187: Chapter 187 The Milky Way, Departure

"Thank you all for your help. I will go and take a look at the transcendent academies of Three Human Races."

The communication ended, and two messages popped up on the holographic control interface.

"Special access authorization to enter and exit the Solar System has been granted."

"The Milky Way Galaxy star map has been uploaded."

Following that was the issued transit permit.

"[tianhe ship] is 1,024 meters long, 300 meters wide, and 128 meters high, a mid-tier grade-one private transcendent warship. Born in the Solar System, it belongs to the mid-tier Transcendent Life of the Black Iron Human Race, Zhenren Tianhe.

It has currently passed inspection and meets the transit requirements for most interstellar webways."

At this moment, a huge star map of the Milky Way Galaxy unfolded in the holographic projection.

It was mainly composed of the Silver Star and the Galactic Bulge at the very center, and the galactic disk and spiral arms surrounding the periphery.

The Silver Star is a supermassive black hole that provides the immense gravitational pull to hold the entire Milky Way Galaxy together, and is essentially a forbidden zone for all life.

The brightest Galactic Bulge on the periphery, on the other hand, was composed of a dense concentration of ancient stars and was also the headquarters of the Three Great Transcendental Civilizations, major transcendental interstellar entities, and the [Galactic Extraordinary Council]. The energy concentration here was the highest in the Milky Way Galaxy, capable of supporting the survival of a large number of Transcendent Lives and transcendental civilizations.

The Incarnation looked at the various structures on this star map and the location of the Solar System. The Solar System was located on the Orion Spur, on the outer side of the Sagittarius Main Spiral Arm and the inner side of the Perseus Main Spiral Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy.

The [Galactic Extraordinary Council] divided civilized migration zones into different levels based on the energy requirements of different civilization levels.

Among them, the four main spiral arms were the primary regions where high-tier civilizations resided. The area where the Solar System was located, however, was a region inhabited by a large number of mid-tier and low-tier civilizations.

The other members of Three Human Races were naturally located on the relatively close Sagittarius Main Spiral Arm, which was also one of the destinations for the Incarnation's journey this time.

Thus, the Incarnation planned:

"[Ling Ming], first head to the transcendent academy of the Bronze Human Race on the outskirts of the Sagittarius Main Spiral Arm, then proceed all the way up along the Sagittarius Spiral Arm to enter the Silver Human Race's transcendent academy, then the Golden Human Race's territory, and finally reach the Galactic Bulge region where the [Galactic Extraordinary Council] is located."

"Zhenren, target route planning is underway."

Before long, [Ling Ming] sent a message.

"Planning complete."

"Then let's set off!"

"Yes."

"[Stellar Energy Type-1] core energy furnace, adjusted to medium. Dark Universe Exciter in position."

Immediately, in the eyes of the spiritual beasts in the surrounding desert forests, this massive black warship, radiating a terrifying pressure, was suddenly wrapped in a layer of black cloth and vanished from the space before them.

"Entered the Dark Universe."

The bright sunlight that originally filled the view outside the window had now given way to a pitch-black space—this was the Dark Universe, which was anchored to physical space.

Normally, only objects that reached or exceeded the speed of light could enter this Dark Universe.

However, after the development of the Dark Universe Exciter, such trouble was no longer necessary. Even at zero speed, one could immediately enter the Dark Universe through law interference. The Dark Universe was an extremely empty environment for high-speed motion.

Theoretically, there was no speed limit, but in practice, limited by factors such as mid-tier materials and theories, the maximum speed could only be increased to 10,000 light-years per Blue Star year.

"Light-speed engine activated."

At this moment, the Incarnation spoke.

"Send a transit application to the [Galactic Extraordinary Council] outpost on the peripheral primitive life planet."

"Understood. The transit application has been sent."

A few seconds later, the application approval arrived.

"Application approved."

"In that case, let's leave the Solar System."

"Energy furnace adjusted to high. Faster-than-light engine activated."

Sitting in the main control room, the Incarnation looked at the speed displayed on the holographic screen.

3 times the speed of light.

In the Dark Universe, a law light membrane enveloped the entire [tianhe ship]. No acceleration could be felt at all, and the tianhe ship's speed continued to increase.

10 times the speed of light.

...

In this high-speed motion environment, the originally dark and empty Dark Universe turned into countless streams of light, flowing past the viewing window.

But right during this acceleration, they soon rushed out of the Solar System's two-light-year range. As the [tianhe ship] passed through an invisible membrane, the Incarnation clearly felt that the originally extremely stable law environment began to become turbulent. Methods that could easily alter the environment before now required sorting out the chaotic external laws first before any modification could be made.

"We have passed the Solar System's boundary."

"Decelerate. Let's go outside and see what it looks like."

[Ling Ming] immediately decelerated according to his request and exited the Dark Universe. After returning to the physical universe, the originally empty space outside the window changed.

Just outside the Solar System, a colossal structure spanning 0.5 light-years, as calculated by the tianhe ship's computer sensors, roughly materialized in the holographic projection.

This structure had no color because the detection equipment on the warship could not ascertain its specific details; detection waves vanished like a stone dropped into the ocean upon entry, and the warship had only discovered it through sensory perception.

"According to the mid-tier edition of the [galaxy general knowledge] and Star Beast-grade sensory data, this structure should be a large-scale space teleportation array established here by the [Galactic Extraordinary Council]. It is constructed using special materials, rendering conventional detection methods useless."

To the naked eye, this area was extremely empty, with absolutely nothing but pitch blackness. However, his spiritual sense told him that a colossal object existed here.

Even when the Incarnation wanted to probe further, a faint sense of pressure told him that doing so would be highly dangerous.

Withdrawing his perception, the Incarnation quietly watched the distant Solar System for a moment before speaking.

"Never mind, let's set off! Our target this time is the Bronze Transcendent Academy. Pay attention to collecting news and information from nearby star systems, activate the [Dark Star] skin, and enter stealth mode."

"Understood, task recorded."

Immediately, law patterns were activated on the black hull of the entire warship. Countless incoming detection waves were completely absorbed, causing it to vanish from this space.

At the [Galactic Extraordinary Council] outpost outside the Solar System, an octopus-like Transcendent Life looked in surprise at the tianhe ship that had disappeared from the sensors of the system-class warship detectors.

Using the communicator on his tentacle, he sent the latest intelligence to his superior.

"Reporting to Lord [King Jianli], the Incarnation of that Zhenren Tianhe has already left the Solar System. The [tianhe ship] he is piloting seems to have inherited the stealth ability of that Star Beast, making it impossible to determine his flight direction."

After sending this message, this octopus Transcendent Life named Lanli looked over the various pieces of information regarding this Black Iron Human Race that had been sent during this period. This included the detailed number of transcendents, the ordinary population size, the Supreme Council, the [Human Federation], the development status of various arts, and the influence and status of the special [Tianhe Dojo] within the Black Iron Human Race.

Then, he thought of the promise that [King Jianli], who had visited here before, had made to him.

"Lanli! This King is giving you a task: keep a close eye on that Tianhe of the Black Iron Human Race. If you do it well, I will pass on to you the secret method I, [King Jianli], used to promote to Octopus King."