Year After Year
But that's how humans are sometimes; even when everything is just speculation, they can't help but think of the worst-case scenario.
Yi Xuan was already pondering what to do if the Cultivation Realm were truly devoured by an unknown monster.
Are we just waiting to die?
Although he didn't know the speed at which the monster was devouring the galaxy, Yi Xuan didn't believe that the engulfed Cultivation Realm would remain in its current state.
It could be 100,000 years, it could be a million years, or it could be ten million years.
Since Chu Longcheng, who touched the stomach lining, has been digested, it will be the turn of the Cultivation Realm sooner or later.
What will we do then?
Yi Xuan didn't know about other people's situations. Let alone a million years, even a hundred thousand years from now, the strongest in this world would turn to ashes.
But Yi Xuan's situation is more special than anyone else's. If nothing unexpected happens, he will live to the end of this world.
Yi Xuan, the guardian of the world's graveyards.
The name sounds nice, but Yi Xuan didn't want to have such a cringeworthy nickname.
Because Yi Xuan's guess was so terrifying, he did not hide his thoughts during his brainstorming session. The Good Corpse and Evil Corpse in his Sea of Consciousness also sensed Yi Xuan's thoughts.
"Original Self is just a guess. Whether that's actually the case is still unknown. There's no need to be so worried, is there?"
Hearing Good Corpse's words, Yi Xuan realized he had been somewhat out of line, so he composed himself and turned to ask, "Good Corpse, how's the analysis of the High Antiquity Artifact Sect's spaceship engine going?"
"It's still in progress, and it's estimated that it will take at least twenty years to fully master the technology!"
Although Yi Xuan had already anticipated this situation, he still felt somewhat regretful when he actually heard the timeframe given by the Good Corpse.
The Good Corpse naturally understood Yi Xuan's thoughts through the expression of the Original Self.
So, he could only shake his head helplessly and say, "My Original Self, even if I could completely master the technology right now, what do you plan to do? You're not planning to personally go to the place where Chu Longcheng disappeared to investigate, are you?"
Without Yi Xuan to answer, the Good Corpse and Evil Corpse, based on their expressions in their Sea of Consciousness, knew that the Original Self actually had such a plan, and thus they all spoke up to stop him.
Yi Xuan knew that he was just thinking about it; he understood the principle that a wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall.
The Good Corpse also knew that the Original Self was not the impulsive type. After a moment of contemplation, it spoke up, "Although the engine analysis is still ongoing, based on the research of the past year, we should now be able to create an engine that reaches one-twentieth the speed of light!"
"So even with such an engine to power the probe, it would still take at least twenty years to reach a conclusion?"
The Evil Corpse was right, Yi Xuan understood this principle as well.
After much deliberation, Yi Xuan gritted his teeth and nodded, saying, "In that case, let's focus all our efforts on building the detectors! Twenty years it is!"
The Evil Corpse nodded and said, "My Original Self, since we're going to launch probes, why not launch several in different directions? What if Chu Longcheng disappeared simply because he touched something we can't understand? What if your guess is wrong? Let's verify it at the same time!"
Yi Xuan naturally agreed with the Evil Corpse's opinion.
So, a month later, the five detectors left the Cultivation Realm.
Two of them went in the direction where Chu Longcheng, while the other three went in the opposite direction.
From that day onward, Yi Xuan, along with the Good and Evil Twin Corpses, became even busier.
Another year has passed in the blink of an eye.
After a year of reflection, Yi Xuan has lost his initial anxiety about things a light-year away.
It's better to focus your energy on the present than to concentrate on something you can't control.
As a result, under Yi Xuan's influence, everything related to him entered a period of rapid development throughout the year.
First, there's the Xia Kingdom.
The people of the entire country were unaware that their emperor had long since been replaced. Under the new political system, the emperor's role had been rendered negligible, and the current Pangu, bearing Zhuo Ning's appearance, was practically just a mascot.
Aside from visiting various parts of the Xia Kingdom every now and then, it had virtually no effect.
Of course, this also avoids giving away the truth, since even the most advanced technology cannot perfectly replicate a human being.
After undergoing modernization reforms, Xia Kingdom has gradually been able to break free from Yi Xuan's technical support in the past two years. Under the leadership of the Imperial University, various industries have begun to develop their own directions.
Here we must mention the Imperial University led by Liang Shi. Due to the different training methods, the first batch of students at the Imperial University graduated a year ago.
The influx of all sorts of talented individuals into the Xia Kingdom has injected tremendous vitality into the Xia Kingdom technological development, enabling the Xia Kingdom to grow at an increasingly rapid pace.
Meanwhile, many students also joined the research institute led by the Evil Corpse after graduation. With the addition of these people, the personnel problem on the Evil Corpse's side was finally alleviated, and all kinds of black technologies were also being produced in the research institute.
However, in order to create a good scientific research environment for the Xia Kingdom, the cutting-edge technologies produced by the research institute were strictly controlled and did not flow into the Xia Kingdom.
Meanwhile, many graduates were also taken away by the Good Corpse at No. 2 Base. Unfortunately, due to the special nature of No. 2 Base, the selection of personnel for entry was extremely strict.
Even though the restrictions on the Good Corpse have been relaxed somewhat, there are still too few graduates who can get in.
Fortunately, the support from other aspects at No. 2 Base was top-notch, so the progress was not affected throughout the year.
Then there's Twin Cities. Yi Xuan handed over Twin Cities to Xing Qi a year ago. This guy is indeed a good city lord. In just one year, the Sea Clan in Twin Cities has already reached no less than that of several other nearby cities.
Moreover, the trade between the human and marine races that Yi Xuan wanted has made great progress, and many Human Clan caravans know that the Sea Clan has built a Twin Cities.
Because of its convenient location, caravans were very willing to do business in Twin Cities, but the Human Clan migrated to Twin Cities was still not large.
However, now that the matter had been entrusted to Xing Qi, Yi Xuan no longer worried about it.
As for Yi Xuan, he is currently piloting the Black Tortoise and standing a kilometer away from the underwater base, and behind him are two other Black Tortoise.
Liang Shi and Niu Keli were seated there!
Niu Keli is no longer the same person he used to be. After he became the top leader of the nuclear power plant, he managed to completely master Yi Xuan's Arc Reactor in less than half a year.
Yi Xuan still remembers the look of disbelief on his face when he saw this guy take out the Arc Reactor he had developed.
But facts speak louder than words, so Yi Xuan kept his promise and gave the guy a lot of cutting-edge technology from Book of Technology.
This guy's research on nuclear energy has long surpassed Yi Xuan's by a considerable margin.
The three of them are standing here now to test something they have been developing together over the past year.
As Yi Xuan activated it, two enormous searchlights appeared in the dark, Eternal Sea in the distance!
At the same time, a gigantic shadow, hundreds of meters tall, was slowly approaching the three of them.