Two days later, same place.
"All right, let's hope it really works in one go this time."
Fang Zheng stood on the deck, looking up at the sky, with the others gathered around him. Several warships had arrived nearby, and even Unicorn's carrier had come over to join the fun.
But the most eye-catching sight was the row of Mutalisks crouching on the carrier deck, along with a group of giggling little girls.
Incidentally, Heavenly Dao Palace was broadcasting this "mining operation" live from start to finish.
At first, Fang Zheng had thought this was making a mountain out of a molehill. Back in his own world, whenever he saw programs like this on the news, his first instinct had been to change the channel. Putting himself in their shoes, he figured news such as <Heavenly Dao Palace's highest administrator personally inspects the frontline mining site> would not have much of an audience in Heavenly Dao Palace either.
But Nymph told Fang Zheng that he had gotten it wrong. During the time he had vanished, the Cursed Children had more or less noticed that something was off about the atmosphere in Heavenly Dao Palace. Children might be innocent and naive, but they were certainly not stupid. In many ways, they were even more sensitive than adults. In fact, when Nymph and the others had first sent the Cursed Children back to the Pitch-Black World, all sorts of messy rumors had spread among them, such as Fang Zheng not wanting them anymore... It had scared the children badly, and Xia Shi and the others had only managed to stabilize things by stepping in quickly.
Although Fang Zheng had returned safely in the end, no one could guarantee that something like this would not happen a second time. Therefore, it was important