118: Chapter 118 The Shattered Blue Star?

"Calling all of you Children of God 'demigods' is merely for convenience."

Chu Xingyang smiled as he stroked the Three-Legged Monster's head. "But in the truest sense, only the God's firstborn is a demigod; the divine power of each subsequent child diminishes."

"And you, the third child, don't even deserve the thought of trying to perish together with a deity!"

"Because you are far inferior to the two 'deformities' you spoke of!"

Hearing this, Chu Ping's entire body froze.

He could not accept the fact that he would forever be inferior to his two dead, deformed older brothers.

He could only stand there in a daze, staring blankly ahead with lifeless eyes.

Yet, the brighter and purer light emanating from the Three-Legged Monster seemed to confirm this law.

It turned out that his superiority over his younger brothers wasn't because he was exceptionally talented or hardworking.

It wasn't because the Father God loved him more either.

It was simply because he was born earlier.

The observers from both sides noticed that the light on the demigod suddenly dimmed.

His chest no longer held high, and his expression was filled with confusion alongside his despondency.

Looking at the withered Chu Ping, Chu Xingyang knew he had lost the will to fight.

So, he took the Three-Legged Monster back to the divine might and ordered the three warships to continue forward.

The ships sailed past the demigod as if no one were there.

Chu Ping didn't even react, still immersed in that unacceptable reality.

When the people of this universe saw their demigod in such a state, they knew they had been utterly defeated.

Moreover, the opponent's True God had already appeared.

Naturally, no one dared to block them anymore.

Thus, the three flagships entered the Yawei Space passage in a grand manner.

Yu Lan announced to all crew members: "We will reach the Light Energy Court in two months. The Light Energy Court is very close to the black hole at the center of the Three-Spiral System. We'll be able to return to our Main Universe soon!"

After a round of cheering, everyone hurriedly admired the scenery outside the viewports.

Unlike the bizarre sights when the Warp Engine is active or the star-filled galactic discs during wormhole travel...

The Yawei Space passage was more like being in the deep sea; the warships seemed to be enveloped in a thick, dark liquid.

Luo Ningning, who was watching closely, suddenly cried out, "Ah! A giant eye just flashed by. If it's an animal's eye, that animal must be at least several kilometers long!"

Everyone assumed her eyes were playing tricks on her and didn't take it to heart.

Suddenly, a series of pitter-patter sounds rang out as a four-legged 'Mabu' darted quickly through the crowd.

Its occasional leaps made it look very much like a jellyfish.

Xiliu chased closely behind: "Don't be in such a hurry, Second Brother! The four mechanical legs haven't been calibrated yet."

Everyone looked at each other.

They quickly realized these were demigods. The Three-Legged Monster was Wei's eldest son, and Mabu was naturally the second-born from You.

They just didn't understand why, while the eldest at least had legs and arms (albeit too many)...

The second-born looked exactly like a rag that had gained a spirit.

By now, You Rongguang and many crew members surnamed You had already visited their ancestor.

Under Wei's care and treatment, although You no longer screamed frantically or had disheveled hair...

Whenever there were many people, she would still curl up tightly in a corner and gnaw on her fingers, sometimes biting until they bled without even realizing it.

Consequently, You Rongguang and the others didn't dare approach anymore, only watching from a distance in small groups.

They would sigh over this ancestor from another universe, feeling immense sorrow for her fate.

Even after her emotions stabilized, You still didn't seem to recognize her son.

Fortunately, Mabu was like the Three-Legged Monster; for thousands of years, he had treated her like a sister—another child who needed Mama Wei to take care of them.

Sometimes Mabu would playfully poke You's body with his newly installed mechanical legs, as if playing with an older or younger sister.

You would either remain dazed and indifferent, or shift her sitting position a few seconds after being touched.

Seeing this, Yu Lan ran to the infirmary with a look of heartache and suggested, "How can she not even recognize her own son? Let's go pray to the Great Deity Xingyang to heal her."

Wei Wei thought for a moment but shook her head: "A god can switch bodies, and perhaps souls. But would the converted You still be You? Let me heal her slowly; one day, she will get better."

The two demigods, however, gradually became familiar with the crew.

Even with intellectual disabilities, they could still tell who was good to them.

On the warship, these people didn't avoid them, spit at them, or throw stones.

They didn't use sticks to beat them or drive them away.

Instead, they would offer food and hold them in their arms to pet them.

The Three-Legged Monster and Mabu couldn't make smiling expressions, but they were happy in their hearts.

Except for the one time Tang Ling accidentally spilled tea on the control instruments and reflexively used 'Mabu' as an actual rag.

For that, Yu Lan gave him a legendary scolding.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

After the three flagships—divine might, divine grace, and divine ascension—burst out of the Yawei Space passage, they immediately flew toward the black hole without stopping.

As was his custom, Chu Xingyang channeled divine light to protect the warships.

Everyone had smiles on their faces, waiting for the moment they would burst out of the black hole and return to the Blue Star in their Main Universe.

Soon the pitch-black scene dissipated, and everyone's eyes lit up as the three warships immediately restored communication with each other.

Looking at the land and the azure sky, Yu Lan cried out, "We're finally back! It seems whether we go to a parallel universe or return to ours, we always arrive in the sky of a Blue Star."

At that moment, Tang Ling turned his head and said with a look of astonishment, "vice captain, we haven't reached the Blue Star."

Everyone looked at the holographic image in front of him, which was currently displaying the terrain and features of this planet.

Compared to the Blue Star's roughly equal land-to-water ratio, the ocean area here was much higher, seemingly exceeding seventy percent.

So, they turned their gazes toward the Bishop; everyone vaguely remembered it was the Bishop who suggested they could go home by passing through the black hole at the center of the Three-Spiral System.

Chu Xingyang spread his hands with a mischievous smile. "I said black holes lead to parallel universes, but I never said it would be *our* universe."

"I think we'll have to find those exceptionally tall Giants of Light from the Milky Way Galaxy; they should have the technology for this. There must be a Milky Way Galaxy here too."

Yu Lan scratched her head. "But this isn't right either. Every time we travel to a parallel universe, the first stop is the Blue Star. This planet clearly isn't it."

Chu Xingyang thought for a moment, then took out an instrument and took several photos of the planetary orbit.

After examining them for a while, he enlarged them for everyone and said, "We have reached the Blue Star, it's just that it has become like this."

After staring at the photos for a long time, the realization dawned on them, and their mouths hung open.

The Blue Star of this universe had been blown to smithereens, becoming the planetary rings of this planet.