Christopher

Before arriving, Lu Li was in outer space of the Starshine World, but upon being teleported back, he didn't reappear in the same spot. Instead, he entered a pitch-black world, and a message was transmitted to him. "You only have 7 seconds."

It was pitch black here, as if there was nothing there, but Lu Li amplified his senses wildly, observing everything in this space and absorbing anything useful to him.

As soon as the seven seconds were up, Lu Li was kicked out of this space without hesitation. The dark planet appeared in the universe, causing a series of gravitational changes. At the same time, the powerful Star Calamity noticed the situation here and then asked the enormous being to come over.

Lu Li carefully savored what he had perceived during those seven seconds. What he mainly perceived was the rule of shadow. He was now becoming increasingly connected with the endless shadows in the endless void. Even the shadow gods of some worlds could not compare with Lu Li.

Compared to those shadow gods, who were gods first and then shadows, Lu Li's current essence is a shadow creature, which elevates his status within the endless shadows.

Given Lu Li's current situation, it will become increasingly difficult for Dagon to sever Lu Li's connection with the endless shadows. As Lu Li absorbed the shadow energy of the entire world, he saw a small asteroid flying towards him in the distance.

The enormous body moved through the starry sky, countless dark tentacles writhing and enveloping the planet. The massive body lay upon the planet, and a large amount of Shadow Magic collided and digested it. Soon, the dark Shadow Magic flowed and quickly devoured the planet completely, and Lu Li's size also increased slightly.

Lu Li roamed through the starry sky, absorbing all kinds of energy. His tentacles slowly retracted, and Lu Li strolled through the starry sky like he was taking a walk after a meal, waiting for dessert to arrive. In his perception, he could only see small monsters swimming frantically towards Lu Li.

Star Calamity are monsters that would risk their lives for the sake of existence. Lu Li has been studying Star Calamity in the starry sky for so long, so he naturally knows how to attract a large number of Star Calamity. He believes that it won't be long before those Star Calamity swarm in.

"For the Empire!!!"

A middle-aged man was piloting a spaceship, shaking it wildly, sweating profusely and shouting slogans to encourage himself. On the other side, his scribe, a beautiful blonde woman, was recording a flight, which might be the last time.

"On October 5th, 3334 of the Imperial Calendar, 28 days after the Christopher's voyage in the 3rd year, 2 months, and 28th day, at 8:32 AM, an anomaly was detected in the ship's records. A large number of Star Monsters were exposed for unknown reasons, and an incalculable number of Star Monsters were frantically heading in the same direction. Unfortunately, the Christopher was right in their path."

"Because the Star Demons have covered such a vast area, we can only fly towards their destination, hoping to be fast enough to shake them off..."

"Bang!"

The impact caused the spaceship to shake a few times, interrupting the scribe's recording. Beside the spaceship was a giant octopus-like Star Calamity, using its tentacles to bind the spaceship's right wing.

"Damn it, activate the protective force field! We've been detected!" the middle-aged captain roared. The helmsman beside him quickly pressed a series of buttons, and with a hum, a light blue honeycomb-shaped protective shield immediately unfolded from the ship.

The octopus-shaped Star Calamity was shoved aside. A giant cannon was launched from the spaceship, and a burst of energy blasted into the octopus- Star Calamity, sending it flying far away. Then, the spaceship suddenly accelerated, no longer dodging any Star Calamity, and flew madly forward. It was now racing against thousands upon thousands of Star Calamity. If it was caught, it would probably be... well, you know.

"Quickly find a planet, let's hide there, activate the dark mode, and then leave it to fate!" the captain shouted. They were unlucky; they just happened to fly into a starless region when they encountered the Star Calamity. At that time, no matter which way they ran, they would only be caught by the Star Calamity. Only by running forward did they have a sliver of hope.

"Detected! There's a strange planet ahead!" The navigator turned around and shouted a moment later. "But that planet is very strange. Its gravitational waves have a peculiar rhythm, as if they're transmitting some kind of information. It will take at least eight hours to decipher it."

"Do we have any other options besides this planet?" the captain asked casually, then gave a wry smile. It seemed they didn't have any other choices. So they continued their journey, stumbling along, and finally spotted the strange planet with the help of the spaceship's probes.

The planet wasn't very large. Since there were no luminous stars nearby, its surface was completely devoid of light. The probes also reported that the planet was pitch black and excessively well-preserved. Combined with the strange information from before, the crew had reason to believe that this was an artificially modified planet.

In the past, the crew of the Christopher would have cheered, because the purpose of their voyage was to discover other habitable planets. Although this planet was strange, it at least revealed information about the existence of other life.

But for now, they could only pray that they wouldn't be captured by those star monsters. The spaceship made an emergency landing, and after landing, it quickly shut down the protective shield and entered the so-called dark mode.

It was precisely the invention of the lightless mode that gave them the means to travel through interstellar space. You must know that all sorts of interstellar monsters roam the universe, and any existence will be sensed by them, only to be pitifully killed by these interstellar monsters.

If it weren't for the extreme scarcity of resources on the Empire's home planet, which led to a technological explosion and the development of a light-free mode, they would still be hopping around on their home planet to this day.

Once the spaceship's darkness mode is activated, it can block the star monsters' senses from a certain distance. Combined with the detectors, various decoy flares, and basic protective fields, they are able to navigate through space.

"Let's record the coordinates of this planet. If we die, hopefully the Empire will find the spaceship's black box. Maybe then we'll be awarded a discovery merit," the middle-aged captain chuckled, finding humor in the midst of hardship.

The clerk gave the captain a cold look and immediately snapped, "Can you stop jinxing us? We'll definitely survive!"

"Yes, survive..." The captain sat in his seat with a complicated expression. Suddenly, the spaceship shook violently, and a thin crack appeared on the dark planet. Before the entire spaceship could activate its protective field, it tumbled and rolled, not knowing where it was going. A feeling of nausea arose in their hearts, and then they fainted.

"Interesting. There's actually a life-bearing planet on the other side of the starry sky. Didn't Theseus's Technology Zeroing affect them?" The black planet stretched out tentacles, blocking all the approaching Star Calamity and swallowing them whole.

Fourth update complete, 12/14 of the update schedule. Regarding the previous chapter, Hu Wenxu's crazy rules, as mentioned in the chapter notes, have indeed Integration that world, specifically manifested in his power mode. Would you like me to write a side story when I have time?