My Core is the Boss

All the dozen cultivators had different thoughts in mind. However, every one of them focused their attention on what lay beyond the gate. Meanwhile, the Nascent Soul cultivators belonging to the Heaven Upheaval Plan Alliance were experiencing a storm of emotions. After all, the gate they had struggled to break was torn down so easily.

One Nascent Soul cultivator suggested, "Why are we all standing here? Let's go in together!"

The others all wore wary expressions. After all, ruins like this were filled with danger. Even Nascent Soul cultivators could perish inside. None of them dared act rashly.

Qi Yuan had no such concerns. "Come on, let's go take a look."

His left eyebrow was twitching wildly, meaning a great wealth awaited him inside. He wondered whether the treasures and opportunities within would be enough for him to buy Arch Star.

The fat cultivator glanced ahead and followed without hesitation. Xie Tang gritted her teeth and quickly entered as well. Seeing this, the remaining cultivators followed one after another. The moment they passed through the gate, the world underwent a tremendous change.

The once-narrow cave opened into a vast expanse. Starlight poured down upon them.

"A starry sky?"

"This place is actually a starry sky!"

Everyone gazed upward in astonishment. Above them stretched an endless sea of stars, boundless and immeasurable, too vast to take in at a glance. They were all mesmerized, feeling as though they had stepped into a completely new world.

Qi Yuan drooled. "So many stars. Looking at them is making me hungry..."

He was the epitome of quenching thirst by thinking of plums.

"Could this be another world?"

"Why do these stars feel so strange?"

As cultivators, they all knew that the stars were projections of gods illuminating the heavens. In fact, from the moment they arrived on Arch Star, they had already noticed something unusual. They hadn't paid much attention because there were so few stars overhead. Yet here, the heavens were brimming with stars.

Qi Yuan muttered, "This is probably the map of the spaceship. It's pretty realistic."

The starry sky before them turned out to be a map.

"A map?"

Some Nascent Soul cultivators looked surprised. They extended their divine senses and were shocked.

"This map can actually mislead our judgment!"

They had mistaken a mere map for a starry sky! If even a map could deceive them to such an extent, then what about the actual traps and mechanisms? Wouldn't they be unable to detect those as well?

Just then, a lone-wolf Nascent Wolf said, "Since we've already entered, I'll go on ahead."

Without wasting a second, he flew deeper into the ruins. The other Nascent Soul cultivators followed suit. After entering the ruins, treasure hunting naturally came first. If anyone happened to find an Eye of the Sky, they would make a fortune.

The fat cultivator asked. "Which direction do you plan to go, Fellow Daoist?"

Xie Tang also looked at Qi Yuan, seemingly wanting his opinion.

Qi Yuan replied, "This ruin isn't that large. There's no hurry. Let's spend some time sightseeing first."

As a Yang Spirit, he had seen every corner of the vessel from the moment he stepped inside. Despite how advanced the spaceship appeared, it was actually in terrible condition. Moreover, it was also ruined and completely out of energy. Anything useful inside had long been exhausted. Only some scrap metal remained, along with a number of Eyes of the Sky.

As for the planet-destroying cannons and similar weapons that Qi Yuan had imagined, there were none.

Qi Yuan said casually, "Such an impressive reputation for what turned out to be nothing more than a garbage dump."

Xie Tang froze. "Have you been here before?"

"No. But at a glance, I could see that the place held nothing but scrap. If there's anything valuable, it'd probably be the spaceship itself."

The fat cultivator asked strangely, "Huh? Seriously? Even though the gate was that hard to open?"

Qi Yuan replied casually, "Mhm. There are only a few thousand Eyes of the Sky. Does that count as junk?"

To the people who once lived aboard this spaceship, Eyes of the Sky were probably just standard-issue weapons—the equivalent of rifles in a modern army. As for stronger weapons, there were simply none.

The fat cultivator swallowed hard. "A few thousand Eyes of the Sky?"

Xie Tang's breathing quickened. Though she doubted Qi Yuan's words, she stayed. After all, while opening the gate, she had sensed danger directed toward her.

Qi Yuan walked toward a corner. "The most valuable thing here should be this wall."

It was made of an unknown material, smooth and marble-like. The others also looked over curiously.

The first mural was simple. It depicted a young man dressed in flowing white robes. He was gazing at the stars, longing and affection filling his eyes.

"Based on my perfect score in language arts reading comprehension, this mural depicts the protagonist's longing for a woman beyond the stars. His clenched fist symbolizes determination. That's right. He's about to tell his mother that tonight, he will set sail in search of his beloved."

Back on Blue Planet, reading comprehension had been Qi Yuan's strongest subject. These murals were easy for him.

He looked at the second mural. In it, a man and woman gazed into each other's eyes amid the stars, with the endless cosmos behind them.

"Mhm. They met. All lovers eventually become a couple."

He moved to the third mural. It was a beautiful night scene. Only the woman's back could be seen under the moonlight.

"The girl's misunderstood. The girl is suffering. The girl won't say anything. The girl went home." Qi Yuan continued his interpretation. "Combining it with the earlier murals, the man's parents secretly approached the woman and gave her a bank card, telling her to leave. By the way, I think the guy's mother is still pretty attractive."

Canary chuckled softly. "This plot sounds awfully familiar. Is there going to be a car accident? Cancer?"

"Clearly there is. Please watch the following footage!"