After the planet Atali was captured by Fang Er and his pirate group, the Crimson Flame Star fell silent.
The Lomo people, who had been mining on the surface, had all been withdrawn to Atali.
The newly refitted Azure Emperor mothership welcomed its maiden voyage. Although the warp array was still unusable, it was perfectly functional as a regular mothership.
This time, not only Fang Er had arrived, but Li Shimin had also shamelessly followed.
His stated reason was that he was bored on Atali, but in reality, he wanted to see if Fang Er was hiding any more treasures.
The Azure Emperor mothership slowly started up. In the command bridge, everyone took their seats, with a few low-level members of the Mad Brand Pirate Group responsible for its operation.
Fang Er had exchanged them for two Japanese women with Wei Zhien Tian, with the purpose of teaching the members of the Skyfire Army.
"Route has been planned!"
"Destination locked!"
"Engines starting!"
"Ready to depart?"
"Depart!"
With Fang Er's consent, one of the low-level members immediately pressed the activation switch.
The massive Azure Emperor lifted off the ground and sailed towards outer space.
After more than ten minutes, the mothership broke through the atmosphere and entered the vast expanse of space.
"Prepare for hyperspeed travel!"
"Life support systems activated!"
"Pressure stabilization system activated!"
"Accelerating!!"
"........."
As this series of prompts sounded, the hundreds of antimatter engines built into the mothership were activated one by one.
Sub-sonic!
Sonic!
Ten times sonic speed!
One hundred times sonic speed!
...........
Even traveling at such high speeds, those inside the cabin felt no discomfort.
After three minutes, the mothership's speed finally reached its limit.
At this moment, looking out the porthole, not a single star floating in space could be seen!
Instead, countless streaks of light flashed past the windows!
It was as if they were in a temporal tunnel from a science fiction movie.
But in the next second, another prompt sounded from the control console.
"Begin deceleration!"
"Decelerating!"
".........."
Another three minutes passed. The low-level member operating the mothership turned to look at Fang Er again.
"Commander Fang, we've arrived!"
Everyone heard this and was utterly bewildered!
What the hell...
Fifty thousand kilometers, and we're already here?
It took over ten minutes to break through the atmosphere, three minutes to accelerate, and three minutes to decelerate!
So, this thing didn't even really get going, and it had already reached its destination?
Li Shimin's eyes widened, and he looked at Fang Er in disbelief.
"Boy, are you sure we're going to a place fifty thousand kilometers away?"
"How can it be so fast!"
"Damn it!"
"I haven't had enough yet!"
Li Xiaogong, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, and the others were equally astonished.
If this were the Great Tang, wouldn't they be able to fly around the Tang empire multiple times in the blink of an eye?
Although Fang Er also marveled at the speed of the mothership, he was somewhat relieved when he thought that its limit was infinitely close to the speed of light.
He first ordered the low-level member to land and then began to explain the concept of the speed of light to Li Shimin.
However, this did not reassure Li Shimin as much as it did Fang Er; instead, he was even more shocked.
"What did you say?"
"300,000 kilometers in one second?"
"One hour, that's ten billion and eighty million kilometers?"
Cheng Yaojin's mouth twitched unnaturally a few times, and he couldn't help but interject.
"Your Majesty, that's called ten billion and eighty million kilometers..."
"Slap!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit on the head.
Li Xiaogong looked at him with disdain. "You're the only smart one, aren't you? What are you showing off about!"
Old Cheng wanted to retaliate, but seeing Li Shimin glance at him with a look of 'serves you right,' he immediately shrunk his neck.
Damn it!
Can these two with the surname Li, who are in cahoots, still play together happily?
Damn it, revenge, this is naked revenge!
It's just a signature, isn't it?
It's been over a year, and they still haven't forgotten?
Li Lao Jiu, just you wait, Cheng Ye will deal with you after we disembark!
The spaceship slowly descended into the sky above the Crimson Flame Star.
This was a planet with a volume similar to the moon, but unlike the moon, this planet had an atmosphere.
However, according to the Dayuan Strain, the atmospheric toxic gas content was as high as ninety percent!
Therefore, normal breathing was impossible here; one had to rely on the help of a spacesuit.
Looking through the porthole, the planet was filled with numerous mountain peaks, most of which were continuously flowing with magma.
The extremely rare plains were surrounded by solidified lava rock, some of which had formed barrier lakes, making them rare cool spots on the planet.
But even these places, called cool spots, had temperatures exceeding seventy degrees Celsius!
Without protective measures, a person would absolutely not survive for three hours here!
Everyone put on their spacesuits and descended to one of the barrier lakes via a particle teleportation device. Looking at the scene before them, they were stunned into silence.
Diamonds!
Countless diamonds!
And gemstones of all colors!
These were embedded on the surface of the volcanic rocks, densely packed, like sesame seeds sprinkled on a flatbread!
After a long while, Li Xiaogong exclaimed.
"Holy crap, we're rich!"
"If we take this back, how much money can this be sold for?"
"Bang!"
Cheng Yaojin had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time!
As soon as he finished speaking, he kicked out his leg.
"Look at your ambition!"
"The face of the Great Tang has been lost beyond the Milky Way!"