"Two or three months..." Lin Yun murmured.

The time frame is neither too long nor too short, mainly depending on how far Xinglan is from him.

"Send me your current location, I'll check the distance first," Lin Yun said.

The universe is vast. Even with a spaceship from a level 5 technological civilization, it might take two or three months to reach the destination, because spaceships have distance limitations when performing space jumps.

If there are places along the way where spatial jumps are not feasible, it could take decades, hundreds of years, or even thousands of years to travel from one place to another.

"My current location is..." Xing Lanlian stated a coordinate.

If he could live, he wouldn't want to die. He hoped that he could get closer to Lin Yun!

Because he has been using a spaceship from a Level 2 technological civilization to travel, his current location is not far from the Garan civilization.

"Beep beep beep—"

After receiving the coordinates from Xinglan, Lin Yun had the Cosmic Trading System analyze the distance between them. Soon, the results came out: he and Xinglan were more than 37 million light-years apart.

"call--"

Lin Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it's not hundreds of millions of light-years away. Although this distance is far, it's not too far compared to the travel capabilities of a Level 5 civilization's spaceship.

A spaceship with Level 5 civilization technology can jump distances of up to 100,000 to 1 million light-years, depending on its level. If a better quality spaceship is purchased, only a few dozen space jumps are needed.

However, as long as a suitable place is found, space jumps are not a problem; the most time-consuming part is finding a suitable place for a space jump.

Because in the universe, many celestial bodies are constantly in motion, and there are countless tiny celestial bodies. Today there are no tiny celestial bodies here, but tomorrow there will be countless tiny celestial bodies here, or a few tiny celestial bodies will appear. Such things are very common.

Ideally, there shouldn't be any small celestial bodies on either side for a space jump. Even if there are, they shouldn't be too many or too large, so as not to interfere with the space jump. Such places are rare.

Therefore, there are some man-made space jump points in the universe. These space jump points are safe, but generally, these places charge a fee.

According to Lin Yun's research some time ago, there is no such space jump point in the entire Milky Way. If he wants to leave this place quickly, he not only needs to buy a spaceship that can jump through space, but also needs to buy special equipment to explore space jump points.

So, two or three months is really hard to say whether that will be enough.

"Brother Xinglan, I'm not too far from you. Please try to stall for a little longer so I can get there as soon as possible," Lin Yun said after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, Lin Yun, thank you very much," Xing Lan said happily.

...

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yun began to analyze the current situation.

First, there must be a spaceship from a Level 5 technological civilization.

Secondly, you also need people to get things started.

A person with level seven mental strength.

Or, ten people with level six mental strength.

Or, one hundred people with level five mental strength.

Alternatively, one person with level six mental strength is equivalent to ten people with level five mental strength, and so on.

Currently, his martial arts realm is only at the late stage of Transformation Realm, and he has just broken through. At the earliest, it will take him one or two months to break through to the Innate Realm.

Even if his martial arts realm breaks through to the Innate Realm, his spiritual power can only be raised to level six.

Still not level 7.

Thus, one thing is certain: he must take some people to the stars.

Currently, Qingyun Company has some level four cultivators under its command, including some martial artists at the Innate Realm. He can raise the spiritual power of these people to level six.

You only need to collect ten.

"Level four cultivators who cultivate spiritual power are not enough. There are only five innate-level experts who cultivate martial arts. We are still five short..."

Lin Yun quickly determined the number of innate martial artists in Qingyun Company and shook his head slightly.

Unfortunately, the strongest innate expert is only at the late innate stage. Otherwise, it wouldn't be impossible for him to spend some spiritual crystals to raise the opponent to the Golden Core stage.

In that way, he could raise the other person's mental strength to level seven.

Currently, the strongest martial artist is only at the late stage of the Innate Realm. Even if he spends some spiritual crystals, it will still take him several days to raise the opponent to the Golden Core Realm.

Improving a martial artist's realm is quite difficult. Although the Cosmic Trading System can quickly improve a martial artist's realm, it still takes a certain amount of time.

He estimated that it would take at least a month.

It's been too long.

Furthermore, he couldn't entrust the spaceship to such a single person. What if this person lacked the talent to operate the spaceship, or what if something went wrong with the person, causing problems for the spaceship in space? That would be difficult to handle.

Find five more innate experts and a few more reserve personnel, so that we can handle any problems that may arise.

Lin Yun quickly made a decision.

After making this decision, Lin Yun first asked Yun Yi to take him to the starry sky.

He began purchasing a large number of human and equipment units for resource gathering, and then, under Yun Yi's leadership, they went to another location, allowing these human and equipment units to radiate outwards to gather resources.

This time I'm going out, and I don't know when I'll be back.

Whether before or after leaving, a large amount of spiritual crystals must be consumed.

Therefore, the more than 200 million spiritual crystals on his cosmic trading system may not be enough.

We must quickly gather more resources.

After releasing another forty groups of men, Lin Yun began his journey to those major planets.

First, on Mars, Lin Yun deployed two resource-gathering devices and then left.

Then they traveled to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto...

Lin Yun went to each of the slightly larger planets to place the equipment for collecting resources.

Now is not the time to save money.

He planned to leave behind a powerful force before he left.

Otherwise, if that unknown civilization's fleet arrives after he leaves, and Earth cannot withstand it, all these resources will belong to them.

After Lin Yun finished doing all this, he returned to Earth, summoned the five innate experts, briefly tested their loyalty, and then began to enhance their spiritual power.

The stronger a person is, the stronger their mental strength, and the less susceptible they are to hypnosis.

Of these innate experts, only one was originally at the peak of the Transformation Realm, but was promoted to the Innate Realm after joining Qingyun Company. The rest were all in the Innate Realm before joining.

These people have mostly cultivated for many years and experienced many things; their personalities and understandings have long been established.

It's difficult to make them loyal to Qingyun Company and Lin Yun in such a short time.

However, after they entered the Star Sea, Lin Yun stayed by their side the whole time. He didn't need them to be extremely loyal; all they needed to do was be able to control the spaceship.

This trip to the stars was also a test for them.

"What? You're going on a space voyage..."

Upon hearing Lin Yun's words, Lin Yuanshan, Zhang Haoran, and the others were all surprised.

That's the universe, infinitely vast, with infinite civilizations and infinitely powerful beings. This is truly astonishing.

“I have a friend who helped me a lot in the past, but now he has been captured by people from a cultivation civilization, and I need to go and rescue him,” Lin Yun nodded.

"A civilization of cultivation..."

Lin Yuanshan and Zhang Haoran felt a chill run down their spines.

Is this about to lead to a confrontation with an alien civilization?

That's a civilization, a cultivation civilization at that, and they even captured Lin Yun's friend. Their strength must be extraordinary. Lin Yun, won't he be in any danger?

Recently, Lin Yun has occasionally exchanged information about the universe with them, and they also know some things about the universe.

“My friend isn’t very strong, and he was caught off guard. The expert from that cultivation civilization probably isn’t that strong either. There shouldn’t be any major problems this time. The main issue is how we get there,” Lin Yun nodded and said.

He now possesses an eighth-level robot, giving him the ability to fight even eighth-level cultivators. The strongest among those who captured Xing Lan was only a fifth-level cultivator. Even if those people were stronger, possessing sixth- or seventh-level cultivators, he could still handle them.

Don't be fooled by the fact that levels 5, 6, 7, and 8 seem to be only one or two levels apart and very close; in fact, the differences are quite significant.

Just like in martial arts, there is a difference between a Xiantian expert and a Jindan expert, a Jindan expert and a Domain expert, and a Domain expert and a Star Realm expert.

Currently, that cultivation civilization is only displaying experts at the "Golden Core" level. Therefore, the probability of having a Nebula Realm expert who is even stronger than the Starry Sky Realm is extremely small.

"Alright, let's break through to the Innate Realm as soon as possible..."

Lin Yuanshan and Zhang Haoran nodded.

Now that Lin Yun has made his decision, they have nothing to hesitate about. From the moment they decided to join Qingyun Company and use the various resources Lin Yun provided, they were prepared for this.

In addition, they would like to see extraterrestrial civilizations that cultivate themselves and travel through the universe.

They would definitely regret it if they missed it.

Yes, Lin Yun told them about this so that they would come along.

Now, both of them have reached the peak of the Transformation Realm, and they are only one step away from breaking through to the Innate Realm.

Once they break through to the Innate Realm, their spiritual power can also be raised to level six.

"Yes, I will try my best to make your foundation more solid..." Lin Yun nodded.

Lin Yuanshan and Zhang Haoran also learned Tai Chi, which is a very important martial art. Later, Lin Yun raised their Tai Chi level to the peak of level three.

Then, Lin Yun improved their other martial arts skills one by one.

"Brother, are you really going to travel through space? I want to go too, I want to go too..." Lin Duo'er tugged at Lin Yun's sleeve excitedly.

“Brother…” Xia Qingqing looked at Lin Yun with pleading eyes.

"Boss..."

"Lin Yun..."

Zhao Gang and Lin Mengmeng looked at Lin Yun and were also somewhat tempted.

They wanted to go too.

"Are you treating this trip like a game? To be honest, this is our first time going on a long-distance space voyage. The chances of danger are slim, but there's always a possibility of encountering something. You'd better not go," Lin Yun said, glaring at them.

The resources around Earth are abundant, and he is currently in a period of rapid development. Although he also wants to go out and see the world, he really doesn't want to leave if Xinglan hadn't had an accident.

“You should cultivate diligently. If your strength is also strong, I will take you with me this time. However, the gap in your strength is too large. Next time we travel through space, if your strength reaches the peak of the Transformation Realm, I will take you with me.” Lin Yun paused and said.