348: Chapter 342 Journey to the Secret Realm

A few days later.

Song Yang opened his eyes.

His gaze was profound, as if it contained the entire starry sky.

Through the massive porthole, an extremely discordant distortion could be seen appearing in the distant cosmic space.

Light there was being torn and swallowed by an invisible force, forming a massive and dark vortex, as if the universe had opened a giant maw.

"Is this the Artificial Wormhole connecting to the 'Cosmic Secret Realm'?"

"Correct."

Zeus's voice rang out, "This is the most stable known passage, but even so, every crossing carries unknown risks. Get ready, we're going in."

The starship's speed didn't slow down in the slightest, shooting toward the center of that distortion like an arrow released from a bow.

Buzz—

The moment the ship's bow touched the edge of the wormhole, the entire world was instantly swallowed by endless bizarre sights.

Song Yang felt a massive spatial pulling force acting on every corner of the starship.

The scene outside the window was no longer stars, but had turned into countless bands of colored light that were stretched, twisted, and entangled together, flowing backward frantically.

The concepts of time and space became blurred at this moment.

An unknown amount of time passed.

Perhaps it was an instant, or perhaps it was eternity.

Boom!

The ship's hull jolted violently, as if breaking free from a viscous liquid.

The frantically flowing colors before his eyes suddenly vanished, replaced by another completely different and brilliant nebula.

They had arrived.

This was the Cosmic Secret Realm—the Shattered Star Land.

Song Yang's gaze was immediately drawn to the sight outside the window.

This star region was unlike anywhere else he had ever seen.

The distribution of stars followed no pattern; in some places, they were as dense as sand, with the light of suns intertwining to illuminate vast areas of cosmic space like daylight.

In other places, there was a deathly silent darkness where not even a sliver of light could penetrate.

Countless fragments of shattered celestial bodies, massive cosmic dust belts, and colorful energy nebulae together formed a chaotic yet primordially charming painting.

"Such rich cosmic energy."

Song Yang could clearly sense that the free-floating energy in this space was more than ten times richer than in the human territories outside.

Cultivating here for one day was almost equivalent to ten days in the outside world.

No wonder it attracted geniuses from across the entire universe like a flock of ducks.

"Don't be deceived by appearances."

Zeus's voice rang out, breaking Song Yang's observation.

"Opportunity always coexists with crisis. According to my database records, ninety-eight percent of those who can come here are the top geniuses of various major civilizations."

"They have massive factions standing behind them and possess resources beyond your imagination. Every one of them is battle-hardened, a peerless talent who has fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood."

Zeus's virtual projection appeared beside Song Yang with a serious expression.

"More importantly, the vast majority of them have cultivation at the Cosmic Level. Your current Stellar Level Nine is at the absolute bottom here."

"Besides these Outsiders, the Shattered Star Land itself has nurtured countless unique lifeforms, including many powerful indigenous civilizations."

"Some can be communicated with, while others will view all Outsiders as enemies."

Zeus wanted to say that this was not a greenhouse, but a bloody coliseum where the beasts of the entire universe converged.

"Cosmic Level, huh..."

Song Yang muttered to himself.

"Zeus, you seem to have forgotten some of my trump cards."

"The Star Beast has already reached Cosmic Level Fifth Tier and is still growing."

The Blood Vine Tree, nourished by the Zerg corpses, has also broken through to Cosmic Level Third Tier. Its vines exceed fifty kilometers. In terms of how troublesome it is, it's no less than that Star Beast."

"Add to that the Mechanical Race ship..."

Song Yang's gaze became sharp.

"Tell me, if an early-stage Cosmic Level genius happily thinks they've caught a soft persimmon at the Stellar Rank, only to crash head-on into two high-tier Cosmic Level ferocious creatures and a mobile fortress, will their expression be quite spectacular?"

Zeus fell silent.

He had almost forgotten that Song Yang looked like a sheep, but was actually a prehistoric Tyrannosaurus Rex in sheep's clothing!

The starship traced a dark arc, silently approaching a marked planet.

As the distance closed, a planet of interwoven azure and pale green gradually occupied the entire field of view outside the porthole.

A thick sea of clouds rolled within its atmosphere. The starship silently cut into the atmosphere and hovered ten thousand meters above the ground.

Looking down from here, the land was covered by an endless primordial jungle, the dark green forest sea extending all the way to the end of the horizon.

Massive mountain ranges, like the spines of giant beasts, ran across the entire continent.

Occasionally, herds of creatures as large as small starships could be seen migrating across the plains, their heavy steps making the ground tremble.

A giant avian with a wingspan exceeding a hundred meters poked its head out from the clouds, its gaze sweeping below before it vanished back into the clouds.

These massive creatures were completely oblivious to the tiny 'black dot' in the sky above them.

"High-intensity energy fluctuations detected. Bearing southeast, distance thirteen thousand kilometers."

On the bridge's main screen, an image was instantly magnified.

In the image, several light dots representing high-energy lifeforms were violently colliding and chasing each other.

One light dot was particularly dazzling, yet it was constantly flickering and dimming, clearly under siege.

And at the center of their conflict, there was another energy source, appearing and disappearing.

"They're fighting over something."

Zeus gave his assessment, "Based on the energy reactions, both sides are at least Cosmic Level. The side being besieged seems unable to hold on much longer."

"Should we go take a look?"

Zeus asked; although it was a question, it had already set the probability of 'going' to ninety-nine percent based on Song Yang's personality.

The corners of Song Yang's mouth curled up.

"Of course we're going."

"In the Shattered Star Land, the weak are prey to the strong. Good things belong to whoever can grab them."

"Understood. Activating Ghost Mode. Estimated arrival at the battlefield's periphery in three minutes."

The starship's engines didn't make a sound. The hull, like a phantom blending into the air, quietly accelerated and sped toward that chaotic battlefield.

A good show seemed to have only just begun.