The next morning, as rays of dawn broke across the horizon, they illuminated the entire Duna Star defense military base.

"Everyone, there's no need to see us off any further, please go back!"

Mo Tianyun boarded his planetary-level interstellar shuttle and turned to address the crowd.

After saying that, Mo Tianyun resolutely turned back, no longer lingering, afraid that he might feel even a trace of reluctance, because that would only increase his sadness.

People always part ways; the journey of life is always accompanied by separation and reunion.

But most of the time, it's separation; very few people are able to reunite.

The news that he was about to go to the Imperial main star to study at the Oron Genius Mech Master Academy had already spread, and all the soldiers in the base knew about it.

At this parting moment, besides the few acquaintances who had drunk together the night before, thousands of soldiers followed, wanting to see Mo Tianyun off.

As Mo Tianyun entered the interstellar shuttle and disappeared from sight, many soldiers waved goodbye, shouting "Goodbye, Commander-in-Chief!" with powerful and resounding voices, as if they could penetrate the protective armor of the planetary interstellar shuttle, which even laser cannons could not penetrate.

"Damaris Starship, proceed at maximum speed, destination: Oron Empire's main star!"

Mo Tianyun summoned the starship's AI.

"Received, Captain Mo Tianyun!"

With a hum, the planetary-level interstellar shuttle warship that Mo Tianyun was riding slowly floated into the air.

Half a minute later.

It had already reached the upper atmosphere of Duna Star, and then tore apart the vast space of space.

With a snap, a spatial rift tens of thousands of meters long and wide appeared, and the interstellar shuttle warship suddenly accelerated and rushed into the rift.

The spatial rift slowly closed, and the surroundings returned to calm.

"Hello, is this Major Orlancas who manages the residential area? Yes, this is Colonel Chris. The place where Commander Mo Tianyun used to live should be sealed off now. Don't let anyone else live there. Also, send a cleaning robot to clean it regularly."

Colonel Chris watched as Mo Tianyun's interstellar shuttle disappeared into the sky, then suddenly remembered something and dialed the communicator.

"Goodbye, Duna Star Defense Military Base. From today onwards, I'm embarking on a long voyage!"

Mo Tianyun looked at the cosmic star map and said, "Suddenly, I noticed a line of text jumping out from the light screen."

Upon closer inspection, the screen displayed: 0.08 light-years from the Imperial home planet. At the current maximum travel speed, it would take 11.4514 months to reach the Imperial home planet.

(This 11.4514 months is not just made up. This planetary interstellar shuttle travels at a speed of 10 light-years per hour. A day has 24 hours, and a month has 30 days. If you are interested, you can calculate it yourself.)

"What? More than 80,000 light-years? The journey took eleven months!"

Mo Tianyun was shocked when he saw it.

From here to the Imperial homeworld, the distance is 0.08 light-years, which is incredibly far.

"If we use this Damalis starship, it will take almost a year to reach the Imperial homeworld. That's too slow!"

Mo Tianyun complained from inside the command center of the Damalis starship.

This was his first time piloting a space shuttle to a distant, unfamiliar place.

Therefore, he did not have a travel plan or adequate preparation.

【Damaris Starship】

Starship Class: Planetary

Starship speed: 3 million kilometers per hour

Starship space folding range: 10 light-years per hour

Starship Energy Level: Stellar Super-Level

Starship length: meters

Starship mass: 33.5 million tons

The starship is equipped with energy weapons: 10 free-moving stellar-class super-energy pulse laser main cannons, 30 fixed stellar-class high-energy close-range shockwave cannons, and 100 fixed stellar-class medium-energy laser cannons.

Evaluation: (Among planetary-class interstellar shuttles, its combat power is average, but its space-folding speed is among the highest of all planetary-class interstellar shuttles.)

...

As can be seen, the highest space-folding speed of a planetary interstellar shuttle is 10 light-years per hour.

At this speed of space folding travel, and with a distance of over 80,000 light-years, even with continuous travel, it would take at least eleven months to reach the Imperial home planet.

But how could an interstellar shuttle possibly travel through space for such a long time?

We need to stop occasionally to recharge the interstellar shuttle's energy!

Therefore, it would take at least a year to reach the Imperial home planet.

"It seems the only option is to go to the central star system of Star Cluster 51 to change to a higher-level interstellar shuttle capable of instantaneous space travel."

Mo Tianyun made a decision quickly.

He was going to the central star system of Star Cluster 51 to find a faster mode of transportation.

"Damaris Starship, change course! Our current destination is the central star system of the 51st star cluster in the Oron system!"

Mo Tianyun gave the order.

"Received, Captain Mo Tianyun. The destination has been changed to the central star system of the 51st star cluster in the Oron system, which is 2,460 light-years away. At the current travel speed, it will take 10.25 days to reach the destination."

The AI ​​responded immediately.

Mo Tianyun nodded and said nothing more.

"It will take another ten days to reach the central star system of Star Cluster Fifty-One. During this time, I will focus on learning mental power application skills and mecha manufacturing technology in the simulation space."

Mo Tianyun returned to his room and muttered to himself.

After saying the above, he paused again for a moment, then continued:

"However, the Star Moon Sword Technique is already perfected. It seems that there is no higher realm for this kind of mortal martial art. The Myriad Starlight Sword has also reached the realm of imagery, and it will be difficult to break through in a short time! Should I continue to practice it?"

"Of course I have to practice. As long as I live, I will never stop practicing martial arts, and there is no limit to evolution. As a martial artist, I must persevere."

Just as Mo Tianyun was fretting, a cluster of bright white light, as dazzling as a star, suddenly surrounded him, and at the same time, the spirit of miracles appeared beside him and spoke.

"Okay, I understand. But Sister Miracle, my mental strength seems to be progressing slowly, as if I've hit a bottleneck. How can I break through this bottleneck?"

During the month that Mo Tianyun served as the temporary commander-in-chief at the Duna Star defense military base, his mental strength did not increase at all.

"Although your mental strength is progressing slowly, your physical strength is improving very quickly. You have reached the perfected Star Moon Sword Technique, and with the Myriad Starlight Sword Imagery realm, if you were to replace your mecha with a more powerful legendary combat mecha, you could even fight against an Insect Commander who has evolved to the first stage!"

"It is indeed difficult to break through in mental strength. It requires not only the hard work of accumulating knowledge slowly, but also a high level of comprehension and a bit of luck. All three are indispensable."

The spirit of miracles said with a smile.

"Really? Then how can one strengthen the accumulation of mental power to the point where quantitative change transforms into qualitative change?"

Mo Tianyun asked.

The Spirit of Miracles knows so much. Mo Tianyun knows that whenever he has any doubts, the Spirit of Miracles can find a good solution for him and provide a feasible path.

Mo Tianyun felt that having a divine spirit by his side was the best luck he could have ever had.

"Mental strength is a power that a genetically evolved martial artist transforms into a realization about the path of martial arts they have taken."

"There are indeed a few shortcuts that can be taken to improve one's mental strength in a short period of time, or even to reach a higher level."

After a moment's thought, the spirit of the miracle spoke to Mo Tianyun.

"Which shortcuts are they?"

Mo Tianyun asked anxiously.

"The first point is that your understanding of the martial arts heart reaches a higher level. Your four strong hearts are your martial arts heart. Once your strong heart undergoes a transformation, your spiritual power will naturally increase accordingly."

The spirit of the miracle extended a jade finger and spoke.

After listening to the first so-called shortcut, Mo Tianyun slowly nodded.

He knew that gaining insights into the martial arts and transforming to a higher level could indeed increase one's spiritual power.

But how easy is it to break through the martial arts heart? So this path is simply not feasible now.

"The second option is to take a higher-level mental energy potion. However, the extremely precious biological medicinal materials needed to prepare such a higher-level mental energy enhancement potion cannot be found at the Duna Star Defense Military Base."

"You only have the biological medicinal materials from that pseudo-Zerg Insect General, which is far from enough to prepare a higher-level mental power enhancement potion."

The spirit of the miracle then extended a second jade finger and said.

As Mo Tianyun listened, he nodded and admitted that apart from the biological medicinal materials of the pseudo-insect race commander, he did not have the biological medicinal materials that could be used to prepare higher-level mental power enhancement potions.

"Hmm, Sister Miracle, I wonder if we can find all the biological medicinal materials needed to make a higher-level mental power enhancement potion in the central star system of Star Cluster Fifty-One?"

"If we can find it, wouldn't we be able to raise our mental power to a higher level without even having to go to the Imperial main star?"

Mo Tianyun was thinking when he suddenly spoke.

"You can decide for yourself. If you can collect all the biological medicinal materials in advance, that would certainly be a good thing."

Miracle responded to Mo Tianyun.

"Alright, we'll arrive at the central star system of Star Cluster 51 in ten days. If we have time, we can look around some more."

Upon hearing the words of the Spirit of Miracles, Mo Tianyun made his decision.

"The third shortcut is to learn more martial arts techniques and experience the martial arts philosophy within them. This is also a very useful way to improve one's mental strength."

The spirit of miracles then extended a third finger and said.

"Learn more martial arts and combat techniques?"

Mo Tianyun was puzzled.

"Yes! It's about learning more martial arts and combat techniques."

The spirit of the miracle nodded and smiled slightly.

“You didn’t have that many points before, and even if you did, you didn’t have time to learn so many martial arts techniques. Now that you have both points and time, this condition is naturally met.”

"If I had you learn so many martial arts techniques before, you would only have learned them superficially, and they wouldn't have helped you improve your combat skills much. Now that your Star Moon Sword Technique has reached perfection and the imagery of the Myriad Starlight Sword has emerged, it's time to learn some more martial arts techniques to expand your martial arts path."

The spirit of the miracle continued to explain.

"Oh, I see!"

Mo Tianyun nodded vigorously beside him.

"Then I'll learn more martial arts and combat techniques. I'm good at learning and practicing martial arts and combat techniques!"

Mo Tianyun patted his chest, beaming with confidence as he spoke.

"Mo Tianyun, you are indeed confident. I knew you would say that!"

After hearing Mo Tianyun's words, the Spirit of Miracles seemed to have expected it, narrowing its eyes and smiling radiantly.

Beneath the perfect countenance of the spirit of miracles, the surrounding light dimmed instantly, as if the passage of time in the entire world had slowed down and space itself had frozen.

"A miracle... Sister, you're so beautiful, but... there's no future for us..."

Mo Tianyun was deeply captivated by the perfect smile of the Spirit of Miracles, completely mesmerized, as if in a dream.

But for some reason, the endless, perfect dream that Mo Tianyun had been cherishing suddenly dimmed.

He felt that the beauty of such a miraculous spirit was unreal, like a so-called bionic robot.

With the technology of the Oron Empire, creating a bionic robot that is no different from an ordinary person would be a piece of cake.

Such bionic robots, like normal humans, have all kinds of emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow and happiness. With more advanced technology, they can even possess all the physiological structures of the human body.

These bionic robots are now virtually indistinguishable from humans.

If I had to point out a difference, I would say that the processes of their creation are different.

Normal humans are conceived by women, while bionic robots are manufactured using technological instruments.

Apart from that, there's practically no difference.

From the moment he first saw the Spirit of Miracles, Mo Tianyun was captivated by her perfect beauty.

But how could a normal human being possess such a perfect face?

Therefore, Mo Tianyun had speculated more than once whether the Spirit of Miracles was a real person or an android created by an advanced civilization. Later, Mo Tianyun learned that the Spirit of Miracles was not a real human body at all.

Therefore, every time Mo Tianyun sees the perfect spirit of miracles, he is still attracted to her on the one hand, but on the other hand, he always feels a little regretful deep down.

"Sister Miracle, I would like to enter the core space of Miracle now to select some martial arts techniques. Do you have any suggestions?"

Mo Tianyun quickly came to his senses and looked at the spirit of the miracle.

If he doesn't understand, he can't go wrong asking the spirit of miracles.

Although this shows a certain reliance on divine intervention, he always acts like a child who hasn't grown up, asking about everything.

However, Mo Tianyun has never had a good learning environment, and he is completely ignorant of the more profound knowledge in both mecha manufacturing and gene evolution warriors.

Each time, he could only turn to the spirit of miracles, hoping she could give him advice so that he could avoid some detours.