P999, Sinwheel City

"This is the Little Seven Castle spacecraft's main control console. I'm Cang Qi, requesting a call with Q16..."

Inside the Q16 spacecraft, the communications indicator turned red.

A call request from Little Seven Castle's main control console automatically rang through.

Yu Tu sat on the worktable, his head tilted back.

His white hair swayed gently in the air, Bean Sprout turning into little waves as his fingers threaded through Lu Mi's short hair.

Hearing Cang Qi's voice, he pinched Lu Mi's black panther ear.

Lu Mi had no time to speak.

"Q16? Q16? I'm Cang Qi, requesting a call?"

"...What's going on? Why has Q16 lost contact again? The signal is strong... Q16?"

"Lord Lu, Lord Lu?"

"Commander Yu Tu?"

After Cang Qi's string of muttering, Lan Su's gentle voice said, "Wait a little longer. They're busy."

Yu Tu's face instantly turned bright red. He lightly ground his teeth, slowly exhaled, and said calmly,

"Q16, accept the main control console's call request."

"Yes, Commander Yu Tu."

The call connected. Yu Tu curled his toes and slowly said,

"We haven't lost contact. We've already approached target planet P999. Lu Mi and I... were discussing tactics."

"So that's what happened," Cang Qi said. "You scared me to death. I thought you'd encountered a sudden attack."

"No. We're very..."

"What is it?"

"...Safe."

Yu Tu unhappily tugged at a tuft of fur on Lu Mi's black panther ear.

His gaze fell on the map of the Blue River System. "There's still one hour unti... until we reach target planet P999. During that time, we may temporarily... lose contact."

"Understood. Then I'll hang up. Commander Yu Tu, please remember to submit your safety signals on time.

"I set Q16's safety check-in frequency to the highest level. You need to check in safely