Hatching! Arriving at Qiu Long Planet

The vast starry sky was boundless and endless.

Inside the command cabin, after Lin Fan finished admiring the space scenery, his consciousness sank once again into the Bronze Hall within his sea of consciousness.

He looked up at the giant black egg, where two lines of blue text had appeared beside it.

[Current incubation target: Golden Horned Beast.]

[Estimated incubation time: 1 year and 6 months (Earth time).]

"A year and a half?"

Lin Fan frowned slightly.

Although this was much faster than the time it took for Luo Feng to recover his strength after taking over the body in the original story, he could not wait that long.

Lin Fan looked toward the bottom of the hall.

Because he had broken through to the Planetary Level, ten golden True Selves were now standing neatly inside the hall.

"Although deducing secret techniques is important, priority must be given to the clone at this time."

Lin Fan did not hesitate and issued an order directly,

"Commit all of them to the Origin Placenta to accelerate the incubation of the Golden Horned Beast clone!"

Following Lin Fan's command, the ten golden True Selves instantly transformed into ten golden streaks of light, crashing into the black egg!

Every time a True Self merged into it, the golden secret patterns on the surface of the black egg flashed violently, and the aura of life surged by a notch.

[Consumed 1 True Self, incubation progress +1%.]

[Consumed 1 True Self, incubation progress +1%.]

[Consumed 1 True Self, incubation progress +1%, current progress 10%.]

[True Self reformation time: 24 hours.]

Looking at the progress bar that had increased by 10% directly, Lin Fan's eyes widened instantly.

"Wait, what???"

"A single clone increased the progress by 1%???"

Lin Fan looked at the system prompt in shock.

This was actually a high-end percentage bonus? One clone added one percent, which meant he only needed ten days to hatch it, regardless of how long the original incubation time required.

"System, you're awesome."

After sighing at the awesomeness of the system for who knows how many times, Lin Fan exited his sea of consciousness.

He looked at the increasingly small, azure planet outside the window, his eyes holding no reluctance, only infinite longing for the future.

"Earth, goodbye for now."

He then turned his head and said to the owl in front of him,

"101, target, Qiu Long Planet, full speed ahead!"

"Get the universal language, port entry identity, and flight route regulations all ready for me."

"Yes, Master."

101 bowed elegantly, and then the X-101's speed soared rapidly.

"Master, in 10 seconds, the warship will reach the speed of light," 101 shouted.

"9!"

"8!"

"7!"

Lin Fan looked outside. He could no longer see the planet with the naked eye; he could only see the surrounding starry sky become completely blurred, gradually even turning dark.

"3...2...1!"

The black spaceship, already blurred in the starry sky, vanished into the universe as space rippled slightly.

Boom!

Lin Fan felt the spaceship vibrate slightly. The vibration lasted for about ten seconds while everything around was pitch black, then it stabilized.

"Universe travel successful, we have entered the 'Dark Universe'," 101 bowed elegantly in front of Lin Fan. "Master, I will turn off the external view simulation because the ship is now traveling at the speed of light and cannot capture the external view."

Lin Fan nodded, and the surrounding darkness vanished, revealing the cabin's interior once again.

"Master, the Dark Universe and the 'Original Universe' we live in have corresponding coordinates."

"However, if we fly a distance of '30 light-seconds' in the Dark Universe and then travel back to the Original Universe, the distance we have advanced is 10.081 million times that of 30 light-seconds."

"The ratio between the Dark Universe and the Original Universe is 1 to 10.081 million."

"Additionally, although the X-101 warship can reach twice the speed of light, it is best to maintain 1.2 times the speed of light to save energy."

"At this speed, we should arrive at Qiu Long Planet in about 10 days."

"10 days?"

Lin Fan's eyebrows twitched immediately.

This timing was just perfect. By the time he arrived at Qiu Long Planet, the Golden Horned Beast clone would be ready to hatch.

"Good, I'll leave this time to you. I'm going to cultivate."

"Yes, Master!"

After giving his instructions, Lin Fan went to the lounge, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to learn the universal language.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

"Master, we will perform universe travel in 5 minutes and arrive at Qiu Long Planet."

Lin Fan nodded, then his consciousness sank into his sea of consciousness and arrived at the Bronze Hall.

He looked up at the black egg and ordered,

"True Selves, accelerate the incubation of the Golden Horned Beast clone."

Swish, swish, swish.

The 10 True Selves instantly turned into streaks of light and merged into the black egg.

[Consumed 1 True Self, incubation progress +1%.]

[Consumed 1 True Self, incubation progress +1%.]

[Consumed 1 True Self, incubation progress +1%, current progress 100%.]

[True Self reformation time: 24 hours.]

Crack, crack, crack.

The black egg shattered instantly, and a behemoth appeared before Lin Fan.

"Golden Horned Beast..."

Looking at the Golden Horned Beast that had crawled out of the egg, a strange feeling arose in Lin Fan.

He looked at the Golden Horned Beast as if he were looking at himself, yet it was not quite the same.

"But I can't let the Golden Horned Beast out just yet. It's better to keep it in the Bronze Hall for now."

Watching the Golden Horned Beast land in front of him and begin to receive its inherited memories, Lin Fan exited his sea of consciousness.

"Master, we have arrived, preparing for universe travel."

"Mm."

Following Lin Fan's consent, the warship began to decelerate sharply until it came to a complete stop.

Then, Lin Fan felt the ship beneath his feet vibrate slightly. The vibration lasted for about ten seconds before everything calmed down.

"Master, universe travel successful, we have returned to the Original Universe."

"External view simulation at one hundred percent."

Swish.

A planet with colorful light flowing across its entire surface, along with two satellites rotating slowly around it, appeared before Lin Fan.

"Master, that planet is Qiu Long Planet."

"Mm, move in closer."

"Yes."

As the X-101 stealth warship approached Qiu Long Planet.

"Beep!"

"Tractor signal received. Master, the ship will now follow the signal to arrive at the planet's docking port."

"Good."

"Beep—Tractor signal from the Qiu Long Planet Port Authority received. Signal level: B-level."

At the docking port on Qiu Long Planet, the X-101 stealth warship descended slowly and finally landed.

After the ship docked, the hatch opened, and Lin Fan stepped out alone.

At this moment, a green-skinned, muscular man wearing a uniform, about two meters tall with two curved horns on his head, flew over and landed in front of him.

He was humble and polite, smiling as he spoke in fluent universal language,

"Respected sir, welcome to Qiu Long Planet. The docking fee for your X-101 stealth warship is 300 Black Dragon Coins per year! Anything less than a year is charged at 300 Black Dragon Coins. This is your docking card."

As he spoke, the man handed a silver, translucent card with a 'B' logo on it to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan nodded, flipped his hand to take out exactly 300 Black Dragon Coins—not one more, not one less—and handed them to the man.