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"What are you two doing over there? Don't tell me you're goofing off. Get in the car already; the old driver is in charge. If we don't go now, we're leaving without you," the chubby one said with a wave of his hand, urging them on with an air of dominance.

"Everyone get to your positions; we're about to start."

Once Roland and Kexiao had both stepped onto the Time-Space Transfer Device, under Yita's watchful gaze and accompanied by undulating halos of light, everyone felt a lightness underfoot and a disorienting sensation as if losing gravity, which passed in a flash and returned to normal.

This time, the parallel space jump took much longer than the previous 5-minute travel. Observing through a 360-degree holographic projector, one could see the external equipment of the vessel visibly decaying at an astonishing rate, undergoing unbelievable changes.

Looking out into space, apart from the constantly shifting colors of light—now a faint green, now a pale purple, now pitch black—no other sights could be seen, only the AI's synthesized voice continuously broadcasting real-time updates.

'Based on binary numerical calculations, the parallel space will use a counterclockwise X-value as a possible traversal singularity. If the space-time value is b, the parallel node is f, the temporal node is y-value, then the estimated distance between flat spaces is X, expecting to arrive at parallel space node X in eighteen minutes.'

The Blade Warrior nodded in satisfaction and immediately selected the inspection intensity option, followed by another synthesized electronic voice echoing through the hall.

'Engine permanent consumption is 0.59%, medium collision value is normal, Light Crystal energy collapse rate is normal, external device decay rate is normal, anticipating functional damage in two hours'—squeak, the system broadcast is interrupted, switching to another alert: 'Node partition countdown initiated, entering the counterclockwise X-point parallel crossing phase, please prepare.'

The Time-Space Transfer Device suddenly emitted a dazzling blue halo in the dim surroundings, capturing everyone's attention. The clock inside the machine continued to tick away, but at some point, it began to slow down its pace, slowing down indefinitely... until it came to a halt, as if time had frozen at that moment.

The sensitive Kexiao and others had already noticed this...

With a ripping whoosh...

Suddenly bereft of any sense of direction, everyone began to tumble about, the chubby one's head colliding with some metal protrusion and forming a lump, followed by a cry of agony, "Damn it, what the hell is going on?"

Roland gestured with his hand for the chubby one to be quiet, his full attention locked on the universe outside.

Looking at the vast sea of stars around them, the desolate universe seemed to have no changes, indistinguishable from the universe they were in before—except that Maraca Freedom Port did not exist here. The sky was full of dust particles, and only familiar stars continued to radiate intense heat...

This silent scene seemed to confirm a fact: they had traveled to the location where Maraca Freedom Port's Earth-like planet should have been, but beyond that familiar star, they could not find any other scene resembling their original universe.

Was it a coincidence, or was there some deviation in the time node? Both were possibilities.

"Where the hell is this?"

The dizzy and confused chubby one exclaimed. At first, he imagined witnessing another civilization, opening his eyes to a new world. Even if he couldn't behold a civilization far beyond modern times, visiting historical figures and taking part in their lives would be exciting—like seeing the great Einstein, Stephen Hawking, or even Newton being hit on the head by an apple.

But the result was miles away from what he had expected. The emptiness of space offered nothing but the early dust and meteorites from planetary formation, as well as multiple heavy particles—almost nothing else was visible.

Kexiao said, "Judging by the light, it seems that this star really is the one from Maraca Freedom Port, only..."

"Blade Warrior, you didn't just travel back God knows how many years, did you?"

"Traveling always has deviations and many inaccuracies. Based on this, we could refute the earlier theory and reposition the dimensional node."

The Blade Warrior looked at Kexiao and then at Sky Shadow, falling into deep thought.

"Should we all go to Earth next?"

"Earth?"

"Yes."

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Roland's personal suggestion is that if we want to find Feng Yi, the most basic and necessary condition is to search for the origin of mankind—the Earth.

After all, wandering aimlessly in a universe that lacks the human home planet simply makes it impossible to find people. Only by determining whether Earth exists and whether there is life can we judge whether humans could have emerged on Earth based on such information.

Some say that humans were created by God, which seems somewhat ludicrous, but upon closer analysis, it's not completely without reason. First, we must recognize the randomness of Earth's existence, the likelihood of such a random environment suitable for life is less than one in a trillion—gravity, mass, oxygen, liquid water, and even the Earth's magnetic field are all indispensable links.

In the resistance of the Oort Cloud, the Solar System is insulated from most of the harmful cosmic rays, and only by maintaining just the right distance from the Sun and the major planets is the birth of life possible. Perhaps the form of life is not necessarily composed of organic matter, but we cannot deny that throughout the years of human reproduction, we have also discovered some traces of life on exoplanets, such as Europa, Titan, Granum, or the Twin Planets, Satellite 7. However, the life nurtured by these star regions is merely the basic form brought by comets and is far from the height of intelligent life. The direction of evolution of all known lifeforms is essentially different from human existence.

Therefore, confirming the existence of Earth in this universe is of utmost importance.

Blade Warrior neither agreed nor disagreed, as these questions had naturally been considered before coming here, yet the scene before her still left her somewhat disappointed. Amidst the disappointment was a mix of joy—after all, the crossing was successful, and there was a star here. In other words, the parallel universe theory was indeed correct; the only issue was with the timing.

Fortunately, this Time-Space Transfer Device is equipped with a mobility function. She said, "We'll go to Earth now."

Boom!

The craft shook and drew a beautiful arc, leaving behind waves of particles in the space compressed by curvature, instantly disappearing from the original position of Maraca Freedom Port, heading towards the distant coordinates of the Solar System.

After some time, the parallel transfer device abruptly stopped in the vicinity of the Proxima Centauri region...

The length of the Oort Cloud is 1.02 light-years, and based on the orbit of the Sun, the distance from the Sun is about 70,000 astronomical units—in other words, from this distance, one can observe the structure of the Solar System during its chaotic formation phase through the equipment.

Yet, what presented itself in front of everyone was an empty black universe cut across by a boundless red nebula spanning over several light-years...

"I... I think we might have arrived at the stage of the nebula prior to the formation of the Solar System," said Blade Warrior, trying hard to control the surprise in her tone, but everyone could still hear the amazement brought about by the scene before their eyes.

"Based on the analysis of Maraca Freedom Port's red dwarf, this could indeed be the appearance of the Solar System before its formation, but the difference is that it's not our universe," said Sky Shadow calmly.

"How long before the formation of the Solar System... How long would that be?" Zhang Xiaobo regretted dying early and not knowing the exact number of years.

"Several billion years, assuming it's measured against the timeline of our universe."

"Roland, are you saying several billion years ago?"

"Yes."

Damn, the fat man was so shocked that he fell right onto the ground. Even if he had a hundred heads, he couldn't comprehend what a human life counted for in those several billion years of transition.

"We'll prepare to try crossing again; well, it's good that we have plenty of Light Crystal Energy," said Blade Warrior, calculating the parallel formula according to the universe's time nodes for transference while speaking.

The fat man began to question, "Miss, are you confident?"

"No one can be sure without trying it out first. I can roughly assure that the next crossing won't be too far apart in terms of time intervals, but it might not necessarily be this layer of the parallel universe."

The rapid tapping of Blade Warrior's keys was heard. After the time it takes for a tea session, there was a snap of fingers, "Done."

All eyes turned her way...

"Using the formula above, we can approximately compress time into a certain range. If there's an error next time, the range of calculation will be even more precise."

"What are we waiting for then, Miss? Let's get going," the fat man could hardly wait.

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