On the edge of Lop Nur.
At a hastily built research station in the desert.
Fierce winds swept up yellow sand, battering the reinforced glass.
Old Li and a dozen other top researchers stood frozen in place.
Their minds were buzzing.
The sky-crushing pressure Xie En had exuded had already faded.
But those few casually spoken words kept exploding in their minds like nuclear bombs.
The myriad races of the universe!
The Human Alliance!
The five levels of life!
Every term was enough to overturn thousands of years of human understanding.
While everyone stood in a daze.
"Boom!"
A shock wave blasted outward.
Like a meteor streaking upward, Lin Yuan slammed into the clearing outside the research station.
The ground cracked.
Spiderweb fractures spread across the reinforced glass from the impact.
"General Lin!"
Old Li instinctively called out the respectful title.
Lin Yuan waved a hand, his voice steady.
"It's time to head back."
"There's no reason to stay here."
Old Li hurriedly nodded and called on the dozen researchers under him to pack up the essential data.
In less than three minutes.
The group stood before Lin Yuan, cases in hand.
Lin Yuan wasted no words.
The seventh-tier true qi within him surged into motion.
A pale golden true qi barrier instantly enveloped everyone.
"Hold tight."
Lin Yuan gave them a brief warning.
Before Old Li could react.
Lin Yuan shot into the air.
Boom!
The air was violently forced apart, unleashing a deafening sonic boom.
The true qi barrier shot straight into the clouds like a meteor flying skyward.
Inside the barrier.
Old Li had initially hoped to use the aerial view to study the terrain of Blue Star, which had expanded fivefold.
But he quickly abandoned that idea.
They were moving too fast.
The surrounding scenery had