Chapter 580: Darkness, or Light? (2/2)

Rui Bing and her two companions continued their journey. She and Sang Kan were relieved to find that Aried was getting better already.

They walked for a long time, climbing an endless chain of mountain ridges. The further they went, the darker the surroundings. Daytime turned shorter, while nighttime stretched on longer.

Today, they reached total darkness. Darkness was always intimidating, but that was only true for Aried. Both Rui Bing and Sang Kan were strong-minded people who would not be fazed by darkness.

They continued their advance, hoping against hope. They did not know what laid ahead, but one thing was for sure - all the places they had been were suitable for human life.

Aried continued to think about how they could return to their world.

”We need to find a spatial window. The spatial dimension here is unstable. There must be another spatial window, somewhere. As long as we find that spatial window, our chances of returning will be improved.” Aried said carefully.

”By how much?” Sang Kan asked.

Aried did not tone things down for his student the way he would for Rui Bing. He glared at Sang Kan and said, ”From one in a hundred million to one in ten million.”

Even Rui Bing was a little disappointed by the answer.

Aried noticed her disappointment. He hesitated for a while, and then continued, ”I suspect that this is actually a world that leads to many others.”

Both Rui Bing and Sang Kan looked to Aried.

Aried continued carefully, ”Of course, it's just a hypothesis of mine. Hmm, a hypothesis that is not yet proven. The spatial dimension in this world must be lower than other worlds, that's why the spatial windows came to be.”

Abruptly, Aried went off tangent. ”We found red-tailed beasts here, right?”

Sang Kan nodded in puzzlement. ”Yes. What's that got to do with this?”

”You remember how the red-tailed beasts first appeared. They came through spatial windows. So, I think that this is very likely the homeworld of the red-tailed beasts. They were able to reach the He Yue Galaxy through spatial windows. I don't know how many packs of red-tailed beasts there are now. Err, let's call them hordes. How many tribes of red-tailed beasts do we have in the He Yue Galaxy?”

”Seven. Six, now.” Sang Kan's reply came quickly. He followed the topic closely.

”Right, there are six now.” Aried continued. ”This means that there are at least six spatial windows that lead to the He Yue Galaxy. Besides, if those are naturally occurring spatial windows, and if they were disrupted by interference, then they will reappear again after some period of time.”

Rui Bing broke her silence and asked, ”How long will that be?”

”10 years, 20 years, it's hard to say,” Aried replied without much commitment.

Even so, his words were encouraging to Rui Bing and Sang Kan, who were both starting to tire from their journey. There were six gateways to the He Yue Galaxy alone. This was good news indeed.

As they entered this dark territory, the terrain became flat, and the darkness loomed ever more intimidatingly. However, Sang Kan found the place to be very similar to the Sang Family Village. With the exception of the high gravity zones, this place was too much like the Sang Family Village. Sang Kan also made himself some primitive weapons that were typical of the Sang Tribe. The weapons were deadly tools in Sang Kan's hands, for he was almost physically comparable to a Jie expert.

What awaited them ahead? Would it be darkness, or light?

…

The stronghold was still as organized as Ye Chong left it. The students were now carrying their battle practices deeper and deeper into Darkniss. The gateway to Western Frost was found, but Ye Chong did not plan to make use of it in the near future. He now had enough resources to last him awhile.

The metal alloy cannon arrays were built quickly. Not much technical skill was required to build this weapon. The alloy cannon arrays were exchanged for an endless stream of supplies. The stronghold warehouse was almost full. Expansion works for the warehouse continued every day.

Aside from the supplies, they also had new shooters. Who knew how the Yan Family got their hands on them? Ye Chong was certain that there must be some informants of the Yan Family mixed inside, but what did it matter? They would not understand his ambitions.

The shooters were all at least Level 6, and obviously military. That was exactly what Ye Chong wanted.

Ye Chong built two more strongholds, one at each of the entrances to Western Frost and Northern Lands. Each stronghold was manned with 500 mech pilots. He must protect himself with his own men.

After completing these two strongholds, Ye Chong relinquished his conservative approach and began to push his way deeper into Darkniss. He took control of the few places he knew to be rich in metal ores. He also visited Mei Wu's dwelling, but did not find her there. Hence, Ye Chong had to bring the Spider back to his stronghold.

Ye Chong was not aware that his actions had thrown the natural territories of Darkniss's inhabitants into disarray. Animals moved in hordes to the inner parts of Darkniss. They were not as strong as the animals in the inner parts, but they made up for it in numbers. The millennia old boundaries in Darkniss were disrupted. A new era of chaos was imminent.

Ye Chong did not have the time to notice the movements of these wild animals. He now had enough resources in his hands. Besides the metal ore sites that Mei Wu brought him to, he also located a few more places rich in metal ores.

This meant that the plan he had in mind could finally be set in motion.

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