In order to carry out the most important infiltration mission in the history of the Xing Yao Federation, Li Yao's equipment had been fully upgraded, too, with the cutting-edge technology that the Xing Yao Federation had developed for a hundred years.
As a 'spy starship' in a practical sense, the 'Heavenly Eye' deep-space exploration starship not only boasted a fully-automatic navigation and manipulation system that could automatically search for and reach the coordinates entered on the star map even if the only crew member was in the hibernation state. More importantly, it boasted a super remote communication system that could automatically expand.
The enormous system made of almost a hundred communication units made of memory alloys was stored at the rear of the deep-space exploration starship. It occupied about one third of the cabin.
When it was needed, it could automatically expand into enormous antennas hundreds of meters in diameter in only twenty-four hours.
With a sufficient supply of spiritual energy, it could send a message that was equivalent to three minutes of video to the edge of the cosmos. Also, it boasted a very high anti-interference ability. Neither the cosmic storms nor the wormholes could completely obliterate the message that it sent out.
In the borderland space zones of the Xing Yao Federation, twelve enormous reception bases had been established one after another. Thousands of reception antennas were running slowly, collecting the traces from the center of the cosmos and ensuring that they would receive Li Yao's message the moment it was sent over.
The entire system was fully automatic, too. Even if Li Yao was not inside the starship, it could still maintain the standby state for years by absorbing solar energy or send a message to the edge of the cosmos every once in a while.
Of course, considering that the Heavenly Eye deep-space exploration starship was still too large in size, it was unlikely that Li Yao would carry such an enormous starship with him when he went deep into the heartland of the Imperium. It was even possible that he would be forced to self-destruct the 'spy starship' if he was discovered by the Imperium. Therefore, Li Yao also carried another piece of communication magical equipment with him.
The magical equipment that could be stored inside a Cosmos Ring could not send messages independently. It was actually a piece of 'parasitic' magical equipment that was specifically designed to hack the communication bases of the Imperium. The virus that was provided by the specialists of the Black Wind Fleet and targeted at the crystal processors of the communication system of the Imperium allowed Li Yao to 'hijack' a communication base of the Imperium for a while and send out very clandestine messages.
Other than the communication magical equipment, the most important things were the crystals and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for cultivation.
There was a famous saying in the world of cultivation — The path of cultivation was like rowing a boat against the current. If you don't advance, you will fall behind. There was another famous saying in the world of cultivation — Man is iron, rice is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry.
With Li Yao's capability right now, his craving for resources every day was almost the same as that of a heavy-armored cruiser. If he could not get long-term, stable supplies, unless he suppressed his level to a very low level with the 'Soul Converging Technique' all the time, the cells of his fleshly body and the soul deep inside his brain would certainly 'starve to death' in a series of high-intensity battles.
It was barely possible to get all the resources that an expert in the "Divinity Transformation Stage" needed in the enemy's rear without alarming anyone. It was like a hungry dinosaur that had just shown up in a small forest. If it had to feed on the animals and plants in the forest, it was certainly impossible to keep it a secret.
Therefore, Li Yao carried twenty Cosmos Rings with him for the first time. Also, many of them were used to store the Colossi, which boasted astonishing storage space.
The crystal cores and marrow crystals that the Federation had collected for a hundred years, which were of the highest purity and contained the most spiritual energy, had been stuffed to the brim in the Cosmos Rings. There was not even an extra space the size of a grain of rice left.
Those resources should be enough to support Li Yao's high-intensity training and battles for at least a year and a half. If he still could not assimilate into the local environment of the Imperium or send an effective message back in a year and a half, then … he would have to pray for himself.
Considering the complexity of the environment in the heartland of the Imperium and the rather advanced methods of Cosmos Ring detection of the Immortal Cultivators, if Li Yao intended to sneak into a certain organization of the Imperium in disguise, his Cosmos Rings would certainly be searched. It might not be safe to keep the Cosmos Rings on him. Therefore, the Federation had installed the latest localization chips on the Cosmos Rings.
Every once in a while, the localization chips would automatically release insignificant waves, which were similar to the natural radiations of many minerals. However, their coordinates could be located clearly through special detectors.
When Li Yao really intended to sneak into a certain well-guarded organization or force in the Imperium, he could always hide all the Cosmos Rings in a secret location first. With his senses close to the Divinity Transformation Stage and the assistance of the detectors, he would not need to worry that the Cosmos Rings would be lost as long as they were on the same planet. It would not be too late for him to find a way to retrieve the Cosmos Rings after he passed the inspection and won the trust of the enemy.
Now that the possibility of infiltrating the enemy's rear was considered, a false identity was naturally indispensable.
Thankfully, there were a lot of autonomous forces in the Imperium of True Human Beings. A lot of Sectors and even planets were independent systems. There were a lot of clandestine people, as well as a lot of merchants and space pirates who wandered in the sea of stars. In many cases, the two were the same thing.
Di Feiwen had prepared more than ten sets of fake identity certificates for Li Yao and fabricated a whole set of background files for him. However, most of them were nobodies in the Refinement Stage and the Building Foundation Stage. They were no higher than the Core Formation Stage at best.
After all, the experts in the Yuanying Stage and even the Divinity Transformation Stage were few and far between in the Imperium. It was impossible for Di Feiwen to fabricate the lineage and background of a Yuanying expert or an expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage.
Other than that, there was also the title of 'Black Wind King'.
Li Yao had accepted the pledge of loyalty from the remaining soldiers of the Black Wind fleet and received the scepter of the commander-in-chief of the Black Wind fleet. Other than the fact that he had not been acknowledged by His Majesty yet, according to the tradition of the Imperium, he was the real Black Wind King.
The title of 'Black Wind King' didn't mean that he would be able to emit a domineering aura that would cause others to tremble in fear and bow their heads in worship. On the contrary, if he didn't display his formidable strength, it would only cause others to covet him and bring trouble to himself.
However, when his fists were hard enough, his saber was fast enough, and his Colossus was large enough, such an identity could save Li Yao a lot of trouble and make it easier for him to win the recognition and even surrender of the people of the Imperium.
As for exactly how to carry out the value of the title of 'Black Wind King', it would be up to Li Yao himself to figure it out.
Everything was ready. In the next half month, Li Yao spent all his time with Ding Ling Dong.
Considering Ding Ling Dong's personality, she was very eager to travel to the center of the cosmos with Li Yao.
However, her identity was too special after all. Not just the current Supreme Speaker of the Federation, even if she was the 'former Supreme Speaker of the Federation' after her resignation, it would be quite embarrassing if anything happened to her when she went to the center of the cosmos recklessly.
Right now, the relationship between the Federation and the Imperium was rather subtle. Not only was the Federation not ready for a total war with the Imperium, but even if it was capable of stabbing the Imperium in the back brutally, it was still unknown whether or not it would do so now that the great enemy, the "Holy League", seemed to be up to no good.
Li Yao boasted the reputation of 'dominator of three Sectors' among the people. He was also the spiritual leader of 'Li Yao', a brand-new interest group that dominated the Federation. As it happened, he did not hold any official post at all. If he went to the Imperium with such an identity, he would be able to attack or retreat as he wished. He could both represent the government and his own actions. Whatever happened, there would be room for negotiation.
However, if the 'former Speaker of the Federation' was lost in the Imperium or even killed by the Immortal Cultivators, there would be no room for compromise or negotiation at all.
Therefore, Ding Ling Dong could only seize the last few days to compete with Li Yao day and night in order to ease her lovesickness.
It was needless to say that, under the destructive competition of beliefs, Li Yao's level was showing signs of a breakthrough again. The barrier between the Yuanying Stage and the Divinity Transformation Stage that was as thin as paper was getting thinner and thinner, and it might shatter at any moment.
If he could break into the Divinity Transformation Stage before he went to the Imperium, it would undoubtedly be a great guarantee for his trip to the Imperium.
However, the training in reality was not a novel or a game after all. Breakthroughs were not certain when certain values were accumulated to a tipping point.
Even though Li Yao felt that spiritual energy was surging inside his cells, veins, and brain like a volcanic eruption, only the heavens knew what kind of opportunities he had encountered to make the crucial step.
He spent the last three days of his stay in the Xing Yao Federation in his hometown, Floating Spear City.
Floating Spear City was the place where his dreams and legends began. It was also the best starting point for him to bid farewell to the Xing Yao Federation and step to the center of the cosmos.
As the hometown of Vulture Li Yao, dominator of three Sectors, Floating Spear City today was entirely different from when he was a teenager after a hundred years of development. Not only had it expanded by at least five times, it had also expanded to the sky and the underground. The population of the city had increased by more than twenty times. It would not be an exaggeration to call it a 'big explosion'.
The magical equipment graveyard of the past was long gone. It had been replaced by rows upon rows of skyscrapers and crowded transportation lines.
However, when he looked at his hometown that was both familiar and strange, Li Yao's eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the limitation of time and space and see the magical equipment graveyard where dirty water and exhaust were flowing everywhere, the ragged Chaoyang Village, and the young man who was full of hope for the future on the playground of Chixiao No. 2 High School.
At that time, there was a fire in his heart, a furiously burning fire.
How lucky he was. The fire had been burning for a hundred years and showed no sign of dying out to this day. If anything, it was burning even more fiercely than before!
Li Yao dropped everything and wandered in the streets and the underground ghost market of Floating Spear City, tasting the snacks of his hometown that he had not tasted for a long time.
Ding Ling Dong, Jin Xinyue, Wu Mayan, Xie Anan, Guo Chunfeng, Fire Ant, Fiend Blade Peng Hai … All his family, disciples, and friends came to Floating Spear City to see him off.
After spending three carefree days in satisfaction, Li Yao returned to the launch base of the Heaven's Artillery deep inside the Grand Desolate Plateau without a sound.
The 'Heavenly Eye Plan' was a top secret of top secrets. Except for his closest friends and the leadership of the Federation, almost nobody knew that the most dangerous man at the edge of the cosmos had already torn apart the sea of stars, passed through the wormhole, and entered the center of the cosmos on that cold morning.
By 'almost', he was referring to the two children who looked like porcelain dolls.
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