Chapter 1657 I'm Still Alive
Of course, Dong Fang could not answer this question.
According to the information he knew so far, His Majesty Gremayne had not appeared for a long time before the Elder Council of the royal family of the Declan Empire announced that Prince Lekas would inherit the throne. After that, he did not appear at all, and no one received any definite news about him.
This became the best reason for those people in the Declan Empire who opposed Prince Lekas. This was because if His Majesty Gremayne abdicated normally and handed it to Prince Lekas to take over, he should stand up and make it clear himself. Otherwise, it was impossible for anyone to be convinced.
In the end, it naturally aroused everyone's suspicion. Many people accused Prince Lekas of colluding with the Elder Council to secretly harm His Majesty Gremayne, so it was natural for him to fight for the throne.
Chu Nan recalled his previous contact with Prince Lekas, His Majesty Gremayne, and the elders of the Elder Council, especially President Anduin, and felt that it was unbelievable.
From his understanding of these people, Prince Lekas did not seem to be someone who would secretly harm his brother to usurp the throne. Elder Anduin, who had always prioritized the interests of the Declan royal family, should not support him.
However, as the saying went, one could not judge a book by its cover. After all, Chu Nan had not interacted with them for long, so it was impossible for him to truly know them. Moreover, he did not understand the situation in the Declan Empire at all, so it was naturally impossible for him to make an accurate judgment.
Therefore, Chu Nan could only think about this in his mind and did not feel that he could obtain an accurate answer.
Moreover, compared to being concerned about the problems in the Declan Empire, he had many problems that were more related to him to consider now.
With Chu Nan's help, the portal to the Dark Star Field opened more smoothly. The group successfully returned to the Eka R27 Star Field through the portal.
As soon as he jumped out of the teleportation door and successfully connected to the Milky Way Network, Chu Nan immediately got a brand new custom personal terminal from Dong Fang and sent a message to his parents.
Seeing Chu Nan on the virtual screen of the long-range communication, Chu Zhongtian and Yu Fang almost instantly cried.
They had not received any news of Chu Nan for two years. Although no one could confirm that he was definitely dead, they had almost lost all hope and were almost certain that he was dead. Now that he had suddenly appeared in front of them alive, they naturally could not control their emotions.
Seeing the excited expressions of the two of them, Chu Nan felt deeply apologetic.
He regretted why he immediately continued to experiment after completing his first physical rebirth.
Otherwise, he would at most be missing for more than half a year before he could return safely and give his parents confirmed news.
Although he had used more than a year to fully comprehend the basic energy mechanism of the domain power and the special space in the teleportation door and his strength had greatly increased, and he had even broken through to the Star-Grade Martial Artist, it was indeed too wrong to make his parents sad for more than a year.
Chu Nan sincerely apologized to Chu Zhongtian and Yu Fang and expressed that he would return to meet them as soon as possible. Only then did he barely comfort the two of them.
Next, he sent a message to Chu Xiaoxi.
Unlike Chu Zhongtian and Yu Fang, although Chu Xiaoxi was also excited to see Chu Nan, she did not cry and only smiled extremely happily.
She expressed that she had always believed that Chu Nan was not dead, so she was not surprised to see him return.
At the same time, she also expressed to Chu Nan that her strength had also increased quickly in the past two years. Now that she had already broken through to the fourth-stage Void Break Realm, she believed that it would not be long before she condensed a star cloud and broke through to the Heaven Control Realm.
Chu Nan smiled and praised her, indicating that he should make a trip to Earth in a short period of time. Then, he hung up and sent a message to Elvy.
Unexpectedly, Elvy did not choose to answer the call.
Considering that she might be concentrating on experimenting, Chu Nan could only send a message to Chu Xiaoxi and ask her to help inform Elvy.
In the end, Chu Nan took a deep breath and sent a message to Angie Prairie.
Just like Elvy, no one picked up the call to Angie Prairie. The call to Supremacy Oville was also not picked up.
After trying twice, there was still no reaction. Chu Nan could only give up helplessly.
While Chu Nan was communicating with these people, Captain Klein had already reported the news of his return alive to the headquarters of the Noctem Chamber of Commerce with his permission. At the same time, Dong Fang had also informed some of the higher-ups of the Earth Federation of Chu Nan's news. Marshal Chemekov had even personally contacted him remotely and expressed that he hoped that Chu Nan could return to the federation as soon as possible to meet the higher-ups of the federation's military and discuss some things.
Chu Nan agreed and quietly followed the fleet of the Noctem Chamber of Commerce to the Earth Federation through the stargate of the Eka R27 Star Field.
The two sides parted ways before entering the Earth Federation. Chu Nan, Dong Fang, and the fleet of the Seres Security Company led by Dong Fang returned to the Earth Federation, but the Noctem Chamber of Commerce fleet led by Captain Klein still had other missions to perform in the nearby Star Field.
However, Captain Klein expressed that the Noctem Chamber of Commerce valued Chu Nan's return very much. They might even have the chance to fight side by side in the future.
Regarding this, Elkart made it very clear in his long-range communication with Chu Nan.
The greatest effect of Chu Nan's return was the promotion of research.
In the two years that Chu Nan had disappeared, although the Noctem Chamber of Commerce had greatly improved in the research of the teleportation door, they lacked a key figure like him, causing the research to be stuck at a key point and unable to continue.
Now that Chu Nan was back and his understanding of the space inside the teleportation door was deeper, the effect on the teleportation door research institute was naturally even greater.
The Noctem Chamber of Commerce attached great importance to this. Elkart even expressed that the Noctem Chamber of Commerce would provide more help to the Earth Federation and ensure that Chu Nan's home planet was not captured and destroyed.
This guarantee was deeply praised by Chu Nan. He expressed that as long as the Noctem Chamber of Commerce was willing to support the struggle of the Earth Federation, he would fully support their research.
As for the Declan Empire that was originally cooperating in research…
They had to resolve their internal strife first.
After nearly half a month of interplanetary travel, Chu Nan finally arrived at his first goal of returning to the Earth Federation—his hometown, the Purple Cloud Planet.
Chu Zhongtian and Yu Fang had long been looking forward to it. When they saw Chu Nan appear in front of them, Yu Fang hugged him and cried for ten minutes before letting go. Even Chu Zhongtian, who had always been reserved, serious, and rarely expressed his emotions, could not help but cry.
Chu Nan stayed at home obediently for a week. During this period, he rejected everyone's invitation and accompanied his parents in peace.
However, seven days later, he had no choice but to set off.