The conversation between Jing Jiu and Ceng Ju at the center of the earth had no practical content.
Since Sage Ceng had ascertained that Yimaozhai's situation was similar to what was described in the book, he paid no more attention to it, nor did he ask Jing Jiu who He Zhan's father was.
It should be noted that this was one of the most interesting puzzles among the readers of the Path Toward Heaven and the players of the game.
Jing Jiu wasn't interested in the starry sky either. Though the real-time monitoring system was quite advanced, and all the stars in the galaxy could be seen clearly and comprehensively after filtering out all kinds of interferences, it was still not real. So, the question was, what was real?
For people like Jing Jiu and Shen Yunmai, this seemingly meaningless question was their main thought activity.
But they had no one to talk to, and there was no need to.
It was probably for this reason that they didn't start a bloody battle the moment they met and fight until the end of the universe like in other stories.
After returning to the room, Jing Jiu saw Hua Xi take out a black backpack, feeling somewhat surprised.
This black backpack was quite similar to the one he had used before, but the material was obviously different.
"It's made of super-micro particles. The strap is made of the same material as the belt, which can withstand super-wide energy waves. In other words, you can put the nuclear power furnace in the backpack instead of tying it to your waist." Hua Xi continued, "There are a few clothes in the backpack, made of the same material. They should be able to last for a while."
Jing Jiu understood the meaning of clothes, but he didn't understand the backpack, wondering what was wrong with tying it to his waist.
Seeing his expression, Hua Xi knew what he was thinking, saying, "If you tie it to your waist, you'll look very stupid."
Jing Jiu hadn't paid much attention to this aspect. He searched for it in the database and agreed with her after seeing the pictures.
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Early in the morning, a transport spaceship left the circular base and broke through the atmosphere, heading toward the periphery of the galaxy with its back to the dim permanent star.
A sword light had already left earlier.
Dozens of officers and researchers of the base stood on the grass and watched the ship leave. For some reason, the young officer didn't leave with them. He stood in a dark corner of the suite, gazing at the faces of the officers and researchers through the French window, as if he were scrutinizing something.
It didn't take long for the spaceship to arrive at the periphery of the galaxy and enter the Scorching-Sun Battleship.
Jing Jiu stood in front of the familiar giant window, and Hua Xi was brewing tea behind him.
A black battleship floated in the universe outside the window in Silence. The polycrystalline engine at the rear of the battleship emitted a faint blue light. The gravitational field generator at the side of the ring began to distort the starlight and had already entered the activated state.
This black battleship was very similar to the one he had destroyed in the Haiyin Nebula. It had an inauspicious name — Jiao Wei.
The Scorching-Tail Battleship was Shen Yunmai's battleship, just like the Scorching-Sun Battleship was his battleship. According to the military tradition of the Federation, this relationship would last until they retired or died. Another secret tradition was that if he or Shen Yunmai died in the battle in the starry sky, the two warships would follow them to the galaxy, no matter how they died.
Such an ancient and pedantic habit had been preserved until the era of interstellar civilization. This was something that Jing Jiu could not understand.
Whether it was when he first saw these materials in the library of the Shixin Academy or now.
The Scorching-Sun Battleship started up slowly along with the slight vibrations and low-frequency sounds that couldn't be heard by ordinary people.
Soon after, the Scorching-Tail Battleship started up as well.
It was a slow process for the battleship to accelerate. The black permanent star stayed behind for a long time before it completely disappeared from the field of vision.
There was no emotion of parting. Jing Jiu knew that he would come back to this place.
The two huge battleships were tens of thousands of miles away from each other, but they seemed to be traveling side by side, as if they were two athletes standing at the starting line and setting off at the same time.
It didn't take long for the Scorching-Tail Battleship to surpass the Scorching-Sun Battleship by one body length. Then, the Scorching-Tail Battleship sped up until it suddenly disappeared at the entrance of the warped black hole.
Along with various mechanical sounds, the Scorching-Sun Battleship was loaded with the composite material partitions, ready to enter the warped black hole.
Looking at the invisible door in the universe ahead, Jing Jiu wondered what would happen if he barged into the warped black hole without using the universal armor. If he closed his eyes, shut off his six senses, and restrained his sword wills, would he not cause any spatial fluctuations, just like the Scorching-Sun Battleship?
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The Scorching-Sun Battleship passed through the warped black hole safely without any air fluctuation. The Scorching-Tail Battleship was waiting in Silence a million miles ahead.
The whole process was indescribable. Neither the computer system of the battleship nor those living beings on the battleship knew what the passageway looked like.
Human spaceships had passed through the warped black hole at least trillions of times, and it had been going on for more than one hundred thousand years. But it was no different from the first time, which made people feel helpless, tired, and numb. Knowing the way but not knowing the reason was the most accurate description of this phenomenon, and also the most merciless ridicule.
However, it was not so hard to accept that primitive humans didn't know what fire was even though they had been using it for hundreds of thousands of years.
After a long voyage of more than ten days, and passing through four warped black holes, the two battleships arrived in a relatively strange universe.
The deep voice of the captain of the Scorching-Sun Battleship rang out, ordering all the officers and men on the battleship to take off their military hats, except for those who were at the necessary positions, and face a certain place in the universe to mourn.
Before this, Jing Jiu had already looked at that place and saw a spectacular and yet extremely tragic scene.
It was a broken planet.
At least one-third of the planet had been blasted into the universe by some kind of powerful explosion, forming an irregular meteorite belt.
Traces of boiling lava could be seen at the edge of the huge gap on the planet, and the internal structure of the planet was in an extremely disordered state.
Looking at it from the battleship in the distance, the planet looked like a human tooth that had been pulled out by force, or a ping-pong ball that had been burned by fire.
If there had been any life on this planet, they would have been killed in the explosion, regardless of whether they were humans or cockroaches.
Jing Jiu said something to Hua Xi, and then flew out of the battleship.
A moment later, a sword light flew out from the Scorching-Tail Battleship, following Jing Jiu to the space not far from the broken planet.
The two battleships slowed down slowly, adjusted their positions, and turned off all the monitoring devices.
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"There's a rumor that a planet has been destroyed by the military," said Jing Jiu.
This was a rumor that had been circulating on the Star Zone Network for a long time. Jing Jiu had read some reliable statements in the hidden network.
Shen Yunmai said, "The rumors that are not open to the public are usually true."
"How many people were on this planet?" asked Jing Jiu.
"Thirty-one million, six hundred and twenty thousand," replied Shen Yunmai.
Upon hearing this number, the broken planet became even more deathly still in Jing Jiu's eyes.
Deathly still was not the same as desolation; it was not because there were no buildings or traces of human activities.
There were countless planets in the universe that were desolated, devoid of anything, but they were not deathly still; it was because no one had ever visited them or seen them.
This broken planet used to have people and a flourishing civilization, but it had become what it was now. This was the so-called deathly still.
What kind of weapon could destroy one-third of a planet with a single strike?
Jing Jiu thought of the catastrophe that had befallen Planet 857, and asked, "Was it a weapon left by the distant ancient civilization?"
"This planet was an important mineral planet seventy years ago, and the mining company belonged to the Hua family. After the investigation, it was found that the Hua family had violated the rules by using a certain high-energy field tool, which led to the appearance of the cracks in the dimensional space. In the beginning, only a few dozen miners and some rock rats were infected. If they had been properly isolated, this wouldn't have happened. "
Shen Yunmai didn't answer Jing Jiu's question directly, but began to narrate the story of the past.
Jing Jiu didn't ask what had happened next. Similar stories had occurred many times in the history of mankind. The top management of the mining company or even the Hua family had disobeyed the military's orders and wanted to escape as soon as possible, which led to this catastrophe.
"The commander of the fleet stationed in this part of the planet was a cocoon breaker, the Immortal Chi Song, who was killed by you." Shen Yunmai continued, "His methods were too forceful, which led to the rapid escalation of the situation and made it difficult to control. Over seventy thousand spaceships, big and small, were ready to leave in one night."
"Who gave the final order?" asked Jing Jiu.
Looking at the broken planet, Shen Yunmai said after a moment of silence, "My father."
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