The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

Despite this, Vera could not suppress the anger in her heart.

She cursed for a while, then felt thirsty. She picked up the bottle again, shook it, found it was empty, and tossed it aside.

Then she turned her head and looked at the burly, bare-backed man sitting on the sofa next to her, wiping his knife.

The big man was called Buck, and he was her second-in-command, responsible for receiving and deciphering intelligence within the team.

He was shirtless, his body covered in crisscrossing scars from various burning and cutting techniques, making him look quite ferocious.

"By the way, Buck."

Vera frowned and asked, "I was so busy cursing that I forgot to ask you. Did they say what the reason was for Richard going to the Rift Abyss?"

"They can't really expect us to go scavenging for trash in places like that, can they?"

Buck stopped what he was doing, sheathed the battle sword he had just repaired, nodded and said, "I told you, boss. The intelligence from above says that Ashmerk's monitoring network detected unusual high-dimensional energy fluctuations in the Rift."

"Their initial assessment is that a higher-dimensional secret realm has appeared over there."

"A higher-dimensional secret realm?"

Vera paused for a moment after he finished speaking.

Buck went on to explain, "Yes, but Ashmerkrin originally intended to keep this level of secrecy to himself."

"But there were some shady dealings within their ranks who leaked the information to our Kuyeting at a high price."

"After receiving the information, the inspector discovered that our ship was closest to the Rift, so he sent us to scout ahead and try to be the first to enter the secret realm before Ashmektin's regular army arrived."

Upon hearing this, Vera was taken aback at first, then burst out laughing.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

She slapped her thigh, laughing so hard she almost fell over: "I knew it! Ashmerkrin and his gang are a bunch of rotten rats. Don't be fooled by their current control of the Divine Realm; they can't change their nature. They actually let their own people sell out such information so easily?"

To reiterate, higher-dimensional realms are different from other realms.

The quality and quantity of items inside are far superior to those in other ordinary dungeons.

In other words, higher-dimensional secret realms have immeasurable strategic value for the governing bodies of each divine realm.

The news of the appearance of the higher-dimensional secret realm was naturally a top secret.

So something of such great value was sold by one of our own people?

How could I not make her laugh?

However, after laughing for a while, Vera let out a cold snort, her eyes full of disdain: "But thinking about it carefully, isn't that normal? Back in the day, weren't the governors of Ashmerkton just hunters fighting for a living in the starry sky, just like us?"

"He just got lucky, latched onto the Star Council, and managed to whitewash his image and come to power!"

"If you can't even clean your own mess, isn't it normal for those below you to be like this?"

Vera's taunt was perfectly timed, and the hunters in the hall understood immediately, bursting into laughter.

The atmosphere in the hall immediately relaxed, and the frustration from being forced to change the flight schedule dissipated.

Before long, the laughter subsided, and Vera snapped out of her reverie.

His eyes sharpened again.

She leaned forward, staring at Buck, and asked, "High-dimensional realms appearing? This is a big deal. Did you specify which realm? It needs a name, right?"

Buck nodded and lowered his voice, saying, "There are some speculations in the intelligence..."

"Based on the energy characteristics and the shape of the spatial rift, it is very likely a secret realm formed after the collapse of the Blazing Sun Divine Kingdom in the Azure Star Divine Realm eight eras ago."

"The Kingdom of the Blazing Sun?"

The laughter in the hall stopped abruptly as soon as those four words were uttered.

Not just Vera, but all the hunters present had their eyes light up instantly.

His eyes showed a look of shock.

Clearly, the name of the Azure Star Divine Realm and the Blazing Sun Divine Kingdom is renowned not only among them but throughout the entire Star Boundary.

It is said that their ruler, the Blazing Sun Emperor, is a ruthless character.

Back then, the Chaos Star-Piercing Legion launched a massive invasion, reducing the surrounding divine realms to dust.

Only the Azure Star Divine Realm endured for over three thousand years.

Although they were ultimately destroyed, the Lord of the Blazing Sun killed a vanguard officer of the traversing army before his death.

Furthermore, the Fiery Sun Kingdom was able to hold out for three thousand years entirely thanks to one item—the Heart of the Fiery Sun.

For thousands of years, countless Star Hunters and Asgardian expeditions have been searching for the whereabouts of this secret realm.

I want to obtain the Heart of the Blazing Sun.

But all their efforts yielded no results.

Unexpectedly, the whereabouts of this high-dimensional secret realm have been discovered today.

After a long time, perhaps they recovered from the shock of the news.

Vera began to mutter to herself, her breathing becoming rapid: "My God... the Azure Star Divine Realm, the Heart of the Blazing Sun, the legacy of the Blazing Sun Divine Kingdom!"

Clearly, they all understood the value of the Heart of the Blazing Sun.

Because, according to the records of the [Astral Historian].

In order to fight against the Chaos Star-Piercing Legion, the Lord of the Blazing Sun melted down all the star cores and source power weapons in the national treasury to forge this star-targeting weapon.

You should know that just one piece of source energy weaponry is enough for the people on this ship to squander for ten lifetimes.

Not to mention the Heart of the Sun.

This is a truly priceless and unavailable astral strategic item.

Thinking of this, Vera turned her head sharply, stared intently at Buck, and immediately berated him, "You brainless idiot! Why didn't you tell me such important news sooner?"

"If you had told me sooner, we would be almost at the Rift Abyss by now!"

"Maybe by now we'll have already emptied the secret realm of all its resources!"

Buck was taken aback by the scolding, and shrank back like a bear that had been beaten.

He spread his hands helplessly and retorted aggrievedly, "Boss, how can you blame me? You've been grumbling and cursing ever since you received the order to change the flight path yesterday."

"I tried to interrupt and report the intelligence several times, but you didn't give me the chance."

"How could I dare to provoke you when you're angry?"

"Don't give me excuses!"

Vera glared at him and wouldn't listen to his explanation at all.

She sprang up from the sofa, grabbed the weapon strap hanging on the back of the chair and slung it over her shoulder; the yellow jacket stood out conspicuously under the light.

She casually pulled a long knife from the table and twirled it beautifully in her hand.

Then insert it into the scabbard on the outside of your thigh.

She glanced around the hall at her eager, greedy subordinates, and a slight smile played on her lips.

"Men, don't just stand there!"

Then, Vera waved her hand, her voice echoing through the hall: "Go to the cockpit immediately and tell the helmsman to turn the engines to maximum power and prepare for a space jump!"

"After we pull off this job, we can get a new ship!"

At Vera's command, the hunters in the hall responded with a roar, immediately dropping their belongings and rushing to their posts.

The once sluggish starship instantly sprang into action, like a wound-up machine, and began to operate at high speed.