This was the seventh time the Scorching-Sun Battleship had passed through the warped black holes.
The time taken for the previous times varied; the longest time was about ninety minutes, and the shortest time was merely a moment.
When the battleship passed through the warped black holes, the whole battleship would be covered with the composite material. The people on the battleship couldn't see the scenes in the passage, and all the observation systems would be disabled. In essence, this kind of traveling through space had surpassed the level of human civilization. It was for this reason that the battleship refused all the observation methods of the humans.
As far as Jing Jiu was concerned, this period was the most difficult part of his long space journey.
He had been sitting in the chair since he left the Stargate Base, looking at the sea of stars outside the window.
Though he had a more important reason to pursue longevity, it was also meaningful to see more and different sceneries.
There was no sceneries to see, and he didn't feel like doing mathematical problems in the last few days. What should he do then?
The boring time would often act as a driving force to make him less lazy for the time being. He had finally walked out of the room.
Thanks to the right of access provided by Ran Handong, Jing Jiu had complete control over the Scorching-Sun Battleship. He didn't have to worry that the captain of the battleship would drive the battleship into a permanent star, nor did he have to worry about any mishaps. He could walk freely on the battleship without being seen or recorded.
Jing Jiu went to the center of the battleship, which was also the most heavily guarded area.
It was a spacious storage room.
Thousands of metal balls were locked on the walls on both sides by codes and physical devices, exuding an energy that could only be sensed by Jing Jiu himself.
The energy was not very strong, indicating that the radiation level was very low and wouldn't affect the health of the officers and men on the battleship.
Jing Jiu summoned his will slightly. The physical devices locking thousands of metal balls were activated, rising slowly from the platform along with the sounds of machinery and electric currents.
Jing Jiu waved his hand. Thousands of sword lights shot out from his fingers and arrived in front of the metal balls, cutting them.
"What are you doing?" Ran Handong's shocked and uneasy voice burst out behind him.
Jing Jiu spun around and found she was holding a laser gun in her right hand.
Ran Handong approached him slowly, saying cautiously and nervously, "Stop it right now; otherwise …"
It was until now that she still didn't understand why her aunt suggested that she listen to Jing Jiu's command, and she didn't understand why her father would give such a high right of access to Jing Jiu.
The more she thought about it, the more restless she felt. She had been paying close attention to all the systems of the Scorching-Sun Battleship.
She was the Cloud Ghost of the highest level in the Federation of the Milky Way. Even Jing Jiu had not noticed her, not to mention the battleships.
A few days ago, she hadn't discovered anything and was relaxing. Just now, she suddenly discovered that someone had used their authority to enter the core area.
She guessed that it was Jing Jiu, so she rushed over and saw such a terrifying scene!
Jing Jiu looked at her in Silence.
Looking at the metal balls on the platform and the glowing sparks, Ran Handong grew increasingly nervous. Her legs felt a bit weak. "Do you know what you're doing?" she asked in a hoarse voice.
Jing Jiu uttered "hmm".
"Hmm my ass!" Ran Handong couldn't control her emotions any longer, yelling, "These are the most powerful nuclear bombs. One of them can destroy a city!"
The Scorching-Sun Battleship was equipped with thousands of new nuclear bombs. If all of them exploded … it was not a matter of who would survive the explosion, but whether the remnants of the battleship would be left behind.
Jing Jiu noticed that she was mentally unstable. To avoid trouble, he summoned his will slightly and shot her a deep glance.
As their gazes met, Ran Handong suddenly felt his eyes were exceedingly gentle. She couldn't control her body any longer and sat down on the ground with her legs weak.
"Don't do anything reckless!" she exclaimed in a sobbing tone before she lost control of her body.
Jing Jiu didn't heed her. He reached out his hand to retrieve thousands of sword lights and walked to the front of a nuclear bomb. After making sure that the lines carved on the bomb were accurate, he nodded satisfactorily. He used the authority to move the nuclear bombs back to their original positions and then locked them.
Jing Jiu came before Ran Handong and dragged her up by the collar, heading toward the outside of the storage room.
Ran Handong tried to struggle free, but it was futile.
Jing Jiu said, "Look, it's fine. So don't cause any more trouble; otherwise, I'll kill you."
Wondering what was going on, Ran Handong murmured, "What have you done to those nuclear bombs?"
"I wrote the amulet," replied Jing Jiu.
Ran Handong felt even more bewildered, asking, "What is that?"
"Don't ask if you don't know," said Jing Jiu. "Just watch."
They had to pass through many places to return to the front of the battleship from the storage room in the central area. Many people had seen Jing Jiu carrying Ran Handong.
The captain of the battleship, the main preacher and Hua Xi were all startled. Zong Lizi and Jiang Yuxia felt a bit jealous, in addition to feeling surprised.
The Scorching-Sun Battleship passed through the warped black holes and entered the center of the Yinhai Nebula. The metal membrane and the composite material plates were opened swiftly, letting in the starlight.
Ran Handong was placed on the ground. Thinking of the earlier scene, she was still extremely nervous.
Jing Jiu came before the window and looked at the stars in the sky. "I don't want to kill you," said Jing Jiu after taking a sip of water.
Hearing this, Ran Handong felt a strong sense of fear. It was because Jing Jiu dared to kill her, even though her father was an important figure in the Federation of the Milky Way.
The ring on Jing Jiu's finger suddenly emitted a faint glow, reflecting the stars outside the window.
Ran Handong didn't notice it.
Jing Jiu lowered his head to look at his ring. After a moment of silence, he raised his right hand.
Ran Handong understood what he meant. She didn't dare stay any longer and left the room hastily.
The ocean of stars was very beautiful.
Standing before the window, Jing Jiu gazed at the stars, but he was actually looking at something else.
Back when he was on the Stargate Base, he had installed a program in the ring to search for the news he was interested in.
When the ring emitted a faint glow, it meant that the program had found the news he was interested in the most, which was the news related to the ascendants.
A very inconspicuous piece of news appeared in his consciousness.
An earthquake occurred on the Planet Lindeng. According to the analysis, it was possible that the mining company made a miscalculation when they used the crystal explosive bombs to mine the minerals.
The humans in the Federation of the Milky Way had countless colonized planets and mineral planets. Most of the populace had never heard of this mineral planet Lindeng, so they didn't pay any attention to this piece of news.
There must be some other reason why the program had alerted him.
Jing Jiu's awareness entered the interplanetary network and began to search for more information. Soon, he found dozens of photos and even two videos of the scene.
The broken ores that were evenly distributed according to a certain function, the bullet shells that couldn't escape his sight, and the remaining energy in the wind all told him a fact.
Someone had employed the All in One Sword here.
Jian Xilai was the most likely candidate. Only the newly arrived ascendants would use such a simple and brutal method to fight against the forces of the Federation of the Milky Way.
The second piece of news was more sensational.
The No. 2 Forward Base, which the populace of the Federation paid close attention to, was invaded by the Sea of Dark Matter. More than four thousand miners and workers in the living quarters were killed by those monsters.
The Fourth Fleet was dispatched quickly and launched ten high-speed nuclear bombs of high yield, successfully sealing off the passage through which the dark matter leaked out. However, they paid the price of one battleship and the lives of more than three thousand brave soldiers.
Seeing the dreadful bomb craters in the photos and videos of the news and the wreckage of the battleship in the space, Jing Jiu fell silent for a while.
It was Cao Yuan who was brave enough to block the nuclear bombs and powerful enough to hack the battleship.
Jian Xilai had a mishap.
Cao Yuan had a mishap.
Who would be the next?
Jing Jiu felt that he had forgotten something.
It took him a while to remember that he had forgotten the Immortal Tan.
Yet, according to the style of the Old Tan, nobody would be able to find him.
As such, it would be himself.
Standing before the floor-to-ceiling window, Jing Jiu looked at the sea of stars outside the window in Silence. It was rare for him to feel a sense of expectation after so many years.
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(Non-high-energy warning ahead: I have to go to Shanghai for a meeting, pick up my precious niece, prepare for the New Year's Day, and return to my hometown in Chongqing. I've been traveling a lot these days, so I won't be able to write much these days, and it will be a bit rough. I strongly suggest that you read it on the 16th!)
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