Before Professor Mo Xuan replied, Si Koulie said, "It's all thanks to you, Li Yao. You stopped the star child from sending our coordinates to the Imperium of True Human Beings in time. As a result, only 70% of the critical parameters were sent over. It means that the Imperium of True Human Beings did not get all of our coordinates."
"Exactly."
Professor Mo Xuan went on to explain. "Based on our analysis of the space gate, the Imperium of True Human Beings should only know that there is a world of human beings in a direction millions of lightyears away from the Imperium, which is far from enough.
"The universe is too vast. Distance is our best weapon. A few million light years. Even the fastest light needs a few million years to travel!"
"The error of one millimeter can lead to a huge error. If the expedition fleet of the Imperium of True Human Beings hastily launched a super long-distance space jump without the exact coordinates, even if they inferred 99.9% of the exact coordinates, as long as there was a tiny error in 0.1% of the coordinates, it was very likely that they would be teleported to an unknown, desolate world!
"A space jump consumes astronomical spiritual energy. It is even more so for a fleet that is large enough to conquer a world.
"If they jump to a desolate world more than ten times in a row, chances are that they will run out of spiritual energy to jump out. In that case, they will be trapped inside."
Li Yao nodded. The vast universe seemed to be full of stars, but in fact, most of the space was desolate. Only a few of the spaces were filled with spiritual energy that could support the reproduction of living creatures.
Once they lost their way, it would not be strange for them to jump to a desolate world more than ten times in a row.
"There are two advantages to using a short-distance space jump," Professor Mo Xuan continued.
"Firstly, the precision of each jump is relatively high, and there will be no errors. Even if there are errors, they can be adjusted in time before the next jump.
"Secondly, after each jump, the spaceship can replenish its spiritual energy. You can stop to replenish your spiritual energy and repair the starship. You won't run out of spiritual energy and damage the starship. "
"An expedition that will last hundreds of years," Li Yao said. "How can the Immortal Cultivators on the starship bear it?"
"By our estimation, the fleet of the Imperium of True Human Beings should be quite large," Professor Mo Xuan said. "If a starship is as large as Heavenly Saints City, there will be a mini circulation system inside the starship where the Immortal Cultivators live. They can still cultivate, live, and even give birth to descendants. Taking a bit more time won't affect them. "
"In the era of the Star Ocean Imperium, human beings often adopted such a method when they were expanding to the outside world.
"In fact, the reason why the 'sect' system of the ancient Cultivators is still preserved after forty thousand years is partly because of the war pattern.
"The universe is too vast. It usually takes hundreds of years to explore a new world. During these hundreds of years, it is very difficult for the expeditionary fleet to receive direct command from the mother planet. "
"Therefore, the 'expedition fleets' slowly evolved into 'Cultivation sects'. They maintained a certain degree of autonomy in the small world of their expedition army.
"In other words, it is very likely that the Imperium of True Human Beings sent a 'Cultivation sect', too. They are here to deal with the Flying Star Sector. They even promise a lot of benefits to the enemy, such as enfeoffing the Flying Star Sector to the sect after they occupy it.
Li Yao thought for a moment. Then, he asked, "Now that we have discovered the territory of the Imperium of True Human Beings, can we strike the Empyreal Terminus Sector, the heart of the Imperium? Or rather, even if we can't strike it, can we teleport a starship and a single person over? "
Li Yao was somewhat tempted. Passive defense had never been his style. Taking the initiative to attack was his first choice!
Professor Mo Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "Distance is a double-edged sword. The Imperium of True Human Beings cannot lock onto our precise coordinates, and we don't know the precise coordinates of the Empyreal Terminus Sector, either.
"If we manage to perform a super long-distance space jump, there is a one in ten thousand chance that we will reach the Empyreal Terminus Sector. If we are lucky, we will reach the Empyreal Terminus Sector after another five hundred short-distance space jumps."
"So complicated?"
Li Yao secretly clicked his tongue. Thinking for a moment, he asked in confusion, "If a long-distance space jump is so difficult, how did the Sectors communicate with each other in the age of the Star Ocean Imperium?"
"Before the Star Ocean Imperium," Professor Mo Xuan said, "during the thirty thousand years that the demon race reigned over the three thousand Sectors, enormous clusters of star beacons had been established in every Sector. They were essentially space gates.
"After the revival of human beings and the rise of the Supreme Emperor, the space gates were further expanded. Essentially, 'universal lighthouses' had been established in all the Sectors to guide the starships.
"Also, the starship production technology at that time was far more advanced than today's.
"With the precise star maps, the navigation of lighthouses, and the most advanced starships, it was naturally more than easy for us to travel among the three thousand Sectors.
"Today, most of the space gates have been destroyed in the ten thousand years of war. Most of the star maps that marked the precise coordinates of the Sectors have been lost, too. Our starship production technology has not recovered to the peak of the past, either. Communication across Sectors is naturally a hundred times more difficult than it was in the age of the Star Ocean Imperium."
Li Yao nodded and understood everything.
But he was still confused as to why Professor Mo Xuan was so worried and why the atmosphere was so weird. "Alright. All in all, an expedition fleet of the Imperium of True Human Beings is marching toward us aggressively right now.
"Thankfully, we have at least a hundred years. If we are lucky, we may have another two to three hundred years. That will be enough for us to make preparations!
"I think that the most important thing right now is to reach out to the Tian Yuan Realm first.
"The Tian Yuan Realm and the Flying Star Sector are highly complementary to each other. If the two parties have a large-scale communication, the capability of both parties will certainly soar and undergo a qualitative leap in less than a hundred years!
"Professor, did you say just now that the precise coordinates of the Tian Yuan Realm have been determined?"
With a weird expression on his face, Professor Mo Xuan said, "There is one thing that you must know. The primary purpose of the Star Prier's House is not to search for Sectors but to search, analyze, and study apocalypses.
"According to Liu the Prier's definition, the so-called 'apocalypses' are abnormal spiritual waves that do not occur naturally in the sea of stars and carry strong man-made traces.
"Half a month ago, in a place very close to the Flying Star Sector, we observed such spiritual waves that were highly man-made and definitely not naturally-occurring.
"What!"
Li Yao felt creeped out. "Are you suggesting that the Flying Star Sector is going to face another apocalypse, professor?"
Professor Mo Xuan was silent.
Si Koulie sighed and took over the topic. "At first, we were all greatly shocked. As the saying goes, misfortunes never come alone. If the Flying Star Sector had suffered an apocalypse before the expedition army of the Imperium of True Human Beings arrived, the Flying Star Sector would've been doomed forever.
"However, we soon discovered that the intensity of the spiritual waves was much lower than the one five thousand years ago. It was very likely that it was not a 'major apocalypse' that could destroy the world but a 'minor apocalypse' of a tactical nature."
"Also, its target was not the Flying Star Sector, either. After passing by the Flying Star Sector, it lunged at another Sector not far away from the Flying Star Sector.
"No, it's not one, but two Greater Thousand Worlds that are fusing."
Li Yao opened his mouth, but he did not know what to say.
The collision of two Sectors was a rarely-seen astronomical phenomenon in the universe. The odds of it happening were much lower than one billionth.
As for the two Sectors that were slowly merging so close to the Flying Star Sector, there could only be one answer. The Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector!
Li Yao mumbled, "A minor apocalypse is lunging at the Tian Yuan Realm?"
Si Koulie coughed and said, "It's quite easy to deduce the source of the apocalypse after discovering the trajectory of the apocalypse and tracing it back to its source."
"After more than ten days of calculation, we inferred the time and place of its initial appearance.
"It was launched from the Empyreal Terminus Sector, the heart of the Imperium of True Human Beings, almost a year ago."
Li Yao gasped. "Are you suggesting that the Imperium of True Human Beings launched an apocalypse attack on the Tian Yuan Realm?
"But why?"
Li Yao was completely dumbfounded.
It was not because the Imperium of True Human Beings had mastered the ability to launch an apocalypse attack, but because the Flying Star Sector should've been the target instead of the Tian Yuan Realm.
"According to our analysis, it was because the Tian Yuan Realm was too 'bright'."
Professor Mo Xuan finally calmed himself down and said calmly, "Like I said just now, it is barely possible to perform a super long-distance space jump without precise coordinates and star beacons.
"However, the situation in the Tian Yuan Realm is rather special.
"The Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector are merging. You can imagine that two Sectors are colliding violently. Such a collision may not have much influence on the creatures living in the two Sectors, but it will definitely release a lot of invisible particles and waves, which will turn the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector into burning 'torches' in the dark universe.
"If a certain 'stargazer' of the Imperium of True Human Beings observes us through the four-dimensional space through special magical equipment, it is almost impossible for him to discover the Flying Star Sector. But there is a chance that he will 'see' the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector, which are colliding and unleashing intense spiritual waves!"
Li Yao had an absurd feeling that he had been shot without doing anything. He was dazed for a long time before he asked, "What is the purpose of the 'minor apocalypse attack' of the Imperium of True Human Beings?"
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