The violent crash of the door being smashed apart drew Li Chen and Xu Ruoxi's attention.
Everyone looked up and saw Dang Zhongcheng rushing inside.
"Commander! I heard Ruoxi-jie was back..."
Dang Zhongcheng hurried in, but before he could finish speaking, he froze.
Because he had already seen Xu Ruoxi sitting across from Li Chen.
Beauty still possessed the same grace as before, undiminished by time.
Xu Ruoxi was staring at Dang Zhongcheng in surprise.
"R-Ruoxi-jie..."
"Is it really you? You really came back safe and sound??"
Dang Zhongcheng stared at the lively, healthy Xu Ruoxi before him, his face filled with undisguised shock and joy.
"What? Were you hoping I wouldn't make it back?"
Xu Ruoxi came to her senses and teased him with a smile.
"Hmph..."
"This kid has been clamoring to lead people out and search for you himself ever since you disappeared!"
"If I hadn't stopped him, he would have gotten lost in the vast High-Dimensional Space too!"
Li Chen pointed at Dang Zhongcheng and looked at Xu Ruoxi with an amused half-smile.
Hearing that, Xu Ruoxi felt a faint warmth in her heart.
When Earth's Doomsday Catastrophe had erupted, countless people had been displaced, even separated from their friends, family, and loved ones by life and death.
Those survivors had organized themselves and joined the Star-Level Shelter.
Everyone loved and cared for one another like family.
But Xu Ruoxi had not expected that Li Chen, Dang Zhongcheng, and the others would care about her so deeply.
Even as she was immensely moved, she quietly made up her mind.
No matter what happened in the future, her life would forever belong to the Earth Civilization Alliance! It would belong to Li Chen!
"Hehe... H-how could I not want you to return safely!"
"But Ruoxi-jie, what exactly