144: Chapter 144 Studying Abroad Across Planets

The year 2098.

After three years of reconstructive efforts, Blue Star had undergone a complete transformation. Except for the Xia Kingdom, all other regions had been razed and leveled, leaving no trace behind.

The culture, history, and artifacts of these places were meticulously organized, absorbing the essence and discarding the dregs to establish corresponding museums for future generations to visit.

On Mars, a large number of Xia people who wished to settle back on Blue Star returned. After all, Blue Star had changed significantly, and its habitable areas now expanded across the entire planet.

October 1st.

On this special day, Su Fan and the others were about to embark on their second expedition.

Amidst a grand departure ceremony, Su Fan and his team soared into the sky aboard the kongming mothership!

This time, the primary objective of the kongming mothership was the civilizations and planets within the Fifth Ring of the Milky Way.

In addition to the main objective, this trip had another purpose: to escort a group of young students to Shengyuan Star to seek masters and learn skills!

The Android Su Fan left on Shengyuan Star had already reached an agreement with Jiang Zibo. Shengyuan Holy Land would accept one thousand young people from the Xia Clan to learn skills, but the Xia Clan would also have to accept one thousand young people from the Shenyuan Clan to study with them.

These one thousand exchange students would not only shoulder the heavy responsibility of learning from masters but also serve as cultural exchange ambassadors, spreading Xia Clan culture while learning Shenyuan Clan culture, absorbing its essence and discarding its dregs.

The fact that Shengyuan Holy Land could exist for over 3 million years without falling meant it definitely had its advanced merits.

If the results from this first thousand people were good, a second and third batch of students would follow to study on Shengyuan Star.

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The kongming mothership first moved away from Blue Star at sub-light speed, then arrived at an empty expanse of space to prepare for the first activation of the Warp Drive.

"Red Queen, activate the Warp Drive. Target: 10 light-years in the direction of Shengyuan Star."

A Level 4 civilization's Warp Drive has a maximum distance of 10 light-years per spatial jump. Each process, from activating the Warp Drive to jumping to the destination, takes 10 minutes.

"Yes! Master!" Red Queen immediately executed the command.

Around the kongming mothership, space began to vibrate slowly. Next, ripples like water waves appeared in the surrounding space.

As time passed, the ripples became more pronounced, and then space began to visibly distort.

The space became increasingly distorted until its center point twisted into a black dot. The black dot grew larger and larger, eventually swallowing the kongming mothership.

After the kongming mothership was swallowed by space, the surrounding area immediately returned to its original state, as if nothing had ever happened.

However, in an empty area 10 light-years away, a ship was slowly squeezed out by the constantly fluctuating and distorted space, like a person suffering from constipation!

Almost all the time in the entire process was spent entering and exiting space; inside the space itself, it was merely an instant.

In that instant, Su Fan's sensation inside the ship was that his vision went black, and then the surrounding environment changed.

"So this is the legendary warp travel," Su Fan remarked with emotion.

Light would take 10 years to cover a distance of 10 light-years, yet a warp ship only needed 10 minutes.

Or rather, 9 minutes and 59 seconds of those 10 minutes were spent on the effort of entering and exiting space. The actual time spent traveling was but an instant!

"With one more jump, we can reach Shengyuan Star directly," Xia Feifei said happily.

"It will take two more jumps," Su Fan corrected.

"Ah? Why two?"

"Because a single jump is at most 10 light-years. There are still 12 light-years left, so no matter what, it'll take two," Su Fan said, shrugging helplessly.

"Uh... okay."

After two more jumps, the kongming mothership successfully arrived outside the Shengyang Star System.

Because the Shengyang Star System was so large, it would take several years to reach Shengyuan Star if they entered from the outermost edge.

Therefore, they needed to find the right timing and position to perform one more jump.

The fourth jump soon began. This time, the target was the empty area between Shengyuan Star and the Fifth Planet.

"Red Queen, remind the students in the living area to get ready. We will arrive at Shengyuan Star shortly," Su Fan prompted.

"Yes! Master!" Red Queen replied sweetly.

Inside the living area, a group of young people stood up excitedly. They simultaneously turned on the ship's exterior view simulation.

Li Taibai and Ye Yan were two of them.

"Is this the Shengyang Star System?" Li Taibai said excitedly.

"Isn't that obvious? If it's not the Shengyang Star System, could it be the Solar System?" Ye Yan had a sharp tongue and immediately sniped at Li Taibai.

"Ye Yan, keep talking trash and see if I don't slap you," Li Taibai raised his hand and rubbed his palms together.

"Tch—" Ye Yan was dismissive. "You think you can beat me?"

"I can't beat you now, but once my cultivation is successful, believe it or not, I'll rub you into the ground," Li Taibai clenched his fists tightly.

"Oh, I'll be waiting."

"We've been fighting for twenty years since we were kids. When have you ever beaten me?" Ye Yan said with a look of disdain, looking very much like he needed a beating.

"I'm more handsome than you, and Gu Yuxi is my girlfriend." Li Taibai reached into his pocket, pulled out a loving photo of the two of them, and waved it in front of Ye Yan's eyes.

Ye Yan's face instantly darkened.

Bang!

Smack!

"Ouch, holy shit!"

"Ye Yan, you freaking wait! Just because you're not as handsome as me and can't win over women, you resort to violence!" Li Taibai was pinned to the floor and being thoroughly pummeled by Ye Yan.

"I'll win Yuxi back sooner or later, you just wait!" Ye Yan punched Li Taibai in the face again.

However, he didn't use much force. They were actually childhood friends and were used to bickering and fighting.

"Attention all students, we have arrived at Shengyuan Star. Please prepare your luggage and disembark in an orderly fashion!" While the two were scuffling, Red Queen's voice echoed throughout the living area.

"Brother! I'm calling you brother! Stop hitting me! It's time to go!" Li Taibai begged for mercy helplessly.

"I'll let you off for now. After we start our cultivation, I'll come find you for another match!" Ye Yan stood up; he had been pinning Li Taibai down just now.

"Li Taibai! Ye Yan! It's time to go!" A knock and a shout suddenly came from outside the room.

"It's Yuxi calling us, let's go!" Li Taibai opened the door to find a beautiful woman standing there.

The beauty was 1.8 meters tall, perfectly proportioned, fair-skinned, and beautiful, with skin so delicate it looked like it would break at a touch.

"You two are fighting again?" The beauty frowned slightly and spoke with a hint of dissatisfaction, though her voice was a heart-melting baby voice!

A height of 1.8 meters, yet a baby voice...

"We weren't fighting. I was just having an exchange with Ye Yan, right?" Li Taibai signaled Ye Yan with his eyes.

"Right, right, right!" Ye Yan retreated behind Li Taibai, acting quite timid and fidgety, looking completely different from his domineering self just a moment ago.

A fierce tiger turned into a sheep, cowardly as hell!

"Fine, let's go. I'm really looking forward to our upcoming cultivation life," Gu Yuxi turned and walked away.

Li Taibai and Ye Yan followed closely behind.

In the back, Li Taibai put his arm around Ye Yan's shoulder and whispered, "Brother, with your personality, it's going to be hard to get a girl!"

"Do you know how I won Yuxi over?"

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