After 151 days and two hours, the spaceship emerged from the Dark Universe jump corridor.
The familiar starry sky appeared outside Xu Feng's viewport once more.
Directly ahead of the spaceship, the reddish-gold sun radiated warm golden light.
Earth floated quietly a short distance away.
Xu Feng gazed through the viewport at the blue "marble" drawing ever closer, his heart filled with emotion.
Part of it was wonder that he had actually traveled several light-years on an interstellar journey.
The other part came from the torment Xu Qingshan had put him through.
At that moment, Ah She held the little boy, who was patting the viewport with his tiny hands, pointing at Earth outside and babbling.
The little fellow had worn him out over these past hundred-odd days. He had truly come to appreciate how hard Xiao Dan had had it.
Soon.
Little Yellow's voice came through the bridge speakers, carrying a rare note of excitement:
"Boss, we've entered the Solar System, well ahead of schedule."
"I can see that," Xu Feng said with a smile.
Behind him, Ah She and Little White both sighed in relief and exchanged smiles. "We're finally back."
A short while later.
The spaceship received a transmission from the Martial Alliance Council while in Earth's orbit.
Zhou Mingyuan's voice came through the communicator, filled with undisguised excitement. He told Xu Feng that the landing site had been cleared: runway three in Satellite City 1. Everyone was waiting for him.
Xu Feng thanked him and slowly lowered the spaceship, passing through the atmosphere.
Soon, the spaceship came to a steady stop on the airport's third runway in Satellite City 1.
The hatch opened, and Xu Feng walked down the boarding stairs with Qing Shan in his arms.
He had brought Ah She and Little White into