Space was silent, but Yuan kept staring out the porthole. A faint blue light flickered in his eyes, so subtle that it was nearly impossible to see without looking closely.
He was recording it. It was not just Qiming recording these spacetime changes. He was recording them as well, even though his Divine Body had yet to be equipped with advanced genetic devices like a Dark Matter Computer.
Yuan felt that sensing these changes in space and time through the energy patterns of the spacetime genes within his body would benefit him in the future.
Yes, spacetime genes. According to Wu Daozi, the Super Gene within him seemed to be a spacetime gene, though it appeared to be extremely primitive.
But Yuan felt it was not that simple. The spacetime gene energy patterns accounted for only a small portion of his Divine Body. He did not know whether his knowledge of god-making was simply too lacking, leaving him unable to determine what the other patterns represented.
Very soon, Yuan sensed that the surrounding spacetime had stabilized.
"Phew!" He exhaled, and his reforged armor began its self-check. The tactical visor also covered his face.
"Bruis, assemble the soldiers. Stay on full alert. We've arrived."
"Yes, Your Excellency."
There was no need for Bruis to say more. The elite soldiers had long since prepared their combat gear. Under the central system's command, several operators sat upright, manually inspecting the warship's various weapon systems through their control panels.
"Report! The Gravitational Field's range and readings are dropping rapidly. We are entering descent."
"Planetary gravity detected. Warship engine output is beginning to decrease."
Massive amounts of detection data appeared once more in the central system's projection, but Yuan no longer cared.
He slowly rose to his feet and walked to the observation platform in the command center. He simply watched the desolate planet before him as the warship rapidly began its descent.
Boom!
Amid the thunderous roar of the warship's engines, they landed on the planet before them.
"System, access the database and confirm the target location." Yuan's steady command rang out.
"Target planet location being scanned. Scan complete. Target: Dobilun Star, No. 6 Stellar System of the Tiannü Galaxy's right spiral arm."
Just as expected. Yuan's heart trembled slightly. Though it was also within the Tiannü Galaxy, this was not how he had wanted to arrive.
"Central system, change the warship's direction. Charge into outer space at full speed."
"Warning. Activating the warship's propulsion engines at full power on the planet will inflict high-energy radiation impacts upon parts of the surface. Please confirm activation."
"Yes. Activate everything."
"Authority confirmed. Command confirmed. All warship combat personnel, prepare yourselves. The warship engines will soon operate at maximum power."
"Warship engines reaching maximum operating power in 3, 2, 1, activate!"
At once, everyone's bodies were thrown backward. With the Stellar Furnace supplying energy at full force, the blue flames at the warship's rear turned into blazing crimson fire streaked with hints of blue.
With the engines running at full power, immense kinetic energy propelled the warship into the atmosphere like an arrow released from a bow. The entire frame groaned under the impact, as though the warship might fall apart at any moment.
Fortunately, during the earlier repairs, Yuan had not only reforged the damaged hull with high-purity vanadium crystal, but had also reinforced every crucial section of the warship's framework.
Otherwise, this impact might have sent the warship back into repairs again.
Yuan's eyes remained fixed on the various detection readings. As the warship burst out of the atmosphere and was about to enter outer space, his expression grew even more solemn.
Yuan did not know whether this maneuver could find them a way out, or whether it would test once again if Wu Daozi had the ability to stop them from leaving.
"Continue. Maintain maximum power."
The next instant, everyone sensed a change in the gravity around them. The warship appeared in outer space again, as if nothing had happened.
"Are we safe?"
"I don't know, but Your Excellency seems to have brought us back into outer space again."
The soldiers had no idea what was happening and could only whisper among themselves. Only Yuan and Bruis stared fixedly ahead of the warship, as if trying to discern something.
They could no longer sense the warship's speed because they had entered outer space. The vast expanse held few reference points, and absolute vacuum could not produce the slightest sound.
The next moment, everyone felt that the light before them had become strangely bright.
"It feels a little hot. Do you feel it too?"
"I thought it was just an illusion. The warship is temperature-controlled. How could it possibly be hot?"
"N-no!" Bruis stared at the sight ahead, a deathly ugly smile spreading across his already unpleasant face.
"Your Excellency, you are always so wise. We really have run into trouble."
It was not just Bruis. Yuan saw it too. Now, the Taotie had also noticed that something was wrong. Then, the familiar alarm sounded within the warship once again.
"Warning! Massive Gravitational Field detected. Spacetime curvature in the space ahead has undergone drastic changes. A Great Worm Bridge is forming!"
"Th-that! What is that?"
"Damn the academy, damn the god of death! We're going to fall into a star!"
Ahead of the warship, an enormous worm bridge had appeared directly along its flight path. Worse still, the Great Worm Bridge seemed to be about to spit out a star.
"Damn it, Wu Daozi. Fuck, you really did it. You really did it. System, kill the engines! Kill them now!"
Bright! Blindingly bright. Not only bright, but unbearably scorching. In that instant, the warship's temperature-control system completely failed. Everyone stared ahead with wide eyes, unable to believe what they were seeing.
By then, it was too late to kill the engines. Amid everyone's terrified cries, the warship plunged into a crimson layer of light. The next second, space and time reversed, and the spacetime energy Yuan knew so well appeared once again.
Bang!
The crimson vanished, replaced by a refreshing earthy yellow. They had returned to Dobilun Star.
This time, the warship crashed heavily onto the ground. Though the engines had been shut down, the immense kinetic energy still carried them racing across the surface.
"System, activate reverse thrust. Start the weapon systems and attack at full power. Blow up the mountains ahead and clear us a path, now!" Seeing the endless mountain range ahead, Yuan immediately roared.
"Ding. Command received. Warship reverse-thrust system activating. Weapon systems charging. Commencing attack on target!"
At Yuan's command, the massive engines beneath the warship began to pivot. Crimson flames lit up once more across the planet's surface, while the numerous energy cannons above the warship glowed blue.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless energy blasts were fired from the warship. Under the blue flashes, the mountains ahead proved utterly unable to withstand the assault and were swiftly blasted into fragments.
With energy supplied regardless of cost, the weapon systems ruthlessly carved a vast canyon through the mountain range until the warship finally came to a gradual stop.
"Are we safe?" a Taotie muttered.
"Yeah, temporarily. At least we weren't roasted!"
"Phew! That was fucking thrilling!" Yuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and let out a heartfelt sigh.
Meanwhile, in the distant Dead Song Academy, the broken feather pen had long since been replaced by its owner.
"Smart children always have a tendency to leap about. One beating, and they'll settle down. Let me see whether this gift can be delivered. Liang Bing, do you think he can fly over?"
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