【This is probably the Andromeda local galaxy’s black technology.】
【Anyway, with this Illusion Bottle, these two Birdmen can contain Formless and take it wherever they go.】
【Now, you want to see how they plan to cross the scale of the universe without a Channel in the Solar System and find a black hole.】
【You watched as the two Birdmen circled the Moon before carefully choosing a flat, open area.】
【Each of them held a Spiritual Treasure resembling a quill and began drawing mysterious patterns on the ground, working separately.】
【You watched from the side without saying a word, pretending you knew exactly what they were doing.】
【The two Birdmen drew a complicated pattern on the ground.】
【At a glance, you could make out a huge hexagram.】
【But all around the hexagram were many strange, twisted patterns attached to it.】
【“This is our Skyhawk Cult’s ‘Planetary Synchronization Formation.’ It can transport us from one planet to another within a certain range.”】
【“Mm, I understand.” You continued pretending you understood. “So, what’s the cost?”】
【“It draws energy from the planet’s core.”】
【“Hmph, I knew it! Have you used it on Earth?”】
【“Our destination is Earth. We’d planned to leave once the Formless experiment was over. Since the experiment still isn’t finished, naturally, we haven’t used it on Earth.”】
【That explanation made sense, and you felt they probably weren’t lying.】
【A planet’s core was under intense heat and pressure, and contained tremendous energy.】
【This so-called “Planetary Synchronization Formation” of theirs could jump from one planet to another and even let them choose the direction. It was probably far more impressive than the Black Monkey King’s lousy staff splitting open the heavens.】
【But every time they teleported, they drew energy from the planet’s core. For the planet being drained, that meant its life force was being depleted.】
【If it were an inhabited planet, its ecosystem would inevitably be destroyed, and life might even face a mass extinction.】
【Fortunately, the Moon was only a satellite, and its value was nowhere near Earth’s.】
【Besides, getting Formless away was urgent. The Moon Maiden would just have to bear with it.】
【While the two of them were busy, you also asked whether they could control how much energy the formation drew.】
【They said they could, but the less they drew, the shorter the distance they could teleport.】
【So you told them to draw as little as possible, just enough to get them to Mars.】
【Then they could jump from Mars to the next planet.】
【They would keep repeating the process, trying to minimize the damage to each planet in the Solar System.】
【The two Birdmen exchanged a glance. It seemed they could do it, but it would put quite a strain on the Spiritual Treasures they were holding.】
【Under your intimidating authority, they had no choice but to obey.】
【Before stepping onto the Planetary Synchronization Formation, you took one last look at Earth.】
【That azure planet was the steadfast home you would always hold in your heart.】
【You had a feeling that after leaving this time, it would be hard to return to Earth.】
【You hadn’t properly said goodbye to the friends you’d made over the years, nor had you visited your parents’ graves one last time.】
【But you were taking it pretty well.】
【Now that you knew the Real Realm was the world where you had lived in your previous life, you’d have plenty of chances to return to Earth in the future.】
【Though you might have to wait until your next simulation.】
【“Boom!”】
【The hexagram of the Planetary Synchronization Formation suddenly sank into the ground, then burst forth in an instant, forming a beam of hexagram-shaped light perpendicular to the ground.】
【You and the two Birdmen vanished into the light.】
【The next instant, you appeared on Mars.】
【Under your supervision, the two Birdmen continued drawing formations, activating them, and teleporting.】
【The cycle repeated until you were outside the Solar System.】
【After confirming that the planet beneath your feet wasn’t any planet, moon, or comet in the Solar System, you told them to draw as much energy as they wanted. This time, the farther they teleported, the better.】
【Year 147. Age 173.】
【The two Birdmen were like a pair of laborers. Under the watchful eye of you, their overseer, they kept drawing formations and teleporting, then drawing more formations and teleporting again, miserably searching the universe for a black hole.】
【“Senior Chen Yi, how about we just dump Formless on some uninhabited planet? Black holes are really hard to find.”】
【“Earth’s scientists estimate that there are about 170 million black holes in the Milky Way, ah, what we call the Celestial River local galaxy! 170 million! If I close my eyes and point in any direction, there’s bound to be one there, right? And you still can’t find one? Are you even trying?”】
【Barton and Horton could only sigh and continue searching as ordered.】
【To be honest, you didn’t know how to find a black hole either.】
【But you knew that if you pushed them, they’d come up with something.】
【Sure enough, to improve their search efficiency, the two combined their law powers and came up with a way to detect whether there were black holes within several star clusters.】
【That greatly improved their efficiency.】
【Year 148. Age 174.】
【After two years of nonstop teleportation and exploration, you and the two Birdmen finally found a black hole.】
【From up close, the black hole looked very much like the one shown in the movie Interstellar.】
【A colossal object, pitch-black at the center and surrounded by a golden halo.】
【“All right, you two can go throw Formless in. But only one of you needs to go. I still need your help with something, so don’t both get yourselves killed here.”】
【As they watched the black hole turning calmly, Barton and Horton were anything but calm inside.】
【They swallowed repeatedly, their foreheads slick with cold sweat.】
【They were Immortal Lords, figures of high standing in the Andromeda local galaxy, even within the Skyhawk Cult.】
【They’d never expected that a visit to the Celestial River local galaxy would end with them being driven around by a human.】
【It was humiliating.】
【And now they had to risk their lives approaching a black hole. They were both having serious second thoughts.】
【But they couldn’t beat you in a fight. How depressing!】
【“Brother Barton, how about you go?”】
【“Why should I go? Brother Horton, you know the most about black holes. You should go.”】
【“No, no, this is my first time dealing with a black hole. Brother Barton has more experience and has seen countless holes. What’s one little black hole to you?”】
【They began trying to defer to each other.】
【You tapped each of them.】
【“Little chick, little chick, who should I pick? You! All right, you go, you volcanic freak bird.”】
【Barton had never understood the nickname you’d given him, but he knew you were talking about him.】
【“M-me?”】
【“Who else?”】
【“Sigh...”】
【Barton sighed, took the Illusion Bottle containing Formless from Horton, and prepared to fly toward the black hole with the air of a man marching bravely to his death.】
【“Wait a moment.”】
【Hearing your voice, Barton felt a warm current rise in his heart.】
【Could Chen Yi have finally grown a conscience?】
【“Leave all the supplies on you behind. And if you have a Pot Heaven space, open it and let me inspect it.”】

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