Chapter 848 473: Journeying with Light

"Headquarters, headquarters, out of a total of 30,000 starships launching, 18,721 immediately went missing upon reaching the edge of the image of the Cosmic Void! According to the fixed point's Demon Element sensors, these missing starships..."

"...are all destroyed!"

The brutal data instantly struck everyone's hearts.

Because it was different from the predictions, the further expansion of the Cosmic Void caused its influence to swell, turning areas that were once safe into dead zones.

Even the paths once traversed by the expedition team, areas that were confirmed safe, are no longer secure...

That's why the last expedition team had no choice but to take on this moth-to-flame method.

If there were no Demon Element... without this magical resource that suddenly appeared at the edge of the Cosmic Void, they would have no way to counter the Cosmic Void.

It's as if the Demon Element was birthed by the universe specifically to combat the Great Void, the opposite of it.

If the entire cosmos is seen as a living being, then the Great Void is like a massive wound piercing its chest, and those Demon Elements are just like platelets desperately trying to stop the bleeding.

But even just this level of hope is enough to make generations strive with all their might.

Because the only thing not affected by the Cosmic Void's distortion of physical laws, is the Demon Element.

"The remaining expedition teams continue to gradually lose contact..."

"Lastly, inform all members of the 10,000 expedition teams..." This high-ranking official slowly closed his eyes and said silently, "They are the final team..."

Sorry, all expedition teams...

If any team succeeds, then we will journey together with you.

...

"This is Expedition Team 13, on starship number 1307." The Dark Elf, desperately trying to communicate with headquarters, finally received news.

They were just at the entry point of the Great Void's influence area; although the physical laws were distorted, communication was still barely possible.

As an intelligence agent secretly trained by the coalition, his current mission is to maintain communication with headquarters as long as possible, until it's absolutely impossible to connect.

"Sorry everyone, the reserve team has failed, no one survived. Members of the expedition team, you still have a final chance to return, but you are already the last group..." A voice from the communicator said.

At this moment, everyone fell silent.

They didn't know that this was a kind of misleading message from headquarters because if they knew there were more than ten thousand other teams just like them entering here, they would naturally feel a sense of fatigue.

But understanding that only they were left, at this moment, an endless sense of responsibility and pressure bore down upon them.

Regardless of who it was, their breathing became rapid.

Some were nervous and uneasy, some restless, or others made a firm decision, reaching out to touch the small talisman on them.

According to headquarters' instructions, they could turn back and become a deserter...

They could even shamelessly betray those who resolutely entered the Great Void, making them infamous criminals.

But at this moment, no one voiced the idea of fleeing. They all held their talismans tightly, burdened by a heavy sense of responsibility.

This responsibility was so overwhelming it took their breath away.

"Vote, return or continue forward..." said Tree-man Dominic, now the captain of this team.

In the next moment, an anonymous vote was held, but when the results were announced, all were...

Forward!

Forward!

Forward!

...

Not a single vote was to return, not even from Yi Shan, who clutched his talisman tightly, showing a smile worse than crying.

The thirteen hands stacked together; at this moment, they smiled at each other. Despite coming from different races, different civilizations, even different star systems, they were united as if like-minded.

"We should come up with a slogan so we don't get discouraged in the future," suggested Tree-man Dominic.

"Then, 'Dawn is coming!'" said the navigator.

"Dawn is coming!"

At this moment, filled with grief and hope, they had no chance to turn back.

They shouted the slogan "Dawn is coming" and headed into the Cosmic Void, just like countless fallen heroes before them.

This is the final war, and afterward, comes the dawn.

"Ahead is the area named 'Fragmented Space,' also the area where Expedition Team 7 left their beacon..."

"It's also where Expedition Team 7's Eternal Watcher finally met its end!" At this moment, everyone became wary.

Even though the predecessors paved a relatively safe path, it was only relatively safe.

With the continuous expansion of the Great Void, the constant distortion of physical laws, no one knew what unimaginable problems might arise here.

"I'll control the drone for front-line exploration and navigation," said the Dark Elf directly.

Although this task should be done by the navigator, he volunteered to go, because besides controlling the drone for exploration, he also needed to deploy the communicator to reconnect with headquarters.

Before diving deep into the Great Void, regardless of how low the probability, he must continuously attempt to contact headquarters, which is why this agent was involved.