Cannon fodder in the Interstellar

After Crown Prince Xiahai Adam successfully became the Supreme Commander of the Gumera Star Domain Alliance Army, the sense of crisis about Topaz Star that had weighed heavily on Ruo Manni’s heart was reduced by more than half.

Since learning this news, Ruo Manni could plan the upcoming year with a relatively lighter mindset, focusing on how to advance her cultivation to level eight while also helping her companions level up as quickly as possible.

However, just seven days after Crown Prince Xiahai’s inauguration as Supreme Commander of the Gumera Star Domain Alliance Army, Ruo Manni suddenly received an order from Lin Changfeng, instructing her to bring Sheila and Tamaki Kazia to the Topaz Star Space Station to meet with someone. The three of them were to carry out an urgent mission.

“Make sure to bring all the resources you can gather,” Lin Changfeng added at the end.

Ruo Manni hurriedly asked what the mission was, but Lin Changfeng only said he didn’t know. The urgent order came from the Crown Prince himself, and this specific instruction was also from him. Lin Changfeng mentioned that the mission would last at least six months to a year.

Since the Yunkai Star people would be arriving in a year, the timing of her being sent on this urgent mission had to be related to that. Since Lin Changfeng said he didn’t know, Ruo Manni didn’t ask further.

However, knowing she would be away for such a long time, Ruo Manni couldn’t just abandon the Starry Sky Combat Team’s training. She raised the issue of the team’s arrangements with Lin Changfeng.

Lin Changfeng informed her that the Crown Prince had already appointed Vice Officer Ma as the acting team leader, and that temporary replacements had also been assigned for Tamaki Kazia and Sheila’s positions.

Since everything had been arranged, Ruo Manni didn’t ask further. She took Tamaki Kazia and Sheila, both somewhat confused, and boarded the flying car toward the nearest space station.

Because Ruo Manni had a serious expression on her face, Sheila asked once where they were going, but Ruo Manni only replied that they would know when they got there. Sheila didn’t dare to ask any more questions.

Ruo Manni never expected that as soon as she arrived at the military channel in the space station, she would unexpectedly meet a young man with black hair. His tall figure made her recognize him from afar—it was Hua Deli.

Noticing her arrival, Hua Deli looked over and smiled.

It had been more than a year since they last met, and Hua Deli had not only grown taller but also more solidly built. What remained unchanged was the way he looked at her. After all, they were siblings, and no matter if it had been one, two, or even twenty years, their feelings for each other would not have changed much.

“Brother, why are you suddenly here? Why didn’t you let me know in advance?” Ruo Manni asked, incredibly surprised.

A few days ago, when she had communicated with Hua Deli, he hadn’t mentioned anything about coming to Topaz Star.

Hua Deli lowered his voice and said, “Let’s talk in the spacecraft.”

This implied that there was some confidential information that couldn’t be disclosed. Ruo Manni looked around, noticing the guards at the space station watching them.

She stopped talking, following Hua Deli with Sheila and Tamaki Kazia behind him as they entered the small spacecraft.

Once again, Ruo Manni was surprised—inside the spacecraft, not only was Hebrew Adam present, but there were others as well.

After she, Tamaki Kazia, and Sheila entered, all twelve members of the elite class had gathered here.

Hebrew Adam had been waiting by the cabin door, and once Ruo Manni entered, he did not hesitate to take her hand. The expression he gave her was one of tenderness that the elite class had never seen before.

Although the elite class knew that the two of them were a couple now, they had never seen them be so openly intimate, and they couldn’t help but give the two teasing glances.

Ruo Manni playfully scolded Hebrew Adam: “What exactly are you planning? All this secrecy, and you didn’t even tell me.”

“We still don’t know what’s going on, alright?” Dean Atchison interjected, unable to hold back. “We were just training as usual, and then out of nowhere, we were notified to take part in a special mission, and then we were packed off to here. We’ve been stuck in the spacecraft for days, and only now did Hebrew come and say he knows what’s happening. But he refuses to tell us the full story. Hebrew, there are only twelve of us in this ship, can’t you just tell us everything now?”

Heaven knows that Hua Deli and the others also didn’t know the details; they had been holding it in for five or six days. This morning, when they met Hebrew Adam, he admitted he knew, but he insisted on keeping them in suspense, saying he would only explain everything after seeing Ruo Manni and the others.

“What exactly are we going to do in this mission?” Hua Deli asked Hebrew Adam, clearly eager to know the task details.

“We’ll sit down in the hall and talk about it slowly. It’ll take us a day to reach the destination, so there’s no rush,” Hebrew Adam said, leading Ruo Manni inside.

Ruo Manni felt a little embarrassed and tried to pull her hand away, but Hebrew Adam’s grip was firm, clearly not wanting to let go. She followed him along.

“Ten days ago, my brother suddenly called me and said that he wanted to arrange for the twelve of us to explore a secret realm,” Hebrew Adam said once everyone was seated. He didn’t keep them in suspense anymore and got straight to the point.

“A secret realm? The Gumera Star Domain has something like that? Isn’t that something only found in novels?” Dean Atchison immediately asked, his eyes lighting up.

Ruo Manni looked at her cousin, who, after two years apart since graduation, was now a Level 6 martial artist. He looked like a handsome young man on the outside, but his mischievous, thrill-seeking nature hadn’t changed at all.

“There’s one crucial thing we’ve been withholding from the public regarding the Yunkai people,” Hebrew Adam said, his expression serious. “We’re afraid that if the citizens find out, they’ll collapse from shock.”

The mention of the Yunkai people, along with such a terrifying description, immediately made the other eleven members tense up.

“Our entire military force in the Gumera Star Domain can’t possibly defend against an attack from the Yunkai people, unless we have mecha combat masters at Level 9 or higher,” Hebrew Adam continued.

This news was even worse than they had imagined, and the elite class members felt a heavy weight in their hearts.

Currently, the highest-level warriors in the Gumera Star Domain were Level 8. Telekinetic masters only reached Level 7 at most. Although there had been legends from thousands of years ago about Level 9 practitioners and even Level 10 ones, that was almost a myth now. For the past thousand years, there had been no practitioners above Level 8 in the Gumera Star Domain.

“If there’s no divine intervention, the destruction of the Gumera Star Domain is probably just a matter of time,” Hebrew Adam sighed and said.

“For the past few years, my father and brother have been searching for a way out.”

“Not long ago, my father and brother found a chance in the royal archives of the Gus Empire. According to the records, every five hundred years, a mysterious black hole appears at the center of the Wasteland Forest. This black hole lasts for about a day before disappearing, and then reappears a year later. When it appears again, it’s after five hundred years. It’s said that this black hole is a passage to another parallel world. A thousand years ago, my ancestors accidentally fell into that mysterious black hole. The records say they went to another parallel world, where they lived for fifty years. The civilization in that world was very backward and unremarkable, but when my ancestors returned, they discovered that only one year had passed here.”