A group of people looked at the opening of the hole, their faces filled with confusion. Wang Xuance suddenly pricked up his ears and listened for a moment before shouting towards Yuan Tiangang.
"Lord Yuan, I think I heard someone say you were opening blind boxes!"
Yuan Tiangang's eyes widened. "What do you mean by opening blind boxes? This is called fortune!"
Fang Er: .........
Fortune, your sister!
"Everyone stay here, I'll go over to the other side myself!"
With that, he took out his mecha, drilled into it, and leaped forward. Four dazzling pillars of fire erupted from the mecha's feet and back. The massive figure instantly flew towards the dark opening.
"Young friend, please wait!"
Yuan Tiangang was startled by this, but his shout was completely drowned out by the sound of the mecha's engine.
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Er had already disappeared from everyone's sight.
Seeing this, Yuan Tiangang was stunned.
The old man slumped to the ground, his expression dejected, like a nun who had lost her rosary.
"It's over!"
"We're completely finished now!"
Wang Xuance became inexplicably nervous upon hearing this and quickly rushed forward, grabbing Yuan Tiangang's clothes and asking.
"What do you mean by that!"
"Explain it to me quickly!"
Yuan Tiangang didn't dare to look up, his face full of guilt. "This formation is only being tested for the first time, and many areas are still not perfected!"
"This wormhole can only be maintained for a moment..."
Wang Xuance: ???
Zhuzi: ???
Ma Chao: ???
The three of them froze instantly, staring at the wormhole in the sky, their faces turning ashen.
Then, they all exclaimed, "Holy crap!"
"Immediately have the spaceship pursue! Ensure the Duke's safe return!"
Zhuzi was the first to react. He grabbed the intercom and issued orders to the spaceship in the distance.
But as the spaceship's engines roared to life and it was about to fly towards the wormhole, the opening, to everyone's astonishment, began to close.
The wormhole had vanished!
It was as if it had never appeared at all!
Under the clear sky, the sun shone down on the earth, and the mountaintop fell silent.
Everyone was dumbfounded!
The wormhole led to an unknown destination. When would the Duke return?
What if he never came back?
Fang Er was unaware of what was happening behind him. After he rushed into the wormhole, he was stunned.
He was not in space!
But on a desolate piece of land!
The key point was that this land looked very familiar!
What was going on?
He got out of the mecha and stepped on the sand, looking around. Suddenly, he saw a group of people peeking out from behind some rocks in the distance.
It was the Luomo people!
Before he could react, he saw an old man leap out from behind the rocks and rush towards him.
The old man, as he ran, shouted loudly.
"Finally, I've waited for you, and thankfully I didn't give up!"
"Qu Zi, Lollipops! Don't run!"
Fang Er felt his whole world turn upside down upon hearing this.
Jidov?
The old Luomo man he had left on Ear Star?
This old scoundrel was still alive?
No!
That meant he was on Ear Star right now?
So the wormhole wasn't as far as he had imagined, it had just sent him to Ear Star?
A series of guesses flashed through his mind.
At this moment, Jidov had already reached Fang Er, his fawning expression resembling that of an abandoned dog seeing its owner again!
"Qu Zi, Lollipops!"
"Duke, Qu Zi, Lollipops..."
Fang Er was pulled back from his thoughts by this string of rambling. He stared at Jidov curiously for a while.
He casually took out a Qu Zi and a can of lollipops and stuffed them into Jidov's hands. Then, he looked around, trying to find the wormhole he had come through.
But after searching for a long time, he couldn't find any trace of the wormhole.
What was going on?
Jidov, with clumsy movements, unwrapped the Qu Zi, lit it, and took a satisfying puff.
Ear Star's 37% oxygen content caused the cigarette to burn extremely quickly.
With just two draws, the cigarette was completely consumed.
He exhaled smoke with a look of bliss, popped a lollipop out of its wrapper into his mouth, and only then noticed what Fang Er was looking for.
"Duke Fang, what are you looking for?"
Fang Er's eyes lit up at his words. He quickly looked at Jidov and asked, "Did you notice anything unusual just now?"
"Slurp..."
Jidov took a big slurp of the lollipop and scratched the back of his head as he recalled.
"It seems there was a black hole just now, right there."
"But after you appeared, the black hole disappeared!"
With that, he pointed behind where the mecha was.
Fang Er was completely bewildered. The wormhole closed after he arrived?
This meant that the wormhole created by Old Man Yuan was not permanent?
On Atali Star, Wang Xuance and the others were so anxious they were about to explode. They grabbed Yuan Tiangang and gave him a good beating.
Yuan Tiangang, knowing he was in the wrong, despite his excellent martial arts skills, didn't dare to retaliate.
It was only because Fang Er indulged him. If it were Li Shimin, with his constant witnessing of miracles, he would have been thrown onto some godforsaken deserted island long ago.
Sun Simiao sat on a rock in the distance, shaking his head and sighing.
"Alas... this unlucky child!"
"Serves him right!"
Next to him was a turtle shell, on which many characters were carved. A few copper coins were scattered outside.
It was obvious that he had already divined for Fang Er.
If the divination hadn't shown that Fang Er was unharmed, he would have wanted to go up and slap Yuan Tiangang.
All he could do now was wait patiently and figure out how to keep the news a secret.
Otherwise, Yuan Tiangang would have to face more than just a beating!
Chai Shao, that old scoundrel, had long disliked him. If given this opportunity, wouldn't he skin Yuan Tiangang alive?
Meanwhile, Fang Er, far away on Ear Star, was not worried at all. Under Jidov's guidance, he had arrived at the Luomo tribe's mining base.
As soon as he reached the management office, he saw a very familiar spaceship.
The shell was tattered, and the engines were exposed. The ship's number was conspicuously painted on its hull.
3838438.........
The news that the mastermind behind the attack on Atali Star was a Yanhuang person had already reached Ear Star. Upon seeing Fang Er's appearance, the high-ranking officials managing Ear Star all came out to greet him.
Fang Er, too lazy to waste words, directly commandeered the spaceship and headed back to Atali Star.
"Attention passengers, spaceship number 3838438, from Ear Star to Atali Star, will depart shortly!"
"Passengers who have not yet boarded, please collect your belongings, bring your partners, and hurry..."
As the captain's customary lines echoed through the spaceship, spaceship number 3838438 began its return journey to Atali Star.