The waiting time wasn’t too long, but it wasn’t as quick as imagined either.
According to the calculations provided by Star Order, the missile would need about 12 minutes to complete its jump.
Of course, that didn’t include the preparation time for the jump, nor the travel time of the trajectory.
All together, it could take over 20 minutes.
Such a missile could be called one of the most expensive items on the spaceship.
It wasn’t like other ammunition, such as high-frequency crystals or titanium alloy railgun projectiles.
Although those were also quite valuable, they still fell within the category of conventional weapons.
But the jump missile was different.
Not to speak of its destructive power, just the miniaturized jump device inside the missile was already of incalculable value.
And it was single-use.
Once the missile exploded, this device would inevitably be destroyed as well.
Converted into the currency of Water Blue Star, one firing of this missile would probably cost...
Well, Zhang Xiaoman admitted that he simply couldn’t calculate it.
After all, with the current level of human technology, it was impossible to produce such a thing; to say it was priceless was not an overstatement.
Now, this priceless treasure in an interstellar warship could only be considered a somewhat special expendable.
The disparity was hard to adapt to.
Zhang Xiaoman didn’t know what real interstellar warfare was like.
But given the current strength of humans, if they were to face a certain advanced civilization, they probably wouldn’t have the slightest chance to fight back.
He sat in the command room, chin in hand, thinking, and before he knew it, he had become lost in thought.
In such a state, time always passed quickly.
He was still pondering when Star Order’s alert had already arrived.
"Star Lord, according to the calculations, the jump missile has hit the target, but due to unknown energy interference ahead, feedback information cannot be received temporarily, so we cannot confirm the impact status,"
Zhang Xiaoman nodded, he had already considered this possibility.
Therefore, for safety reasons, he decided not to teleport immediately but chose to wait a while longer to ensure the missile had arrived smoothly.
After waiting about half an hour more, Zhang Xiaoman finally began to take action.
He first went to the ship’s changing room and put on a spacesuit.
The purpose of this was to guard against the possibility that the missile had not hit its target.
If the jump missile hadn’t reached Guleng Star, and he teleported there, wouldn’t he be immediately exposed to the vacuum of space?
So for safety’s sake, Zhang Xiaoman needed to put on a spacesuit to ensure he could survive in space.
Regrettably, although Unlimited Teleportation allowed him to carry small objects, it did not include living entities.
Otherwise, Zhang Xiaoman would even have considered bringing the rabbit.
After teleporting and landing, he could let it go out first to scout and see if Guleng Star was habitable.
Having taken some supplies and made further preparations, he silently activated his Unlimited Teleportation ability, and his figure suddenly vanished from the spot.
Elsewhere, on Guleng Star, 37 trillion kilometers away from the Dawn.
It was presently night there, and although Sun could not be seen in the sky, there was still a faint crimson glow all around.
That was Guleng Star’s moon "Vanessa."
It too was affected, reflecting the light from the constant star "Prism" at night.
The planet was deathly silent, with not the slightest sound to be heard.
It was unclear if this was due to the lack of an atmosphere that could carry sound, or because all the creatures capable of making noise had died.
Although the light emitted from Prism dimmed at night, it turned into a deep, somber red.
In combination with the surrounding lifeless scenery, it gave off an even more oppressive feeling.
Zhang Xiaoman appeared silently on this land, having already sensed the place in advance through his Unlimited Teleportation ability.
As planned, the jump missile had successfully landed on the surface of Guleng Star and hadn’t flown off into endless space.
Only, the reason for saying "landed" and not "hit" was that the missile had not detonated at all.
Zhang Xiaoman snapped back to reality.
All machinery within the Prism Star System had become unusable, and since the missile wasn’t designed to detonate on impact, it naturally couldn’t explode by itself.
This was an unexpected blessing.
Zhang Xiaoman decided he would find an opportunity to retrieve the missile at a later time, as he only had two in total, and they were irreplaceable.
However, the missile wasn’t his current focus. He quickly looked around as he landed and activated his Spiritual Vision to first ensure the safety of his immediate surroundings.
Zhang Xiaoman, clad in a bulky spacesuit, peered through the dim red light at everything around him, his heart unavoidably stirring with emotion.
Although he had vaguely sensed some outlines of the place before using Unlimited Teleportation, actually seeing a city on another outer planet for the first time still brought an intense shock.
This was Zhang Xiaoman’s first proper visit to a civilized outer planet, one that was more advanced than Water Blue Star.
However, the planet had lost its former beauty, and what now lay before him was a vision of an apocalyptic setting.