Shadows of the Deep Space-Chapter 697 - 368 Return Voyage (Five-in-One)_5

Su Ming saw its strong reaction and immediately stopped, to avoid provoking it further.

At this moment, Little Grey flew to the cockpit’s opening again, extending its claws to scratch the cockpit wall, chirping incessantly.

"Do you want to go outside?"

Su Ming hesitated for a moment before asking.

Little Grey nodded repeatedly at Su Ming.

Su Ming hesitated for a few seconds, but finally put on the exoskeleton armor and opened the cockpit.

Little Grey immediately flew out.

At this moment, its body suddenly lit up with blue patterns, and the originally grey body emitted a bluish glow, becoming very beautiful.

Upon seeing Little Grey, the Star Spirit instantly stopped trembling and actively approached it.

They began to play and frolic together.

Seeing this, Su Ming revealed a shocked expression. He hadn’t expected Little Grey to have this form and be so compatible with the Star Spirit.

He patiently watched Little Grey and the Star Spirit play for a while, then operated the mecha to wave at Little Grey, signaling it to return.

Seeing this, Little Grey flapped its wings and flew towards Su Ming.

Su Ming opened the cockpit to let Little Grey inside, then asked it.

"Little Grey, can you communicate with it?"

"Zhizhi!"

Little Grey nodded in response.

"Then tell it, I saved it, can I extract some blood?"

Su Ming spoke to Little Grey.

After hearing this, Little Grey flew out and chirped towards the Star Spirit, issuing a special sound.

The Star Spirit seemed to understand Little Grey’s words and actively flew towards Su Ming, extending its small upper limbs.

Seeing this, Su Ming quickly opened a metal box, took out two blood extractors, and flew out from the cockpit.

He slowly approached the Star Spirit, the juvenile form of it, about three meters long, fully transparent, its internal body emitting blue starlight, resembling a whale and a kun, very beautiful.

Su Ming reached out to touch the Star Spirit’s upper limb, speaking to himself.

"Don’t be afraid, bear with it a little, it’ll be over soon."

The Star Spirit seemed able to hear Su Ming’s words, blinking at him.

Su Ming then picked up the blood extractor and gently pierced the Star Spirit’s upper limb, extracting beautifully blue blood, which contained starlight-like glimmers.

Soon, Su Ming finished collecting the blood, he reached out to pat the Star Spirit’s head.

The Star Spirit was very obedient, allowing Su Ming to pat its head.

Su Ming smiled slightly, then gestured to Little Grey, indicating it to tell the Star Spirit to quickly leave, as this area is no longer safe.

Little Grey then circled around the Star Spirit, emitting a special sound.

The Star Spirit seemed very reluctant to leave Little Grey, making sounds of reluctance.

Little Grey also flew up, using its little head to nudge its body.

Finally, the Star Spirit reluctantly turned around and flew away.

Su Ming watched as the Star Spirit disappeared from view, then floated towards the cockpit, followed closely by Little Grey.

Su Ming operated the mecha to close the cockpit and left the cavern.

After a long while, Su Ming operated the mecha to arrive at the meeting point, only to see Su Yuan and others waiting there.

Seeing Su Ming return, they immediately asked nervously.

"Su Ming, how did it go?"

"Did you find the Star Spirit?"

...

"Found it, and I got the blood."

Su Ming said to the crowd.

"That’s great!"

Shadler and the others exclaimed excitedly.

"Let’s go back to the Wind Shuttle!"

Su Ming said to Su Yuan and the others.

"Okay!"

Su Yuan and the others immediately followed Su Ming to return.

....

Half an hour later, inside the Wind Shuttle hangar.

Su Ming and the others operated the mecha to fly in through the entry port, moved the mecha to its station, secured it, then opened the cockpit, and jumped down one by one.

"Su Ming, where’s the blood?"

Shadler and the others surrounded him, excitedly asking.

Su Ming handed a vial of Star Spirit Blood to Shadler.

"Here!"

"Haha, it’s really Star Spirit Blood, I succeeded! I succeeded!"

Shadler was so happy he couldn’t close his mouth.

"Nicely done, this trip wasn’t in vain."

Horton praised Su Ming.

But then Bain asked Su Ming doubtfully.

"Su Ming, did you only extract one vial?"

Su Yuan and the others were also startled upon hearing this, looking at Su Ming.

"Yeah! Su Ming, did you only extract one vial?"

"Yes, such things are rare and precious, extracting one vial is enough, one shouldn’t be too greedy."

Su Ming replied calmly.

Upon hearing Su Ming’s words, everyone showed a rather regretful expression.

"Okay, we’ve spent enough time here, let’s return to the control room."

Su Ming said to the crowd.

"Okay!"

Shadler and the others responded immediately.

Su Ming and others then headed towards the mobile platform.

Soon, they returned to the central control room.

Captain Lum immediately stepped forward, respectfully asking.

"Sirs, can we return now?"

"We can return now, but on our return journey, we can’t enter from the small side entrance of the defensive line."

Su Ming said to Lum.

"Then where should we enter?"

Lum asked Su Ming with confusion.

"Enter from the main front entrance of the defensive line."

Su Ming replied decisively.

"But, can we really enter from the front entrance?"

Shadler and the others were also startled, asking worriedly.

"With me and Su Yuan, there won’t be any problems."

Su Ming replied calmly.

"Su Ming, do we have to go through the main front entrance?"

Su Yuan said anxiously upon hearing this.

"Is there a problem?"

Su Ming asked Su Yuan.

"It’s just that we snuck out. The Federation has a rule, the Three Forbidden Zones can only be entered if you have a task! If we return through the front entrance, we’ll definitely get caught and face consequences. That would be disastrous. Can’t we enter from the side entrance?"