For Hu Xiaotian, this was not difficult to understand. If these people returned to their homeland, they would inevitably take back everything they knew about this place. What followed might be a vast force bent on revenge. Their own kind might occupy this land, or even destroy everything here.
From that Lightsaber alone, Hu Xiaotian could already judge that the civilization and technological development of their world far surpassed even the world he had lived in before transmigrating, let alone this land where cold steel still dominated warfare. If the Extraterrestrial Legion really came, even all the military forces here combined would probably collapse at the first blow. Chu Fufeng must have foreseen this, which was why he had betrayed his companions.
Ji Feihua said quietly, "So Hong Beimo has gone to such lengths to uphold Long Xuan'en's rule simply because his ultimate goal is to go home?"
Hu Xiaotian nodded. "Your grandfather was probably the same. What they want to accomplish requires enormous material, financial, and human resources, so they had no choice but to cooperate with Long Xuan'en. The only thing that could tempt Long Xuan'en was immortality."
Ji Feihua let out a wistful sigh. "Only today have I finally understood why Hong Beimo spared no effort to support Long Xuan'en. It was not unwavering loyalty. It was because his own interests were inseparably tied to Long Xuan'en's."
Hu Xiaotian reflected silently that now Long Xuan'en was dead and Hong Beimo and the others were all supporting Qiqi, perhaps the Imperial Mausoleum was nearing completion. Yet the thought gave him an inexplicable sense of impending danger. If his conjecture was entirely correct, and a spaceship really was hidden inside the Imperial Mausoleum, Hong Beimo could return to his homeland once he repaired it. Would his actions bring a