His eyes slightly widened as he saw the distant black point gradually becoming larger. It was the shape of a familiar warplane, the PL1109. Its dark shape was coated with the golden shimmer in the cloud of dawn and there was a team of wingmen guarding either side. The flying speed gradually slowed as the entire flying formation slowly descended with the appearance of preparing to land.

Lu Feng had returned safely. It might’ve seemed impossible to rescue the Underground City Base but the colonel seemed to be an omnipotent man.

Stimulated by the sound, the black bee flew faster into the distance, the wind blowing up An Zhe’s sleeves.

Looking there, it was unknown why but An Zhe smiled despite the early morning wind making his eyes astringent.

He remembered the first time he saw Lu Feng under the city gates. That day, the judge of humanity, the colonel gazed at him from a distance with cold green eyes under the brim of his black hat. The madam’s roses had withered but he hoped the colonel would always be the colonel.

—Goodbye.

CHAPTER 55

“A1 module is okay.”’

“The D3 module is okay.”

“Engine…”

The entire plane shook violently.

“The engine has an unknown fault!”

“Start the emergency landing procedure!”

“Capture, the emergency program has failed!”

“Change to manual mode!”

The entire plane was shaking wildly and the roar of the engine was intermittent. Hubbard gripped the armrest tightly and checked that the seatbelt had been fastened.

“Failure?” Lu Feng asked, “Didn’t you check it before take-off?”

Next to him, Hubbard frowned. “Has the flight been attacked by flying heterogeneous species?”

Another officer said, “No, we’ve been safe all the way.”

Hubbard squinted. “Speaking of which, three hours ago, our crew plane crashed.”

The cabin shook as the plane moved up and down. Finally, it stabilized and landed on the ground. The cockpit door was pushed open. The co-pilot and pilot were white as the pilot knelt down and vomited near the trash can.

“My god…” The co-captain muttered. “We were almost finished. There must be a problem with the engine. I’ve never seen anything like this. This aircraft can’t be used and it has to be overhauled.”

They might’ve almost died but they had landed safely. The moment he got off the plane, Lu Feng looked up at the city in the sunlight. In the outer city, a group of bees flew up and disappeared into the sky.

“Bees?” Hubbard wondered. However, they had no time to continue the discussion. A line of officers from the United Front Centre stood neatly under the landing ladder.

“Welcome back.” After saluting them, the leader looked solemn. “I congratulate you on behalf of the base.”

Hubbard had no rank and didn’t care about the military’s red tap. He bluntly asked, “What’s wrong with the base?”

The officer’s mouth tightened as he replied, “An indescribable disaster.”