In the vast expanse of the universe, there is only endless darkness. The occasional glimmer of light is so faint and insignificant in the deep space, yet it brings light to countless living beings.
From within the twisted, deep wormhole, a spaceship covered in runes emerged. Although it wobbled somewhat, it was still able to fly normally.
"Phew... finally out."
Inside the cockpit, Chen Mu carefully surveyed the surrounding environment using the spaceship's radar, muttering to himself with lingering fear.
Although Chen Mu felt that the time spent traversing this space was not long, it was an extremely agonizing journey for him.
The wormhole is chaotic and disorderly; one wrong step and you could get lost in the spacetime turbulence, which is even more dangerous than a battle.
" Xiaozhi, recheck the time. Check how long it took me to teleport."
"Received! Please wait..."
Time and space are distorted within wormholes, causing any timing device to malfunction. Therefore, to determine the duration of the teleportation, it is necessary to recalculate based on the external environment.
Not long after, the warship's AI gave Chen Mu the answer he needed, "Time calibration complete. This teleportation took thirty-seven hours and twenty minutes..."
Chen Mu secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. This was about what he had expected. If he had accidentally traveled through several hundred years during the teleportation, he would have been in real trouble.
After surveying the area for a period of time and confirming that its coordinates were correct, Chen Mu then piloted the spaceship towards the Pan Emperor Continent.
"So this is what the Pan Emperor Continent in space looks like! It's truly magnificent!"
Chen Mu knew that many things in the fantasy world could not be understood using Earth's knowledge, but when he saw the true face of the Pan Emperor Continent, he was still shocked by the scene.
From space, Pan Emperor Continent is not a sphere, but a single, enormous landmass, at least a million times larger than Earth.
The Pan Emperor Continent does not move; all celestial bodies seem to revolve around it, including the sun, as well as numerous asteroids and small landmasses.
"The heavens are flat and the earth is square; it turns out there really are such celestial bodies in the world."
Chen Mu clicked his tongue in amazement. When he was developing the rune satellite, he had already discovered that the Pan Emperor Continent was not a sphere, but only now could he be completely certain of his guess.
From the perspective of Earth's technology, Pan Emperor Continent is a star, the cosmic center of this star system, while the Netherworld is a planet that is very far away from the Pan Emperor Continent, but still within the Pan Emperor Continent star system.
When Chen Mu first left Pan Emperor Continent and came to outer space, he was only at the Emperor Level. He could only vaguely sense the limited distance nearby and could not see the scene of this starry sky at all.
Only now, with his strength greatly increased and the aid of a space battleship, was he able to see this starry sky so clearly.
"There's a boundary barrier ahead, we can't go any further. It seems the only way back is through the spatial rift at Nether Luo Mountain."
As Chen Mu got closer and closer to the Pan Emperor Continent, he discovered an invisible energy field ahead, and no matter which way he went, he could not move forward even an inch.
This is the boundary membrane, one of the means by which the Heavenly Dao of the Pan Emperor Continent protects itself.
In this fantastical universe, all celestial bodies seem to possess a boundary membrane. This membrane can protect the interior of a celestial body from the forces of space. It appears that the only way for external beings to enter a celestial body is through Ancient Starry Sky Road or spatial rifts.
Although Chen Mu had the precise coordinates of the spatial rift in Nether Luo Mountain, the Pan Emperor Continent was simply too vast. It took Chen Mu more than two hours to fly in his spaceship before he finally approached the vicinity of the spatial coordinates.
Here, Chen Mu sensed the Profound Mystery of Chaos of shattered space, as well as the aura of the Netherworld Pearl.
This is clearly a trace left behind by the Manju Sacred King who opened a space tunnel from the Netherworld to the Pan Emperor Continent. Otherwise, how could he have sent so many Nether Clan soldiers?
Unfortunately, even with her power, she couldn't keep the tunnel intact indefinitely; otherwise, Chen Mu wouldn't have needed to go through so much trouble to reach the Netherworld.
"Although the space tunnel is broken, at least the spatial rift is still there, which is a good thing."
After observing his surroundings and confirming that there was nothing unusual, Chen Mu piloted the spaceship into the spatial rift and disappeared into space.
"In the blink of an eye, it's been over two years since I left Pan Emperor Continent. I wonder how everyone is doing now."
As the saying goes, the closer one gets to home, the more timid one becomes. Chen Mu never expected that his impulsive decision would lead to him being out of contact with his family for so long.
He was very excited to finally be back.
Hiss...! Snap!
With the spaceship protecting him, Chen Mu barely felt anything as he passed through the spatial rift. He quickly escaped the rift and arrived near Nether Luo Mountain.
"This place seems to be pretty much the same as before."
Chen Mu glanced around and said with great interest.
However, his expression quickly changed, because he sensed that the Rules of Heaven and Earth here seemed to have changed, and were more complex than before.
"The rules of Heavenly Dao have been completed? Doesn't that mean the suppression of power by Heavenly Dao has also disappeared!"
He originally thought that he would be ostracized by the Heavenly Dao upon his return, but he never expected such a change to occur. He didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
"Such a major change couldn't have happened without a reason. It seems I need to return to the capital as soon as possible to check on everyone's situation."
He immediately lost all interest in leisurely strolling and steered the spaceship around, heading towards the Chen Kingdom.
As the spaceship approached the human town, Chen Mu used his Divine Soul to connect with a nearby spiritual magnetic base station, attempting to make contact with Taichu.
" In the Taichu, I have returned! Where are you?"
Chen Mu sent several communication requests, but received no response, and his mood plummeted.
However, judging from the living conditions of the residents in the town, Chen Kingdom is still alive and well. Moreover, after more than two years of development, the popularity of Rune Technology products has also increased. Residents can be seen driving Rune Puppet Flying Car in and out from time to time, making it seem like a high-tech society.
Since he couldn't contact Taichu, Chen Mu had no choice but to take matters into his own hands and manually search for the latest news on the Spirit Network to understand the current international situation.
After a short while, based on those fragmented pieces of information, Chen Mu basically sorted out the changes that had taken place on the Pan Emperor Continent during the two years he had been away.