"Huh?"
Hearing Lin Fei casually greet the people in the hologram as if they were old acquaintances,
Leona froze for a moment.
She stiffly turned her head to look at Lin Fei, her face full of disbelief.
"Lin Fei… you know Old Du and the others?"
"Oh. I forgot to tell you—actually, I'm from Blue Star."
Only then did Lin Fei realize he'd never told Leona about his background.
Leona: "..."
Leona's mind went completely blank.
From that suit of armor Lin Fei wore,
to his absurdly powerful strength,
to the fact that he wasn't even surprised by her identity as the Sun Goddess
or by her ability to manipulate nuclear fusion—
She had assumed Lin Fei was a god from some unknown god-tier civilization.
That was exactly why she'd asked him for help,
using his "identity" as a shield to cover for herself—
it should have been foolproof.
But now—
You never said you were from Blue Star?!
What kind of Blue Star native wears armor whose material even she can't identify,
survives freely in outer space,
pushes asteroids around, smashes them with casual blows,
and plays asteroid soccer with her?!
And on top of that,
she couldn't even read the energy system or genes inside his body!
You're telling her this is a Blue Star human,
not some mysterious god from an unknown divine civilization?!
Who are you trying to fool?!
"Y-you… are you really from Blue Star?" Leona asked, still dazed.
"Huh? Of course. I'm a 100%, genuine Blue Star native."
Lin Fei pointed confidently at himself.
—Even though it wasn't this world's Blue Star, technically speaking.
For a moment, Leona felt like crying without tears.
Lin Fei had no reason to lie to her.
Which meant… this was all real.
But she just couldn't understand it.
How could someone this mysterious and powerful
possibly come from Blue Star?
Of course, she didn't have time to think about that now.
Facing the gazes of everyone aboard the Giant Gorge,
Leona laughed awkwardly.
"Hahaha… so you all know Lin Fei already. You should've said so earlier."
"Cough, cough—actually…"
"Actually, I was the one who dragged Leona along to play."
"Huh?"
Leona shot Lin Fei a startled look—he'd interrupted her mid-sentence.
She saw Lin Fei quietly blink at her, giving her a look that clearly said:
Leave it to me.
Turning toward the hologram, now focused squarely on him,
Lin Fei smiled easily and said:
"Everyone, don't look so serious."
"Old Du, Qiangwei—you noticed it when I left, didn't you?"
"I was thinking that the Taotie could invade Blue Star at any time.
If I got stronger, I'd be more confident about beating them back."
Elder Huang and the other Huaxia higher-ups exchanged looks,
then turned their attention back to Lin Fei.
Dukao, who had been silent the whole time, still didn't speak.
His face showed no emotion,
but his thoughts were racing.
What Lin Fei said wasn't unreasonable.
But… did getting stronger really require going out into deep space?
And going that far from Blue Star?
As if reading their thoughts, Lin Fei immediately explained:
"Training on Blue Star works too."
"But it's much slower, and the results can't compare to training in space."
"If you don't believe me, just look over there…"
Lin Fei pointed toward the direction where he and Leona had been training.
Leona instantly cooperated, rotating the holographic view.
The scene of their training area appeared on screen.
"These are what I use for training."
Aboard the Giant Gorge, including Elder Huang,
the Huaxia higher-ups stared wide-eyed.
Floating in space were massive numbers of shattered asteroids,
countless fragments and debris—
like cosmic junk scattered everywhere.
There were even enormous "goalposts" and "baskets"
constructed entirely out of asteroids.
For a moment, everyone was completely stunned.
"T-those… those are all asteroids?!"
"And he said those fragments were smashed by them?!"
"How is this even possible?!"
They knew about super soldiers and aliens because of the Super Seminary.
But those were asteroids.
Not only using asteroids as training weights,
but smashing them apart in such quantities—
This had completely shattered their understanding of power.
Even Qiangwei couldn't help opening her mouth slightly.
She already knew Lin Fei was strong
and had a rough idea of how strong.
But using asteroids for training?
No matter how you looked at it, it was absurd.
Even Dukao felt his emotions surge uncontrollably.
Soon, the hologram refocused on Lin Fei and Leona, mainly Lin Fei.
"Don't be that shocked," Lin Fei said casually, brushing his bangs back in a cool pose.
"This is nothing special."
And for him, it really wasn't.
After all, his body contained an abnormal energy level equivalent to 0.2 black holes.
If he fully unleashed the Overbeast Armament,
even Leona releasing a micro solar flare wouldn't stand a chance.
"Oh, right—some of those were smashed by Leona," he added.
He hadn't forgotten to help her cover things up.
"When I was training, I ran into Leona, who was on her way to Blue Star.
She thought I looked lonely, so she stayed and trained with me."
"We didn't expect the training to last this long."
"Sure, Leona arrived late,
but wasn't it all for the sake of Blue Star in the end?"
"Right, Old Du?"
Lin Fei grinned shamelessly.
If Dukao were standing beside him,
Lin Fei would've already slung an arm around his shoulders.
The Huaxia higher-ups' earlier dissatisfaction had long since vanished.
They were still reeling from the visual shock
and had no energy left to pursue Leona's lateness.
As for Dukao—
After hearing Leona's explanation,
with his thousands of years of experience, he'd already realized the truth:
This whole thing was just Leona getting carried away and running into Lin Fei while he was training.
Strictly speaking,
it really didn't have much to do with Lin Fei.
Even so, Dukao's blood pressure still hadn't gone down.
After all, without Lin Fei,
Leona definitely would've arrived on Blue Star on time.
It was like—
As long as Lin Fei was involved, nothing good ever happened.
Was this guy really not their jinx?
Especially now, with Lin Fei helping Leona smooth things over
and even tying it to "training for the future Taotie invasion"—
At this point, Dukao couldn't say anything more.
But the final decision still rested with the Huaxia leadership.
He looked toward Elder Huang.
"Elder Huang, it seems Leona didn't encounter any danger. What do you think?"
"Heh heh heh… young people being energetic is a good thing."
Elder Huang finally snapped out of it.
He had already abandoned any thoughts of using Leona's lateness
to make an issue or plant doubts in her mind.
Smiling kindly, he said:
"Since this young friend and Miss Leona were together and encountered no danger,
we can all rest assured."
"Miss Leona has traveled a long distance, and this young friend has been training hard.
When will you be coming back?"
"We'll give you both a warm welcome
and prepare some Huaxia specialties for you."
"Grandpa, you're too polite."
Hearing this, Lin Fei's eyes lit up.
"There's nothing to be polite about," Elder Huang laughed.
"You're working hard for Blue Star's future,
and Miss Leona came to help us—this hospitality is only right."
The conversation soon came to an end.
None of the Huaxia higher-ups, nor Dukao,
mentioned Leona's lateness again.
It was as if the matter had never happened.
Seeing that no one was pursuing the issue anymore,
Leona finally relaxed and waved cheerfully.
"Alright then, Elder Huang, Old Du—we're heading to Blue Star now!"
As the communication ended,
Lin Fei put one hand on his hip,
pointed proudly at himself with his thumb, and said narcissistically:
"So? Leona—told you to leave it to me."
Leona suddenly leapt onto Lin Fei,
hugging him tightly and kissing him hard.
"Lin Fei—this goddess loves you to death!"
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