The Journey Leads to the Sea of Stars!

"My Lord God, weren't you going to see the Second Divine Key? I'll take you there now... I'll leave the rest to Mr. Gray Serpent."

Gray Serpent: "..."

Is it really okay for you to pass the buck to me?

The Gray Serpent's expression was unreadable beneath its iron mask; it simply nodded slightly.

Then, he tilted his head slightly and began to ponder why Liu Bai wanted to look at the Second Divine Key at this time.

"... Are you looking for Lord Su's whereabouts?" Gray Serpent asked abruptly. "According to Lord Mei, death may not be the end for a mental powerhouse like Lord Su."

"Su...yes, we should start looking for her."

Liu Bai's smile faded. His disciple had truly had a lot of troubles. Not only did he disappear during the Third Honkai Eruption, but he also had a falling out with Kevin in the present civilization. The two fought fiercely, resulting in Kevin being sealed away, while Su's physical body died, but his spirit was playing chess with a higher-dimensional will known as the Awakened One, which was actually completely unknown.

That's truly tragic.

However, how can we interfere with the will of higher dimensions? Even if we want to knock on the door and say, "My student has gone to the wrong door, I'll take him home," we still need to find the door... Well, the only one that might be able to find the door right now is the Chariot of a Thousand Worlds, although it has nothing to do with the spiritual world, but Su has used it for so long after all.

I have one more thing to do now.

"Let's go, I'll go and study the Chariot of a Thousand Worlds."

Otto nodded seriously upon hearing this, then immediately turned and led the way.

I feel like my idea of creating a world for just the two of us has gone awry; my own gods have already entered a serious state.

"The Chariot of a Thousand Worlds will stop here."

Deep within the Schicksal Headquarters, Otto pointed to the enormous locomotive in front of him and said.

"...Truly courageous, no wonder she's called Vil-V ..." Liu Bai exclaimed subconsciously.

Although he already knew what Chariot of a Thousand Worlds looked like, after actually seeing it... Liu Bai had to admit that the simple and crude steam-age art style, combined with the enormous size of the locomotive itself, gave people a sense of primal power and awe.

Otto smiled upon hearing this, "Bianka had the same thought when she saw it back then."

Vil-V... another new name. It seems she's the creator of Chariot of a Thousand Worlds? Perhaps she's one of the Flame-Chasers, like Fu Hua...

Otto was quietly taking notes in his notebook.

Liu Bai laughed when he heard Otto's complaint, "Yes, Bianka's hobbies are not what girls should have."

This thing's clunky, big, and rough style does indeed fit Bianka's "honest" aesthetic.

"Otto, step back a bit, I need to possess him."

Liu Bai was barely able to suppress his urge to possess the body—to drive a big locomotive to... cough cough, go for a drive, that's a kind of romance for men too!

Of course, the main purpose is to analyze the Chariot of a Thousand Worlds.

"Okay." Otto nodded and stepped back, giving Liu Bai the space he needed.

Liu Bai didn't stand on ceremony and directly activated his possession ability to possess Chariot of a Thousand Worlds.

"Wow... this thing is really something else..."

Otto saw that the huge locomotive in front of him seemed to be making a "shaking head" motion.

"..."

Such a huge thing is "shaking its head"... My Lord God, from a certain perspective, what you have done is far more shocking than this thing itself.

Otto could only pray that his Lord God wouldn't suddenly give this giant locomotive some kind of transformation ability, otherwise, if he suddenly saw the giant locomotive in front of him stand up and turn into a mecha... well, Otto said that his heart was made of flesh and blood, Lord God wanted to do something funny, he could come and watch in his Soul Steel body.

Waaah—waaah—!

The sudden sound of the steam horn startled Otto.

"It really can sound a horn..." Liu Bai's expression was also quite strange—although the big locomotive couldn't reveal any expression. "Vil-V actually added a horn function to this thing... What's the use of that?"

Does she really expect this thing to be used as a normal train?

Forgive his bluntness, but once this thing is activated, shouldn't it normally kill as many people as it can?

Sound the horn?

... Okay, Liu Bai admits that creating a character while honking the horn might actually be pretty cool.

Yeah, that's pretty cool.

It's like shouting "I am Zhao Zilong of Changshan!" amidst an army of 700,000.

As expected of Vil-V, they always manage to create these kinds of features that are useless but very cool.

Liu Bai felt that Chariot of a Thousand Worlds was practically the perfect locomotive, except that it couldn't transform.

In other words, his possession ability couldn't enhance the effects of the God Key, otherwise he would definitely have tried to see if he could create a transformation effect—well, Otto wouldn't have to worry about this thing suddenly turning into a super robot.

"Let me look through this... Hmm, a whole bunch of observation records, and a lot of deletions and alterations... There are also quite a few encrypted files."

Liu Bai didn't go overboard with the fun. Although he felt that youthful, hot-blooded feeling again after a long time, Liu Bai still diligently analyzed the locomotive.

After Liu Bai casually cracked the encrypted file, he continued:

"Make a copy of these things and give it to Mei to analyze. She might be able to extract some useful information."

"Yes."

Otto's expression turned serious as he looked at the large number of files uploaded through the Schicksal Terminal.

She never imagined that so many files were stored here... If nothing unexpected happened, these should be the observation records of that Flame-Chasers named Su over thousands of years of observation of various parallel worlds.

Even if most of the observations are useless, it does not diminish the value of the data itself.

"Speaking of which... can the Chariot of a Thousand Worlds only achieve observation? How much interference capability does it have with parallel worlds?"

"There is probably a little bit."

Liu Bai thought for a moment, and the greatest function of the Chariot of a Thousand Worlds is to create a gate to the Imaginary Tree. The Imaginary Tree... to put it simply and not very accurately, isn't it somewhat similar to the "World Tree"?

This thing can lead to the Imaginary Tree, so theoretically it can definitely interfere with parallel worlds to some extent.

"However, there are definitely risks involved in interfering with parallel worlds, and I think you don't need me to elaborate on that."

Otto nodded as a series of strange theories proposed by scientists flashed through his mind.

Parallel worlds are not like those World Bubble in the sea of imaginary numbers, where causing trouble would not have serious consequences. Parallel worlds are most likely the same as the world we are in now, a world with strict and complete rules.

Interfering arbitrarily would be suicidal—although Otto himself was somewhat suicidal.

"I think we could restart the Previous Era's observation activities of parallel worlds to some extent. Anyway, there are still people here who are free to observe. Rather than letting them sit idle and grow mushrooms, we might as well find them something to do."

"Then we can transfer Yang over. Although he's a bit less Joyce, he's quite reliable in this area... Hmm, could we also add Shigure Kira? Let's stop her from spending all her time with Cecilia ... And while we're at it, bring Schrödinger along too. These people are all people who have done some research on imaginary numbers."

Although the sea and the tree cannot be equated, Schicksal can hardly find many people who have a deep understanding of the Imaginary Tree now.

And it doesn't matter if you don't understand it; you'll probably understand it as you do it.

These three are all mature and reliable people—even though Shigure Kira is usually a bit eccentric, it can't be denied that she is actually a veteran of the battlefield with a strong sense of justice, and she also has an alien creature helping her, so there's no problem at all.

"Speaking of which... I thought you Lord God, would step on the gas and speed off first."

Otto looked at Liu Bai with some curiosity.

Now no one knows a father better than his daughter...

"... Isn't there a distance limit?"

Liu Bai thought about it and realized he wasn't lying. If Otto was outside, and he sped off for less than fifty meters before rolling back, wouldn't that be even more frustrating?

It's possible to carry Otto, but Liu Bai said that he, a ghost whose driver's license has been gathering dust for hundreds of years, should not do such a high-risk activity—after all, this is not actually driving a train to create humans.

If the two of them get lost, Liu Bai can teleport back with his host, but Otto really can't.

"Oh, right, speaking of which, since we've already brought in three people, why not include Kiana as well? She did reach a coexistence agreement with Sirin, and as the Second Herrscher, she should be able to help in this regard."

Sensing the slightly awkward atmosphere, Liu Bai quickly changed the subject.

"Do you want Kiana's head to turn, or are you planning to make Sirin's head turn?" Otto looked at the huge locomotive in front of him, somewhat speechless.

"Hmm... Kiana, I guess."

After thinking for a moment, Liu Bai replied quite seriously.

"Sirin might really be stupid—even if she wasn't stupid to begin with, she should have been beaten stupid by now. But Kiana just simply doesn't want to learn. Let me tell you, that's all in the past now. Your Kiana now actually has some brains."

"..." Otto didn't know what to say, his Lord God had actually answered his joke so seriously.

"It's true, but the Kaslana family members selectively lose their brains when they have more reliable people around them—you grew up with Kallen, you know that!"

It seems... that really is?

Damn it, it's been hollowed out by the broken iron.

Why can't I pull Bronya even after Yang has two wrong lives?

The author really put in a lot of effort to write...

Chapter 373 The Journey is to the Stars and the Sea!

"Wow... this thing is really impressive."

Yang and the others who were called over looked at the train engine with slight surprise—it seemed that everyone who saw such a large train engine would subconsciously exclaim in amazement.

"To pilot this thing to observe the parallel worlds on the Imaginary Tree... I never thought I would receive such a mission in my lifetime."

"It's much better than you becoming a comic artist."

Liu Bai rudely tapped Yang, a guy of his son's generation, and then looked at Himeko beside him.

"By the way, why did you come here too?"

"Just bored." Himeko roughly brushed her hair together. "I finally managed to get my name removed from the Stormtroopers' roster, and I'm trying to find a research position, but the PhDs don't seem to trust me... I am a PhD student, after all. Is it really this hard for PhDs to find jobs these days?"

It's a bit unethical to put a list of members on the stormtrooper roster, but after Himeko discovered that the roster might actually be a list of unmarried women, she decided not to care anymore.

Anyway, it's not like a list of dead people that needs to be used for several years. Everyone is still alive and well. If you really want to see someone, just go and find them. This list isn't even as meaningful as taking a group photo when you're bored.

"I seriously doubt that you've already returned everything you learned back then to me and Einstein." Before Liu Bai could speak, Yang had already sighed.

He and Einstein were a substitute teacher and a proper professor back then, Himeko grew up under their and Liu Bai's care... But now, Himeko doesn't say anything, who can tell that this guy is a PhD student? If you threw him into a group of illiterate people, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference at all, okay?

"How dare you talk like that? Watch your tone!" Himeko showed no respect for her teacher.

—I'm practically ready to be your aunt, why should I give you face?

"Comrade Xiao Yang, you lack the most basic respect for your elders!"

Yang: "..."

Alright, this topic is dead. Although it was just a case of someone borrowing someone else's power, we have to admit it...

"Not to be mean," Himeko said, pleased with herself after teasing her teacher, as she turned to examine the massive locomotive. "Doesn't anyone think this thing is perfect for interstellar travel?"

Schrödinger paused for a moment upon hearing this, then pushed up his glasses. "Himeko, you can't just stay silent—the propulsion system and operating mode of the Chariot of a Thousand Worlds itself do not support long-term interstellar travel, and it can't even break out of the atmosphere."

"No, isn't this thing's power system derived from the Herrscher Core? The Herrscher of the Void's ability is essentially space, so it can move through space just like it did when it entered the Imaginary Tree. The Imaginary Space and the Sea of Quanta are shallower than the Imaginary Tree, right? There's no need to break through the atmosphere!"

This time, everyone was stunned for a moment.

It sounds a bit far-fetched, but... it actually makes some sense?

There's no need to open the door to the Imaginary Tree. The essence is already there. The core power of the Second Herrscher is space, or more precisely, manipulating Imaginary Space. It's not about opening the door to the Imaginary Tree. The relationship shouldn't be confused.

"... However, the Chariot of a Thousand Worlds itself still cannot support long-term spatial movement." Schrödinger thought for a moment, and although he still refuted it, his tone already contained a hint of agreement.

"Then let it float in space for a while, unless it encounters a meteorite impact... or maybe it can even dock directly in the Sea of Quanta?"

"Actually, directly anchoring it in the Sea of Quanta would damage the God Key itself... but it is indeed possible."

Otto's expression grew increasingly strange.

"Although... although Himeko's plan is a bit low-level, according to this theory, Chariot of a Thousand Worlds can indeed carry out interstellar travel. The remaining problems are relatively minor issues such as the operating system and the ease with which one can get lost during spatial movement."

"Can a living person die from holding in their pee?"

Himeko had just made some startling remarks, didn't hesitate to utter vulgar words.

However, no one is arguing with that anymore.

That's indeed the case. If interstellar travel is truly possible, then changing the operating system would be necessary.