Chapter 1122 - 726: Solitary Wolf Ruins
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Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid boarded the Starship for the first time, their first departure from the Star Network for a legitimate star space journey, with no thought of hibernation.
They gathered in the cockpit, staring intently at the holographic projection.
The countdown ticked down second by second.
The Starship was slowly accelerating.
The distance between the Starship and the Star System was rapidly increasing.
A long wait of nearly ten hours.
The countdown ended.
In the projection, a brilliant blue and purple gleam appeared ahead, forming an elongated light curtain.
The Starship flashed into the light curtain.
At the same time, Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid clearly felt violent space undulations.
It lasted only a brief moment.
The holographic projection at the front of the control panel changed, revealing a pitch-black cabin, and in the pitch-black space, only a green dot representing the Haimeng Ship remained.
"Cerbera. Cerbera."
Ink Orchid called out.
Cerbera: "I’m here."
Ink Orchid asked: "How far have we traveled?"
Cerbera: "Each jump transition of the Haimeng Ship covers a distance of 1.1 light years."
Ink Orchid: "Do we need to stop now to recharge?"
Cerbera: "Yes. It takes time to convert the normal Origin Force into Spatial Primordial Energy."
The holographic projection displayed another countdown in front: [9-24-21]
The recharging takes 9 hours and 24 minutes.
Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid remained eagerly in the cockpit, continuing to wait.
Mind control, the three-dimensional projection zoomed in at maximum, concentrated and trying to see clearly how the Starship opened and constructed the subspace passage for the jump transition.
The whole process was too fast.
Tried four or five times, confirmed they couldn’t see clearly, reluctantly gave up.
Each returned to their resting nest chamber, entering a hibernation state.
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"Dragon Cypress Ant King~"
"Dragon Cypress Ant King~"
Cerbera’s message directly entered the soul consciousness.
Dragon Cypress awakened.
Cerbera then prompted: "The Starship is 0.3 light years away from the Solitary Wolf Ruins, entering sub-light-speed travel mode."
Cerbera: "Captain Upright Lotus requests everyone to proceed to the cockpit for discussion."
The cabin door automatically opened.
Ink Orchid hopped by from next door, then stopped and urged, "Dragon Cypress, don’t be slow, be quick! Hurry! Hurry!"
"..."
Dragon Cypress got up and followed to the cockpit.
Five elderly Spiders arrived one after another.
At the main control console, the holographic projection displayed three-dimensional images: around the torn hemisphere ruins, densely packed light red dots turned the entire image crimson.
Each red dot represented a large group of densely gathered Primordial Energy Bodies.
There was also an exceptionally bright white dot, specially marked with a label: [Solitary Wolf 001 Origin Point]
The Origin Point was separated from the ruins by a small distance.
Both were submerged among countless Primordial Energy Bodies.
Captain Upright Lotus explained: "The Origin Point provides Primordial Energy, and within the ruins, the remnants of Overlord Realm strong beings continuously generate Primordial Energy Bodies, stacking and accumulating to form a Primordial Energy Body sphere with a radius of 600,000 kilometers."
Upright Lotus moved with a thought, making the red points representing the distribution of Primordial Energy Bodies disappear.
The hemisphere ruins became clearly visible, then automatically dissected into four parts.
Throughout the interior, thousands of bright red spots were distributed.
Upright Lotus: "These are the positions detected by the Haimeng Ship where mysterious Primordial Energy Bodies posing potential threats may exist."
Upright Lotus pointed at the golden blocks and briefly said: "The Overlord Realm remnants and Treasury are both in the central position. The metal forming the Treasury still possesses Primordial Energy properties, making it impossible for the Haimeng Ship to detect the internal situation."
The dissected hemisphere recombined.
Upright Lotus raised a claw and pointed at the torn surface of the hemisphere: "We’ll carve out a passage and escort Dragon Cypress Ant King to get close here for Soul-Setting Ability perception. Regardless of the detection results, we’ll immediately retreat, return to the Starship, and formulate the next action plan."
"Formation 1-3-2."
"I’ll be the vanguard, clearing the way ahead."
"Kansui and Giant Taro, you guard Dragon Cypress Ant King on the left and right."
"Chickpea and Purple Cicada cover the rear."
"Alright!"
"Understood!"
"Following the Captain’s command!"
Dragon Cypress, Chickpea, and Purple Cicada responded resoundingly.
"..."
Kansui and Giant Taro lightly tapped their front legs, indicating no objections.
Ink Orchid looked left and right, tilting her head, and asked: "Captain Upright Lotus, what about me? Do I go with Dragon Cypress?"
Upright Lotus: "Ink Orchid, stay on the Starship. From my observation, you and the Ant possess an extremely strong physique, and even in the Half Star Realm, you can easily adapt to the space environment without any protective measures."
"Ink Orchid can still be of assistance by guarding the Starship. Should any roaming Primordial Energy Body approach, use your soul-based Spirit Class attack abilities to eliminate it. Don’t let the Primordial Energy Bodies get near..."
Upright Lotus explained: "The Primordial Energy Bodies have a penetration power similar to Origin Force and inherently come with a chaos destruction field, which may cause damage to some of the Starship’s precision equipment."
"Your task is also very important, Ink Orchid. If you don’t go with everyone this time, we would need to leave Chickpea or Purple Cicada to guard the Starship."
Ink Orchid: "..."
Ink Orchid wanted to say, if this is so important, then how about leaving Chickpea or Purple Cicada to guard the Starship, and I’ll go with everyone...
Ink Orchid thought for a moment and agreed: "Following Captain Upright Lotus’s arrangement!"
Upright Lotus: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, Ink Orchid, one more characteristic of the Primordial Energy Bodies: out of instinct, they are keenly attracted to vibrant life and intact souls. They lack visual, auditory, olfactory senses, or similar perception abilities, and mainly sense the presence of targets through Primordial Energy and soul induction. Therefore, suppressing your own Primordial Energy Breath and covering your whole body with soul-based Defensive Abilities can effectively shield our presence from the Primordial Energy Bodies."
Dragon Cypress: "Understood!"
Ink Orchid: "Got it!"
Upright Lotus: "Good! That’s all I have to say. After twenty years of hibernation, everyone should eat first to recover physical strength, stretch your legs, and get in the right condition."
"Good!"
"Noted."