Upon returning to Atari Star, Fang Er announced the decision to evacuate.
Unexpectedly, the first to object was that old fellow Li Shimin.
His eyes widened, and he slammed the table, shouting.
"I disagree!"
"Since we've arrived here, this is Great Tang's territory!"
"Why would we willingly give up territory?"
"Moreover, the truth of what Li Wan said cannot yet be confirmed. If we leave like this, it will be a laughingstock when reported to the court!"
Fang Er rubbed his nose and remained silent.
However, Cheng Yaojin stepped forward. Despite his usual boisterous demeanor, he was a man of both bluntness and subtlety.
"Your Majesty, please don't mind my rough words!"
"This darn planet really has nothing to do with our Great Tang!"
"If you really want to say anything, this place can only be considered An Zhi's private property. He said he's willing to give it away, so why would you object?"
"This matter has nothing to do with you!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin was so angered that he almost lost his temper. He stomped forward and kicked Cheng Yaojin in the stomach.
But he forgot that Cheng Yaojin currently had a protective buff!
The kick was firmly stuck by the armor on Cheng Yaojin's body.
Not only that, but the armor actually extended outwards, pulling his foot and dragging him aside.
Li Shimin's face instantly turned a sickly green.
"Damn it!"
"Cheng Yaojin, hurry and make this thing stop!"
"My god, it's pulling my balls..."
Fang Er and Li Xiaogong rushed forward to help, and Cheng Yaojin quickly tried to placate the unknown creature forming the armor.
Who knew this darn thing would be so uncooperative? No matter how he pleaded, it refused to release Li Shimin's shoe.
In the end, everyone could only help Li Shimin pull his foot out of his shoe.
With one foot still in a shoe and the other bare, Li Shimin pointed at Cheng Yaojin, intending to curse further, but found himself unable to open his mouth.
Cheng Yaojin was extremely embarrassed and immediately knelt down, pointing at his armor and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be angry with this beast, okay?"
His expression was as if he was calling himself a beast.
Seeing that Cheng Yaojin had said as much, Li Shimin didn't press the issue further. After all, everyone knew that the thing on Cheng Yaojin's body was unreliable.
"Get up. Since An Zhi has made his decision, I have nothing more to say."
"Since there are still a few days before we leave, everyone go out and do some shopping!"
"It's been over a year since we left, it's time to go back and see."
"Don't forget to bring gifts for your families, or you might not be able to get into bed when you get back!"
With that, he flicked his sleeve and had Wang Xuance take him shopping.
The return journey would have to wait until Yuan Tiangang solved the wormhole issue, otherwise these spaceships couldn't be brought back.
He had said half a month, and everyone could only wait.
During these days, Fang Er and Xi Tong had been accompanying Yuan Tiangang in his work at the formation tower.
"Big Stick, tell me, if one day we find Earth's stellar core, what do you want to do?"
On the hillside, Xi Tong lay in the grass, propping her chin with one hand, while the other held a foxtail, tickling Fang Er's face.
Fang Er looked up at the sky, casually snatched the foxtail, and put it in his mouth.
"What? Haven't thought about it yet!"
"Perhaps, other enemies will come looking for us then?"
"After listening to Li Wan, I have a feeling that the departure of the Yanhuang tribe's ancestors from Earth was not so simple."
Xi Tong poked his forehead with a hint of displeasure.
"Can't you be a little more romantic!"
"After all this quiet time, is there nothing else proper on your mind besides those trivial matters?"
Fang Er immediately understood and, with a wicked grin, flipped over and pinned Xi Tong beneath him.
"Alright, your grandpa will handle the proper business today!"
"It's been over a year since we plowed the fields, are you going to let it lie fallow?"
With that, he waved his hand, and a tent was produced from the warehouse, enclosing them within.
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More than ten days later, Yuan Tiangang clapped his hands, wiped the sweat from his face, and looked at the formation tower in front of him with a triumphant smile.
"Young friend, everything is done. We can leave!"
"Are you sure?"
Fang Er poked his head out of the tent, his forehead covered in sweat, and asked him.
Yuan Tiangang's face darkened: "You can question my character, but you cannot question my craftsmanship!"
"What, do you want me to activate it first for you to see?"
Fang Er's head retracted, and he emerged from the tent a few minutes later, dressed neatly.
The formation tower before them had been expanded several times, and there were also many more grooves for placing Tang Stones.
However, it was precisely these grooves that made Fang Er frown.
"Need so many Tang Stones to activate it again?"
Yuan Tiangang rolled his eyes at him: "Otherwise? You want to expand the wormhole to the scale that can accommodate a mothership. How can one Tang Stone be enough?"
The grooves on the formation tower were dense. Fang Er counted them carefully, and this damned thing required 108!
He couldn't even afford the 64 Tang Stones needed to activate the formation tower on the White Emperor mothership. Where would he steal these 108 Tang Stones from?
Chiyan Star?
That cursed place, after mining for so long, hadn't produced even ten pieces in total.
And the harvest on the Nude Element Star in the main world was even more dismal. So far, only five Tang Stones had been sent over!
What to do?
"Blow up Chiyan Star!"
Suddenly, Xi Tong emerged from the tent with a flushed face, saying confidently.
"Blow up Chiyan Star! I don't believe we can't gather enough Tang Stones!"
Fang Er: ???
Holy crap, playing that big?
However, it sounded so exciting!
The next moment, he said to the soldiers guarding the formation tower.
"Notify Wang Xuance, White Emperor is on standby!"
"Before we go back, I'll take you guys to do something big!"