Kabanata 70: Invitation from the Academy

Unsurprisingly, the defensive deployments around the main base—including several missile launchers and laser cannons—were all aimed at the Magical Corpse Beast.

The guards saw friendlies sitting on the creature and asked everyone to hold their fire. Though they still had to thoroughly check the returning group's settler badges so they didn't accidentally invite spies who were being controlled by hostile Astral Pets. Such tragedies occurred several times when either Beast Kings or low-rank parasites planned to infiltrate the base. As the second line of defense protecting the base city, they had to ensure security.

Once checked that everything was in order, the guards silently kept Su Ping's name in their minds. There weren't many settler teams who possessed such powerful Astral Pets as mounts.