"May The Charred Tree be with you!"
Yang Yi had just started toward the rocket when he heard someone cursing him from behind.
He looked back. Sure enough, it was the newly appointed elder of the Fire Worship Cult-Heitanba.
"May The Charred Tree be with you too!"
Yang Yi cursed him back with a dark expression.
Overwhelmed by the honor, Heitanba's flames burned even stronger with his wildly fluctuating emotions, as though a single spark would make him explode.
"By the time you actually meet The Charred Tree, you'll already be ashes..."
Yang Yi muttered under his breath.
Because his words were indistinct, and Heitanba filled in the blanks himself, what he heard became-"Soon we shall witness The Charred Tree, and (all things) shall burn to ashes!"
"May your plan succeed, Grand Elder!"
Heitanba blurted this out for no apparent reason, but it was auspicious enough. Yang Yi nodded, turned, and headed toward the rocket's launch platform.
The rocket's maintenance and repairs were already complete. There were no major problems, and the minor ones were ignored.
The thirteen elders had already climbed the ladder into the transport ship above, welded the hatch shut, and prepared to take to the skies.
All that remained now was ignition. Someone needed to enter through the bottom nozzle and light it manually, like lighting a skyrocket, setting this fuel-laden rocket ablaze.
The fuel compartment had also been welded shut.
Entering directly through the hatch and igniting it would very likely send the rocket out of control. It had to be lit from the bottom.
Victor had also explained that Yang Yi need not worry about the angle or heading.
The rocket's built-in electronic guidance system, located in its nose, was undamaged. As long as combustion continued, the rocket would automatically adjust its course and