Global Era of Star Trekking

Chapter 1739: Chapter 848: Grabbing Chestnuts from the Fire and the Eye of Causality (Part 2)

Moreover, the situation with the mirror image warship is far from over.

Deep within the temporal rift, three mythical figures appeared in the depths of the void, their eyes seemingly embodying the cosmic principles of creation and destruction, tightly fixed on the now completely submerged mirror image warship.

In the next second, under the "Twelve Lives Life and Death Chess" feature of the replicated [Time Chessboard], the previously dimmed mirror image warship astonishingly regained its former fluorescence, even the ship itself was restored to its peak state.

Ignoring the surprise in the eyes of the three mythical beings, Song Chi, who also reconnected, rapidly controlled the mirror image warship to reactivate the teleportation components.

Simultaneously, above the warship, a divine soul illusion of the Di Man Race emerged, enveloping the mirror image warship completely, likely able to withstand the combined efforts of the three mythical beings for a moment.

What Song Chi needed to accomplish was to utilize this brief buffer to complete the far escape of the mirror image warship.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The replicated [Void Cloud Boat Model] components were reactivated, and amidst waves of spatial fluctuations, the mirror image warship vanished abruptly.

Over ten light-years away, as the mirror image warship emerged from the flash escape tunnel, Song Chi in the Zhu Tian Ruins Market felt slightly relieved.

’It seems, indeed, as the mirror image warship previously sank, the three mythical beings let their guard down, and the means of spatial blockade were prematurely lifted...’

While thinking, the [Starlight Flash Spirit Stone Talisman] component was similarly activated.

Next was the replicate [Angel Sovereign Wings]’s "Angel Wing Escape."

After multiple consecutive flash escapes, coupled with a "Red Vault Jump," traversing hundreds of thousands of light-years, only then did Song Chi truly feel at ease.

"Switch to the next target and continue exploring this Origin Star..."

Before finishing the command to replicate the [Dome Sky Wisdom Brain], Song Chi’s spiritual communication was abruptly halted.

As a Torch Ship Captain mastering time, space, and light, he sensed a flash of spatial fluctuation above the mirror image warship.

As he slowly lifted his head, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Above the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong Image Warship, three familiar terrifying figures followed like shadows, continuously locking onto the escape trajectory of the mirror image warship.

Or rather, they did so intentionally.

The previous escapes of the mirror image warship were all within their sight, with the purpose of tracing the location of Song Chi’s main body.

They had already confirmed that the mirror image warship was merely an incarnation, and this location was the surface of the Origin Star, aside from mythical units, no living beings could cross billions of light-years under the terrifying spatial suppression rules of the Chaos Divine Land to control an incarnation.

This was why the three mythical beings speculated that Song Chi’s true form was probably in a region not far from the surface of the Origin Star.

However, seeing that the mirror image warship was clearly preparing a new exploration plan with no sign of reuniting with the main body, the three mythical beings then revealed themselves again.

"Indeed... it’s impossible to escape!"

Song Chi’s eyes were solemn.

Three mythical beings—the [Heavenly Destruction Divine Machine], [Mother of Time Erosion], and the faceless gray-robed figure—even if he used all his mythical trump cards, he had not a shred of chance.

No time to think further.

"Boom!"

Among the three, the [Heavenly Destruction Divine Machine] had already taken the lead.

This mythical being from the Mechanical Race’s quantum core reactor suddenly overclocked, a [Causal Missile] marked with a bloody countdown tore through the void, instantly crossing several light-years, directly striking the mirror image warship.

The mirror image warship’s replicated [Mythical Pulse Energy Shield] and [Barbarian God Guardian] only managed to hold for 2 seconds before being penetrated by the causal weapon.

"Crack——"

The armor on the starboard side of the ship crumbled under the corrosive energy of destruction.

Before the mirror image warship could breathe, above, another mythical being—the [Mother of Time Erosion]’s nine heads concurrently screamed.

"Time Anchoring."

Invisible ripples of time spread, suddenly freezing the space around the mirror image warship; its teleportation engine, which could traverse a million kilometers in an instant, now seemed to be mired in a swamp, the basic flow of energy becoming extraordinarily sluggish.

The most terrifying of all was that gray-robed figure.

His faceless visage slowly turned toward the mirror image warship, his right hand made a virtual grasp—

"Return."

Two simple words, yet the time stream of the entire star domain reversed, within the mirror image warship, the "Time·Chessboard" feature of the activated [Time Chessboard] began to irreversibly collapse, the seven-colored chessboard illusion above the warship slowly faded again.

In the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, Song Chi still wanted to control the mirror image warship to continue resisting.

At this moment, the power of cause and effect pouring into the mirror image warship surged fiercely, above, the mythical energy surrounding the Heavenly Destruction Divine Machine erupted to the extreme.

"Seeking Cause and Effect!"

The terrifying mythical power obscured the sky, in the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, Song Chi’s heart raced wildly.

Deep in the dark side of the Void Sea, a giant eye completely composed of the power of cause and effect appeared.

This gigantic eye of cause and effect opened slowly within the Void Sea dark side, the depths of its pupils reflected countless intertwined strings of causal rules.

Each thread connected the mirror image warship to an unknown end, with the thickest one piercing through the boundless void storm, extending toward the direction of the [Zhu Tian Ruins Market].

"Huff, huff, huff!"

Song Chi’s pupils contracted, his breathing became incredibly heavy.

Though intuition told him that the now recovered to Ninth Rank [Zhu Tian Ruins Market] could absolutely not be locked by a Tenth Rank mythical unit traversing the endless Void Sea dark side, he was unwilling and dared not gamble.

What if?

If the coordinates of the [Zhu Tian Ruins Market] were truly locked, the consequences would be unimaginable—even if the three mythical beings couldn’t directly invade the Ruins Market, they would surely transmit the information back to the superpowers backing them.

By that time, even if he adjusted the position of the Zhu Tian Ruins Market at the first opportunity, absolute safety would be hard to guarantee.

In an instant, without hesitation, Song Chi issued a brand-new command.

"Disengage the Mirror!"

With a thought, the mirror image warship far on the surface of the Origin Star disintegrated with a crash, the entire warship dissolved into countless light particles, dispersing into the Origin Star Sky.

The pupil of the eye of cause and effect contracted suddenly.

That causal thread in pursuit of the [Zhu Tian Ruins Market]—broke!

"Boom!"

The dark side of the Void Sea surged into a towering storm, the eye of cause and effect raged due to the lost target, the terrifying rule backlash causing the entire Void Sea to begin collapsing, but all this was no longer relevant to Song Chi.

——The proactive disintegration of the mirror image warship not only severed the causal pursuit, it also caused the three mythical beings to completely lose the tracking clue.

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Zhu Tian Ruins Market Firmament, Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong Control Room.

Song Chi’s main body slowly exhaled a turbid breath.

In the depths of his mind, the last scene from the mirror image warship played out, where the three mythical beings stood in the void, the faceless gray-robed figure’s visage first showing an almost "stunned" fluctuation, the nine heads of the [Mother of Time Erosion] screamed wildly, and the quantum core of the [Heavenly Destruction Divine Machine] burst with dazzling sparks due to causal rule backlash.

If the seeking cause and effect ability could have been easily activated, why wait until now?

...

Compared to the furious three mythical beings, Song Chi, however, looked down at his palm.

A bronze shard floated quietly—not forcibly captured by him, what else but the [Broken Door of the Temple of Time]?

Though it wasn’t the complete temple door, it was enough to serve as a clue for future exploration of the Time Divine Hall.

"It was worth it."

Song Chi’s lips curved slightly.

This time, successfully snatching prey from the jaws of three mythical beings was indeed perilous, but the gains were substantial enough.

Besides this [Broken Door of the Temple of Time], there was also that—

He looked toward the opposite side of the console.

The drop of "Time Source Liquid" that had been separated from the polyhedron crystal was now emitting an enchanting silver-white glow.

He had completed the detection of this drop of time source liquid, and just this one drop was equivalent to 1.2 tons of time source crystals, converting to the time it could reduce for the Starry Sea Oddity, that meant 1.2 million years.

This item could not only be used on the family’s [Heaven-Swallowing Python Shedding], but if the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong ever encountered an emergency, it could completely serve as a special cooling trump card; imagine the effect of using the "Zen Seal: Inner Speed" feature ten times in succession on the temporary enhancement of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong’s combat power would surely be considerable.