To Hell with Fengyuan Star

Inside the cabin, Gu Ding had already hidden in the Escape Pod and quickly fell into a deep sleep under the effect of the hypnotic gas. He knew that in this situation, he would only be a burden to Sea Emperor, so he could only leave the rest of the matters entirely to Sea Emperor to handle.

Sea Emperor also entered a high-speed calculation state. Due to the limitations of Gu Ding's original genetic level, many of his permissions were not open, and even the basic detection function could only extend to about a hundred meters. Coupled with the fact that the network had been affected by the electromagnetic oscillations caused by the Interstellar Storm, there was no way to obtain real-time information about this Interstellar Storm from the external network. He could only rely on the ship's own detection radar and his initial predictions to operate.

He urged the Young Eagle into extreme speed flight mode, wanting to get as far away from the storm center as possible. The spaceship began to show some unstable conditions due to high-speed operation, but everything was within Sea Emperor's expectations. The Young Eagle itself was just a cheap modified model with very limited performance. Being able to operate like this was already quite good. Asking for more would be unlikely.

Half an hour passed, and the detection radar finally showed a reaction – it was the asteroid belt brought by the Interstellar Storm. Sea Emperor calmly calculated the trajectory of each asteroid and then slightly slowed down the Young Eagle. In the extreme speed state, the Young Eagle's trajectory would have some errors. Being hit by the asteroid belt due to this error was something Sea Emperor did not want to see, so he would rather give up speed and first endure this wave of asteroids.

In a few minutes, the asteroid belt had already approached. The large and small asteroid fragments were densely packed. The data calculated by Sea Emperor showed that there were a total of 11,281 asteroid fragments. He had precisely calculated the trajectory of each one and also calculated the optimal trajectory for the Young Eagle.

Because the asteroid fragments were too dense, although the spaceship was not large, it was impossible to completely avoid the invasion of all asteroids. Sea Emperor activated the spaceship's energy shield and carefully controlled the Young Eagle's trajectory, avoiding the impact of hundreds of large asteroids.

With a "boom," the spaceship's shield was quickly hit by an asteroid fragment, and the energy shield visibly dimmed a little. Sea Emperor immediately adjusted the direction of operation. After being hit, the spaceship's operation needed to be finely adjusted again.

Just activating the energy shield required a large amount of energy. Each time it was hit, the energy consumed by the shield would be several times higher. According to Sea Emperor's estimation, this shield of the Young Eagle could withstand at most twelve impacts of the same magnitude as the one just now, after which the energy would be completely depleted.

Even with the optimal trajectory calculated by Sea Emperor, this wave of asteroid invasion was bound to endure eight impacts of the same magnitude as the one just now. About twenty minutes quickly passed, and the Young Eagle finally held on, completely passing through this wave of asteroids. The energy shield was also only a thin layer left.

After retracting the energy shield, Sea Emperor brought up the star map of the nearby area from before. He knew that he had to find a planet where the spaceship could temporarily stay as soon as possible. It would be best if it was a planet with oxygen, because the Young Eagle needed enough energy to produce oxygen. If the energy was depleted, the oxygen in the Young Eagle would only be enough for Gu Ding for three days, and this was under the condition that the hull was intact. If the hull was damaged and oxygen leaked out, Gu Ding might not even last twenty-four hours.

Sea Emperor was also secretly praying, "Please, don't let there be a second wave of asteroids."

If a second wave of asteroids appeared, the spaceship's energy would likely be completely depleted, and Gu Ding's situation would be dangerous.

But things often develop in the opposite direction of what people expect. Sea Emperor's prayer did not receive a response from God – a second wave of asteroids quickly appeared on the spaceship's radar.

The scale of this wave of asteroids was more than three times the size of the previous one. Sea Emperor began to frantically calculate escape strategies.

"If we resist head-on, the spaceship will definitely be destroyed..." Sea Emperor carefully analyzed the possibility of various occurrences. "At that time, we can only lower the temperature of the Escape Pod, let Gu Ding enter a state of suspended animation to reduce oxygen consumption, and then let the Escape Pod escape towards a nearby planet. The Escape Pod's power is not strong enough. Once it encounters an asteroid belt, Gu Ding's death rate is one hundred percent."

"Now the spaceship's energy is less than thirty percent, and a suitable landing planet cannot be found in a short time. A suitable landing planet, in addition to having oxygen, must also have gravity on the same order of magnitude as Deep Sea Star, and the temperature cannot exceed the limit that humans can withstand. Humans are really fragile creatures..." Thinking of these conditions, Sea Emperor couldn't help but sigh.

"There's no other way. The most energy-saving method is to drift along with the asteroid belt. It's just that I'm afraid Gu Ding won't be able to reach Fengyuan Star." Thinking of this, Sea Emperor couldn't help but curse, "To hell with Fengyuan Star, surviving is more important than anything!"

In these days, he had also learned many human catchphrases, most of which were not good words. Facts have proven that these words are not only learned quickly by humans, but also by super intelligences like Sea Emperor.

Having made what he considered the most correct choice, Sea Emperor controlled the Young Eagle to avoid the impact of several asteroids and found an asteroid on the Young Eagle's radar that was relatively close and larger in size. He changed the spaceship's course, controlled the Young Eagle to land on that huge asteroid, and then turned off the Young Eagle's engine.

He did not wake Gu Ding, because Gu Ding in a state of movement would consume more oxygen and also need sufficient food supplements. In a state of sleep, not only could some oxygen consumption be saved, but food could also be preserved for longer. Sea Emperor did not know where Gu Ding's final destination would be. Facing this unknown situation, preserving more oxygen and food would allow Gu Ding to live longer.

Almost all the equipment in the entire Young Eagle had stopped operating. Only in the Escape Pod where Gu Ding was located was there still oxygen supply, and the spaceship's radar still showed dense red dots.

Keeping the radar on at all times was because Sea Emperor needed to compare the feedback from the radar with the star map from before departure to know where he and Gu Ding were. Since SkyNet's network was shielded by electromagnetic waves, Sea Emperor could only use this clumsy method to determine his location.

If he was on the route of the previous star map, then Sea Emperor could use the information marked on the previous star map to find a planet suitable for the spaceship to land on.

But Sea Emperor's idea quickly fell through. The Young Eagle stayed on the asteroid for three days, and the trajectory of this wave of asteroids quickly deviated from the route of the previous star map. Not only that, this wave of asteroids also left the Tianhe Star Region and plunged into the gray star region infected with various viruses.

Along the way, Sea Emperor did not even find a single planet where the spaceship could land and could only follow the asteroid belt into the gray star region