[This expedition takes place in a medium-sized world called Ant God World, with three World Lord: two at level four and one at level five. The objective is to capture all the queen ants and kill all life except for the queen ants.]
The crystal ball displayed images of the Ant God World, taken from space. The predominantly yellow world was dotted with scattered vegetation patches and a few barren lakes.
Such barrenness in a medium-sized world must be caused by the fact that the life forms living within it do not understand environmental protection and sustainable development, and have wantonly destroyed the environment.
When the video from inside the crystal ball gets closer and films the interior of the world, you can see some ants about half the size of a person constantly searching for food in the yellow sand.
They searched in groups through the yellow sand, and when they found a little food, they quickly brought it back to their nest.
The most peculiar thing is that their nest is built in a rare vegetated area in the Ant God World. A small patch of green stands out in stark contrast to the yellow sand of the rest of the world, and many plump bees fly among the plants, collecting precious nectar.
All the ants that went out to find food ignored the food that was right in front of them, and the bees also seemed not to see the returning ants, busy with their own things.
Beneath this vegetation lies a bottomless ant nest. The ants, having painstakingly gathered food, line up and quickly crawl into the nest, carrying the food they have painstakingly found in the yellow sand. A short while later, they emerge from the nest and return to the yellow sand to search for food.
Although the video was short and didn't provide much information, Leo gained a general understanding of this world.
Excessive depletion of the world is causing it to gradually become desertified, with the few remaining plants and other animal life existing as food for ant colonies.
The life structure is simple, the species is singular, no need for much preparation, just attack directly.
If we assume that there is one ant colony per patch of vegetation, then capturing the queen ant alive would be a very easy goal.
Looking down from space, the location of vegetation across the entire world is clearly visible; just follow the map, storm the cave, and capture the queen ant.
Of course, these are all based on current intelligence analysis and speculation; the specific situation will only be known after a large-scale investigation.
[This expedition was initiated by a Level 5 Star Gravity Elemental Stigmata Wizard and a Level 4 Invincible Body Refinement Stigmata Wizard, comprising a total of 20 million wizards and an army of 200 million slaves.]
While Leo was still checking information about the expedition, a private message came through the crystal ball from the command center.
"Respected Great Wizard Leo, you have the authority to enter the second level of the starship to participate in command. Would you like to enter?"
"I don't need to participate in command. Just turn on the information exchange platform and the hidden missions. I need to keep a close eye on the expedition's progress."
Leo refused to give orders, but requested other permissions.
Leo rarely participated in commanding expeditions. Once, his use of the privilege of First-Class Wizard Medal in the Rota World almost bankrupted Leo. Years later, he still remembered this incident deeply, knowing that even privileges should not be abused.
"We will activate all functions for you shortly. Please wait a moment. If you have any questions, please contact the command center."
"Okay, I understand."
The information exchange platform and hidden mission permissions were immediately activated. Leo immediately shut down the connection with the command center and carefully examined the contents of the two platforms.
The information exchange platform is where the command center communicates information. Every order and intelligence analysis can be found on it, which helps Leo grasp the overall development of the expedition. As for the hidden missions, they are high-merit benefits for those who have obtained the Wizard Medal and those who are Level Three Great Wizard.
Leo's eyes quickly scanned the information exchange platform. The expedition hadn't started yet, so there wasn't any valuable intelligence, just some preparatory work and some wizards that needed special attention.
Leo's name is prominently displayed at the top, along with the description of the Special-Class Wizard Medal. Anyone who sees it will be shocked for a moment.
Following Leo's name Mahad, the only son of a Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard. Although he is not First-Level Wizard participating in a mandatory mission for the first time, if something happens to him, the two Stigmata Wizard initiated the expedition will probably not fare too well either.
Further down the list are those who have received wizarding medals and Level Three Great Wizard; ordinary wizards have no chance to appear at all.
As for hidden missions, there are no hidden missions in this expedition, only public missions: capture all the queen ants and kill all the ants except for the queen ants. It's simple and straightforward.
[Attention all wizards, a stellar jump is about to begin. Please enter slumber immediately. Thirty-five jumps are expected, with an estimated arrival time of 16 years.]
This time, Leo did not actively enter a state of slumber. Instead, he took out a tea set from the Shadow Space and slowly drank plain water with different flavors.
In Yaoyao's words, Leo's behavior of drinking plain water while holding a tea set was like taking off his pants to fart—completely unnecessary.
Even knowing that Leo was using himself as the experimental subject, the addition of so many unnecessary procedures was truly incomprehensible.
Just drink it directly. Why go through all those steps? In the end, it's just plain water anyway!
Leo just wanted to say that Yaoyao didn't understand at all. Drinking nuclear raw materials was not like drinking plain water; it had to be savored carefully.
The mothership beneath their feet suddenly trembled, followed by a violent spatial fluctuation, and the entire mothership vanished from the Wizard World in an instant.
Leo frowned slightly. The ultra-long-distance teleportation caused a slight discomfort in his brain, but it was tolerable.
In the past, he could never stay clear-headed during expeditions, but now at level three, he is powerful enough to withstand strong spatial fluctuations.
Ignoring the discomfort in his brain, Leo unleashed all his senses and rushed towards the outside of the mothership, like Zhu Bajie on his first wedding night, eager to lift the bride's red veil.
When the mental energy probed out of the mothership, it was in the near-vacuum environment of space. In an instant, the mothership was teleported from the Wizard World to space at an unknown distance.
Leo's mental energy revolved around the mothership, and finally, behind him, in the spiritual world, he saw what he was looking for.
A star radiating infinite light and heat—the Sun!!
The mothership was very close to the star, allowing Leo's mental power to view the sun up close like never before.
Stars, whose entirety cannot be seen, float in the universe, radiating boundless light and heat. Their powerful energy fluctuations influence an immeasurable amount of space, energizing the planets within their reach.
Leo was stunned.
He remained in a daze for a long time.
I felt that star with an almost worshipful attitude.
The mothership was covered by stellar energy. Leo sensed the changes in the surrounding energy with his spiritual power. He was like a drop of water flowing into the ocean. Everywhere there was a vast energy field, an energy field that his Level Three Great Wizard power could not describe.
He carefully sensed the changes in energy with his mental power, as if he had entered a furnace, where heat was continuously transmitted to Leo, making him feel as if Leo were in the sweltering summer, with the temperature of his entire body rising slightly.
Ignoring changes in his own body temperature, Leo kept his eyes tightly closed and focused intently on sensing the changes in the outside world.
This was the opportunity he had been seeking all along: a chance to get close to a star and experience its power!
A tremendous suction force emanated from the mothership, drawing the power of the entire star towards itself like a greedy giant.
Leo witnessed a terrifying energy siphon. This mothership was only a little over 100,000 meters in diameter, yet it was violently drawing energy from stars countless times larger than itself.
As a result, a swirling red energy stream appeared between the mothership and the star. The red energy stream that approached the mothership was completely swallowed up by the mothership, which then continued to frantically extract energy from the star.
The quiet, cold space environment seems to have been like this since the birth of the universe, but at this moment, under the flow of red energy, even the cold space has become warm.
Leo tried to use his mental power to sense the red energy emanating from the star, but the moment his mental power touched it, Leo, sitting inside the mothership, suddenly let out a muffled groan, and his body instantly turned red-hot, the sudden increase in temperature making it seem as if he could spontaneously combust at any moment.
The energy of the stellar storm was actually transmitted to Leo's physical body through his mental power!
Leo immediately withdrew his mental energy, but it was too late; a portion of it had already been burned away by the massive stellar storm.
Leo rubbed his head vigorously. The damage to his mental energy felt like someone was stirring his head with their fingers. He had experienced temporary hearing loss, and his entire brain was buzzing.
He only wanted to experience the power of a star to obtain some valuable data for nuclear fusion, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful. He lost 5% of his mental energy on his first attempt.
Once the concussion subsided, I immediately pulled out my lab notebook, wrote down everything I had just perceived, and then quickly began to nurture my mental energy.
For a mothership to leapfrog through stars, it can't absorb enough energy in a short time. Each expedition takes decades, most of which is spent absorbing stellar energy.
The frog will only jump again when it has accumulated enough energy.
Each star is like a gas station, constantly refueling the mothership!
A month later, the mothership was still frantically absorbing the star's energy, and the star, which had been active for billions of years, seemed to have dimmed slightly.
Leo's mental energy recovered, and he cautiously extended his mental energy once again.
This time, Leo dared not be reckless. He proceeded cautiously, like a frightened kitten, tiptoeing closer to the mothership, fearing another scorching attack.
When the mental energy probed out of the mothership, it was seen that the entire mothership was enveloped in stellar energy, with countless high-temperature red lights enveloping the mothership.
Earth's technology has long understood that stars are luminous plasmas on a planetary scale, held together by gravity, emitting light and heat through nuclear fusion. The number of nuclear fusion events per second is an extremely terrifying number, and the powerful energy can support a behemoth like a mothership jumping around in space.
Leo's well-planned path to becoming a wizard was to advance to the Stigmata through the rules of nuclear fusion.
Therefore, besides hydrogen bombs, stars are the most accurate objects to observe!