575: Zhang Shuguang Association

No sooner had Qi Longhu and Xu Lieying been launched by Chen Heng than Liu Ye's big face appeared on the control panel.

"I think I heard you guys talking about going beyond the Dark Zone?"

Liu Ye's eyes were full of excitement. Like Chen Heng, he was very interested in the civilization beyond the Dark Zone.

The only difference between the two was that Liu Ye coveted their technology tree, while Chen Heng coveted the civilization itself.

"That's right. What's the maximum signal reception range for this thing of yours?"

Chen Heng nodded, not at all surprised by Liu Ye's sudden appearance.

This vermilion bird ship had been Optimized by Chen Heng himself, so Chen Heng knew everything about its additions and subtractions.

"Hmm..." Hearing Chen Heng's words, Liu Ye immediately fell silent.

"Seven hundred light-years is the limit. Any further and we'll lose contact."

"What, you can't bear to part with me?" Chen Heng sat in the co-pilot's seat, glancing at the rapidly descending landing pod.

"It's not that I can't bear to part with you, it's that I can't bear to part with the data."

Liu Ye sighed. The furthest interstellar communication he could achieve at present was this.

Unless a relay station was established on Chiling Star, the range could not be further expanded.

"How about this, the vermilion bird ship has an energy detector, doesn't it? Although it's rudimentary, it can still be used."

"After you go out, don't forget to scan everywhere. When you come back, I'd like to see all the data."

Liu Ye thought about it and concluded that this was the only viable method.

"Alright, that's easy to say." Chen Heng nodded, completely disregarding the consequences of casually scanning those advanced civilizations.

In Chen Heng's view, all talk of advanced civilizations was nonsense. If you're so great, come kill me.

"Lead the way." Chen Heng picked up number eight and said to Aiseya.

"Please wait a moment, I need to familiarize myself with the operation of your spaceship first."

Aiseya said apologetically to Chen Heng, then turned to continue familiarizing herself with the spaceship's structure and operation.

The more Aiseya familiarized herself, the more surprised she became.

She was not only surprised by the advanced nature of the spaceship's power System but also shocked by the rudimentary nature of its spatial warp System.

'This kind of structure, is it something from those interstellar wild dogs?'

Aiseya naturally knew about the existence of interstellar pirate groups. The warp Systems they used were these patched-together, inferior goods.

Not only was their stability extremely poor, but their warp distance was also considerably shorter.

However, this living spaceship's warp System had many traces of modification, likely built upon the warp Systems of those interstellar wild dogs from the Kuola Clan.

"Please wait a moment, I will depart within ten minutes."

Aiseya secretly glanced at the somewhat bored Chen Heng and sped up her pace... Eight minutes later, Aiseya had finally completely familiarized herself with the living spaceship.

Overall, this was an excellent spaceship with explosive offensive power, average defense, but capable of self-repair.

The only shortcomings were the warp System and the power System; the application of neutron stars in these was too shallow.

Although Aiseya had only seen neutron star engines in those advanced civilizations...

"Please prepare yourself, the warp is about to begin."

Aiseya was still somewhat apprehensive when using the vermilion bird ship's warp System, as its stability was truly too poor.

"We will now make one hundred and ninety-five consecutive warps, at which point we will reach the Dark Zone border."

"The process might be a bit bumpy; if you can't bear it, you can tell me."

No one spoke, instead silently pulling out their vomit bags.

Snake Green thoughtfully hung a large sack over Dragon God's face; this guy was the most fragile among them.

"Big Brother Chen, if I were to fight that alien woman, who do you think would win?"

Luo Shuo held a vomit bag in his hand, fixing himself beside Chen Heng.

"You?" Chen Heng raised an eyebrow, then shook his head.

"You are not a match for that alien woman."

"Even Bai Jun would find it difficult to gain an advantage against her. You two are not on the same level."

"Understood." Luo Shuo was not surprised by this outcome. Ever since he ventured into the Star Sea, he had already understood his own weakness.

The so-called Demon Emperor hadn't even reached the limit of Heavenly Demon Star, let alone the vast Star Sea.

"Countdown."

"Three, two, one, warp System activated!"

As the vermilion bird ship was enveloped by a strange energy field, Chen Heng and the others began their journey towards the Dark Zone border.

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At the same time, on Chiling Star.

Chen Heng was still very thoughtful. He set the landing point of the landing pod in the largest city on the entire Chiling Star.

This way, Qi Longhu and the others could save a lot of travel time... Red City, Lower City District.

A group of monsters with over 85% body modification were wantonly slaughtering ordinary people.

"Boss, the Upper City District has sent out the Mad Dog Squad!" A strong man over two meters tall ran to a young man and said.

"I know." The man's face was gloomy. He never expected that those madmen would be sent out from above.

Could it be that they wanted to slaughter everyone in the Lower City District?

As a member of the Dawn Association, he was the only one with an identification chip capable of entering Red City.

"And they've put out word that if you don't come out yourself, Boss, they'll drench the Lower City District in blood."

The strong man was a liaison from the Mechanical Gang. These Gangs in the Lower City District all had more or less cooperation with the Dawn Association.

Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to afford to modify their prosthetics.

"Don't worry, they won't be able to kill everyone in the Lower City District in a short while."

The man waved his hand, signaling not to panic.

"But..." The strong man from the Mechanical Gang wanted to say something more when he heard the sound of grenade explosions from outside.

The sound of explosions, accompanied by the screams of civilians, made the entire Lower City District like Hell on Earth.

Whether it was children, women, or innocents, in the eyes of the Mad Dog Squad, they were merely tools for them to vent their inner savagery.

And behind them followed the expressionless Chicheng Mobile Squad.

With the Mad Dog Squad in action, the Chicheng Mobile Squad only needed to handle the cleanup afterwards.

"Come out quickly, I know you're hiding in the Lower City District, you scum of the Dawn Association resistance."

A Team Member of the Mad Dog Squad scanned everything around him with his electronic eye.

Even though they were slaughtering like lunatics, they absolutely obeyed the orders given by Chi Zheng.

"You want to use seventy kilograms of enriched uranium to blow up the Upper City District?"

"You really are dreaming!"

"Do you really think the Upper City District is somewhere you maggots can easily enter?"

While speaking, a Team Member of the Mad Dog Squad used the grenade launcher in his hand to blow up a child of three or four years old.

"See? All these people died because of you."

"You still have the nerve to claim you want to save civilians from the Red Dragon Company. How laughable!"

"We haven't activated full power mode yet. I'll give you one more minute. If you don't come out, I'll use miniature nuclear bombs."

"60, 59, 58, 57..."

...Underground, the man already knew what was happening on the surface.

But he had no intention of going out.

He was a very important chess piece; even if the Lower City District was wiped out, he absolutely could not expose himself.

Even the Mad Dog Squad hadn't called him by his real name, which meant they didn't know his identity.

Therefore, as long as he didn't actively seek death, he was absolutely safe.

"Boss, are you really going to ignore the civilians above?"

A boy who looked about sixteen or seventeen bit his lip tightly. He couldn't accept what the Mad Dog Squad was doing now.

His purpose in joining the Dawn Association was to defeat the Red Dragon Company and reclaim what rightfully belonged to them.

"They sacrificed themselves for the great cause of the Dawn Association; they are all heroes."

The man glanced at the boy. He remembered this little fellow was called Ming Dian. His father was from the Lower City's body collection team, and This Old Lady was from the Lower City's emergency center.

Unfortunately, they both died, otherwise Ming Dian wouldn't have ended up wandering the streets.

"I don't care! I can't just stand by and watch civilians get slaughtered!"

Ming Dian roared at the man, picked up his heavy shotgun, and walked out.

Except for a boy about the same age as Ming Dian who followed him out, the rest of the people behind watched, no one stepping forward to stop him.

"Don't mind them. Once the Upper City District cools down, everything will pass."

"They won't expose their location by going now anyway. This base is about to be abandoned, so let them be."

The man snorted coldly, clearly dissatisfied with Ming Dian.

"Understood, Boss."