The ancient return was exposed by his sister's live stream.

Chen Hao was wearing headphones, and on the screen, his character had just gotten a triple kill and was still looting the bag.

"elder brother."

Chen Hao did not turn around.

"Brother!" Chen Siyao's voice rose half an octave. "Something's happened in Penglai."

Chen Hao stopped.

He took off his headphones and turned his chair around.

Chen Siyao handed over her phone; the live video sent by Han Songyue was already loading.

"Director Han called. Xiang Liu has entered the tenth island of Penglai. Xiao Yu and the others are on the island."

The video footage is shaky and was shot from the deck of a warship.

The tenth island in the distance was shrouded in a semi-transparent light curtain, the surface of which was covered with pale golden patterns, a typical feature of the array after it was reactivated.

On the sea, more than a dozen warships spread out in a fan shape, surrounding the tenth island in the center, but no ship approached the area of ​​the light curtain.

The video can be heard intermittently communicating through the command channel: "...five humanoid targets detected by the heat source...a super-large biosignal...unable to confirm the specific situation on the island..."

Chen Hao watched the video from beginning to end, for one minute and twelve seconds.

"When was the formation restarted?"

"Director Han said it was about twenty minutes ago," Chen Siyao replied. "Xiaoyu and the others were making good progress in breaking the formation on the tenth island when Xiangliu suddenly rushed up from the deep sea. It was too fast; by the time the warships reacted, Xiangliu had already landed on the island."

"Then Xiaoyu and the others restarted the formation."

"Yes. Director Han said they probably wanted to use an array to trap Xiang Liu, but they can't see what's going on inside from the outside, and they don't dare use heavy weapons for fear of accidentally injuring anyone."

Chen Hao returned the phone to Chen Siyao.

He wasn't in a hurry.

"Yaoyao, don't worry. Xiang Liu can't break the formation on the island in a short time."

Chen Siyao stared at him: "Really, brother?"

"How long did it take Xiaoyu and the others to break the formation?"

"It's been on and off for almost two months."

"That's right. That formation is a cage designed for those who don't understand formations. Xiangliu is a beast, not a human. It will only charge headlong into things, and the more it charges, the stronger the formation will rebound. It won't be in any trouble for a while."

Chen Siyao breathed a slight sigh of relief, but only a little.

"But we can't drag this out for too long."

"No delay."

Chen Hao stood up and quit the game.

He walked out of the e-sports room and into the living room.

Yang Wanqing was already standing next to the sofa, her phone pressed against her ear, her face pale.

"Master! I can't get through to Xiaoyu on the phone! There's absolutely no signal!"

"The formation has blocked all communication signals, so it's normal that you can't get through."

Chen Hao walked to the balcony and glanced at the sparrow-sized bird on the railing.

"Xiao Qing".

Two words, spoken very softly.

The three bluebirds suddenly straightened their tilted heads.

The next instant, it sprang from the railing, its wings unfurling...

The wind is blowing.

It wasn't a gentle breeze, but a gust of wind that swept into the living room from the balcony. The magazines on the coffee table were blown around by the wind, and Yang Wanqing's hair was directly smeared on her face.

The size of the Three Bluebirds is expanding.

It took less than two seconds to grow from a sparrow to an eagle. And another second to grow larger than a person. It flapped its wings and flew off the balcony, continuing to grow larger in mid-air outside the top floor of Baotian City.

five meters.

ten meters.

Thirty meters.

When its wingspan exceeds sixty meters, its enormous silhouette casts a shadow that covers half the street in the morning light. Pedestrians passing by below all look up, raising their phones in a flurry.

Chen Hao flipped onto the balcony railing, leaped into the air, and landed steadily on the back of the three bluebirds.

Without saying a word, Chen Siyao followed.

Yang Wanqing rushed to the edge of the balcony and looked down—it was so high. Her legs went weak for a moment, but she managed to stand up straight again.

"Master, wait for me! Wait for me!"

She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and jumped out, landing on the bird's back in a spread-eagle position.

Chen Siyao turned around and glanced at her.

Yang Wanqing pressed her face against the feathers and mumbled, "I'm fine."

Chen Siyao turned towards the living room and called out to the wolf king who was lying on the carpet.

"Xiaoyue! Stay home! We'll be back soon!"

Wolf King Xiaoyue raised its head, glanced at its master with its gray-blue eyes, and then lowered them again. Its tail flicked twice.

The three bluebirds let out a high-pitched cry.

The sound pierced through the city's noise barrier and echoed over Shenzhen.

Then, it moved.

The wind pressure forced Yang Wanqing's hair back, and he could hear nothing but the howling wind.

The city beneath my feet was rushing past, buildings became matchboxes, highways became lines, and the coastline appeared in three seconds and was left behind in two seconds.

The three bluebirds flew close to the sea surface, their wings cutting two white streaks in the air.

Yang Wanqing lay on the bird's back, gripping the feathers tightly with both hands.

She turned her head and glanced at Chen Hao.

He stood on the bird's back, his clothes fluttering in the wind, but he remained completely still.

The straight-line distance from Shenzhen to Penglai is over two thousand kilometers.

Sanqingniao took less than seven minutes.

Temporary command platform in the waters surrounding Penglai Immortal Island.

Huaxing News' live broadcast van was parked on a high ground on the shore, with three cameras pointed towards the sea.

Host Yang Xiaowei, wearing a windproof jacket and holding a microphone, is conducting a live broadcast.

"...Ladies and gentlemen, we are currently located on the eastern coast of Penglai Immortal Island, approximately twelve nautical miles from the tenth island. Since 7:23 this morning, the array light screen has reappeared above the tenth Penglai Island, and it has been in place for nearly an hour and a half."

She stepped aside, and the camera zoomed out to the distant sea.

The gray outlines of warships were scattered across the sea, and further away, a hazy golden light enveloped the outline of the tenth island.

"According to the information we have, the four members of the National Special Operations Group—Qin Xiaoyu, Ye Chendong, Ying Wenjie, and Wu Tian—are still on the Tenth Island. The military has confirmed the presence of a super-large biosignal on the island, but due to the obstruction of the array, they are unable to obtain more details."

The chat in the live stream was going crazy.

"Xiang Liu?! It's Xiang Liu again?!"

"Didn't you say you ran away? How did you end up in Penglai?"

"Oh no, there are only a few of them, Xiaoyu and the others!"

"Didn't Ye Chendong just break through to the next level? Can he beat him?"

"Something that even the US's bunker buster bombs couldn't destroy, how could humans possibly defeat it?"

"Where is God Chen Hao? Has anyone notified him?!"

As soon as this comment appeared, it was instantly flooded with thousands of other comments containing the same content.

Where is God Chen Hao?

These three words became the most frequently used comment in the entire live stream.

Inside the temporary command tent on the shore.

Han Songyue stood in front of a table covered with nautical charts, a communication headset on his ear, and three screens in front of him displaying satellite images, real-time footage of the warship, and a list of communication channels.

He looked at Qin Zheng beside him.

"Have you made contact?"

Qin Zheng hung up the phone: "I've contacted her. Chen Siyao said Mr. Chen Hao already knows about the situation. But I can't get through to her phone after that; she should be on her way."

Han Songyue asked, "Which channel? The military direct flight route from Shenzhen?"

"I'm coordinating it." Qin Zheng picked up the phone again and dialed, "What about the Pengcheng Military Region..."

Han Songyue nodded.