191: Target: Beyond the Solar System

When Lu Chen's ultimate rhetorical question, filled with faint disdain and grand vision

—"You surely don't think I made such a huge fuss just to arrange some kind of interstellar family reunion, do you?"—clearly echoed in Meeting Room No. 1, that heart, which had long been tempered by storms and struggles until it was as solid as rock, began to pound uncontrollably at this very moment!

Not for a family reunion?!

Then what is it for?!

Could it be

A terrifying thought, one that made his blood boil, instantly surfaced!

Is this brat, damn it, really going to follow through on the boast he made before!

Directly, in one step!

Treating the search for "distant relatives" as a mere facade!

To conquer the even vaster and broader Milky Way Galaxy?!

"Comrade Lu Chen"

His wise eyes were filled with incredible shock!

He looked at the calm-faced youth in the video feed, his voice trembling!

"Tell this old man the truth, you brat!"

"What exactly are you plotting?!"

"Plotting?"

Lu Chen smiled.

It was a godlike smile, brimming with absolute confidence and total control.

"Your vision is narrow again."

He felt a sudden tightness in his chest!

A mouthful of hot, old blood nearly spurted out on the spot!

That phrase again?!

Is this brat, damn it, picking a fight with the word "vision"?!

I'm already helping you, damn it, to conquer the entire Milky Way Galaxy!

And you still find my vision too narrow?!

What do you want to do then?!

Do you want to directly unify the entire universe?!

"That's right."

Lu Chen nodded calmly, as if reading his mind.

"It is exactly as you think."

"The reunion is just a side trip."

"My true purpose"

The corner of his mouth curved into an arc filled with madness and ambition!

"Is to go and see."

"To see the 'real world' outside of what we call this 'laboratory,' a world that is vaster and far more cruel!"

Boom!!!

This was no longer a declaration!

This was a genesis

Divine Decree, powerful enough to change mountains and rivers, and eclipse the sun and moon!

In an instant!

The entire Meeting Room No. 1 fell into a deathly silence.

All the high-ranking officials present looked as if they had been struck hard on the crown of their heads by a genesis Divine Thunder capable of splitting heaven and earth!

They were completely petrified!

"Real world"?!

What the hell does that mean?!

A terrifying thought that made them shudder instantly surfaced!

Could it be that besides that damn "the cleaners"!

And that mysterious "Six-Dimensional Civilization"!

In this endless dark universe!

There are still more terrifying and unknown existences hidden?!

"Alright, I'm done joking with you."

Lu Chen looked at the group of high-ranking officials who had been completely stunned, and smiled faintly.

"You have to eat your meal one bite at a time."

"You have to walk your path one step at a time."

"Before we truly possess the strength to overturn the table."

"We should still keep a low profile and develop for a while."

The moment he finished speaking!

He slowly raised his hand and lightly snapped his fingers in the air!

"heavenly craft!"

[Present, Master.]

"Notify the 'expedition'."

"Prepare to set sail!"

[Yes, Master.]

Three days later.

An unprecedented interstellar

expedition departure ceremony, which captured the attention of all human civilization!

It was officially held at the Moon "Heavenly Court" Interstellar Spaceport!

Those who came to send them off this time were not just the highest-ranking officials of the Earth Federation!

But also eight billion ordinary

Earthlings, watching the scene in real-time via global live broadcast!

There was no trace of fear of the unknown on their faces!

Only fervor and pride, brimming with hope and dreams!

Because they knew.

Starting today!

Their human civilization would no longer be a pitiful ant shivering, trapped in the small "Novice Village" that was the Solar System!

Instead, it would be a true super player, capable of baring its sharp fangs at the dark universe, which was full of uncertainty and danger!

"I declare!"

On the chairman's stand, Lu Chen was still wearing his simple white research uniform.

Behind him stood that equally serene Iceberg Goddess.

Su Qingying.

He looked at the faces below the stage, each one filled with anticipation and longing.

In his pitch-black eyes, as vast as the universe, burned a frenzy

of ambition, enough to make all gods and demons tremble!

His voice was not loud, yet it sounded like a Divine Decree splitting heaven and earth!

It clearly echoed in the ears of every Earthling!

"Human civilization's first interstellar voyage"

"Begins now!"

"Our target is—"

He stretched out his finger, pointing toward the endless, profound, and vast

starry sky!

"Beyond the Solar System!"

"It is the"

"starry sea, filled with uncertainty and hope!"

"expedition!"

"Depart!"