Zerg: After being rescued by the Major General, I pledged myself to him.

The closure of Heishui Street was hasty, and some shops and shelves along the street were still in disarray.

The muddy ground was piled with garbage that no one had cleaned up.

Sainz and Lanzer exchanged a glance, then led the other female soldiers to take out various detection instruments and search along the street.

Lan Ze stayed close to Yan Mo, never leaving his side.

Yan Mo's gaze was drawn to several female insects dressed in uniform.

They were standing around a corner of the street.

They were also using various instruments that Yan Mo didn't recognize, testing something, and occasionally recording some things on the computer.

Yan Mo took a step, intending to walk over there.

Lan Ze said softly, "Your Excellency..."

Yan Mo paused, turned to look at Lan Ze, and after considering for a moment, reached out his hand.

"You hold my hand so that if anything unexpected happens, you can pull me back in time."

Lan Ze paused for a few seconds, then slowly took Yan Mo's hand.

The interstellar rift has a swallowing power, and he was afraid that Lord Yanmo would get too close.

Yan Mo held Lan Ze's hand.

Walk over to the researchers over there.

"What are you doing here? You can't come near here."

A researcher looked up during the testing and saw Yan Mo pulling Lan Ze toward them.

He first recognized Lan Ze's uniform, assuming she was a female soldier on patrol. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that she was accompanied by a male insect.

His face immediately filled with panic.

"Male Insect Lord, how come there's a Male Insect Lord here? Who brought you in? This is utterly outrageous!"

His voice startled the other female insects, who all looked over at Yan Mo.

One of the female insects, with silver hair and silver eyes, stepped out. He was probably the center of the group of researchers, and after he came out, the discussions stopped.

"Major General Lan Ze."

The silver-haired, silver-eyed female insect nodded to Lan Ze.

"Professor Bai Ye, it's been a long time."

Bai Ye looked at Yan Mo beside him: "This esteemed gentleman must be your lord?"

"Yes, this is Lord Yan Mo."

Lan Ze explained to Bai Ye.

"I only heard that you rescued a male insect here and later applied for guardianship of him. I never expected to have the honor of meeting him here."

Bai Ye smiled at Yan Mo, but his silver eyes instantly radiated a sharp coldness.

"But Major General Lanze, you brought the male insect to such a dangerous place without permission. If the Male Insect Protection Association finds out, it will be difficult to explain."

"This has nothing to do with Lanze. I wanted to come here myself. Besides, the Male Insect Protection Association probably has no right to restrict my freedom, does it?"

Yan Mo pulled Lan Ze behind him unhappily and said coldly to Bai Ye.

He practically wore Bai Ye's meddling on his face.

Bai Ye was taken aback, then laughed and said, "This is the first time I've ever seen a male insect protect a female insect. Lan Ze, you're lucky to have met such a good male master."

Lan Ze's expression warmed slightly; he naturally knew how good Lord Yan Mo was.

Seeing Bai Ye looking at Yan Mo with a sense of novelty, Lan Ze glared at Bai Ye, his eyes coldly warning him not to look at Lord Yan Mo so offensively again.

Bai Ye smiled. His family, the Bai family, and Lan Ze's family, the Lan family, were both interstellar nobles. They had lived on the capital planet since childhood and had a long history of interaction. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they grew up together.

He had never seen Lan Ze so possessive before.

"Ahem, since you've come here, are you curious about the interstellar rift?"

Bai Ye changed the subject.

Yan Mo was somewhat displeased by Bai Ye's questioning earlier. He didn't want to answer it, but he wanted to know what the researchers had discovered about the interstellar rift, so he reluctantly nodded.

Bai Ye turned around and pointed in a direction in mid-air.

"That's the interstellar rift."

Yan Mo looked up.

There was a dark area in mid-air.

The dark patch had become very small, hovering in mid-air, like the broken part of a shattered mirror. The broken part was still slowly shrinking, and had already shrunk to the size of a palm.

"We first used instruments to scan and detect the surrounding area, but the magnetic field here is special and the energy is abnormal, so we could only scan out nothingness."

Yan Mo said urgently, "Since you say it can devour everything, didn't you use any instruments to explore inside?"

Bai Ye: "We placed a detector, but the magnetic field inside is also special. As soon as the machine went in, it blocked our signal."

So that means they didn't find anything?

Yan Mo thought for a moment, seemingly curious: "So, it only swallows, but does it spit out anything?"

Yan Mo wondered, if he really did travel from here, had the female insects at the research institute, who had been guarding this place for so long, discovered any other people or objects that had traveled through the interstellar rift?

Bai Ye glanced at Yan Mo: "No, that's not true. However, why would you think that way? In the few records of interstellar rifts throughout history, they have always been about swallowing planets or something. I've never heard of them spitting out anything."

Yan Mo remained calm, casually pursing his lips and saying, "I was just saying it offhand."

At that moment, Lan Ze felt Yan Mo tighten his grip on his hand.

He paused for a moment, then asked Bai Ye, "It seems the research institute hasn't made any new discoveries? When do you plan to leave?"

Bai Ye looked at the still shrinking interstellar rift.

"Let's wait for the interstellar rift to disappear. Based on the data detected these past few days, it will completely disappear tonight."

After Bai Ye finished speaking, he suddenly turned to Lan Ze and Yan Mo and said, "Your Excellency just gave me some guesses. I need to go and study them further, so I won't entertain you two any longer."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left to discuss something with the other researchers.

No one knew what his plans were, but the researchers' expressions changed drastically upon hearing this, and they all looked at Bai Ye with disapproval.

Yan Mo was completely baffled. What had he guessed?

Could it be that he guessed that I came from an interstellar rift just based on a few words from him?

Lan Ze grabbed Yan Mo's hand, stood there for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Sainz and the others will need some time to investigate. If they don't find anything this time, it will be difficult to explain to StarNet, and it will take some time."

After a pause, Lan Ze continued, "Do you still want to look around here?"

Yan Mo didn't notice Lan Ze's somewhat nervous expression.

He looked in the direction of Bai Ye and the researchers.

Bai Ye seemed to have convinced the other researchers, who took out a special rope, wrapped one end around Bai Ye's wrist, and held the other end in the hand of another female insect.

Yan Mo exclaimed, "What is he trying to do?"

Lan Ze looked up, his pupils contracting slightly.

"Bai Ye is very dedicated to research. He probably wants to personally explore the interstellar rift and see what's inside."

Sure enough, Bai Ye and the female insect holding the other end of the rope walked towards the interstellar rift.

Yan Mo's heart skipped a beat, and he pulled Lan Ze along as they walked over.

Bai Ye stood beside the interstellar rift, a long rope connecting him to a female insect researcher.

The female researcher held the rope tightly, ready to pull Bai Ye back if anything went wrong.

Bai Ye stretched out his other free hand and slowly approached the damaged edge of the crack.

Yan Mo and Lan Ze approached the circle of researchers but were stopped.

"Sir, it's dangerous here. Please don't come any closer."

Yan Mo ignored the researcher and looked at Bai Ye nervously. If he really crossed the interstellar rift and managed to cross back before the rift closed, that would not be a good thing.