novelsite Chapter 406 Pre-departure Preparations
Chapter 406 Pre-departure Preparations
In three days, Lu Sheng did four things.
The first thing to do is study star charts.
The star map provided by the Divine Court of Myriad Phenomena was far more detailed than he had anticipated. It included not only galaxy coordinates and planetary data, but also a wealth of civilization assessment reports. It clearly indicated which galaxy possessed which level of civilization, the cultivation level of the strongest cultivator in that civilization, and what core technologies they had mastered.
Lu Sheng spent most of the day going through the entire star map, and then focused his attention on the 137 ancient ruins.
Most of these ruins have already been explored by the Divine Court of All Things and are marked as "cleared" or "worthless".
However, 23 locations were marked as "unexplored" or "high danger level".
Of these 23 locations, seven are situated within the original sector boundaries of the Scavenger Coalition.
Of these seven places, one description caught Lu Sheng's attention.
"Number G-137. Location: Northeast of the Scavenger Alliance Sector, approximately 400,000 miles from Alliance Headquarters. Description: An extremely large area of spatial anomalies, with chaotic internal laws and an unknown flow of time. Numerous ancient warship wrecks are scattered around the perimeter. Danger Level: Extremely High. Note: Suspected ancient battlefield ruins, possibly related to a battle between Celestial-level beings from an ancient era."
An extremely large area of spatial anomalies.
The surrounding area is littered with the remains of numerous ancient warships.
This is the Old Abyss of Gods known to the Divine Court of All Things.
However, the coordinates they marked deviated from the actual location of the Old Divine Abyss. They were off by about 30,000 li.
An error of 30,000 miles is not a large number on a cosmic scale, but it is enough for their reconnaissance ships to wander around the perimeter for quite some time without finding the entrance to the core area.
This also explains why the reconnaissance ship searched the outer perimeter of the Old God Abyss for more than a month without getting close to the core spherical space.
"An error of 30,000 li." Lu Sheng memorized this number.
This is something he can use.
The second thing is to arrange Earth's defense.
Lu Sheng called Dao Yi, Zhou Lei, Li Xiaoyao, and Luo Tianfei to the command room for a short meeting.
"I will leave Earth in three days. The journey is expected to take at least two weeks, and at most a month."
Dao Yi asked, "My lord, are you going to find that ancient ruin?"
"Yes. The people from the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court will be going with me."
"That woman in the early stage of Spirit Saint?" Dao Yi frowned. "My lord, I feel it's not safe for her to be with you—"
"She's not safe. It's not that I'm not safe," Lu Sheng interrupted him. "An early-stage Spirit Saint can't cause any trouble in front of me. You shouldn't be worried about me, you should be worried about yourself."
Dao Yi shut up.
"When I'm not around, two things might happen."
Lu Sheng held up two fingers.
"The first option is for the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court to obediently wait for me to find the item and bring it back. In this case, you don't need to do anything; just continue your normal training."
"The second type—"
Lu Sheng's gaze swept over everyone present.
"The Divine Court of All Things attacked Earth while I was away."
Dao Yi's face paled slightly.
"If it's the second scenario, you only have one task—hold the line."
"Earth's defense system is strong enough to withstand a sustained attack from an early-stage Spirit Saint for over an hour. Add to that the firepower of thirty anti-rule artillery emplacements, and you can at least hold out until I receive the message and return."
"But the premise is—" Lu Sheng looked at Dao Yi.
"You can't panic. You're the commander. If you panic, everyone below will be thrown into chaos."
Dao Yi took a deep breath. "Understood."
"Consort Luo."
"exist."
"After I leave, activate the highest level of monitoring protocol. Notify me immediately of any spacecraft entering the solar system's gravitational field, regardless of its identity."
"clear."
"And—" Lu Sheng took out a fist-sized dark gray crystal from his storage space.
It was more than three times larger than the one given to Li Xiaoyao.
"This is a crystallization of laws that I condensed in the Abyss of the Old Gods. It contains the combined power of five laws."
He placed the crystals on the table.
"In an emergency, Dao Yi, crush this crystal. The power of the laws within will form a protective shield at the mid-stage Spirit Saint level within a radius of one hundred meters. It will last for approximately thirty seconds."
Dao Yi stared at the crystal, his eyes wide with disbelief.
A protective shield at the mid-stage Spirit Saint level? Thirty seconds?
This thing—this thing is a lifesaver!
"Thirty seconds isn't long. But it's enough time for you to react," Lu Sheng said.
Dao Yi solemnly put the crystal away. "Your subordinate will certainly not fail Your Majesty's trust."
The third thing is to consolidate one's cultivation.
Lu Sheng spent a day and a half in the secret chamber reviewing his power at the peak of the mid-stage Spirit Saint realm once again.
The fusion of the five laws has reached a very high level. The range of the small world domain has stabilized at 350 meters. The speed at which rules are formulated within the domain is almost instantaneous.
He even practiced the new technology of "space fireball".
After failing twenty-three times, he finally succeeded on the twenty-fourth attempt.
A fireball the size of a fist, enveloped by the laws of space, flew from his palm, disappeared for a moment in space—and then reappeared on a meteorite three hundred meters away.
boom!
The meteorite was blasted into fragments.
"It's done."
Lu Sheng clenched his fist.
This thing's penetrating power was stronger than he had anticipated. The spatial folding allowed the fireball to bypass the target's surface defenses and detonate from the inside.
If used against an opponent at the Spirit Saint Realm—
The key is whether the opponent's small-world domain can withstand spatial folding. If it can, then this move is useless. If it can't—
It's not impossible for him to be killed in one blow.
"Keep it as a trump card."
The fourth thing was that I had a conversation with Xuan Yin.
This was Lu Sheng who took the initiative to contact her.
Xuan Yin stayed on Dengxian Island for three days, remaining very well-behaved. She didn't leave the residential area even a step, nor did she attempt to explore her surroundings; she simply meditated and cultivated in her room every day.
When Lu Sheng entered her room, she was sitting cross-legged on the bed.
Sensing Lu Sheng's presence, she immediately opened her eyes and stood up.
"Your Excellency Lu Sheng."
"sit."
Lu Sheng sat down in a chair in the room.
"I'm leaving tomorrow. Before that, I have a few things to make clear to you."
"Please speak, Your Excellency."
"First, I'll decide the route. You'll follow me wherever I go. I won't tell you the destination, and you shouldn't ask."
Xuan Yin nodded.
"Second, once we reach the target area, I will designate a location for you. You will wait there, without moving or using any detection methods. You will come whenever I call you."
Xuan Yin nodded again.
"Third—" Lu Sheng looked at her.
"You are at the early stage of Spirit Saint. I am at the peak of the mid-stage of Spirit Saint. You should know very well that if I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't even have time to react."
Xuan Yin's expression remained unchanged, but her Adam's apple moved slightly.
"So I hope that throughout this process you won't do anything that would give me pause for thought. I'm a very suspicious person. If I sense anything is wrong with you—I won't ask why, I'll take action first."
"Understood." Xuan Yin's voice was calm. "I will not give you any chance to misunderstand."
"good."
Lu Sheng stood up. "We're leaving tomorrow morning. Get ready."
He walked out of the room.
On the way back to the secret room, Lu Sheng went over the whole plan in his mind again.
We'll set off tomorrow, first taking Xuan Yin towards the coordinates G-137 marked by the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court. But our actual destination isn't the marked location G-137, but rather the true coordinates of the Old Divine Abyss.
After reaching the outer perimeter of the Old God Abyss, he placed Xuan Yin in a safe location within the warship graveyard. Then, he himself entered the core area to continue devouring the Hengxing remains.
Having eaten their fill, they were pushed to the late stage of the Spirit Saint realm.
Then decide what to do next.
"The plan is fine."
Lu Sheng lay on the stone bed.
"The only variable is Xuan Yin herself."
She appeared to cooperate. But after all, she was a follower of the Celestial Venerable of All Things.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations couldn't have brought her along just to "identify the Seed of Origin." This woman must possess some means to transmit what she saw and heard back to the Celestial Court of Myriad Manifestations.
"We need to find a way to cut off all her communication methods before entering the Abyss of the Old Gods."
Lu Sheng closed his eyes.
Tomorrow—it's time to set off.