Chapter 1: Journey to China and America

  "My goodness, Ke Zi, how did you get it?" Ruo Zi was both delighted and shocked. The Crystal Warrior's skull had always been in the hands of the mysterious Ghost Shadow, so how did Fang Ke manage to snatch it from his grasp?

  At this time, three people cast their questioning gaze at Fang Kai, as if they wanted to peel open his head to take a look.

  Fang Kai smiled mysteriously, then took out the box containing the crystal warrior's skull, carefully put it away, and let out a sigh of relief, saying: "This is also quite incredible."

  "Ah, Ah, Ah, Ke Zi, stop being mysterious and just tell us everything already!" Fat Dong couldn't stand it when people teased him, and now seeing Fang Kai hesitating, he was also itching to know the inside story. He had personally witnessed Ghost Shadow's sharpness, and no matter how capable Fang Kai was, it was impossible for him to get his head back in a straightforward manner, unless there was some trickery involved.

  Fang Kai glanced at Dong Yi with a hint of embarrassment, shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Alright, I'll just give you the short version... it's like this..." As he spoke, Fang Kai continued to control the plane while recounting his bizarre experience.

  The bullet that pierced through Fang Kai's heart was the residual shadow of Boji, but in the moment before that, Fang Kai was pulled out of his body by a strange force and transmitted to a cave filled with electric currents. The cave wasn't very big, but what was inside shocked Fang Kai greatly. Inside the cave, a circle of energy stations were planted, each station small like a bouquet of flowers. More than ten stations emitted rays that intertwined into a thin film in a semicircular shape.

  In the purple membrane, a silver-gray combat transport aircraft was wrapped up, which is the one Fang Kai is driving now. At the base and the plane were separated, four energy crystals with glowing rings floating up and down on the surface, constantly providing energy to the plane. On the walls around the base, some structural diagrams of high-tech products were engraved, Fang Kai looked carefully but was stunned, those diagrams were similar to the ones used by their Mars Star War Command Center.

  Fang Ke was frightened, could it be that there is a traitor in the Star War Command, and they are colluding with the Zerg? If this is true, then it's really terrifying. Fang Ke's military rank is already considered high-level in the Command, yet he can recognize these advanced structure diagrams. Following this reasoning, the traitor must be above Fang Ke himself. Even if not, they would be at the same level as him, which is very frightening!

  Fang Kai felt a chill run down his spine as he thought about it. He gritted his teeth and decided to destroy all the structural diagrams, not letting the advanced technology leak out of Mars, let alone allowing the people of Zechler to spy on them. So, Fang Kai took out his weapon and prepared to peel off a layer of the wall.

  It was astonishing to him that the wave bullet had no effect on the wall and bounced back, almost hitting Fang Kai. Fang Kai cursed silently, spat on the ground, and nearly became the most suffocated warrior in the entire Huo Xing.

  It wasn't shooting, it wasn't hitting, Fang Kai didn't know how to deal with these structure diagrams. In the end, Fang Kai had no choice but to give up and shift his gaze to the silver-gray aircraft in the middle of the rear of the cave. After flipping through the database in his mind for a moment, Fang Kai was certain that this high-end aircraft in front of him was the "Silver Fox Shadow". It is said that this was the most advanced fighter-transport integrated helicopter on Earth before its destruction.

  Fang Kai didn't know how it appeared in this cave, but that couldn't stop Fang Kai from taking it away. To be exact, Fang Kai wanted to use this plane to escape from here and then return to the stone room to rescue Yu Zi and the other two.

  After expending some effort, Fang Ke applied some anti-detection medication to himself and easily broke through the energy base's defenses, making zero-distance contact with "Silver Fox Shadow".

  Fang Kai's shock can be imagined, he remembered that he had seen such a powerful plane as "Silver Fox" was still five or six years ago, in the "White Gold Memory" exhibition. Fang Kai, who was excited and curious, searched around the purple membrane and found a cross-shaped button, which he speculated should be the switch for the protective film.

  As expected, after pressing it down, the purple protective film disappeared. Fang Kai trembled with excitement as he touched this fighter jet he had longed for! However, the surprise didn't stop there.

  As soon as Fang Kai got into the driver's seat, he found a metal box placed between the front and rear seats. Out of curiosity, Fang Kai opened the box and was shocked to find the head of a Crystal Warrior inside! "I guess it was left here by Guiying, but I didn't expect to come here unexpectedly and take away his results. No, the Crystal Warriors originally belonged to Mars, so why should I care about these things?" So, Fang Kai unceremoniously took possession of Guiying's "gift".

  He thought the harvest was over, but Fang Kai had just fastened his seatbelt when he discovered a glass ball in a corner of the seat. Fang Kai's curiosity got the better of him, and as soon as he picked it up, his face changed color. "This...this is actually Imhotep's soul! It's indeed incomplete, just like Jormungandr said." Inside the glass ball was a small, broken spirit of Imhotep, which Fang Kai estimated to be a refining orb. The ghostly shadow had locked Imhotep inside, slowly transforming him into a pure soul, but for what purpose, he had no idea.

  It's finally time to retrieve Jormungandr's soul, and Fang Ke won't interfere with the "work" of the Soul Orb again. Anyway, Imhotep should have disappeared in the long river of history.

  "Hmm, I suppose that mysterious guy wanted to escape with the Crystal Warrior's remains and had already placed the plane, box, and Imhotep's Soul Ball here. Well, never mind, now everything belongs to us." Fang Kai felt quite pleased, but his expression suddenly turned gloomy. If he were to deduce correctly, Ghost Shadow would be coming back after finishing what he needed to do. What if he saw that I'm still here? Wouldn't I be dead for sure? As soon as this thought occurred to him, Fang Kai didn't hesitate any longer and started the engine.

  "The Silver Fox" paused for a moment, then shot out several powerful jets from the bottom, and under the lift of the white vortex, the plane suddenly soared into the air. After driving the plane out of the cave entrance, Fang Kai turned the machine head around and blasted the cave room wildly. Attacked by "The Silver Fox" so crazily, the entire cave room collapsed instantly.

  Fang Kai shook his head, feeling relieved. After such a bombing, the high-end structure diagram in the cave would not be erased, but at least it was fragmented with the collapse of the cave. Even if the people from Zecher Star came here, they would only see ruins... Wait, could Ghost Shadow be a traitor?

  At this time, Fang Kai can be sure that the ghost shadow has been to this cave. So, will the murals in the room be left by him to inform the people of Zekle Star? But if the ghost shadow is a traitor, it must be a high-level person who cannot tell the people of Zekle Star about the research secret of crystal warriors... It seems that these structural drawings are not painted by the ghost shadow. Then, who else would betray the Star War Command?

  Or is there another meaning in this?

  Fang Kai became more and more confused, eventually unable to distinguish logic, so he simply shook his head, turned around, and in the blink of an eye disappeared into the dark horizon.

  "That's what happened, and then I flew the plane, just in time to see you guys trapped under the rocks, so I rescued you, and helped Jorms fill up his half-soul." Fang Kai spread out his hands, recounting the general course of events. However, he kept secret the fact that there was a high-end structure diagram inside the cave. After all, this secret involved the war situation in Star War, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

  The three of them suddenly looked enlightened. Fat Dong patted Fang Kai's shoulder and smiled: "Good guy, it seems your luck is really good. Disaster and fortune are intertwined, it seems the old saying is true. Haha..." Suddenly, the "Silver Fox Shadow" was filled with joyful voices and laughter.

  "The Silver Fox" uses air power as its source, is not afraid of long-distance flight, and has high anti-interference and stealth capabilities. However, after flying for a few hours, Fang Kai felt tired and let Jorms take over. Among the four special agents, Jorms had the strongest ability to control the plane, although it was his first time in contact with "The Silver Fox", he quickly got used to it and could come and go freely.

  Fang Kai took the opportunity to chat with Ruò Zǐ in the back seat, while Pàng Dōng was "invited" to sit in the front passenger seat.

  As they chatted, they gradually started talking about some interesting things from their past on Mars, and Yuèzi couldn't help but burst out laughing from time to time. Fangkai thoroughly enjoyed this moment; his favorite thing to do was watch Yuèzi laugh. He thought that her smile was the most beautiful on all of Mars, and no one could surpass her.

  "I'm telling you two, can't you speak a bit softer? It's giving me goosebumps... Ah, I'm so sleepy, just give me some face and say it softly." Fat Dong's voice was always this discordant - at least in Fang Kai's opinion.

  Fang Kai's face was stern, and he coldly snorted: "Dead fatty, get out of the way. Sleep, sleep, sleep, what else is left in your life besides sleeping? Sleep, it would be better if you slept to death." Fang Kai said this very seriously, but it sounded like a joke.

  Ruò zǐ nǐn bù zhù pū jiào yī xiào, pàng dōng zé miáo le fāng kǎi yī yǎn, yòu niǔ guò tóu qù dǎ hā qiàn le. Nà mó yàng, fǎng fú zài wú shì fāng kǎi.

  "You dare to despise me? I'll take you down, watch this!" Fang Ke La didn't back down, and with a flick of his wrist, he slapped Fat Dong's hand. The latter let out a pained "aiyo" and looked at him with disdain: "Look at you, and you call yourself a Martian warrior? Alas, we're in a civilized society now, can't we have some quality? Are you not ashamed of causing trouble on your ancestors' plane?"

  Fang Kai was taken aback, suddenly feeling that such reasonable words couldn't possibly come out of a fatty's mouth. He wanted to refute them, but couldn't find any reason to do so, and could only remain silent. The look on his face, as if he were stuck between advancing and retreating, caused Ruo Zi to hold her belly in laughter.

  "What's wrong?" Fang Kai looked at Ruò Zǐ with a complex expression, feeling helpless.

  Finally, Ruòzi seemed to have calmed down and hastily changed the subject: "Alright alright, after talking for so long, I still don't know where we're flying to?"

  Qiao Mu Si had long wanted to ask, but was afraid of interrupting Fang Kai who wouldn't stop talking. Now that Ruo Zi asked, he immediately perked up his ears.

  Fang Kai slapped his forehead and laughed: "Look at my forgetful brain, Jormus, how far are we from the Yucatan Peninsula now?" As soon as he finished speaking, Ruo Zi and Jormus exclaimed in unison: "What?"

  Fang Kai looked ahead at the clouds and nodded: "Not bad, our next stop is Central America!"

  As soon as the voice fell, a certain corner of the jungle on the other side of the horizon suddenly trembled. In Central America, a brief speech echoed throughout the sky.

  What is hidden inside?

  At the same time, in the "Silver Fox" propeller, a black shadow suddenly emerged.