Shadows of the Deep Space-Chapter 1602 - 523: Thunder Angel

Soon after, inside the restaurant.

Rhein and Ankaga brought boxes of their cherished white wine to the dining table and then urged Jiang Rong.

"Jiang Rong, has the kitchen finished the preparations? Tell them not to be stingy and bring out all the treasured ingredients!"

"Got it."

Jiang Rong replied to Rhein with a smile.

At this moment, Zhang Yi, Angel, Allu, and others walked in, unhappily shouting at Rhein.

"Rhein, why did you call us over in such a hurry? We're all swamped with work."

"A gathering dinner!"

Rhein patted the boxes of white wine and said with a smile to Zhang Yi and the others.

"Seriously, bro, did you summon us urgently just for this?"

Zhang Yi and his group were speechless.

At that moment, Onite also hurriedly ran over. Seeing Zhang Yi and the others, he was startled and confusedly asked.

"Why are there so many people? Is there a meeting?"

"Dinner, someone is treating you all to a meal."

Rhein said with a smile.

"Oh, what's for dinner! I still have a pile of bills to settle."

Onite said to Rhein with a headache.

"Aren't you curious who is treating? Sure you won't eat?"

Rhein asked with a grin.

"Doesn't matter who's treating, we're too busy to eat."

Onite declared confidently.

"Wow, you all seem so unimpressed by the invitation to a meal?"

At this moment, Su Ming walked out of the kitchen, smiling at everyone.

Seeing Su Ming, Zhang Yi, Onite, Angel, and others were instantly wide-eyed and joyfully rushed forward shouting.

"Boss!"

"You're back!"

"We missed you so much!"

...

"I'm back."

Su Ming looked at the delighted crowd with a bright smile on his face.

"Sir, you haven't changed at all in over a year; even more handsome and majestic! I can hardly believe it, feels like a dream."

Onite promptly flattered Su Ming.

"You're still such a sweet talker!"

Su Ming said to Onite with a smile.

"Haha, I'm telling the truth, right everyone?"

Onite asked everyone with a grin.

"Right!"

Zhang Yi and the others replied cheerfully.

"Good!"

Su Ming responded with a laugh.

At this moment, Jiang Rong brought out dish after dish of steaming braised pork with his subordinates.

Seeing this, Rhein quickly called out to Su Ming and the others.

"Boss, let's eat and chat!"

"Alright!"

Su Ming nodded in response.

Then he sat down at the main table, and Angel and the others quickly opened bottles of white wine, distributing one to each person.

Su Ming stood up, poured himself a drink, and raised his glass.

"Let's all toast to celebrating our reunion!"

"Cheers!"

Rhein and the others raised their glasses, clinking them together, and downed their drinks.

After Su Ming drank a glass of strong liquor, he said with some emotion.

"Thank you for your hard work while I was gone!"

"Boss, where did you disappear to in the Tidal Star Sea all those years? We searched so long we almost gave up hope, but later heard you returned to the Federation and participated in the defense of Starlight City, then knew you were okay."

Ankaga curiously asked.

"Yeah!"

Rhein and the others all looked at Su Ming.

"I was chased by the VI-type Lord Level Chilami Bucheen into a black hole and ended up deep in the Heavenly Revelation Divine Country's territory, finally making it back with great effort."

Su Ming explained to Rhein and the others.

"That's possible?"

Rhein and the others replied in disbelief.

"Enough about me, tell me about you all."

Su Ming was very curious about what had happened over the years, feeling that Rhein and the others had grown a lot.

"Ah, Boss, while you were gone, we expanded, now have 5,000 mecha combat personnel, and the team is at full strength. And we used the 500 billion material order, turned it all into mecha weapons and ammunition for armament."

Rhein awkwardly said to Su Ming.

"If it needs to be used, then use it without hesitation; you all are more important than those things any day."

Su Ming was very approving of Rhein and the others' decision; without that 500 billion in armament, their unit might have been wiped out.

"Boss!"

Rhein and the others were deeply moved by Su Ming's words.

"Come on, let's have another drink."

Su Ming raised his glass, offering a toast.

"Mmhmm!"

Rhein and the others raised their glasses and drank.

"Rhein, I see you've been promoted quickly these past years, must've had quite some achievements, huh?"

Su Ming chatted with Rhein while eating.

"Boss, you have no idea. After you disappeared, we planned to look for you. But the Mechanical Alien Race suddenly attacked the wormhole space-time, and we were directly conscripted. You can't imagine how grueling that defensive battle was; if you survived, there was no way not to earn honors."

Rhein said to Su Ming.

"That harsh?"

Su Ming was also taken aback.

"That battle raged on for over a month, with countless casualties! The Mechanical Alien Race was insanely strong!"

"Yeah! Even though the wormhole time-space defense line has countless defense weapons, their firepower was more ferocious, and they even had Star Destroying weapons."

"Not only that, we had to manually operate everything since we couldn't activate the smart operating systems during the battles with them!"

"Just imagine, we couldn't use the smart systems, and these guys could even control our mechas, not to mention sometimes even missiles got taken over."

"The worst is, they could devour our mechas and swarm with troops."

"It was practically hopeless. We were really fighting in despair back then."

"Luckily, there were generals Gabres and Sigurd present, though in the end, with Deputy Clan Leader Elorosatin from the Mechanical Race intervening, the defense line was eventually breached. We could only retreat to the Bright Star Sea."