Chapter 1 An Ancient Star Desert

Ancient Star Desert, a certain dead planet.

A blue-green lunar glow hung in the sky, and the cracked black earth was eternally silent, barren. There wasn't a trace of vibrant green. Occasionally, some broken building remains jutted out of the soil at odd angles. The exposed portions were covered in mottled wind erosion marks, the exquisite carvings blurred and indistinct. Shattered statues of figures were planted in the ground, some with only half a head, others with only half a body remaining.

This area resembled the ruins of a buried ancient city.

A small spaceship hovered a meter above the ground, emitting a light-blue field covering dozens of kilometers, providing long-range energy transmission and life support. The spaceship's exterior was narrow in the front and wide in the back, with a triangular streamlined shape. It was silver and bright gold in color, and the outer armor was engraved with the emblems of the Super-Power Holy Land, the Black Star Army, and Dragon Tán Island. This was a special, high-end spaceship that the army's logistics department had not yet mass-produced, equipped with various cutting-edge technologies. It could break through the fifth-gear warp speed limit, reaching level 17.7, and was extremely expensive.

At this moment, beneath the spaceship's life-support field, about five hundred meters underground, two figures were slowly trekking through a maze-like underground ruin.

"This is the capital ruin of the Tesland Fifth Dynasty, also the last afterglow of the Tesland people. Their civilization died out on its own during the late Era of Exploration. Later, scavengers excavated some antiquities, allowing the ruins of this civilization to see the light of day again. Speaking of which, they were also unlucky. They never expected that the mother star they depended on for survival was once a hibernation site for a group of interstellar behemoths. The awakening of the ancient beasts brought a cataclysmic disaster to their civilization..."

Harrison stroked the blurred bas-relief on the wall of the underground palace, speaking eloquently. Jenny held the child, listening with gusto, her eyes sparkling with interest.

Jenny had already given birth to the child and had been recuperating on Dragon Tán for several months. Harrison's desire for adventure grew stronger, and Jenny was just as restless. The two hit it off, used their connections, and obtained a free cutting-edge spaceship from the army's logistics department to travel and explore.

Because they had a child with them, it wasn't suitable to go to too dangerous places, so Harrison decided to take Jenny to archeological sites. To this end, he specifically joined the Space-Time Research Association, read a large number of lost civilization classics, and was determined to be a "good guide."

The three of them were wearing the new generation of interstellar exploration mechs produced by the army, which were enough to withstand various extreme environments. The child's mech was a special model, with a series of functions such as mental stabilization, sleep aid, and automatic diaper changing...

Harrison stopped in front of a row of broken statues, pointed, and smiled:

"This is the underground palace built by the last Tesland King in his youth for the past kings. In the eyes of ordinary people, he built it to commemorate the past kings, but in fact, according to some records, he built this underground palace to cover up a natural passage deep into the ground. It was inhabited by a juvenile ancient beast. He wanted to quietly tame it and use this extraordinary power to break the regent's control over his power... Sounds boring, right? Another boring court political struggle. But the subsequent direction is something you would never expect."

"He accidentally awakened more ancient beasts, leading to the destruction of civilization?" Jenny asked curiously.

"Haha, you guessed wrong. He awakened this ancient beast, but fell in love with it. Due to the special genes of the ancient beast, the closer the last Tesland King got to the ancient beast, the more his bloodline would gradually mutate. Eventually, he transformed into a new ancient beast at the court meeting and personally led the ancient beasts to destroy the royal city..."

"Is this a love that transcends species? Or the mind control of the ancient beast?"

Jenny's eyes widened. Although interstellar cross-species love was common, it was still quite shocking at first hearing.

"That's not clear, only the parties involved know." Harrison shook his head.

"What happened later?"

"Later, the slumbering ancient beasts woke up one after another and escaped into the starry sky. The whereabouts of the last Tesland King were unknown. Some say he disappeared into the starry sky with the ancient beast race, and some say he stayed with his partner in the ruins of the mother star, running freely on this dead land forever..."

"Sounds a bit romantic." Jenny said with some lingering interest.

"Haha, maybe we can find their remains here, which is also the purpose of our exploration this time."

Harrison laughed.

The two chatted casually, heading deeper into the palace. Most of the time, Harrison was talking and Jenny was listening. Before long, they finally reached the end of the underground palace, where there was a passage blocked by rubble.

Harrison casually smashed the obstacles with a punch, revealing sloping, broken steps. He led Jenny in and walked for a long time before reaching the end. It was a cave-like space with the skeletons of two beasts embracing each other, as if they had died in each other's arms.

"Could this be the last Tesland King and his partner?" Jenny asked curiously.

"I think it looks like it... It seems they decided to stay here to accompany each other and sleep together forever."

Harrison's eyes lit up. He took a series of videos and then picked up a few bones to take back for research.

But at this moment, the ground suddenly shook, and the two felt the cave vibrating. The amplitude was gradually increasing, and soon the earth was shaking violently.

Rumbling—

The sound of tectonic activity was faintly audible, growing louder and louder, like the earth roaring, deafening.

"Is it collapsing?"

Harrison shuddered and immediately took Jenny and flew back the way they came, at great speed.

But only halfway there, the entire underground palace collapsed.

Rumbling—

Countless rocks and soil fell, filling all the gaps.

From above, this area of the ground instantly collapsed, turning into a huge pit.

But at this moment, a force field with a faint green glow suddenly descended from the starry sky, tearing apart the surface of the earth and digging through the soil and rocks.

Under the traction of the force field, a round clod of earth broke out of the ground and flew a distance in the air before falling next to the spaceship.

The clod of earth shook, and the soil and rock fragments clinging to it rustled down, revealing a round blue shield. Harrison and the other two's armor sensed the external impact and automatically opened their shields. This small scene could not cause them any harm, and the three were unscathed.

At this time, Emers, in a black dress, fell from the sky, floating in front of the three of them, her eyebrows showing a look of helplessness, displeased:

"Why are you so careless? As soon as I arrived, I saw you being buried alive. Since you have a child with you, don't go to such dangerous places."

"Cough cough, an accident, an accident."

Harrison was embarrassed. Although they wouldn't be injured in the collapse, it would take a little time to climb out. He didn't expect to be caught by Emers, which made him very embarrassed.

Jenny on the side didn't react much. She had been running around with Harrison for more than a year and had been buried alive seven or eight times. Anyway, she wouldn't be injured, so she was used to it.

Having extraordinary power, the definition of danger must be different from ordinary people. Jenny wasn't afraid of taking a little risk with the child, and asked curiously at this time, "Sister, how did you find us?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Filip suddenly popped out, sitting on Emers' shoulder, giving a thumbs up.

"Of course, it's my credit, buzz. I can locate all the spaceships manufactured by the army, buzz~"

"Okay, I almost forgot that Black Star gave you permission to mobilize the army's intelligence... Then why did you come to us in person? Is there anything you can't say on the communicator? Why bother disturbing our alone time?"

Jenny pouted.

Emers turned her head to look at the sleeping child in Jenny's arms, with a gentle smile on her face, "I miss my nephew, can't I come to see him? Quick, let me play with the child."

"Don't even think about it! Don't you know how heavy your hands are? Every time I give him to you, you don't know how to cherish him. You don't care because he's not your child, right!"

Jenny immediately and resolutely objected, turned her body to the side, and protected the child in her arms.

However, Emers didn't listen and, regardless of her opposition, manipulated the force field and snatched the child from her arms. Then she opened the mech and rubbed the baby's chubby cheeks with her fingers, waking the child up and making him cry.

"Hey! Be gentle!" Jenny grabbed Emers' arm hard, her face full of indignation, and turned to Harrison and shouted, "What are you still watching there for? Come up and help!"

Harrison stood aside with a wry smile on his face.

The two sisters were just joking around, how dare he go up and take sides.

"What do you know? I'm using qi to dredge his body and lay a good foundation for his physique."

Emers ignored Jenny and kept rubbing the little baby's cheeks, loving it so much. However, although she controlled her strength, she didn't have any parenting knowledge, and still made the child cry non-stop.

Jenny couldn't overcome Emers' strength and was panting aside. She had no choice but to come up and coax the child together, finally coaxing the baby to be quiet before helplessly saying:

"Don't you dislike children? Why do you always pester me?"

"I didn't like them before, but that doesn't mean I don't like them now."

Emers didn't turn her head and teased the child on her own, finally making the child laugh.

Jenny said angrily, "If you like them, then have your own. Why do you always play with my child?"

"Why bother doing that? Don't you have a ready-made one here?" Emers blinked.

The corner of Jenny's mouth twitched. Sometimes she really couldn't stand Emers's free and easy, self-willed style.

She was speechless for a while, then suddenly asked curiously:

"Speaking of which, have you decided yet whether or not to have children with Black Star? He's mentioned it more than once, but you haven't responded to him."

"... I haven't decided yet, I'll think about it again." Emers hesitated.

"My good sister, how long have you been thinking about it?" Jenny said speechlessly, "Although you have long lifespans, you have to come to a conclusion, right? It's just that Black Star is used to you, otherwise, if it were someone else, they would probably have created a clan at this age."

Hearing this, Emers glanced at her and said with a strange expression, "Weren't you always unwilling for me to accept Black Star? Why are you now urging me to have children with him?"

Jenny pouted and didn't speak.

She used to be unhappy that Han Xiao was with Emers, but now that she even had children, she couldn't wait for Han Xiao to harass Emers every day until she couldn't get out of bed, so she could have a good time, so that she and the children wouldn't be harassed by Emers.

Buzz—

At this moment, the space fluctuated slightly, and Han Xiao stepped out of the void, teleporting to the scene.

"Hmm? Why are you here too?" Emers looked over, a little surprised.

"You borrowed Filip's authority, so of course I would receive the message." Han Xiao shrugged.

"Then what are you doing here?" Emers narrowed her eyes, her tone strange. She still remembered what happened last time, and she still had a little emotion in her heart.

"My business is temporarily finished, so I came to accompany you." Han Xiao smiled.

"Do you think I need you to accompany me now?" Emers raised Jenny's child in her hand and snorted softly.

Han Xiao lowered his head and glanced at the child, and saw Jenny winking at him. He immediately strode forward, grabbed the child's clothes, put him in Jenny's hand, and said with a smile, "You like children so much now, let's have one too."

"You're doing it again?" Emers's eyes wandered, "Didn't I reject you already?"

Han Xiao put his arm around Emers's waist as if no one else was around, and said with a chuckle, "No matter how many times you reject me, I'll ask you as many times, until you agree."

"Hmph, shameless... I thought someone like you wouldn't be attached to offspring, but I didn't expect you to be just as ordinary."

Emers didn't break free from Han Xiao's embrace, but just supported her hands on Han Xiao's chest, leaning her upper body back slightly to prevent him from getting close.

Han Xiao pondered for a few seconds before speaking in a low voice from the bottom of his heart, "The world is full of ups and downs. No matter who we are, we need something to anchor our existence, whether it's ideals, beliefs, or emotions... I've made a choice to bring everything into a new era, to make us a unique existence, so there will be no more recurring visitors. So I don't know what the future will be like. I just hope that I have one more thing to entrust in this world, so that I will never forget you."

"Oh, that's rare. You can actually coax me... Don't you remember me deeply enough now?"

"Isn't it better to be deeper?"

"... Are you teasing me?"

"What else? What do you think my hand is doing?"

The two didn't know how many times they had been intimate and wouldn't be shy at all. Between eye contact, the words became more and more explicit.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Harrison and Jenny had already quietly boarded the spaceship, quickly started the engine, and the thrusters spewed out flames, quickly ascending and running away.

Soon, the spaceship left the outer space, and the planet became more and more distant in the field of vision.

But before Harrison could take a breath, the planet in the rear of the field of vision suddenly shook violently, and the surface of the planet shattered with a bang, creating a huge pit that could be seen from outer space. The shock wave swept out, blowing away countless sand and rocks, as if it had been hit by an unbearable impact all of a sudden.

Immediately afterward, the planet seemed to have suffered continuous invisible blows. The surface of the planet was pitted piece by piece, and the entire crust shattered like an eggshell. All the matter collapsed toward the center, and the surface became riddled with holes, with fiery red lava spewing out.

"These two dog couples, they really don't treat us as if we exist..."

Jenny was both angry and excited, with a hint of excitement that the world was in chaos, her face flushed, cheering in her heart, wishing the two would be more forceful.

And at the next moment, dazzling strong light burst out, and the planet directly exploded!

Boom!

The violent torrent of energy spread, catching up with the tail of the spaceship, blasting out the protective shield and directly sending the spaceship flying, spinning out into space.

After a while, the spaceship stabilized itself.

Harrison wiped away a cold sweat, looked back at the doomsday scene of the planet exploding, quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his expression was very complicated.

"Fortunately, we ran fast enough... It's a pity for this ruin..."