Star Gate

Planetary spaceships were so expensive because they naturally had exceptional qualities. Their top speed could reach 30% of the Speed of Light, making them the primary means of transportation between major planets.

Moreover, the various laser and energy weapons they carried could easily obliterate a First Order Transcendent Martial Artist.

"Looking at that expression, are you tempted?"

Zhang Ming, standing beside him, noticed Chu Kuang's expression and asked with a smile.

Chu Kuang nodded. A spaceship was a symbol of status and standing, far more precious than luxury cars from a hundred thousand years ago.

Seeing this, Zhang Ming smiled. "The Alligator Dragon is a large spaceship. Its market price is one hundred million Federal Coins."

"If you only want a small planetary spaceship, you can get one for ten or twenty million Federal Coins. Work hard and get into one of the top three prestigious schools, and buying a planetary spaceship won't be a problem at all."

The two chatted casually for a few moments before Chu Kuang noticed that students from every class had gradually arrived.

The spaceship hatch swiftly opened, and Xu Yue led the Class Seven students aboard the Alligator Dragon.

Although there were five thousand students boarding, every one of them was skilled in martial arts, so the process took barely more than ten minutes.

"Rumble—"

As the last student boarded, the Alligator Dragon gave a faint shudder. Then its Anti-gravity Engine activated, and it quickly flew beyond Tian Yuan C Star.

Chu Kuang walked to a porthole and watched Tian Yuan C Star recede beneath him, a profound look appearing in his eyes.

This was the first time he had seen the full view of Tian Yuan C Star. It was a planet eleven thousand kilometers in diameter, with gravity 1.26 times that of Earth.

Unlike Earth, which had only one satellite, Tian Yuan C Star had three moons: the Red Moon, Green Moon, and Black Moon, in descending order of size.

The largest, the Red Moon, had a diameter of more than four thousand kilometers. Its Dark Domain was a rare large Level One Dark Domain.

The other two were smaller, with diameters of fifteen hundred kilometers and nine hundred sixty kilometers respectively. Their affiliated Dark Domains were a small Level One Dark Domain and a large Level Zero Dark Domain.

"I heard there's an incredibly powerful alien Black Flood Dragon in the Dark Domain behind the Black Moon. They've been developing it for more than seventy years and still haven't gained the upper hand."

Chu Kuang looked at the smaller black moon as the thought flashed through his mind.

The spaceship was fast. It accelerated with astonishing efficiency, reaching 30% of the Speed of Light in just two minutes. After flying for more than forty minutes, it finally stopped before an asteroid deep in space.

"Arriving at Asteroid No. 7264."

An announcement echoed through the spaceship. Chu Kuang immediately raised his head and looked into the depths of space, where he saw the trial ground he was about to enter.

It was an asteroid more than forty kilometers in diameter, shaped like an irregular ellipse and composed entirely of rock and metal. A small Spaceport stood on its surface.

The spaceship quickly docked, and Chu Kuang followed Xu Yue onto the asteroid.

The moment he landed, Chu Kuang was surprised to find that the asteroid's gravity was not much different from that of Tian Yuan C Star.

Xu Yue explained at the right moment, "Because you'll be undergoing Special Training, the school installed a Gravity Generator on this asteroid beforehand."

Chu Kuang nodded. Installing a Gravity Generator on an asteroid just over forty kilometers in diameter would not cost much, but if the asteroid exceeded one hundred kilometers in diameter, the cost would soar a hundredfold.

Xu Yue briefly introduced the asteroid to everyone before leading the students into the Spaceport.

It was a Spaceport roughly five hundred meters in diameter. At its center stood a small Star Gate. Through the spatial rift within it, Chu Kuang could vaguely see a dim world beyond.

"There's not much danger on Asteroid No. 7264. Your main purpose for entering is, first, to adapt to the Dark Domain's environment, and second, to seize Source Energy Spring Eyes."

"This opportunity is rare. Whether you can seize it depends on your strength and luck."

Before entering the Dark Domain, Xu Yue gathered the entire class for a final reminder. His gaze fell on Chu Kuang, Jiang Feng, and Lin Shuyao. "Especially the three of you. You must seize this opportunity."

Xu Yue had not spoken for long when the void gate before them trembled slightly and emitted a blazing radiance.

Then the rift slowly opened, gradually becoming a Space Gate ten meters tall and roughly eight meters wide.

"Hurry up. Don't fall behind."

Xu Yue immediately called out.

In fact, before Xu Yue could even finish speaking, students from every grade had already begun charging forward, racing against time.

The Top Students who had mastered Basic External and Internal Martial Arts were especially quick, charging ahead and rushing toward the Star Gate.

Chu Kuang did not hesitate either, following the crowd as he charged forward.

During this process, Chu Kuang observed the auras erupting from the others and made a preliminary estimate of each class's strength.

"More than one hundred and twenty have mastered Basic External and Internal Martial Arts, with Life Levels above 5.8."

The thought stirred in Chu Kuang's mind, and he paid those people some attention.

Other than them, no one else posed any threat to Chu Kuang.

A gap of more than one Life Level was basically an insurmountable chasm. Those students who had not mastered Basic External and Internal Martial Arts had Life Levels of at most around 5.2.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

Amid bursts of piercing wind, everyone rushed into the Star Gate.

Chu Kuang felt the world before his eyes tremble faintly, and then he landed on a desolate stretch of ground.

"So this is the Dark Domain?"

Chu Kuang's feet touched down, and he lowered his gaze to survey his surroundings. He found himself in a small world glowing with a dim purple light.

This world was hidden within space, like a hollow bubble, encircling Asteroid No. 7264 in the main universe.

"The celestial body in the main universe is like a fruit pit, while the Dark Domain is like its peel, completely wrapping around it. But that peel is hidden in the void and does not actually share the same Spatial Anchor Point as the celestial body in the main universe."

"From the perspective of four-dimensional space, the two are actually one whole. But as three-dimensional beings living in the main universe, we need Space Technology to travel between the fruit pit and the peel."

Chu Kuang recalled the introduction to Dark Domains before quickly reining in his thoughts.

Because of the Dark Domain's hollow nature, this miniature Dark Domain covered quite a large area—more than a hundred thousand square kilometers, nearly the size of Jiangsu Province on Earth.

The moment Chu Kuang landed, he saw quite a few people rushing off in every direction, clearly intending to seize Source Energy Spring Eyes.

At that moment, many people from Class Seven landed as well. Clearly, in order to let them stick together, students from the same class were teleported to relatively nearby locations.

"Chu Kuang."

Just as Chu Kuang was about to leave, Lin Shuyao called out to him. "Do you want to work together?"