When Zhang Lie returned to Earth, Zhang Hong immediately summoned him to deal with a number of miscellaneous affairs related to the dojo, and then he had been swarmed by the alien researchers to ask about a technical detail or another.

Only when all that was finished did he remember that Hong Xi hadn't sent him a message since returning to Mars. When he glanced at his transceiver, he found that he had set it to silent some time ago.

"Ah, this damned habit of mine!" Zhang Lie cursed, then quickly toggled it on.

There were quite a few missed calls and messages. Hong Xi had called him thrice, and Su Feng, Yan Long, and the...