Ding Meng and Ji Chenxue stayed in the Celestial Empire for a total of six days. This was a rare free time for them. Every day, they would eat and drink to their heart's content and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Empire.
Xin Jie spent a lot of effort to repair the system of the Divine Arrow Spaceship. After bidding farewell to Xin Yufei and the others, the spaceship took off and flew toward the Grand Prosperous Kingdom.
With the help of the Divine Arrow Spaceship's advanced technology, Ding Meng stood in the command hall and looked at the control screen. Only then did he have a direct understanding of the kingdom's Holy Tree Sacred Spirit. On the three-dimensional map of the planet, the Grand Prosperous Kingdom's Sacred Spirits appeared as light markers. There were actually more than 500 of them. These were the foundation of the kingdom's citizens' survival.
After Tianjing's energy injection, the spaceship took off again and rushed out of the atmosphere into the vast and dark depths of the universe. According to the memory in He Ji's divine sense, there was a supply point for the Demonic Sky Empire on a remote asteroid in the periphery of the Cancer System.
The so-called supply point was actually a ruin. However, the environment of the asteroid was too harsh. The planet was completely dark. Thunderclouds and storms kept rolling in the sky, and the ground was ravaged by thunderstorms. Thick and distorted lightning bolts fell everywhere. The surface did not seem to be made of earth or stone, but of metal and iron. Normal human life forms could not survive on this planet.
The Divine Arrow Spaceship kept flying close to the ground until it found a large hole under a mountain peak that was bombarded by lightning. This hole was so big that the spaceship could directly enter it.
The spaceship's divine light radar was like a psychic vision, sending out waves of detection energy. A simulated map was immediately generated in the center of the command hall. It could be seen that this was a long tunnel that slanted downwards. Deep underground, there was a very vast and complicated underground palace …
Ding Meng suddenly felt that this place was familiar. "I think I've been here before."
Xin Jie was surprised. "Are you sure you've been here before?"
Ding Meng said, "I remember now. This is the Demons' Ruin where the Fifth Lord and Julie were at. It's almost the same, but their underground palace is much smaller. It can't be compared to this one."
He didn't make any wild guesses. The map showed that there were countless passageways and palaces in this place. The walls were made of bones, and he couldn't tell what kind of creature's bones it was. However, this was different from the underground palace Fifth Lord and the others were in. The walls of this underground passageway were emitting an invisible evil aura. Even though they were on the spaceship, Ding Meng and the other two felt their hearts surge. They had an indescribable manic impulse, as if they were ready to attack at any moment. This feeling was very uncomfortable.
Xin Jie stared at the screen carefully. "These should be the bones of the ferocious beasts in the universe."
Ji Chenxue nodded in agreement. "The Demonic Clan is a spiritual being that was born from the vicious aura of countless killings. Eventually, they evolved into living beings. These are probably the bones of the most powerful beasts in the universe."
Sure enough, the black fog of Demons gradually appeared in the passageway when the spaceship was halfway to the core palace. It was so thick that it did not look like black clouds, but more like flowing water.
Xin Jie frowned. "It's demonic energy. It's conflicting with our divine light. Prepare to activate the divine light barrier."
"No!"
Ding Meng decisively stopped him. "Our spaceship is too small and has limited energy. It's best not to use it too much. Let me and Chen Xue go down. We'll pave the way."
His current strength was extraordinary. The Diamond Starfusing Art could absorb the black fog and slowly convert it in his body, while Ji Chenxue had the divine light necklace to store energy. Thus, the two drifted in front of the spaceship. The fog that emerged from the walls was gradually absorbed into their bodies, and the passageway returned to its normal state.
In the end, the spaceship entered a sphere of black fog. The interior of the sphere was a completely different world. It was like a spacious palace, but also like a subspace filled with magic energy. It was the complete opposite of the Divine Light Plaza. The Divine Light Plaza was pure white and bright, but this magic energy space was completely dark. The fog was like flowing clouds rolling around.
In this space, one would not be able to see anything unless they had super vision and advanced technology.
Xin Jie was also watching the surveillance screen. He knew very well that with his physical body, there was no way he could get off the spaceship. If he did, he would be devoured by the demonic energy.
There was a black singularity floating in the middle of the palace. When Ding Meng and the others entered, the singularity suddenly opened and turned into a screen that looked like a water curtain. The screen actually showed a blurry image with light.
This time, Xin Jie saw it clearly. A huge skeletal dragon crossed the sky and descended on the small planet. A large group of Demons poured out of the dragon's feathers. They were all different kinds of monsters, just like the mutated creatures of the Devourer Realm and the Frogmen Race. Each of them had a ferocious face and looked abominable.
However, these Demons seemed to be walking unsteadily, and their mental state was not very focused. They seemed to have suffered heavy injuries. Then, they gathered together and gradually opened up this underground palace. In the end, the dragon entrenched itself in this underground palace, and a small number of warriors flew into the sky.
As time passed, the injured slowly turned into skeletons. The dragon also curled up and died after a long period of time. In the end, it automatically embedded itself into the walls of the underground palace. This process completely defied human understanding.
Ding Meng analyzed, "This should have been left behind by General Henning when he was chasing after Little Rascal and the others. Because too much time has passed and Henning and the others did not return, all the Demons died while waiting, leaving behind this ruin."
Xin Jie said in a deep voice, "But this does not explain the existence of a meeting point. Since it's a meeting point, it should have a Demon Wind teleportation array. I don't see any teleportation array, only this demon singularity is rotating."
The screen slowly disappeared and turned into a Demons singularity. To be honest, this was like a black hole in the dark space, almost unreachable.
Ji Chenxue analyzed, "A singularity is a symbol of the existence of an energy source. This place is a meeting point for Demons, so naturally, there should be an energy source. But where is the energy source?"
Xin Jie obviously agreed with her analysis. "If I'm not wrong, that Skeletal Demon Dragon should be a flying unit of the Demons. The energy consumption of that flying unit is probably not inferior to that of a large starship, and the Mana in this underground palace passage is not enough to support the operation of that unit. There must be other energy sources."
Ding Meng stared at the singularity. "In my opinion, it's best not to touch this singularity. We are Divine Light warriors, so it's easy for us to identify or be identified by Divine Light singularities. However, it's different for Demons singularities. I think the Demons might be better at it."
Ji Chenxue hesitated. "Then what do you mean?"
Xin Jie said, "Ding Meng, you two come back first. I have an idea!"
In the middle of the command center, Xin Jie operated the screen. A gaseous shield immediately appeared on the exterior of the Divine Arrow spaceship and slowly spread throughout the entire spaceship. Then, the spaceship disappeared into the passage like air.
However, the spaceship was actually still in its original position. This was just a camouflage system on the spaceship.
Ji Chenxue frowned. "What are you doing?"
Xin Jie said, "It's not that we can't touch this singularity, but we can't touch it using conventional methods."
As his fingers operated on the screen, a faint beam of light immediately shot out from the front of the Trident spaceship. Ji Chenxue could tell that this was actually a railgun.
"Isn't the power a little too weak?"
Ji Chenxue could not help but ask. "This railgun probably can't even penetrate the surface plate of a medium-sized starship, right?"
Xin Jie stared at the screen and explained, "This is the Empire's conventional railgun, not Divine Light energy. If the power is too strong, it might cause unnecessary trouble. If the power is too weak, it won't activate."
Ji Chenxue understood. This was to create a false impression for the Demons' singularity that the supply point had been attacked by an unknown force.
Sure enough, after the beam entered the singularity, it suddenly underwent a strange change. It started to expand like an insect egg, and then a formless ripple spread out in all directions.
Ding Meng and the other two could not sense this ripple, but the interstellar map on the reconnaissance radar changed. They could see that with the Divine Arrow spaceship as the center, a red ring of light was rapidly spreading out in all directions.
Ji Chenxue was puzzled. "What's the meaning of this?"
Xin Jie stared at the screen. "If I'm not wrong, this singularity is sending out a warning signal to the outside world. It's under an unknown attack."
Ding Meng also stared at the screen. He also noticed that the interstellar map was constantly shrinking, and it was shrinking rapidly. The ring of light that represented the warning kept spreading out before finally dissipating.
"What's going on now?" Ding Meng asked.
Xin Jie's expression was slightly serious. "It's spreading out to a distance of 300,000 lightyears, and the aftershocks are still spreading. The reconnaissance radar can't calculate it anymore."
"Hiss!"
Ding Meng and Xin Jie both sucked in a breath of cold air.
This small supply point actually contained such a powerful energy fluctuation. After all, this was left behind tens of thousands of years ago. It was hard to imagine how powerful the pursuers back then were.
However, the more serious problem was that if a flying fleet or individual unit within the area of 300,000 lightyears received the signal of the singularity, they would probably rush here.
Ji Chenxue looked at Xin Jie. "Are we inviting trouble by doing this?"
Xin Jie relaxed. "You should think about it from another perspective. Instead of inviting trouble, why don't we just wait for it to happen?"
Ji Chenxue said, "Then what if we attract the elites of the Night Phoenix fleet?"
"What are you afraid of?" Xin Jie looked at Ding Meng nonchalantly. "In any case, we have someone here who can fight very well."
Ding Meng smiled bitterly. "Alright, even if we're going to fight, we should at least rest and replenish our energy, right?"
Xin Jie smiled. "I'm not in the position to arrange for you to rest. This spaceship is a little small, but the resting cabins are still pretty good. You and Ji Zong can choose whichever one you like."
Ji Chenxue's face immediately turned red. "Why would the two of us choose a cabin?"
Xin Jie blinked and smiled. "What do you think we're doing?
You're thinking too much. You guys should rest. "
Ji Chenxue's face turned even redder.
Xin Jie's tone changed. "But replenishing your energy is different. Before we set off, I asked Uncle Li to bring up a lot of wild beef and make it into frozen steak."
Ding Meng's eyes lit up. "Really?"
Xin Jie smiled. "Why would I lie to you about such a small thing?
Go to the cabin and rest with Ji Zong or eat steak to replenish your energy. Choose one. "
Ding Meng started walking. "Nonsense, of course it's to replenish my energy."
Xin Jie smiled strangely. "Alright then, let's go to the dining hall. Bye, Ji Zong!"
Ji Chenxue stood there dumbfounded. She still did not understand the world of straight men.