145: Time-space magic? That's all?

The jade ring on the hilt tassel of the tianwen sword in Lu Chen's hand emitted a faint, clear sound.

This was the melody of the ancient Yunmen Dajuan.

The beautiful melody calmed everyone's hearts and minds.

Their spirit was instantly soothed.

Everyone felt full of confidence, their focus sharpened a hundredfold.

Following the melody, the entire starship was pulled directly into a rainbow-colored vortex, and the gravity System sounded an alarm.

At the same time, the exterior of the ship went beyond the scope of technology.

The Formation defenses also activated instantly.

Protecting the ship!

Without even needing to use its own defense System.

An interstellar ship that existed beyond its era.

It possessed both ancient, miraculous immortal arts and magic, as well as cutting-edge technology from the peak of human civilization.

The technology of this world was about a hundred years ahead of the Earth in the world Lu Chen came from.

After a burst of intense light.

It was unknown how much time had passed.

Perhaps just a moment.

Perhaps half an hour.

When Mars' Olympus Mons appeared in the distance.

A slight smile appeared on Lu Chen's face.

"Use the Formation to send back word—we've reached our first stop!"

"Yes!"

...The ship landed on Mars.

It didn't take much effort.

In the shadow of Mars' Olympus Mons, a massive Bronze Altar was situated.

Leading the women dressed in special spacesuits, Lu Chen leaped into the air.

Coming directly to the vicinity.

Lu Chen wore nothing special, just ordinary clothes like on Earth.

He wasn't human to begin with.

He was merely an undead.

He didn't need to breathe, nor did he need oxygen.

The Kui Ox totem on the altar seemed to sense people arriving, and its eyes slightly opened!

"How is this possible—?! This is my Family's emblem!?" Ignis was shocked by what she saw!

This object, identical to her Family's emblem, glowed red at the base of the altar.

From the bottom of the altar, lines of lava patterns spread along the cracks in the mountain.

As Shelley used a probe to transmit images, Morning Dew immediately used Holy Light to illuminate the groove in the center of the altar!

In the darkness, the shape of the groove was found to be a perfect match for Ignis's ancestral flame demon greatsword.

"This?" Morning Dew was also somewhat surprised.

She never expected it to be like this!

As for Lu Chen, he thought of something.

"Young Miss, it's your turn." Lu Chen pressed down on Ignis's trembling shoulder, encouraging her.

There was only one way to unlock the answer now.

And that was Ignis.

Lu Chen thought of records in some ancient texts.

And his own memories, which hadn't fully recovered.

He was certain this was left by powerful beings from a hundred thousand years ago.

And specifically, the group of experts who fought to conquer the heavens and destroy the Dao.

Did they also organize an expeditionary force back then?

The scale must have been significant!

After all, in that era, although it was the age of gods and demons.

Dealing with the Heavenly Dao wasn't actually much easier than in the present day.

It could only be based on countless powerful living beings.

Ignis nodded.

The tattoo of the Flame Demon Girl slowly grew hot and red.

Ignis activated her magic barrier.

The patterns moving on the surface of her spacesuit instantly formed red-gold armor.

Ignis reached into the Void Realm, and the flame demon greatsword appeared in her hand.

She slowly walked onto the altar!

The moment Ignis plunged the greatsword into the altar, the entire volcano shook incessantly!

Shelley laid down an ice wall to protect everyone.

Bronze-colored lava erupted from the volcanic fissures and actually condensed into phantoms of the twelve golden men in mid-air.

Shelley's ice crystal barrier blocked the six-thousand-degree heat as she looked at Lu Chen and said:

"According to the data from the probe, the radiation levels of this lava... are active, meaning they will continue to rise. We shouldn't stay here long!"

Morning Dew cast Holy Light magic, sweeping over some old opponents crawling out from underground—Bronze Colossi!

She destroyed the internal structures of the Bronze Colossi.

She also discovered their secret and couldn't help but exclaim, "Inside them... there are actually modern electronic components!"

Lu Chen shrugged.

He wasn't surprised by the Heavenly Dao borrowing any kind of power.

That thing could progress too.

But it's still the same old story!

"Xiwei, do it!"

Lu Chen shouted.

"Bone Descent—!"

Ning Xiwei summoned a Bone Legion, thousands of skeletons descending from the Void Realm.

These things needed no protection whatsoever.

They charged toward the colossi to kill!

Each one had at least the strength of around the fourth rank.

Even Lu Chen controlled a dozen skeleton soldiers, braving the high temperatures of the flames to quickly collect samples.

Ning Xiwei's book of the dead flashed wildly with the Power of the Undead!

Her fierce appearance while holding the magic book made her look truly like a Great Master of the undead.

Ning Xiwei had also reached the seventh rank.

On the ship, Sun Feifei used the power of the ship's robotic arms to scatter all her Talismanic Incantations onto the ground.

And Sun Feifei performed profound immortal arts from within the ship.

Supporting Lu Chen and the others in the distance.

At this moment, the fragments floating on her compass began to predict and divine at any time.

Each hexagram would give Sun Feifei a hint.

Helping her decide her next move.

At this point, a hexagram appeared on the compass—"Distress of Great Excess."

When the battle ended.

It was already three hours later.

Returning to the ship, Lu Chen hurried to the bridge without pause, staring at the holographic map of Mars that had been collected.

His eyes were constantly searching for something!

The golden compass Lu Chen summoned was also searching for a trace of the Heavenly Dao.

As for the researchers on the ship, they also began using high technology to analyze the data stream obtained from the Bronze Altar.

"Aah! I'm exhausted!"

Ignis's voice rang out as she walked into the bridge and slumped into the command seat. Her conjured flame demon armor was still dripping molten bronze. As soon as she sat down, she continued to complain, "That piece of junk actually lasted a hundred thousand years... without being weathered away by Mars?"

"It wasn't enduring."

Shelley's voice sounded at the bridge entrance. She walked in, condensed an ice crystal to project a piece of information, and said:

"This should be a space-time loop."

In the images she displayed, the power inside the altar was rotating counterclockwise.

Shelley added:

"This altar exists simultaneously a hundred thousand years ago and now. This is space-time magic. This kind of magic cannot be found even now; it's rarer than forbidden arts and completely lost. I never expected we would see it here."

Suddenly, a piercing quantum alarm sounded inside the cabin.

Morning Dew, responsible for receiving other crew members outside, reflexively deployed her Holy Light barrier.

Outside the porthole, a rainbow vortex appeared again, this time revealing the wreckage of the Civilization Spark itself—the scorched hull was covered in bronze mycelium, and phantoms of the twelve golden men were gnawing on the engines.

Some of the more timid crew members were terrified by this sight.

Seeing this, Lu Chen sneered, "A time loop? Space-time magic is one thing, but now it's trying to play mind games with us? Absolutely ridiculous!"

Lu Chen walked to the window and lightly brushed his fingertip against the viewing pane.

An invisible force.

Instantly passed through the window.

And rippled outward.

Instantly shattering this piece of space-time magic.