Su Qi stood deep within the starship.
Gazing at the blue core before him, surrounded by various sensors, a multitude of pipes connected to it, carrying streams of astonishing particles. Every sensor around him, the dense mass of large screens, were all displaying various kinds of data.
And the one in control of all this was Xiao Meng.
"How's the progress?" Su Qi asked.
Xiao Meng displayed the figure of a little girl on a large screen: "Master, with the enhancement of this mechanical core, my learning and evolution speed increased by nearly a hundredfold. At the same time, progress in other research and development areas are also continuously improving. Moreover, I can parse a fraction of the content from the information torrent within this core."
The so-called information torrent.
It was Su Qi's nickname for the terrifyingly vast information encompassed within the mechanical core, a vastness of another dimension entirely.
And Xiao Meng was able to parse through it, seeming to gain access to the Divine Machinery Kingdom's blueprints, technology, and so forth.
Another was that it could be used as an unlimited energy source, driving the energy of the starship, yet not even one-thousandth of the energy it radiated on its own.
Over the last few days, Su Qi had gained a deeper understanding of it, connecting it to the keyword-question marks he had seen previously.
He arrived at a terrifying conclusion.
"The Divine Machinery Kingdom... has been destroyed."
This was a place with as many gods as the Present World, just an independently existing dimension with a much smaller volume.
"Such a powerfully terrifying divine country, yet it has been destroyed."
Su Qi's pupils reflected the blue light:
Su Qi even knew who exactly destroyed the Divine Country.
"It was the being known as the Terminator."
Su Qi didn't know whether this was an organization or an individual, but either would be extremely dangerous and terrifying. And this core was the spark of the Divine Machinery Kingdom.
If his guess was correct,
The being responsible for the destruction was searching for it, as probably were the survivors of the Divine Machinery Kingdom.
But none of that was important.
Once it was in Su Qi's hands, it became his personal property.
"Alright then, keep up the good work," said Su Qi without delay.
Although Xiao Meng's progress was crucial, there was no need for urgency in the immediate moment.
This starship before him... was built by the previous captain, who had exhausted great effort and high costs in materials and blueprints.
In reality, however, that fellow had taken a completely wrong path.
Only by parsing the mechanical core, using the authentic blueprints from the Divine Machinery Kingdom, would it qualify as a true super starship.
Su Qi soon returned to the ground.
The Starfire Potion had been widely distributed, and a large amount of data had been gathered. In these few days, Su Qi hadn't continued to visit the special Trial Land.
After all, he had quietly taken away everything there.
"Spatial rifts will slowly heal under the laws of the world, the chaotic flows that lasted for countless ages... have been quieted by me. They should be quite pleased."
Su Qi quickly arrived at the headquarters of Organization X, met with the old professor, and brewed a pot of tea for him, teaching him chess, occasionally stopping by to play a couple of games.
While playing chess and drinking tea, they could chat.
Su Qi naturally didn't just chat idly. Although the old professor was at most Seventh Rank now, he was still a distinguished Priest with a wealth of past information.
And most importantly,
He was much more simple than the cunning and sly Yellow Robed Priest.
As long as no taboos are touched, the Priest would share all he knew without reservation.
It's been over half a year now, and Su Qi had no idea how far Old Huang had developed, leading the many chosen from the Anxious Land from all worlds.
The old professor lifted his cup and took a sip of the robust tea: "Must say, this drink called tea is quite delightful."
He looked down at the board: "And this chess game you taught me, it has its own pleasures of offense and defense, it's just..."
The old professor paused:
"I've lost every time so far."
In this respect, he almost never lost. He often didn't need any other means to win easily.
Except for the Master of Destruction, her learning ability was too terrifying. Even in her youthful form, she could suppress him in just a few games.
"Professor, we must be nearing that coordinate by now," Su Qi said to the deep-in-thought old professor: "Have we found anything?"
The old professor's brows moved slightly:
"That's right, as we approached the range of the coordinate, the propulsion of the World Ship suddenly ceased, and now it seems like a gravitational pull from deep space, drawing our world closer."
"As for what we've seen..."
The old professor shook his head: "The void ahead cannot be clearly explored yet, but with the power of the World Ship, we are capturing nearby objects. So far, only some debris, nothing of value."
Su Qi nodded slightly, contemplating.
They were now nearing the Land of Extreme Evil. Although he wasn't sure of Paradise's progress, Su Qi believed the players should have entered that place before them.
In this world, specific information about the Land of Extreme Evil was unattainable.
"It feels a bit like the blind leading the blind, but it seems the Destiny Compass knows better than to rush in blindly."
For now, the Destiny Compass's guidance had stopped the World Ship from approaching further, and just this traction force from the void was enough to know the dangers ahead.
"And recently, the starship also sensed energy ripples around it. Although sparse and emanating from the depths of the void, their mere appearance indicated various battles had erupted."