Chapter 1227 - 760: The True Universe Lifeform

"Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

"Ink Orchid Leader~"

Fish Vine called out.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid awoke from their hibernation, their drooping tentacles lifting up.

Fish Vine: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, we are 2 light years away from the Azure Star System, is that suitable?"

"Good! Let's try it!"

Dragon Cypress got up.

Fish Vine piloted the Star Spider, emerged from the Star Network, and floated in the Main Universe space.

The hatch slowly opened, and the air inside the sealed cabin quickly dissipated.

The star cores on the foreheads of Dragon Cypress, Ink Orchid, and Fish Vine glowed faintly, instantly adapting to this near-zero space environment.

Lightning Ability activated, their figures flickered and left the Star Spider cabin.

They manipulated a weak Origin Force to propel themselves, their floating bodies slowly circling in place, looking around.

Endless darkness,

in the distant expanse, a faint and feeble starlight could be counted.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King, Ink Orchid Leader, the Azure Star System is that way!"

Fish Vine raised a claw to point in the direction, then activated the Scorching Ability to observe.

Ink Orchid and Dragon Cypress followed suit by activating the Scorching Ability to observe.

First-level Star Spider, one times light speed.

Standing 2 light years away, collecting light information, they witnessed scenes from two years ago.

They could just make out, two years ago, the scene of Dragon Cypress going to find Ink Orchid, along with the bustling figures of other planetary insects...

Dragon Cypress watched for a while, withdrew the Scorching Ability, and a blue-purple-red water drop floated out from their forehead, expanded, and transformed into a four-legged artist form.

The Spatial System's Jump Transition, Gravity, and Universal Compass are a set of three abilities.

The Universal Compass is a positioning ability.

The existence of all matter affects space, distorting it, and due to the continuity of space, this distortion propagates infinitely.

Three key points,

First, the larger the mass of an object, the stronger its space distortion, such as planets, stars, and various extreme celestial bodies.

In the universe, there are no celestial bodies with identical structures, nor are there celestial bodies with identical spin speeds, hence their space-distorting 'gravitational fields' are all different.

Second, as distance increases, the space-distorting effect of matter diminishes exponentially, becoming negligible and difficult to detect.

Third, among the stars, the 'gravitational fields' of different celestial bodies overlap and interfere with each other.

The Universal Compass accurately locates based on the 'gravitational fields' of massive celestial bodies, thus the precision and sensitivity of the Universal Compass are crucial.

If the Universal Compass is inaccurate, it may not necessarily cause a loss of direction, but slight errors will certainly lead to deviated jump transition directions.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

But if the jump deviates from the straight path repeatedly, correcting the route and deviating again, navigating a zigzag path will waste a lot of energy and time.

Dragon Cypress controlled the artist to first test the 'Universal Compass' ability of the Purple-Red Technology Star Core.

Only 2 light years from the Azure Star System, the positions of the star and six planets were clear in perception.

Too close, the test isn't very meaningful.

Dragon Cypress tilted its head and asked: "Fish Vine, which direction is the Sheep Hoof Armor Star System? Do you know?"

Fish Vine: "...I don't know."

Ink Orchid questioned: "You're a Flame Spider Roving Merchant, don't you study star maps?"

"I do study them..."

Fish Vine suggested: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, Ink Orchid Leader, I'm lost. Among the stars, in three-dimensional routes of up and down, I'm even more lost."

"...Alright."

"Let's test the Universal Compass ability later."

Dragon Cypress paused and then said: "Fish Vine, Ink Orchid, return to the Star Spider; we can depart directly."

"Good!"

"Let's go!"

Fish Vine and Ink Orchid returned to the Star Spider, piloted it along the Star Network, heading back toward the Azure Star System.

Dragon Cypress's thoughts moved, the artist shrunk into a stream of water, covering the entire body, and disappeared in place.

The jump transition stirred space, possibly affecting the stability of the Star Network.

Dragon Cypress traversed space, teleporting 10 kilometers each time, continuously performing the action a thousand times until stopping 10,000 kilometers away from the Star Network.

They activated the Universal Compass again, locking onto the position of the Azure Star System.

The 'Zhen Beast Carapace' covering the body expanded, transforming into a shuttle shape, tightly protecting the entire body.

The mind turned, activating the Spatial Jump ability.

The Purple-Red Technology Star Core began to rapidly and continuously draw Primordial Energy from Dragon Cypress's body, transforming it into Spatial Primordial Energy.

After a full 33 days, the energy storage was complete.

Finally, Dragon Cypress split off a wisp of spatial power, forming a 'seal' to protect the Shanglu Divine Pattern.

The Primordial Energy erupted, tearing open a fissure in the space ahead, and the 'Shuttle-Shaped Zhen Beast' enveloping Dragon Cypress accelerated forward, disappearing into the dimensional channel.

In the next moment,

crossing through the torn space, they appeared in the dark deep space.

The Universal Compass checked, ahead was the Azure Star System, and the distance was significantly closer.

Behind, through the Sun and Moon Twin Radiance ability, there remained a weak connection with Ink Orchid.

"Seems like it's not that far..."

"Well! Mastering the Spatial Jump ability is truly what makes one a 'Universe Lifeform' in the true sense..."

Dragon Cypress muttered, examining themselves.

Inside the Tech Star Core, a third of the spatial power remained.

The rule of Starship navigation is to retain enough energy to deal with potential unexpected situations during a jump.

——In fact, each jump transition requires 21 days of energy accumulation.

——The distance, however, needs precise measurement.

——The Universal Compass and Jump Transition abilities have no major issues.

——There is also a 'Gravity' ability.

Dragon Cypress's thoughts moved, the 'Zhen Beast' covering the surface receded like flowing water, regrouping at their side, transforming into a four-legged artist form.

The Tech Star Core drew Primordial Energy, transforming it into Spatial Primordial Energy, storing it up.

After a long time,

once the energy storage was complete, the artist lifted the left front paw, opened its claw, and the Spatial Primordial Energy gathered in the claw, compressing into a point.