Dongguo Chenxi felt awkward, diligently seeing her off.

As she left, with an elegant figure, a tall and handsome man holding a wine glass asked, "What kind of anger does Sheng Xinhua have?"

"Why? Do you think Sheng Xinhua started the fight?"

"You don't understand this woman... Few people can take advantage of her."

"Really? It seems you have a high opinion of her? Why? Interested?"

The man smiled bitterly, saying, "All the men in the Empire believe that catching the Golden Phoenix is the ultimate challenge. It turns out she's a romantic, and the men she likes don't need to pursue her."

"Although Sheng Xinhua's reputation isn't good, think carefully, how many people can truly get close to her? When has she dated anyone? Ever had a scandal?"

"Things aren't what they used to be. With your Shen Family's prominence... the Sheng Family should agree to this marriage arrangement, right?"

"I want my family to try. The key is still Sheng Xinhua's own attitude."

"She's definitely a rose with thorns... I've always wondered, Sheng Jing was part of the previous regime, so why does your Shen Family place him in such an important position? You trust him managing the nation's treasury?"

"I've heard from my elders that there's no more suitable candidate than him." The man lightly sipped the red wine, paused, and said, "The Sheng Family never takes sides."

"Nor does your Shen Family take sides?"

"Indeed, no sides taken."

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Sheng Xinhua returned to her apartment by Luoxia Lake, standing on the balcony watching the beautiful view of the lake reflecting the moonlight, letting out a long sigh.

Today we have good wine and beautiful scenery, where are my true friends?

"Phoenix..."

"Tang Fei..."

"Are you all doing well?"

She even contemplated if accompanying them to the Old Land would make her days more interesting?

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Phoenix Port.

This is the largest commercial travel port of the Phoenix Empire, and the port with the highest human traffic throughput on the entire planet.

The starship Chang Er slowly docked at Phoenix Port, connecting to the extending mechanical arm from the port for integration.

Bang!

A gentle tremor; Chang Er had been absorbed into the deep and vast belly of Phoenix Port.

"Dear passengers, we have safely reached our destination. It was an honor to share a beautiful journey with you, and we look forward to your next travel with us."

"Welcome aboard Phoenix Airlines next time, see you soon."

"Here we are." A girl with purple hair, dressed in hip-hop attire, looked at the boy in front of her and said.

Her mouth was still chewing bubble gum, puffing white bubbles.

Looking both cool... and cute.

"Here we are." A boy with dreadlocks dressed even more flamboyantly looked at the starry sky outside, and responded.

"Let's go." The girl said.

"Let's go." The man stood up, slung a violin over his shoulder.

Joined the crowd heading to the exit ramp, where a large screen had an automatic face recognition system.

Tang Fei was somewhat tense, while Lu Siyu displayed confidence and composure.

Clearly, she was very confident about her hacking skills.

The two of them smoothly passed the system's check.

Sitting in the driverless car arranged by the port, both of them let out a sigh of relief.

"Where to first?" Lu Siyu asked.

"Let's go to the place we're staying first." Tang Fei said.

The purple-haired girl and dreadlock boy were actually Tang Fei and Lu Siyu in disguise. To evade the omnipresent Tianwang system's identification of their identities, before embarking on New Star, scientists from the Lu Family had completely remodeled and camouflaged them.

Every aspect detectable by Tianwang, including face, fingerprints, bones, retinas, had been reshaped again.

In this field, the Lu Family was professional.

Unless they conducted blood tests or genetic analysis on Tang Fei and Lu Siyu, those were parts the Lu Family couldn't modify, and Tang Fei and Lu Siyu wouldn't want to modify.

Furthermore, they initially boarded the Star Disc onto a garbage ship owned by the Lu Clan, and were escorted by the garbage ship to San River Port, a famous cargo port...

Then boarded Chang Er from San River Port to start an eleven-day global journey.

A true global journey, circled around New Star.

Now they were graduates of Luo City Music College, seeking overnight fame opportunities in Phoenix City.

Tang Fei took the name Chen Zhuo, Lu Siyu took the name Hua He.

Both carried credentials of Luo City Music College graduates, and the school's system contained their information profiles.

These two students did exist, only due to a minor 'accident', they had already been sent to the Old Land by Ghost Team Member.

Art people need to engage with life, smell the earthy breath.

The Old Land was very suitable for them; maybe this perilous journey could inspire them, creating songs that would endure for centuries.

"Alright." Lu Siyu responded, quickly entering their intended destination into the driverless car system.

The house had been prepared before their arrival.

The community was called Blue Bay, located at the entrance of the Imperial First Military Academy.

Many schools were there, with a diverse crowd, including students from various schools, as well as numerous merchants catering to students.

Many students and urban people rented houses in this area, which helped Tang Fei and Lu Siyu blend into the population.

It was a worn-down small courtyard, near the urban village, fitting their identity as traveling artists.

The reason they chose a small courtyard was for quietness and to minimize contact with outsiders.

If rented an apartment, handling various bills would become a hassle.

Not to mention the omnipresent Tianwang monitoring in apartment buildings.

Each found a room to settle their luggage, Lu Siyu took out a laptop and started typing and operating on it, quickly hacking into the local Tianwang network.

Embedded with Trojan, they could receive danger signals before the Tianwang system issued identity warnings.

This was the reason for bringing Lu Siyu on the New Star mission.

Firstly due to Lu Siyu's personal request, the old man was her biological father, she cared about his survival just like Tang Fei did.

Secondly, Lu Siyu was the world's top hacker and mechanical master, in their terms, one Lu Siyu was worth a thousand troops.

Tang Fei was in the courtyard checking various monitoring equipment and warning devices, which had been set up by Ghost Team Members before their arrival.

After finishing those tasks, Tang Fei went to the kitchen to cook two bowls of noodles and stir-fried two small dishes to solve their meal issue.

"What's your plan next?" Lu Siyu asked while eating noodles.

Indeed, Tang Fei's noodles were quite tasty.

"Gonna meet someone." Tang Fei said.

Lu Siyu frowned slightly, paused eating noodles, and looked at Tang Fei, asking, "The situation is unclear now. The entire Phoenix City is under Shen Family's control... Can that person be trusted?"

Tang Fei understood Lu Siyu's concern.

With Shen Family in power, countless families or forces wanted to align with the new empire's ruler.

Former friends might now be potential enemies.

A slight misstep might lead to being sold out for someone's merit.

"She's someone I absolutely trust."

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