40,000 Years of Cultivation

Seeing Ding Lingdang’s clear and sincere eyes, and perceiving the strength of her warm hands, Li Yao was so touched that he couldn’t add to it, saying, “I can say something about destroying the earth, but I want to go deep into the empire immediately and explore the secrets of the ancient civilization. , Looking for the location of the earth, I don’t know what kind of support the Federation can provide me now, and what do you...what do you say."

Ding Lingdang's eyes dimmed and said, "The original term of the Federation Speaker was once every five years, and I will soon have it full, but this system is that the Federation only occupied a small territory in a corner of the Tianyuan Realm five or six hundred years ago. It was formulated during the turbulent times. Now the Federation has encompassed nearly ten large worlds. The social and government structure is quite stable. The parliament has proposed reforms. It is still unknown how to change it. However, during the transitional period, I can't rush off the burden on my shoulders."

"In other words..."

Li Yao was very embarrassed and said, "I am leaving again alone?"

"Since we met, we have always gathered little and separated more."

Ding Lingdang faintly said, "Before I met you, I had always been alone, doing my own way, and I really enjoyed the feeling of being alone, but for some reason, since I met you, I always feel that the days of being alone are quite tormenting, and living alone is like a year!"

Li Yao didn't know what to say, and secretly blamed himself for being too selfish: "I..."

"Forget it, the man I married is Li Yao the Vulture. If he can stay at home honestly, he won't be called "Li Yao Vulture"!"

Ding Lingdang grinned again and punched Li Yao hard in the chest, "Go, go and find the answer you want to find. I and the Federation will definitely support you! And when I take off the burden on my shoulders , I will also set out to find you in the Empire, I think about it... it will only take three to five years at most!"

"Wife!"

Li Yao squeezed Ding Lingdang's fist, and his voice became extremely soft.

"But I have one condition."

Ding Lingdang grabbed Li Yao's hand in turn, his eyes became very deep.

"What conditions?"

Li Yao's heart jumped and suddenly felt that something was not good.

"We have just been separated for more than three years. You will stay in the Federation for at most one month this time. You are going to the Empire again. The trip to the Empire is unpredictable. Talk about three to five years, but I don't know how long it will take to meet again. see."

Ding Lingdang said bitterly, "Then, as your wife, you are required to complete all the great disputes in the next three to five years, so that I will not be able to remember the pain of lovesickness in the next three to five years. ——This request is not too much, right?"

Li Yao swallowed hard: "...No, not too much."

"What are you waiting for?"

Ding Lingdang yanked hard, "Come on, the road is long, my cultivator must race against time!"

...

Seven days later, the former skeletal dragon star is now reborn as Reach, a starship with smooth lines, sturdy armor and powerful firepower, carrying Li Yao, Ding Lingdang and others slowly landing.

At this moment, Zhiyuanxing has been completely different from three years ago through the hard work and hard work of the remnants of the Black Wind Fleet and the exiled people of the Firefly.

Although it hasn't reached the level of sunny, birds and flowers, and turbulent waves, the large folds of thousands of meters high have all been blasted, and the valleys of thousands of meters deep have been filled in, and a large piece has been sorted out. The plains for planting and living on the plains have built towns composed of silver-colored egg-shaped fortresses.

The outside of the town is all wrapped in layers of colorful films, which can withstand the squalls of the outside world and filter the deadly poisonous gas.

Li Yao saw many carefree children playing in the open air under the protection of bubbles. Even at an altitude of several thousand meters, they seemed to be able to hear their silver bell-like laughter. warm.

"What a vibrant planet!"

He couldn't help but exclaim.

However, after crossing several huge folds nearly 10,000 meters high, after going deep inland, there is still a large piece of land still in a barren state.

Looking around, there are layers of folds, fragmented rocks and strong winds that can be seen with the naked eye.

Above the towering mountains, snow-capped and overlapping ice layers, it looks like a desolate and deadly silence that no living creature can survive.

However, in this barren inland, dozens of hideous starships are moored, and a large number of war shuttles and crystal armors rise and fall, creating a scene of a busy military base.

On the bows of those starships, the three-star blitz emblem with teeth and claws is clearly visible.

In the sky above the highest mountains and military bases, dozens of true human empire flags-the three-star blitzkrieg flag were flying.

At first glance, it looks like an "advance base" already occupied by the Imperial Army.

"This is the'strategic fraud center' that you specially designed?"

Li Yao asked curiously.

"Yes, the true human empire doesn't know the news of Xinghai Beach, let alone that the Black Wind Fleet has been wiped out and even'battlefield uprising', and we don't want them to know this."

Ding Lingdang said, "However, the intermittent communication between the two parties has not been completely cut off. We also want to get valuable information from within the empire, and occasionally we have to transmit some news back.

"So, we relied on the skeletal dragon, starry, uninhabited environment, and extinct birds and beasts, to forge the black wind fleet's'forward base', and set up a strategic fraud center, with Jin Xinyue as the commander of the fraud force. The deputy commander of the Black Wind Fleet, Di Feiwen, served as the deputy commander to jointly complete the fraud and intelligence collection of the inland of the empire.

"Look, the surrounding environment is so desolate. It is simply a prehistoric planet with nothing, but with a certain degree of atmosphere, it seems that there is still a little value that can be developed and utilized. It belongs to the standard'chicken ribs', tasteless and discarded. What a pity.

"In the false news that we transmitted to the mainland of the empire, most of the territory of the Star Federation is on such planets. We hope to dispel the interest of other warlords and nobles in the empire in the Star Beach to the greatest extent, but it can also give the Black Wind Fleet a chance The long-term stay here provides a reasonable excuse.

"The concept that we want to instill in the empire is that the Star Beach is an unremarkable barren land, not worthy of a special trip to conquer with great fanfare, but since the Black Wind Fleet has traveled a long distance, and it is all in itself. The bereaved dog, then I have to pinch his nose and settle down here for the time being!

"In order to enhance our persuasiveness, we also photographed a large number of nearby environments, and sent them back to the Empire together with a large number of fake and real planetary parameters. At least so far, the effect is not bad. The Empire believes that the Black Wind Fleet is still suppressing the Star Federation. During the process, everything went smoothly except for the harsh environment, so there was no plan to send a second expeditionary force."

The apron of the "Black Wind Fleet Advance Base" cracked a huge gap, and Li Yao, Ding Lingdang and others slowly flew into it.

Underneath is a huge dock, and several ultralight starships are undergoing final inspections.

These starships...

It is one round smaller than Li Yao’s most familiar multi-functional exploration ship "Spark". The surface is crystal clear, as if it is made of countless crystal scales, which brings the feeling of a Pangu single-person escape capsule. .

On the whole, elegant, vigorous, secretive and ghostly, standing on top of the pinnacle of federal starship refining standards.

Li Yao is a magic weapon expert, has a natural intuition for most magic weapons, and can instantly perceive the power contained in these starships.

"Although some news can occasionally be sent from the empire, it is far from enough to give us a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the empire at this moment. What's more, the truth of these news itself is unknown-for the Black Wind Fleet. The ambitious warlord expeditionary army, the nobles in the empire, and even the emperor, may not be able to tell the truth."

Ding Lingdang said, "Therefore, it is imperative for the Federation to conduct active reconnaissance of the empire and send trusted candidates to go deep into the empire to collect first-hand intelligence. We named this intelligence gathering operation the'Sky Eye Project'. .

"These ultra-light starships in front of you are based on the Spark multifunctional exploration ship, which combines the Pangu single-person escape capsule, the Black Wind Fleet and the superior starship refining technology on the Firefly, and is the latest generation of the Federation. The stealth exploration ship, named the'Sky Eye', has performance many times more advanced than the one that carried you to the depths of the dark nebula a hundred years ago, mainly due to its powerful stealth and ultra-long-distance communication capabilities.

"Now we have a detailed star map of the real human empire, as well as the traffic map and navigation map from the empire to the Federation. Even if a large-scale fleet is sent in the past, as long as it is not excessively pursuing precision and formation, it may not be impossible. .

"But if such a fleet is teleported, it will definitely be noticed by the empire. It will not only be a meat bun and a dog, it will never return, but it will even be touched by the empire's immortal cultivator. It will be self-defeating to discover the truth about the Federation.

"Therefore, the initial reconnaissance operations can only be based on the'sky-eye' stealth exploration ship, carrying a minimum of elite scouts, and clarifying the general situation of the empire. The most important thing is the battle between the empire and the Holy League, and the empire’s open direction Whether the messages sent by the Black Wind Fleet are true or not... By sending this information back, or even secretly forming a Stargate that unilaterally sends guidance signals to the Federation, we will know what to do next.

"Basically, this is an upgraded version of your original exploration of the dark nebula. The biggest difference is that the ancient sacred world in the dark nebula is far less developed than the Federation, and the real human empire is very likely in all aspects. They are all above the Federation, so the difficulty of collecting intelligence has to be increased by several levels."