Li Yao circled around the part of the Nuwa warship that was exposed to the ice below the ground.
At this moment, inside the enormous ice canyon, the situation could not have been more chaotic.
In the great collapse of the ice a moment ago, countless Cultivators had fallen to the bottom of the canyon and been crushed by hundreds of tons of ice and rocks. The few 'lucky ones' were struggling hard in the crevices, screaming miserably.
As for the rest of the Cultivators, most of them were gathered near the engine tubes. They were all rushing into the tubes in a hurry.
Everybody's attention was focused on the Divine Palace. Few of them were paying attention to Li Yao's movements.
Li Yao was now notorious in the Ancient Sages Sector. Both his enemies and his allies knew what he looked like. Nobody was willing to piss off 'Master Spiritual Vulture' before the Cloud Qin Gold Statues were discovered.
Li Yao soon found what he needed.
They were the dozens of cracks that looked like the gills of sharks on the two sides of the Nuwa warship.
Every crack was extremely long and narrow. They could be more than ten meters long and barely wider than the width of a palm. They were also covered by a glittering silver metal membrane. At first glance, they were completely integrated with the body of the warship and did not look like channels that a human being could crawl into at all.
Li Yao, however, knew that they were the air intakes for the Nuwa warship to exchange fresh air with the outside world when it was flying within the atmosphere.
As a fortress cruising in the sea of stars, the Nuwa warship naturally boasted a very advanced air circulation system.
However, when the warship was flying on a habitable planet with an atmosphere, the fresh air from the outside world could not only reduce the burden of the air circulation magical equipment and save the energy needed to transform the air, but it could also improve the dull environment inside the warship and boost the morale of the crew, too.
The debris of the Nuwa warship found on Kunlun had similar designs. Li Yao had studied their structure carefully before.
When the warship was flying in the vacuum of space, the air intakes would be sealed from the inside and would not be opened until the warship landed on the surface of the planet. The internal structure of the air intakes was relatively fragile, at least much more fragile than the thick heat-resistant materials at the end of the engine tubes.
Also, even if the wall at the end of the engine tube was broken, it would only appear in the engine area at the bottom of the Nuwa warship, which was still a long distance away from the core area of the warship.
It was a super-large warship that was very likely to be more than ten kilometers long. The interior of the warship was as complicated as a three-dimensional maze. The few crude maps were not enough to cover every corner of the warship in a short time.
If they were to sneak in directly from the air inlet, it was very likely that they would reach the area where they needed fresh air the most, which was also the area where the crew was most active.
It was conceivable that such an area would be extremely close to the bridge, the command room, the weapons room, and other key facilities.
Li Yao glanced around.
There were indeed some cultivators who had discovered his whereabouts. However, even if these people had twelve times the courage, they wouldn't dare to follow Li Yao and walk the same path as him.
Li Yao's lips curled into a cold smile. A sharp blade that was as thin as paper appeared on his fingertips. Enshrouded by his spiritual energy, the blade was heated to a temperature of almost a thousand degrees. He cut a hole more than two meters long on the metal membrane more than easily and dug out the entire metal membrane.
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao suddenly had cracking noises inside his body. His chest collapsed deeply, and he became extremely thin all of a sudden.
He leaned to one side and tried the air inlet of the Nuwa warship, only to discover that it was still difficult for him to squeeze in.
Thankfully, for the activities in the frigid area, every one of them had carried a lot of ointments with them, which were supposed to prevent frostbite and sunburn. But right now, they were working as lubricants.
Li Yao retrieved a fat bag made of whale skin from his Cosmos Ring and smeared the ointment made of whale fat, bear fat, and tiger bone ointment on his body. Then, he squeezed the ointment into the bag and squeezed it into his body.
"Hu."
Li Yao took his last breath slowly.
His chest was stuck to his back, and he could not breathe anymore. He could only enter the anoxic state for a while.
His chest was not that bad, but his head was more painful.
No matter how the joints and bones of his body were deformed, the shape of his skull was not easily changed.
He felt that his facial organs had all been squeezed together.
Other than an expert of space warship infiltration such as himself, there shouldn't be a second person who would be willing to take such a perverted path.
Even so, it was better to be safe than sorry. Li Yao stuck almost eighty grenades on the inner wall of the air inlet with the thick ointments and connected a few metal threads that were as thin as hair to the trigger flaps, constructing a simple trap. If a second cultivator intended to do the same, they would have to taste the feeling of more than ten grenades erupting at the same time when they were caught in a dilemma.
After everything was done, Li Yao finally controlled the direction of every muscle on his body precisely. Like a viper moving with the scales on its abdomen, he slowly wriggled toward the depths of the air inlet tube.
After moving about thirty meters, he saw another metal membrane in front of him. Behind the membrane, however, was a thick metal plate.
He had reached the end of the air inlet tube.
After he reached this place, Li Yao was no longer so cautious. He extended his left hand straightforwardly. Translucent crystals protruded out of his palm, and a Cell Obliteration Cannon was launched. A huge hole was drilled on the metal membrane as well as the air cleaning unit behind it.
Immediately, the sound of fresh air gushing in could be heard from all around.
Before the edge of the orange hole was completely cooled, Li Yao crawled out of it in a hurry.
Shua!
Every hair on Li Yao's body was standing up.
On one of his knees, he narrowed his eyes. His every pore was still closed, and he was not even breathing normally. But he was prepared to retrieve the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit from his Cosmos Ring at any moment.
He flipped his hand, and an air test magical equipment from the Xing Yao Federation appeared in his palm. The glittering probe spun around for a while and analyzed the air composition inside the Nuwa warship after cracking noises.
The Nuwa warship had been almost devoid of oxygen in the beginning, but as the Cultivators broke the shell and crawled into the warship from various directions, the oxygen level was increasing rapidly. It would not take long before it approached the level of the outside world.
Although there was no oxygen, there was no fatal venomous gas, either. Even if there were some weird impurities, Li Yao's apocalyptic body, which was even tougher than that of the demons, was more than enough for him to adapt to the environment.
Li Yao was finally relieved. He observed the environment around him.
This place should be some sort of maintenance room for the air cleaning magical equipment. There was a dark pathway leading to an unknown destination.
Because the size of the Nuwa Clan was multiple times larger than that of human beings in the first place, both the room and the pathway were astonishingly large. It was like a splendid palace.
Li Yao put the air test back into his Cosmos Ring. He then took out a few super-tiny crystal bombs produced by the Xing Yao Federation through modern methods and stuffed them into his pocket in case of an emergency. Finally, he ventured deeper into the pathway one step after another.
The pitch-black tunnel seemed to have no end, trapping him in a dark world all by himself. Even a guy as bold as Li Yao couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.
His eyes were vaguely emitting redness in the darkness as he searched every detail inside the Nuwa warship carefully.
"Ah!"
Li Yao suddenly discovered that a guy was sitting in the corner up ahead and staring at him. Before he realized what was going on, the guy suddenly jumped up and lunged at him. He shrieked in shock and almost threw out all the super-tiny crystal bombs in his trembling hands.
It was not until he observed more carefully that he discovered that the guy was a tall, strong, hideous-looking member of the Pangu Clan or the Nuwa Clan. He should've been well-preserved in the oxygen-free, enclosed environment. But because Li Yao brought in tremendous fresh air, the air had a strong reaction with his body, reducing the body that should've decayed hundreds of thousands of years ago into dust instantly.
Li Yao breathed hard, sweating hard. He blinked and looked again, only to discover that there were only a few bright gold bones and a lackluster armor left on the ground.
He had seen such an explosion phenomenon many times on Kunlun. Except for the shock at the beginning when he was caught unprepared, he did not find it strange at all.
He wondered what the reactions of the locals of the Ancient Sages Sector who snuck into the depths of the Nuwa warship through other routes would be when they encountered such an explosion phenomenon.
Li Yao could not help but imagine that if the solemn Qi Zhongdao saw the legendary 'primeval deities' disintegrating right in front of him, would he be so scared that his face would turn pale and he would kowtow nonstop?
Thinking about that, Li Yao could not help but chuckle in a low voice. His previous anxiety was greatly alleviated.
As he moved forward, he discovered a lot more dead bodies that had exploded because of the intense reaction with the air.
Judging from the runes on their remains and the remaining armor and magical equipment, there were both members of the Nuwa Clan and the Pangu Clan. Naturally, there were also many human warriors who served as vassals of the two parties.
It appeared that the troops of the Pangu Clan had once invaded the Nuwa warship and launched a bloody boarding battle. As a result, the internal structure of the warship was seriously damaged. Burnt holes and torn gaps were everywhere. Broken limbs and frozen body fluids filled the entire space.
Perhaps it was the reason why the Nuwa warship had crashed in the Land of Eternal Night.
However, for Li Yao, the channels that had been torn apart by brute force were quite convenient for his operation.
Let me make a bold assumption. In most boarding battles, the most important target for the attacker is undoubtedly the bridge of the defender. As long as the bridge is controlled, more than half of the warship will be occupied. At the very least, even if the warship is not occupied, it will still be possible to kill the captains, navigators, maintainers of the mainframe crystal processors, and other critical personnel on the enemy's side.
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