Babata Eats a Turtle! Entering the Universe, Journey to Qiu Long Planet!

Inside the cultivation room, a deathly silence reigned.

The air seemed to have solidified, and even the dust particles had ceased their drifting.

"Hoo..."

Lin Yuan exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the silver patterns flickering on his body dissipated along with it.

One month.

In just one month, bolstered by the unique, heaven-defying bloodline of the Void Behemoth, he had actually touched the threshold of one of the most profound laws in legend—the Law of Time!

Although it was merely a superficial trace, not even qualifying as an entry-level grasp, for a Star-level powerhouse, this was already an unimaginable miracle.

Lin Yuan raised his hand, and within his palm, the ancient-looking Sun God Weapon vibrated slightly.

Before this, he could only rely on brute force or basic spiritual energy to drive this divine weapon; while its power was not insignificant, it was ultimately like a child wielding a sledgehammer.

But now, with that trace of the Law of Time integrated into it, the Sun God Weapon seemed to have had its soul awakened.

Once unleashed, its power would increase exponentially!

"Invincible at the Star level..."

Lin Yuan clenched his fist, feeling the sea-like power surging within his body. "Only now can this evaluation be considered well-deserved."

"With the augmentation of the Void Behemoth clone, comprehending the laws is truly twice the result with half the effort."

Lin Yuan muttered to himself, stood up, and stretched his somewhat stiff limbs, his bones popping with a series of crisp cracks.

The consolidation of his strength was complete; next, it was time to make plans for what lay ahead.

Earth was ultimately too small and resource-deprived. If he wanted to truly reach the pinnacle, the universe was the only stage.

He walked to the console, preparing to check the external messages from the past month, when the communicator on his wrist suddenly vibrated.

Two characters pulsed on the screen—Luo Feng.

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow and connected the video call.

"Brother Lin!"

In the holographic projection, Luo Feng was still dressed in his combat gear, looking spirited, though his brow carried a hint of irrepressible excitement. "I didn't disturb your closed-door cultivation, did I?"

"I just came out." Lin Yuan smiled, picking up a glass of water from the table. "So, what's up?"

"I have some good news."

Luo Feng grinned. "I've finished organizing the inheritance memories of the Golden Horned Beast that you asked me to keep an eye on.

I've already packaged the special secret techniques that can be replicated and sent them to your encrypted email."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

Luo Feng had always kept in mind the favor Lin Yuan showed him regarding the Golden Horned Beast.

"I originally wanted to invite you for a drink, but ever since the two Beast Emperors fell, you've either been in seclusion or nowhere to be found. You truly are like a dragon that leaves only its head visible, never its tail..."

Speaking of this, Luo Feng asked curiously, "Brother Lin, what have you been busy with this past month? With your current strength, there shouldn't be anything on Earth that requires such a massive effort from you, right?"

Lin Yuan set down his glass, his gaze passing through the porthole to look at the deep firmament. His tone was calm but carried a heart-stopping firmness:

"Nothing much, just making preparations."

"Preparations?" Luo Feng was stunned.

"Yes."

Lin Yuan turned his head, looked at Luo Feng, and nonchalantly dropped a bombshell: "I plan to take a trip to the universe."

"What?!"

Luo Feng's pupils shrank violently, and his entire body stiffened.

The universe!

For the current human race on Earth, these two words represented both infinite mystery and unknown terror.

Although they knew of the universe's existence from ancient civilization ruins, Lin Yuan was absolutely the first person to truly dare to say he was "going for a trip"!

"You're leaving Earth?" Luo Feng asked instinctively.

"Just going to handle some matters and broaden my horizons while I'm at it." Lin Yuan smiled. "What, surprised?"

Luo Feng gave a bitter laugh. "Surprised is an understatement. Actually... I've had the same thought."

He paused, then said with some regret, "A while ago, I obtained a Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship from the No. 12 ancient civilization ruins. I originally planned to go see the universe once I repaired it.

But the ship is quite severely damaged, and Babata says it still needs some time for calibration before it can take off."

Just then, that sharp and noisy voice suddenly exploded in Luo Feng's mind:

"Luo Feng! You idiot! Hurry up and agree! Make him take you with him!"

The devil Babata was jumping up and down in Luo Feng's sea of consciousness, his face flushed with excitement: "That's Lin Yuan! Since this freak dares to say he's going to the universe, he definitely has the means!"

"There are too many benefits to going into the universe! You need to open an account at the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, you need to purchase rare metals for the Cloud-Touching Vine to evolve rapidly, and you need all sorts of resources for the Golden Horned Beast to grow...

Earth simply doesn't have them! You must go to the universe to buy them!"

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! It would be a waste not to hitch a ride!"

Luo Feng felt a headache coming on from Babata's constant nagging, but he knew Babata was right.

The resources on Earth had severely limited his growth rate; if he could enter the cosmic civilization ahead of schedule, the boost to his strength would be immense.

He scratched his head and looked at Lin Yuan with some embarrassment, "Um... Brother Lin, since you're going to the universe, could you take me with you?"

After saying that, he quickly added, "I want to go and see the world, and pick up some materials for my cultivation while I'm at it. Of course, the travel expenses..."

"Enough, stop being so long-winded."

Lin Yuan interrupted him directly with a hearty laugh, "It just so happens that traveling alone is boring; having a companion will help pass the time. Pack your things, and we'll meet above Jiangnan Base City in half an hour."

"Alright!" Luo Feng was overjoyed.

Half an hour later.

Above Jiangnan Base City, the clouds were churning.

A triangular spaceship, pitch-black and with incredibly sleek lines, hovered silently at an altitude of ten thousand meters like a quiet ghost.

It didn't emit any engine roar, and not even the surrounding airflow was disturbed in the slightest, as if it were an inherent part of space itself.

Luo Feng, wearing his Black God Suit and stepping on his Sky-Escaping Shuttle, flew up to the hatch.

The hatch slid open silently, and Lin Yuan stood at the entrance, waving him over.

"Come on in."

Luo Feng took a deep breath and stepped inside.

The moment he entered the interior of the ship, before Luo Feng could even marvel at the luxury of the facilities, Babata in his mind had completely lost it.

"My god! This is on the same level as a Black Dragon Mountain C9-class ship, perhaps even better."

Babata couldn't help but exclaim.

A beam of light shot out from the bracer on Luo Feng's wrist.

It widened its eyes, looking around in every direction, clicking its tongue in utter disbelief.

"This material... it's nothing like what an Earth native should have."

Babata circled Lin Yuan several times, as if looking at a monster, "Lin Yuan, tell me the truth! No wonder you refused to take my master Hu Yanbo as your teacher back then; turns out you had other opportunities all along?"

It flew right up to Lin Yuan's nose, hands on its hips, in the posture of someone interrogating a prisoner: "Did you stumble upon some 'hidden' ancient inheritance on Earth?

Is it World Lord level? Or... Immortal level?!"

Lin Yuan looked at the noisy little devil in front of him, just about to make up a random excuse to brush it off.

Just then—

"Hum!"

A brilliant blue light suddenly lit up at the core of the console's optical brain.

The next second, a palm-sized sprite wearing exquisite silver battle armor with a pair of transparent wings on its back appeared out of thin air.

It was Lin Yuan's intelligent lifeform—Ika.

As soon as Ika appeared, its originally lively eyes were filled with fury, staring daggers at Babata as it roared:

"Who gave you permission to speak to my master in that tone?!"

"Do you want to die?!"

Data streams surged wildly across Ika's body, and the pressure of a high-level intelligent lifeform instantly locked onto Babata, "How dare you treat my master like a prisoner? Do you believe I'll tear your pile of garbled code apart!"

Babata was startled by this sudden turn of events and shrank back, but it immediately reacted, its dignity as a "devil" making it bristle with rage.

"You dare threaten me?"

Babata brandished the small fork in its hand, glaring back viciously:

"You little runt dares to threaten the great Lord Babata the devil? When I was roaming the universe with my old master, your core code hadn't even been written yet!"

"Old antique! Can you even get into current spaceship systems?"

"Little brat! Do you even know what the glory of Falling Ink Star means?"

The two palm-sized intelligent lifeforms were now like two fighting cocks, hovering in mid-air, glaring at each other with intense hostility.

This scene left Lin Yuan and Luo Feng, who were standing to the side, speechless.

Luo Feng awkwardly rubbed his nose and looked at Lin Yuan: "Brother Lin, this..."

Lin Yuan also helplessly held his forehead and waved his hand: "Ika, stop it, that's a guest's... um, accessory."

"Hmph, for the sake of my master, I'll spare you this time."

Ika haughtily lifted its chin and turned into a stream of light, returning to the console.

Babata also burrowed back into Luo Feng's arm guard in a huff, still muttering, "A real man doesn't fight with a woman."

The atmosphere inside the spaceship finally returned to normal, but it was clear that this journey was destined to be quite lively.

Following Lin Yuan's command, the spaceship gave a slight shudder, instantly transforming into a streak of light that pierced through the atmosphere at an incredible speed, vanishing into the vast sea of stars.

The spaceship entered dark universe travel mode, and outside the window lay a bizarre, kaleidoscopic tunnel of light.

The two sat on the sofa in the lounge area. Looking out the window, Luo Feng finally voiced the question on his mind:

"Brother Lin, what is our destination this time?"

Lin Yuan picked up a glass of purple-red beverage, took a light sip, and slowly uttered three words:

"Qiu Long Planet."

"Qiu Long Planet?" Luo Feng searched through the star map data Babata had given him; it was a highly prosperous commercial planet within the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

He nodded and asked again, "I wonder what exactly you plan to do on Qiu Long Planet this time? Is it just for shopping?"

Lin Yuan set down the glass in his hand.

He did not answer directly, but instead raised his hand and tapped in the air.

The holographic projection shifted instantly, and a cerulean planet appeared before them—it was a panoramic simulation of Earth.

Looking at that beautiful, fragile blue planet, Lin Yuan's gaze became deep and distant.

"Luo Feng, look."

He pointed at Earth, his voice turning somewhat low and carrying a tone of earnest advice:

"Such a beautiful planet, yet in the vast universe, it is but a drop in the ocean."

"Although we are currently the strongest on Earth, in the face of true cosmic civilizations, we are still as weak as ants."

"Earth is an ownerless indigenous planet. Once discovered by slave traders or adventurers in the universe, what awaits us is total annihilation."

Lin Yuan turned his head to look at Luo Feng, his gaze burning:

"We cannot predict when disaster will strike; perhaps tomorrow, perhaps ten years from now."

"Therefore, my trip to Qiu Long Planet this time is for nothing else but four words—"

"Prevention before disaster."

Simply put, it is to prepare for a rainy day.