Chapter 123 - Return to Earth
Xia Fei had stayed in the Wild Star Region for over two months, which was why he had accumulated such a large number of unread messages.
The countless emails poured like crazy, and a new screen kept flashing on his microcomputer, so much so that even the device started lagging.
His finger tapped to close it as Xia Fei moved to temporarily disable the notifications for the thousands of emails steadily arriving in his inbox. Right now, his utmost concern was that matter with Xiao Yu; as for these emails, he could deal with them later.
After a moment of consideration, Xia Fei decided to report first his return to Heaven Execution Training Camp in order to learn about anything related to Xiao Yu as well as the wanted notice for him.
Xia Fei was a librarian, so his immediate superior was old man Qin Mang. Not long after sending a request for a video-call, Qin Mang connected their line.
“Are you back?” On the screen, Qin Mang could be seen casually sipping tea as if he was unconcerned with Xia Fei’s whereabouts in these past two months.
“Yes, I’ve just returned from the Wild Star Region.” Xia Fei smiled.
“Are you sick?” Xia Fei asked with concern. “How did you end up looking like that after I’ve not seen you for two months?”
Avril shook her head and did not say a word. All she did was stare at Xia Fei intensely, looking as if she was on the verge of tears.
Xia Fei smiled. “I spent some time in the Wild Star Region. That place is really interesting. If there’s ever a chance in the future, I’ll be sure to bring you along to visit it.”
Avril was still silent. Her petite and pale hands kept rubbing the corner of her pajamas, finally revealing a smile in return. “Don’t do that again. Those’re just some insectoid spies, so there’s no need for you to risk your life like that pursuing them.”
This sounded very much like a little girl acting petulant, and Xia Fei could feel a warmth rising in his heart as he nodded. “Yes, I get it; I’ll be sure to tell you before I do anything again.”
“Also, you must have a high-powered extreme long-range communicator installed aboard your ship; that’s to prevent you from going to strange places where I can’t find you.”
“The power consumption of such equipment is a lot, and it’s hardly any use. It’s better if I invest it in a few powerful offensive configurations or electronic systems as those will help maximize my attack might against enemies.” Xia Fei frowned as he rejected her suggestion.
Just like a switch had been flipped, the originally fine Avril suddenly started crying. “Xia Fei, I hate you the most! Is combat everything to you? What’s going to happen if you run off to a far-flung place again?
“I hate you, I hate you, I hate you! I don’t care; I’m going to ignore you from here on if you don’t install a high-powered extreme long-range communicator on your ship,” said Avril as tears and snot flowed freely down her face.
Xia Fei was left speechless. He quietly asked Phantom in his consciousness, “Did I say something wrong? A high-powered extreme long-range communicator is truly very worthless.”
Phantom seemed to be even more clueless than Xia Fei. “You’re right. Even a material analyzer will be more useful than that. Such a device is completely a waste of power.”
Thankfully, Xia Fei was not stupid enough to voice all these. Instead, he changed the subject and told a few interesting jokes to the girl. Avril was pure-hearted, so she very quickly stopped crying and asked Xia Fei about what happened in the Wild Star Region.
Dozens of minutes later, the innocent, little lady had completely forgotten what she had been crying about moments ago and was presently listening raptly to Xia Fei recount his deeds.
Earth Federation, New York.
Vampire slowly landed on Andre’s huge manor.
Having not seen each other for a long time, a proper feast was in order for everyone. Sarah and Allen were of course the happiest; as people from the barren Wild Star Region, being able to dine with such exquisite food and drink was like a dream come true to them.
That night, after Allen and Sarah had gone to sleep, Xia Fei, Andre, Wu Long, and Charlie set up a table outside the manor and admired the lovely moonlit sky.
“Xia Fei, it’s been more than six months since you ventured in space, you should have a pretty good understanding of the galactic society now, shouldn’t you?” Andre asked.
Xia Fei chuckled bitterly. “To tell you the truth, I’ve been running around many places this whole time. I not only failed to gain a deeper understanding of the universe but also even got more confused with it.”
“Why?” Wu Long was quick and on point, curiously asking this.
“The Milky Way spans for 250,000 lightyears, and Earth is the only planet capable of sustaining life in this galaxy; do you know that? Yet The Milky Way is no more than just a speck of dust in the Endaro Star Region, with the Pan-Human Alliance having over three hundred similar star regions. Every star region is as big as Endaro, and the entire universe has even more races besides humans.
“Such a complex universe, how can we go about understanding it? Its existence itself is already beyond our comprehension,” somewhat earnestly explained Xia Fei.