Chapter 1269 - The Specter (1/2)

“The f*ck?”

According to 0541’s best assumption, the Core of Time was not on the ship and neither was it on Earth or the moon. The best speculation was it being in the 10th Dimension. Yet… the 10th Dimension was as empty as the void of space.

“Oh no… Oh no. Oh no! OH F*CK NO!” Jiang Fei cried, panicking.

Jiang Fei’s plan was to take on the Valsalrians. He would fight all of them until he determined an inevitable loss. In that case, the contingency plan would be to show the Core of Time to the Valsalrians. With the coveted Core in his hands, the Valsalrians would hold their attack and listen to Jiang Fei’s demands; which would be to cease all attacks in the solar system and to leave Earth alone. As such, the Core of Time was vital for any of that to work! What could Jiang Fei offer to the Valsalrians to make them stop the attack? Was he supposed to just knock on their door politely and inform them about how he misplaced the Core of Time?

How would the band of space bandits believe Jiang Fei? Without the Core of Time itself presented before them, they would proceed with the attack! Jiang Fei would never be able to stop the fleet of space bandits!

“What to do?! What to do?! What can I f*cking do?!” Jiang Fei yelled before giving up and exiting the 10th Dimension.

As soon as he returned to the bridge, Isabella came to him and held his hands.

“Where did you go?” she asked.

“A mysterious place,” Jiang Fei answered vaguely. He had no intention to explain his ability to anyone. Someday, perhaps, but not now.

“0541, proceed with the backup plan,” Jiang Fei ordered. The Core of Time was missing and the Valsalrians were coming. Jiang Fei had to follow the backup plan that 0541 had devised—to evacuate everyone important and transport them to the ship before leaving Earth for good.

Back on Earth, Jiang Fei explained about the current dire situation to his parents and had them prepare to stay on the ship. He had wanted nothing more than to have them live peacefully on Earth. But right now, the threat was so large and real that they could not even stay on the moon!

“Darling, someone’s here,” Ariel ran toward Jiang Fei and reported. It was right after Jiang Fei was done packing things with his parents.

“I’ll be with you in a moment,” said Jiang Fei to his parents before he turned to Ariel.

“Who is it?”

“Your long forgotten friend, Han Tianyu,” Ariel answered with a nostalgic smile.

“Oh dang! What a time! I should have him join us,” Jiang Fei said. He had wanted to bring him along. Since he had come to him first, it saved him the hassle of finding him.

“Ah Fei! It’s been a while! How are you?” said Han Tianyu as he reached out his hands.

Before Jiang Fei greeted Han Tianyu, he turned to Arel and openly said, “Be a dear and fetch Isabella for me.”

“Oh…? Alright.” Curious, but Ariel did not probe further. Thirty seconds or so later, Bella came to Jiang Fei with Ariel by her side.

“Did you call for me?” Isabella asked curiously. Han Tianyu was an outsider and it was odd that Jiang Fei wanted to make a scene.

Jiang Fei smiled and turned to Han Tianyu.