The old man you see with your phone is highly suspicious.

Perhaps he had been suppressing it for a long time, and it's just erupting now.

"No, wait, something's wrong!" The navigator had just downed half a glass of wine when, to her horror, she discovered that although the starship appeared to have been captured by gravity, for some reason, the bow, having lost speed, wasn't plummeting straight down; instead…

Gradually move away!

"You were not captured by the planet, but rather, at this distance, you have entered the gravitational pull of the Great Void, and you have been captured by the Great Void..." Xue's words rang out.

Ishan jumped up, clutching the tree seed tightly, and roared, "We weren't captured by the altar, we were attracted by the Great Void!"

The next moment, the engine emitted a mournful cry of overload, the data on the dashboard jumped wildly, and the ship's structure began to groan.

The orc engineer sobered up immediately and rushed to the control panel. However, no matter how he tried to restart the turbine, the extinguished flames could not provide much power. Despite smashing sparks on the control panel with his hands, it was to no avail.

At that moment, the orc engineer roared, "Vice-Captain, Avril! Run! Run with the beacon! And the last emergency ejection pod!"

"you……"

"There's no time to explain. Get into the ejection pods now, and I'll take control and launch you onto the altar!"

"Come on!"

The enraged orc ripped open the hatch and went up to the last ejection pod.

This was originally intended as a device for people on a starship to eject and escape in an emergency, but now they have lost all their vehicles.

The starship was destroyed, all the transport planes were lost, and even the last embers on the bow had burned out. The only thing he could think of was the ejection pod used for escape.

Although, during their training, this ejection pod was jokingly referred to as the "ejection coffin".

They have no time to hesitate, no time to fuss. At this moment, even a second of fussing could ruin everything.

Ishan and Avril walked toward the ejection pod, a single-person ejection device that could only be used by one person and was often used for targeted ejection from space to Earth.

However, this is now the last bit of kinetic energy they can use.

"Security restrictions have been lifted, and the self-destruct sequence has been initiated..."

"59 seconds remaining until self-destruction..."

"58"

"57"

……

"Wait, Orc Locke, what are you doing!" Ishan, who was secured to the ejection device with a safety rope, frantically pounded on the hatch.

"Vice-captain, don't we still have our last bit of motivation?" The burly orc grinned as he looked at his two teammates who had stood shoulder to shoulder with him until now, both of whom were now completely secured by the safety straps of the ejection device.

"29"

"28"

"27"

"26"

……

"Locke, you can't do this! There's still the last ejection device, hurry!" Ishan pounded her fist on the hatch, but outside, the orc engineer was elegantly pouring herself a glass of wine, instead of gulping it down like before.

He could only see Ishan and Avril banging on the door, but he couldn't hear anything; all he could hear was the countdown to self-destruction.

"I've calculated that if we eject in the last 12 seconds, the impact of the explosion at the bow will generate the final thrust. Perhaps that little bit of thrust is all it takes to escape the suction of the large cavity..."

"18"

"17"

……

He downed the drink in his glass, smiled, and pressed the eject button.

"Buzz!"

The mechanical structure quickly entered the energy storage device, and in the next instant, it burst forth with a force far exceeding what Ishan had imagined during training.

The ejection bay entered the trajectory rapidly, like a cannonball being fired, and began to accelerate sharply.

"3"

"2"

"1"

"Farewell, everyone. Our final adventure together was truly enjoyable." This burly orc seemed to utter the most poetic sentence of his life.

It was something he had thought about for so many days, and it was the last thing he wanted to say before he died.

It's a pity that no one can hear it.

"boom!"

The violent explosion engulfed the entire starship, and the blazing fire wave relentlessly chased the ejection pod in orbit, launching it as if it were a cannonball.

"Buzz!"

The ejection's potential energy and the force of the explosion propelled the ejection chamber out in an instant. Amidst the flames, Ishan clung tightly to the tree seed in her hands.

"Bang!" A violent impact slammed into Ishan's ejection pod. In his puzzled gaze, he saw Avril's ejection pod, pressed firmly against his rear.

At the same time, this reasoning from the rear impact pushed the engine power far beyond its design limits.

"Avril—!" Ishan's scream was cut off inside the sealed command cabin.

"Vice Captain, bring the Captain's tree seed..."

Let's move forward one last time!

He could only watch helplessly as Avril's main cabin, like a shooting star against the current, gradually lost its last bit of momentum and drifted away from the journey to the altar.

Finally, in the moment of separation, he seemed to see the woman of his own kind...

She's laughing...

"You can definitely do it..."

That's what she seemed to be lip-syncing to.

Then, the tiny ejection pod gradually disappeared from sight.

Scenes flashed before my eyes.

She was the only person of her own kind in the whole team, and every time her daughter came, she would happily take little Fug to play.

On one occasion, she even asked her daughter, "Does little Fouge still want a mother?"

……

Ishan's ejection pod spun and glided helplessly in space...

The final kinetic energy from the impact completely captured the altar's gravity, and in the limited atmosphere, it rubbed the ship's surface to create intense flames, like fireflies streaking across the night sky.

"boom!"

The ejection pod slammed into the surface of the frozen planet, the hatch shattered, and Ishan stumbled out.

Looking around, he saw only one person on the desolate, frozen land, standing alone on this lonely ice field made up of countless corpses.

He was the only one left in the thirteenth expedition.

He clutched two things tightly in his hands: the last tree seed Domini had left behind, and his daughter's amulet, which was already soaked with his sweat.

He didn't know whether he was crying or laughing. His tears turned into ice crystals as soon as they formed. He walked across the ice field, and the extreme cold and storm seemed to be about to completely engulf him.

"Old friends...and my dear daughter..."

"Let's go home..."

Chapter 485 Meteor Shower in the Extreme Sky

Rear United Front, Holy Day.

At least during this period, this is the most solemn festival in the world. Everyone except those who maintain basic order has a day off. Schools also start to organize their own Sacred Heart Festival parties, usually inviting parents to participate. After the children have a good time playing, there are several days of holiday.

Today, the school where Fuge is located is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, which have been set up in advance and are hung all over the campus. Not only children, but also parents of all races are here to participate in this celebration.

Even little Fuzz's paintings were displayed on the school's honor wall.

In fact, these children's doodles full of childlike innocence are often just something schools laugh at. Every year, there are many children who like to draw, but how many of them can actually become artists?

However, when a leader from above came to make a surprise visit, that leader looked at the painting and said "good" several times. That's why the "little painter's" paintings began to be a regular feature on the school's various commendation walls, and even won an award for excellence this Holy Day.

In the crowd, almost every child was accompanied by their parents, either dads or older siblings, all of whom brought their children to participate in the celebration held by the school to celebrate the holiday.

But among the crowd, there wasn't a single familiar face in sight...

Dad didn't come...

Uncle Domini didn't come...

There were many, many uncles and aunts I knew, whether it was Aunt Avril who always held my hand and played with me, or Uncle Catfish who, despite looking ugly, clumsily tried to please me...

There's also the strange, big-eyed uncle, the insectoid aunt who looks like she's covered in armor, the ghost aunt who always scares me, and the bone dragon uncle who buys me snacks...

No one was present...

She sat there blankly inside the school gate, watching the bustling crowd outside. Each time, she held onto hope, imagining seeing her father and the others coming.

However, each time, all that remained was disappointment.

She silently clenched the speech in her hand. These were the words she wanted to show off to everyone, to tell everyone that her father and uncles and aunts were "spies" going to carry out a secret mission!

This is incredibly cool for a child; it's an honor that will make them proud at school for countless years.

Besides this little bit of vanity, she really wanted to tell her father that she had grown up and become an excellent child who could put his mind at ease.

Dad and his uncles and aunts can now confidently carry out their secret service missions without worrying about her anymore.

She will be everyone's pride!

But, but...

"Clang clang clang!"

The bells rang, signaling the start of the Hajj celebrations. This outstanding student had to begin preparing. After the principal's speech, it was her turn to speak on "My Heroic Father and My Uncles and Aunts."