Chapter 00106: The Ship That Came
# The Ship That Came
Chapter 106
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 106: The Ship That Came
As Ding Huan was happily practicing his Nine Paths Spear technique, he suddenly felt a large bird-like creature flying overhead.
A flying beast? Ding Huan's interest was immediately piqued.
He knew the art of sword flight, but he lacked a flying sword.
To perform sword flight, one needed at least a magical weapon, and the best weapon he had, the Starry Sky Blade, was far from being a magical weapon.
If he could obtain the genes of a top-tier flying beast, he could try fusing them with his own.
Any beast daring to fly in this area was definitely not a weakling.
Wait, what is that...?
Ding Huan was now an eighth-level gene cultivator.
Not only was his eyesight sharp, but his spiritual sense could also detect things several kilometers away.
This was clearly a spaceship, and it looked exactly like the God-Seeking Ship.
In an instant, Ding Huan realized that the Gene Alliance had brought this upon themselves.
They had finally attracted the attention of extraterrestrial experts.
The fact that this ship flew so boldly over his head indicated that it had already established a base and deemed this area safe.
Where was it heading?
The God-Seeking Ship? Ding Huan immediately understood that this ship was heading to find the God-Seeking Ship.
Ding Huan grabbed his last remaining Bai Jian Wood spear and rushed back to the cave.
"Big brother, do you not have any more Divine Crystals?" Qi Xinyue had stopped her cultivation and immediately came out to greet him as soon as he arrived.
"Xinyue, we need to leave quickly. I just saw a spaceship, identical to the God-Seeking Ship. It's probably heading to Bi'ao Island."
Ding Huan urgently packed his belongings into his bag.
Qi Xinyue looked anxious.
"Big brother, are we running away?"
Ding Huan was momentarily stunned.
Running away?
"Why would we run away? This is a great opportunity! We should hurry to Bi'ao Island. They've kindly brought us a ship. If we're late and they leave, we'll miss out on everything."
Ding Huan chuckled.
Qi Xinyue finally understood Ding Huan's plan and couldn't help but think that her big brother's ideas were always so different from hers.
Qi Xinyue didn't have much to pack, so she quickly followed Ding Huan as they rushed towards Bi'ao Island.
Noticing that Qi Xinyue was a bit slow, Ding Huan said, "Xinyue, although you've reached the third level of gene cultivation, your speed is still a bit lacking."
Qi Xinyue apologized, "I used to be much faster, but after switching to the Luo Shi Scripture, I haven't fully adapted to using true essence yet."
"Don't worry, just follow my instructions for movement."
Ding Huan began teaching Qi Xinyue the Wind Riding Technique.
In just over ten minutes, Qi Xinyue had fully mastered the technique, and her speed increased significantly as she became more proficient.
In just over two hours, Ding Huan and Qi Xinyue arrived at the seaside.
They had arrived much faster than when they left, but Ding Huan was still concerned about the time they had lost.
The spaceship had definitely arrived long before them, and he was worried it might leave Bi'ao Island at any moment.
As soon as they boarded the small boat, Ding Huan's true essence surged, and he steered the boat towards Bi'ao Island with all his might.
To his satisfaction, when they reached the museum, the spaceship that had flown over his head earlier was parked steadily outside.
There was no one inside the ship, which Ding Huan found quite disdainful.
They should have at least left someone to guard it.
"Xinyue, wait outside. I'll go into the museum first."
Ding Huan's spiritual sense had already detected that there were only two people inside.
These two individuals looked like experts, but Ding Huan knew that together, they were no match for even a dung beetle.
Ding Huan boldly walked into the museum.
"These trashy clowns, these barbarians! They've destroyed the God-Seeking Ship! No doubt they've killed our people too."
Ting Ti couldn't help but curse when he saw the wreckage of the God-Seeking Ship.
Ji Yuan waved his hand.
"No need to get angry with a soon-to-be-extinct barbaric species. Let's just extract the data and take it back."
"You probably won't be taking anything back," Ding Huan's voice came from the entrance.
"Who's there?" Ting Ti and Ji Yuan turned around simultaneously.
They saw Ding Huan, carrying a large bag and holding a wooden spear, walking in.
"Are you from the God-Seeking Ship?" Ting Ti frowned, not believing that someone from Earth could speak the universal language.
"Wrong guess. I'm one of the soon-to-be-extinct barbarians you mentioned," Ding Huan sneered.
Upon hearing this, Ting Ti immediately drew a sleek weapon—a light-killing crossbow.
Once activated, no one could escape its deadly shot.
The only drawback of this weapon wasn't its lethality or intimidation factor, but the time it took to activate.
The faster the user's reaction, the quicker the shot.
But Ding Huan didn't give him the chance to activate it.
As soon as Ting Ti aimed the weapon, a wind blade struck his wrist.
"Pfft!" Blood spurted out as Ding Huan caught the light-killing crossbow.
Ding Huan's spiritual sense scanned the crossbow.
It was powered by Divine Crystals, and it even had two embedded inside.
What a waste!
"You..."
Ting Ti stared at Ding Huan in horror, unable to comprehend what had just happened.
He even forgot about the blood gushing from his wrist.
Ding Huan ignored Ting Ti and turned to Ji Yuan.
"Hand over all your weapons..."
"Don't give..."
Ting Ti only managed three words before a wind blade slit his throat.
Even in death, he didn't understand how Ding Huan had killed him.
"I'll give them," Ji Yuan said, his face pale and his voice trembling.
He was afraid of death and didn't want to die on this insignificant little planet.
Ding Huan watched as Ji Yuan handed over a light-killing crossbow, an axe, and two daggers.
"Take out the hand crossbow on your back too," Ding Huan said calmly.
Ji Yuan's face turned even paler, and cold sweat dripped down his back.
He couldn't understand how Ding Huan knew about the hidden crossbow, but he didn't dare argue.
He quickly took it out and placed it on the ground.
Not only that, but he also handed over the pouch containing Divine Crystals and his personal communication device.
Ding Huan walked over to Ting Ti's body, took the pouch from his waist, and found thirty Divine Crystals and some personal items inside.
Without hesitation, Ding Huan tossed the pouch into his bag and then set Ting Ti's body ablaze with a flame.
Watching Ting Ti turn to ash in an instant, Ji Yuan was even more terrified.
After collecting all the weapons, Ding Huan said to Ji Yuan, "Let's go. We're heading to the ship."
"Yes," Ji Yuan replied obediently, not daring to argue.
"Big brother..."
Qi Xinyue ran out as soon as she saw Ding Huan and Ji Yuan emerge.
"You're Qi..."
Ji Yuan recognized Qi Xinyue immediately.
Qi Xinyue was a heretic of the Divine Clan, but she was also someone who could locate the Divine Clan's habitats, so many people had seen her before.
No wonder he could speak the universal language; it was because this woman had betrayed them.
Wait, Qi Xinyue was already an enemy of the Divine Crystal Continent, so she wasn't on their side to begin with.
There was no betrayal here.
"Open the hatch and transfer the ship's authority to me," Ding Huan said coldly to Ji Yuan.
"Yes," Ji Yuan replied, hoping only that Ding Huan wouldn't kill him.
Even if Ding Huan took the ship and left him here, he would be grateful.
The transfer of authority was quick and simple.
In just over ten minutes, the Divine Crystal III had become Ding Huan's personal ship.
Ding Huan renamed it the Blue Star.
He would eventually leave Earth.
History had changed too much, and continuing to rely on the Gene Alliance's ships to search for some wormhole was no longer feasible.
Now, he decided to take Qi Xinyue and leave on the Blue Star.
As long as they could find a cosmic teleportation vortex, they might be able to leave the Milky Way.
Finding such a vortex shouldn't be too hard, right? After all, ships from the Divine Crystal Continent had made it to Earth.
They couldn't have flown the entire way; they must have used teleportation vortices.
"Answer a few questions for me. First, give me the coordinates of the cosmic teleportation vortex," Ding Huan asked the most crucial question.
Ji Yuan frowned and said, "If I knew, I would have given them to you without hesitation. These cosmic teleportation vortices have been discovered over countless years by countless predecessors. In our fleet, only the captain has those coordinates. Moreover, in the entire Divine Crystal Continent, there are only two cosmic teleportation vortex guidance spheres."
Hearing this, Ding Huan frowned.
This meant they would have to capture the captain alive, and it would have to be done by surprise.
Qi Xinyue, standing beside him, said, "Big brother, he's probably telling the truth. Only a select few know about these cosmic teleportation vortices. On the God-Seeking Ship, only Captain Wu knew the coordinates."
"In that case, tell me about your fleet and the specific forces you brought to Earth," Ding Huan said.
Ji Yuan quickly replied, "We came with two battle discs and two ships, one of which is here. Additionally, we brought ten thousand immortal spiders..."
"What are immortal spiders? And how can your small ship carry ten thousand of them?" Ding Huan looked at Ji Yuan skeptically.
Ji Yuan explained, "The ships are small, but the battle discs are large. A single battle disc can hold not just ten thousand immortal spiders, but even a hundred thousand, with plenty of space to spare."
Ding Huan understood.
With such large space in the battle discs, they only brought ten thousand immortal spiders, likely because they believed in the spiders' combat strength and wanted to save space for loot to bring back.
"Tell me more about these immortal spiders," Ding Huan continued to inquire.
(End of Chapter)