Chapter 501 Nuclear Reactor

Chapter 501 Nuclear Reactor

"boom!"

In the spaceship, a boat was cautiously moving in the deepest part where no one could reach. This was the core of the spaceship that absorbed chaotic energy and converted it into its own energy. If the spaceship was intact, this place would be completely closed, and except for the formation master who was responsible for maintenance, no one else could get close at all.

Inside the cabin, Xu Yang and Qingshan stared at the surging chaotic energy outside.

The energy converter core of the super mechanical treasure like the Spaceship is so powerful that even an ordinary eternal true god would be annihilated in an instant, let alone him, a small lord of the universe.

call.

They are now in a transparent pipe. Looking around, the entire core is crisscrossed with a network of transparent pipes. They are like mice trapped in a maze... Fortunately, there is a route map left by Lord Fire. Lord Fire and other formation masters used these pipe networks to deeply maintain the spaceship.

However, these pipes are not intact. The huge damage that caused the spacecraft to be paralyzed and collapsed has also caused the transparent pipes in many sections to crack or even break. Therefore, Xu Yang and the other two can only keep trying routes to avoid those sections where problems have occurred.

"I don't know if we can finally reach the place where the Three Evils Blood River is." Xu Yang sighed, watching Qingshan maneuver the boat to retreat. There was a crack millions of kilometers long in front of him. Compared with the size of the spaceship... it was not even as big as a hair, but from the colorful energy refracted like diamonds, it was a terrifying wave that could directly evaporate Xu Yang and the others.

He had been avoiding these cracks along the way. He had tried, throwing out materials that were as strong as the top palace treasures, but they couldn't even last for a millionth of a second.

He didn't think that his divine body was stronger than the treasure in the peak palace.

As for the Eternal True God-level armor in his hand and the Tiangong Furnace worth hundreds of thousands of cosmic sands, there is a possibility that they can withstand it, but unless it is clear that he cannot avoid it, he does not want to gamble with them.

Qingshan felt ashamed when he heard Xu Yang's sigh, and said quickly: "Master, please rest assured. This crystal wall network is intricate and well-developed, covering every aspect of this oven. We will definitely be able to find a safe route."

"I hope so." Xu Yang nodded.

If anyone is to blame, it's only Qing Xiao's choice of a good burial place. He had made a series of back-up plans, but he was unwilling to die like this, so he chose to make one last attempt!
And the place where he will make his last stand is the core of the spaceship furnace!
After all, for any mechanical secret treasure, the protection of the energy core is of utmost importance. In Qing Xiao's opinion, if there is any part of the spaceship that is not destroyed at the end, it must be the core of the furnace. In addition, it was at the last moment, and the entire spaceship was in chaos from top to bottom. He actually brought the God of Fire with him to get in during the non-repair period.

It's a pity that it was the wrath of the entire primordial universe and the tacit approval of the supreme rules. They, the eternal true gods, were nothing more than slightly larger insects in front of the primordial universe at full firepower. No matter how deep they hid, they would be crushed to death with one foot.

"Boom——"

Another violent energy shock came from outside the adjacent pipe not far away. Although Xu Yang knew that he would not be affected, his claws still unconsciously clasped the armrests of the throne.

Through the transparent crystal wall, he could see the colorful energy torrents surging like raging waves. Every impact made this "thin" pipe groan under the heavy load, as if it would collapse at any time.

"Master, there is another crack 300 light seconds ahead." Qingshan's voice was tense. He steered the boat flexibly and turned into a branch pipeline. In such a place, he dared not measure too large a distance and directly counted in light seconds. "According to the route map left by the God of Fire, we should turn left at the next node. The crystal wall there is thicker and more likely to have survived the battle."

Xu Yang nodded, his eyes sweeping over the dimly glowing three-dimensional projection in his hand.

This route map is extremely detailed. It is likely that the Lord of Fire who recorded this map only did so under the instruction of Qing Yao. Otherwise, even if he had a hundred courages, he would not dare to record it in such detail. This is a serious crime.

"and many more!"

Xu Yang suddenly raised his hand, and a strange color flashed in his eyes. His eyes were fixed on a slight distortion point on the projection image - there was an unnatural interruption in the crystal wall pattern, like a scar after some violent impact.

The transparent crystal wall allowed him to check the route projection in his hand from a long distance.

"Master?" Qingshan immediately stopped the boat, and the energy engine made a low hum.

"The crystal wall structure there..." Xu Yang's voice was solemn, "Look at this energy conduction node. It should have been a complete ring loop, but now it's broken. This is not a design flaw, but..."

"Permanent damage caused by overload impact!" Qingshan hurriedly retrieved the scan data for careful analysis. "Master, you are wise! Starting from the seventh node, the thickness of the crystal wall in this area has decreased by 37%, and the energy buffer layer has almost completely failed!"

"Not only that, what I'm most worried about is that a balance has been formed here over countless cosmic eras... Every detail inside is indispensable for maintaining the balance. It seems intact now, but if we drive a flying boat through it and break the balance..."

“Will it trigger a chain reaction?”

As soon as Xu Yang said this, the cabin fell into silence. Only the endless energy tide outside the pipe could be heard, like the breathing of an ancient beast, echoing dully through the crystal wall.

Xu Yang stared at the winding path on the holographic projection, his fingertips tapping unconsciously on the armrests of the throne - this was his habitual action when thinking.

In the projection, the pipeline appeared light blue on the stereogram, in sharp contrast to the other dangerous red paths. The mark left by the Fire God also showed that this was once one of the main passages, but the uneasy feeling in the dark made Xu Yang a little undecided.

"Master..." Qingshan hesitated, his voice full of hesitation.

Xu Yang did not respond immediately. His eyes penetrated the transparent crystal wall and looked at the faintly visible pipe in the distance. There, the colorful energy flow was like a bound dragon, swimming slowly outside the seemingly intact crystal wall. Occasionally, one or two energy escaped, leaving a sad and beautiful light mark in the void, which disappeared in a flash.

"I've been looking for this for so long, and this is the best one..." Xu Yang muttered to himself, and his right hand unconsciously touched the Tiangong furnace beside him. This priceless treasure was as cold as iron at the moment, but it gave him an inexplicable sense of security.

Qingshan called up a set of data: "According to the scan, the energy impact this pipeline is currently experiencing is still within the design threshold. Theoretically..."

"Theory is the most unreliable thing in the universe." Xu Yang interrupted, his eyes becoming more determined, "But we have no choice. The detour is also full of unknowns. Along the way, the damage to the major pipelines is more serious than here."

He suddenly stood up, his hair moving without wind: "Control the speed and accuracy, let's give it a try."

Qingshan hesitated: "Master, please think twice..." If it were Qingshan himself, he would certainly not say this, but he had obtained the complete memory that Qingmao had deliberately preserved, and subconsciously advised him.

Xu Yang pointed his fingertips at the projection, as if speaking to Qingshan, or as if comforting himself, "The key support points are all intact. As long as we don't trigger new energy fluctuations, the probability of passing is at least 80%."

Xu Yang raised his lips to smile faintly, "On the road of cultivation, has there ever been a perfect plan?"

"If you have the ability to clone yourself but still don't dare to venture out, then you are a coward."

He turned and looked at the surging ocean of energy outside the porthole, and said in a low voice as if he was talking to himself: "If you want everything to be perfect, I'm afraid you will miss a lot along the way."

These words seemed to suck away the last trace of hesitation in the cabin.

Qingshan bowed his head solemnly: "As you command, Master. I will adjust the boat right away."

Xu Yang sat back on the throne, his fingers gently stroking the lines on the surface of the Tiangong furnace. A treasure worth hundreds of thousands of universe seas, I think he won't be disappointed, right? Maybe it will really come in handy today.

"Remember," he warned at last, "turn off all non-essential systems when passing through, and reduce even the scanning ripples to a minimum. We have to float past like a ghost." Qingshan nodded seriously.

Xu Yang took a deep breath: "Let's go."

The boat slowly sailed into the calm but scarred pipeline.

As soon as he entered, Xu Yang felt an inexplicable palpitation.

Sure enough, when I got closer and took a closer look - the crystal wall here seemed intact, but it exuded a strange sense of fragility - like a spider web before a storm, calm on the surface but could fall apart at any time.

"Slow down to one tenth of the speed of light." Xu Yang lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing something, and did not even use divine power fluctuations, but chose the most primitive sound wave vibration. After all, the vibration caused by sound vibration is far smaller than divine power fluctuations.

Qingshan immediately carried out the order.

The boat glided silently in the pipe like a fish that restrained its breath. Through the crystal wall, one could see that the violent energy flow outside was showing strange regularity at this moment, like a beast restrained by some invisible force field.

"Master, the energy flow here..." Qingshan was about to say something.

"Shh." Xu Yang raised a finger claw, "Don't make a sound."

They held their breath and moved forward for about three light seconds. Suddenly, a fine line that was almost invisible to the naked eye appeared on the crystal wall in front of them - just like the tiniest crack on the ice.

Xu Yang's pupils suddenly shrank and he immediately made a downward gesture.

The boat was almost stationary, with even the engine switched to silent mode.

The fine lines slowly extended on the crystal wall, making a "squeaking" sound that could only be detected by the soul. Xu Yang's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He could feel that the entire crystal wall network was like a bowstring stretched to the extreme at this moment. Any slight disturbance could cause a catastrophic collapse.

One minute...two minutes...

The fine lines finally stopped extending.

"Continue." Xu Yang mouthed, "Slowest possible speed."

The boat moved through this dangerous area at a snail's pace.

When the last inch of the stern passed safely, Xu Yang and Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Start accelerating and leave this area as soon as possible." Xu Yang finally released his claws on the Tiangong Furnace and found that his palms were covered in cold sweat.

The boat quietly accelerated and soon disappeared at the end of the pipeline.

But what they didn't know was that about half a quarter of an hour after they left, a seemingly harmless breeze of energy blew across the crystal wall. The breeze was as gentle as a lover's caress, but the moment it touched the fine lines -

"Click."

A soft sound.

The crack that had stopped extending suddenly came alive and sprang forward, splitting into countless branches. In a blink of an eye, the entire crystal wall was like an ice surface hit by a stone, and the cracks spread in all directions at an alarming speed.

"boom!"

With a deafening explosion, the section of the pipeline was completely shattered. The violent energy torrent found an outlet and rushed into the pipeline network. A chain reaction began - adjacent pipelines collapsed one after another, like dominoes being pushed over.

As for all this, Xu Yang and Qingshan, who have already gone away, are still unaware of it.

They were parked at a relatively safe backlit node, studying other clues that Qing Yao might have left behind.

They learned from the memories left by Qing Yao that he would hide in the deepest part of the furnace, but the furnace was so huge, almost comparable to a medium to large secret realm, with no specific coordinates, only a 'deepest part'.

It is also very difficult to find.

“This, this, this, this…”

There are nine places in total, all of which are considered extremely deep and are on the same depth line.

“I just don’t know what the pipeline conditions are like on these nine routes. Can they be reached?”

Xu Yang frowned and tapped the handrail lightly. The nine locations were all places similar to "nuclear reactors", where energy was burned, allowing the spacecraft to spew out earth-shaking world-destroying flames.

"Let's go and try the one on the left." Xu Yang ordered.

"As ordered."

hum!
The flame at the stern of the boat blazed and its speed increased slightly.

Winding search.

Over the next few decades, they searched three places in succession. Perhaps because the protection of the 'nuclear reactor' was truly unmatched, the paths leading to these three places were not damaged, allowing them to search safely.

During that time, I still remember the first time I saw the nuclear reactor that blocked out the sun. It was like the shock of an astronaut facing the sun in outer space for the first time!

It is worthy of being the super-advanced technology from the continent of origin, full of mechanical beauty, and fully embodies what is big and complete, and what is big and beautiful.

The attack of the original universe destroyed all the creatures in the spaceship, destroyed the spaceship inside and outside, but did not completely annihilate the nuclear reactor. It was indeed dark in many areas, but there were still many places that were working normally. The surging and beautiful chaotic flames made Xu Yang's face, who was standing at the end of the pipe, project gorgeous flowers.

"Let's go, let's go, the fourth location. We have eliminated another location, and we are a little closer to the treasure." The stable environment, the magnificent scenery, and the treasure that is getting closer and closer, all of these make Xu Yang feel beautiful from the inside out. (End of this chapter)