Chapter 313: Void Walker

【Ding!】

A cold mechanical sound echoed in Qin Hao's mind.

On the system panel, a line of scarlet-gold text slowly appeared.

【Copy Concept: Immunity Space Stagnation Effect Device.】

【Determined as a 'Rule-level' modification, requires consumption of energy units: ten million.】

【Confirm?】

Ten million.

Merely creating an 'Immunity' device would consume such a huge amount of energy.

Qin Hao's gaze swept over his balance.

Current energy units: 213,500,000.

Only over two hundred million.

Now, it will take one-twentieth of it all at once.

But he had no hesitation.

Money is meant to be spent.

Energy points are no different.

"Confirm." His thought just fell.

Hum—

The numbers on the system panel jumped down frantically.

In an instant, a small portion evaporated.

Current energy units: 203,500,000.

At the same time.

On the system panel, a strange device condensed into form out of thin air.

It resembled none of any known mechanical constructs.

It had no physical form, like a twisted strand of light, and also like a rotating collection of runes.

It hovered there silently.

This is the key capable of prying open the 'Space Lockdown' rule.

Qin Hao's gaze did not linger on this device for long.

What he wanted to do was not just a device.

What he wanted was a ship.

A ship capable of carrying him safely to the core of the Singularity Sea.

His thought moved again.

Countless extremely complex designs unfolded, overlapped, and merged in his mind.

That was the full set of design plans for the Yanhuang Civilization's top-tier 'Heaven-Sword' class warship.

But at this moment, it was being rapidly optimized.

The Bitien Empire's extremely stable 'String Vibration Membrane' energy conduction system was perfectly integrated, replacing some unstable nodes in the original matrix structure.

The Keluo Empire's violent dark matter reactor technology was greatly weakened in its destructive power, retaining the advantage of its instantaneous burst output, serving as a backup energy core.

Their materials science data, which led the Yanhuang Civilization by many years, was also taken by Qin Hao without hesitation, used to strengthen every structure of the hull.

At this moment, the technological essences of three top-tier fourth-level civilizations, through Qin Hao as a transit station, underwent a perfect fusion in an unprecedented way.

"System."

"Based on the blueprint I provided, replicate a spaceship."

"And integrate the 'Immunity Space Stagnation Effect Device' as a core module into it."

【Task establishment……】

【Begin replication……】

This time, the energy points consumption numbers began to jump slowly again.

Five million!

Although far less than just now.

Within the system space.

First came the keel.

A keel flashing with dark gold luster, composed of pure energy, appeared out of thin air.

Next came the hull's framework.

Countless fine metal components, like living vines, grew from the keel, interlocking precisely with no error whatsoever.

Then came the armor.

Layer upon layer of jet-black special alloy that could swallow all light covered the framework.

Engines, weapon systems, life support systems, shield generators……

Each component was directly created by the system, reaching absolute perfection down to the atomic level.

Finally.

That light rune's 'Immunity Device' turned into a stream of light, silently merging into the spaceship and fully uniting with the ship's entire energy core.

Hum!

At the moment the final component was assembled.

The entire spaceship gave a slight shudder.

All surface light converged instantly, turning into an extremely deep black.

It exists in the system space.

【Void Voyager】

Qin Hao gave it a name.

Preparations are complete.

……

Several days later.

In Yanhuang Civilization territory, on the outskirts of the Solar System, in a secret military shipyard.

Luo Lao, Zhang Yunfeng, and Zhou Shaoqing arrived.

Their gazes all focused on the black ship of unprecedented design at the shipyard's center.

Even just looking at it with the naked eye, they could feel the ship's oppressive, heart‑pounding pressure.

"All preparations are complete."

"During my absence, everything will proceed as planned."

Qin Hao's voice was unusually calm.

"You... really have confidence?"

Zhou Shaoqing finally couldn't hold back; he stared into Qin Hao's eyes, his voice hoarse.

"Don't worry."

Qin Hao merely patted his shoulder, offering no further explanation.

He turned and walked toward the Void Voyager's boarding bridge.

Luo Lao, Zhang Yunfeng, and the others watched his retreating back, their lips moving, but they ultimately fell into silent gazes, worry unchanged in their eyes.

But more than that was a trust they themselves could not explain.

The hatch slowly closed.

Under everyone's gaze, the Void Voyager produced no engine roar, no energy buildup.

It merely... silently slid out of the shipyard.

Then.

On all radar and observation screens, it vanished instantly.

Not the light of warp drive, not the ripples of a space jump.

It simply vanished into thin air.

As if it had never existed.

"This..."

Mao Xinyang stared at the blank screen, his mind going empty.

Zhou Shaoqing's eyes widened even more.

This completely surpassed their understanding!

Meanwhile.

Inside the Void Voyager's bridge, Qin Hao calmly gazed at the star map before him.

Outside the ship, the scene was not that of normal space.

But a bizarre space of countless colorful light ribbons.

This was a passage opened directly by the system.

A movement surpassing warp drive and space jump, nearly at the dimensional level.

The ship hurtled toward the dark core of the Milky Way at an incalculable speed.

……

Elsewhere.

Within the Biteen Empire, a secret planet transformed into a military fortress.

Here lies the secret command center of the Brothers Alliance.

In the vast hall, only the holographic projections of Biajie and Ke Huang remained.

"We can't wait any longer!"

Ke Huang's dark matter body churned violently, filled with agitation and unease.

Yanhuang Civilization is absorbing our technology ten times faster than we expected! At this rate, in less than fifty years we'll have nothing left to resist with.

Biajie's face, made of light particles, was equally grim and terrifying.

He knows this all too well.

But what can we do?

Yanhuang Civilization's fleet hangs over them like the Sword of Damocles.

And Qin Hao, an existence akin to a god‑demon, is the root that makes them dare not even twitch.

Just then.

A top‑secret intelligence report was transmitted straight to Biajie's throne.

He glanced at it.

The luminous face froze for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

Ke Huang sensed his anomaly.

Biajie slowly lifted his head and said, word by word:

The information shows that Qin Hao... piloted a never-before-seen spacecraft alone, leaving the Yanhuang Capital Star System.

Currently, his whereabouts are unknown.