Lifting the Seal

Rather than being run down and beaten to death before he'd even had a chance to develop, as he had been before his rebirth.

At LV.0, the Quantum Entanglement Brainwave Control System had a range of only 0.01 light-years. That was far too short.

Whether now or later, when Wang Dong went to the Baron Black Stone Territory, he could see that he wouldn't be able to move about freely for some time.

He would have to rely mostly on remote control for the Pond.

So naturally, the greater the control range, the better. That would give the Pond more options.

Never mind the future. Even now, the mining region's starfield had probably already drawn a large number of spaceships searching for the War Axe.

A range of 0.01 light-years was nowhere near enough for Wang Dong.

Even 0.05 light-years still fell a little short.

"Upgrade the Quantum Entanglement Brainwave Control System from LV.1 to LV.2."

As everyone knew, a man couldn't afford to be short and weak.

"Short" came first.

Seeing that he still had enough Source Points and gas ore in the cargo hold, Wang Dong didn't hesitate to continue upgrading the Quantum Entanglement Brainwave Control System.

"Spend 200 Source Points and 2 tons of gas ore to upgrade the Quantum Entanglement Brainwave Control System (Green) from LV.1 to LV.2? This will take 1 hour. Confirm?"

"Confirm."

Remaining Source Points: 117.

"Spend 1 unit of Low-grade Energy Crystal to double the Module Growth Value?"

Wang Dong still chose "Yes"!

And so, the last unit of Low-grade Energy Crystal he had went into the system, too.

"Quantum Entanglement Brainwave Control System (Green) (LV.2) upgrade complete. Current attributes:

Energy Consumption: 1 point/hour, range: 0.09 light-years.

Upgrade requirements: 1. 200 Source Points; 2. 3 tons of gas ore."

Its range had increased by another 0.04 light-years, reaching 0.09 light-years!

That was nine times its original range at LV.0!

Now that wasn't "short" anymore.

The Source Points aboard the Pond were no longer enough to further upgrade the green-quality Quantum Entanglement Brainwave Control System.

He had also used up all his Low-grade Energy Crystals.

Checking the time, the Otherworldly Space battlefield was about to end.

After a day of mining and another day of fighting, Wang Dong was already quite tired.

After all, his body hadn't undergone training in the Body Forging Technique. His stamina and energy were both quite limited.

He didn't activate the Mirage System.

The Mirage System's Buffer Time was 24 hours, the same as the duration of the Otherworldly Space battlefield.

Wang Dong had activated the Mirage System before entering the Otherworldly Space battlefield, but the Buffer Time only began counting down once the warship left its concealed state.

So it still needed a little more time to finish buffering.

Otherwise, it would have been more discreet to remain concealed while exiting the Otherworldly Space battlefield.

Upgrading the system would reduce this Buffer Time.

But Wang Dong wasn't worried.

Now that the original War Axe had completely transformed into the Pond—with a different appearance, name, and overall combat evaluation—the sense of insecurity that had always lingered in Wang Dong's mind had faded considerably.

Even if the Pond couldn't remain concealed and was exposed to the public, it wouldn't matter much anymore.

All Wang Dong needed to conceal was his identity as the Pond's Captain.

He was a cautious person by nature.

Before his rebirth, his lack of experience and several external factors had led to his identity being exposed.

After being reborn, he was even more careful, proceeding step by step.

So far, everything had gone smoothly.

Before long, the 24-hour duration of the Otherworldly Space battlefield came to an end.

Without anything unusual happening, the Pond's silhouette quickly faded in the Otherworldly Space.

The dizziness struck again. The next moment, the Pond silently appeared in the main universe.

Just as silently as it had left.

As soon as he recovered from the dizziness, Wang Dong began checking the Pond's status.

Its position was not far from the point where it had entered.

After leaving the Otherworldly Space battlefield, a ship usually appeared near its entry point, though never in exactly the same location.

Scout-class Destroyer LV.7 (Pond):

Standard Main Cannon (Green) (LV.2), Standard Armor (Green) (LV.2), Standard Engine (LV.2), Standard Sky-Scanning Radar (LV.2), Standard Energy Shield (LV.2), Standard Hull Structure (Green) (LV.0).

Fire Seed Warship status: Buffering (696 hours).

Attached modules: Flying Colt Warp Device (Purple), Quantum Entanglement Brainwave Control System (Green) (LV.2), Mirage System (Gold) (LV.0).

Remaining Source Points: 117, Source Point acquisition rate: 25%.

Main cannon ammunition remaining: 3 rounds, secondary cannon ammunition remaining: 1312, energy remaining: 987, supplies remaining: 392 units.

Armor damage: 0%, hull damage: 0%

The armor damage had been completely repaired, while the hull repairs came from the Fire Seed Warship's own regenerative capabilities.

Under normal circumstances, hull damage sustained by a Fire Seed Warship would gradually heal over time. This was one of the things that set Fire Seed Warships apart from ordinary warships.

What did it mean to be durable and exceptionally long-lasting?

This was it.

Next, Wang Dong connected to the micro-probe he had left behind before entering the Otherworldly Space battlefield.

He reviewed the recording.

No other spaceships or warships had approached, and nothing unusual had happened.

The Pond continued to remain silent. After a while, it received no abnormal signals.

The alert was over.

Only then did Wang Dong pilot the mining ship away from the Pond.