CHAPTER 2: RETURN JOURNEY

"Huff, huff, finally shook off those underground lizards. If there was a Stargate on this godforsaken planet, I would've left ages ago. They just bully me, an outsider who can’t speak their language. I couldn’t even explain myself! Wait for it; next time, I’ll be back to show them real hospitality!"

In a simple yet pristine, silver-white ship cabin, a filthy figure slumped into a chair, staring blankly at the control panel, seemingly lost in thought. Upon closer inspection, this was the same person who had been fleeing across the ice plains earlier, but now he had removed his helmet, revealing a handsome and refined face. His fair, translucent skin gave him the air of a graceful gentleman, a stark contrast to the daring moves he had been pulling off earlier.

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Now he was breathing heavily, too exhausted to curse any further. Having narrowly escaped to the ship and urgently flown out of the atmosphere, this whole ordeal had left him physically and mentally drained, overwhelmed with lingering fear. As one of the elite, chosen as the first batch of humanity’s deep-space pioneers and a seeker of truth, he was determined to bring back the truth in the end.

“I just didn’t expect the previous explorers to set me up like this. Do they think Zhang Yuankai is a rookie who’s easy to fool?” Zhang muttered to himself, momentarily forgetting how he too had overlooked the presence of the lizards before bombing the ice cap.

"Yeah, I should wash up before heading back."