May Your Benevolence Shine Upon Us

Once an object enters the Great Worm Bridge, it will jump according to the spatial route previously set by the Great Worm Bridge.

On the warship, Yuan scanned Qiming inside and out dozens of times. If Wu Daozi still had a backup plan on the warship in this state, Yuan would accept it. Because this was beyond his scope of knowledge.

There was nothing to do but accept it, just like Cole, who was crushed by technology and could only endure or rage impotently.

If it was true, as Wu Daozi said, that he would disappear after transmitting the information, then in a sense, as Yuan said, they would be temporarily safe once they entered the Great Wormhole.

The information transmitted to the warship was, after all, just code and did not possess the ability to follow them through the Great Worm Bridge.

Unfortunately, Yuan didn't know that besides natural wormholes, the countless Great Worm Bridges in the universe were built by the Divine River Civilization and later by the Super Seminary.

Nominally, it was to spread the knowledge and glory of the Divine River Civilization, but the real reasons were known only to those higher civilizations.

Since they were artificially constructed, they could be controlled by someone. Thus, with the roar of the Great Clock, the Great Worm Bridge where the warship was located began to glow with a light that did not belong to it.

Yuan sat quietly in the command center, enjoying the comfortable feeling of traversing the Great Worm Bridge as he always did.

"Something's wrong!" Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

"Qiming, begin scanning the warship."

"Command received, scanning warship. Scan complete, no abnormalities detected."

Qiming's reply did not make Yuan happy. The feeling of traversing was different from before. He felt an inexplicable spatial-temporal fluctuation, he couldn't quite describe it, but it just felt wrong.

He calmed his mind and opened his eyes again, finding himself in his own dark dimension. It was still as empty as ever, with nothing in it.

He widened his eyes, trying to read some information from the dark dimension. Vaguely, the spatial-temporal energy patterns in his divine body seemed to resonate slightly with him.

Scenes of spatial-temporal distortion appeared in the dark dimension. Although the images were very blurry, it was still possible to see space-time twisting and deforming in a massive gravitational field.

"Boom!" The dark energy in his divine body was almost drained. His brain sounded an alarm, kicking Yuan out of the dark dimension.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

Cold sweat poured down Yuan's forehead. He stood up abruptly and began observing the scene outside the porthole.

Bruis, who had been carefully observing the central system in the command hall, keenly noticed Yuan's condition. To be honest, it surprised him too.

In all these years, except for the initial time when Yuan was still a mortal and looked somewhat disheveled, he had never seen him in such a state.

"Your Excellency, what's wrong?"

Yuan didn't answer, staring intently out the window. After a while, when his divine body's energy had recovered somewhat, he turned to look at Bruis.

He said slowly in a hoarse voice, "Clearly, Bruis, we are in trouble."

As if to prove his words, after Yuan finished speaking, Qiming and the central system's alarms blared simultaneously.

"Alarm! Massive gravitational field detected, Great Worm Bridge spacetime curvature out of control."

"Master, strong spacetime curvature fluctuations detected. The Great Worm Bridge's gravitational field has increased 500-fold, and we are heading into an unknown region."

"Got it, got it. At this point, what's the use of alarms? Be quiet."

Yuan waved his hand, silencing the alarms in his ears. Under Bruis's confused gaze, he sat back in the command chair.

"Everyone, sit down."

"Your Excellency, can you tell us what happened?"

"Heh, it's not quite trouble yet. I'm afraid some god doesn't want us to leave so easily and is playing a little joke on us."

"Wu Daozi?"

Yuan nodded, then said, "It seems very likely to be this Wu Daozi. Otherwise, with the universe being so vast, who would bother targeting us? Death God Karl?"

Speaking of which, Yuan chuckled indifferently. Bruis, however, was not so nonchalant. He shuddered and quickly said to Yuan in a low voice:

"Please, please don't say that. Let's stick with Wu Daozi. Wu Daozi is good, at least better than the Death God."

"Think whatever you want, go and rest. Perhaps, we'll have some fun soon." He then looked up at the ceiling and chuckled softly.

"Wu Daozi, damn it, you got me. I admit defeat. I'll see you on Dobilun Star."

That's right, without even reaching their destination, Yuan could basically guess where the Great Worm Bridge's direction had changed.

"Heh heh, children are still young. Very well, I'll be waiting for you to come and see me." Karl, whose face was hidden by his hood, showed a rare look of interest.

However, whether it was just a sudden whim or a way to patch up his plans, no one could tell. At least, Yuan didn't know.

Seeing no response, Yuan withdrew his provocative expression. His attempt to probe Wu Daozi had failed again.

"These old geezers, they're all thousand-year, ten-thousand-year-old foxes, all deeply hidden. If you had just said it nicely, or even slipped me something, wouldn't I have gone? Why go to such lengths?"

Seeing Yuan muttering to himself, Bruis's mouth twitched. The old man had said so much to you, and yet you still ran away as fast as a warship. But he only said it in his heart; if he dared to say it out loud, he would probably be joining Cole now.

"Your Excellency, are you saying that our next destination is Dobilun Star?" Bruis exclaimed in surprise, finally realizing Yuan's intended destination. Upon hearing the name Dobilun Star, the Taoties present had a strange look in their eyes.

"Heh heh, surprised? Do you feel the impermanence of life?"

"Didn't you say it was a trap?"

"Do you think we have any other choice now?" With that, he slowly spoke to the surrounding Taoties:

"Direct confrontation - unfavorable. Allowing the enemy to control - unacceptable. There is only one path."

"Everyone stand up! Your Excellency, please give your orders."

"All units, on high alert! Arm yourselves to the teeth. If you see an opportunity, run."

"Huh?" Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief as they looked at Yuan, whose expression was serious. This was not what they had expected.

"Wu Daozi has already made his move. We have no choice. But one thing is certain: that's not where we should be right now. So, if you can run, run. If you can't, grip your weapons tightly and follow me."

"Yes, Your Excellency. Rest assured, we will shed our last drop of blood to protect you." Bruis stood ramrod straight before Yuan, his soldiers flanking him.

"Heh, you think too much. If there's a choice, I'll be the first to run. Just don't all get yourselves killed. Otherwise, our cooperation ends, and you Taotie will never get a chance to rise again." Yuan's voice was soft, yet Bruis felt an unprecedented warmth.

"Yes! Your Excellency, may your benevolence shine upon us!" At this, Bruis's voice turned into a roar, and the Taotie's eyes began to glow red.

"May your benevolence shine upon us!"