Siheyuan: At the beginning, I can integrate everything!

"The Chinese Interstellar Fleet is officially established."

Zhang Huaimin's voice swept across the globe with electromagnetic waves.

At this moment, this blue planet fell into a deathly silence that was almost fanatical and awe-inspiring.

No one dared to question the weight of that statement.

The towering "Pangu" ship overhead is the most fundamental truth.

With interstellar shipbuilding completed, Earth's technological barriers are now unbreakable.

Zhang Huaimin knew that his mission in this "newbie village" had come to a complete end.

It's time to go and see the vast universe behind the Nine Dragons Coffin.

The night before departure.

Zhang Huaimin did not stay in Zhongnanhai to attend the victory celebration banquet that would go down in history.

Instead, he quietly returned to Nanluoguxiang alone.

The place where all the stories began—Red Star Courtyard.

The courtyard was quiet. Those once rampant beasts had long since turned to dust under the long river of time and his devastating blows.

Push open the courtyard gate of the east wing.

The herb garden in the backyard, which he had created using the system, was still full of life.

The moonlight, like water, spilled onto the exotic flowers and plants that emitted a faint glow.

Deep within the flowerbed stood a woman wearing a plain-colored trench coat.

Lin Wanyi.

The little girl who shivered behind him during the storm years has now grown into a world-renowned top life science scholar.

She was looking down, intently recording data about a mutated ginseng.

Hearing footsteps, she turned her head.

"Huaimin, you're back."

Lin Wanyi smiled, her smile gentle and graceful.

But Zhang Huaimin keenly noticed that several extremely fine crow's feet had quietly crept up beside the smile at the corner of her eyes.

Time, in the end, is the most merciless sculptor of mortals.

She poured her heart and soul into keeping up with his incredible technological progress, sacrificing her youth in the process.

And he remained that handsome, godlike eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy.

"Good evening."

Zhang Huaimin stepped forward without saying a word.

He simply and naturally tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

I'm leaving tomorrow.

Lin Wanyi's body stiffened slightly.

She is an extremely intelligent woman.

From the extraordinary phenomenon of nine dragons pulling a coffin on Mount Tai to Zhang Huaimin hand-crafting an interstellar mothership in space.

She knew that this small Earth could no longer contain him.

"I know."

Lin Wanyi lowered her head, her voice trembling slightly, trying her best to hide the reluctance and sadness in her eyes.

"The place you've gone must be very far away. I... I'm afraid my mortal body won't be able to wait for your return."

She gave a wry smile and touched the corner of her eye.

"I've grown old, but you haven't changed at all. Even if you could take me with you, I'd only be a burden..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Zhang Huaimin chuckled and pulled her into his arms.

He rested his chin on her forehead, inhaling the faint medicinal scent in her hair.

"My woman, Zhang Huaimin's woman, is not to be taken by the King of Hell, nor can time leave a mark on your face."

The voice just fell.

Zhang Huaimin's eyes narrowed, and a thought flickered in his mind.

That chaotic spiritual energy hidden deep within the body, fused with the "High-Dimensional Fountain of Youth".

He carefully extracted a trace of the purest essence.

Following his hand that was pressed against Lin Wanyi's back, it slowly entered her body!

Om-!

Lin Wanyi felt an overwhelming vitality that was indescribable.

In an instant, like a gentle spring breeze and nourishing rain, it washed over her entire body!

The feeling was like parched land receiving long-awaited rain.

She could clearly feel that the aging cells in her body were dividing and remodeling at an alarming rate!

"Huaimin...this..."

Lin Wanyi looked up in shock.

By the moonlight.

Zhang Huaimin clearly saw that the fine lines at the corners of her eyes disappeared completely in just a few seconds, as if ice and snow were melting away!

The skin, which was originally slightly dull, has regained its baby-like whiteness and radiance.

Even her long hair became even blacker and smoother, radiating a crystal-clear luster!

Rejuvenate!

In just ten seconds.

Lin Wanyi not only lost all her fatigue, but she also seemed to have reversed the flow of time.

She has returned to her peak, her most beautiful eighteen-year-old self!

Moreover, nourished by the spiritual energy of the Fountain of Youth, her lifespan has completely broken the limits of carbon-based life!

May you live ten thousand years and remain forever young.

Zhang Huaimin looked at the stunned beauty in his arms, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Now I don't have to worry about getting old, right?"

Lin Wanyi touched her smooth, jade-like cheeks, tears welling up in her eyes.

All feelings of inferiority, reluctance, and fear vanished in that moment.

She hugged Zhang Huaimin tightly, closed her eyes, and gave him her most affectionate kiss.

In this tranquil courtyard.

The romantic storyline has finally come to a perfect end.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

At the summit of Mount Tai, lies the Jade Emperor Peak.

The massive "Pangu" interstellar mothership, like a floating steel continent, rests quietly above the sea of ​​clouds.

Inside the bridge command room.

Zhang Huaimin, dressed in a specially made black interstellar combat suit, sat in the captain's chair.

Chen Bing, fully armed, stood beside him like an iron tower.

On the big screen, leaders, Lin Zhentian, Elder Chen, and other high-ranking officials were bidding their final farewell via satellite link.

"Huaimin, take care! China will always be your strong rear!"

The leader's eyes were red, but his voice was firm and powerful.

"Your grandfathers are waiting for your triumphant return!" Lin Zhentian snapped to attention, giving a military salute, tears streaming down his face.

Don't worry.

Zhang Huaimin nodded slightly, his gaze passing over the screen and looking towards the depths of Mount Tai.

There.

The nine enormous black dragon corpses and the bronze coffin.

It seemed to sense the high-dimensional energy emanating from the "Pangu".

"roar--!"

A silent dragon roar, seemingly from the primordial era, resounded through the void!

Followed by.

The bronze coffin burst forth with a dazzling, multicolored divine light!

This divine light was like a giant axe that split the heavens and the earth.

A vast, deep, and star-studded spatial rift was forcibly torn open in the void atop Mount Tai!

The Ancient Starry Sky Road is officially open!

"Engine charging, curvature folding ready."

Zhang Huaimin withdrew his gaze, his eyes becoming extremely sharp and fervent.

"Destination: The Ancient Road to the Stars!"

"Set off!"

boom--!

The warp drive at the tail of the "Pangu" emitted a blinding blue light.

The massive ship instantly transformed into a streak of light, plunging headlong into the colorful spatial rift.

Earth, this blue planet, rapidly shrank in the field of vision, eventually becoming a small blue dot.

The Earth arc of Volume Four has now come to a perfect end.

The even more magnificent journey to the stars and the sea has only just begun.

……

The dizziness from the spatial jump gradually disappeared.

Zhang Huaimin sat in the captain's chair, looking at the unfamiliar starry sky outside the porthole.

"Radar scan complete, have exited the space channel."

Chen Bing looked at the data on the console and reported to his supervisor.

Current location: Unknown star region. Preliminary comparison with star map suggests... edge of the Big Dipper star region.

Zhang Huaimin narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Big Dipper constellation.

That's a legendary high-dimensional world where cultivators roam freely and great emperors rise together.

Just as he was preparing to order a deep exploration of the surrounding star system.

"Alarm! Alarm!"

The warship's artificial intelligence suddenly emitted a piercing warning sound.

On the holographic screen.

In space less than 100 kilometers ahead of the "Pangu" spacecraft.

Suddenly, more than a dozen streaks of light appeared, completely defying aerodynamics!

Zoom in on the image.

Those were actually a dozen or so cultivators riding flying swords, wearing strange Taoist robes, and exuding powerful spiritual energy!

This group of people had rat-like faces and carried all sorts of magical artifacts.

now.

They were looking at them with the same malicious and greedy gaze one would give a fat sheep.

They stared intently at the enormous and strange steel behemoth that had suddenly appeared before them!