In the sky above the Grand Desolate Plateau on the home planet of the Tian Yuan Realm … ←.
The sky seemed to have been opened by pairs of invisible hands. It 'collapsed' weirdly, forming 'swirls' that were beyond the three-dimensional space.
Then, twelve streaks of brilliance rushed out of the 'swirls', as if they had been spurted out by twelve invisible beasts. They dashed toward the boundless desert and the Gobi Desert.
The mainframe crystal processor analyzed the composition of the air and the gravity quickly. It also estimated the diameter of the planet to determine the mass of the planet.
The final result was exactly the same as the planet of the Heaven's Origin Sector.
"We've made it!"
Everybody on the bridge of Sparkle was cheering.
Lei Dalu and Bai Kaixin hugged each other in excitement. Professor Mo Xuan and the other spectral Cultivators from the Tian Yuan Realm were sobbing, too.
It was a very precise space jump. Not only had they been sent to the gravitational sphere of the home planet of the Heaven's Origin Sector, they had even passed through the atmosphere and appeared in the sky above the Grand Desolate Plateau.
The Grand Desolate Plateau was their destination.
The Tian Yuan Realm was densely populated. In the heartland of the Xing Yao Federation, there were super cities thousands of kilometers long everywhere. Considering the instability of space travel, if the destination had been set near the capital of the Xing Yao Federation, the burning debris might have been a destructive blow to the city if there had been an accident, such as an explosion of a starship.
Therefore, the 'Heaven's Artillery', which was used to explore the universe in the Tian Yuan Realm, had been set on the Grand Desolate Plateau, too. Even if there had been an accident, the collateral damage would have been minimized.
Besides, Professor Mo Xuan and the rest of them had all been born and raised on the Grand Desolate Plateau. They were more familiar with the environment here. Therefore, they could set the parameters more precisely.
"We're home. We're finally home!"
Professor Mo Xuan held back his chaotic feelings. The arm of the artificial body was shivering as it activated twenty pieces of probe magical equipment.
Immediately, twenty probe balls carved with flight rune arrays took off from Sparkle and flew in all directions.
On one hand, they contacted the other twelve starships. On the other hand, they detected the terrain. Their coordinates were further confirmed.
The picture captured by the probe balls, however, gave them a big surprise.
The current Da Huang was completely different from what they remembered.
The shattered sky was filled with colorful vortex-shaped clouds. They were like giant snails that were slowly wriggling in the sky.
Miasma that seemed to be real was floating in the air. Like translucent tentacles, they were wriggling weirdly.
In the desert far and near, there were countless huge skeletons. Many of the skeletons were over a hundred meters long, and they were all ferocious-looking demonic beasts.
The bones of the demon beasts were mixed with the debris of the crystal tanks, as if they were telling the story of a fierce battle.
A probe ball that had flown hundreds of kilometers away also captured a large-scale ruin that looked like an abandoned city. Dark red sand covered more than half of the buildings, leaving only the upper parts of a few high-rise buildings exposed on the surface. They were like broken tombstones.
The detection ball continued to rise, and it could vaguely be seen. In the north of the Great Wilderness, a large portion of the desert had turned red. It was as if a boundless red tide was slowly devouring the entire world.
"How could this be?"
Professor Mo Xuan sighed, "It seems that in the years we were away, the Blood Demon Blood Fusion and the Blood Demon Blood Fusion have merged with the Blood Demon Blood Fusion. The integration of the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector was further accelerated. Quite a few world-shaking battles took place between the two parties. Even the cities on the Grand Desolate Plateau were reduced to ruins!
"Gao Yang, scan the structure of the abandoned city and compare it with the data of all the cities in our database. Find out which city it is and determine our precise coordinates. Then, send it to the other twelve starships, as well as the entire Tian Yuan Realm! "
Professor Mo Xuan's disciple, Gao Yang, nodded but didn't say anything for a long time.
Professor Mo Xuan was a bit puzzled. Scanning the characteristics of a city for comparison was a very simple task. With their current computational ability, they could complete it in an instant.
The scale of the abandoned city was enormous. It had to be one of the core cities of the Great Wilderness. It was unlikely that it was built after they left. Therefore, they must have the key characteristics of the city.
Professor Mo Xuan said in a low voice, "Gao Yang, what's the matter?"
Gao Yang replied in a shivering voice, "T — Professor, the city buried in yellow sand is … Wild Waves City!"
Wild Waves City was the largest city on the Grand Desolate Plateau and the location of the Grand Desolate War Institution, one of the Nine Elite Academies of the Federation!
Professor Mo Xuan's body trembled. His artificial body almost fell apart!
On the light beam, dozens of crystal warships of the Xing Yao Federation rushed toward them. Countless Exos and armed shuttles surrounded them like wild bees.
On the head of the crystal warships, two glittering emblems were painted, one on the left and the other on the right.
On the left was the Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars emblem, and on the right was a burning, furious fist in the background. A saber and a chainsword were overlapping each other!
It was the emblem of the Grand Desolate War Institution!
The emblem refreshed Mo Xuan and the rest of them who were on the verge of desperation, but they were still confused.
"What exactly happened in these ten years? Why was the Wild Waves City destroyed in one day? Since when did the Grand Desolate War Institution boast so many crystal warships? "
Sparkle was a multipurpose exploration starship. It belonged to the category of small starships. The dozens of crystal warships of the Federation were much larger in size. They soon arrived above their heads.
"Send a message to the starships of the Federation and tell them who we are. Tell them that Li Yao and Mo Xuan are back!"
Professor Mo Xuan tried to hold back his excitement.
However, before they could send their telepathic thoughts, the mainframe crystal processor had already received the message.
The message was very simple. There were only three words.
"Sparkle?"
…
An hour later, on the bridge of Sparkle …
The experts from the Flying Star Sector observed the red-haired Cultivator of the Heaven's Origin Sector, who claimed to be the captain of the First Assault Team of the Grand Desolate Legion, up and down curiously.
He was the first Cultivator of the Heaven's Origin Sector that they had seen other than Li Yao and Professor Mo Xuan.
The man's arms and legs were long and as tough as whips. He was wearing a crimson battle robe. On his chest was the emblem of the Grand Desolate War Institution, which was emitting a sharp killing intent, too.
The most eye-catching feature of the man was his hair. Not only was it a bright scarlet red, but it was also burning like a bunch of flames. If one got closer, they would feel a scorching heat wave. It was unknown how this person was able to keep his scalp from being burnt.
"Such an anomaly. Either that, it's the aftereffects of going berserk while cultivating a peerless Divine Ability. Or, it's a strange poison that forced the poison out of the top of the head and into the hair. Or, it's a combination of both … "
Luoxingzi thought to himself as he watched the man and Professor Mo Xuan hugging each other.
The Flying Star Sector was going to fight side by side with the Tian Yuan Realm. Naturally, they had to evaluate the capability of their comrades.
The local Cultivator of the Tian Yuan Realm had left a deep impression on Luoxingzi. He estimated that the man was probably as strong as Jin Dan. The most important thing was that the man was very young. Thirty years old at most. He must've had a lot of adventures.
"Is it possible that the Tian Yuan Realm specializes in producing young geniuses?"
Luoxingzi was amazed.
Professor Mo Xuan was concerned about the Grand Desolate War Institution and his wife, Yuan Manqiu. It was not until the red-haired captain told the story that everybody understood everything.
Over the past ten years, the Tian Yuan Realm had indeed gone through a lot of changes.
After Li Yao and Professor Mo Xuan left, the integration of the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector was further accelerated. Right now, the two worlds were like two kernels of the same peanut. They were in a 'half-integrated' state, which equated to the two space zones of the same Sector.
Besides, there were countless wormholes between the two space zones, through which people could travel freely.
In the north of the Grand Desolate Plateau, the Dark Desolate Domain created by the integration of the two worlds was expanding, too. It was dozens of times larger than it had been ten years ago.
The spiritual energy in the Dark Desolate Domain, where infinite Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were stored, turned into a bloody battlefield.
The war between the Blood Demon Sector and the Tian Yuan Realm was escalating. The two parties were no longer limited to small-scale harassment and counter-harassment. They had fought several tough battles.
Five years ago … The demon race even teleported an army to Wild Waves City, where the Grand Desolate War Institution was located, through a precise fixed-point teleportation.
Although the demon army was annihilated in the end, Wild Waves City was destroyed, too.
"Although the Grand Desolate Plateau is vast, there is no pure land that can accommodate a peaceful campus," the red-haired captain said.
The red-haired captain said, "Therefore, the Grand Desolate War Institution simply moved the campus to the crystal warship and turned it into a mobile university. All the young people on the Grand Desolate Plateau who had lost their homes because of the war were recruited to teach in bloody battles and grow in battles!
"In the order of the Union Army, the Grand Desolate War Institution is also known as the 'Grand Desolate Legion'. It has become one of the four greatest legions of the Federation!
"Professor Yuan Manqiu is safe and sound, too. Under her leadership, the Refining Department of the Grand Desolate War Institution has become the second best Refining Department of the Federation after the Refining Department of Deep Sea University!"
Hearing that his wife was fine, Professor Mo Xuan was greatly relieved. He said, "Since the Grand Desolate Plateau is not safe right now, please hurry up and search for our remaining crystal warships. It will be terrible if we run into a small-scale assault team of the demon race!"
"Over the past hour," the red-haired captain said, "we have been searching carefully. We have scanned the five hundred square kilometers nearby and found eleven starships that look similar to Sparkle."
Professor Mo Xuan was dazed. "But we have thirteen starships in total. One of them is particularly small and looks like a cocoon, which is piloted by Li Yao alone!"
"What?"
The red-haired captain raised his voice abruptly.
"How did it happen?"
Professor Mo Xuan sounded confused. "Twelve starships have been discovered within five hundred square kilometers, which means that our space jump was very successful, and our landing points were very precise, too. By logic, Li Yao shouldn't have failed!
"Besides, it's been an hour. He should've contacted us a long time ago!
"It's odd. We haven't been able to reach out to Firefly, as if it has never come to the Tian Yuan Realm with us!"
"Got it!"
The red-haired captain gnashed his teeth. "Let's expand the search range immediately. Search for Firefly, which is very likely to have crashed, within a thousand square kilometers!"
"P-Please wait a moment."
While everybody was worried, Xie Anan crawled out of the crowd with a jade chip in her hands. "Master gave this jade chip to me before we left and told me to activate the message inside the jade chip after we jumped to the Tian Yuan Realm."
"What's the meaning of this?"
Everybody looked at each other in bewilderment, confused.
Professor Mo Xuan took the jade chip and inserted it into his chest. A light beam was projected from the crystal camera on his forehead.
On the light beam, Li Yao's shadow was slowly condensed. He looked at everybody with a smile.
"Excuse me for having to talk to you in such a way."
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