. He can be a bit unserious sometimes. Please don't take it to heart, okay?"

"Mmm." Cheng Chu pursed her lips, her voice somewhat muffled.

Seeing Cheng Chu's downcast head and lack of enthusiasm, Mikel thought of Aris's series of irrational actions in his search for the human who had traveled back in time, and a strange unease welled up in his heart.

"My lord, would you like to go home?" Mikel finally asked.

His voice was unusually calm, but only he knew how anxious he was inside, wanting to know Cheng Chu's answer, yet afraid to hear it.

They definitely want to go back.

Why would insects or humans not want to go back to the hometown where they were born and raised?

"What?" Cheng Chu didn't understand Mikel's meaning at first. Weren't they going home?

After a while, feeling Mikel gripping his left hand tightly, Cheng Chu's sluggish mind finally came to its senses, and he truly understood the meaning behind Mikel's words.

When Mikel said he was going home, he wasn't referring to his home in the Zerg capital, but rather his home on Earth.

Mikel was feeling uneasy.

I'm afraid he'll go back to it too.

Ke Chengchu didn't want Mikel to carry such insecurity, so he moved closer to Mikel while holding the insect egg, almost squeezing into the same seat as Mikel.

Cheng Chu pulled Mikel and the insect egg into his arms, and said with unprecedented seriousness, "Home is where you and the baby are."

His parents had an excellent younger brother, and his beloved grandmother was gone. He had nothing left to cherish on Earth.

Mikel and his baby are his whole world.

Mikel leaned against Cheng Chu's chest, listening to his steady, strong heartbeat, and suddenly asked, rather jarringly, "My lord, was the explosion the trigger that allowed you and that human to travel through time?"

Mikel and Aris are truly two good friends who can get along well. If Aris can think of something, how could Mikel not think of it?

"Huh?" Cheng Chu was genuinely shocked. He said helplessly, "How did you find out too?"

The reason he didn't want to talk about it was because it was too dangerous, and he wasn't entirely sure that the explosion would definitely send him back to Earth.

What if we fail and get blown up?

Even if we assume that we succeed and can indeed travel through time, what if we travel to another place instead of Earth?

Aris was Mikel's friend after all, which is why he didn't say anything.

As it turns out, all the female soldiers here are so smart that they all figured it out.

"Also?" Mikel keenly grasped the key point in Cheng Chu's words. The next second, he abruptly pulled away from Cheng Chu's chest, staring intently into Cheng Chu's dark eyes, and asked, "Who else knows?"

Without much thought, Mikel uttered a name: "Aris."

"My lord, before you left, when you went to retrieve the ring, was he confirming with you about the explosion and time travel?"

Cheng Chu nodded hesitantly: "Mm."

Mikel's face immediately darkened, and he shouted at Elijah ahead, "Turn around! Go back!"

As a female soldier, Mikel had encountered countless explosions on the battlefield. She had only ever seen their shattered bodies, never those that had traveled through time.

It is clear that an explosion is not a guaranteed way to pass through.

"Yes, General." Elijah reacted quickly. Upon hearing Mikel's order, he didn't hesitate for a moment, maneuvering the aircraft to turn around and speed towards the small house in the center of the Mutant Forest.

Cheng Chu realized something was wrong, but he dared not think about it any further.

"Honey, did I do something wrong?"

Mikel's heart pounded, and he tried to keep his voice calm: "My lord, this has nothing to do with you. Aris brought this upon himself."

Moreover, he should have thought of this long ago. If Aris could kidnap his master for that vanished human, how could he not have guessed this?

How could he possibly think that Aris, that madman, knew what it meant to back down when faced with a difficult situation?

Cheng Chu was still uneasy. Looking at the pale sky and the fleeting scenery outside the porthole, she asked Mikel anxiously, "He wouldn't be that crazy, would he?"

Instead of answering his question, Mikel said to Elijah, "Elijah, faster!"

"That's already the fastest speed, General." Elijah dared not be distracted in the slightest. Although he did not yet understand the cause and effect of the matter, from his general's unusual anxiety, he roughly understood that something was wrong with General Aris.

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