Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 407: Family

"There are still five minutes left to leave the warp space. Everyone, please be prepared."

"There's still one minute left."

"Enter the countdown … 10, 9, 8, 7."

"… Break away!"

As the seat beneath him trembled slightly, Alan felt as if he had broken through the water. It was a strange phenomenon caused by the starship jumping from warp space to normal space. A moment later, the windows on both sides of the starship control room slowly opened, and people inside the starship could see the scene of outer space. The first to jump into the eyes of the crowd was the rainbow bridge with seven circles spinning slowly, followed by the cold and lonely moon. In the end, everyone's gaze fell on the azure planet behind the moon.

Earth!

Seeing the earth meant that there was no need to be lost in the boundless universe. Lost in an unfamiliar star realm was a nightmare that every warrior on an expedition to another realm could not get rid of. Without any backup, he could only rely on his own strength to fight on the colonial planet. He was lucky enough to take down a territory and even become a hegemon, but he was still unable to escape from the hopeless outcome of returning to his homeland. The unluckier ones could only bury their bones and become a handful of insignificant dust in the universe.

Alan felt that he was very lucky, at least luckier than most people. At the very least, he could return to Earth.

The magical starship began to fly towards Earth, transforming into a beam of rainbow light that began to enter the planet's atmosphere. Not long after, he saw clouds, mountains and rivers, and a sea that was as clear as a blue wave. In the end, a huge floating island gradually appeared in sight. It was the greatest creation of humanity, Babylon!

After receiving confirmation from Statue of Liberty, Dawn was authorized to land at the port's family apron. Alan saw a lot of people when he got off the starship. Standing at the front was Horn. He was still as upright as a pine, but his hair was even more frosty. Horn opened his arms and his eyes were filled with intense emotions, but there was only a smile on his face. "Welcome back, child!"

Alan replied with a strong hug, and Horn patted him on the shoulder happily. Let him go and patted Regis again. "You too. Nice to see you back. Regis, you've grown taller."

'"Of course, Grandpa. I've fought quite a bit," he said, raising his chest with his sword on his back.

"You really haven't changed at all." Horn said gratified.

Regis' mind was pure, and as long as he maintained it, his future accomplishments would not be inferior to Allen's. Moreover, he and Allen were getting along well, and with their potential in the future, Beth Cod would be able to thrive for another hundred years.

Apart from Beth Cod, the Morsons had also come to welcome the return of the Dawn at Statue of Liberty Harbor today. Old Kane was naturally here to pick up his beloved granddaughter Adele. In addition to the compensation that the Alexandrian family had paid to the Beth Cod and Adahua Planet royal families, the Morsen family had also received a reasonable amount of compensation. Coupled with Adele's safe return, Old Kane was smiling from ear to ear.

To Allen's surprise, there were also federal officials present, but they weren't here to welcome Allen, they were here for Lucy. The one representing the Federation was none other than the Commander-in-Chief of the Federation, Fendi. The general, known as the butcher, bowed exaggeratedly to Lucy and said, "Your Highness, please get in. Marquis Metallon is waiting for you."

"Ah, the teacher is here?" A hint of panic flashed across Lucy's face and she smiled helplessly at Alan.

Alan nodded and Lucy said, "Alright, take me to see the teacher."

Fendi leaned sideways and gestured for him to get in. Fendy straightened up when Lucy boarded a federal flying car. After nodding to Horn, he also got on the flying car. So the convoy left the aerodrome first. Old Kate walked over and said to Allen, "Thank you for taking care of Adele for me, Allen."

Alan nodded and said, "Yes."

Old Kate then said to Horn, "Then let's go back and visit another day."

"Welcome."

After the Federation and the Morsons left, Horn reached out to put his hands on the shoulders of his two grandchildren and said, "Go home, children."

Holding a cool handle, Alan stood outside the wing tower's room. After many days, he returned to this place, but he did not push it away immediately. It was as if there were different times on both sides of the door. At the other end of the door, someone was quietly waiting. Even after experiencing so much, that gentle face had never been forgotten in Alan's mind.

If her mother was still alive, she would probably be waiting on the other side of the door for her return, just like Horn, who had been reunited for a long time. However, another scene interspersed at this moment. It was a slender finger in the snow, and the ring that reflected the snow light on the finger. Alan took a deep breath and said to the door, "I'm back."

The moment he opened the door, Alan seemed to hear a gentle laugh. However, behind the door, afternoon sunlight passed through the fluttering curtains and landed in the clean hall. Within the golden pillars of light, dust was dancing. The house was exactly the same as when he left. However, in the large living room, no one was waiting.

Alan laughed self-deprecatingly and closed the door.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Alan opened the door, but Horn was standing outside. Horn smiled and said, "Can I go in?"

"Of course." Alan stepped aside.

Horn walked into the room and stood beside Lanny. Alan was a little behind him, a few meters away, as if he was an era away. Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was strangely quiet. A moment later, Horn said, "When Lanny left me, I hated your father to the bone. He brought my beloved daughter to the dangerous surface and made the sunshine in my life disappear completely. But many years later, I suddenly came to my senses. It wasn't your father, it was me."

"Yes, it's my fault. I pushed Lanny out. I caused her to fall to the ground. It's all my fault." Horn's tone was calm, but his body was trembling slightly.

Alan sighed in his heart and said, "Grandpa, mother has never hated you. So, you don't have to blame yourself."

Horn's shoulders twitched slightly and he turned around, "If I hadn't held on to the so-called rules that day, Lanny wouldn't have done so either. This was the worst mistake I've ever made, and the stupidest. So let me tell you, Ellen. Family is always more important than anything else. Don't wait for them to leave you to regret and regret."

Ellen said solemnly, "I will remember your teachings, Grandpa."

"Then let's talk about something else." Horn sat down on the sofa and leaned forward slightly. "For example, the culprit who attacked the Dawn."

"Who is it?"

"Maine Alexander."

Allen was still thinking about what Horn had said on his way to Lewin Town. It turned out that the one who attacked the Dawn was the Alexandrian Family. This was indeed beyond Alan's expectations. However, when he thought about it carefully, he felt that it was reasonable. Alexander was one of the younger aristocrats in Babylon. Back then, Horn had no intention of taking care of the family because of Lanny, which caused Bethcodd's strength to decline, giving Alexander an opportunity to take advantage of it.

The stubborn Alexander had always been proud of stepping on the soles of the feet of the old noble Beth Cord, but with Alan's return, he had regained his composure. In just a few years, Bescord had regained his vigor, and his strength had begun to rise steadily, threatening Alexander's position.

Hence, Maine's attack on Alan was essentially one of a series of methods to deal with Beth Cod. However, this ambitious clan leader was truly unlucky. He carried out the attack without carefully investigating the membership of the Dawn, but he dragged the members of the royal family of Adahua Planet into danger. Coupled with the pressure exerted by Beth Cord, Maine could only move closer to Mobius and compensate him in the end, thus avoiding the worst-case scenario of the Federation dropping him out of Babylon when things were irreversible.

According to Horn, Maine had already paid a huge sum of money for the incident, and Horn paid part of the compensation to Allen. Allen now had tens of millions of dollars at his disposal, which he had planned to invest in the expedition's budget. However, Main had already compensated him, and even if Alan knew that he was the culprit, he could no longer retaliate against him.

However, Horn provided another piece of information.

To be exact, the news came from the silver on the surface. Alan still remembered the predator hunter and what he had entrusted with the silver. Now that Silver's investigation had made some headway, a gene factory under the Alexander family's name had actually captured and experimented with the refugees on the surface. Judging from the results of the silver investigation, the gene factory seems to be artificially creating predators.

This was another piece of news that Alan could not believe.

If all the predators on the surface were created by humans, then Maine, who was controlling all of this, must be running an unknown conspiracy. One of them was definitely to aggravate the conflict between the surface and the Federation, as could be seen from the fact that the mayor of Grand City had instructed the predators of Steel Hammer to attack the city at a certain time.

If there hadn't been a series of subsequent changes, then the time for the predators to attack would have been when President Morbit had gone to the surface to negotiate with the Gate of Freedom.

At present, the Federation did not have this information. In other words, Maine, the gene factory, was not exposed. This gave Alan a chance. He could take the factory to the surface, either to retaliate against Maine or to eradicate the production line that produced the predators. Best of all, because Maine didn't dare to expose it, he could only endure it in the end, but he couldn't pursue Beth Cod for it.

Thinking of this, Allen smiled. Maine almost buried them in the sea of stars, and Alan didn't intend to let him off just like that!josei