Esdeath did not choose to return to the surface immediately, but intended to stay underground.
She was the only one who knew how to operate the ancient civilization's facilities, and planned to stay underground to cooperate with the new civilization on the surface, trying to transfer underground resources to the surface.
Bai Luan expressed respect for Esdeath's idea, left her a communicator, and helped her establish contact with Sethlun on the surface.
When Sethlun learned that there was still a person from the ancient civilization alive underground, he was greatly shocked.
The two immediately began to converse, exchanging information. Sethlun learned about the past of the ancient civilization, and Esdeath understood the hardships of the new civilization.
Bai Luan exerted a little effort to bring back all the remains of the drivers trapped underground.
Although he already knew that his child could not have survived, Sethlun still cried until he lost his voice the moment he saw Milton's remains.
After composing himself, Sethlun held a grand funeral for the heroes who sacrificed themselves underground, including his own son.
"I am proud of you, my child."
The Stasis Field could not be lifted yet as it still needed to contain The Swarm.
Bai Luan left Esdeath some nanobots, telling her to have the nanobots possess the facilities within the Stasis Field whenever she needed to use them, allowing them to temporarily return to normal.
He also said that it wouldn't be long before someone came to deal with The Swarm, so there was no need to worry about them.
Esdeath curiously asked Bai Luan who the people coming to deal with The Swarm were. After all, in her eyes, ordinary people would try to avoid such troublesome things, so why would anyone actively come to deal with them?
"Do you know the Genius Society?"
"You mean... that organization of geniuses where all the big shots gather."
"It's good that you know. Two Geniuses are coming."
"???"
After Bai Luan finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the communication channel.
There was no need to guess what kind of expression Esdeath on the other end would have.
"No need to be nervous."
"How can I not be nervous... Those are people of universal caliber..."
"It's alright, my company didn't put too much pressure on you, did it?"
"Wait, you mean..."
"Hello, I am #85 of the Genius Society, and my alias is..."
Bai Luan paused, thought for a moment, then said:
"Let's just call me Apprentice. I am always learning things."
"..."
Finally, Esdeath's evaluation of the alias Bai Luan gave himself came through the communication channel.
"Weirdo."
"That's #84's alias."
"...Are all Geniuses like this?"
Esdeath's tone carried a sense of powerlessness.
"Yes, all Geniuses are like this."
Upon learning that everything needed for the planet's development was available underground, everyone was ecstatic.
After confirming that there was vitality underground, the once suppressed and desperate atmosphere was swept away.
After being suppressed to the extreme by long-term setbacks, they finally received good news, allowing everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.
Now the most difficult stage has passed; it's just a matter of figuring out how to connect the underground and the surface.
Bai Luan originally wanted to help them with the design, but Esdeath told him that the ancient civilization had a plan for returning to the surface.
After confirming that this project could be completed before the last remaining spring dried up, Bai Luan decided not to forcibly intervene.
To put it bluntly, he couldn't be like a nanny, solving all their problems for them. It was best if they could become self-reliant.
After all the pressing matters were taken care of, Sethlun began to prepare to award Bai Luan a medal.
Bai Luan tried to refuse. For him, doing such a thing was just a matter of convenience, and awarding a prize for it seemed a bit exaggerated.
However, Sethlun's attitude was firm.
He stated that if Bai Luan's contributions went unrewarded, a series of subsequent plans, such as erecting monuments for the heroes, would not be able to proceed.
Bai Luan finally agreed to accept the award, appearing on the podium as a savior.
So, under the gaze of countless eyes, Bai Luan walked onto the podium, with Chizuru by his side.
Bai Luan received the medal, symbolizing the highest honor on this planet, from Sethlun's hand.
Bai Luan was just about to deliver his speech, which he had pondered for a long time, intending to encourage the people of this planet who had finally regained hope.
The moment his mouth opened, a paper airplane suddenly appeared in front of Chizuru, then began to fall.
Bai Luan frowned, grabbed the paper airplane, and Chizuru also reacted quickly, slipping into Bai Luan's pocket.
Bai Luan stuffed both the paper airplane and the medal into his pocket, instantly donning his full mecha armor, and an Anywhere Door appeared behind him.
He looked at Sethlun and said:
"Soon, two Geniuses will come to retrieve The Swarm. Do not stop them."
Sethlun also realized at this moment that Bai Luan needed to deal with some emergency, so he nodded and said:
"Understood."
Bai Luan said no more, turned and entered the Anywhere Door, disappearing... On Herta Space Station, Silver Wolf and Kafka, who were on their way, looked at the pink Anywhere Door that suddenly appeared in front of them, exchanging glances.
This thing had suddenly appeared without warning, blocking their path.
Kafka's script did not mention this, so she turned to her companion, Silver Wolf.
"Is this in your script?"
Before Silver Wolf could answer, the pink Anywhere Door opened, and out walked a... "Firefly"?
"Firefly" obviously hadn't expected to see them as soon as he opened the door and was clearly stunned surprised.
Kafka frowned, carefully examining the mecha in front of her.
That's not right, wasn't there no Firefly in this script?
Upon closer inspection, there were indeed differences from Firefly's armor... Weren't the Glamoth Iron Cavalry all dead?
Where did this wild one come from?
So Kafka pointed her gun at Bai Luan:
"Who are you?"
After a brief moment of confusion upon seeing Kafka and Silver Wolf, Bai Luan quickly reacted.
"What are you two standing around for? Go find the Stellaron! If you don't take the Stellaron, this Legion can't leave!"
Bai Luan couldn't be bothered with pleasantries and quickly blurted out the Stellaron's location and how to hide it.
The sooner they finished, the sooner the Legion could leave.
As for the Space Station's losses this time, they would be paid for by Silver Wolf's account data disappearing, since she was the one who attracted them.
He would deal with it after everything was over. For now, the priority was to check if anyone on the Space Station was injured; he didn't have time to get entangled with them.
"Perhaps you don't trust me, but I know who you are and why you are here, and Silver Wolf knows me."
Kafka's gun remained pointed at Bai Luan, and she cast a questioning gaze at Silver Wolf beside her.
"I'll just say one thing: kindergarten classmate."
With that, Bai Luan turned and left.
Seeing that Bai Luan had no intention of stopping them and quickly left, Kafka lowered her gun.
"Let's search as he said. He saved us a lot of trouble."
"You really know him?"
"Sort of... by chance."
Silver Wolf chuckled, her fingers quickly tapping on a virtual keyboard, seemingly confirming something.
"Let's go. He saved us a lot of trouble. About him, I'll tell you after we're done."
Although Kafka still had some doubts, the mission was the priority for now.
Everything would be answered in due time; there was no need to rush. Just follow the script.
Kafka and Silver Wolf hurried towards the Stellaron's location. That long-dormant Stellaron was now about to find a new host.