Chapter 32: "Miracle of Abundance" and "Disaster of Longevity"
This was a battlefield…
A battlefield where the stench of blood from the Immortal Vessel and the Followers of Abundance had yet to dissipate.
Deep down, you did not want to pay it too much attention—this was not your war.
However, you had always yearned for the stellar xenomorph (alien species) that appeared after the moon shattered; that was what you had been pursuing all along.
You did not want to give up now.
At the same time, a trace of curiosity about your own combat prowess arose within you; inexplicably, you were confident that the ordinary "Plague of Abundance" would not even be able to get close to you.
Thus, a subtle desire to test it awakened inside you…
The star skiff moved forward slowly…
Floating throughout the vacuum as far as the eye could see were many small spherical "droplets of blood"…
Your nostrils seemed to catch a rich scent of blood; you knew it was not a real smell, but rather the atmosphere of the place, and your subconscious felt that such a desolate, cold, and piercing aura was only natural.
The cruelty of the battlefield was evident.
Yet you knew that the scale of this devastation could not even be called a true battle…
You looked at the area where the fragments lay; it formed a band pointing forward, as if one side had been pursuing while the other fled…
The direction of the debris was exactly where you were headed; perhaps a bit farther ahead…
You would be drawn into this war.
So what? You now had the ability to protect yourself.
With that thought, you continued forward in silence, guiding the star skiff along the trail of debris…
This quiet journey lasted about two days, until the scene before your eyes finally changed and a gray planet appeared in your field of vision.
You guided the star skiff to approach slowly…
The planet grew larger and larger before your eyes.
Until all you could see was gray…
It was a barren, uninhabited planet, yet quite large; as the distance between you and the planet closed, you saw a battleship.
Bearing the banner of the Immortal Vessel…
They were the Cloud Knights.
That battleship also noticed you; two star skiffs flew out from the massive warship, one from the left and one from the right, approaching you.
"Who goes there?"
"Mr. Su? How could it be you?"
One of the Cloud Knights piloting a star skiff recognized you.
"This is a battlefield—extremely dangerous. Mr. Su should not be here…"
The two Cloud Knights escorted you to the massive battleship. You breathed a sigh of relief—it was good that someone recognized you; otherwise, you would have had to explain your identity.
"General! This is Mr. Su Xiaobai, private tutor of the Yuque Heavenly Ark."
The Cloud Knight who brought you aboard went to report, and the general he spoke to appraised you with curiosity.
"A scholar is fragile; why come to such a dangerous place?"
"I enjoy traveling through the Sea of Stars…"
Your answer was simple; you did not reveal your true purpose.
"Stay here for now. When the battle is over, we will send Mr. Su away…"
After the general finished speaking, he paid you no further attention, instead turning to a virtual screen before the battleship, where faint green and red points of light were displayed.
Even if you did not fully understand it, you could tell that the green points of light—representing allies—were subtly forming an encirclement around the red enemy markers.
You then looked at the calm, confident expression on the general's face.
Your judgment: this appeared to be a battle with victory already in hand.
You no longer paid it much attention, simply waiting quietly for that blood moon; you had researched this before coming.
Since registering your name with the Divination Commission, you had gained access to far more information than before.
On Yaoqing Xianzhou, there was a blood moon that the people of the Immortal Vessel once regarded as a "Divine Miracle of Abundance," and now called the "Calamity of Longevity and Pestilence."
That was the work of Yaoshi, the Abundance.
That blood moon had always hung silently over Yaoqing Xianzhou, casting its light equally upon the people of the Immortal Vessel.
It subtly altered their physical mechanisms, allowing their lifespans to be extended.
And across the Pan-Galaxy, there were countless similar "relics."
Yaoshi was never stingy with "blessings."
Correspondingly, in the vicinity of areas blessed by Him, wherever the light of the "blood moon" reached would be affected by that blessing.
You guessed that the reason longevity-extending xenomorphs (alien species) were born within that blood moon was due to this influence.
However, clearly, the time had not yet come; there was still a need to wait.
Thus, even if you had a way to leave, you planned to remain aboard this massive battleship and wait for the appearance of that moon…