Looking at his wife's glittering eyes, which seemed to reflect the entire universe, Li Yao had a lot of things that he wanted to tell her, like a flood that was about to burst out of a dam.
He wanted to tell Ding Ling Dong about his loneliness and feelings when he roamed alone deep inside the dark nebula. He wanted to tell her what a star ten thousand times larger than the sun looked like when it unleashed a storm. He wanted to tell her about the splendid, colorful nebulas, the Ancient Sages Sector, and his discoveries deep inside the Nuwa warship. He wanted to show off the Colossi that he had repaired like a child showing off his new toys and ask his wife to pick the biggest and best one to pilot.
In the meantime, there were a lot of things that he wanted to ask, too. He could not wait to know what Ding Ling Dong had been through in the past hundred years. He wanted to know how she had defeated the spectral Cultivators in the Nether World Sector that was riddled with scars and wastelands. He also wanted to know what kind of soul-stirring, bizarre stories had happened in the dark mines of the Uranian Ring Sector.
Had she been through any perilous situations? Had she been through any life-threatening crises? Had she suffered any unbearable wounds? How had she survived when he was not by her side?
There were too many things that he wanted to say and too many things that he wanted to hear, but his computational ability that was comparable to a crystal processor was suddenly frozen. He turned from 'Vulture Li Yao, dominator of three Sectors' into a silly boy. After a long daze, he finally asked, "Are you alright?"
Ding Ling Dong smiled. "I'm fine. How about you?"
"I'm fine, too."
Li Yao paused for a moment. Tilting his head, he thought for a long time before he said again, "I'm back."
"Okay."
Ding Lingdang continued to smile. Such a tranquil and gentle smile had not blossomed for an entire hundred years. This was because in the Three Thousand Boundless Worlds, among the more than a trillion people, only one person could make this smile blossom completely. She said softly, "It's good that you're back."
Li Yao felt that his heart was warm. He swam toward Ding Ling Dong.
"Wait."
Ding Ling Dong said in a hurry. "Although this crystal medical cabin is isolated from the outside world, our physiological parameters are still closely monitored by the medical equipment. Any change of index will be read instantly!"
"I know."
Li Yao murmured, "I just want to hug you. I've wanted to … for a hundred years."
Ding Lingdang was slightly stunned. She was like a flower that was slowly blooming, sending herself to him.
The two of them hugged each other tightly, trying to embed themselves into each other's bodies.
At this moment, the vast universe outside seemed to have disappeared, leaving only their rhythmic breathing and heartbeat.
Time had also lost its meaning. It was as if they were hugging each other with their entire eternity, but it was still not enough. Even if they hugged each other for ten eternities, it would still be far from enough.
"I-I'm almost there."
After a long time, Ding Ling Dong's cheeks flushed intoxicatingly. She pinched the back of Li Yao's muscular shoulder and breathed heavily. "Pay attention to the time and place. Wait until we're home. I just bought a world fragment. The Nine-Colored Prairie inside is large and comfortable. It's the best training ground. The war is not over yet. Don't be so impatient, alright?"
"Right —"
It was not until then that Li Yao's soul returned to its original position. His brain began to function quickly again, and he was completely awake. But he still did not intend to let go of Ding Ling Dong. While rolling her red hair with his fingers, he asked, "How long was I in a coma? What happened in the meantime? Where am I? How is the battle going?"
"See for yourself."
Ding Ling Dong released a telepathic thought. Half of the shell of the medical cabin gradually turned transparent, as if it had disappeared. The boundless sea of stars immediately hit their face.
In the sea of stars, the central battlefield had turned into cold and lackluster debris. Scraps of starships, empty shells of Crystal Suits, and space shuttles were everywhere. They collided into chaotic swirls.
Further away, the sporadic flames of war were still burning furiously, extending the battlefield to the periphery of the Heaven's Origin Galaxy tens of millions of kilometers away. Small-scale starships and clusters of Crystal Suits were chasing each other, attacking each other, jumping, and exploding in midair. The intensity of the battle was lower, but it was even more brutal.
At the bottom left corner of their eyes, the Heaven's Origin Galaxy, the capital of the Federation that was protected by the Wall of Heaven's Origin, was clearly visible. Dense light spots were popping up around the Heaven's Origin Galaxy nonstop and marching toward the broken battlefield.
Among the light spots, it was vaguely possible to see the enormous Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars flag made of dazzling illusions. They were all the fleets of the Federation.
Despite Li Yao's experience in space travel, he was still deeply awed by the glamorous scene that was half silent and half chaotic after such a fierce battle.
"We are now on 'Mica', the most advanced medical starship of the Burning Prairie Fleet. This is a super medical cabin specially prepared for the experts of the Yuanying."
Ding Ling Dong explained, "It was excavated from Kunlun thirty years ago. It was supposed to be used by the Nuwa Clan, but it took us thirty years to repair it and adjust it to the mode that can be used by human beings.
"The medical cabin boasts the function of treating heavy wounds by absorbing the essence of the universe. Therefore, we directly embedded it at the outermost layer of the medical starship, like a bulging goldfish. Everything you see is not a 3D light beam but the most real universe."
"We've won?"
Li Yao put on a smile. Then, he nodded affirmatively. "Our space gate has been repaired. The main troops of the Burning Prairie Fleet and the garrison fleets from other Sectors have all arrived. We've won!"
"It was because of the unexpected assault of you and the experts of the Ancient Sages Sector that we were able to secure the victory."
Ding Ling Dong could not help but chuckle. She pinched Li Yao's ear and said, "Especially you. Even 'Black Satan', Heiye Ming's Colossus, was killed by you in person. I was so infuriated. That was supposed to be my prey!"
"Is that so?"
Li Yao blinked. "I really don't remember that."
"Yes."
Ding Ling Dong said, "According to Long Yangjun and Yan Liren, the two friends that you made in the Ancient Sages Sector, Black Satan suddenly split apart, and clusters of the most intense black fog popped up from its body into a bloody mouth that bit your Tartarean Skeleton brutally.
"The crimson thorns around your Colossus darted out and pierced into Black Satan's body, too.
"The two Colossi were at an impasse for a moment. When they did not know how to dissect each other, the black fog around Black Satan suddenly dispersed. The Colossus, on the other hand, was riddled with holes and rust, as if it had been decayed for more than ten thousand years. It had completely fallen apart.
"At that moment, the head of Black Swirl had been completely blown up by you, and an intense explosion took place in the middle and rear of the starship. Fearing that they would be affected, they hurried to carry you out of the starship. As for Heiye Ming and Black Satan, they must've been completely killed in the great explosion.
"The space gate of the Black Wind Fleet was destroyed, and the possibility of reinforcements was cut off. Half of their morale was gone. Their highest commander was slain by you, and even their flagship was blown into twisted debris. How could the remaining Immortal Cultivators have any fighting will at all? They were just putting up a desperate struggle. "
The situation was in fact more complicated than what Ding Ling Dong described. Li Yao did not know where to begin for a moment and could only chuckle.
Ding Ling Dong sniffed and pinched Li Yao's shoulder again. She said, rather regretfully, "You don't have to say anything. We are already used to the 'miracles' that you have created! After all, I won't be surprised no matter what earth-shattering things you do, except for the fact that you are pregnant and have children in person. "
Pausing for a moment, she added, "No, it doesn't seem strange that such a monster like you can give birth to two babies after ten months of pregnancy one day."
"How could that be possible?"
Li Yao said solemnly, "If I do achieve anything today, it will be mainly because my wife is wise, wise, wise, and well-trained. Ninety-nine percent of the credit will go to you. Tsk, tsk, tsk. You truly deserve to be the legendary God of War of the Federation to have trained your husband to such an excellent state!"
"Huh …"
Ding Ling Dong was satisfied. "That's more like it!"
She continued introducing the current situation to Li Yao. It had been fifteen hours since Li Yao passed out. With the death of the highest commander and the complete destruction of the flagship, the Black Wind Fleet was finally on the verge of collapse.
However, collapse did not mean complete annihilation. To fight a clean battle of annihilation in space was ten thousand times more difficult than a battle on the ground. It was almost impossible.
According to the plan of Li Yao and the twelve Ancient Sages Sector, Heiye Lan was supposed to clean up the mess.
However, Heiye Lan was not deeply rooted in the Black Wind Fleet after all. Her personal capability was not among the best, either. Also, she had been missing for ten years. How could she be popular at all?
Despite the support of the twelve Ancient Sages Sector and the aggressive fleet of the Federation, she only managed to persuade twenty percent of the defeated soldiers to surrender.
The remaining twenty percent of the defeated soldiers were diehards who were determined to fight the Cultivators to the end.
As for the remaining sixty percent of the defeated soldiers, they did not have any loyalty to the Imperium of True Human Beings at all under such desperate circumstances. Driven by their survival instincts, they simply dispersed and fled to the periphery of the Tian Yuan Realm.
The universe was a vast place. The starships that had been heavily damaged in the great battle and had mostly run out of fuel and assets did not have much chance of survival.
Perhaps, after their boiling brains gradually calmed down and they considered their predicament, they would turn around and surrender to the Federation. But it would take time after all.
Some of the starships were still trying to perform a space jump without bothering about anything and reunite with the main troops deep inside the brown dwarf dozens of lightyears away.
However, a space jump was extremely dangerous. Not only did it require a long preparation time and abundant fuel and spiritual energy, it also had a high demand on the structural hardness of the starships.
When the starships that were riddled with holes and seriously twisted performed a space jump, they were not running for their lives but committing suicide.
When more than ten starships disintegrated directly during a space jump and were torn into debris that looked like noodles, no other starships of the Imperium dared to follow their footsteps. They were all caught in an impasse.
Besides, even if they could jump back to the brown dwarf, so what? In order to plan the attack, the Black Wind Fleet had gambled all their ammunition, crystals, and fuel. Even the only super large space gate had been dragged to the Tian Yuan Realm by force. The reinforcements on the brown dwarf were enormous in number, but their combat ability was rather low. It was barely possible for them to perform a long-distance space jump and return to the homeland of the Imperium. Even if they did return at the risk of their lives, what would happen to such defeated soldiers?
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