It was a splendid, colorful sea of stars.
As far as one's eyes could see, the place was filled with colorful cosmic dust and world fragments. There were also spirit tides with abundant spiritual energy, which were flowing incessantly like a flood and crashing into each other, forming circles of rainbow-like ripples that spread out in all directions nonstop.
At the edge of the sea of stars, an enormous star beacon more than a thousand meters in diameter was drifting in silence.
The star beacon was in the shape of an oval, like a giant olive. It had a history of almost ten thousand years. Its surface was full of bumps and hollows because of the collisions of meteoroids. Countless sharp pieces of meteoroids were embedded on the surface.
Even the emblem of a red dragon swallowing the sun on the shell was mottled.
Eight giant nets extended out of the surface of the star beacon.
Four of the nets had been embedded with glittering metal sheets and membranes. Countless runes had been carved on every metal sheet, allowing them to absorb the precious spiritual energy from the stars, the cosmic storms, and the ribbons of spiritual energy.
The ribbons of the other four nets, however, were extremely small. They could capture all the meteoroids and dust that passed by and transport them to the star beacon so that the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures inside could be extracted to meet the needs of self-repair.
The star beacon was revolving slowly just like that. Mystic rays made of thousands of colors were emitted at a level that was invisible to the naked eye, indicating its location to countless Sectors.
Right then, a rune array inside the star beacon was triggered by a marvelous force. As if a sleeping beast had been woken up, a chain reaction was triggered. Countless runes were glittering one after another.
Countless metal antennas hundreds of meters long extended out of the surface of the star beacon, making it multiple times larger than before.
The body of the olive shape split apart, too. Ripples spread out from the middle and spread out nonstop. The ripples spread out to tens of thousands of kilometers away in the blink of an eye.
As the star beacon revolved slowly, the space zone within tens of thousands of kilometers was enshrouded in gentle golden brilliance. Runes were flashing, as if gold liquid was boiling. Countless tiny 'bubbles' popped up from it.
One of the 'bubbles' suddenly became twisted, blurred, and constricted into an oval shape, which happened to be the shape of a starship.
As the 'bubble' burst, a starship appeared in space abruptly.
After a long interstellar journey, the shell of the starship was torn apart again. He looked travel-worn.
However, the emblem of the Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars at the head of the warship was still glittering, showing its indomitable spirit.
The star beacons completed the navigation. All the golden mystic rays were absorbed into his body, and the navigation antennas were retracted. His body that had been split into two halves was joined again. He fell silent again, waiting for the arrival of the next interstellar travel.
"We did it!"
Cheers echoed on the bridge of Sparkle.
The probe system of Sparkle had already detected the appearance of the star beacon. He scanned it clearly, and even the mottled Red Dragon Swallowing the Sun emblem could be seen clearly.
According to ancient records, the larger the size of the star beacons, the smaller the star beacons were. The higher the level, the more Star Fields and Great Thousand Worlds they could reach.
The star beacons that Li Yao established on Boneyard were of the lowest level. They could only radiate tens of thousands of lightyears away.
The star beacon, on the other hand, was more than a thousand meters in diameter. Even in the era of the Star Ocean Imperium, it was a piece of large-scale magical equipment of a very high level. A lot of spiritual energy and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures had been consumed to build it.
Since the Star Ocean Imperium had established star beacons of such a high level in this place … This meant that this Greater Thousand World must have a very important meaning!
Sparkle was a multipurpose exploration starship. It boasted a lot of probe magical equipment. Li Yao extended his spiritual threads into the mainframe crystal processor. He immediately began to explore the basic situation of this Greater Thousand World.
"Huo!"
After drifting in the desolate, barren wasteland for more than a month, Li Yao suddenly felt as happy as a mouse that had fallen into a vat of rice.
This was indeed a prosperous Greater Thousand World. Although they were very far away from the star, the spiritual waves around them were still very intense.
Sparkle had barely started its scan when it detected quite a few clusters of interstellar dust that were rich in spiritual energy and nebula storms.
However …
The spiritual energy in this Greater Thousand World was too abundant. Or rather, it was so abundant that it was a bit chaotic.
Yes. Chaotic!
Something seemed to have happened in this Greater Thousand World. Sparkle did not detect many stable planets, but it did detect countless stone belts, interstellar garbage belts, and world fragments.
It was as if half of this Greater Thousand World had been blown up into pieces a long time ago.
Half a day later, Li Yao steered Sparkle to a coordinate where the metal waves were particularly intense.
After flying for five days and five nights, he finally arrived at the coordinate, which turned out to be a boundless ancient battlefield.
This ancient battlefield was thousands of times larger than the ancient battlefield relics on the orbit of Boneyard. There was no end to it at all. It was like an ocean of debris.
The remnants of warships that were riddled with holes, the broken space fortresses, the broken limbs of crystal suits and Cultivators, and countless lackluster metal and bone scraps drifted in the dark space without a sound, telling the gory events thousands of years ago in silence.
This place, on the other hand, was just one of the ancient battlefield relics in this Greater Thousand World.
The probe magical equipment of Sparkle had detected dozens of other places with intense metal reactions closer to the center of the space zone. Judging from the distance and the intensity of the metal reactions, the scale of those places was no smaller than that of this ancient battlefield.
"It seems that our deduction is probably correct. This Sector used to be an important base of the Star Ocean Imperium. But in the 'Armageddon Rebellion', an unprecedented battle broke out here. Billions of Cultivators and demonic Cultivators who betrayed the Star Ocean Imperium had a fierce battle here. Perhaps, the few Sectors nearby were all involved in the battle. This space zone was completely blown up and thrown into chaos."
Li Yao mumbled. Then he became excited again and rubbed his hands. "But for us, it couldn't be better! There are so many ancient battlefield relics. Even if most of the magical equipment and starships are wasted, we can still find a lot of usable materials! Together with the abundant spiritual energy, it is enough for us to further modify and strengthen Sparkle! "
Before Mo Xuan and the rest of them said anything, redness suddenly blinked on the bridge. The broadcast rune arrays sent out urgent alarms.
"Intense spiritual waves detected!"
"Traces of intelligent life detected!"
Brilliance flashed in Li Yao's eyes. The speed of his hands suddenly increased to a whole new level. He activated the detection magic treasure's ability to the limit.
Surrounded by countless debris, at the center of the ancient battlefield, there was a gray mist. It was enshrouded in a cluster of vague gray mist, which formed a round 'eggshell'.
Around the gray mist. But there were countless traces that looked like brushes. It was obvious that something was flying out of the gray mist and disrupting the condensation of the gray mist.
"It's a world fragment. It seems to be quite large, too!"
Li Yao was refreshed.
The world fragment was part of the Greater Thousand Worlds in the first place. It had been separated because of the collapse of the Greater Thousand Worlds. Therefore, it was possible for the world fragment to be stable even if it was only dozens of kilometers in diameter. With air, sunlight, and water, human beings could definitely survive!
"Excellent!"
Li Yao licked his lips and swallowed.
Although he was a Cultivator and had a much stronger body than ordinary people, he still couldn't wait to breathe fresh air after breathing the recycled air in Sparkle for such a long time.
However, it was necessary to be wary of other people. Li Yao, who was born in the magical equipment graveyard and nicknamed 'Vulture', did not think that all the human beings in the world were so kind.
The chaotic environment of the Greater Thousand Worlds was enough to tell that. If any human beings could survive in such a place, they would certainly not be nice people.
For a moment, Li Yao felt that something was amiss. He felt a sense of familiarity once again.
"This Greater Thousand Worlds is collapsed and chaotic. Debris of ancient battlefields and invaluable garbage are everywhere. Isn't this another universe-level 'magical equipment graveyard'?
"Let's see what treasures I can find in this place!"
Li Yao smiled confidently and said to Mo Xuan and the rest of them, "Now that traces of life have been found, let's carry out the 'infiltration' plan!"
Li Yao raised his right hand and put his index finger and middle finger together. He pressed the spiritual root on his forehead softly and mumbled something. The Cosmos Ring was glittering.
"Shua!"
A weird scene took place!
His body was suddenly surrounded by a cluster of black and red brilliance, which was swirling and entangling him. It was completely frozen in only one-third of a second.
The Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit had surrounded him tightly!
It was a secret art to retrieve the Crystal Suit from the Cosmos Ring in the Star Ocean Imperium.
In the past, Li Yao had to open the Crystal Suit with his telepathic thoughts after he retrieved the Crystal Suit. The whole process took him more than five seconds.
If he had run into a super expert, he would have been blown up before he put on the Crystal Suit.
If he had put on the Crystal Suit at the beginning, not only would his spiritual energy be consumed, he might also be discovered by the enemy. In some narrow places, such as the pilot seat of an armed shuttle, he would not be able to sit in it, either.
If he practiced the secret art of the Star Ocean Imperium diligently, it would only take him one tenth of a second to put on the Crystal Suit.
It was one of the more than ten practical arts recorded in Gao Xingce's battle diary.
The Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit at this moment had undergone tremendous changes compared to the past, too.
The silver bones, scraps of ancient magical equipment, and materials of flesh and blood collected from Skeleton Dragon had been applied to the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit.
Also, Mo Xuan and the Four Kings, who had devoted their lives to the study of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, had come up with a lot of modification plans after their passionate collisions with Li Yao.
The Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit at this moment had been strengthened by a lot of silver bones on the surface. Its defense ability had been significantly improved.
Li Yao had dismantled a lot of tusks from the giant skull on Skeleton Dragon's arm, too. After mixing them with a lot of scraps of ancient magical equipment, they had been refined into collision horns and combat spikes, which were densely installed on the elbows, knees, helmet, and shoulder pads.
As for the extremely tensile materials of Skeleton Dragon, they had been used to fill the gaps of the joints and the inside of the plate armor.
The materials of flesh and blood were the best buffers. They could distribute the enemy's attack to every part of the body evenly.
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