"The jump is complete. We have successfully jumped to the target location."
Hearing the report, Fang Zheng heaved a sigh of relief. Anyway, sailing within the star cluster is relatively safe. Although it is a waste of time, at least it is not a huge waste of time.
but……
"Is this the Order Node? Why does it look like there is nothing here?"
Fang Zheng looked at the screen in front of him, which showed that it was completely dark here, with no planets, no constellations, and no nebulae. It could be said that there was nothing here, just a pure dark area.
"Iona, head towards the target location."
"Yes, Commander."
Hearing Fang Zheng's order, Iona nodded. Soon, the warship began to move forward rapidly. However, less than half a minute after Iona moved forward, the entire warship suddenly trembled, and then, the flashing of psionic barriers and rapid warning sounds appeared all around.
"Warning, unknown spatial fluctuations detected, warning, the space is in danger of collapse..."
Not only that, at this moment, the system next to Fang Zheng also quickly popped up a prompt.
[The node was detected to be under attack, and the node integrity decreased by 35%...34%...33%...]
"Iona, retreat immediately!"
"yes!"
Looking at the prompt in front of him, Fang Zheng was also shocked. He didn't expect that he hadn't done anything yet, but the node completion rate had actually dropped?
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng did not hesitate and quickly gave orders to Iona. And Iona quickly retreated and evacuated the area.
Only then did the warning sound stop again.
"call……"
After making sure that everything was back to normal, Fang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then he looked at the projection of the Goddess of Order next to him.
"I say, don't you have any opinion?"
"How should I know? I've said before that just in case, the main body has completely deleted the parts about the external nodes. We are just backing up..."
The Goddess of Order spread her hands helplessly and muttered something, but soon she flashed and turned from a lazy fujoshi into a researcher wearing glasses again.
"I need to check the reconnaissance data here."
"Wait, Neptune, put out the data here."
Soon, as Fang Zheng spoke, a window popped up, and then all the detection data about this map appeared in it. Then the Goddess of Order reached out and pushed her glasses down, carefully studying the data on it. After a long while, she spoke.
"I kind of understand why."
"oh?"
"According to the data, there should be a planet here..."
"Yes, but we can't see anything here unless it's not in this dimension."
Fang Zheng spread his hands helplessly, and the Goddess of Order nodded.
"Almost. You're right."
"Um?"
"I don't know how the original goddess did it, but she hid the planet."
"Is it hidden in the gap in space?"
"It's much more difficult than this..."
Having said that, the Goddess of Order pondered for a moment, then looked at Fang Zheng again.
"I remember you said that your Order Mark can allow you to travel to other worlds, right?"
"That's right."
"What the original goddess did was similar, but a little different. She placed this planet as an order node in the other world and overlapped it with it... According to my guess. Because in this way, she can use the order of the other world to maintain the stable operation of the node. And the starry sky we are currently seeing is not the starry sky of this world, but..."
"The starry sky of another world."
Fang Zheng continued, sighing at the same time.
Oh my god, are all the Order people monsters?
Fang Zheng could understand what the Goddess of Order meant. It was like using Photoshop to edit a picture. The original "layer" of this world was covered by the layer from the "other world". Unless the layer from the other world was deleted or its transparency was adjusted to the highest, the original layer would not be visible.
What the original goddess did was to cut and overlay a different world onto the layer of the star field of the main world. In this way, she could not only protect the order nodes, but also use the order power of the different world to maintain the operation of the order nodes...
No wonder I couldn’t break into this star field just now.
The goddess of order is really awesome.
"This is just my speculation. I am not very clear about the specific situation."
The Goddess of Order shook her head.
"But it is certain that with the current power of this star field, it cannot withstand the import of a large amount of external information, otherwise it may cause the entire plane to collapse."
"Is there no way to solve this problem?"
"If you can repair the nodes, then it should be fine."
"So I have to go, right?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng was speechless, and the Goddess of Order nodded.
"Of course, you are the holder of the Order Mark. Only you can obtain permission to pass through the Order Node Barrier. And only with your power can you successfully repair the node. If you cannot repair the node, then we cannot enter."
"Ah... I can't help it. Leave it to me."
Fang Zheng didn't expect that after returning to the main world, he would have to travel through time again... Never mind, he was used to it.
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng stretched out his right hand, then closed his eyes. Soon, his spirit extended out from the battleship and flew forward.
“Beep…”
Not long after, Fang Zheng heard a familiar system prompt tone, and then a line of system prompts quickly appeared in front of his eyes.
[New open world entrance detected]
【Connecting】
【Data transmission in progress...】
【Data transfer completed】
[Security interface enabled]
[Do you choose to activate the world gate? ]
Looking at the system prompt in front of him, Fang Zheng was silent for a moment, then reached out his hand.
"yes."
Soon, a deep blue halo suddenly appeared in front of Fang Zheng, and inside the halo was a colorful glow.
"That's right."
Just as he was about to step into the portal of light, Fang Zheng seemed to have thought of something and looked at the Goddess of Order next to him again.
“Do you know what a node is exactly?”
"I'm not sure about that. Anyway, the Order Node was created by the Goddess of Order. It could be a living thing or a dead thing. But I believe that as long as there is an order imprint, you will be able to find the real Order Node."
"I see."
After receiving the answer from the Goddess of Order, Fang Zheng nodded, then he looked at Nymph and Iona standing behind him.
"Then I'll go first, you guys wait here."
"Okay, Commander."
"Bon voyage, Master."
Fang Zheng waved to the two people behind him, then turned and walked into the light gate.
The next moment, the familiar feeling of weightlessness came again.
“Boom!!!”
Fang Zheng fell heavily to the ground, but fortunately, he had already gotten used to this kind of malicious crossing, and had maintained his balance when he entered the light gate, so he didn't fall flat on his face again.
"Huh... it's impossible to trick me."
Fang Zheng raised his head, stretched his arms and legs, and then looked around.
This place looked like an ordinary western-style building, and the place Fang Zheng came through was a dark alley. He observed carefully for a moment, then walked out of the alley and came to the street.
However...the scene on the street surprised Fang Zheng.
"What the hell is this? Am I in Disneyland? Or a zoo?"
The streets were bustling with people, but what surprised Fang Zheng was not just this. There were no people walking on the streets, not even half-humans like sub-humans. The people here looked like the anthropomorphic animals in the children's cartoons Fang Zheng had watched before. He could see sheep wearing clothes, wolves wearing skirts, and rabbits carrying schoolbags... What the hell was this place?
The other people also looked at Fang Zheng with strange and cold eyes.
"Mom, why doesn't that person have hair?"
"Shh, stop staring."
"That's the unconquered species, right?"
"Why is there a Wuzheng species here?"
No hair? You guys with hair are weird, right?
Listening to the whispers coming from all around, Fang Zheng's face darkened. Hey, this is really strange. In the worlds he traveled through before, whether it was the dark world or the world of the Four Saints, non-humans were discriminated against. But now, in this world, it is humans who are discriminated against?
Are you kidding me?
"ah--!!"
Just as Fang Zheng was thinking about what to do next, suddenly, a scream came from above his head. Fang Zheng raised his head and looked upwards, only to see a piece of pure white falling quickly, getting closer and closer...
“Bang!!”
The next moment, Fang Zheng reached out and immediately held the piece of pure white in his hand, with a slight "dong" sound.
"call……"
It was only then that Fang Zheng could see clearly that the person falling from the sky was a girl wearing a black cloak and with long blue hair. She was holding a black cat tightly in her arms, and at this moment, she was closing her eyes tightly and trembling constantly.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Looking at the girl falling from the sky, Fang Zheng asked, then looked at her carefully.
Hmm... no tail, no weird ears, no hair on the face...
Isn't this what human beings are?
"ah!"
Hearing Fang Zheng's voice, the blue-haired girl opened her eyes in surprise. When she saw Fang Zheng in front of her, her cheeks couldn't help but blush.
"Fei, I'm so sorry..."
"It's nothing, you're not hurt."
"No, I'm fine..."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng put the blue-haired girl on the ground. At this moment, the black cat in the blue-haired girl's arms meowed softly, then immediately turned around and ran away.
"ah!"
Seeing the black cat running away, the blue-haired girl screamed, but before she could chase it, the black cat disappeared into the crowd. Seeing this, the blue-haired girl immediately dropped her shoulders in frustration and sighed. However, the next moment, she saw Fang Zheng stretch out his hand and put it in front of her. In his palm was a sapphire-shaped ornament.
"You're looking for this? I just saw the cat holding it in his mouth."
"Ah, that's it!"
Seeing the small trinket in Fang Zheng's hand, the blue-haired girl happily reached out to take it, then bowed respectfully to Fang Zheng.
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome."
In response to the blue-haired girl's thanks, Fang Zheng waved his hand and then glanced around.
At this time, the number of people gathering around not only did not decrease, but increased instead.
Of course, in Fang Zheng’s view, these are not “people”.
"Another unmarked species."
"Get out of here, this is not your territory!"
Yo? You want to die?
Hearing that these animals dared to roar at him, Fang Zheng's eyes suddenly fixed, and the next moment, the incomparable dragon power burst out instantly, and those animals who were shouting just now immediately closed their mouths in fear. They were sweating, their legs were shaking, their teeth were chattering, and they couldn't even utter a word.
"snort."
After glancing at the surrounding animals, Fang Zheng withdrew his gaze and looked at the blue-haired girl.
"Let's get out of here first."