After observing the entire process, Bai Ze nodded in satisfaction.
It seemed the gemstone, which had been slightly damaged by Hyper Zetton during the battle, had lost some of its internal energy. Otherwise, Bai Ze estimated that the enhancement it provided could have been even greater.
"What a pity. But even so, it's already quite powerful," Bai Ze sighed.
With the Scarlet Gemstone issue resolved, the next task was to transport supplies.
At Bai Ze's command, the meteor bugs swiftly assembled and began methodically moving various potions and small amounts of resource supplies back to the home planet.
During the process, the meteor bugs discovered something unusual: the corpses of several Lich Kings appeared to be incompletely decayed and still contained traces of energy, potentially absorbable.
This caused many meteor bugs to hesitate and waver.
Seeing this, Bai Ze quickly instructed, "Move anything uncertain back too. If it's unusable, we can always dispose of it later. Don't waste anything!"
After a rough scan with his Divine Eye, Bai Ze confirmed that the Lich King's corpses were indeed completely dead.
This meant he didn't need to worry about any surprise counterattacks.
Moreover, with the sheer number of creatures on the home planet, even if the Lich Kings tried to fight back in their current state, what were their chances of success?
Following Bai Ze's orders, the meteor bugs lifted the Lich King's corpses and began their journey back.
At this point, Bai Ze felt relieved, closed the system, and exited the starry expanse.
After all, the return trip would take some time, and waiting idly was boring.
It was only ten o'clock Xia Yinyue was likely still awake.
He decided to visit her and find out what was going on with her.
Click.
Bai Ze opened his door and stepped out.
"Yinyue? Are you in your room?"
He called out while walking toward the room next door.
At that moment, Xia Yinyue was indeed in her room, but she was on her phone, talking to someone.
"Yinyue? If you don't answer, I'm coming in," Bai Ze said softly.
When there was no response, he turned the door handle slightly and tiptoed in.
"Yinyue, what are you doing? Why didn't you answer me?" Bai Ze asked curiously.
Startled, Xia Yinyue looked over, and from the phone, a deep female voice sounded:
"Hmm? Why is there a male voice?"
"Yinyue, didn't you tell us that you got into Tianzhou Academy, the second-best school in Sulin Province?"
"It's late at night. You're in the school dorm, right? There shouldn't be any boys there!"
"Be honest. Are you sneaking around outside?"
"Didn't I tell you to focus on your studies? Once you graduate, there'll be plenty of good men. Why rush into finding some useless punk now?"
Xia Yinyue was rendered speechless by the onslaught of scolding from her mother on the other end of the phone. She glanced at Bai Ze with a mixture of annoyance and helplessness.
"Um… Mom, it's not like that…"
"I mean, I"
Just as Xia Yinyue was about to explain, Bai Ze stepped forward and took the phone from her hand.
"Hello, Aunt Zhao, it's me, Bai Ze little Bai," he said calmly with a friendly smile.
"I used to stay at your house for a while. Do you remember me?"
Xia Yinyue froze, flustered as she tried to snatch the phone back, but Bai Ze sidestepped her attempts effortlessly.
"What? Bai Ze?"
"Oh, oh! Yes, I do remember. It's you, little Bai!"
"My memory is so bad. We haven't seen each other in months, and I almost forgot about you."
Hearing it was Bai Ze, Aunt Zhao's tone turned warm and cheerful.
"By the way, Bai Ze, I've been hearing so much about you lately."
"You've been all over the news and social media. Everyone in Nancheng says you're a rising star of Sulin Province's younger generation!"
"They're all saying you're bound to achieve great things and secure a prominent place in the Federation's future!"
Bai Ze responded with a modest chuckle. "Just lucky, Aunt Zhao. It's not as exaggerated as people say."
"Oh, right, Bai Ze," Aunt Zhao suddenly asked, "What are you doing with our Yinyue so late at night?"
"You two…"
Hearing this, Xia Yinyue became visibly anxious, her face turning red as she made another attempt to grab the phone.
But with her 1.68-meter frame, how could she wrest it from Bai Ze, who was over 1.8 meters tall?
"Oh, about that," Bai Ze replied nonchalantly. "We happen to attend the same school."
"I did well academically, so the school assigned me a small villa. But living alone in such a big place felt a bit much, so I invited Yinyue to move in with me. That way, we can look out for each other."
Xia Yinyue froze, her mind blank.
She hadn't told her mom about her relationship with Bai Ze, or even that they attended the same school.
Her mother had always been against her getting too close to boys, fearing it might lead to complications.
And now, Bai Ze just casually admitted they were living together!
What if her mom showed up at the school tomorrow?
Would she
"Great!"
To Xia Yinyue's shock, Aunt Zhao exclaimed enthusiastically.
"That's wonderful, Bai Ze! Yinyue is such a clumsy girl and not good at much. I'm counting on you to take care of her!"
"If she's any trouble, don't hesitate to teach her a lesson even use a firm hand if necessary!"
Bai Ze's smile grew as he turned on the speakerphone.
Meanwhile, Xia Yinyue stood there, dumbfounded.
Something was off.
This wasn't how it was supposed to go!
Was this her mom?
Wasn't she supposed to start yelling and rush over to break them up?
Why was she…
"Haha, don't worry, Aunt Zhao. Yinyue's doing fine she's diligent and doesn't cause any trouble."
"If anything comes up, I'll make sure to guide her properly."
"Good, good," Aunt Zhao replied. "It's late now, so I won't disturb you two… uh, I mean, your rest. Goodnight!"
With that, the call ended, leaving Xia Yinyue stunned as Bai Ze handed the phone back to her.
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