"Senior, is something the matter?" Ayouyou gently caressed Li Hao's large hand against her face.

"Ah, nothing. I just missed you," Li Hao said, touching his nose.

"Well, next time you're being insincere, don't do that," Ayouyou said. "Are you going on a very dangerous mission?"

Li Hao was usually careful not to expose their relationship, to avoid bringing unnecessary trouble to Ayouyou at times like this, but the fact that he came over so suddenly indicated that something very serious had happened.

Li Hao shrugged helplessly, knowing that Ayouyou had seen through him. "There's something I need to confirm. It's a bit dangerous, but I'm confident I can handle it. If I can't win, I'll run. I won't act rashly."

Ayouyou's heart sank. She knew Li Hao very well. Deep down, he was the type to act rashly. If he said something like that, it meant the situation was definitely very dangerous.

"Can't you not go?" Ayouyou leaned against Li Hao.

Li Hao gently stroked Ayouyou's hair, inhaling her refreshing fragrance. It was as if he was no longer on the battlefield. The life he had always longed for was to graduate from Tianjing Mecha Academy, inherit his boss's pizza shop, raise Er Ya and the others, and live happily ever after with the person he loved. When he had time, he could also have a drink and chat with Zuo Xiaotang and Musashi. But when you're alive, you have to make choices.

He had to go to this battle.

"I'll tell you a secret. The real reason I went to Tianjing for the first time was to see you," Ayouyou said, nestled in Li Hao's arms.

Li Hao immediately perked up. "Ah?"

Ayouyou bit her lip. "Going to Tianjing to study ancient music was just an excuse. Even if Principal Long hadn't arranged for you to come, I would have 'accidentally' met you."

Li Hao held Ayouyou tighter. "Well, it turns out you had designs on my beauty a long time ago."

"Don't be so smug! You're learning bad habits from Ma Long!" Ayouyou patted Li Hao. "Aren't you curious?"

"Curious."

"Then how could you hold it in for so long without asking me?"

"I'm grateful for everything that's happened to me," Li Hao said, smiling as he stroked Ayouyou's hair.

"Hmph," Ayouyou pouted her cute little mouth, feeling that Hmph-Hmph Hao wasn't concerned enough about her. But Li Hao quickly resolved Ayouyou's little resentment with a French wet kiss.

"Quickly, confess all your secrets! Confess and be lenient, resist and be punished!"

"Actually, I was also a member of the Solar System Youth Class. Do you remember?" Ayouyou blinked.

Li Hao's eyes remained still as his brain spun rapidly. What did Teacher Ma say? He thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a countermeasure. "Should I say I do or I don't?"

Ayouyou chuckled. "If you could recognize me, that would be..."

Ding ding ding~~~

The Sky讯 rang quickly, interrupting their sweet moment. It was from headquarters.

"Li Hao, emergency situation, return to the team immediately!"

Military orders were like mountains. A few minutes later, the Gale was ready with a shuttle. Li Hao and Ayouyou said goodbye in a hurry. Before leaving, Ayouyou no longer cared about the eyes of the surrounding comrades and hugged Li Hao tightly. She knew that she didn't know when she would see him again after this departure.

"I'll wait for you to come back," Ayouyou said. "There's still a secret I haven't told you." Li Hao smiled, nodded, and the pilot on the shuttle was already waiting for Li Hao. He closed the hatch and immediately flew towards the space fortress.

Upon arriving at the space fortress, Li Hao immediately came to headquarters. Markam, Wu Fa, and Pang Pai were all there. They didn't greet Li Hao when they saw him, but stared at the big screen. This was information fed back from the Fifth Fleet.

After receiving the order, they immediately began to sweep the surface of the main battleships and really found weak life reactions on the surface of the battleships. It was really too weak, and the form was integrated with the battleships. It was currently unimaginable how this kind of creature could open a space channel.

"Everyone, this new type of giant insect should have mixed into the fleet through space drift, like plankton, and then attached to the surface of the battleship, slowly growing, similar to the Kepler lurker mutation," a man in a white coat said. "They don't have attack power themselves, but a biological space channel can grow in their bodies for silicon-based life to enter and exit. Those monsters should have entered and exited through them."

After speaking, he turned around and saw Li Hao. "Brother Li, long time no see."

Jingrui Essen Chen, a genius in the biological field from the former Apocalypse Youth Class. Besides him, Li Hao also saw Jeris and others. In fact, when the war began, they had already been secretly recruited by the Alliance and became members of the advisory group. This was also a top secret, covering elites in biological, celestial, mysterious and other fields, among which there were five or six that Li Hao knew.

Jeris also waved at Li Hao. They were all very excited and stimulated. There was no such thing as fear. These science maniacs had finally encountered something worth challenging. Even if it was a demon, they were most interested in dissecting it.

Markam and others also saw the satisfaction in each other's eyes. This discovery was extremely important. They didn't expect Arths to be able to come up with such an idea, and this idea was quickly recognized by the advisory group. Ordinary radar couldn't detect it, but a special detector for giant insects found a weak reaction, which was already lower than the normal standard.

In addition, this was not the important thing. Headquarters had even bigger secrets.

The Fifth Fleet had already started casting nets, and mecha warriors were on standby. They were not afraid of the enemy, but afraid of not knowing where the enemy came from. Moreover, after the first battle, they also had a certain understanding of the combat power of these reborn people. Although their combat power was extremely strong and their mobility was also strong, it was not impossible to target them.

Now they had to wait for the rabbit.

"Li Hao, did you see Zhuang Zhou? What did you find?" Markam asked.

Everyone looked at Li Hao. He originally wanted to test it himself, but he was hesitating whether to say such an unbelievable thing.

"Second Brother, tell everyone. We also have a lot of guesses, and everyone needs to verify them," Jeris said. Some secrets they couldn't reveal to the outside world unless Li Hao also became a member of it. This was also the reason why everyone unanimously proposed that Li Hao also enter the core team. Li Hao was not just a warrior.

"I've seen Zhuang Zhou. He was indeed mentally disturbed by a more powerful force. There was a phenomenon of mental world invasion. The mental coordinates have been eliminated, and there should be no danger in a short time, but it is not ruled out that the force will invade again, and it is not ruled out that he will invade others," Li Hao said.

"What is that thing?" Wu Fa asked.

Li Hao was silent for a while, not knowing how to describe it.

"Li Hao, just say what you think. It doesn't matter if it sounds absurd. The enemy we are facing now cannot be judged by conventional logic," Wu Fa said in a deep voice. Obviously, the command had completely lost the optimistic attitude towards this expedition. In this battle, they were likely to be the hunted party.

"I suspect that there is a creature with a powerful soul in Kepler. This creature is behind everything we have encountered. The coordinates of Kepler were deliberately given to us by it, including Nangong Yuhang, including these modified people who integrate new technologies. It is very likely that he is from the Nemeer civilization," Li Hao said. "Through Zhuang Zhou, I indirectly contacted him. The other party's soul power is as powerful as a god."

After speaking, everyone present was not surprised at all. Li Hao also understood that it seemed that the top leaders of the alliance had also noticed it, and even knew more.

"When the Nemeer ruins were discovered, the alliance had already been researching it internally. This civilization did not follow the same development direction as us, but the level it reached was no less than ours. It reached the point where it could jump in space with spiritual civilization. In recent years, in addition to Kepler, it has also been researching the Nemeer civilization, but the Nangong Yuhang incident made the alliance realize the seriousness," Markam said. "Through the research on the soul transfer statue, this is similar to our use of energy. The Nemeer civilization can also obtain high mobile vectors through the amplification technology of soul energy. As for the creatures themselves, we take the path of genetic modification, and they take the path of soul fusion, which is closer to the source. Theoretically, they can reach eternal life, and even become a 'god'."

Everyone present understood this god, that is, the extraordinary intelligence in our human beliefs.

"Second Brother, no matter what kind of life civilization reaches a certain height, what the civilization individual pursues is almost to make themselves immortal and have infinite power, and the ability to travel the universe. Humans are pursuing it, and the Nemeer civilization is also pursuing it, but in this area, they have better innate conditions than humans. Their souls are purer and more powerful," Jeris said. "We judge that the mist on Kepler is not naturally formed, but is being controlled by that life form. If we still fight according to conventional warfare, it is very likely that we will be defeated."

"In short, there is a huge life form in the ocean of Kepler," Jingrui said with intense light in his eyes. "That should be the ultimate creature of the Nemeer civilization. We judge that this should be a collection of Nemeer people. They condensed their souls into one through the inherent soul transfer method, and created an unprecedentedly huge life form, but this life form is too huge, and there is no suitable container to hold it. The general situation of souls without carriers is that they slowly dissipate, but it may not have dissipated through some means. The negative situation this brings is that it is asleep most of the time, and the reaction is relatively slow."

"We judge that he may be gradually influencing the development of mankind through dreams, and helping us make technological leaps. When mankind reaches the point where they can travel through space, they open up the coordinates of Kepler to us," Jeris said. "Of course, perhaps only a very small number of humans have the conditions to be influenced, and his ultimate goal is to find a suitable carrier. The Noah's Ark organization, Nangong Yuhang, including the modified Fan Lieweit and others may all be his experimental products, and they should be approaching success."

There was some awe in everyone's eyes, but more excitement and curiosity, an opportunity to face-to-face collide with the ultimate creature of another living civilization.

(End of this chapter)