112: Rushing into the universe! At the end of the sky, there is an invisible wall!

Lin Mo stood before the colossal beast, which seemed to have walked out of a creation myth, feeling the terrifying power that was intimately connected to his soul and capable of crushing stars.

The accumulated frustration from continuous battles vanished instantly.

"Let's test the power of this ship."

Lin Mo returned to the Bridge, his eyes gleaming with eagerness.

"Wait a moment."

Gu Zhixia leaned back on the sofa, rubbing her brow, her voice carrying an undeniable weariness.

"My mech is still being repaired."

Lin Mo nodded, also feeling the fatigue rising from the depths of his spirit.

Two consecutive high-intensity god-slaying battles meant even nerves of steel needed rest.

"I'll go prepare dinner! Tonight, we absolutely must have a super luxurious celebratory feast!"

Gu Nianqiu volunteered, tying on her small apron, and skipped off like a joyful butterfly towards the luxurious kitchen, which had also been upgraded to a Michelin-star level.

The Bridge fell silent.

Lin Mo walked out onto the deck and lay down on the familiar beach chair.

The afternoon sun, warm and lazy with the distinct languor of high altitude, filtered through thin clouds, bathing him in its glow.

Gu Zhixia also came out.

She didn't speak, simply lay down on another lounge chair next to Lin Mo.

She took off her gold-rimmed glasses and placed them casually aside.

Without the obstruction of the lenses, her beautiful phoenix eyes lost some of their usual sharpness and scrutiny, gaining a rare softness and weariness.

Neither of them spoke.

The sea breeze gently caressed them, and clouds drifted by.

The warship hovered silently in the air, as stable as an island in the sky.

The tension, battles, and calculations of recent days seemed to dissipate with the gentle wind at this moment.

Lin Mo felt his eyelids growing heavier and heavier, and the nerve that had been stretched to its limit finally relaxed completely.

He turned his head and saw that Gu Zhixia's breathing beside him had also become even and prolonged.

Her pretty face, always bearing an expression of coldness and guardedness, now, under the sunlight, had shed all its defenses, her sleeping face peaceful and serene.

He slowly closed his eyes as well, falling into a deep sleep.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

"Brother Mo! Sister! Dinner's ready!"

Gu Nianqiu's clear voice, fragrant with the aroma of food, woke them from their slumber.

Lin Mo opened his eyes and saw that the sunset glow had already painted half the sky crimson.

He sat up, feeling as if he had slept for an entire century, his spirit refreshed as never before.

He turned to look; Gu Zhixia had also just sat up, rubbing her eyes with a somewhat bewildered expression.

A few unruly strands of hair fell by her cheeks, making her seem less like an ice queen and more like a charmingly lazy girl next door.

"I... fell asleep?"

She seemed a little disbelieving that she could have slept so defenselessly next to a man.

Lin Mo just smiled, saying nothing.

On the dining table, a lavish feast had already been laid out.

Full and satisfied, the three, burping contentedly, returned to the deck chairs, watching the last vestiges of the sunset being swallowed by the deep night.

Stars began to twinkle, one after another, across the ink-blue velvet curtain of the sky.

So brilliant, so distant.

So... unreachable.

Lin Mo looked at the brilliant galaxy, and a thought suddenly arose in his mind.

A thought that would have seemed utterly absurd before, but now, seemed not impossible.

He suddenly spoke, his voice remarkably clear in the silent night.

"Zhi Xia, Nianqiu."

"Do you want to... pluck the stars from the sky?"

"Pluck stars?"

Gu Nianqiu, who had been lying on her chair counting stars, heard Lin Mo's words and immediately tilted her head curiously, her bright, sparkling eyes filled with innocent confusion.

"Stars are so high up, how can we pluck them?"

Gu Zhixia, on the other hand, let out a scoff.

She picked up a cup of hot tea Gu Nianqiu had just brewed, blew on it gently, and her beautiful phoenix eyes held a hint of teasing, as if looking at an idiot.

"Are you sleep-deprived? Or did you eat too much dinner and have too much energy to burn, so you're starting to talk nonsense?"

She paused, glancing at Lin Mo's profile, which looked particularly serious under the starlight, her tone carrying a hint of indulgence she herself didn't notice.

"Besides, even if our ship can fly very high, stars aren't light bulbs hanging in the sky; they are stars countless times larger than our planet. How do you plan to pluck them? With your hands?"

"We won't know until we try."

Lin Mo didn't argue with her, just smiled mysteriously.

He returned to the commander's seat, his hands resting lightly on the armrests, and slowly closed his eyes.

The next second, the entire massive hull of Natural Selection emitted a deep, powerful roar.

It was no longer hovering steadily.

Instead, its bow tilted slightly upward, and at an almost vertical angle, it surged defiantly towards the deep, brilliant galaxy!

"Wow! It's really flying up!"

Gu Nianqiu excitedly jumped up from her chair, ran to the porthole, pressing her small face tightly against the cool glass, watching the rapidly shrinking sea of clouds and land below, her small face flushed with excitement.

Although Gu Zhixia had verbally expressed disbelief, her body honestly walked to the porthole on the other side.

She watched as the warship ascended at an unimaginable speed.

Ten thousand meters... twenty thousand meters... fifty thousand meters... the clouds below had long since turned into an endless, pristine white carpet.

The azure ocean had also become a huge, deep blue gem.

They could even clearly see a massive storm brewing in the distant sea, with silver lightning flickering like the veins of a giant dragon within the dark clouds.

As the altitude continued to climb, the color of the sky began to undergo a wondrous transformation.

From a deep, inky blue, it gradually transitioned to a nearly pure, unblemished black.

The stars that had once seemed impossibly distant now appeared to be within arm's reach, massive and brilliant, emitting a chilling yet scorching light that made one's heart pound.

They could even see a magnificent Milky Way, composed of countless stardust and light, spanning the heavens.

This scene transcended the limits of human language.

"Are we... going to fly out?"

Gu Nianqiu murmured, her voice filled with awe and a touch of nervousness.

They had reached the edge of the atmosphere.

Any higher, and it would be the cold, dead, true vacuum of space.

However, just as the bow of Natural Selection was about to break through that thin, invisible boundary...

Boom—

A muffled, extremely dull sound, as if it had crashed into an invisible giant wall, came from the bow.

The entire warship shuddered violently, and its upward momentum abruptly ceased.