A cup? No! An dark energy detector!

"Yue!!! Ptooey, ptooey!"

"What are you doing?"

The sound of the soldier vomiting made Bruis, the Science Officer beside him who had been promoted to adjutant by Cole, look displeased.

"Sorry, I've been eating nutrient paste for a year, and it's all the same flavor. I just couldn't help it. Yue!!!"

"Yue! Damn it, you're making me want to puke too."

As if it were contagious, everyone took turns feeling their stomachs churn. Far away, Cole, relying on his strong willpower, forcefully swallowed the nutrient paste in his mouth.

"Quiet, hold on a little longer. The Energy Collector will be repaired soon, and then you can have any flavor you want."

"I miss strawberries," one soldier muttered listlessly.

"Ptooey, the honeysuckle flavor was the best."

"Despicable. It's because your merits aren't enough. Look at me, perfectly modified. Fragrant machine oil flows through my veins, enchanting, intoxicating."

"A bunch of idiots!" Cole cursed softly in annoyance, while Yuan actually seemed to appreciate the scene.

"Making the best of a bad situation is also quite good, isn't it?"

Yuan's face held a sun-like smile, and his confidence that everything was under control made Cole's expression improve significantly.

"Perhaps, Your Excellency, but we really should leave. You don't know, this past year, for me, it was truly!"

As he spoke, Cole's face was filled with bitterness.

"It was truly like a year of suffering! The day before yesterday, I dreamed I was captured by Snow. He beat me to death with a shovel for a hundred years, a hundred years! That perverted idiot, that lunatic."

Whether it was this person named Snow who caused Cole immense psychological trauma, or if the past year had stretched his nerves too thin, Cole no longer looked like the Supreme Commander of the Vanguard Fleet. No wonder he had formally appointed Bruis as the adjutant of this team that night half a year ago.

"Quiet!" Yuan's voice was so gentle, yet Cole shivered. It was like the biting cold of a winter wind brushing against his arm, bringing a chilling sensation that cleared his mind.

"Relax, the time is almost up."

"You, you mean?"

Yuan's answer made Cole instantly tense, his eyes shining with anticipation as he looked at the confident Yuan.

"Mhm, one year. It's a bit faster than I expected."

Yes, during this past year, Yuan had used all his effort to absorb all the knowledge and information from the Taotie warship's database.

It was evident that Cole and his people had come well-prepared. The database contained very detailed information, from small data formulas to large technological blueprints.

Most importantly, although the Taotie did not possess the knowledge data of God-making civilizations, their hundreds of years of indirect observations had recorded some superficial information.

This information was of great help to him and allowed Yuan to understand his own shortcomings. However, without detailed data, he would have to explore further on his own.

"Without sufficient resources, I cannot construct the Dark Dimension. All data and energy algorithms cannot be stored. Dark Energy is too sluggish compared to the energy of the main material world. Without a Dark Matter Computer, my genes cannot exert their full potential. However, repairing the warship and leaving the Styx Galaxy is enough."

Cole didn't understand what Yuan was saying, but he was greatly shocked.

As Yuan explained to Cole, he projected a towering tree-like image from the battle armor on his hand.

With the movement of his hands, the tree-like 3D projection grew larger and larger until it enveloped everyone.

The projection resembled a vast starry universe, with countless points of light shining brilliantly within, as vast as the ocean.

The Taotie soldiers pointed at one here, then another there, marveling at the sensation.

"This is all the data from the warship's central system. It's very organized and forms a complete data chain."

Yuan took a point of light from his left hand. With a slight opening of his right hand, the point of light instantly transformed into a massive graphic projection – a simple projection of Nuclear Fission.

"The gap in knowledge is so vast. The vast universe is indeed terrifying, but within the smallest speck, there also lies great terror."

Cole no longer cared about these exclamations. Impatient, he just wanted to repair the warship and leave this damned planet as soon as possible.

However, seeing Yuan marveling at the wonders of the world, he didn't want to disturb him and could only anxiously scratch his ears and scratch his cheeks on the side.

"Heh heh, you're acting like a Beast Body now. Come with me." Knowing that Cole and his men were impatient, Yuan didn't delay any longer.

With that, he led the expectant Cole and the others onto the warship. Cole didn't care about Yuan's words. Forget acting like a Beast Body, he would have accepted it even if Yuan called him a beast. Besides, the Taotie were originally Beast Bodies evolved from beasts, so there was nothing to be ashamed of.

As everyone entered the warship, the scene of devastation immediately came into view. Although a year had passed, the Taotie had definitely not been idle.

Many parts of the warship had already been repaired, at least the outer shell. It looked complete, at least in shape.

However, when it came to core components and various systems, they were powerless. Although the adjutant was the Science Officer on the warship, his knowledge base was not sufficient to repair all the parts of the warship.

As the main Firepower Ship of an Astral Civilization, it was as insignificant as an ant in front of various celestial warships. However, its precision was extremely high for the Taotie. Building one required the participation of 36 industrial departments of Astral Civilizations, over 2840 discipline elites, and numerous mechanical manufacturing plants, research institutes, and so on. And this was just a Firepower Ship, let alone the Vanguard Flagship, which the Taotie themselves had very few of.

Yuan walked to the warship's command room and unhesitatingly sat in the main seat.

The faceplate flickered with several data streams, and he spoke to Cole's adjutant, Bruis, who was behind him:

"I've sent you some material requirements. The commander's battle armor's built-in computing unit is too slow.

The overall damage to the warship is too severe; we need to establish a separate repair model unit for comparison. Only then can we access the database information for comprehensive repairs."

"Understood, Your Excellency. We'll prepare them right away."

"Oh, wait." Yuan raised his hand, stopping Bruis, who was about to leave.

"Didn't we also have a dark energy detector on the warship before?"

"You mean that broken 'cup'?" Bruis asked, a hint of amusement in his voice.

"Cup, cup, your whole family is a cup. I just said it in passing, and you remembered it, didn't you? You piece of shit, did you secretly fix the VR simulation room? Damn it, I really want to take your head out and give it a good scrub."

Bruis flinched under Cole's tirade, not understanding why the commander was so enraged over a mere joke.

"Hey, having needs is normal. A dull life just needs some hormonal stimulation, right? What's wrong with the VR room? Don't tell me you haven't used it."

Yuan glanced at him with a slight smile in his eyes, while Bruis hurried to fetch the cup.

After handing it over to Yuan, he didn't dare to look at Cole and hastily led the remaining soldiers away from the command center.

"You know, it really does look a bit alike. Yo! It even has a switch."

"Slap!"

Listening to Yuan's teasing words, Cole helplessly slapped his own face.

Heh, at this age, still pretending to be pure. Yuan shook his head speechlessly.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

As the outer shell shattered, the cup tumbled in Yuan's hands, and in a short while, it was disassembled into hundreds of parts.

Then, Yuan's gaze sharpened slightly, and pale blue dark energy surged between his hands, enveloping all the parts.

Immediately, he suddenly clenched his fist tightly. A faint but sharp explosion sounded.

"Phew!"

Black smoke billowed, then quickly dispersed in the breeze Yuan casually summoned. The hundreds of parts that were originally laid out were all destroyed, leaving only a few granular substances remaining.

"As expected!" Yuan muttered to himself.

"Your Excellency? What are you doing?"

"Preparing for the future!" After speaking, he looked at the astonished Cole and smiled meaningfully.