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

Richard paced back and forth on the bridge a dozen times.

The more he thought about these things, the more he felt like something was churning inside his head.

It looked like it was about to explode.

The heart of the blazing sun is right in front of you, within reach.

Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is gone forever; who knows when you'll get another chance like it?

Who could bear to watch something like this slip through their fingers?

On the communication screen, Rosa remained silent, simply watching him circle in the bridge. Beneath her short, silver-gray hair, her face was expressionless, her eyes half-closed, as if waiting for something.

However, her expression quickly caught Richard's eye, causing him to feel a stirring in his heart.

Clearly, I've known her long enough that I can tell at a glance that this woman has something to say.

"Rosa? Do you already have a plan?"

Instinctively, Richard stopped in his tracks and stared at the screen.

Rosa's lips twitched, and she nodded frankly: "That's right, I do have a way, but... the risks are considerable, you'll have to weigh it yourself."

Upon hearing this, Richard raised an eyebrow, instantly snapping out of his irritation.

He strode to the command platform in two steps, placed his hands on the table, leaned forward, and his nose almost touched the holographic screen.

"explain!"

Nonsense. The Heart of the Sun is a rare, one-of-a-kind item that could trigger a massive war between the gods at any auction in the entire universe. Let alone taking some risks, even if it meant risking half his life, Richard wouldn't even blink an eye in exchange for it.

The Star Hunters of the Fallen Leaf Garden make a living by risking their lives, and from the first day they entered the trade, they never expected to have a good end.

To be able to touch an epoch-level treasure before dying is worth dying for.

It's at least ten thousand times better than dying a wretched old man in the port.

Rosa looked at him for two seconds.

Having seemingly confirmed that he wasn't just showing off, he spoke again: "It's simple, just overload the Dark Star's warp drive!"

Inside the bridge, the navigator paused for a moment, and a look of horror instantly appeared on his face.

He was clearly aware of what the other person was about to say.

Sure enough, the next moment, Rosa uttered the method that sent chills down his spine.

"At normal warp speed, you'll need two more warps plus a cruising period to reach the Starfall Rift, which will take 26 to 28 standard hours. Anya's route takes 30 standard hours!"

"The difference is too small; they arrived almost simultaneously."

"But if you push the warp drive of the Death Star to 200% of the overload threshold, the warp speed can be increased to three times the normal value. Two warps are compressed into one, and the cruise phase is consumed directly. According to my calculations, this will allow you to arrive at the entrance coordinates of the Sun God Kingdom five standard hours earlier than Anya."

Upon hearing this, the entire ship's command room fell into silence.

Five standard times?

When this number reached Richard's ears, it was like a thunderbolt exploding in his mind.

As a result, his breathing became a little rapid.

It is true that the Blazing Sun Divine Kingdom is a high-dimensional secret realm, but the Fallen Leaf Court had already assessed the scale and difficulty of that place beforehand.

With the configuration and combat strength of his men, barring any major unforeseen circumstances, a five-standard-time window of opportunity... seems promising.

Although it's not 100%, there's a chance.

Once you conquer the Sun God Kingdom Secret Realm within five standard hours and acquire the Heart of the Sun, the rest will be easy.

There are other ships in the fleet. When the Death Star is destroyed, he will transfer to a spare ship and withdraw from the flank channel before Anya's fleet completely blocks Starfall Rift.

Snatching food from the tiger's mouth, like a cicada shedding its shell.

Of course, all of this is predicated on... the Dark Star being able to withstand that overload jump.

After all, if the warp drive is overloaded by 200%.

The engine core will inevitably burn through at the same time the jump ends.

At that time, the main propulsion system and secondary power circuit of the Death Star will be completely scrapped, the stress on the hull structure will exceed the standard, and after the jump is completed, the ship will be a piece of scrap metal floating in space.

In other words, this is a one-way ticket; once the Dark Star arrives at its destination, it can forget about taking off again.

But so what?

Once he obtains the Heart of the Sun, he can build not just one Death Star, but a million ships even stronger than the Death Star.

The value of that thing cannot be measured in Star Coins.

It is the key to changing fate, the bargaining chip that allows Kuyeting to completely turn the tide in the global landscape. In the face of interests of this magnitude, the destruction of a flagship is nothing.

"Let's do it this way."

Thinking of this, Richard excitedly slapped the command platform, his voice full of excitement: "As expected of you, Rosa, our strategist of the Fallen Leaf Court, your mind works faster than our bunch of brutes."

However, on the other end of the communication screen, Rosa did not show any smugness because of the praise; instead, her expression became even colder.

After a three-second silence, she spoke again: "Are you really sure?"

"You need to understand that overloading a warp drive is not simply a matter of mechanical overheating."

"At that power level, the spacetime distortion generated by the engine core will backfire on the jump channel itself, increasing the probability of the channel becoming unstable to about 67%."

"Sixty-seven percent means there is a greater than two-thirds probability that the passage will collapse during the subspace jump."

"At that time, the entire Death Star, along with all its crew members, including yourself—will be permanently erased from the warp."

After Rosa finished speaking, there was a silence on the bridge for about three seconds.

Three seconds.

That number was enough for everyone present to mentally review it.

Sixty-seven percent, more than two-thirds of the time, will be completely wiped out in the subspace.

"Hahahaha~!"

But after a moment of silence, a hearty laugh escaped Richard's throat.

He tilted his head back, his Adam's apple bobbing violently, and his laughter echoed across the entire bridge for several ripples.

Immediately afterwards, the navigator also smiled.

The young man who had been stealing glances at him just moments before pushed his chair back, leaned back, and laughed so hard he almost fell over.

The communications officer smiled, the fire control officer smiled, and even the old engineer who had been silently inspecting the equipment in the corner looked up and grinned.

He revealed a row of teeth stained yellow from smoking.

Everyone on the bridge was laughing.

The laughter was uneven; some was rough, some was high-pitched, and some was intermittent, interspersed with coughs.

But when put together, they have a flavor that's hard to describe.

It's like a group of gamblers seeing a winning hand. They know they might lose everything if they bet on it, but the rush of blood to their heads is unstoppable.