Chapter 1855: Anyone Want to Travel to Mars?
"Going to Thousand Stars City?"
As soon as Jiangnan appeared, his words directly stunned Jiang Ning, her face full of disbelief!
"Are you serious? You want to borrow the wind from the chess player? Silicon?"
Jiang Ning had some guesses about what Jiangnan was thinking.
Jiangnan nodded: "I originally planned to fix the communication device and see if I could contact Silicon."
"But it's clearly hopeless now. If I want to negotiate with Silicon, there's only one way left—to personally go to Thousand Stars City!"
Jiang Ning's scalp tingled, and she paced back and forth uneasily.
"Have you thought this through? Do you really want to involve Silicon? The Mechanical Race is a bunch of absolutely rational guys who pursue maximum benefits—they're emotionless machines!"
"If something is beneficial to themselves, they will definitely do it! But you have to understand, Silicon's essence is no different from the Bose Clan!"
"The Mechanical Race's power is enormous, spread across the starry sky, among the top races in the Ten Thousand Races. One misstep and you'll be eaten clean!"
"The risk of collaborating with a tiger is too great. To put it bluntly, with humanity's current foundation, we can't even stir up a wave, let alone have the qualifications to negotiate with Silicon!"
This was the truth. The two sides simply weren't on the same level.
Humanity hadn't even fully utilized the solar system.
While Silicon could integrate an entire galaxy, even multiple galaxies' resources.
Jiangnan's face was calm: "I know the risks, but does humanity really have a choice?"
If they didn't involve Silicon, the Bose Clan would toy them to death.
Collaborating with a tiger still gave them a chance.
Jiang Ning smiled bitterly. Yeah, to win, there was no choice.
Jiangnan continued: "Besides, I want to go to Thousand Stars City not just to contact Silicon. There's a lot more I want to do."
As he spoke, Jiangnan looked through the broken sword scar into the boundless starry sky, his eyes full of longing.
(꒪ͦ˘꒪ͦ๑) "I want to see what kind of world Uncle Li saw out there. I want to see how dazzling the world under the starry sky really is."
"Only by knowing the gap can we examine ourselves more clearly."
"The starry sky is so big, I want to go see it..."
Looking at Jiangnan's profile, Jiang Ning knew his heart had drifted away, no longer satisfied with the tiny Blue Star.
Finally... finally he had fought his way to this step.
Jiangnan muttered: "Mechanical Prosthetic, War Fortress, Thought Spirit Pearl, Source Mass Armor... I've seen so much, things I never dared to imagine before."
"Even that Black Barrier directly paralyzed a planet's communications."
"I also want to see if there's anything powerful in Thousand Stars City that can help humanity grow faster and increase our foundation."
Jiang Ning silently stood beside Jiangnan and said softly: "There is... there are too many amazing things under the starry sky. But we don't have money? How are we going to..."
Jiangnan's lips curled into a smirk:
(๑͡°ں͡°) "Who says we don't? I still have a mining machine over on Jupiter!"
Jiang Ning's expression froze:
=͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇) "Sss~ Incense Bead? Did you plan this long ago?"
Given the value of the Incense Bead, it was definitely enough, damn it!
Jiangnan chuckled, raising his hand toward the starry sky as if to grasp all the starlight in his palm.
"It never hurts to prepare ahead of time, right?"
Jiang Ning smiled bitterly. How many plans had Jiangnan secretly made for the future?
"Going is fine. It's inevitable for you anyway. But remember this! You absolutely cannot appear in Thousand Stars City as a human!"
"Otherwise, you'll get beaten up, I'm telling you!"
Jiangnan was stunned: (´ﾟωﾟ) "Eh? You can't even be human?"
Get beaten up?
Jiang Ning said helplessly: "That being's infamy is too great. Back then, he tore down half of Thousand Stars City. The word 'human' is taboo in Thousand Stars City."
"Not to mention that being's name! If you don't want to be chased and beaten, you'd better hide your human identity."
Jiangnan's mouth twitched. Whoa! Were humans really that notorious in Thousand Stars City?
Jiang Fan was really reckless!
(٥･᷄ω･᷅) "I think I'd better keep a low profile."
After all, compared to the Ten Thousand Races outside in the starry sky, his current strength was just a tiny speck.
Jiang Ning's expression turned serious: "Since you want to go, then go! But how will you get there? Our Star Gate is broken; we need to set a mark first to use it."
"If you think you can just use Warp Bubble to charge all the way to Thousand Stars City, you're sorely mistaken. You'll exhaust yourself to death!"
"Just getting out of the Milky Way, this lonely island of stars, would be impressive enough."
Given Jiangnan's current strength, his curvature wasn't that great. Directly traveling to Thousand Stars City was unrealistic.
Blue Star was basically the starry sky's suburbs!
Jiangnan grinned: (๑◔◡◔ิ๑) "Our Star Gate is broken, but the Holy Star still has a good one! Let's go! I'll take you to steal a good one!"
With that, he grabbed Jiang Ning and hurriedly set off.
Jiang Ning: ???
We're going to steal a Star Gate just like that? What happened to the easing of tensions with the Holy Star?
In the training room, Jiangnan and Jiang Ning appeared abruptly.
Zhong Yingxue, Xia Yao, and the rest of the team were sweating profusely as they trained, not relaxing for a second.
Seeing Jiangnan appear suddenly, they were startled. Was he done with his business?
Jiangnan raised an eyebrow: (•́.̫•̀) "Anyone want to travel to Mars? If you want to go, give me a kiss!"
"Ticket price is just one smooch~"
Hearing this, everyone who had been training like crazy in the room lit up.
Da Lang Mie let out a yahoo and pounced on Jiangnan, kissing his face wildly.
٩(๛˘³˘)۶(ºั╰╯ºั๑)
"Go, go, go! Why wouldn't I go?"
Jiangnan wiped the saliva off his face:
(。ớ₃ờ)ھ "Hey hey hey, one kiss is enough, okay! You can't pay for the group ticket all by yourself!"
But Xia Yao didn't stop, waving her hand.
(︶ε︶*)ﾂ "Hmph! I, Da Lang Mie, am treating everyone to this trip! That's how generous I am!"
Xiong Er said helplessly: (⌒﹏⌒;) "You just want to kiss Nan Ge a few more times, don't you?"
Jiangnan looked at Zhong Yingxue expectantly.
Zhong Yingxue's pretty face flushed, and she twirled her sweat-dampened hair around her finger:
(⑉◔₃◔ิ⑉) "I'm all sweaty and smelly. Can I pay on credit and kiss you later? I'll..."
Before she finished, a Space Wormhole opened. Zhong Yingxue yelped in surprise. Before she could react, Jiangnan gave her a big kiss on the cheek, turning her face red.
"Hehe~ Nonsense! My Snow's sweat is fragrant! Let's go, let's go!"
Wu Liang grinned, puckered his lips, and chuckled as he approached.
(꒪ั❥꒪ั*) "Hehehe~ Nan Ge, I..."
(￢益￢٥) "Get lost! You don't get a ticket! Ugly rejection!"
Since Warp Bubble could only carry a limited number of people.
Zhong Yingxue turned into a Flame Cloak and wrapped around Jiangnan. Da Lang Mie took the spot on his back.
Mila and Lan sat on his shoulders, left and right.
Wu Liang and Xiong Er hugged his thighs, carrying Xiao Jiuwo princess-style.
Lan said solemnly:
∠(｀～´#) "Report, Brother Jiangnan! All passengers are aboard! The doors are welded shut! Ready to depart!"
After years apart, Jiangnan's "Said to Be Team" was reunited.
Jiangnan was completely covered in people. Jiang Ning chuckled on the side. You really bring your whole family along, huh?
Jiangnan grinned, teleported out of the Star Palace, and a Warp Bubble instantly formed.
"Let's go!"
At an astonishing speed, they shot into the starry sky, heading straight for Mars!
Forget about perihelion or aphelion—just go!
They didn't even bother with the Stream Silver ship. A hundred times the speed of sound was too slow; getting to Mars would take forever.
Warp Bubble was much faster.
Xia Yao, Zhong Yingxue, and the others widened their eyes, looking out from inside the Warp Bubble in disbelief.
Everything was stretched; the starry sky was twisting and blurring.
Jiangnan kept eating Durian Pulp to replenish his consumption.
Although Jiangnan couldn't yet roam the starry sky freely, taking a stroll within the solar system was pretty easy.
It took eight minutes for light to travel from the sun to Blue Star.
Jiangnan was only faster than that.
Watching a yellowish-brown planet rapidly enlarge in his sight.
Xia Yao quickly said: "Xiao Nan, be careful! As the first human to land on Mars, don't kneel on the ground like you did on the moon!"
Jiangnan's face darkened. Could you not bring up my embarrassing history?
The Warp Bubble streaked through Mars's thin atmosphere and slammed heavily at the foot of Mount Olympus.
Given their physical condition, being exposed to Mars for a short time wasn't a problem.
But to be safe, they took Rabbit Rabbit pills.
Zhong Yingxue gently picked up a handful of soil and held it in her hand, her eyes still full of shock:
(•́﹏•̀٥) "We... we're on Mars?"
Blue Star's fastest express, right?
She never thought in her life she'd have the chance to set foot on Mars.
In just a few short years, everyone had witnessed so much history following Jiangnan.
Jiangnan smiled: "Alright! Dismissed! We're here for serious business! The Holy Star has a Star Gate at the foot of Mount Olympus. Help me find it!"
Everyone quickly spread out to search. Wu Liang, especially, was pumped up, turning into a muscle monster and charging straight up Mount Olympus.
The mountain was over twenty thousand meters high, the tallest peak on Mars.
He said he wanted to be the first man to stand on the summit of Mars.
Mount Olympus was huge. Uncle Li said there was a Star Gate, but finding where it was placed would take some effort.
That Igor really knew how to hide things.
Just then, Wu Liang's shout came from the peak.
∑(°口°๑) "Whoa! Nan Ge, come look!"
Jiangnan was startled. What's up? The gate is on the summit?
Two teleports put him at the top, beside Wu Liang.
The sight before him made Jiangnan's mouth twitch.
There, on the summit, were two huge characters stretching for over ten kilometers, written with iron strokes and silver hooks.
Though covered by windblown sand, they were still clearly legible, as if scratched out with a finger.
Jiang! Fan!
Jiangnan's face darkened: (̿▀̿益▀̿̿)̄ "Whoa! Is he really that savage? He visited the moon, and now Jiang Fan came to Mars too?"
"And he carved his name on the summit of Mount Olympus? He's a bit flashy, isn't he? No manners!"
"Did he tour all eight planets of the solar system three thousand years ago?"
Jiangnan clicked his tongue. Wu Liang and the others also twitched. Those two characters were really eye-catching.
The more Jiangnan thought about it, the more disgruntled he became. In a flash, he disappeared with a Warp Bubble and began plowing across the vast Martian wilderness at breakneck speed!
─=≡Σ(((つ•̀益•́)つ "A ten-kilometer name isn't imposing enough! If you're going to write, write something bigger! And I'm adding emojis too!"
Since the goal was to surpass the predecessors, he couldn't let his spirit be weaker. Although his strength couldn't catch up, his name had to be carved bigger than his!
Zhong Yingxue watched Jiangnan plowing wildly with the Warp Bubble and couldn't stop laughing.
(๑･᷄◡･᷅) "That damn competitive spirit! A man's competitiveness always shows up in the weirdest places."
Jiangnan directly used the Warp Bubble to carve a name hundreds of kilometers wide on Mars, visible even from space!
Jiangnan (๑͡°⥎͡°)✧!
Jiangnan (๑͡°⥎͡°)✧