Chapter 50: Preparing for the Journey to the Cosmos

Mingyue Community, Luo Feng's home.

In the living room, Luo Feng told his parents, "Dad, Mom, I'm going out for a while; it might be quite a long time."

"Brother, what's the matter this time you're going out?" Luo Hua asked, while his girlfriend Zhen Nan stood beside him, the two holding hands.

"The details are confidential. Xiao Hua, I've given you all my cash; manage it well in the financial market, and don't forget Brother Xiao Yu's share—you must handle that carefully too," Luo Feng instructed.

After saying goodbye to his family, Luo Feng went to the core district of Jiangnan Base City, inside the company founded by Xu Xin.

Upon hearing that Luo Feng was leaving again, the two embraced for a long time.

"After this mission, we'll get married," Luo Feng said affectionately, pulling the Eternal Love from the Space Ring, "This is a couple's safety talisman I obtained from a ruin."

——

On the island in the East Sea where the Golden Horn Giant Beast's corpse is kept.

Beside the beast's corpse stood a blue‑purple figure, occasional lightning drifting from it into the surrounding air.

"Ah! I didn't expect it—just like that, the Thunder Domain has reached the second level," the blue‑purple figure muttered softly.

"Xiao Yu, your talent for the Lightning Law exceeds that of ordinary people by thousands of times; you're already comparable to a special race in the universe, the Thunder Electric Tribe," a crisp child's voice rang out.

That child's voice broke the blue‑purple figure's week‑long meditation.

"Baba Ta, we can communicate directly with thoughts; there's no need to speak!" Xiao Yu said softly.

Suddenly Xiao Yu looked toward the distant sky and saw a deep‑blue fighter jet soaring over the island at ten Mach speed.

The cockpit opened, and a black‑red figure burst out.

"Luo Feng."

"Xiao Yu."

"Xiao Yu, you're truly amazing, having discovered the juvenile Golden Horn Giant Beast!" Baba Ta's voice sounded from Luo Feng.

"Baba Ta, this Golden Horn Giant Beast was probably deliberately thrown onto Earth by some great being; I just happened upon it by chance," Xiao Yu replied.

"That's plausible; Earth is too ordinary and lacks the special metals needed for the beast's growth—the only advantage is its remoteness," Baba Ta said.

"Alright, Luo Feng, I'll leave it to you here; take this Golden Horn Giant Beast, whether you enslave it or possess it is entirely your decision."

Luo Feng received Hu Yanbo's entire inheritance, naturally gaining his unique secret soul seal and also acquiring the Possession Secret Technique.

In fact, among the universe's strong, these two kinds of secret arts aren't special; once one's power reaches a certain level, one doesn't need to be a Spiritual Mind Master to enslave servants.

"Alright, I've decided to possess the Golden Horn Giant Beast," Luo Feng said, his eyes resolute.

"Alright, Baba Ta, send me the coordinates for the wormhole into the cosmos," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Xiao Yu, previously Earth's coordinates were concealed by its master, which is why no cosmic fleet has arrived in fifty thousand years. After you enter the cosmos, you must not reveal them, otherwise Earth's current strength cannot escape the fate of being enslaved," Baba Ta warned.

When Baba Ta heard Xiao Yu request the coordinates earlier, he concluded that Xiao Yu must possess an intact interstellar ship.

"Understood." Xiao Yu nodded.

"Also, I suggest you wait a while and bring Luo Feng along; you're fellow disciples and should help each other," Baba Ta said.

"Luo Feng's time to possess the Golden Horn Giant Beast may not be long, but the period it takes to nurture an Earth avatar certainly won't be short. This is my first attempt, just scouting, a preliminary move," Xiao Yu said.

"Since that's the case, you go first. I've already sent the planned route to the avatar. Here, take this," Baba Ta said, conjuring a hundred circular coin‑shaped objects, each stamped with a unique Secret Pattern.

"What's this?" Xiao Yu asked.

"These are one hundred Qianwu Coins, the currency of the cosmos, usable throughout the Qianwu Grand Star Region. When you first arrive in the cosmos, you can't go without some money. Qianwu Coins are highly valued on Black Dragon Mountain; one Qianwu Coin can be exchanged for 1,000 Black Dragon Coins," Baba Ta explained.

"Black Dragon Coins are the universal currency issued by Black Dragon Mountain, but their usage is limited to the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region; beyond that region they cannot be used."

"In official channels, Qianwu Coins can be exchanged for Black Dragon Coins, and Black Dragon Coins can be exchanged for Silver Blue Coins, but the reverse is not possible; only through certain black‑market routes can Black Dragon Coins be swapped for Qianwu Coins, and the exchange rate is far higher than 1,000 to 1," Baba Ta continued.

Xiao Yu nodded; he understood all of this.

"Alright then, Luo Feng, Baba Ta, I'll go first," Xiao Yu's body shot into the air like lightning.

"Be careful in everything," Luo Feng said concernedly.

Xiao Yu nodded and flew toward Jiangnan Base City.

——

In an unknown spacetime, an immense, hazy silhouette gazed at the Solar System from an endless distant realm; the entire galaxy seemed frozen, then an invisible surge of energy erupted from the being's eyes, surged toward Earth, and landed at the location of Wu Island.

The Australian continent trembled as if struck by a massive earthquake, shaking incessantly.

"Alert!"

"Alert!"

"Detected unknown energy! Comparable to the explosion of thousands of hundred‑million‑ton hydrogen bombs!" subordinates reported.

"Emergency evacuation! Emergency evacuation!" the officer‑like figure ordered.

In an instant, tens of thousands rushed into fighter jets, which took off urgently.

Three black silhouettes fled panic‑stricken from the lake; as soon as they broke the surface, they seemed seized by an invisible giant hand, not soaring upward but being pulled back into the water.

"Ah!" a terrifying scream rang out!

A few seconds later, the screams subsided.

The bases of the major factions, once bustling, are now deserted.

Suddenly, Wu Island and its surrounding shores vanished as if into thin air, leaving a massive pit several thousand meters deep, with countless underground waters flooding back.

It's believed that soon a still larger lake will form here.

Almost as Wu Island disappeared, a colorless energy wave shot toward the East Sea.

——

Almost every news outlet of the Five Great Nations reported this unprecedented incident.

The Five Great Nations, HR Alliance, Extreme Martial Arts Hall, Thunder Martial Arts Hall, and major mercenary corps all dispatched elite personnel to investigate the Australian continent.

The disappearance of three senator‑level powerhouses is no small matter.

And Wu Island's disappearance is of utmost importance.

Earlier, the major powers obtained many Muyu crystals on Wu Island, and almost all tasted the profit.

Even Baba Ta, who is on a small island in the East Sea, knew about this.

"Strange, we hadn't noticed anything special about Wu Island before! How could it suddenly disappear!" Baba Ta was at a loss.

"Never mind, let's first deal with Luo Feng's possession!"

At this moment, Luo Feng was meditating to adjust his state, preparing to possess the Golden Horn Beast.

——

On the way back, Xiao Yu hovered at ten‑thousand‑meter altitude, his aura faintly radiating, and no flying beast dared to approach.

"System, set a wish: make me the highest‑permission holder of the two spaceships inside the Space Ring."

【Setting successful!】

【First Wish: Change the highest permission of the two spaceships inside the Space Ring to the host (10 Wish Silver Coins).】

"System, execute the first wish."

【10 Wish Silver Coins have been deducted!】

Colorless data streams surged into the Space Ring, splitting into two streams that entered the two spaceships.

【Wish has been fulfilled.】

Xiao Yu's spirit probed the Space Ring; with a thought, a jet‑black spaceship hovered in the air, measuring 100 m long, 25 m high, and 25 m wide.

Xiao Yu approached the front of the spaceship.

"Beep!"

"Biological feature scan passed!"

Mechanical sounds rang directly in Xiao Yu's mind.

"Hatch opens, welcome, master!" a crisp female voice sounded.

Black metal hatch opened, revealing a ten‑meter‑long passage; both sides of the passage were filled with dense holes. Without hesitation, Xiao Yu stepped in directly.

"Master, please follow the instructions to the main control room," the crisp female voice said.

An arrow appeared before Xiao Yu; following the arrow forward, he arrived at the spaceship's main control room.

"Welcome! Master Xiao Yu, I am the AI of the Julius spacecraft," the crisp female voice said.

"Baba Ta, can you control this Julius ship?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Xiao Yu, although I am only a clone, my AI level is higher than that of a normal spaceship's central control," the Baba Ta clone said.

It was not the previous childlike voice, but a voice like a boy in puberty, dry and hoarse.

"Baba Ta, why did your voice suddenly change?" Xiao Yu asked oddly.

"Changing form, perhaps!" The Baba Ta clone perhaps also realized the earlier voice sounded unpleasant, switched back to the child voice, yet it still felt different from before.

"Xiao Yu, the great Lord Baba Ta has completed control of this spaceship; it is a Domain Lord‑level D9 vessel, equipped with a D9‑class laser cannon and three D6‑class laser cannons."

The ship's classification is a, b, c, d, e, f, corresponding respectively to Planetary‑level, Stellar‑level, Universe‑level, Domain Lord‑level, Realm Lord‑level, Immortal‑level. Each level is further divided into nine sub‑levels, e. g., Black Dragon Mountain X81 is C5, which is Universe‑level.

The D9 laser cannon can severely wound or even kill a typical Domain Lord‑level ninth‑tier strongman.

This spaceship truly is terrifying!

How did that Thunder Electric Tribe strongman obtain the Human Race spaceship?

Perhaps it was loot captured by slaying a Human Race strongman on the Outer Realm Battlefield.

"Now that this spaceship is in my hands, broadly speaking, it can be considered returned to its original owner."

"Baba Ta, this spaceship has an invisibility function, right?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Yes, Xiao Yu," the Baba Ta clone replied.

"Alright, activate invisibility and return home," Xiao Yu ordered.

The Julius ship suddenly vanished, completing its cloaking, and flew toward Jiangnan Base City's Yangzhou district.

Moments later, Xiao Yu returned home.

In the first‑floor living room, Xiao's father Xiao Dingguo, mother Xu Jingyi, elder uncle Xiao Guohua, third uncle Xiao Guoxuan, and Xiao Ling—five people—stood ready, surrounding Xiao Yu.

"Xiao Yu, you're really going to space," Xiao Ling said.

Xiao Yu did not hide this from his family; he stated the matter directly.

"Older sister, Mom and Dad, elder uncle, third uncle, don't worry; the spaceship I obtained in the ruins is high‑level and safe to navigate the cosmos. Moreover, I have a complete guide, so rest assured, there will be no danger. If there were danger, I wouldn't venture recklessly."

Newcomer seeks recommendations!!! Seeking monthly tickets!!!

Welcome to join group 763688906

Today's estimate: only two chapters.

(End of chapter)