423: Holy Mountain, Dimension Channel

“The closest place to the Heavens?”

Hu Ling repeated Yang Dian’s words, then after a moment of silence, she spoke, “I’m not sure.”

As she spoke, she took out a wristband and, somewhat clumsily, operated it to open the Strange Star’s planetary map. After searching for a long time, she pointed to a mountain peak and said, “But I feel like this place seems relatively close to the Heavens.”

As Hu Ling’s voice fell, Zero’s voice also resounded in Yang Dian’s ear.

“This mountain range is called Sacred Mountain. It is one of the convergence points of the planet’s ley lines, and at its peak, there is a bottomless Heavenly Pond.”

“This is where, in the Beast-Ear Tribe’s myths and legends, the gods created the world.”

“It is also one of the one thousand locations I have screened that might contain a Dimension Channel.”

“Sacred Mountain, huh?” Yang Dian mumbled, and in the depths of his pupils, threads of golden light flickered.

A moment later, the golden light in the depths of his pupils receded. He placed the little rabbit-person he was holding back on the ground, turned around, and instructed, “Ya Zi, notify the Expeditionary Force. Tell them to cease expansion and return to the Expeditionary Force Base within half an hour to set up defenses, in case of any unexpected incidents.”

“Zero, you notify the Think Tank. I will enter the Strange Star Core Space in half an hour. Tell them to be prepared for any possible contingencies.”

“If they encounter any unexpected situations they cannot handle, tell them to contact me in time. I can exit the Star Core Space at any moment.”

After giving these two instructions, Yang Dian ignored Hu Ling and the Beast-Ear Tribe, who had complex expressions behind him. He took a single step, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, and arrived at the peak of the Strange Star’s Sacred Mountain.

Condensing his Qi and blood at his fingertips to form a Dragon claw, Yang Dian gently traced the space in front of him with his finger.

The space rippled like water, revealing a pure white jade channel behind it, with legendary and epic scenes carved on both sides.

“Heh.”

“I found you…”

Expeditionary Force Base.

As Yang Dian left, Gou Sheng, who had followed Hu Ling back to the camp, finally couldn't help but speak, “You just gave him the Concealment Orb like that?”

“If I heard correctly, the Concealment Orb might hide a great secret.”

“For example, information about another world.”

“That should have been ours.”

Gou Sheng was unwilling, but Hu Ling was quite open-minded: “In our hands, the Concealment Orb is just a rare treasure that can be used to conceal our own Qi and prevent us from being found by the strange.”

“No matter how many secrets it holds, until those secrets are unearthed, or until we have the strength to unearth them, it is merely an external object to us.”

“Exchanging it for the protection of the Expeditionary Force’s commander, exchanging it for our right to survive, is the optimal choice.”

“I only know that the greater its value, the safer we will be going forward.”

“Only by surviving can we possess everything, isn’t that right?…”

At the peak of Sacred Mountain, Yang Dian received monitoring information sent by Ya Zi and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

“Hu Ling is quite open-minded and able to let go.”

“However, since she thinks so clearly, she shouldn’t be unaware that the entire Beast-Ear Tribe has actually been under surveillance, right?”

“So, were these words she ‘openly and honestly’ spoke to me, and to Huaxia?”

“Tsk, there are still quite a few clever people.”

Amidst his thoughts, Yang Dian began to ponder the method to completely kill the Heavenly Dao Ghost.

“The fundamental reason for the Heavenly Dao Ghost’s resurrection is that, with an indestructible True Spirit as its core, it gathers the mental fluctuations and life information left behind by living beings before their death in the world, and eventually resurrects through the faith and fear of others.”

“So.” Looking at the blood-red eyes that suddenly appeared before him, Yang Dian’s eyes showed a hint of emotion, as if reuniting with an old acquaintance: “If I can find a way to obliterate all your residual mental fluctuations and erase all your life information, won’t I be able to kill you completely?”

The Heavenly Dao Ghost remained silent, merely staring at Yang Dian, as if wanting to devour him alive.

Yang Dian smiled again at this: “I was just joking, don’t be so tense.”

“You are alive, and you are a heaven and earth treasure that can enhance Soul strength.”

“How could I bear to kill you?”

With that, Yang Dian extended his right hand, tore open the eyes, and stepped into the Dimension Channel.

“I cherish you too much to do that!”