Double penetration, starting from being a trader

It takes 500 grams of antimatter to make a single strike, which is indeed very expensive.

It's important to understand that antimatter can only be produced through collisions of space-based weapons and materials in space.

The cost of just one gram of antimatter is almost 100,000 top-grade spirit stones.

Five hundred grams is equivalent to fifty million top-grade spirit stones!
This is worth fifty million top-grade spirit stones.

The annual income of Xingfeng Sect on Canglan Star is currently only around five million top-grade spirit stones.

This is also because Canglan Star is too small, and Xingfeng Sect can only obtain so many spirit stones through trading and mining spirit veins.

If he hadn't transformed the environment of Canglan Star, creating many top-grade spiritual veins, he probably wouldn't have earned so many spirit stones.

Of course, this is the return over more than 20 years.

Chen Feng hasn't returned to Canglan Star for over twenty years, and there are probably even more top-grade spiritual veins on Canglan Star now.

However, regardless of the circumstances, the cost of 50 million per round of annihilation artillery is still too high.

Seemingly sensing Chen Feng's thoughts, Tuo Sen said, "I'm already researching cost-saving solutions. In a few years, we should be able to reduce costs by at least half."

Chen Feng patted Tuo Sen on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"It's alright, I'll take care of the spirit stone issue. This weapon has been a great help to me, thank you for your hard work."

The appearance of the Star Destroyer Cannon undoubtedly adds another powerful weapon to the Xingfeng Gate. Although it is a bit expensive, its power is worth the price.

If you don't have enough spirit stones, then just rob them.

Where did Xingfeng Sect get its current reserves of tens of millions of top-grade spirit stones? They were stolen from other forces.

This time, he returned to the world of the painting, just in time to collect spirit stones. He would then go to the Jiang Clan and get some spirit stones from those forces that were targeting him.

Upon hearing this, Tuosen immediately asked, "When will we conduct the experiment?"

The planet-destroying cannon has never been tested since its inception, partly because there is no antimatter.

Their spirit stone reserves are simply not enough to produce five hundred grams of antimatter.

That's why Tuosen always hoped Chen Feng would come out of seclusion; if he wanted spirit stones, he could only get them from Chen Feng.

"I don't have that many spirit stones on me right now. I'll send them over in a few days. By the way, how much does it cost to produce the Star Destroyer Cannon?" Chen Feng asked.

Although he had some top-grade spirit stones, it was only a little over a million; the rest he had stored in the Xingfeng Sect's treasury.

"I don't know the cost, but I've used up all the materials you gave me last time," Tuosen said somewhat awkwardly.

Chen Feng nodded: "It's alright, the cost isn't too high."

The spatial materials he gave to Tuosen before his seclusion were worth about three million top-grade spirit stones, which he obtained from the Nanyang Sect's treasury.

After learning about the Star Destroyer Cannon, Chen Feng prepared to leave.

"I'm leaving now. I'll send over a batch of spirit stones in a few days."

Upon hearing this, Tuo Sen quickly stopped Chen Feng: "Professor Chen, wait a moment, there's another research project I haven't told you about yet."

"You've discovered something else in the last two years?" Chen Feng was immediately surprised.

It was already impressive that they had developed such a powerful weapon as the planet-destroying cannon in just two years, but there were even new developments that he hadn't expected.

Tuosen replied:
"This research project is only in its initial stage, and it's not something I'm doing alone. It's a project I'm working on with Professor Lin and others. The project is called Warp Drive."

"Warp drive?" Chen Feng's expression changed completely.

Although he wasn't a science fiction enthusiast, he had heard of such things.

The antimatter warships that were previously developed were already extremely fast.

However, the antimatter propulsion system of an antimatter warship is utterly useless compared to a warp drive.

This thing is truly capable of faster-than-light travel.

Chen Feng also knew some of the principles behind it. It wasn't simply about moving an object through the universe, but rather about using a special device to manipulate the surrounding spacetime.

Simply put, it involves compressing the spacetime in front and expanding the spacetime behind, placing the spaceship in a "spacetime bubble".

This spacetime bubble envelops the spaceship, enabling it to travel faster than the speed of light.

This spacetime bubble is also known as a warp bubble.

Some scientists have proposed a theory.

They believe that spacetime is not a hard floor, but a piece of elastic fabric that can be compressed and stretched by energy.

The warp drive's function is to compress and stretch spacetime.

If we compare the spacetime of the universe to a carpet, then humans are spaceships.

A person is now standing on this carpet, and can move it by pulling the front end and pushing the back end.

The person will move with the carpet, but their feet will not actually move on the carpet; only the carpet will move.

The warp bubbles generated by the warp engine are like a moving "spacetime wave".

From an external perspective, the warp bubble is moving faster than the speed of light.

Passengers inside the spaceship will not feel acceleration, and time will pass in the same way as in normal spacetime.

In theory, there is no upper limit to the speed of a warp bubble. By adjusting the intensity of spacetime distortion, speeds several times, hundreds of times, or even higher than the speed of light can be achieved.

This is Chen Feng's understanding of the warp drive; he doesn't know anything more.

"You guys really managed to figure this out?" Chen Feng looked at Tuo Sen and Lin Wei in disbelief.

Warp drive, that's already related to futuristic science fiction.

Antimatter engines are simply for acceleration, and they place extremely high demands on the materials used in the spacecraft.

However, warp drives are unnecessary, as they allow for complete manipulation of spacetime, eliminating material limitations for the spaceship.

Lin Wei, who was standing next to him, said:
"It's still in the theoretical stage. It's a long way off before we can actually develop it. Right now, we just have some ideas."

Tuosen, however, said:

"I think there is great hope in the research. Antimatter can completely affect the energy of the warp drive. It can annihilate space itself. As long as the mass can be continuously increased, it is not a problem to involve the spacetime level."

Lin Wei smiled helplessly:
"It's not that easy. Even the annihilation rays fired by the planet-destroying cannon can't affect spacetime."

Lin Wei was well aware of the difficulty in realizing the warp drive. As a cultivator, she was already able to sense the space around Earth.

However, the space that cultivators perceive is completely different from spacetime.

Spacetime represents the combination of space and time. The space that cultivators perceive and can destroy is only the surface space.

True space is necessarily connected with time; the two are inseparable.

Reaching that level of power is simply not feasible at present; the energy level is far too low.

At this moment, Chen Feng, who was standing next to him, suddenly said:

"It's not impossible."

Upon hearing this, both Tuo Sen and Lin Wei looked at Chen Feng.

Chen Feng then said:

"Have you forgotten about the spatial rift leading to the Haotian Secret Realm?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Wei immediately realized what was happening:

"You mean that spatial rift is the power of spacetime?"

Tuo Sen clapped his hands immediately: "That's right! The Haotian Secret Realm must be incredibly far from Earth, but it only takes us a few seconds to get there through the spatial rift. This spatial passage must be based on the same principle as the warp drive!"

Chen Feng nodded:

"That's right. These naturally occurring spatial rifts in the universe are essentially a form of faster-than-light travel. You can start your research from this angle."

In fact, Chen Feng was thinking about much more.

According to his estimation, spacetime should be the next level of power.

When Li Songxuan fought the chieftain of the Void Spirit Clan, both of their supernatural powers and spells gave him the illusion of being able to penetrate space.

No matter how a cultivator at the Void Refinement stage unleashes their supernatural powers, they will annihilate and destroy a large area of ​​space.

However, when beings at the half-step Dao Integration level used their supernatural powers, they did not cause any damage to the space.

This likely means that we have already reached the level of spacetime.

This is why Chen Feng was unable to withstand Li Songxuan's attacks. Chen Feng finally understood why a half-step Dao Integration Realm cultivator was so much stronger than a Void Refinement Realm cultivator.

When it comes to higher levels of power, there can indeed be such a large gap.

"Great! I'll go study the space passage later!" Tuo Sen was extremely excited.

Lin Wei also smiled.

If warp drive can truly be realized in their generation, then interstellar travel will no longer be a problem.

"I'll be back in two days, so I'm leaving now."

After finishing his business, Chen Feng bid farewell to the two of them.

The news about the Star Destroyer and the warp drive improved his mood considerably.

"Professor Chen, you can go ahead and get busy. I'll be leaving now!"

Tuo Sen turned around and left immediately. He had been awakened by Chen Feng's words and was now eager to study the spatial passage.

"Come back soon, Xiaorou hasn't seen you for over two years," Lin Wei said to Chen Feng.

Chen Feng nodded: "Mm."

After saying that, Chen Feng disappeared from the spot.

Canglan Star, headquarters of Xingfeng Sect.

Chen Feng's figure suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cabinet.

Sensing the rich spiritual energy and varying spatial density around him, Chen Feng couldn't help but take a deep breath:

"came back."

He spent a total of two years and two months in seclusion in the modern world.

Converted to the world of the painting, that's twenty-two years.

Having not felt the spiritual energy on Canglan Star for twenty-two years, Chen Feng felt as if he had been in another world.

He immediately spread his divine sense to investigate the situation of Xingfeng Sect and the Northern Territory.

Chen Feng's current divine sense range is a full 300,000 miles, covering the entire Canglan Star is not a problem.

As his divine sense expanded, his expression quickly changed.

He discovered that Liu Qian, Wang Hu, and other high-ranking officials were not in Xingfengmen, and the number of people in Xingfengmen was very small, indicating that the entire Xingfengmen was clearly on high alert.

Chen Feng's figure flashed and then disappeared from the spot.

Air ventilation system, nuclear plant.

Yue Yao and Nangong Yanyue were walking around a factory building in the nuclear plant.

The factory is very small, with few employees, but the equipment inside is incredibly sophisticated.

Every so often, a metal sphere is manufactured.

This factory specializes in producing three-phase bullets.

"I wonder how the battle is going on the front lines. I really don't want to stay here and do logistics," Yue Yao complained.

Compared to before, Yue Yao now has a new mechanical body.

She is currently only about 1.5 meters tall, with two fox ears on her head and a tail standing upright on her back.

Her eyes were changed to heterochromia, and her hair was tied into two ponytails, making her look like a little girl.

The woman standing next to her, Nangong Yanyue, was a significant height taller than her.

Nangong Yanyue said, "If I were Steward Liu, I wouldn't feel comfortable letting you go to the front line either. I'm afraid you'd have to throw out all the three-phase missiles as soon as the fighting starts."

Yue Yao said with dissatisfaction:
"Why do you see me like they do? Aren't we still best friends?"

However, after Yue Yao finished speaking, she did not receive a reply from Nangong Yanyue.

At this moment, Nangong Yanyue was staring blankly at what was behind Yue Yao.

Yue Yao asked in confusion:

"what happened to you?"

Nangong Yan Yue ignored her and instead knelt on one knee, saying, "Greetings, Sect Master!"

Upon hearing this, Yue Yao turned around to look. Because of her short stature, she could only see a person's chest when she turned around.

When she looked up, she met a pair of deep eyes.

Those eyes were all too familiar to her.

The voice of "Sect Leader" Yue Yao trembled slightly and was also a little excited.

Even the mechanical parts on its body made creaking sounds.

Chen Feng grabbed Yue Yao by the neck with one hand, then lifted her up and examined her closely.

Yue Yao quickly kicked her legs left and right, blushing as she said, "Sect Master...you...please don't..."

"I remember you had several decades left to live, how come you've been given a mechanical body?"

Chen Feng only watched for a while before letting go of her hand, and Yue Yao almost fell to the ground.

Chen Feng looked at Yue Yao and said, "Tell me what happened inside the door."

He didn't press Yue Yao about why she had transferred her consciousness; the matter of the Wind Gate was the most important thing right now.

Yue Yao knew the situation was urgent, so she quickly spoke up:

"Sect Master, a strange thing happened two years ago."

Yue Yao began to tell her story.

As Chen Feng listened, his expression darkened.

He never imagined that Canglan Star would be suddenly teleported to another star field two years ago.

Moreover, this star field is several galaxies away from the Weiyang Star Field.

This turn of events was something he hadn't anticipated.

According to Yue Yao, after Canglan Star appeared in this star field, it clashed with a force called Yinshi Sect.

The two sides have been fighting near a cosmic vortex for years.

This battle lasted for two whole years.

Initially, Xingfengmen, with the strength of its fleet and various technological weapons, repelled several attacks by Yinshizong.

But a year ago, the Void Refinement cultivators of the Yin Corpse Sect made their move.

The intervention of the Void Refiner caused significant losses to the Canglan Star.

If Xingfeng Sect hadn't used antimatter weapons to force back the Yin Corpse Sect's Void Refinement cultivators, they probably would have been defeated long ago.

Chen Feng was not surprised by this result. Although Xingfeng Sect's technology was developing rapidly, it would definitely not be a problem to deal with the Nascent Soul stage.

However, it becomes very difficult when it comes to the Void Refinement level.

The fact that it could hold out for so long must be because the Void Refinement cultivators of the Yin Corpse Sect were wary of the power of the antimatter weapon.

"Sect Master, we don't have many antimatter weapons left, and the Yin Corpse Sect has now joined forces with another power on another continent to deal with us."

“Recently, we have been sending out Nascent Soul cultivators to test us. Liu Qian guesses that those Nascent Soul cultivators probably know that we don’t have any Nascent Soul cultivators in charge.”

Yue Yao then explained the current situation again.

But as soon as she finished speaking, Chen Feng vanished from the spot without leaving a single word.

Seeing Chen Feng leave, Yue Yao stamped her foot and cried out, "Sect Master, take me with you!"

After Chen Feng disappeared, Nangong Yan Yue, who was standing next to him, also stood up: "Now that the sect leader has come out of seclusion, this crisis can be completely resolved."

Yue Yao looked at Nanyang Yanyue: "Why didn't you say a word just now?"

Upon hearing this, Nangong Yanyue fell silent.

She dared not speak; Chen Feng had been her inner demon for a long time.

Although she had joined the Xingfeng Sect, she still couldn't bear to look Chen Feng in the eye; it was an innate fear. (End of Chapter)