Chapter 780
Space Storm
For nearly half a month, with the secret help of the Machine Race, the entire planet has restored its ecosystem to its peak.
After gaining a comprehensive understanding and even conducting archaeological work on this planet, Jiang Shu finally spoke to Huang Xuesheng.
"I need to go back to my own planet before I can come back."
After saying this, Jiang Shu bid farewell to Huang Xuesheng without paying much attention to his attempts to persuade him to stay. He took a step forward, and his figure disappeared directly from Cangyu Star.
This is merely an excuse; this pseudo-universe is not actually part of the universe.
The laws are all different. This time, Jiang Shu wanted to explore the starry sky to see if there was any information left in it.
Along with Zhan Feng, they entered this universe together, and the two figures immediately flew towards a desolate and lonely planet in the distance.
For Cangyu Star, this is naturally of no value, and no one would bother to observe it.
Now, they have arrived behind that planet, and it is completely different here.
Beyond the planets, there are various special formations used for concealment.
Powerful spatial laws intertwine within it.
Within the formation, a vast expanse of interconnected buildings stretched out, with figures moving about freely. Humans, machine races, and insectoids mingled together peacefully.
The continuous cluster of buildings emitted a faint light, but it was all absorbed by the light prisms outside. If one could not get close, it was unlikely that anyone would notice that there were buildings here.
As Jiang Shu and Zhan Feng landed, a Venerable One immediately came out to greet them.
Elder Lei stepped forward and asked authoritatively, "How is the situation on Cangyu Star?"
"It's all taken care of, you can rest assured."
Jiang Shu said calmly, "However, this is just the beginning for us. Next, we need to go out into this starry sky and see what else is hidden there."
"Elder, has my father already gone out to guard the area?"
Zhan Feng then spoke up.
"good."
Elder Lei nodded slightly: "The situation here isn't too critical right now. We don't need many people; they already moved away when the spatial gate opened last time."
"After all, the Doomsday Cult may still be eyeing us covetously, and the three of us need to send enough people to protect us in order to prevent any accidents from happening."
Upon hearing this, Zhan Feng's eyes visibly lit up, and he turned to look at Jiang Shu, his meaning clear.
Jiang Shu coughed slightly and then said, "Senior Lei, there are still several Venerables here."
"If we include myself, there are three of you in total. How many do you intend to mobilize this time?"
Elder Lei crossed his arms and said, "Of course, besides you, the Mechanical Race and the Zerg Race have also sent their Venerables to explore the starry sky."
Jiang Shu nodded to himself.
Although the three races are considered to be in an alliance this time, they only cooperated on Cangyu Star and created a common identity.
Subsequent actions, in a sense, were a matter of each person relying on their own abilities.
“This time, no troops are needed. You all stay here in case of any unforeseen circumstances. Zhan Feng and I will go for a walk in the starry sky first. If anything unexpected happens, we will naturally inform you.”
Jiang Shu had already made up her mind.
"it is good."
Elder Lei nodded, his face solemn as he spoke: "Please be careful in all matters, for these two are the future of our War Alliance."
"Elder Lei, please rest assured, even if I am no match for you, don't you still have your brothers?"
Zhan Feng chuckled and said, "As long as he's here, even if we encounter a late-stage Venerable expert, we can escape unscathed. It won't be a Saint."
"You kid."
Elder Lei glared at Zhan Feng slightly: "Then you should set off now."
"it is good."
Jiang Shu and Zhan Feng moved extremely fast, constantly using the laws of space to jump around. In any case, they had already memorized the coordinates of Cangyu Star, so they were not afraid of getting lost.
They have two star maps, one of which comes from Huang Xuesheng's exploration over the past few years, but its limit is the range of Huang Xuesheng's space jump within one day.
The other document is a map of the coordinates of many stars collected on Cangyu Star before the great calamity began.
But this is really nothing to them.
Huang Xuesheng's ability to become a Venerable was mostly due to luck and accident, unlike them who had mastered various secret techniques, and whose spatial leaps and other methods far surpassed their opponents.
In just over two weeks, they reached the limits of Huang Xuesheng's exploration.
"Brother, the star map ends here, so we need to be careful."
Zhan Feng, who had always been somewhat playful, became cautious at this moment.
The two continued their journey, and soon another day had passed in space. Their destination was a nearby habitable planet on the star map.
"Over the years, apart from the roaming star beasts, Cangyu Star has not faced any major crises. The main difficulty is the lack of internal resources."
"I just don't know what other planets are like."
The two talked as they walked.
After nearly two days of space jumps, Jiang Shu suddenly sensed something was wrong and immediately stopped.
"Something's coming!" he said in a deep voice. Zhan Feng, who was standing next to him, raised an eyebrow: "Brother, my senses aren't as sharp as yours. What's coming?"
"it seems that……"
Jiang Shu frowned slightly, then said, "It seems to be a starship. Be careful. I wonder if there are any Venerable-level combatants on board."
"it is good."
The two concealed their presence, seemingly merging into the void. After a moment of silence, a massive starship approached them from a distance.
Hidden in the void, the two saw that the starship was covered with various traces of battle, and many areas were emitting thick and intense black clouds. The light shield covering the entire Immortal Sword was also extremely dim, but Jiang Shu still saw many figures moving around above.
"This is?"
Jiang Shu raised an eyebrow slightly and saw the symbol above, which was none other than the symbol of the Federation of Humanities that he had recorded on the internet.
"Could it be that the Federation still exists, but for some reason, Cangyu Star was disconnected?"
The two exchanged a glance, then immediately flew up and revealed themselves.
Almost immediately, a series of divine thought fluctuations emanated from the starship.
"Your Excellencies, we are a member of the Human Federation Star Fleet. We have just entered a chaotic star field and hope to receive your assistance."
Jiang Shu raised an eyebrow, directly passing through the protective shield, and sat down on the deck with Zhan Feng.
A moment later, several human officers rushed up to greet him, as if they had seen a savior, and their posture was extremely respectful.
Whether in this small universe or in the larger universe outside, the Venerable One is always the most respected strongman below the Saint.
Jiang Shu spoke in a deep voice, looking at the group with a questioning gaze, "What have you been through?"
The group swallowed hard, and one of them spoke up: "Reporting to the Venerable One, we...we don't know either. We were just patrolling the void as usual when we somehow entered a star field with a spatial storm and almost perished inside."
"It's good that we got out, and even better that we ran into you two. Our communication devices have been cut off. We don't know which star system we are in?"
Jiang Shu and Zhan Feng exchanged a glance and said, "This is the Cangya Star Region of the Human Race." "Cang... Cangya!?"
The commanders were immediately bewildered. They exchanged glances, all showing expressions of confusion and shock.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Jiang Shu noticed their reactions and spoke up.
“Your Excellency, we were originally in the Crimson Dragon Starfield. Even if we encountered a spatial storm, we shouldn’t be here.”
One of the commanders spoke up hesitantly.
According to Jiang Shu's intelligence, the original Human Federation was divided into nine star regions, among which the Crimson Dragon and Azure Fang star regions were completely opposite. Even with the speed of a Venerable, it would definitely not be possible to arrive there in a short time.
"Crimson Dragon Starry Sky?"
Jiang Shu frowned slightly, thinking that this should not be caused by a spatial storm.
He winked at Zhan Feng beside him, "Keep an eye on things, I'm going to check out the space storm over there."
"it is good."
Zhan Feng nodded slightly.
Jiang Shu asked the commanding officers for directions, then immediately leaped away. In less than a quarter of an hour, Jiang Shu finally arrived at the location indicated by the officer.
"This, how could this happen..."
However, when Jiang Shu saw the so-called "space storm," he was completely stunned.
In the distant, boundless starry sky, there was indeed a violent spatial storm. Cracks appeared in the void, filled with killing intent. One wrong step could lead to being torn apart by the storm and reduced to ashes.
It's truly incredible that the starship was able to escape from there.
However, besides the spatial storm, Jiang Shu did indeed sense the presence of time.
The law of time!
"How could this be? How could the aura of the laws of time exist in the ordinary universe, and be exposed in space like this?"
Jiang Shu was in a state of confusion.
After a moment's thought, Jiang Shu took a step forward and entered the spatial storm.
No matter how violent these storms were, they were nothing to him, the Venerable One, who could still walk on flat ground as if on solid ground.
However, as soon as Jiang Shu stepped into this place, he clearly felt that the world was slowly distorting.
"Similar to the illusion of the Eternal Tower, but much more chaotic and disorderly."
Jiang Shu felt as if she were in her own space, sensing the passage of time on her body.
The speed at which the aura around him circulated was sometimes much faster than that of the tenth floor of the Eternal Tower, and sometimes it was almost frozen, completely paused.
If it were an ordinary expert, even if they weren't torn apart by the spatial storm, they would still be fooled by time.
After experiencing it for a moment, Jiang Shu left that environment and returned to the outside world.
"It's incredible. Luckily, I also have some understanding of the laws of time, so I wasn't affected by them without realizing it."
Jiang Shu slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.
He gazed at the distant, chaotic place, his eyes still showing a hint of shock.
In a sense, he sees it as a journey into this area, where one might arrive at their destination in the next second, or remain frozen there for a thousand or ten thousand years.
Unless guided by a powerful being capable of manipulating the laws of time, entering this place is entirely a matter of luck.
He abruptly turned his head and quickly flew back to the location of the wrecked starship. As soon as he got close, Zhan Feng approached him.
"Brother, I just discovered something incredible."
"explain."
"According to them, they set off from the Federation in 2358 and struggled in the spatial rift for seventeen days."
"This is the last time I looked at those intelligence reports. The Federation's year 2358 was eighty-seven years ago, which is the year that Cangyu Star lost contact with the outside world."
Zhan Feng immediately spoke, his brows furrowing slightly, "Could it be that those people are lying to us, but..."
Could it be that this isn't a scam? After all, if someone really wanted to scam, they wouldn't need to lie about the timing.
However, Jiang Shu had indeed already understood.
"Actually, it's true, I just..."
He recounted the events, leaving Zhan Feng speechless and stunned.
"You mean this universe naturally possesses an environment similar to the Eternal Tower? And eighty-seven years ago, the existence of that region might have led to the split between Azure Star and the Human Federation?"
"possible."
Jiang Shu felt a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, mixed feelings) in his heart: "The waters of this pseudo-universe are much deeper than we imagined."
If such a situation were to occur in the external universe, the situation would likely become even more chaotic.
Time and space are the foundation of all things, but in this pseudo-universe, these two laws, which should have remained unchanged, have become chaotic.
At this moment, what Jiang Shu most wanted to know was why time and space had become disordered.
After a moment of thought, Jiang Shu descended and appeared on the deck.
"Greetings to His Holiness!"
The men bowed to each other.
Jiang Shu said, "The situation is very chaotic right now, much more chaotic than you imagine. You can figure it out yourselves."
He flicked his finger, and several streaks of light suddenly flew out and landed between the eyebrows of those people.
The next moment, the group froze on the spot, and after a while, their expressions were almost blank.
"You mean we've been lost in that area for a full eighty-seven years!?"
Eighty-seven years is not a long time for cultivators.
The problem is that eighty-seven years is enough time for all their plans to completely fall apart.
If he doesn't return for a long time, there's a risk that his family might suffer an accident.
Clearly, some people had already lost their composure.
Jiang Shu's face showed sympathy.
Having cultivated himself from an ordinary person, he naturally knew that even the slightest accident could bring about countless changes.
With a sigh, Jiang Shu released a wisp of the aura of the Great Dao of Creation, which helped these people to barely stabilize their minds and prevent them from collapsing completely.
"Things are indeed very chaotic right now, but I advise you to find a place to settle down first. I will give you coordinates. Follow that direction and someone will come to meet you."
After a long while, the group finally came to their senses. Some of them were still in a daze, while others bowed and thanked Jiang Shu.
"Thank you... thank you very much, Venerable One." (End of Chapter)