Even though it was terrified, the little foodie couldn't disobey Jiang Hao's order. It could only cautiously continue running northwards through the woods.

After running for about 10 minutes, the forest became increasingly secluded, and there wasn't a single magical beast around. Jiang Hao felt a little uneasy.

After running for a while, the little foodie suddenly ran off to the right. Jiang Hao was a little confused and asked, "Why aren't you continuing north? Is there some scary monster ahead?"

The little foodie replied to Jiang Hao as she ran, "No, no, the forest I told you about is just ahead. My ancestors would go there when they felt they were about to die. I always felt uncomfortable going there, so I came around this time."

Although Jiang Hao was very curious, the Spirit Yang Wood was more important at the moment, so he didn't force the little foodie to go over. However, Yun Xinghe grabbed Jiang Hao's hand, and Jiang Hao noticed that his hand was trembling, so he turned to look at him.

But they found that Yun Xinghe's face was flushed and his whole body was trembling, clearly excited.

Yun Xinghe pointed to the left front and said, "Magic beads! So many magic beads, the ground is covered with magic beads, there's a huge area of ​​them!"

Jiang Hao smiled, gently patted his shoulder to calm him down, and said, "Don't get excited, don't get excited. Little Foodie said that place is the death ground for magical beasts in this forest. The magical beads on the ground must have been accumulated over many years. We'll go get those things after we get enough Spirit Yang Wood."

Yun Xinghe's eyes widened in disbelief. Jiang Hao had given him an overwhelming amount of information! He exclaimed excitedly, "So you knew where the Demon Orb was? You also knew where the Spirit Yang Wood was? You can talk to your summoned creatures?"

Jiang Hao nodded and said, "Once the Soul Link skill reaches the intermediate legendary level, you will be able to communicate with your summoned creatures."

Jiang Hao reached out and touched the little foodie's broad bones, saying, "The little foodie still retains its memories from its previous life. It said that it saw many spirit yang trees on the north side of the glacial riverbank ahead. However, there were terrifying tree people there, which was too dangerous for it, so it dared not cross that glacial river."

Yun Xinghe's eyes widened in disbelief. "Tree people? Holy crap, that's not a tree person! That's a Spirit Yang Tree! A Spirit Yang Tree that can actively attack magical beasts? Holy crap, that must be at least diamond-grade! Holy crap, I'm rich, I'm rich!"

Yun Xinghe jumped up from the little foodie's lap, happily bouncing and spinning around on top of her. But in her excitement, she lost her footing and fell backward. Luckily, Jiang Hao caught her ankle in time, otherwise she would have definitely taken a hard fall.

After sitting down next to Jiang Hao again, Yun Xinghe couldn't contain his excitement and whispered in Jiang Hao's ear, "I have a feeling that we might really make it big this time. If even your summoned creature is afraid, I reckon there might be a... legendary Spirit Sun Tree there."

Before Yun Xinghe could finish speaking, he inexplicably started laughing, as if he had heard some great news that made him unable to contain his joy.

Yun Xinghe laughed for a long time before finally sitting up straight and saying, "Do you know how many starships the Human Empire has?"

It must be said that Yun Xinghe's questions not only jump around wildly, but also leave no clue whatsoever.

Jiang Hao shook his head.

Yun Xinghe held up two fingers and said, "Two! The entire Human Empire only has two!"

"Do you know why there are only two?"

Jiang Hao shook his head again, then nodded, and asked uncertainly, "Is it related to the legendary Spirit Yang Tree?"

Yun Xinghe patted Jiang Hao on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, kid. Under my influence, you've finally learned to use your brain."

Jiang Hao smiled and shook his head.

Yun Xinghe said excitedly, "It is said that the core component of a star-level warship requires an entire legendary Spirit Yang Tree. However, since the Human Empire began to expand its territory, it has only managed to acquire three legendary Spirit Yang Trees. Therefore, to date, the Empire only has two star-level warships."

"ah?"

Jiang Hao asked with some surprise, "Shouldn't there be three? Why are there only two?"

Yun Xinghe said, "Of the three Spirit Yang Woods, two were used to build star-level warships, and as for the third one... the Empire's engineers used it on another 200 star-level warships. In this way, two star-level warship groups that can traverse the entire Spirit Ruins at any time have been formed. Isn't that awesome?"

Jiang Hao still didn't understand. Why were they talking about star-level ships one minute, star-level ships the next, and then battleship fleets? So he asked his question.

Yun Xinghe smiled and said, "Oh, this question is a bit complicated to explain. In the beginning, the Empire defined interstellar shuttles as being able to travel between several realms within a certain range."

"Later, as the Empire's strength grew, the Empire's engineers felt that the range of starships was not enough. So they proposed the idea of ​​building starships."

"Initially, they envisioned that the star-level warships would be much larger and more powerful than star-level warships. More importantly, they would have a longer range, ideally able to traverse the entire Spirit Ruins."

"With the strong support of the Human King, they actually managed to build a Starship. The Human King was quite satisfied. So the second one was quickly built as well. When the Empire obtained the third legendary Spirit Sun Tree and the construction of the third Starship was put on the schedule, something happened that forced the construction plan to be shelved."

Jiang Hao asked in confusion, "What happened?"

"The hijacking incident involving the airship of Realm 382. A group of gnolls from Realm 382 hijacked a small interplanetary airship belonging to the human race."

Jiang Hao had once heard Yun Xinghe mention that a human airship had been hijacked by a faction, but was later destroyed by a fleet of star-level warships sent by the human race. However, Yun Xinghe hadn't gone into details at the time, and now he finally had the chance to hear the whole story.

"Realm 382 is a star-level realm under the Gnoll Empire. Although it is only an affiliated realm of the empire, it is home to an elite legion of the Gnoll Empire. After the airship hijacking incident, the high-ranking officials of the Human Empire unanimously felt that the Gnolls wanted to research, or were already researching, human aircraft, and this trend had to be nipped in the bud!"

"But how exactly can we achieve this goal? The imperial high command discussed it all night without any results. In the end, the Human King ordered that Domain 382 be completely erased from the Spirit Ruins."

Jiang Hao couldn't help but think to himself, "Damn, this King of Men is a real ruthless guy!"

"However, the 382nd Realm is far too far from the Human King's 6528th Realm. The only force that can be quickly deployed there is two star-level warships. And the problem is, sending one would be impossible because of insufficient firepower. Sending two would provide enough firepower, but it would also risk total annihilation."

Yun Xinghe smiled and asked Jiang Hao, "If it were you, what would you choose?"