Swallowed Star: Rising from the Snow Eagle System
Chapter 48

Starfield Flying Ship

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No. 277 Starfield is hundreds of millions of light-years away.

Even if he exhausted all the divine power in his body, Zhou Lin still had no way to teleport there. The demand it placed on one's will was simply too high.

Just then, a spaceship flew out from a planet several million kilometers away. Judging by its materials and appearance, it was merely a D-Class ship.

A Mechanical Race member using a D-Class ship could not have had a particularly high status. At the very least, he could not be connected to the true upper echelons.

Whoosh!

Zhou Lin teleported directly into the ship.

Inside the ship, a Mechanical Race member wearing a purple-red coat was lying on a sofa, surrounded by more than a dozen blue robots. It was obvious that he held an extremely high position.

Within the Mechanical Race, weaker members would be forcibly made to acknowledge higher-level members as their masters.

Zhou Lin had teleported inside, yet no one had been able to detect him.

"If this were a Human Race ship, I'd have to put in some effort." Zhou Lin smiled. These Mechanical Race members did not need Artificial Intelligence to operate their ships.

They themselves were the most powerful intelligence.

He only needed to eliminate everyone present, then have Zuo Ke alter the destination and operate the ship.

"Master, congratulations on purchasing the Rongduan Galaxy."

"Our Purple-Gray-Blue Empire's territory has grown quite a bit again."

After listening to the Mechanical Race members, Zhou Lin realized that the metal figure wearing the purple-red coat was apparently their master. He was most likely the lord of a small country.

A Domain Lord's strength was not weak. Among humans, one could easily establish a small country with such strength. The Mechanical Race had far fewer members, so the area a Domain Lord could rule was even larger.

Hiss!

Several invisible sword energies suddenly flashed throughout the spaceship. The Mechanical Race members died instantly, without any chance to react.

Zhou Lin's figure also changed from illusory to real.

"Zuo Ke, alter the destination." Zhou Lin himself leisurely sat down on the sofa, while the bodies of the Mechanical Race members completely melted away.

Since no other intelligent life was operating the ship and its master had not set up any defensive measures before dying, Zuo Ke easily rewrote the destination.

Whoosh!

The ship began accelerating continuously. It soon entered the Dark Universe, though its speed was considerably slower than the one Zhou Lin usually used.

Zhou Lin's True Body was still within Human Territory. Only an Avatar had come, so even if he were captured and killed, it would not affect him.

The Primordial Universe had no Causal Means.

While the ship was traveling, Zhou Lin also used the video materials aboard it to learn about the Mechanical Race and study their fighting methods.

As intelligent life, they almost always relied on high-intensity calculations and group tactics to win. Even Mechanical Race members at the Domain Lord and World Lord level were skilled at controlling all kinds of weapons.

Their technological weapons were extremely advanced. Fighting a Mechanical Race member of the same level was very troublesome.

"We're still one hundred light-years from No. 277 Starfield."

After a long time, Zhou Lin looked at the prompt on the screen and had Zuo Ke stop the ship, then returned to the Original Universe.

As for the ship, he directly stored it inside the Cangyun World.

My arrival should have been sufficiently discreet. Unless a Universe Master takes action to trace the past, no one should be able to find out.

Zhou Lin could be said to be extremely cautious. Mechanical Race Territory itself had many Alien explorers, just like the secret realms within Zerg Territory.

However, these Aliens would definitely be restricted to Cosmic Secret Realms.

He could have found a Mechanical Race Cosmic Secret Realm, then secretly left through the Void Realm with his Avatar. Nevertheless, Zhou Lin had still chosen this method.

He did not want to leave behind even the slightest trace.

Aside from the time spent aboard the ship, Zhou Lin had remained in the Void Realm almost the entire time.

The entirety of No. 277 Starfield was inhabited by the Wuhong Tribe.

Obtaining such a large territory within Human Territory would be impossible even for a race with a Universe Master. The Mechanical Race was an exception only because their numbers were truly so small.

Among the six Peak Races, the Zerg Race and Mechanical Race had the fewest members.

The Human Race and Demon Race, meanwhile, had many more.

An incomparably vast starfield was inhabited by an entire race, and that race also had its own Holy Land Continent, several light-years in diameter.

No matter how confident Zhou Lin was, he would not cause trouble on the Holy Land Continent.

The Wuhong Tribe had been assigned an entire starfield within the Mechanical Race. Zhou Lin definitely did not believe that the tribe had no Universe Master.

If he targeted an ordinary Immortal, the Universe Masters would not care.

But if he went to the Holy Land Universe to do such a thing, he would be trampling the Wuhong Tribe's dignity into the dirt. If a Universe Master truly wished to trace space-time and investigate the past—

Then there would be no secrets left regarding Zhou Lin's whereabouts.

After more than a hundred Teleports, Zhou Lin finally entered the interior, arriving at a galaxy whose name he did not know.

"It's difficult to find an Immortal in Human Territory. In a place like this, it should be much easier."

Although Zhou Lin did not have internal information on Wuhong Tribe Territory, he still knew some basic common knowledge.

For example, within Human Territory, an ordinary Immortal from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire could control a territory as large as an entire starfield.

Even a junior empire like the Silver Blue Empire had eight galaxies.

As for the entire Wuhong Tribe, the number of Immortals likely exceeded ten million, perhaps even more. With only ten thousand or so starfields in a starfield region, could ordinary Immortals really be allowed to govern them?

Therefore, the Immortals who could control starfields within Wuhong Tribe Territory were almost all Kings.

Ordinary Immortals could only occupy a single galaxy.

Because the population was large and the area was small, there were hardly any vacant planets throughout No. 277 Starfield. Every inhabitable planet was packed full.

Remaining within the Void Realm, Zhou Lin casually found a planet and obtained a star map. He then learned the name of this country, as well as the identity of the Immortal who governed it.

The Bess Empire. Its emperor was named Yali, a legendary Immortal Spirit. Its territory consisted of more than a dozen galaxies.

Even in Human Territory, it was smaller than the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Zhou Lin also took some time to tour Wuhong Tribe Territory, experience its different local customs, observe the various scenery of the universe, and sample some of their food. For him, it could also be considered part of the cultivation process.

This race was somewhat similar to the demons of legend. Their skin was dark red, and their appearances were even more bizarre and varied. Zhou Lin also tasted some of their food.

His verdict was that it was unbelievably awful.

Only after recovering to his peak condition did Zhou Lin begin hurrying toward the Imperial Capital Star of the Bess Empire.

High-frequency Teleports combined with remaining within the Void Realm placed an enormous strain on his will. Even Zhou Lin's soul felt somewhat fatigued.

[Host Reputation +1999] [Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a reward: Starfield Flying Ship.]

The system suddenly issued a notification.

He occasionally received Prestige Value, but the rewards had not triggered for a very long time. He had not expected to obtain a Starfield Flying Ship this time.

Of course, he was not unfamiliar with Starfield Flying Ships. Even ordinary Realm Gods could not bear to purchase one. Their value started at ten million divine crystals.

Although the Tianyu Universe could not compare with the vastness of the Primordial Universe, it could still measure distances in billions or trillions of light-years.

Moreover, the rules restricted the maximum flying speed to the speed of light.

Therefore, even Realm Gods had to rely on Starfield Flying Ships when traveling.

Otherwise, they could only use the most primitive method of Teleportation. The spatial extent of the Tianyu Universe was much poorer, however, and the distances would also be much shorter.

"Ultra-Long-Distance Great Teleportation. With this thing, I'll be much faster when traveling."

Moreover, a Starfield Flying Ship was an extremely sturdy World Divine Artifact. Even ordinary Fourth Heaven Celestial Gods did not possess anything as hard as it, and destroying it was exceedingly difficult.

To destroy it, at the very least, a Universe Master would have to take action.

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