A is in StarCraft, just disembarked from the Zerg Prince spaceship.

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The Human Alliance Director and the Zerg Minister Greta exchanged witty banter, but Commander-in-Chief Qi remained unmoved. The other military region commanders seemed to understand, yet also seemed not to, and with many looking bewildered, time passed by without difficulty.

The countdown has now reached [00:10:00].

The weather today isn't great; there are clouds in the sky, so visibility isn't very good, and the spaceship isn't visible to the naked eye near the ground.

The radar made a slight angle adjustment, deflecting 15 degrees towards space.

"Pay attention to the identification signal. The Lehrnia spacecraft should be moving very fast. Don't miss it," Commander-in-Chief Qi said to the air traffic controller on the observation radar.

"Yes."

He had barely finished speaking when the radar suddenly received a signal from the fleet.

"Report! Signal received!"

Images of six frigates and one main ship were projected onto the screen, and the air traffic control team leader immediately turned around to report.

On the radar screen, a fleet of silver starships, consisting of seven ships, was rapidly approaching Earth.

The fleet's hull is painted with the full name of Lyrnia.

The Alliance Director's glasses slipped down his nose. He pushed them up, and a glint of shrewdness flashed behind his reading lenses: "Your country's Crown Prince Fleet is truly very advanced."

Minister Greta pointed to the projection shown earlier, where a 3D model of the Crown Prince's ship slowly rotated in the air: "There's no other way. After all, our Crown Prince is constantly on the front lines of space exploration, so of course his exclusive fleet must use the best materials."

The universe is so vast that most spaceships capable of interstellar travel must exceed the speed of light.

What does exceeding the speed of light mean? It means that it arrives before you even see it.

The fact that it could be imaged on your radar shows that our Crown Prince has truly been trying his best to conceal it.

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The fresh air system in the command center began releasing a minty fragrance.

The staff must regroup and prepare themselves to face this extraterrestrial visit with the utmost enthusiasm.

Since things have come to this, there's no point in thinking about it anymore.

High returns mean high risks.

Whether the outcome is good or bad, the Liernia fleet has already arrived, and it's too late to back out now.

The attitude towards the Liernia diplomatic ship was the same as that towards alien visitors who posed no threat upon their first meeting.

I have absolutely no experience dealing with armed diplomatic visitors, so I'll just have to bite the bullet and go for it.

Fortunately, their Earth's Colonel High Sky accompanied the armed diplomatic visitors.

Judging from the previous attitude of the Zerg foreign minister, Colonel High Sky now holds a pivotal position in the Zerg. This time, it would be better to focus the welcoming efforts on their Colonel High Sky.

"Initiate final security check." Commander-in-Chief Qi activated the verification procedure.

The Blue Ocean Aviation Center resembles a giant observation platform built on the sea. The military-controlled area is not open to the public, so everyone present is a high-ranking and specially appointed person, and each person's identity has been verified.

A circular security scanner was raised from the ground of the observation deck to begin verifying the identities of all personnel present.

A pale green beam of light scanned each person's ID card to ensure that everyone was the real person and that no one had slipped in.

Besides ensuring safety, another key point was to ensure that all 48 commanders of the military region were present, so that Colonel Gao Tian could feel the importance his former superiors placed on him.

The countdown has reached [00:05:00].

On the radar screen, a fleet of seven starships came to a stop in outer space.

Then, six smaller escort ships formed a hexagonal formation and remained in outer space, while only one larger flagship, the Crown Prince, broke away from the fleet and headed towards Earth, disappearing into Earth's atmosphere.

The radar operator seemed to sense that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Activate the concierge channel." Commander-in-Chief Qi inserted the physical key into the control panel.

The bulletproof glass curtain wall of the observation deck descended underground, and the observation deck extended forward, unfolding into a huge starship docking platform.

This is a welcoming device designed by the Protocol Department and the Construction Department according to the highest standards of foreign affairs reception after the last arrival of the Liernia diplomatic ship. It was urgently installed and completed in a few days, so that the extraterrestrial visitors could experience the infrastructure capabilities of Earth.

The countdown has reached [00:04:00].

The Prince of Liernia is expected to arrive in four minutes.

If you calculate the time, it should take about the same amount of time to travel from outer space to Earth's surface.

but.

I didn't expect that.

Just a few breaths later, perhaps less than ten seconds, the Zerg minister Greta suddenly looked up at the thick clouds in space and said, "They're here."

"?" The Earth officials looked at him and then at the radar detector.

There's nothing on the radar detector.

We were just in outer space a moment ago, and now, in the blink of an eye, we're here?

Minister Greta's reaction didn't seem like nonsense. Could his senses be even more powerful than radar?

The next second, the clouds were broken.

...It's really here.

People on Earth looked up at the sky.

But something feels off.

Above the command post, massive warships stretched across the sky, gradually breaking through the clouds to reveal themselves.

It was so enormous that Earth's technology was completely unable to detect its existence. Before it made itself visible, no one and no instrument on Earth had ever discovered its trace.

All the officials on Earth couldn't help but turn their attention to Minister Greta.

You said it might be a bit big, but you didn't say it was that big.

Minister Greta was even more surprised than they were.

Why are you looking at me like that? Why do you have that expression? Didn't you say you were ready? When I said our flagship was bigger, you were so confident, you even told me you could stop it.

The radar operator finally realized what was wrong.

The warships of Lehrnia were so large on the radar screen that you could even see the words on the side clearly.

However, because the starships in their fleet were all about the same size, and the surrounding area was outer space with no objects for comparison, they had not been able to tell how big the starships of the Liernia Empire fleet were before.

Who was so arrogant as to not ask about the exact dimensions of the Prince of Leernia?

Previously, the Zerg's foreign minister said it would be quite large. What did the Alliance Director say again? As long as the size does not exceed the sea area, it can be stopped?

Well, that's fine. It's not even as big as the sea area. Let's stop.

The kind of stop where only one starship can dock in a given sea area.

I've always imagined it to be big, but I never imagined it to be this big.

A colossal object was overhead.

The long, shuttle-shaped warships can stretch for hundreds of kilometers and stretch as far as the eye can see.

Its head was almost on the ground, but its tail hadn't yet emerged from the clouds. It looked like an alien monster extending a terrifying claw from the clouds.

This is a star destroyer warship, giving people a very direct sense of fear of its massive size.

The warships had terrifyingly large cannons. Because they were so big, they seemed very close, right above our heads. Visually, they looked like they were about to slam into the faces of the military leaders.

With a loud "bang!", the cannon fired, the sky filled with white light, and then white rose petals fell.

The visuals are beautiful.

But no one spoke; the meeting room was completely silent except for rapid breathing.

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Zerg, Crown Prince's flagship.

As it descended near the ground, the leaden clouds outside the portholes cracked open. The Crown Prince's descent was so smooth that the vibrations were barely perceptible in the airflow.

A thousand live-streaming satellites have simultaneously captured the moment the Earth breaks through the clouds and been transmitted back to Liernia's public network to whet the public's appetite.

Yes, I only took one picture of the first moment we met; I didn't take any more.

If you're going to hang me, then hang me hard.

This is the carrot hanging in front of the donkey.

All the citizens of Lehrnia who witnessed this moment must be having trouble sleeping tonight, anxiously following the Crown Prince's journey to Earth.

That's why people say the head of state media is a media genius; he has unethical and underhanded tricks that he actually uses on his own citizens.

The official media representative was very satisfied.

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The Prince-class destroyer continued its descent and approached the ground.

After passing through the stratosphere, the most turbulent layer (which you can hardly feel at all), you can unfasten the seatbelt you put on before the descent begins.

Gao Tian only realized his palms were sweaty when he unbuckled his seatbelt.

During the landing, he held the seatbelt tightly, and the buckle left deep red marks on his palm.

His hands are now hot and painful.

Lan placed her hand in his.

"I can smell it." Gao Tian said, clenching Lan's hand tightly. "It smells like the air on Earth."

He could really smell it; the air in his hometown was different from anywhere else.

The Crown Prince's flagship is completely sealed; these were obviously his misconceptions.

But my hometown is right outside the window, and I can already feel its presence.

It is Earth.

mother.

Lan, who was next to him, turned to look at him.

His gaze was gentle.

Oh, our silly Crown Princess.

Gao Tian looked at Lan, and his eyes welled up with tears.

It's only been a few months since I left, but it feels like a long time has passed.

It's really hard for humans to leave Earth.

What was he thinking when he left? I can't remember.

His profile was reflected in the glass porthole of the Prince, overlapping with the silhouette he had seen reflected in the porthole of the Aerospace Force's long-range voyage ship when he last left.

As they disembarked from the spaceship, he looked back at Earth from the space force's long-range station. The universe was too vast and the distance too great, blurring the outline of Earth and making it invisible.

Gao Tian now looks back at the Earth outside the porthole.

The city skyline appears outside the porthole, following the drifting clouds.

All the hardships along the way seem to have flowed past this window and vanished.

In February, the New Year, light snow fell on plum blossoms in the Forbidden City; in March, the frozen soil in Northeast China thawed and cracked with black fissures; in April, the Great Wall stood tall in the wind; and in May, I dreamt of the rustling sound of locust blossoms falling from the locust trees in the courtyard.

In early June, the summer rains soak the new green leaves; in July, you can hear the cicadas chirping; in August, you can smell the osmanthus blossoms; in September, everything is harvested; and in October, the maple mountains are covered in red leaves.

In November, frost covers the grass with ice crystals; in December, snow blankets the earth in silver. If you don't work on January 19th or 29th, winter vacation begins, and we'll welcome the new year.

It is my hometown.

It's my hometown.

He almost failed to save the world.

A race that has lost its home planet has no home.

Fortunately, they did not lose their home planet in the end.

Gao Tian's Adam's apple bobbed as he suppressed a pathetic sob.

Yes, he's such a loser. He just comes home and cries. What's wrong?

Lan smiled and covered his eyes.

Nothing much. Anyone who dares to laugh at our Crown Princess, we'll just kick them out.

Gao Tian sat quietly, tears welling up in Lan's hands.

The Crown Prince is so kind; the Crown Princess can cry like this without fear of being discovered.

The seatbelt indicator light went out, the starship descended through the clouds, and once it reached a stable position, Lan stood up, ready to communicate with Earth.

Gao Tian suddenly pressed down on Lan's hand, which was about to pull away.

"Can we wait a little longer?" Gao Tian rubbed Lan's palm, his voice still trembling. "I feel like I need to cry a little longer."

The sounds of my hometown are now warmly filling my ears.

He really couldn't hold back his tears.

Lan smiled and hugged him, gently covering his face.

Okay, then let the Earthlings wait a little longer.

He almost destroyed his own home, and his crown princess had to come to his rescue. Pah, useless Earthlings.

You will wait as long as my Crown Princess cries.