"Little Ying, you performed well. You were very calm." Tang Ningyu didn't hesitate to compliment his little cousin. Tang Yingying's performance was indeed perfect. When the female investigator suddenly shouted, even he couldn't help but get frightened. Fortunately, he managed to calm down in time and didn't reveal himself. As for his little cousin, she jumped in fright but she managed to regain her composure almost immediately. Her reaction was also perfect, causing the female investigator to not find any loopholes.

Tang Yingying always admired her brother cousin so when he complimented her, she was elated. She was a little embarrassed too. There was another man beside her cousin which made her a little shy.

Mu Chaoran nodded in satisfaction when he saw Tang Yingying looking at him. "Miss Tang performed well. If I were in your position, I might not be able to remain as calm as you."

In front of this unfamiliar lady, Mu Chaoran didn't show his naughty smile. He was afraid that she would misunderstand him. Instead, he wore a serious expression like Tang Ningyu. This made Tang Yingying feel like birds of a feather indeed flock together. The friend of her cold-looking cousin should be cold-looking too.

Chapter 1044 Distress Signal!

Tang Yingying glanced at Mu Chaoran's handsome and cold face. She blushed uncontrollably. Her heart pounded furiously.

Mu Chaoran looked at Tang Ningyu helplessly. He had already tried his best to not tease his little cousin. Why did his little cousin still admire him?

Tang Ningyu glared at Mu Chaoran. If Mu Chaoran didn't pretend to be like him, his little cousin, who had always admired him from young, wouldn't have developed good feelings for Mu Chaoran. Honestly, if Mu Chaoran revealed his true nature, his little cousin would dislike him instantly. Everything was caused by a misunderstanding. Tang Ningyu felt his teeth hurting

Tang Yingying controlled her fluttering heart and replied shyly, "I'm not as good as what you said. Actually, I was so frightened at that time, I was shivering all over. However, for some reason, my heart just continued to beat normally. The stable beating of my heart allowed me to calm down so I didn't make any mistakes."

Tang Yingying explained what had happened during that time. After the search, Grandpa He told her that the female investigator shouted suddenly because she wanted to fool her. The female investigator might have an ability that allowed her to hear other people's heartbeat or feel the flow of their blood. Her stable heartbeat and calm emotion allowed her to escape from this trap.

Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran narrowed their eyes when they heard what she said. They exchanged glances with each other. They were excited but cautious.

Tang Yingying didn't notice the change in their expressions. She continued, "Grandpa said that the gods are protecting me so I'm able to evade this crisis. He wants me to be grateful." She appeared a little puzzled as she said, "But, didn't the Federation say that there are no gods? Why did grandpa say that?"

Tang Ningyu gave a bitter smile. He explained, "When you're strong enough, you might be as powerful as a god."

Tang Yingying was enlightened. "Brother, are you saying that someone powerful had helped me?"

"I think so. No wonder you performed so well. Thinking back, even I might not be able to perform as perfectly if I was you. You're just a little girl who never went through any training or experience. How were you able to do it?" Tang Ningyu patted Tang Yingying's head. He sighed. "It should be the imperial realm formidable warrior who helped us escaped. He is the only person who could do it so secretly."

Mu Chaoran agreed with Tang Ningyu. At first, he felt that Tang Yingying's performance was too perfect. So this could be the only explanation for her flawless performance. If Tang Yingying really did this all by herself... they should commit suicide if they were not able to perform better than a little girl who had never been through any training.

Tang Yingying had been puzzled about her feelings so she asked Tang He about it. Tang He might have realized the truth but he was afraid that he might offend the imperial realm formidable warrior if he said too much. Hence, he just reminded Tang Yingying to be grateful. After listening to what her cousin said, Tang Yingying finally understood what had happened.

Tang Yingying recalled the battle between the imperial realm formidable warrior and got excited. She wanted to see the imperial realm formidable warrior who helped her and her elder brother. She wanted to know what he looked like. However, she remained logical and controlled her emotions. She knew that meeting such people were extremely difficult. Since the imperial realm formidable warrior didn't reveal himself, it meant that he didn't want to be seen. If she persisted in finding him, she might anger him instead.

Tang Ningyu patted her head in satisfaction when he saw her calming down. They could only wait and see what happened. If they gained the liking of the imperial realm formidable warrior, they would be able to meet him. Trying to find him might cause them to lose this opportunity instead.

At that moment, Nuo'er shouted agitatedly, "Young miss! Young miss!"

Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran looked at each other. They disappeared in an instant.

Tang Yingying opened the door and asked, "Nuo'er, what's the matter?"

"Grandpa told me that there is a distress signal from a Federation's starship behind us. He wants to know if we should help them." Elder Sister Nuo quickly told Tang Yingying what was happening

Tang Yingying looked behind instinctively. She wanted to seek help from her cousin.

Since there were no outsiders around, Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran appeared again. Their gaze was filled with vigilance and puzzlement.

Tang Ningyu thought for a moment. "Let's take a look first." As a soldier, he was unable to ignore the distress signal from a Federation's starship.

"I understand." Tang Yingying quickly contacted Tang He and told him her decision.

The starship changed its direction and moved towards the area where the distress signal was emitting. After flying for some time, they saw flames in the sky. A starship was being attacked.

"Close in carefully. Ask all the artillerymen to be in position. Prepare for battle." Tang He ordered calmly.

Finally, they managed to get a clear view of the battle in front. Two starships from the military were being attacked by numerous small starships. The two starships were already badly damaged. They wouldn't be able to survive for long.

"Your Highness, another private starship had appeared. It seems to be from the Federation too!" The adjutant that was commanding the attack noticed Tang Yingying's starship. He quickly reminded his excited master who was waiting for the two starships to explode. This master was Duke Edward.

"What?" Duke Edward shouted furiously. He didn't expect such a huge private starship to appear at this moment. At first, he just wanted to destroy the Lin family's starship. However, another starship appeared and tried to help the Lin family so he had to take much effort to suppress it too. Now, there was another huge starship that came to help them.

"What do we do now, Your Highness?" The adjutant asked. The massive starship was more powerful than a normal private starship. Those massive starships were only slightly weaker than a military starship in terms of firepower. They were the most powerful starships among all private starships. Even if their starship had been modified to have their firepower be more powerful, they still need to consider twice before attacking such a huge starship.

Tang He saw the foreign starships attacking the Federation's starships and got furious. He shouted, "Activate the firearms. Prepare to attack!"

Based on the shape of the enemy starships, it was obvious that they were not from the Federation.

No matter how much the people within the Federation fought among themselves, they wouldn't purchase a starship from another nation. This was the pride of the Federation citizens!

Chapter 1045 Sense Of Crisis!

Just as Edward was hesitating if he should attack the massive starship, Tang Yingying's starship started launching their missiles.

"Your Highness, the other party has launched their missiles." A worker in the control room exclaimed in surprise.

"Bastards. How dare they ignore the galaxy rules." Edward started cursing. He had forgotten that he was the one who broke the galaxy rules first by attacking the two starships.

"What do we do now?" The adjutant asked him.

"What do we do?" Edward's gaze turned vicious. "Destroy those two starships first and then we'll destroy them too."

Edward was a ruthless person. Even if they met a starship that was hard to deal with, he still wanted to kill that irritating Young Master Lin.

He gave his order. The attacks on the two Federation's starship got even stronger. The mecha team that was supposed to protect the starships were stopped by their opponent's mechas so they couldn't offer any help.

"Attack!" Tang He's gaze turned cold. The other party didn't stop. Instead, they attacked even more furiously.

"Boom!" The missiles aimed at the starships that were attacking the two Federation starships.

"Evade! Evade!" The alert sounded on the starships. The starships commanded by Edward started evading the missiles. However, since these were private starships, their agility was much lower than military vessels. Beitang family's starship was heavily modified so its missiles were as powerful as military missiles (actually, they just bought military missiles). Hence, even though Edward's starship tried to evade the attacks, some missiles still hit the edge of their starship. Fireworks erupted in the

sky.

"Damn it. Repair them immediately." The damaged starships had to quickly repair their ship. At the same time, they contacted Edward to ask for permission.

"Prepare for the second attack." Tang He ordered. The missiles were strong but the disadvantage was that they required quite some time to load. Hence, there was a large gap in between each round of attack.

Even the best SSS rank starships of the Federation needed five seconds to load their side missiles. However, they needed 15 seconds to load their main missiles. This restriction in time hadn't been solved even until today.

Private starships like Tang Yingying's starship would require more than one minute to load their missiles. Plus, the missiles on cruise ships were poorer in grade so it needed three minutes to load. That meant that there was more time for their opponents to attack them. Installing the missiles was just to let the passengers feel at ease. If there was really a battle, the missiles would be useless. That was why the two starships from the Federation were in such a dire state.

"Our opponent is preparing their second round." The adjutant could tell that the other party was loading their missiles.

"Attack them." As long as they attacked two more times, the two damaged starships from the Federation would be destroyed completely. Edward wanted to take the risk one more time. He guessed that the other party needed at least two minutes to load their missiles.

Most private starships needed this amount of time. Two minutes was enough for him to attack two more rounds. The missiles on Edward's starship were military missiles so he just needed one minute to load them. His starship was supposed to be a military vessel but the mainframe deemed it as unsuitable to be one. However, it was still more powerful than normal private starships.

"Attack!"

Almost simultaneously, Tang He and Edward gave their order. Edward was attacking the two badly damaged starships while Tang He targeted Edward's starship.

The last attack allowed Tang He to see which was the main starship. Hence, he decided to attack their head first.

"Evade! Evade!" After Edward launched his attack, the alert on the starship rang. His expression changed.

The controller of the main starship was definitely the best among all the controllers. He gritted his teeth and forced the starship to tilt 90 degrees. He luckily managed to evade the attack from the main missile.

However, he was unable to dodge the attacks from the side missiles.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The right side of the starship got hit three times. Flames and fireworks were seen.

"Damn it, we got hit." Edward slammed his hands on the handle of his chair.

"Your Highness, their loading time is the same as ours. We can't continue this fight anymore." The adjutant was afraid that Edward would lose his cool due to his anger so he quickly reminded him.

Edward's gaze turned sinister. He blinked a few times before ordering, "Send the retreat signal. We'll retreat!"

"Yes, Your Highness." Many of the workers of the starship already had thoughts of retreating. Hence, they happily typed the command into the system. The mecha operators that were fighting outside received the signal and retreated back to the starship. Soon, the starship and the mecha disappeared. Only the two badly damaged starships were left.

"Captain, they're gone." The workers in Tang Yingying's starship started cheering when they saw the unknown faction's starship retreating.

"Don't care about them. Save the people first." Tang He frowned as he looked at the damaged starships. It looked like their starship would be full of people. Tang He believed that those two starships wouldn't be able to move anymore.

As expected, the two starships requested to board Tang Ningning's starship.

Tang He had to report the situation to Tang Yingying and let her make the decision. Tang Yingying knew what to do. After all, these people were from the Federation too. She wouldn't reject their request to board the ship.

Very soon, the people from the two starships boarded. The mecha team protecting the starships entered too.

When two people appeared, the people that were hiding in Tang Ningning's starship were surprised.

"It's them!"

One of the starships belonged to the Lin family while the other belonged to Xiao Yiqiu and Su Pei. They received a distress signal from Lin family's starship first. They were very close to the Lin family's starship so they came to help in time. This was why the Lin family's starship was able to last until now. If not, they wouldn't be able to survive until Tang Yingying's starship came.

"What a coincidence!" Ling Lan smiled when she saw the two familiar faces.

"Who are they?" Li Lanfeng felt uncomfortable. Why did Rabbit know so many people? He seemed to have a good relationship with everyone. As someone who wanted to become Ling Lan's most important comrade, friend, and confidant, Li Lanfeng felt a sense of crisis!

Chapter 1046Return!

Hearing this, Ling Lan glanced at Li Lanfeng with a half-smile on her face, "During my mission on Planet Azure. Those Central Scout Academy students... Did you forget?"

Ling Lan's reminder triggered Li Lanfeng's memories to remember those students. He frowned slightly, "That's odd, how come they're on Mai'er Fa?"

This was the same intergalactic route that was connected to one single destination, Mai'er Fa.

"It's also possible that they just left from Mai'er Fa." Ling Lan looked at the two familiar yet estranged individuals on the virtual screen and frowned as she went into deep thought.

In the other room, the other two students were also surprised that Xiao Yiqiu and Su Pei had appeared.

"It's them!" Mu Chaoran still remembered them. After all, they had once suspected that those two were also assigned to their task. However, the reality of it proved that they were not.

At that moment, Tang He appeared on the virtual screen and asked them where these people came from.

Su Pei seemed to be not doing too well. His face was pale and he was shaking somewhat. Luckily, Xiao Yiqiu held onto him and helped him walk into the starship.

After confirming their identities, Tang He asked sympathetically, "Is Young Master Su hurt?" He saw through Su Pei's injuries.

After hearing this, Xiao Yiqiu had angry expression his face. He began to talk about what had happened to them on the mecha arena and his reason for coming to Mai'er Fa.

Mu Chaoran, who was watching this scene unfold, looked frustrated when he heard Xiao Yiqiu's recount of what had happened.

"It's not your fault Chaoran," Tang Ningyu suddenly spoke. "Plus, it's because of you that he is still alive."

Mu Chaoran slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them once again, he had returned to his usual calmness. "I'm fine!"

Tang Ningyu let out a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Mu Chaoran would blame himself for that incident, which could cause his mind to become even more flawed. Now that he looked at him, he was worried for nothing.

"Don't worry. In this world, only little brother Shaoyun would make my heart waver... Other people don't have that qualification," Mu Chaoran said indifferently. Although Pei Shaoyun had become a knot in his heart, Pei Shaoyun still steeled Mu Chaoran's heart to not be wavered by others.

"If you want to advance further, you must untie that knot!" Tang Ningyu frowned. He was lecturing Mu Chaoran but he was also saying that to himself as well

Mu Chaoran just smiled in response. "Then, I'll wait for you to untie the knot first."

Although Tang Ningyu had fewer flaws in his heart, he still had them. However, during advancement, having fewer flaws didn't mean he wouldn't have doubts in his heart that would become obstacles for him in the future.

After saving Young Master Lin, and Xiao Yiqiu and Su Pei's group, Tang Yingying's starship didn't encounter any problems along the way to the Federation. After one month, they finally entered the galactic sector of the Federation. When they entered the sector, Tang Yingying finally let out a sigh of relief as she finally managed to safely bring her elder cousin and his friend back home.

Once they reached Planet Shanghai, people from the Xiao family and the Su family were already waiting at the spaceport. They were very grateful for the Beitang elite family's aid and quickly took Su Pei, who was badly injured, away along with Xiao Yiqiu.

The people from the Lin family also came to pick up Young Master Lin's group of people. In the end, Young Master Lin looked towards Li Yinfei's rooms with regret and left with those who came to pick him up.

Ever since he knew that the starship that had saved them had Li Yinfei on board, Young Master Lin wanted to meet up with her by chance every day. However, ever since she knew that there were outsiders on the starship, Li Yinfei would only stay in her own room and would not leave it. This caused Young Master Lin to not have any chance to meet her. It should be known that, during the time on the starship, Young Master only heard Li Yinfei's name being tossed around, but did not meet her in person. Just being around her and not see her, Young Master Lin could not eat or sleep, and was in a state of depression.

Of course, Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran also left. As for how they were going to return to the Flying Dragon Special Forces, that wasn't something Tang Yingying needed to know.

However, there was another person who got off Tang Yingying's starship and that was Little Yang.