"It is not hard to imagine how dreadful this unparalleled deadly demon from thirty thousand years ago would have been if it had been restored to its peak state. Right now, seventy percent of the combat ability of the Supreme Imperium has joined the Expedition of Billions of Lightyears. Those left behind are nothing but the remnants.
"If Skeleton Dragon were to roam in the dozens of space zones behind us for a year and a half, how much damage, slaughter, and death would it have caused? We can't even begin to imagine it!
"Thankfully, the captain discovered the anomaly in the residence in time and launched an aggressive attack when Skeleton Dragon was only halfway out of the residence!
"The deadly demon had been dormant for thirty thousand years after all. I'm afraid that its capability was only one percent of its peak state. Finally, it was heavily wounded and trapped in the barrier again.
"This time, I'm afraid that it will have to rest for another ten thousand years before it can stir up trouble again.
"However, it won't have a chance anymore. When the next search team arrives, it will be the moment of its doom!"
"August 26th, year 899 in the Star Ocean Calendar.
"We are now in the worst situation!
"Perhaps the battle between Sparkle and Skeleton Dragon disrupted the balance of spiritual energy below the ground. An earth-shattering undersea volcano eruption took place in the depths of the silver ocean.
"The rocks at the bottom of the ocean were torn apart. A super trench tens of thousands of meters deep leading to the core of the planet appeared!
"Sparkle, which was stranded right next to the trench, was affected by the undersea volcano eruption, too!
"Magma, swirls, earthquakes, and undercurrents raged like countless ferocious beasts!
"The magma, which was thousands of degrees high and mixed with all kinds of corrosive impurities, completely surrounded Sparkle. Crazy spiritual waves and radiation penetrated through the shell of the starship and raged in the cabins and pathways!
"Most of the survivors were killed instantly. Only the crew members above the high level of the Building Foundation Stage survived. But our capability has hit rock bottom, too.
"My spiritual root and my veins are seriously damaged. I can still trigger the spiritual energy intensity equal to the beginning level of the Building Foundation Stage.
"This is already the one in the best condition among the five survivors."
"Sparkle was seriously damaged in the eruption of the underground fire. It lost almost all the supplies and maintenance materials. It was also swallowed by the magma and rocks and buried deep inside the rocks at the bottom of the ocean.
"The only good thing is that we didn't fall into the trench directly. Otherwise, we would've been squashed a long time ago!
"The five of us are all seriously injured. We lack food and medicine. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long."
"I can't waste another second. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I can't give up!"
"Sparkle is a multi-functional fast exploration ship in the battle order of the Imperial Capital. It means that it can carry a combat squad to explore a strange space zone on its own. Therefore, although its combat ability is not high, its survival and self-recovery abilities are much higher than many main-force starships. "
"Inside the shell of Sparkle are countless pieces of mustard-level maintenance magical equipment that are millions of times smaller than a grain of rice. As long as they absorb enough spiritual energy, they will automatically absorb the materials around them and transform them into the materials required for maintenance.
"Other than that. There are still two automatic-maintenance puppets that aren't completely damaged. "
"Just. More than half of our spiritual energy has been consumed. Blocked by the rock stratum, it is difficult for us to retrieve spiritual energy from the silver seawater. Judging from the current maintenance speed, it will take us a thousand years to restore Sparkle to the minimum functional state.
"I can't care so much. Set Sparkle to the automatic repair mode and wait patiently for the rescue team. "
"Galaxy Calendar Year 899, September 26."
"Strange! This is too strange! We've been trapped in the rock stratum at the bottom of the ocean for a month, but the rescue team hasn't arrived yet. This is absolutely impossible! "
"Unless all the military bases in the few space zones nearby have been destroyed instantly, how could they have forgotten their comrades on Boneyard?"
"Could it be that. Something big has happened outside? "
"The thought is echoing in the lifeless cabin and hovering above every survivor's head like a ghost.
"Over the past month, our wounds have been getting better. But because of the lack of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and spiritual energy, our Cultivation has not recovered. Instead, it is declining.
"With our current capability, there is no way that we can get out of here.
"Over the past month, we've modified the only piece of probe magical equipment on Sparkle, which was not seriously damaged, into a large transmitter that can send out special spiritual waves to the outside world through the rock stratum. Let's hope that the 'signal' can be received by the outside world.
"Galaxy Calendar Year 899, November 15.
"I'm already dead.
"The eruption of the earthen fire is probably just an aftershock after a strong earthquake. But Sparkle, which is riddled with holes, cannot resist the furious spiritual waves at all.
"Although the surface of Sparkle was not damaged, the spiritual waves swept across like a storm. Not only was the mainframe crystal processor completely destroyed, all the survivors were killed, too!
"Of course, even if the earthen fire hadn't broken out, we would've been doomed anyway.
"We ran out of food a day ago.
"As Cultivators, we can wield strength hundreds of times greater than that of ordinary people, but we also need to consume hundreds of times more food and energy than ordinary people.
"Without enough spiritual energy and food, we will soon become ordinary people again, if not worse.
"After all, our brains, body tissues, and every cell are used to running at a high speed in an environment where abundant spiritual energy is abundant. If we stop suddenly, it is very likely that we will collapse instantly.
"I'd rather be killed by the earthen fire than starve to death. I only hope that the earthen fire can break out more fiercely and destroy Skeleton Dragon's undersea residence.
"To my surprise, every cell in my body stopped functioning, but the fire of life did not die out. Instead, it turned into a weird wave.
"I turned into a spectral Cultivator.
"It is not unusual for a Cultivator to turn into a spectral Cultivator in a bloody battlefield. Sparkle had prepared ten puppets of spectral Cultivators in case any crew member died and turned into a spectral Cultivator.
"Fortunately, although the nine puppets were seriously damaged, I found a body that was still usable. Manipulating the fire of life, I 'leaped' and was able to move again.
"I sat in the darkness and thought about the situation in front of me.
"Without a doubt, something unexpected must've happened in the outside world that involved a lot of military forces. That's why the military didn't send more starships here.
"Ghosts are very unstable life forms. My puppet body was seriously damaged, too. It could only perform the most basic movements such as walking, sitting, and lying down. It was impossible for me to escape.
"The only thing I could do was to collect all the spiritual energy that leaked in from the cracks of the rocks and try to repair Sparkle. In the meantime, I kept sending messages to warn the explorers who were sneaking into the underground ocean.
"I hoped that the chaos outside would be over soon so that the search team could be sent here soon.
"December 30, year 999 in the Star Ocean Calendar.
"A hundred years have passed.
"How strange. When I was trapped in an iron coffin ten thousand meters below the ground alone and faced with a dark future, every minute and every second was so torturous. There were a few times when I almost got mentally deranged and killed myself."
"But when I recalled the past, I felt that the hundred years were as fleeting as a day.
"It was because I could only absorb spiritual energy from the silver seawater through the cracks of the rocks. The insignificant spiritual energy had to be used for the operation of the mustard-level maintainers first. The leftovers were not enough to drive the puppets to perform vigorous activities.
"Therefore, the most common thing that I did in the past hundred years was to sit in a corner and think.
"In my boredom, I thought and calculated a lot of things. Of course, the most important thing was gunfighting.
"In the army, I was sort of an expert of gunfighting among the Core Formation Stage Cultivators. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been the main gunner and the captain of Sparkle.
"However, compared to the experts of gunfighting who joined the expedition army and carried out the Billions of Lightyears Expedition, I was still far behind.
"In the past, I was always unconvinced that I was just less lucky than them.
"In the past hundred years, I've replayed every battle I've ever experienced and watched every video of the experts' battles billions of times. I've even calculated the trajectory of every bullet. Finally, I've realized the gap between us."
"After billions of calculations, my theories of gunfighting became more and more perfect and delicate. I even dare to say that even the experts of gunfighting in the Yuanying level in the Imperial High School might not have a deeper understanding of gunfighting than I did.
"It's because they can't be like me, doing nothing for a hundred years and thinking about the mysteries of Gun Kungfu wholeheartedly.
"But what's the use of it? Theories are just theories. I don't have enough spiritual energy or a strong body to put the theories into practice.
"Besides, after such a long time, no reinforcements have come yet. I have to face a cruel fact.
"I'm afraid that a world-shaking event that affects countless space zones has taken place in the outside world. It is unknown whether or not the Star Ocean Imperium still exists.
"The thought made me lose all hope.
"I was planning to kill myself on January 1, year 1000 in the Star Ocean Calendar, so that I could end the endless desperation.
"But as a soldier, I have one last mission that I haven't accomplished yet.
"Skeleton Dragon is still sleeping outside. Maybe it will wake up again in the near future and send out new temptations to the outside world.
"If a new exploration team comes, I have to remind them!
"Therefore, I cannot die. I have to keep Sparkle and the signal transmitter functioning normally. I hope that the new exploration team will discover the weird spiritual waves at the bottom of the ocean first instead of Skeleton Dragon's residence when they arrive.
"Then, I will tell them the truth and destroy Skeleton Dragon together with them!"
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