265: Chapter 265 Shooting the Daughter Away, the Qian Hexagram in the North Pacific

During the journey back to Earth, Jiang Chen signed in two more times.

He obtained two more hidden points for black technology.

One was Venus.

One was Mercury.

Up to this point, Jiang Chen had obtained ten hidden points for black technology.

Among them, Earth had two hidden points: the Qinling Mountains and the northern region of the Pacific Ocean.

The other planets only had one each.

However, Jiang Chen had already visited the five locations: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and outside the Solar System.

As of now, the only unexplored and accessible areas remaining were Venus, Mercury, the Sun, and the northern Pacific Ocean.

"Mars hasn't yielded a hidden point yet. I wonder if it's not its turn yet, or if there's simply no black technology there."

Jiang Chen thought to himself, planning to visit that location in the Pacific Ocean first.

Although not every hidden point was a space teleportation point, if there were an additional space teleportation point, there would be one more destination for the Level 5 Lifeforms that could be cultivated.

Old Fungus Lao and He Shiqi were currently evolving opposite the teleportation point on Uranus.

In the future, there was a high hope that they would become Level 5 Lifeforms.

He, Jiang Chen, was already a Level 5 Lifeform.

That made three already.

At the very least, Earth, Mars, and the Moon could be propelled.

To propel the entire Solar System, he needed to cultivate six more.

"Dad! Dad!"

Just as Jiang Chen was lying in the cockpit of the small fishing boat, preparing to see if he had returned to Earth, Commander Jiang Qiuzhi suddenly rushed over, making a fuss on the Starship.

Jiang Chen looked back and saw Commander Jiang Qiuzhi covered in flames, as if she had transformed into a fire god, but she felt no discomfort at all. She said with pleasant surprise, "Dad, it seems like I can resonate with the Fire Qi energy. I'm a Level 3 Lifeform now!"

After eating the Flat Peach, Commander Jiang Qiuzhi finally showed signs of progress the next day.

Jiang Chen looked pleased and encouraged her, "It's only a Level 3 Lifeform. Wait a bit longer, perhaps you'll become a Level 4 Lifeform."

According to the description of the Grade 5 Flat Peach, this item could allow the user to become a Level 5 Lifeform.

It had only been a day, so while becoming a Level 3 Lifeform was already very fast, she hadn't reached her limit yet.

"Yes, Dad. I feel like I still have room to grow. Right now, if I punch you, you might not react at all, but when I'm a Level 5 Lifeform, I'll definitely be able to punch you away."

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi waved her little fist excitedly.

Punching her powerful dad away would mean she was even, even, even more powerful.

"..."

Jiang Chen mused that since Xue Yao was still young, she needed to contribute a bit more to the reproduction of humanity.

So he called Xue Yao, "Hey, honey, when should we set a time to have another child?"

"No reason, it's just that the older one is a 'failed project', so I plan to train a new one."

After saying this, Jiang Chen punched Commander Jiang Qiuzhi from the Starship into the Starship.

Cuihua detected her status on the side and evaluated, "Two broken ribs, one tooth lost, she's unconscious, but is currently recovering..."

"Level 3 Lifeform, thick-skinned and tough, no need to worry." Jiang Chen waved his hand.

That punch just now had no other purpose; it was mainly to help her test the value of a Level 3 Lifeform. Judging by the current result, it was actually quite good.

[Starship has arrived at Earth.]

Just then, the Starship notified everyone that they had returned to Earth's airspace.

"Cuihua, dock with the Starship, retire all the mechas and personnel of the Starship, and arrange for others to take over."

Jiang Chen instructed Cuihua to reorganize the Starship.

The original mechas would be sent back for recycling and modification.

The personnel would be retired and sent back to Mars.

"Understood." Cuihua nodded.

In her database, she had the process that Tie Zhu had used to handle the original members of the Starship.

Jiang Chen returned to the Starship.

At this moment, Xue Yao and Xia Zhongxun walked over together.

"Eh, Elder Xia, why are you here too?" Jiang Chen was a bit surprised.

Unless there was something major on the Starship, Xia Zhongxun usually stayed at the Lunar Base's Longke Academy to conduct scientific research.

After all, he wasn't an offensive Level 2 Lifeform; aside from having a longer lifespan, his main focus was continuing to research technology.

However, recently, Xia Zhongxun had been receiving abnormal astronomical data from the divination observatory one after another.

At first, he didn't pay too much attention to it.

After all, the current focus was on the black hole ahead. If he could find a way on the technological path to help all of humanity escape danger, then he wouldn't have lived in vain.

But soon, he discovered that this abnormal astronomical data made it almost impossible for him to spend hundreds of years slowly researching technology.

Because the recent divination observatory had discovered that the celestial motion of the Solar System was becoming increasingly strange.

It was no longer possible to start predicting the trajectories.

This indicated that matter of other mass was affecting the celestial motion of the Solar System.

"Not only are the trajectories unpredictable, but the speed is also increasing."

"Although there is only half a year of observational data, this growth rate is too fast."

"Half a year ago, it was 220 kilometers per second, and now it has reached 250 kilometers per second."

"If it continues to grow like this, in a hundred years, the Solar System will be accelerating towards the black hole at a speed of over 3,000 kilometers per second."

"This speed is too fast."

"The distance to that black hole was already very close to begin with; no matter how you calculate it, it will inevitably collide within two hundred years."

"Now, because of the unknown mass growth, it has started to accelerate, and it might collide in less than a hundred years."

Xia Zhongxun showed Jiang Chen some data from the divination observatory from the last six months.

After reading it, Jiang Chen also frowned.

How was the mass of the Solar System growing so rapidly?

Where did the extra mass come from?

"Could it be the Qi we brought back from the classic of mountains and seas?" Xue Yao asked hesitantly.

She and Jiang Chen had both evolved a level, and the energy contained within their bodies had already reached a terrifying level. Once released, it would indeed be equivalent to increasing the mass of the Solar System.

However, Jiang Chen shook his head, "It would increase a little, but not enough to affect celestial motion, or even cause the Solar System to accelerate... There must be a lifeform with greater mass that has appeared for this to happen."

"But currently, isn't the one with the highest life level you?" Xue Yao and Xia Zhongxun were both full of confusion.

"Then I'm not sure." Jiang Chen frowned.

As far as he could see, it seemed he was the one with the highest life level.

But secretly, he hadn't found anyone of a higher level.

Theoretically, there shouldn't be.

After all, if there were, and he had split the energy equally to the Earth, the other party would have come out to beat him up long ago.

For a moment, Jiang Chen couldn't figure out where this extra mass was coming from.

However, there was one thing he was certain of.

That was, the Solar System had begun to accelerate towards the black hole.

Originally, there was still about two hundred years, but now it might be less than a hundred years.

"There are two things that need to be accelerated now." Jiang Chen looked at Xia Zhongxun.

Xia Zhongxun said, "I already know about your plan to cultivate Level 5 Lifeforms from Commander Qin. I have also notified Zhao Yinhu, Xu Qingxue, and General Wei. What is the other thing?"

"The matter of making everyone Level 1 Life Forms needs to be accelerated," Jiang Chen said.

Just pushing Earth alone, the mortality rate of the entire Earth drifting in the Milky Way Galaxy was very high.

But pushing the entire Solar System didn't mean there was zero mortality rate.

Because the celestial trajectories of the Milky Way Galaxy were relatively balanced; once the Solar System left its original trajectory, it was equivalent to a car suddenly changing its trajectory on the highway.

Even if you were an armored vehicle, there was a probability of hitting other cars.

Even if the armored vehicle was fine, the people inside might not be able to withstand it.

The non-Level 1 Life Forms on Earth were the people in the armored vehicle.

If the life of all humanity wasn't raised to Level 1, the Solar System might be pushed to a safe area, but the people inside would all be dead.

A simple example:

After the Solar System left its original orbit, it would encounter a great deal of void rubble.

These rubbles, while called rubbles, were actually sometimes very huge, capable of being similar to the smallest Solar System planet, 'Mercury'.

Once such debris rushes into the Solar System, even if it breaks into fragments, it can easily cause disasters for humanity.

This kind of disaster isn't just caused by direct impact; it also includes dust blocking sunlight, alien bacteria invasions, and so on.

While there were already rocks in the original orbit, most were relatively small, and having orbited many times before, it was a familiar path.

But once the orbit changed, everything became unknown.

Therefore!

Humanity's mainstream must be transformed into Level 1 Life Forms, using stronger bodies to confront the harsher environment.

"If you can really find other planets to allow advanced life to evolve, the amount of Qi that ordinary humans can utilize will naturally increase, which will also accelerate the process," Xia Zhongxun agreed.

Normally, there is a competitive relationship between advanced life and non-Level 1 Life Forms, with the former suppressing the latter.

Without stronger forces to curb this, non-Level 1 Life Forms will gradually die out.

Specifically, besides natural death, this manifests as low desire and declining birth rates.

However, Jiang Chen did not want to see this happen.

So, he planned to arrange for advanced life to evolve on other planets.

The remaining Qi energy in the Solar System would be used for other humans to evolve, thereby achieving universal Level 1 Life Form status.

"Comrade Jiang's idea is very good, but does that planet you mentioned actually exist?"

Just then, Zhao Yinhu appeared on the deck of the Starship.

Upon hearing about Jiang Chen's plan from Xia Zhongxun, besides being shocked, he was also somewhat hesitant.

Traveling to other planets?

What the hell kind of technology is this? How come I don't know about it?

The Lunar Base doesn't have such black technology either.

Beside Zhao Yinhu was Xu Qingxue, along with several people approaching Level 3 Lifeform status.

However, at this moment, Xu Qingxue was no longer acting high-profile because she had received news that Qin Xueyao had already become a Level 3 Lifeform, and General Wei's position on the Luan Bird was almost untenable.

As for Jiang Chen, he had even become a legendary Level 5 Lifeform.

This level of power was not something someone like her, who wasn't even a Level 3 Lifeform, could contend with.

Moreover, Jiang Chen was even planning to help her evolve.

Therefore, her heart was actually somewhat conflicted.

Essentially, the original Southern Heavenly Gate order had turned The Xu Family into an ordinary space logistics group, no longer a large family conglomerate.

They couldn't continue to leech off others.

Not only was she unwilling to accept this, but the elders in the family had also been plotting how to break this order.

It wasn't until the news spread that Jiang Chen had become a Level 5 Lifeform and Qin Xueyao had become a Level 3 Lifeform that they finally confirmed that they couldn't catch up even if they whipped their horses.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingxue stepped forward and said: "I actually believe Comrade Jiang's statement. Regardless of whether it's true or false, my people from The Xu Family are definitely willing to be the first to go up and try it."

"..."

Zhao Yinhu glanced at her, thinking to himself, 'Damn it, why did you change your tune so quickly?'

Jiang Chen smiled slightly and said: "Rest assured, I will do what I say. However, there's still a little time left; it won't open until half a year later."

"Half a year later? Then why did you ask us to come over now..."

Zhao Yinhu asked, puzzled.

"I have another place. I'm not sure if it's a teleportation point. If you come with me, you'll know. If it's not, we can go to Venus and Mercury, or even the Sun," Jiang Chen said.

There were still three hidden locations of black technology.

The closest one was this one in the Pacific Ocean.

"Fine, we'll go with you."

Although Zhao Yinhu didn't know what the teleportation point Jiang Chen mentioned was, he and Xu Qingxue exchanged glances and both agreed quite readily.

Such a good opportunity—as advanced lifeforms wanting to evolve, they certainly didn't want to miss it.

'If this Jiang Chen can really make me a Level 3 Lifeform, the bit of profit lost back then is nothing,' Xu Qingxue thought as she boarded her own spaceship.

Zhao Yinhu also had his own exclusive spaceship.

Meanwhile, Jiang Chen was preparing to leave the deck of the Starship in his small fishing boat.

However, before leaving, he untied the hollow willow tied to the stern of the boat.

Then he instructed Xue Yao: "This thing is called a hollow willow. It doesn't need soil, just space, and it can accelerate human evolution. Find a place to plant it on this Starship."

"Okay."

After Jiang Chen left, Xue Yao dragged the kilometer-long hollow willow, preparing to plant it on the top of the warship.

The space there should be wide enough.

Swish.

In the northern region of the Pacific Ocean.

That area where a magnetic field chaos storm once caused the Dragon Soul to lose its way.

Several spaceships and one fishing boat appeared here.

Due to years of evolution, many sea beasts in this vicinity had already become Level 2 Lifeforms.

They were even more massive, capable of swallowing warships whole and twisting aircraft carriers.

However, at this moment, upon sensing the arrival of Jiang Chen and the others, they all crawled on the seabed, not daring to move.

Because they could sense that the life level of this group of people was far higher than their own.

And it wasn't just about technological power.

"Is this the place?"

Zhao Yinhu, Xu Qingxue, and the others all looked at Jiang Chen with some curiosity.

There was nothing here—no village ahead, no inn behind—just the endless ocean.

How were they supposed to teleport?

Jiang Chen wasn't in a hurry.

He lowered the fishing boat, landed on the sea surface, and then cast his fishing net out.

[A circular platform, inside contains the first hexagram of the i ching, the 'Qian Hexagram', a spatial teleportation point.]

Under the confused gazes of Zhao Yinhu and the others, Jiang Chen suddenly pulled the fishing net tight.

Then, to their astonishment, a huge cylindrical circular platform was slowly pulled out.

It then hovered halfway above the sea surface.

"What the f*ck, what is this?"

Xu Qingxue was stunned.

What kind of operation was this? Just throw a net and a huge circular platform comes up.

Zhao Yinhu also frowned: "Was it placed here in advance?"

"I'm a fisherman; catching things is normal," Jiang Chen said with a calm expression.

Having been fishing for so many years, he was no longer that young man who would make a fuss about catching a Brain-like Mecha.

"Normal? Alright, very normal."

Zhao Yinhu felt ashamed.

Looking at Jiang Chen's calm expression, it was he who felt like a bumpkin.

Xu Qingxue asked: "So, what is this thing?"

"Lucked out, it's a teleportation point," Jiang Chen said.

As he spoke, he channeled energy resonance into it, quickly activating the platform.

The platform released a beam of light that shot straight into the sky, disappearing into the unknown.

Jiang Chen jumped on first and said to them: "Follow me in; I'll take you to see an alien planet."

"An alien planet?"

"Will we encounter danger?"

Zhao Yinhu and the others hesitated before jumping on.

Jiang Chen said: "Don't worry, as long as we don't encounter danger, we won't be in danger."

As his voice fell, the light of the platform converged, space fluctuated, and Jiang Chen and his group disappeared from the spot.

A few seconds later, they appeared on another planet.

This planet was a vast desert, calm and peaceful, appearing to have no danger.

"There is no danger, but it seems there is no Qi either."

Zhao Yinhu finally spotted the blind spot.

The composition of this planet was complex, but there was no Qi.

It was clearly a desolate planet.

Jiang Chen looked around and also discovered this problem.

"Looks like luck isn't on our side this time," he muttered to himself.

Just as he was about to take everyone back, Xu Qingxue suddenly looked towards the horizon and said: "Although there is no Qi, there seems to be something else..."

"What?"

Jiang Chen and Zhao Yinhu both followed Xu Qingxue's gaze.

In the distance, a massive fleet was rushing towards this direction.

Jiang Chen hurriedly used consciousness particles to sense it and immediately realized something was wrong.

The creatures on the fleet were not human.

Their overall structure resembled a horse, but their heads were in human form, their front limbs were horse legs, their hind limbs were long human-like legs, they were covered in armor, had wings on their backs, and held unknown weapons.

They looked like strange creatures that were a combination of human and horse.

"Could it be the Qi God Tribe?"

An ominous thought flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.