In the living room, Li Yuan and Fang Liang finished a pot of tea before seeing those two leisurely emerge from the kitchen.

“Boss.” Fang Liang stood to greet them, then looked at Jing Xi. “Major General Jing.”

Jing Xi nodded and sat down opposite them with Chi Yao.

“Yan Kai should have told you about the situation here?”

Fang Liang nodded: “As long as the boss agrees, we can cooperate.”

“This is too exaggerated. We’ve been to Cetus before—how come we never discovered this place?” Li Yuan unconsciously pulled out a cigarette, but seeing Jing Xi from the corner of his eye, stuffed it back in his pocket.

Jing Xi: “Cetus is so vast. If they deliberately hide, how could you easily discover them?”

“You two will each lead teams and act according to these routes.”

Chi Yao projected a holographic map mid-air. With a finger swipe, red and blue lines appeared.

Jing Xi projected a list beside it: “This is a list of past hunting bounty competition winners. There may be omissions—I’m sending it as a reference.”

Once entering work mode, Li Yuan’s sitting posture straightened considerably.

“So many people—we really need to operate undercover.”

“Flying Dragon’s people will follow in plain clothes. You’re responsible for identification; they handle arrests.”

At this point, Chi Yao added: “If you encounter hostage situations with civilians, execute on the spot.”

Li Yuan and Fang Liang instinctively looked at Jing Xi.

Jing Xi’s expression showed no ripples as he said flatly: “Everything prioritizes civilian safety.”

He actually agreed.

Li Yuan cursed internally several times.

This authority was huge.

Did Jing Xi trust them this much?

Even he didn’t trust himself to control it—after all, those Ghost bastards were too fucking punchable!

The list was sent to their terminals. After scanning through, Fang Liang basically had it figured out.

He looked at Chi Yao: “For 810, do you have arrangements?”

Fresh boiling water had just finished. Chi Yao personally made tea.

“Having the old man’s people follow.”

As modified humans, their sense of smell and perception differed from ordinary people.

Without any leads, they could detect details better. But with already suspected targets, having the Dark Department take over was more suitable.

After brewing tea, Chi Yao first handed it to Jing Xi.

“Careful, it’s hot.”

Jing Xi naturally accepted: “Very fragrant.”

Chi Yao smiled: “Look who made it?”

Li Yuan/Fang Liang: “…”

Force-fed dog food was painful.

Fang Liang stood: “If there’s nothing else, we’ll leave first.”

Jing Xi suddenly remembered something: “One more thing.”

He looked at Chi Yao: “Since they’re here, should we have Xi Xi set out?”

Hearing this, Chi Yao remembered.

They’d previously discussed having the dog go find that base from years ago. With recent events one after another, he’d forgotten about it.

Chi Yao: “You arrange it.”

After Li Yuan and Fang Liang left, Jing Xi immediately established a special team to serve as guards and drivers for the dog.

Seeing him so invested, Chi Yao drank tea and ate cookies, saying casually: “Actually there’s another method, though it might be troublesome too.”

Jing Xi: “What method?”

Chi Yao set down his teacup: “I’ve been to 15 amusement parks. After running into Chun Qin the last time, we escaped together. I still remember that planet.”

Jing Xi’s expression changed.

“You never mentioned this before.”

Chi Yao: “Such a boring matter—what’s there to say?”

Jing Xi: “…”

Chi Yao recalled: “Planet 778 in Ursa Major. If we can find records of me being transferred there, we should be able to trace the previous amusement park’s planet.”

During transfers, all modified humans were forcibly sealed away. But regardless of transfer method, traces must remain.

Jing Xi moved closer to him: “The amusement park’s internal system must have records!”

“But—” Chi Yao rested against the sofa back, embracing him. “When Chun Qin and I escaped, we conveniently blew the place up.”

Jing Xi: “………..”

Jing Xi frowned: “Nothing left at all?”

Chi Yao thought about it and nodded seriously: “The control center was the first place we blew up.”

Hope just emerged and was destroyed again.

The disappointment in Jing Xi’s eyes couldn’t be hidden.

Chi Yao stroked his eye corner and chuckled softly.

“Don’t be so sad. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have told you.”

Looking at the smile on his lips, Jing Xi felt even worse.

Right—if it were that easy to find, Chi Yao wouldn’t have waited until now.

But Ursa Major—

That was also a star system under Li Bo’s jurisdiction.

And perhaps Chi Yao’s grandparents were there too.

Back then, someone suggested grandpa send Chi Yao back to Ursa Major, which led to the incident.

Thinking of this, Jing Xi’s eyes flashed as he looked at Chi Yao.

—Do you still not want to know about your family’s situation?

Jing Xi wanted to ask, but the words circled his mouth several times before he swallowed them back.

“What’s wrong?” Seeing his hesitation, Chi Yao grabbed a cookie and stuffed it in his mouth. “Come, eat something delicious. Cheer up.”

Jing Xi was forced to bite down, eating while feeling sad.

“So sweet.”

Not only was proper work at a standstill, even cooking skills hadn’t improved one bit.

Double fatal blow.

Past 11 PM, Fang Liang woke from sleep. After simple tidying, he went to another room to call Li Yuan. Surprisingly, the bed was made perfectly—the person didn’t know where he went.

He walked toward the main cabin alone, searching for him.

Having time to rest yet not sleeping—completely unlike Old Li’s style.

Meeting Tie Xiong coming toward him holding snacks, Fang Liang called out.

“Seen Old Li?”

“Saw him.” Tie Xiong finished his chips and licked his fingers. “Talking to a young brother.”

Young brother?

Fang Liang: “Take me there.”

Moments later, the two hid at the corner wall of Training Cabin 1’s turn, quietly peeking inside.

“Look, right there!” Tie Xiong’s chubby hand pointed.

Fang Liang looked in that direction. Sure enough, among a pile of uniformed guys, he saw Li Yuan.

Besides that tacky leather jacket standing out, his build was also a size larger than others.

That side was the shooting range. Li Yuan seemed to be competing with someone.

Fang Liang: “…”

Using rest time to compete at this stuff? Too long without good sleep—brain short-circuited?

Over there, a group of soldier brothers surrounded the glass partition, watching with great interest.

Through the glass, Extreme Shadow’s Li Yuan was competing with this year’s new recruit Chu Xiao.

Though Chu Xiao had just joined the legion, his phase tests and battlefield performance were excellent. Department Chief Jin Ze always kept him close—the cultivation intention was obvious.

Bang!

A dull gunshot.

Everyone looked at data displayed on the virtual screen.

Using a handgun as a sniper rifle, such a long distance, couldn’t use multiple scopes, yet could hit ten rings every time—and the targets were moving!

“So strong!”

“Every time Li Yuan shoots, my back goes cold, feels like hitting my own back.”

“Right? If I’d known Extreme Shadow was this badass before, I might’ve chickened out.”

“Coming! Chu Xiao also hit ten rings!”

While speaking, Chu Xiao put down his gun. The virtual screen above showed 10.7—same as Li Yuan.

After one round, Chu Xiao lost to Li Yuan by 0.1 rings.

He walked out of the booth. Seeing Li Yuan also emerge, he was both helpless and happy: “Still can’t beat you.”

Meeting Chu Xiao’s gaze, Li Yuan awkwardly looked away and cleared his throat.

“When I was your age, I wasn’t as good as you.”

Chu Xiao’s eyes brightened: “Really?”

“Why would I lie to you?” Li Yuan opened the door and walked out. “But beating me is impossible.”

Chu Xiao: “…”

The soldier brothers surrounding outside saw Li Yuan emerge and suddenly quieted down, silently making way.

Such strong presence!

Too close—felt like one wrong move and they’d be picked up and thrown out.

Seeing Li Yuan about to leave, Chu Xiao said goodbye to his companions and chased after.

“Brother Li, hungry? I’ll treat you to the cafeteria.”

Li Yuan: “Need you to treat?”

At the corner, Tie Xiong saw them approaching, pointed at Chu Xiao, and looked up at Fang Liang: “That’s the young brother. His pork bone soup is especially delicious!”

Speaking of which, he couldn’t help swallowing.

Fang Liang: “…”

As expected, it was him.

Old Li was acting strange.

Never seen him this close to others, let alone Flying Dragon’s soldier boys.

If it were before, whichever soldier boy dared approach would definitely be beaten until parents couldn’t recognize.

But this Chu Xiao kept clinging yet wasn’t beaten by Old Li.

Could the old bull really have eyes for tender grass?

Li Yuan had long ago spotted those two heads at the corner—hiding so embarrassingly.

Seeing the time was about right, he stopped and looked at Chu Xiao: “I still have things to do. You go back and practice with your friends.”

Chu Xiao looked somewhat disappointed.

“Can’t you really be my teacher?”

Being a teacher to soldier boys—how could he mix in Extreme Shadow after returning?

Li Yuan was about to speak, but seeing him look so sad, couldn’t bear to scold.

“I can’t teach.”

Chu Xiao looked up: “Then who taught you your skills?”

Li Yuan’s face was cold: “Self-taught through constantly killing people.”

Chu Xiao’s pupils contracted.

Li Yuan irritably rubbed his buzz cut, turned and walked away.

“Before becoming a star pirate, I was a mercenary.”

Chu Xiao’s eyes flashed.

Was this explaining the killing matter to him?

Under one large and one small pair of strange stares, Li Yuan glared back.

“What are you looking at?!”

Fang Liang: “…”

Even became embarrassed and angry.

In the main cabin, Jing Xi’s selected team was already waiting there.

Seeing them enter, Jing Xi handed the two teams over to them.

“For any assistance needed, contact here or temporary headquarters anytime. Someone will go support you.”

Li Yuan looked at this formation and couldn’t help laughing.

“How come I feel like I’ve become a military officer? You feel this way too, Brother Liang?”

Jing Xi glanced at Fang Liang and said flatly: “He shouldn’t be unfamiliar with such scenes.”

After leaving the main cabin, on the way to the hangar, Fang Liang thought of Jing Xi’s words and expression and said quietly: “Major General Jing probably knew my identity long ago.”

Li Yuan clicked his tongue and shook his head: “Sharp enough eyes. Worthy of being the man who could conquer the boss.”

The group of soldier brothers following behind them: “…”

What man? Their boss was clearly an immortal!

After both teams left, Chi Yao and Jing Xi brought Yinwei to another small hangar.

Before leaving, Yinwei nuzzled Chi Yao’s palm, very reluctant.

“Awoo~”

Chi Yao roughly rubbed its head: “Go find the forest where you were born. Maybe you’ll meet your first love again.”

Yinwei instantly perked up, turned and jumped onto the ship, even howling to urge the soldier brothers to hurry.

Chi Yao: “…”

Jing Xi: “…First love?”

Chi Yao’s face was wooden: “Mm… it used to often play with a little female wolf. Later when I was being taken away, it came with me.”

Jing Xi: “Too tragic.”

Forcibly separated from someone you like—too relatable.

Chi Yao held his hand walking back, laughing unkindly: “If we really find that place, maybe that female wolf’s grandchildren have been born. That would be truly tragic.”

Jing Xi: “………..”

Chi Yao turned to look at him and chuckled softly: “Fortunately, my first love is still waiting for me.”