Published: February 13, 2025
At a spaceport in Survivor Fortress No. 5, a not particularly large spacecraft slowly docked at its berth, with a powerful airflow sweeping over the pier to cushion the collision of the hull.
With a thud, the vessel came to a stop, and after a moment, the hatch opened, and a group of people descended from above.
Ye Zhongming stood on the dock, smiling as he looked at these familiar faces.
"Little Ye!"
The leading figure waved heartily at Ye Zhongming, but his eyes quickly scanned everything within sight.
"Sister Hong." Ye Zhongming walked over, and before he could say much, Liu Zhenghong hugged him, looking as if they had met after a long time apart.
However, after embracing Ye Zhongming, this woman immediately began to speak in his ear.
"The laboratory must have the best funding and equipment, and the researchers need to be obedient. Get me some blood, skin, tissue, bones, hair, and corpses from top experts and peak experts, if possible. Also, those materials and technologies..."
Ye Zhongming broke free from Sister Hong's embrace and said irritably, "I invited a grandfather here."
"Wrong, I wanted to come myself." Sister Hong was unconcerned, looking around with fresh curiosity.
"Brother Zhongming." The twin sisters, Yaten and Yani, followed Liu Zhenghong and beamed with genuine joy when they saw Ye Zhongming.
"You two..." Ye Zhongming looked at Yaten and Yani, his tone a mix of happiness and confusion.
He could still distinguish between Yaten and Yani; the Gold Corpse had returned to the sky, restoring a slight connection with him, and from Yani's somewhat stiff expression, he could glean some information.
However... compared to before, Yani seemed more like a rebirth.
She had originally been turned into a human puppet at the brink of death, in some ways, she was already dead. Perhaps the method for creating human puppets was miraculous, and the Gold Corpse was among the highest tier, which made her appear more human.
But she would never come close to this extent... it was too similar, to the point where she could even make some delayed anthropomorphic expressions and look as if she was thinking!
"Ge... Hao." Yani made a raspy greeting sound.
Ye Zhongming was truly surprised.
Was this really moving towards resurrection?
"It's another form of life."
Liu Zhenghong, standing nearby, seemed to know what Ye Zhongming was thinking and explained.
"I'll tell you more about it when we get back. I have some insights into her research, and it's not something that can be explained in just a few words."
Speaking of this, Sister Hong was quite excited; the members of Cloud Summit she was most interested in studying were Xia Bai and Yani.
Behind the twins were two large earthworms, one black-purple and the other pure white.
As for the battle beasts on Earth, aside from Yangos, which belonged to cosmic life, and the earth yellow pill, which was an innate battle pet, Ye Zhongming generally wouldn’t bring them to the sky, at least not during smuggling.
But Jiubao was an exception.
The reason was naturally its bizarre ability to absorb energy and evolve on its own underground; as for Jiubao's white companion, it was just an added bonus.
After all, long-distance relationships can be problematic.
Bringing them up was the foundation for a certain plan of Ye Zhongming’s.
Jiubao was extremely affectionate towards Ye Zhongming, with its big head already resting on the ground, gently rubbing against Ye Zhongming's body.
Aside from Sister Hong, the twin sisters, and the Jiubao couple, there were also two others... the spirit woman and her black cat.
Ye Zhongming had hesitated about bringing these two but ultimately decided to let them come.
Looking at the spirit woman, who had a complex expression as she gazed at him, Ye Zhongming nodded and said softly, "Up here, my situation isn’t good, I need your help."
The spirit woman held the black cat, focused on Ye Zhongming for a moment, then nodded.
Finally, there was Afo, the clan leader, who looked at Ye Zhongming with a smile as if he were seeing his own child.