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The entrance to the wormhole on Earth is set at the Arctic Undersea Base, with its exit point on Mars located at Olympus Mons. This surprised both Kairuot and Xiaoli—this base had previously been a location that the Mars Alliance forces had cleared out. However, Capricornian had set up this wormhole base quite discreetly, and the Martians did not discover it during their sweep, allowing the base to remain intact. Now, it has become a dedicated passage for Capricornian to travel to and from Mars.
After landing, Kairuot wanted to blow up this Capricornian wormhole base on Mars. He placed a small high-energy nuclear bomb with a timer on the wall of the Wormhole Chamber. At that moment, an image of Great-Great-Grandfather smiling appeared on the chamber wall: "Kid, we safely brought you back to Mars. Don't do anything foolish and blow up this base."
Both of them were astonished, and the officer who had been silent until now spoke up: "Belzun King knows all your movements. This time he told me not to go too hard on you; otherwise, you wouldn't have returned to Mars so easily."
Kairuot, looking displeased, said to the image of Great-Great-Grandfather on the wall: "Great-Great-Grandfather, you're really inconsiderate. You deliberately set up obstacles for us to go in circles, making us endure hardships just to return to Mars. Why didn't you send us back directly?"
Great-Great-Grandfather remained smiling and showed no anger. He told Kairuot: "If you can't even overcome such a simple challenge, then you're not my great-grandson-in-law."
After saying this, Great-Great-Grandfather disappeared from the screen.
Kairuot had no choice but to ask the officer beside him: "Is this base really Great-Great-Grandfather's?"
The officer replied: "Of course, there's no doubt about it."
Xiaoli shook her head in disbelief: "Since it's Great-Great-Grandfather's base and he knows our whereabouts, why hasn't he come forward to help us? Why did he only appear when we were about to blow up this wormhole base? It's simply incomprehensible."
Seeing that Xiaoli was skeptical, the officer shouted at the wall: "General Belden, they don't believe Belzun King's words. Please clarify this for them."
Belden appeared on the wall: "Husband, we have our reasons for not allowing you to return to Mars smoothly. Please understand."
"What reasons?" Kairuot asked.
However, Belden did not answer and disappeared instead.
They had no choice but to believe it... Since it was the base of Great-Great-Grandfather, Kairuot removed the small high-energy nuclear bomb timer that was attached to the cabin wall and released the pressure points of the officer, saying, "When you return to Earth and see Great-Great-Grandfather, tell him—if there are any difficulties, just speak them out; we can find a way to solve them."
The officer nodded in agreement.
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Kairuot and Xiaoli exited the cabin, and the Wormhole Chamber closed automatically. The exit was at the bottom of a mountain peak. Kairuot stood on the thick snow, gazing at the heavy snowfall, feeling a wave of melancholy. He thought: [We have been fighting against Capricorn Planet and the Bel Tribe for centuries, yet we still find ourselves at a disadvantage; it is truly frustrating...]
He sighed and said, "The Wisdom God indeed seems difficult to surpass."
Xiaoli asked, "What Wisdom God? What are you talking about?"
Kairuot felt it would take too long to explain, so he simply did not respond and urged Xiaoli instead: "Let's hurry; it might be too late to get back to Mars Alliance Headquarters now. My Sixth Sense has a very bad feeling; perhaps the headquarters is facing a major crisis. Moreover, why has Great-Great-Grandfather been delaying our return to Mars? ... I smell something fishy."
Xiaoli immediately countered, "Stop being paranoid... I know Great-Great-Grandfather; he is not that kind of person."
Kairuot could not deny it and began to hurry along.
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The two braved the heavy snowfall and fierce winds as they rushed forward. After several hours of running, they arrived above Ghost Star Mountain at Mars Alliance Base. Kairuot was very familiar with every blade of grass and tree in Ghost Star Mountain; they descended directly from the air to the top of the Golden Tower.
At the snow-covered mountaintop, the sparkling Tower Spitze was still as dazzling as ever, and everything around was quiet as if nothing had changed. Kairuot carefully observed under the tower for a while before stepping onto the stairs of Upper Golden Pagoda.
Kairuot warned Xiaoli cautiously: "There have been changes around this Golden Tower; we need to be careful."
"I didn't see it...," Xiaoli asked, "Are you overthinking again?"
Kairuot pointed at the damaged trees and said, "Look closely at the cold-resistant plants around the Golden Tower. Their trunks and branches are covered by thick snow, but many are missing. The Martians wouldn't come to this frigid place just to prune branches or move trees. These damaged trees must have been destroyed during intense battles by gunfire."
Xiaoli skeptically replied, "You must be mistaken."
Kairuot hurried up the steps without looking back. Xiaoli followed him, and as they approached a row of imposing warrior statues near the top of the Golden Tower, Kairuot made another discovery. He pointed at a warrior statue with a damaged face and said, "Look, this statue shows the most obvious signs of bullet damage; a piece of its face has been chipped away."
At this point, Xiaoli had no choice but to nod in agreement with Kairuot's judgment.
They arrived at a wall beneath Tower Spitze. Kairuot tried to press a small dot marked with the Mars Alliance totem on the wall with his fingertip. Suddenly, the totem pattern split apart, opening a grand door leading into the Golden Tower.
Upon entering the Golden Tower, everything remained unchanged; the interior was warm and resplendent.
They entered the Training Hall, where the Secret Manual for training still displayed on the wall, seemingly unchanged.
At that moment, Kairuot quietly signaled Xiaoli to be cautious.
Immediately, the Screen Wall displaying the training Secret Manual revealed Belche's figure. He wore a cunning smile, clapping his hands feignedly and saying, "Welcome back to Mars, Kairuot!"
Kairuot replied, "Yes, I have returned to Mars. Should you be happy or disappointed?"
Belche laughed and said, "Haha, of course I am happy! I have always valued talent. Talents like you are exactly what our Capricorn Kingdom needs. As long as you are willing to join our kingdom, feel free to name your conditions!"
Xiao Li chuckled and asked, "You want us to make demands? Alright, then—are you willing to give up the throne of the Capricorn Kingdom?"
"That request is a bit too much," Belche replied with a helpless smile. "Everything else except the throne can be negotiated."
"I don't need any position," Kairuot said. "I just want you to release Fairleya."
"Indeed, heroes love beautiful women. I can let her go, but there’s a condition..." Belche deliberately paused.
Xiao Li hurriedly asked, "What condition?"
"It's this..." Belche paused for a moment and said, "You must guarantee that you will no longer be my enemies in the future. Even if you don't become my loyal subjects, you must become my allies. If you can do that, I will release her immediately."
Kairuot responded, "Unless you guarantee that you will no longer invade our planet, I can become your ally."
Belche shook his head and said, "To call it an invasion is clearly an exaggeration—Mars is our shared territory; the Capricornians have lived here for many years. Why is it considered an invasion when we return to our homeland? This matter is clearly your Martians' fault."
"It seems you are not willing to compromise; this argument is simply unreasonable," Kairuot said firmly. "We can only drive out invaders."
"Don't be too arrogant," Belche warned him. "In the end, it will be you who suffers. I'll give you half an hour to consider; otherwise, we will resort to arms!"
After saying this, Belche's figure disappeared, and the screen repeatedly played back the lyrics of a song titled 'Parting Sorrow' that Kairuot had once written on the Golden Tower: The eastern wind fills the tower, hard to conceal the beauty of the moon; long thoughts linger, two depend on each other, do not waste the youth of this season. A thousand kinds of tenderness are hard to part with; Mountain Without Green, Sea Without Water, only then can I bid farewell to you.
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