78: Chapter 77 The Eternal Night Galaxy

There was only one month left until the end of the year; soon, it would be the Emperor's Tax Day.

Xia Xingchen temporarily set aside other matters; his main task now was to focus his energy on completing the tax payment.

Xia Xingchen had nearly over a hundred million credits, so he wasn't particularly anxious about this.

What Xia Xingchen was considering more now was where these credits ultimately flowed.

Many Transmigrators in the group had speculated that most of the credits and resources everyone handed over were transformed into the Empire's combat power.

Many people had seen with their own eyes that the previously empty Imperial armories suddenly appeared with massive amounts of weapons and ammunition; weapons that had already run out of ammo could suddenly fire bullets continuously again.

And the Chaos side had also gained unimaginable power. For instance, after some Greater Daemons of Chaos were banished, they originally needed a long time to re-condense their physical forms, but now, according to one Transmigrator who guaranteed it while patting his chest, he had seen with his own eyes a banished Greater Daemon resurrect in place in just one minute.

However, there was no need to worry, as the Imperial side had also displayed an extremely terrifying side.

The Emperor's Legion of the Damned was appearing more and more frequently.

A Transmigrator had once seen with his own eyes during a battle that the Emperor's statue collapsed amidst roaring flames, and subsequently, the Legion of the Damned, clad in black power armor, walked out from the ruins and flames.

What followed was a brutal execution of Chaos that lasted for half an hour.

In the words of that Transmigrator, the scene was too horrible to look at; Chaos Cultists and demons were torn apart on the spot by hand.

It was very obvious that due to the existence of Transmigrators, everything we created was as if we were transfusing blood to both the Empire and Chaos simultaneously, making this war, which had already lasted for ten thousand years, even more cruel and protracted.

Xia Xingchen closed the system screen; at this moment, he had arrived at the science room where Leovitos and Wang Ke were together.

They were studying that star map left over from the Dark Age of Technology.

"Archon, you're here! You really should take a look at this legacy from the Dark Age of Technology; the treasures within are simply like a vast ocean, inexhaustible and endless!"

Xia Xingchen immediately interrupted Leovitos and Wang Ke's self-promotion: "Stop bragging here, hurry up and tell me, what is it you want me to see? I still have to rush to the Triplex-Phall Forge World to purchase equipment and weapons."

Wang Ke immediately opened a virtual star map for Xia Xingchen.

Most areas on the star map were clearly visible, except for one area that was shrouded in thick gray mist, where nothing could be seen.

"The location we are talking about is right here, the Eternal Night Galaxy."

Wang Ke said while drawing a circle on the star map with his hand.

"What kind of place is this?" Xia Xingchen asked puzzledly.

"Sir, this is a sealed pocket galaxy. It is surrounded by massive Warp storms, and the entire galaxy is shrouded by a violent asteroid belt."

Leovitos's mechanical voice came, and he didn't forget to add a sentence at the end: "Praise the Omnissiah."

Xia Xingchen stared at that mysterious gray area on the star map, pondering for a moment.

"Since that's the case, I will organize an exploration team." Xia Xingchen quickly made the plan, "I will lead this exploration team personally."

For this exploration of the mysterious galaxy, Xia Xingchen had to go personally.

Xia Xingchen wanted to see what exactly was hidden in this galaxy that was worth being hidden so secretly.

In less than a month, led by the Tech-Priest and the Academy of Sciences, the exploration team was formed to ensure everything was foolproof.

This time, Xia Xingchen directly took Wang Ke, Leovitos, and Nuwa along, and the flagship being piloted was still the dream star.

Following the guidance of the star map from the Dark Age of Technology, Xia Xingchen's team soon arrived at the area surrounded by Warp storms.

These Warp storms were also mixed with a large number of asteroid belts from the real universe.

If one looked out from the porthole, this area was like the legendary River of Flowing Sand. In the turbid cosmic space, countless asteroids of various sizes floated, forming a huge ring-shaped belt that firmly guarded the entire galaxy within it.

This galaxy seemed as if it had been directly erased from the entire universe; if it weren't for the specialized star map guidance, it would be impossible for anyone to discover its existence.

This also meant that it was impossible to use space jumps to enter, because the violent Warp storms would completely interfere with the jump engines.

So the warship could only force its way through. Under Xia Xingchen's command, the dream star quickly raised its energy shields.

The rest could only rely on the warship's artillery fire. As the warship slowly approached, facing those asteroids flying irregularly in space, the ship's cannons fired rapidly, desperately clearing the obstacles along the way.

But those asteroids presented a strange state; they were like sand—wherever they were cleared away, they would immediately surge over from other places to fill the void.

The surrounding asteroids were as numerous as the sands of the Ganges; even with the dream star's weapon systems firing at full power, the propulsion speed was like a turtle crawling.

Soon, Xia Xingchen discovered that every time asteroids in one area were destroyed, asteroids from other areas would gather over like a tide.

This made Xia Xingchen feel a strong sense of crisis.

If things continued like this, even with infinite firepower, it wouldn't be able to stop this infinitely accumulating asteroid belt.

As the asteroids got closer and closer, gradually, some asteroids began to bombard the dream star's energy shields.

At this moment, Xia Xingchen, sitting on the bridge, felt as if he were sitting in a crazily bumping bumper car; every asteroid collision brought intense vibrations.

The captain, Zheng Hai, immediately issued a warning: "Archon, if we continue to endure the indiscriminate impact of the asteroids like this, the dream star's shields won't last long. When that time comes, we will only be able to rely on the hull to take the hits."

Xia Xingchen immediately cast his gaze toward Wang Ke and Leovitos: "Do you have a solution?"

Wang Ke and Leovitos discussed for a moment and quickly came up with a plan: "Break the deadlock with force."

"Speak human language! Don't give me those scientific terms."

"Simply put, it means using a sufficiently powerful attack to blast a vacuum channel in front. Just like inserting a hollow tube into the desert, the warship would quickly pass through this area via this tube."

Since the theory was feasible, the plan began to be implemented immediately.

But Xia Xingchen suddenly realized a problem: "Does our warship have such powerful firepower? Can it blast out an absolute vacuum area in an instant?"

Just then, Nuwa gave Xia Xingchen a reminder: "Have you forgotten, we still have a weapon that has never been used?"

She then said those three words to Xia Xingchen: "Singularity Cannon."

Oh! Xia Xingchen suddenly realized.

Damn, how could I have forgotten that superweapon?

This weapon had never been used before precisely because its power was simply too great; one shot was enough to directly shatter a planet.

Xia Xingchen sometimes couldn't help but think that he really should find an opportunity to let it clash with Abaddon's Planet Killer to see which one was stronger.

Xia Xingchen immediately issued the order: "Activate the Singularity Cannon, blast a path for me in front!"

After hearing the order, Zheng Hai immediately began operating the console.

The dream star's giant cannon, with a front caliber two kilometers long, emitted a low energy fluctuation for the first time.

Massive dark golden energy gathered crazily in the cannon barrel; the moment the energy accumulation reached its peak—

A dazzling dark golden light shot out instantly like a spear thrown by a god. It carried destructive power, like a gluttonous beast devouring everything, tearing apart all the asteroids along its path.

Even under this terrifying attack, even the violent Warp storms were forcibly cut open to create a brief gap.

The people on the bridge didn't waste any words; the dream star immediately increased its speed to the maximum value.

Like a bolt of lightning cutting through the darkness, the dream star instantly passed through that vacuum channel and rushed into the mysterious Eternal Night Galaxy.