"Our ship can’t enter the official routes, so this is as far as I can take you.

Here are two Spaceship Tickets directly to the port at the Empire’s Immortal City."

Jiang Qin took the tickets and tactfully stepped away, giving them space to say their goodbyes.

In the end, Jiang Qin didn’t know what they said. Long Yue returned with slightly red-rimmed eyes and said hoarsely, "Sister-in-law, let’s go."

"Mm."

Because this was just a remote C-class planet and they were both wearing hats, no one recognized them.

After all, their Spaceship Tickets had also been purchased using someone else’s information.

They had no idea how Mo Han managed it. When they boarded the spaceship, they only had to present the Spaceship Ticket cards, and no one checked their Light Computers. The staff just gave them a casual glance before leading them into a cabin.

"Ladies, we will arrive at Immortal City around the afternoon of the day after tomorrow.

There is a restaurant on board that serves all day. If you don’t wish to go to the restaurant, there is nutrient liquid in your room."

However, the provided nutrient liquid was only mid-grade.

But the Space Button Zhan Xiao had prepared for Jiang Qin contained plenty of top-grade nutrient liquid, so she wouldn’t need to leave her cabin for the next two days.

As for Long Yue, she didn’t look like she was in the mood to eat.

’For a little princess who has been able to get anything she’s ever wanted since childhood, not getting the man she likes for the first time must be pretty upsetting.’

Jiang Qin’s guess was correct. Long Yue was indeed heartbroken.

She already had quite a few male companions. In fact, with her status, she could basically take home any man she was interested in.

She didn’t even have to go out and pick them herself; the men interested in her would find ways to appear before her and show off their qualities.

So, whenever she grew tired of a partner, she only needed to step outside to pick and choose a new one at will.

But Mo Han was the first one who had kept things exciting for her.

Because he could understand her every whim, would join in her antics and her craziness, and even when he was trying to please her, his eyes held doting affection, not fawning flattery.

He was different from the men she casually picked. She had truly fallen for him.

The feeling was truly intoxicating.

So now, tasting the bitterness of heartbreak, this relationship felt all the more unforgettable.

Even though she always encouraged Jiang Qin to just have Long Hao go and snatch any man she fancied, Long Yue herself had never actually considered using her power to force a man.

’After all, if one man isn’t willing, there are thousands upon thousands out there who are.’

But with Mo Han, she truly had the thought of sending the army to snatch him after she returned to the Empire.

And yet, whenever that thought arose, the image of that vibrant man’s spirit being crushed stopped her from daring to entertain it.

"Damn you, Mo Han! Stupid Mo Han! Hmph, as if I need you! I’ll take ten partners when I get back!

I’ll have ten handsome men fawning all over me every day, and then I’ll definitely forget all about you!"

...

Meanwhile, on his return trip, Mo Han was wailing to Zhan Xiao, "My heart aches! I turned down a chance to be a kept man.

Instead, I chose a path of hardship with you.

Zhan Xiao, I’ve sacrificed too much for you!!

If Yueyue forgets about me, I don’t care, you have to help me come up with a plan to win her back! And if I can’t win her back, I’m just going to latch onto you from now on!!"

"It’s not too late to go back to her now."

"Forget it. I’m a grown man. How could I do something like that, being a kept man?"

Zhan Xiao rolled his eyes at him. "Didn’t you just say you were doing it for me?"

"Hehe, I was just giving myself a reason to rely on you later."

After all, he truly believed that Long Yue would eventually forget him, and he would inevitably need to ask Zhan Xiao to help him come up with a plan.

"I can’t be bothered with your nonsense. You don’t need to come back here. Just land directly on the border planet, DJ3.

Everything at the gang’s base is already packed up. We’ll be setting out soon, too. Basically, all the brothers have decided to come with us."

At the mention of serious business, Mo Han’s tone clearly grew more somber.

"Are you sure you want to take them? You know people die on the battlefield. The mortality rate is even higher than being a Star Thief."

Of course, Zhan Xiao knew this. He said in a low voice, "But they also want to stand in the light. They don’t want to keep hiding in the shadows forever.

This is a rare opportunity. If the situation on the front line wasn’t so critical, the Federation wouldn’t be offering such terms."

Because the Frontline Star has been under constant siege by Alien Beasts, the Federation has recently started another recruitment drive.

Even first-year military academy cadets have been sent to the battlefield as support, and retired warriors are being recalled to service.

You could say the war has reached a fever pitch.

In order to get more High-level Beastmen to help resist the Alien Beasts, the Federation Government is offering generous terms. They are even willing to grant amnesty to wanted criminals who have no blood on their hands and haven’t committed any truly heinous crimes.

As long as they accumulate enough military merits, they can obtain third-class citizenship.

Later on, they could even use their merits to secure a position within the establishment.

So, for some Star Thieves who are just trying to survive, this is an opportunity to fight for a future for their descendants.

They might not be able to find Beastman females.

But once they have citizenship, with their strength, it would still be possible to find a Half-beastman female.

Even though their children might be Half-beastman or even fully human, at least they would have descendants.

Otherwise, what a lonely life it would be!

However, there were also many men who were afraid of dying on the battlefield. They would rather rot on Chaotic Star and just muddle through life.

As for Zhan Xiao, he had been hesitant at first. It was Jiang Qin who strengthened his resolve.

So recently, he had been busy consolidating the gang’s resources and handing them over to the Vice Gang Leader.

Although most of his subordinates were preparing to join him on the battlefield, a man always needs to leave himself an escape route.

If, one day, his group of men had nowhere else to go, at least the gang would still be there for them.

And when Mo Han learned of his plan, he only had to think for a moment before deciding to join the Federation Army with him.

After all, an opportunity like this was truly rare.

Only a nation like the Federation would be willing to accept a group of Star Thieves who had only committed economic crimes.

This was their only chance to become upstanding citizens in the future.

As long as they made it through, their pasts would be wiped clean.

He and Zhan Xiao were different now.

They had people they wanted to protect, and in the future, they would very likely have their own children.

They couldn’t let their pasts become a weapon that others could use against the women in their lives.

"Then... here’s to a bright future for us."

The two of them looked at each other and smiled.

***

When Jiang Qin and Long Yue landed at the port in Immortal City, the security personnel were stunned.

No news about their disappearance had been released.

To be more precise, the information of the more than five hundred missing females had not been published on the Star Network.

So, for now, everyone on the Star Network only knew that females had gone missing, but not who they were.

This was out of fear that if the information was leaked, the missing females would be in even greater danger.