Inside the Dark Desolate Domain, Burning Prairie landed at a low altitude of a hundred meters from the ground. The spiritual waves raised by the anti-gravity rune arrays were spreading out like surging tides, blowing the trees away.
The soldiers on Burning Prairie jumped down and established temporary connection rune arrays on the ground, as if they were establishing channels of light between them and the super warship.
The connection rune arrays were essentially ultra-short-distance teleportation arrays with fixed destinations. They could teleport the soldiers, Crystal Suits, crystal tanks, and war assets on the ground into Burning Prairie.
Thousands of Crystal Suits and armed shuttles flew into the sky in the storm and entered the super warship through the decks and hangars around Burning Prairie!
If one looked from afar, they looked like well-trained ants that were flooding into the body of a giant fish incessantly.
In less than an hour, almost half of the soldiers and war assets had boarded the warship.
At this moment, in the entire Dark Desolate Domain, the remaining seventeen legions were still scattered in different places according to their drill subjects.
The whole drill plan had been carefully planned by Zhou Hengdao according to Lu Zui's suggestion. He had ensured that the few legions that he had infiltrated the deepest and had the strongest control over could gather and board Burning Prairie as soon as possible at the critical moment.
The few legions that he had less control over and whose commanders were more independent were currently completing the most arduous and tedious drill subjects in the mountains deep inside the Dark Desolate Domain.
With him in control of all the communication base stations, these commanders should not be suspicious for the next 12 hours.
There were also a few battle groups that were separated from each other at just the right places.
After Burning Prairie jumped to the Blood Demon Sector, the rest of the members of the Patriots Partnership in the army would naturally issue new orders and involve the legions in the turbulence of a total war one after another!
"Hurry up!"
Zhou Hengdao picked up a soldier who had fallen into the mud and patted the mud on his body. He roared, "One second faster means one more life for our brothers! Get on board now! Get on board now! "
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In the center of the Great Desolate, Li Yao and the Black Wing Sword had fused together. Like a giant black vulture, they shot towards the north at an astonishing speed!
On their way, Li Yao kept retrieving crystals from his Cosmos Rings and feeding them to Black Wing's' mouth ', which was made of black spiritual threads. After a couple of seconds, all the crystals were absorbed.
Black Wing, which had absorbed enough spirit energy, let out roars of tigers and dragons. Its speed soared again and again.
Far away behind him, Ding Ling Dong's' Furious Flame Armed Shuttle 'was uttering earsplitting noises of metal fatigue. White smoke was popping up from the few power rune arrays. All the units had exceeded their limits and could not hold on any longer!
"Li Yao, wait, I'll change into the Crystal Suit and follow you!"
Ding Ling Dong shouted in the communication channel.
"It's useless!"
Li Yao replied in the communication channel. "Even if you change into the Crystal Suit, you won't be able to outrun my flying sword! Besides, the spiritual energy stored in the Crystal Suit is limited. If you travel for a long time at the highest speed, not only will the Crystal Suit be exhausted, your physical strength and spiritual energy will be exhausted, too. When we reach the Dark Desolate Domain, you will be too weak to stop Zhou Hengdao. "
Ding Ling Dong was not an unreasonable person despite her carelessness. She knew that she did not have an ultimate flying sword like Li Yao's. If she rushed all the way at the cost of her spiritual energy, she would be paralyzed by the time they reached the Dark Desolate Domain. She would only be a burden to Li Yao!
She gritted her teeth and slowed down. "Can you do it by yourself?"
Li Yao burst into laughter. "Trust me! I've come back from the Flying Star Sector and the Blood Demon Sector! Do you think a tiny Dark Desolate Domain can trap me? "
"Alright!"
Ding Ling Dong immediately made the most correct decision. "Go and find out the situation first. Try not to have a head-on clash with Zhou Hengdao. Try to stall him! The fellow Cultivators and I will contact the military bases nearby and announce the 'commander-in-chief's order' to every troop at the bottom level! Hang in there. Our main troop will be here soon! "
"Alright!"
Li Yao pressed the body of Black Wing. The black wings of spiritual energy on the two sides of the sword expanded again, only to be constricted inwardly. Like an arrow that had just been shot out, he broke five times the speed of sound instantly!
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
Ominous cracking noises were echoing inside Black Wing.
The flying sword that had followed Li Yao for twenty years seemed to have reached the end of a certain phase, too.
Li Yao was both worried and anxious. "Little Black!"
Black Wing, on the other hand, unleashed more spiritual energy time and time again, leaving a tail flame that was as thick as an angry dragon behind them. It was demonstrating its strength in such a way!
Li Yao took a deep breath. Tears were flashing inside his eyes as he mumbled, "Hang in there, Little Black. Hang in there! After the battle, I will certainly collect the most precious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Flying Star Sector, and the Blood Demon Sector. I will help you upgrade and build you into the most unique and strongest flying sword in the world! But right now, hang in there. One second faster. One second faster! "
In the north and south of the Grand Desolate Plateau, Li Yao and Zhou Hengdao were engaged in an invisible battle in which every second mattered!
Zhou Hengdao, who had taken action in advance, was even faster than Li Yao. After two hours and fifty-four minutes, he completed the boarding operation!
"The boarding operation is complete. A hundred and five thousand soldiers of the three legions of the Union Army, seven thousand five hundred and twenty crystal tanks, and five thousand five hundred armed shuttles have all boarded Burning Prairie!"
"The ground has been cleared!"
"Burning Prairie has taken off and is floating five hundred meters high. It is ready to perform a space jump and cross the barrier of the three-dimensional world!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! Inside the space jump cabins that were close to the engine compartment, the super enormous space jump array weighing hundreds of thousands of tons was functioning slowly. Countless rune arrays were glittering, attracting the rotors to revolve quickly and unleash the most immense energy!
The spiritual energy transmission tubes dozens of meters in diameter sent the energy to every corner of the super warship. A layer of glamorous brilliance was spreading out of the warship, as if the iron beast dozens of kilometers long was bathing in a marvelous ocean of light and was about to vanish from the world!
On the bridge of Burning Prairie, Zhou Hengdao, Luoxingzi, and the other leadership of the Burning Prairie Fleet stood together and stared at the changes of the parameters on the control light beam.
On the face of the Iron Commander of the Union Army, the parts made of steel and gel and the parts made of flesh and blood had different expressions. He seemed to be hoping that the space jump would start sooner, but he also seemed to be hoping that the space jump would never start.
Squeaking sounds of spiritual energy were echoing deep inside the crystal cameras, as if two forces were colliding violently inside his brain.
"Super space jump array, output 20%!"
"All personnel on board have been fixed!"
"Super space jump array, output 40%!"
"All the magical equipment on board, activate the protective light membrane and prepare to resist the spiritual shock during the space jump!"
"Super space jump array, output 60%!"
"The coordinates of the destination have been locked. The virtual environment of the jump point has been preset!"
The hundreds of thousands of crew members and soldiers on Burning Prairie were all prepared for the space jump. The brilliance around the warship grew brighter and brighter, illuminating Burning Prairie into glamorous translucency like a furiously burning fire of light.
Tiny swirls appeared in the air around one after another, colliding and merging into larger swirls that were raging and tearing the flames around Burning Prairie. Even the enormous iron beast was shivering slightly.
Nothing seemed to be able to stop the ultimate jump of the beast.
Li Yao was still rushing thousands of kilometers away, but it was impossible for him to teleport to the front of Burning Prairie instantly.
Inside the warship, countless ignorant soldiers of the Union Army were touching their chainswords and storm bolters. Some of them were sighing in silence, and some were writing their last words to their families. But there was not the slightest hesitation on their faces.
The members of the Patriots Partnership hiding deep inside the Union Army sensed the shaking warship and secretly put on gloating smiles.
"Super space jump array, output 80%!"
The space jump was about to begin. Even everybody on the bridge was sitting in the special buffer rune arrays. The hesitation on Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao's face finally vanished, replaced by the coldest determination. He stared at the light beam so hard that his eyes seemed to be redder than the crystal cameras!
Everybody held their breath, ready to welcome the blast of the Blood Demon Sector!
Right then —
A weird noise seemed to be echoing deep inside the warship, which made the iron beast shiver slightly. The flames around it were obviously dimming!
"Alert! Alert! Something is wrong with the engine compartment. The instantaneous output of spiritual energy is too high, resulting in the explosion of the No. 2 unit of the space jump array! Urgent maintenance is required! Space jump cannot be completed for now! "
"Now exiting the space jump state. Exiting progress …"
Looking at the progress bar on the light beam that was shortening nonstop, everybody was dumbfounded.
Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao even jumped out of the buffer rune arrays. Every iron muscle on his face was shivering!
"What — what is going on?"
Even Luoxingzi and the leadership of the Burning Prairie Fleet were dumbfounded. After a moment of confusion, they received a preliminary fault report from the engine compartment.
Reading the report, Luoxingzi found it hard to believe. He handed the report to Zhou Hengdao somewhat awkwardly.
The cause of the fault was … very simple and bizarre.
The super space jump array was one of the most important cores on Burning Prairie. The energy output from the engine compartment ensured the operation of the array. Inside the engine compartment, more than a hundred power engineers and refiners were responsible for the stability of the energy.
However, a few hours ago, one of the power engineers had been sent to the med bay because of acute food poisoning due to what he had eaten.
All the doctors had no idea what to do. They could only say that it was probably some sort of local food in the Tian Yuan Realm that carried certain germs that did not exist in the Flying Star Sector. Technically speaking, he was not acclimatized to the environment.
Thankfully, the symptoms were not fatal. He was only severely dehydrated and needed rest.
The power engineer's post was rather special. A suitable replacement could not be found for the time being. As it happened, one of the boy scouts in the Burning Prairie Fleet performed particularly well. Therefore, he was appointed as a replacement.
Before this, the boy scout had operated the post on his own many times, no matter how complicated it was. Besides, a few experienced masters were guiding him nearby. Nothing went wrong.
As it turned out, the boy scout who had performed excellently in one of the tasks screwed up at the critical moment!
When he entered a critical parameter, he was supposed to increase the intensity of a certain rune array to 30%, but his hands trembled and he entered 300% instead!
It was not a big mistake. Even if the experienced masters did not notice it, the control crystal processor of the engine compartment had its own alarm system that would indicate abnormal data.
However …
After the investigation, it was discovered that one of the critical wires connected to the alarm system inside the control crystal processor of the engine compartment had been bitten off by something weird.
It was very likely that the thing was a rat.
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