Chapter 382: Navigation Planning Means No Planning

Hearing Zheng Zhi's words, Yu Sheng did not speak for a moment, only looking together with the other person in the direction of that rift.

He actually could not see any "rift," but through the limited blood connection established between him and Zheng Zhi, he could indeed vaguely sense that something existed there.

Vast, strange, boundless; the rift that exhausted all perception could "see" seemed merely a small part extending from some even vaster structure.

What exactly was that thing?

Erin reached out and poked Yu Sheng's head: "Hey, hey, Yu Sheng, do you think this matter is related to the 'Emperor's Legacy'?"

Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Why do you say that?"

"Everything happened all at once," Erin said matter-of-factly, "Besides, previously the Big Nephew suddenly 'fell' into the Otherworld on the main peak path of Thousand Peak Spirit Mountain, and this time the Great Rift also appeared near the main peak; how could such a coincidence exist under heaven?"

The little doll had just finished speaking when Hu Li, who had been strolling over nearby, heard the words and nodded as well: "I think so too; statistically and probabilistically, when two extremely unusual things happen at the same location within a short time, the probability that these two things are connected is very high."

Erin blinked her eyes listening to Hu Li speak, and after a moment poked Yu Sheng's head again: "What does that silly fox mean?"

"... It means the same thing as what you said," Yu Sheng glanced at the illiterate doll on his shoulder, then stroked his chin thoughtfully, "If this 'rift' was indeed triggered by the Emperor's Legacy, then this matter becomes even more unsettling."

Erin: "Why do you say that?"

"Because the Emperor's Legacy has always existed, but for so many years past, the Profound Heaven Nucleus has remained peaceful, which indicates that thing was originally in a 'dormant state'," Yu Sheng said offhandedly, "Now a rift suddenly appears, which can only mean the Emperor's Legacy, which has been peaceful for so many years, has begun to 'move'; and regardless of the principle behind this 'movement', it only signifies one thing: today's trouble is just the beginning."

Erin's eyes widened, and she did not speak for a long time.

Hu Li on the side thought seriously for a moment, and his furry big ears suddenly twitched: "Then why would it suddenly start moving?"

Before Yu Sheng could speak, the shadows of those black-robed cultivators wearing masks appeared in everyone's minds.

"Two possibilities: either this 'legacy' was peacefully dormant for so many years and suddenly decided to awaken itself, or someone is causing trouble, attempting to 'activate' this legacy," Yu Sheng spread his hands, "Which one do you think it is?"

"Why even ask!" Erin stood up directly on Yu Sheng's shoulder, "It must be someone causing trouble! I said the batch of black-robed people we caught in the Otherworld last time definitely wasn't the only batch currently acting; there must be many more not yet caught, hiding in various nooks and crannies causing trouble..."

"We must set off for that planet called 'Shu Ji' as soon as possible," Yu Sheng reached out and pressed the little doll, who was wobbling on his shoulder, back down, "We must quickly find that 'Yun Qingzi' hiding behind the scenes... Don't fall off, wobbling around like that!"

At this time, Yuan Ling Zhenren, who had been communicating with the "Omen Wandering Star," also walked over. Hearing the conversation of Yu Sheng and the others, the old man's expression on his face appeared exceptionally grave: "The flow of the earth veins in this area is still very unstable; it might be just as you say, that all of this is only the beginning. If we do not find that senior elder Yun Qingzi and do not solve the problem of the 'Emperor's Legacy,' trouble will inevitably arise here sooner or later."

Speaking to this point, he paused, thought for a moment, then said: "There is no time to lose; I will arrange a long-range immortal ark immediately to send you to 'Shu Ji'."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, Yu Sheng smiled and waved his hand, as if he had been waiting for this sentence all along: "No need to trouble yourself; our Inn has a spaceship. You just prepare the passage documents and navigation coordinates for me."

As soon as Yu Sheng finished speaking here, Erin on his shoulder "whoosh" stood up again: "Our family's spaceship can fly now?!"

"Nonsense, that ship could fly originally," Yu Sheng had to reach out and press the little doll down again, "The reason we waited so long was simply because that ship was built by the Holy Hidden Sect, so some modifications were needed, and additionally the main control system needed to be reflashed—now the modifications are not entirely complete, but the hull coating is finished; the main control system still needs some adjustments, but the star charts and navigation are already usable, which is enough for me."

Erin blinked her eyes: "Then... what about the unfinished parts?"

"Just keep modifying while flying; anyway, all external construction projects requiring docking at the shipyard have already ended," Yu Sheng said offhandedly, "Now the remaining modification work is being done internally, such as subsystem adjustments and the like—the technical team sent by the Special Bureau is currently living on the ship; I even opened a door on the ship leading to the Special Bureau for them. If they really need to change shifts, they can just open the door at the D-2 Channel and return to Border City; as for where exactly the spaceship is, it makes no difference."

Erin listened, stunned. Although as an illiterate person from kindergarten correspondence courses she basically did not understand matters of interstellar navigation, she could still hear something wrong from Yu Sheng's description: "... This is possible?! No, although I don't know what a subsystem is, can these things really take off without being fixed?! And modifying while flying... why does that sound so unreliable? Won't it really explode halfway through?!"

"Rest assured about this; you know my piloting skills and operating methods," Yu Sheng wore a confident expression, "Theoretically, as long as that thing's engine can still push forward, even if you give me a tumble dryer, I can fly it to the edge of the galaxy. Having those subsystems certainly saves trouble; without them, I can just use brute force and heavy bricks..."

Erin was dumbfounded: "... This sounds even more worrying, damn it!"

But obviously only she in the scene thought this matter was unreliable. Hu Li on the side, upon hearing that the family's spaceship could fly, had his eyes light up; his tail wagged vigorously nearby, kicking up dust and stones: "I think the Benefactor is right!"

Luna on the other side did not have such a big reaction, but she also nodded slightly, emitting a dull voice: "Mm, right."

Erin blinked her eyes, looked at the confident Yu Sheng, then looked at Hu Li and Luna nearby, held back for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh: "Alright then; anyway, you successfully flew that thing back originally..."

Yuan Ling Zhenren had been standing nearby without interrupting, because he did not understand the internal situation of the "Inn," nor had he seen how the "spaceship" Yu Sheng mentioned worked. At this moment, seeing that the few of them seemed to have reached a consensus, he stroked his beard and stepped forward half a pace: "Then I will arrange the passage permit for you, as well as the navigation coordinates to Shu Ji."

Yu Sheng nodded: "Alright, then let's go up first to meet your senior brother and Qianji Zhenren and the others."

Yuan Ling Zhenren nodded slightly, then raised his hand and waved; the floating round platform that had brought everyone down not long ago flew over silently and soundlessly.

At the same time, between those towering Demon-Suppressing Shi Zhu and countless thick chains, the "Omen Wandering Star," which was tightly bound, slowly rotated its body; that terrifying face looked toward Yuan Ling and Yu Sheng's group, who were returning to the round platform preparing to depart.

"Do not act rashly," Yuan Ling Zhenren stood at the edge of the round platform, looking at the stone ball and speaking faintly, "Act rashly and you die."

"You have tried many times, but I will not 'die'," the stone ball slowly grinned, squeezing out a mocking smile between its uneven, sharp "teeth"—no one could discern what this strange sphere was truly thinking from this inhuman and horrifying face, as if every expression was merely some kind of inhuman mimicry, "However, you can rest assured; I am going nowhere. I will just watch from down here. The brief prosperity and destruction of mortal civilizations are meaningless to eternity; you will eventually vanish, and this poisonous planet will do the same... I have this patience."

The Omen Wandering Star spoke in a superstitious manner, then slowly lowered its face, murmuring softly as if talking to itself: "The end of all struggle is destruction; the only truth in the world is this sad fact."

Before its words had fully fallen, a beam of pitch-black spider silk "whoosh" crossed a distance of several dozen meters and "smack" struck the surface of the stone ball.

The Omen Wandering Star immediately shut its mouth and stopped moving.

"Messy, ugly, and full of weird talk," Erin sat on Yu Sheng's shoulder with hands on hips, and after retracting the spider silk, she looked at the Omen Wandering Star with an unhappy expression: "Let me tell you, if you act this superstitious in a game, you won't even survive the opening animation; at most you'll be gone during the tutorial..."

The floating round platform slowly rose, gradually accelerated, and soon carried Yu Sheng's group away.

The "Omen Wandering Star," confined between the Demon-Suppressing Shi Zhu, remained quietly in place. After being whipped once by Erin with spider silk, it entered this motionless state; but probably because this stone ball usually just stayed in place like a rock anyway, Yuan Ling Zhenren did not pay attention to this sudden and long period of "stillness."

Just like that, after an unknown amount of time, the "Omen Wandering Star" suddenly trembled in place, as if suddenly waking up and rebooting from some temporary "shutdown"; this horrifying giant stone ball shook its entire body, and immediately a large amount of gray-white stone debris fell rustling from its surface; the places struck by the black "spider silk" revealed dark, hole-like cracks resembling extreme void.

But these terrible "wounds" vanished in an instant; within just a few breaths, the gray-white stone debris floated up from the ground again, refilling the damage on the stone ball's surface.

The Omen Wandering Star hesitantly floated upward; the chains binding its entire body clattered, and short, tiny sparks jumped between the immortal talismans on the chains. After a moment of confusion and thought, a light, mumbling sound like sleep-talking came from the stone ball's dark mouth—

"... Omen?"

(End of Chapter)