Xingtie: My silly online friend is actually a raccoon!

When Lu Ze returned to the space station, he also brought Old Man Zhao up with him.

The old man was dressed in a smart uniform, his hair was neatly combed, and even the buttons on his collar were fastened tightly, clearly indicating that he had tidied himself up before coming.

According to him, since it was his first time boarding an alien (?) space station, he couldn't afford to embarrass Earthlings.

He looked around at the scene inside the bridge.

A huge circular control console, a floating holographic screen, staff coming and going, and through the viewing window, you can see that blue planet—Earth.

A hint of undisguised shock flashed in Old Zhao's eyes, but after all, he was a man who had spent most of his life in officialdom and on the battlefield, and he quickly regained his composure, suppressing his amazement.

As the station's official leader, Aista was naturally the one to negotiate with Zhao Deshan.

She greeted us with a smile, extending her right hand with graceful and proper manners.

"Hello, General Zhao. Welcome to the Black Tower Space Station. I am the stationmaster, Aista."

Old Zhao quickly reached out and shook her hand, then his gaze lingered on Aista's face for a moment before he turned to look at Lu Ze and said in a low voice.

"I was wondering why all the important people you know are pretty girls."

Lu Ze glanced at him sideways, pretending not to have heard what the shameless old man said.

Although Old Zhao's voice wasn't loud, it was enough for those around him to hear clearly in the quiet bridge.

Estelle's cheeks flushed slightly, and her gaze unconsciously swept over Lu Ze before landing on Black Tower, Sirin, and Bella behind him.

What General Zhao said seems... to actually make some sense. Lu Ze does have an excessively good rapport with women.

She couldn't help but feel a little worried about Ms. Black Tower's future love life.

But then she thought again, it wasn't her place to worry about this.

She quickly composed herself, putting aside these distracting thoughts, and got straight to the point.

"General Zhao, according to the scan results from the space station, we have discovered seventeen locations on Earth where the Zerg have planted their seeds."

Estelle raised her hand and drew a holographic projection in the air, and a three-dimensional map of the Earth slowly unfolded.

It is marked with seventeen red dots, distributed across continents and oceans.

"Three of them are located in the deep sea, and the remaining fourteen are scattered in different locations on various continents."

Old Zhao leaned closer to the holographic map, carefully examining the distribution of the red dots.

His brows furrowed more and more, and after a moment of contemplation, he spoke.

"The ones on land are manageable; we can mobilize the military and local countermeasures agencies to encircle and suppress them. But these three locations at sea..."

He shook his head.

"With the current strength of the navy, it is difficult to operate in a deep-sea environment. Our submarines have limited diving depth, and the chances of winning against the Zerg in that environment are slim."

"Please rest assured, General Zhao," Astara said with a slight smile.

"The space station can help deal with the three insect hives in the ocean. We have sufficient technological means to meet the operational needs in the deep-sea environment."

Upon hearing this, Old Zhao visibly breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great. With your help, the pressure is much less."

He paused, glanced at the red dot on the map again, and his tone became serious.

Before leaving, Old Zhao glanced at Lu Ze one last time.

At this moment, Lu Ze was squatting in the corner of the bridge, intently petting the dog.

The little dog's name was Peipei. It was pure white, small in size, and had a pair of round, black eyes.

When he looks at people, he always has a hint of sarcasm, indifference, disdain, and a slight smiley face.

It was originally passing by the bridge on its way to find Estád, but Luze intercepted it and pulled it into a corner to grope it.

Woof woof? (Hey, why do you have Peppa Pig's mark on you?)

Peipei tilted her head and let out a puzzled cry.

Its dark eyes stared at Lu Ze, a hint of confusion in its gaze.

It clearly didn't recognize the human in front of it, yet it could sense the friend label it had marked on him.

This is quite puzzling to it.

No matter how clever its little brain was, it couldn't understand that Luze was actually very familiar with it from another world.

Lu Ze ignored Peipei's confusion; he was focused on stroking its soft fur, his palm brushing over its two erect little pointed ears, which felt wonderful.

He had wanted to pet this cute little dog back when he was at the Two-Phase Paradise.

But because Estelle was present, he didn't make a move, and now he finally got his chance.

After watching him for a while, Xilin couldn't resist squatting down and joining the dog-petting army.

The two of them, with four hands, stroked Peipei from head to toe.

Pepe also went from struggling slightly at the beginning to gradually giving up resistance.

Finally, it simply rolled over, revealing its snow-white belly, with its four little paws curled up in front of its chest.

She accepted the massage service from the two humans with a look of pure enjoyment.

Woof woof.

It squinted its eyes, its tail gently swishing across the floor, emitting a comfortable humming sound.