244: Star core? Star core!

He took out the unknown creature egg.

He flipped it over.

Looking at the golden star core 'embedded' within its body, Yang Dian couldn't help but be stunned.

"So the most perfect Material for Undertake is the star core?"

Yang Dian reached out and poked the star core, but just like before, he still couldn't dislodge it.

"It seems so."

"After all, the star core itself is the most perfect Divine Artifact..."

"Using it to carry and ignite the fire of Will, as a Material for refining the territory map, or even simply using it as the core of the territory map, would be ideal."

"Then all we need to do is create a meditation technique; we can even skip the step of meditating on the territory map."

"After all, the star core is the core of the territory map. Meditating on the star core to ignite the 'Spark of Civilization' is essentially meditating on the territory map..."

"So, next, I'll finish reading the meditation technique and create a powerful 'Spark of Civilization' meditation technique."

"But then another problem arises."

"How do I pry the star core from this little thing?"

As the thought crossed his mind, the unknown creature egg vanished from Yang Dian's palm and instead adhered to the back of his hand.

Sighing, Yang Dian took it off the back of his hand and said coaxingly:

"Share half of the star core with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, it darted back to the back of Yang Dian's hand.

This time, Yang Dian didn't try to remove it. He simply continued:

"Think about it, once we refine the territory map, the strength of Martial Artists in the country can experience an explosive increase."

"When Martial Artists become stronger, we can invade Alien Planets on a large scale."

"At that time, other Martial Artists will be at the front, attracting the attention of the Alien Planet's Will, and we'll secretly sneak to the edge of the star core, punch it, grab two star core fragments, and run."

"Isn't that much better than you just hugging one star core and guarding it miserably?"

"As an egg, you need to have foresight."

"We can't just focus on one tiny star core fragment now and overlook countless star core fragments in the future."

"Once others become powerful, we'll directly lead an army to invade the Alien Planet."

"At that time, we'll have teammates, and we won't even need to escape."

"We'll directly fight our way to where the star core is and seize an entire star core!"

A hesitant emotion emanated from the unknown creature egg.

Then, as if it thought of something wonderful, its mood became somewhat joyful.

After a while of joy, its mood turned to reluctance.

Extreme reluctance.

Yang Dian didn't rush it.

He just waited for the little thing to make its own choice.

Fortunately, the little thing didn't disappoint him.

After a long period of reluctance, it finally arched its body.

Then, with a 'snap' sound, a star core fragment the size of a melon seed appeared in Yang Dian's palm.

It must be due to the unique nature of the star core.

The star core, split into two, still retained its octagonal rhomboid shape.

He reached out, picked up the star core, and squeezed it.

It was very hard.

He lightly drew it across his finger.

A tiny cut appeared on his fingertip.

"How did I break this thing before?"

Muttering to himself, Yang Dian wiggled his finger, but still dismissed the idea of breaking off a piece to taste.

After all, it was related to the refining of a 'Divine Artifact', so he wouldn't create any unnecessary complications.

He casually flipped his hand, intending to put the star core into his spatial ring.

But to Yang Dian's surprise, the moment he acted, he felt a resistance.

"It won't go in?"

Looking down at the star core, Yang Dian pondered for a moment, then controlled the star matter to surge out of his body, wrap around the star core, and transform into a ring that he slipped onto his finger.

He flicked the ring with his finger, then Yang Dian looked up again, surveying the vast land shrouded in darkness.

The Earth's Will's guidance had not disappeared.

Besides the star core in his pocket, it also pointed to nine other locations.

"So one star core fragment isn't enough?"

Sensing the location of the guidance, Yang Dian took out his phone again and sent Liu Wei the location and information.

More than ten minutes later, Liu Wei, piloting the aerospace fighter, appeared punctually in front of Yang Dian.

Only after Yang Dian boarded the fighter did Liu Wei turn his head to look at Yang Dian:

"Where to this time?"

"Here." Yang Dian pointed towards The West:

"About 3000 kilometers, Mount Bromo on Java Island."

Liu Wei made an 'understood' gesture. After the fighter hovered a thousand meters in the air, he activated cruise mode and flew silently towards Java Island.

Time flew by, another ten minutes passed.

Yang Dian hadn't even meditated on a star in the place where his Soul resided yet when the aerospace fighter arrived above Mount Bromo.

Looking down at the location of the guidance, Yang Dian's pupils constricted again.

The guided location was in the volcanic crater.

But the crater wasn't just emitting red light.

There was also a hazy, silvery-white glow.

He took out his phone and snapped a picture of the crater.

Just as Yang Dian expected.

The silvery-white mist did not appear in the photo; there was only the red light emanating from the volcanic lava.

'Dimension Channel?'

Several thoughts flashed through his mind, and Yang Dian immediately nodded to Liu Wei.

"This is it. Wait for me a moment; I should be back soon."

Liu Wei made an 'understood' gesture again and pressed the yellow button.

As the fighter's hatch opened, Yang Dian also flew down.

As he entered the hazy, silvery-white area, his concepts of time and space began to blur.

In a trance, brilliant nebulae seemed to flash past the corner of his eye, only to disappear moments later.

He turned his head to look at where the nebula had been.

What nebula?

It was clearly just a volcanic rock, scorched black by lava.

Blinking, Yang Dian instinctively reached out and grabbed something in front of him.

Then, a rhomboid star core fragment the size of an ostrich egg was held in his palm.

An epiphany struck him.

He dispersed the star matter that enveloped the Alien Planet star core fragment and pressed it towards the larger star core fragment.

The Alien Planet star core fragment merged into the larger star core fragment like water, and then the larger star core fragment disappeared from Yang Dian's sight as if it had never appeared.

But Yang Dian could feel it.

As long as he was on Earth, as long as he wished.

Then he could 'take' it out anytime, anywhere.

The unknown creature egg, which had just sensed the aura of the star core fragment, darted out of Yang Dian's pocket and pounced towards the location where the star core had disappeared.

Unfortunately, the star core had long vanished, leaving only its aura.

Having pounced on nothing, it first spun around a few times, then arched its body and began to squirm continuously.

It squirmed just like an ordinary caterpillar.

Only, caterpillars squirm on leaves.

It squirmed in the air.

More precisely, it was squirming in various spatial interlayers.

One moment its head would disappear, the next its body, and then the entire bug would vanish from Yang Dian's perception.

After a long while, unable to find the star core, it finally emerged somewhat bewildered from the spatial interlayer, propped up its upper body, and looked around blankly.

If it had Little Black Cat's ability to speak, it would probably say:

"Human, where's my core?"

Yang Dian ignored the unknown creature egg, which had no eyes but still looked around blankly.

He was currently experiencing Lin Mo's joy.