All the Yuanying experts were inspired by Si Koulie's speech. For the rest of the night, they all came up with their own ideas and offered suggestions for the 'Heavenly Road Plan'.
Such an enormous plan could be said to be the 'first project' of the New Federation in the next hundred years. Naturally, it could not be concluded in one night.
Thankfully, most of the Yuanying experts had to stay for the Magical Equipment Exposition. The duration of the Yuanying Meeting this year was extended to an unprecedented ten days, too.
They still had plenty of time to plan everything.
After the meeting on the first day was over, Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong strolled in the garden outside of the meeting center hand in hand.
After a long night of meetings, it was dawn. On the horizon in the east, the morning glow was swallowing the night sky like a rising tide.
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong were still dwelling in the marvelous and passionate meeting just now.
When they looked at each other occasionally, they immediately understood what each other was thinking.
Ding Ling Dong smiled and elbowed Li Yao. "You want to join the Heavenly Road Plan and explore more Sectors in the sea of stars, don't you?"
"Yes!"
Li Yao licked his lips. With eagerness beaming out of his eyes, he looked at his fists and said, "I've spent five peaceful years on Kunlun. Although it was quite enjoyable to study the Colossi every day, I always felt that something was missing. I couldn't activate my spirit to the maximum. Even my level was stagnant. I couldn't make any progress no matter how hard I trained myself!"
"It's like … It's like … Huh. How should I describe it to you?"
Ding Ling Dong smiled, baring her sharp canine teeth. "It's like you are not 100% alive, right?"
"Exactly!"
Li Yao's eyes suddenly shone. He raised his thumb at his wife. "That's exactly the feeling. How do you know?"
"Because I'm the same!"
Ding Lingdang snorted. "We are all the same kind of people. We are not suitable for a peaceful life. Constant adventures and battles, challenging the limits of our limits, that is our way of life!"
"In the past five years, although I've been cultivating arduously and my level has been improving rapidly, it's not as satisfying as when I fought against the demons in the depths of the Grand Desolate Plateau seven or eight years ago! Such a tranquil life is like a prison. My bones are itching. I've been looking forward to marching into space after the human hibernation and space jump technologies are accumulated! "
"The day has finally come. It is such a great opportunity that we cannot miss it. After all, there are still almost a hundred years to go before the expedition army of the Imperium of True Human Beings arrives. To be trapped in the Tian Yuan Realm for a hundred years in an ordinary way is even more uncomfortable than to be killed!
"Li Yao, let's go to Professor Mo Xuan and Leader Si Koulie and ask them about the specific progress of the Heavenly Road Plan. If we are to march into space, nobody is more suitable than the two of us!"
Li Yao's eyes were glittering. Holding Ding Ling Dong's slightly rough hands, he said, "That's exactly what I want!"
Si Koulie was the best starship specialist in the three Sectors, and Professor Mo Xuan had been studying the ancient star map left by the Pangu civilization in the past few years. Both of them were the most critical persons of the Heavenly Road Plan.
Li Yao and Professor Mo Xuan were in a teacher-student relationship, but he had been devoted to the Colossi in the past few years and did not pay much attention to the Heavenly Road Plan until it was fully realized.
Si Koulie and Professor Mo Xuan were not resting. They were still sorting through the Yuanying's speeches in the conference center.
Seeing that Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong had returned, the two seniors both put on an 'expected' expression.
"Li Yao, you've come at the right time. Come and take a look at this!"
Si Koulie greeted Li Yao with a smile.
The two of them had been comrades who fought side by side during the riot of the Immortal Cultivators and were quite familiar with each other. After the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Flying Star Sector got closer to each other, Li Yao's Glorious Sunlight Group and Si Koulie's Star Fighters' Alliance became strategic partners. The two of them were deeply entangled in their interests. Their relationship was so unusual that even the term 'fellow Cultivator' could be omitted.
Si Koulie triggered a rune array softly, triggering a 3D hologram in front of him. It turned out to be a super-small starship about ten meters long that was as brilliant as a diamond.
At first glance, the starship did not seem to have been made of any metal. It was vastly different from the traditional refining styles of the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Flying Star Sector, and the Blood Demon Sector. The flawlessness of the starship was mixed with the intense air of the primeval age.
"Isn't this the escape capsule of the Pangu clan?"
Li Yao scratched his hair and finally recalled what had happened.
Five years ago, deep inside Kunlun, he and three other Immortal Cultivators had discovered an escape capsule of the Pangu clan. Later, they had a great battle with the hibernating Pangu inside.
At that time, the escape capsule had been blown apart into countless scraps and debris.
The super-small starship before his eyes, on the other hand, was eighty percent similar to the escape capsule of the Pangu clan. It was like a miniature version of the escape capsule.
"Yes, this is it!"
Si Koulie declared proudly. "Although the escape capsule was blown apart by you, we collected all the debris carefully, analyzed, and maintained it. Then, we added our state-of-the-art starship production technology and finally produced this featherweight super starship. We named it Spark!
"Don't be fooled by its size and the fact that it can only accommodate one member. It has been embedded with hundreds of units excavated from Kunlun. It can perform dozens of space jumps in a row and accelerate to the sub-light speed easily. It is the fastest and most agile starship in the three Sectors right now. It is the most suitable starship for space exploration!"
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong looked at each other, their eyes glittering.
"Master, Uncle Si, you must know why we're here, right?"
Li Yao cut to the chase. "With our capability, it shouldn't be a problem for us to join the Heavenly Road Plan and explore the brand-new Sectors, right?"
"Even if you didn't come to us, we would've come to you."
Professor Mo Xuan walked forward and said, "According to the internal discussion of the team of the Heavenly Road Plan, it is indeed necessary to send experts of the Yuanying level for the space exploration at the beginning.
"It is not to say that the Building Foundation Stage and the Core Formation Stage are incapable of accomplishing the mission. It is mainly for safety reasons.
"We don't know the first thing about the Sectors other than the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Blood Demon Sector, and the Flying Star Sector. Assuming that some local forces do exist in the brand-new Sectors, we don't know whether they are friendly or hostile, how developed their civilization is, and whether or not they pose a threat to us!
"Even if their overall civilization is not as developed as ours, it doesn't mean that some of the experts among them are unable to kill or even capture our explorers alive.
"It's like how our comprehensive capability is far lower than that of the Imperium of True Human Beings, but with careful planning and a bit of luck, we can still capture the explorers of the Imperium of True Human Beings!
"In the perilous universe, information is one of the most precious resources! After we capture the explorers of the Imperium of True Human Beings, we will receive tremendous information from them and their war bases, which will significantly enhance our capability and pose a serious threat to the Imperium of True Human Beings.
"Should we run into the locals who are hostile to us while we are exploring the universe, too, and they capture our explorers and plunder the critical information about the federation, we will be in big trouble!"
"Therefore, the first batch of explorers must be capable of protecting themselves. At the very least, they must have the ability to destroy all the information about us and kill themselves when they are caught in a desperate situation!
"Only those in the Yuanying level can boast such abilities. That's why we cannot send the Building Foundation Stage and the Core Formation Stage out for adventures!"
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong looked at each other, not surprised.
Although the two of them were Cultivators who believed in the brightness of humanity, it did not mean that they were naïve people who did not know the evils of the universe.
Dangers were everywhere in the sea of stars. Professor Mo Xuan's concerns were very reasonable.
If the explorers of the Federation ran into the locals who were hostile to them, they would be emptied of the coordinates, combat ability, civilization, and other critical information about the Federation through sordid techniques such as' soul-searching 'before they figured out the enemy's situation. Then, they would be going for wool and coming home shorn!
It was needless to say that they might run into the scouts of the Holy League and the Imperium who were wandering outside in the vast universe, such as the 'star child'.
Only the Yuanying could possibly compete with them. Even if they could not defeat the enemy, they could still destroy themselves and all the information neatly so that the Federation could continue hiding in the mist at the edge of the cosmos.
"Then, the two of us are perfect for the mission!"
Li Yao clapped his hands and said.
"It is very suitable, but you can't travel together."
Professor Mo Xuan said, "In our plan, every exploration team will be supervised by one Yuanying. Two Yuanying cannot team up."
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong were both dazed for a moment. They asked at the same time, "Why?"
"Two reasons. Firstly, all the eggs cannot be put in the same basket."
Professor Mo Xuan explained, "Although the space jump technology is very mature, passing through the four-dimensional space is still highly risky. One moment of carelessness, and they will be involved in the storms of other dimensions and drift to the end of the universe!
"If it is only one space jump, it will not be a big deal. But during the implementation of the Heavenly Road Plan, the explorers will be jumping time and time again like the star child of the Imperium of True Human Beings. After dozens of jumps, the risk will be accumulated to a very high factor!
"There are more than two hundred Yuanying in the three Sectors. Excluding the non-combative types who are too old and unsuitable for space exploration missions, there are not many candidates who are really suitable for the mission.
"Assuming that the two of you are on the same starship as a team, should an accident happen, we will lose two Yuanying who are of paramount importance!"
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