Global Era of Star trekking

Onboard the Qingfeng, Shen Qing watched the operation with a hint of amusement and couldn't help but chuckle at Song Chi's caution.

Of course, his amusement was just a light chuckle because he had no objections to caution itself. In fact, he quite admired Song Chi's behavior deep down.

Every year, countless Torch Ship Captains die exploring the Alien Star Domain. Life is precious, and no matter how cautious, it's never too much.

Hearing the laughter coming from the projection screen, while controlling the drone's return, Song Chi replied.

"I have a classmate who always took 'low-key' as his personal motto. Guess what my life motto is?"

"Caution?"

After pondering for a moment, Shen Qing tentatively spoke this word, thinking that Song Chi would firmly deny it. To his surprise, Song Chi actually nodded seriously and even added a statement.

"You could also call it 'prudence'."

Shen Qing touched his forehead, somewhat speechless inside. Goddamn prudence, the precocious man he remembered wasn't like this.

Song Chi didn't care about Shen Qing's reaction. It was just a casual comment, with no exaggeration.

The day he activated the Star Sea Ruin Market Rank with Spectral Energy and successfully became the Ruins Market Lord, the word 'prudence' was indeed engraved on the very first page of his life's dictionary, but there was nothing he could do if others didn't believe him.

After retrieving the Hornet-class drones and ensuring there were no dangers within the Spatial Veil, the two of them maneuvered their airships to pass through the veil, one after the other.

This time, Song Chi's Cangqiong was following behind, and the Qingfeng was leading the way in front. They were now in the enclosed space Shen Qing referred to as the first layer of the ruins.

According to Shen Qing, he stumbled upon the spatial veil on the side of the monolith and discovered a Crystal Box sealing a blue oddity and several white oddities within this enclosed space.

In the end, it took Shen Qing immense effort and nearly twenty hours to shatter the Crystal Box with the Qingfeng's main cannon and obtain those strange objects.

However, after the Crystal Box was shattered, it completely turned to dust along with its fragments, leaving nothing behind to see now.

The enclosed space was massive, measuring thousands of kilometers in width and length, with nearly a kilometer in height, but it was nothing compared to the size of the two Torch Warships. In less than two minutes, Song Chi had successfully spotted the entrance to the second layer of the ruins that Shen Qing mentioned.

It was a Spatial Veil at the very top of this enclosed space, different from the outer veil; this one seemed to be reinforced, not allowing passage and filled with a powerful repelling force, preventing any object from approaching.

Seeing this, Song Chi finally understood why Shen Qing said there was a second layer to the ruins' space. Above this Spatial Veil, there obviously was another layer of space.

"The repulsion of this thing above is incredibly strong. Last time, I bombarded it with both the main and secondary cannons of the Qingfeng for more than two hours but still couldn't break through."

"Let's try together this time; if it's still in vain, then we're destined to have no luck with whatever is beyond these ruins!"

Shen Qing stared at the square Spatial Veil above, which was over a hundred meters in width and length, clenching his fists tightly with a hint of nervousness in his voice.

The moment he and Song Chi teleported above this Floating Land, the star path marker he left had already dissipated. This was their last opportunity to explore these ruins; if they failed, upon returning, they would no longer be able to precisely target this Star Domain.

Knowing time was pressing, and having already spent more than an hour on their journey, the two did not waste any more time. The main and secondary cannons of both airships fired at full power towards the Spatial Veil above.

Boom, boom, boom!

Beams of light and Spectral Energy shells collided with the repulsion force, followed by continuous explosions.

It was fortunate that this space was completely sealed off; otherwise, Song Chi really feared the noise might attract those terrifying giant earthworm-like creatures.

In this dark, enclosed space, the sense of time was very vague. If it weren't for the special timing devices on their airships, Song Chi and Shen Qing would likely have no clue how long they had been repeating the attack.

In the fourth hour of sustained fire coverage, the repelling force of the Spatial Veil finally changed, dimming significantly, and catching sight of this, the previously numb pair regained their sharpness in their eyes.

By the eighth hour of continuous bombardment, the repulsive force on the Spatial Veil had dimmed to an extreme, seeming as if it would break at any moment.

However, even by the twelfth hour of bombardment, the repulsive force stayed stubbornly substantial, with no sign of shattering.

In the thirteenth hour, just as Song Chi and Shen Qing were mindlessly continuing to press the fire button mechanically,

"Hummm!"

A sudden clear, vibrating sound echoed within both airships, and looking up urgently, the next second the faces of both men lit up with great joy.

That layer of repulsion surrounding the Spatial Veil above had become thoroughly dim without notice, allowing the attacks from the airships to pass through without being repelled by the Spatial Veil, creating ripples before plunging into the unknown space above.

Overjoyed, Shen Qing instinctively wanted to drive the Qingfeng toward the Spatial Veil but was stopped by Song Chi.