Chapter 370: Emergency Escape Pod

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Just as the experts from the European Union were settled down, the Chen family arrived at the industrial base in the suburbs of Jiangnan City.

A long line had formed in front of the place where the soldiers were verifying their identities. It was very lively.

The Daxia Kingdom was in a hurry to train their own team of experts. With these people as the core, they would teach more people the necessary information about the spaceship.

“Brother, is the departure time of the spaceship going to be brought forward?” Chen Yingying looked at the long line of warriors. She could recognize many famous warriors and professors from the top universities.

What was unbelievable was that these people had all come to be trained for life on board the spaceship. There was still nearly a year till the completion of the space plan.

“Maybe.”

Chen Yiming heaved a sigh of relief as his gaze landed on the city-level spaceship.

The reason why they suddenly brought out the smaller spaceships for training was because of the many signs that the black tide was about to arrive. The pressure it brought was too great.

As a spaceship, the city-level spaceship was indeed considered to be small. A single city-level spaceship could only accommodate the population of one city.

With a capacity of hundreds of thousands of people, compared to the billions of people on the blue planet, the difference was more than 10,000 times. It was far from enough to meet the minimum number of people needed to leave behind the seeds of humanity.

This was because on the way to the target planet, who knew how many accidents would happen? The fewer people there were, the less ability they had to withstand the risks.

Moreover, if humans were really lucky enough to successfully reach a planet that could support life, the size of the initial population would determine the speed at which humans could rebuild their civilization.

“Can’t you confirm it? Dad said last night that he won’t be able to spend much time at home in the future. Most of his time will be spent at the industrial base for the second city-level spaceship,” Chen Yingying asked doubtfully.

Father Chen and Mother Chen, who were following behind the two siblings, also retracted their attention from the first city-level spaceship.

They also wanted to hear what Chen Yiming had to say. After all, Father Chen was currently working at the industrial base for the second city-level spaceship. They wanted to do their best during this national crisis.

“It has only been slightly more than half a year since the establishment of the space plan. Even with the experts from the European Union joining in, it will still take some time or them to get settled in.

It’s already a miracle that they could bring forward the deadline by three months. Don’t have unrealistic fantasies,” Chen Yiming whispered as he glanced at his sister.

“Then…”

Chen Yiming continued, “With just a city-level spaceship of this level, it won’t be a problem to move around the solar system or the area around the solar system.

However, it’s too unrealistic to go to an unknown planet that could support life. Without reaching such a planet, there’s no future for those in the spaceship. Sooner or later, the human civilization will disappear due to various accidents.”

“Brother, are you saying that it’s impossible for us to launch a spaceship before the black tide arrives?” Chen Yingying said as her eyes widened.

Chen Yiming nodded.

In the deepest oceanic trench on the blue planet, there was the mysterious war weapon. On the moon, there was the shadow mouth. Both were used to seal off the escape of the humans.

After thinking about it carefully, since the black tide from outer space could successfully invade one world after another, it would not fail so easily when it came to the humans on the blue planet.

There was a high chance that every move the humans made, such as building spaceships, was being monitored by the black tide.

The reason why they did not stop them at all was because the outcome would be extremely bad for the humans. The space plan had almost no chance of success.

This was reality. Even if the female spirit urged Chen Yiming to escape, she would only help him to escape alone, not with a spaceship full of humans.

Chen Yingying had a shocked expression on her face when she heard this. Previously, she had been exposed to the news of the humans’ groundbreaking progress one after another. She had not expected such an outcome.

Their achievements in the past year had exceeded the technological advancement of the past 100 years. However, before the black tide arrived, they could not even escape.

Father Chen’s expression was solemn. As the head of the industrial base, he felt that he had an additional burden on his shoulders. When he heard his son’s words, he was confused.

The motivation for all the people in the base came from the space plan. If the launch of the human spaceship failed and was made public, their morale, confidence, determination, and so on would all be affected.

Chen Yiming retracted his gaze. He couldn’t tell anyone about the martial arts talent system.

In his heart, it did not matter if the space plan failed. As long as they figured out all the technology needed to build a spaceship, he would consider it a success.

The reason was that the black tide’s invasion of the world was tied to the harvesting of negative emotions.

It was also because of this that the black tide wouldn’t destroy human civilization immediately. Chen Yiming was confident that they could find a way to survive while fighting back against the black tide.

When his and the spiritual figure’s talents were upgraded to the level where they could fight against the black tide, they would be able to chase it away. It was just like how the Daxia Kingdom had almost wiped out all the mutant beasts in its territory.

They could also rely on the advancements in the spaceship technology to quickly complete the second-generation space plan and head to an unknown planet to avoid the possibility of an even more terrifying attack from the black tide.

At that time, Chen Yiming’s strength would be far greater than it was now. The chances of a human spaceship successfully reaching a new planet would also increase greatly.

…

Not long after, the Chen family took a special route and entered the interior of the city-level spaceship.

Chen Yingying, Father Chen, and Mother Chen had already been here once. A familiar feeling welled up in their hearts, but they did not appear too excited.

The person in charge of receiving the Chen family was a female expert from the military. She had black hair and tanned skin. She was not wearing a traditional green military uniform, but a set of high-tech armor.

“The war goddess of the north, Wu Di!”

When she saw who it was, Chen Yingying’s mouth fell open as she recognized the other party.

Invincible?

When did the military have such a strong female expert?

Chen Yiming didn’t recognize this woman and thought that his sister was calling the other party an invincible expert. He glanced at his sister, indicating for her not to make a fuss.

“Hello! I’m Wu Di, a giant bloodline warrior. I’m so happy to see you in person.”

Wu Di smiled at Chen Yingying and took the initiative to shake Chen Yiming’s hand.

“Yes.”

So this woman was one of his admirers, and a giant bloodline warrior at that. Chen Yiming reached out and shook her hand.

“It feels alright.”

“It’s not as rough as I thought.”

“Unfortunately, her skin is not that pale.”

This was what he felt about the short contact, based on a man’s instinct.

Of course, Chen Yiming was already experienced. He looked like he was just shaking hands, and his face remained serious.

Father Chen and Mother Chen’s eyes lit up in surprise. They were attracted by Wu Di’s extraordinarily wide hips and perky butt.

The reason for this was mainly because Chen Yiming had slept with many women, but he had yet to leave behind a child to carry on the bloodline of the Chen family.

How could Father Chen and Mother Chen not be anxious? They usually did not show it because humans were in a crisis where the entire civilization might be destroyed.

There was another important reason. A population expert had published a statistic. The probability of a warrior and an ordinary person having a child was different from normal, and it was much lower than the probability of an ordinary person and another ordinary person having a child.

As for the combination of a warrior and another warrior, although it did not return to the normal fertility rate, it was barely within the acceptable range. It was not as low as the combination of a warrior and an ordinary person.

This involved a common rule in the natural world. The stronger the individual, the more difficult it was for them to procreate.

Therefore, this result was naturally accepted by most people and did not cause much of a stir.

Generally, powerful male warriors did not only have one wife, but also countless lovers. It was also very normal for powerful female warriors to have a few male companions in private.

“Wu Di, right? Hello, I’m Chen Yiming’s mother.”

Mother Chen and Father Chen looked at each other. After the two of them shook hands with her, Mother Chen immediately went forward and latched onto her arm, trying to get close to her.

“Hello, Mother Chen,” Wu Di replied politely.

Mother Chen nodded and asked shamelessly, “Wu Di, how old are you?”

“I like women who have fair skin, good looks, long legs, and are delicate and gentle,” Chen Yiming retorted in his heart when he saw Mother Chen’s actions. He kept trying to signal to her with his gaze.

Mother Chen ignored her son’s hints and waited expectantly for Wu Di to reply.

What did Mother Chen mean? Was she trying to get her into the Chen family?

This was bad. How could she reject her? The war was right in front of their eyes. How could she spend her time and energy on getting married and having children?

This was the first time she had been asked such a question. As a female expert who had made a name for herself on the battlefield recently, she did not show any mercy when killing mutant creatures, and was given the nickname of the ‘War Goddess’.

However, she was completely unable to deal with such an awkward situation due to her lack of experience.

Wu Di looked a little embarrassed. After a pause, she said, “I’m 23 this year.”

“She’s 23 years old. She’s a war goddess from the giant bloodline warriors. It’s very difficult to find a more suitable candidate in terms of her cultivation level. She has a pair of wide hips that are good for bearing children. Her fighting style is also similar to our son’s.”

Mother Chen was very satisfied with her response and smiled kindly at her.

It was said that the giant bloodline warriors were bloodline warriors modeled after Chen Yiming. Was there any better candidate?

“That’s good. You young people should interact more.”

Father Chen also smiled, very satisfied with Wu Di’s background.

Chen Yingying was still a naive little girl. She could not understand what was going on. She looked curiously at the embarrassed Wu Di and the enthusiastic Father Chen and Mother Chen.

Chen Yiming coughed and said, “Bring us around the spaceship to learn about the rules we need to follow when living on board the spaceship.”

These words forced Father Chen and Mother Chen to stop their conversation.

Wu Di exited her embarrassed state, remembering that she still had an important job to do. At the same time, she heaved a sigh of relief and quickly led the way.

…

Inside the ship, beside an emergency escape pod.

The escape pod in front of them was essentially a simplified fighter plane adapted for space.

Its design was like a pill, and had a sci-fi feel to it. The power system made from fragments of extraordinary weapons fused with the engines developed by humans.

Coupled with the artificial environment that could support life inside of it, in theory, as long as there were still humans around on the spaceships, they could still be kept alive while waiting for rescue even after they left the spaceship.

“This is an emergency escape pod. During a long space voyage, it’s impossible to guarantee that we will never encounter any accidents along the way. It can bring people away from the scene of an accident for the time being.

If the people in the escape pods are warriors, the high-energy compressed food they are stocked with can ensure their survival for a month,” Wu Di explained.

“This is a little small. It’s alright for two people, but if a family is squeezed into it, there’s almost no room for them to move around.”

As Mother Chen spoke, she sized up her son and Wu Di with a strange gaze.

Chen Yiming and Wu Di weren’t ordinary people. With their size, their situation would be like that of a family squeezed into an escape pod. Every time they moved, they would bump into the person beside them.

“Father Chen, should Mother Chen give it a try and familiarize herself with how to operate the escape pod?” Wu Di suggested.

This was also something that the higher-ups had specially instructed them to do. It was far from possible for the current escape pods to be allocated to everyone, so they could only be allocated to a select few people.

Chen Yingying, Father Chen, and Mother Chen were among the candidates.

“I…”

Chen Yingying was about to speak. She also wanted to go in and experience it together, but she was stopped by Mother Chen, who had expected this.

“There aren’t many escape pods in total. What if you break them? Let your brother learn how to use it and teach you,” Mother Chen said in a reprimanding tone.

At this moment, Father Chen also echoed, “It’s better to let your brother test-drive for us. This way, it won’t be too crowded since it’s just him and Wu Di. The space inside is indeed too small for an entire family.”

“What are they trying to do? Wu Di isn’t my type. One look and I can tell that the giant bloodline warriors aren’t gentle. They might even be violent.” Chen Yiming was speechless.

If it had not been Father Chen and Mother Chen’s request, he would have rejected it long ago.

Wu Di nodded, not thinking too much about it.

This kind of emergency escape pod was originally designed for two people. However, the current level of human technology was severely lacking, so it was impossible to build a large number of such escape pods.

“Go on.”

Mother Chen threw a glance at the escape pod and grabbed Chen Yiming’s arm, not giving him any chance to refute her.

Chen Yiming wanted to reject her, but he couldn’t embarrass his parents in public. In the end, he could only endure the discomfort and enter the escape pod.

In the escape pod, other than a control panel and some space for one’s legs, the rest of the space was filled with survival supplies.

The design made full use of almost all the available space. It was very practical, perfectly conforming to the concept of “emergency use”.

The design considered the agility, size, and speed, not comfort, needed for supporting one’s survival. They wanted the escape pod to be overlooked by any enemies as much as possible.

“I’m sorry.”

When Wu Di jumped through the entrance and landed on the ground, her chest bumped into Chen Yiming’s shoulder. The two of them immediately apologized to each other.

“This…”

Chen Yiming suddenly felt much less uncomfortable. After thinking about it again, coupled with the narrow space they were in, he felt like he was getting aroused.

He quickly shook off these thoughts. His parents and sister were still outside, and he would be embarrassed if they saw him in this state.

“It seems like the space is really too small.”

Wu Di looked around and realized that unless the two of them deliberately leaned against the cabin wall, they were either back to back, or their arms would be in constant contact with each other, or…

The reason was that both of them had large physiques. The two of them occupied the space equivalent to that of an entire family, so they could only squeeze a little.

She could only comfort herself with the design concept of the escape pod. When they needed to use the escape pod, no one cared about whether it was too crowded or not. The most important thing was to escape with their lives.

Soon, Wu Di came back to her senses and explained to Chen Yiming, “This is the joystick that controls the escape pod. Those are…”

Chen Yiming nodded repeatedly.

At this moment, the escape pod program that had started to activate detected that the button to open the cabin door had not been pressed. After another 10 seconds, the cabin door automatically closed.

“It feels a little hot.” Not only Chen Yiming, but even Wu Di felt it.

For those with strong physiques, unless they deliberately controlled it, the blood essence power that seeped out of their body would quickly increase the temperature in a sealed space.

“This is a temperature control device.”

Wu Di turned around and reached out to press a button.

“What!”

In the next moment, Chen Yiming gasped.

Many words had to be omitted.

…

Half an hour later.

The emergency escape pod circled the sky a few times before returning to the base.

Chen Yiming exited the cabin in high spirits. The escape pod was completely enclosed, so no one could see what was going on inside.

Two to three seconds later,

Wu Di also came out of the cabin door. The blush on her face had completely disappeared. She landed easily on the ground from a height of more than three meters, and her movements were natural and smooth.

“How was it?”

He didn’t know what Mother Chen was asking about, but she glanced at Wu Di inadvertently. She didn’t see anything that was amiss, so she turned to ask Chen Yiming.

“It’s quite simple. You just need to control one joystick. The other equipment are also nearby. If you just need to activate the escape pod, you can learn it on the spot.”

Chen Yiming took the initiative to say a lot.

Wu Di, on the other hand, stood quietly. Chen Yiming was the one who answered Mother Chen’s question. She was like a completely different person from before.

It was a little strange, but it didn’t mean anything. After all, Mother Chen was asking Chen Yiming.

Father Chen said in relief, “Then your mother and I can relax. After all, we old people can’t keep up with the times when it comes to learning new things. The simpler, the better.”

At this moment, Chen Yingying had an excited expression on her face as she suggested again, “Brother, you already said that it’s very simple. It’s time for us to try to operate the escape pod and fly in the sky.”

Mother Chen still wanted to probe her son and Wu Di to see if their relationship had developed further under such a good opportunity.

But Chen Yingying had changed the topic, and Mother Chen could not say anything else.

Soon, Chen Yingying, Father Chen, and Mother Chen jumped into the escape pod. Just like Chen Yiming and Wu Di, they controlled the escape pod and flew around the base.

Chen Yiming and Wu Di were left behind.

Chen Yiming looked at the escape pod in the sky and heaved a sigh of relief. He didn’t leave any suspicious traces behind.

Chen Yiming turned to Wu Di and said, “By the way, the blood essence used by the giant bloodline warriors shouldn’t have the potential to reach the master realm, right?”

Wu Di nodded. “Unless there is a transformation in the bloodline, there is no precedent for a bloodline warrior nurtured by the blood essence and the miracle blood to reach the same level as the original creature.”

In other words, even if one used blood essence from a giant equivalent to the human master realm, the upper limit of the corresponding giant bloodline warrior would be the peak of the warrior realm.

For example, with his body’s spiritual talent, he could at most cultivate to the half-step master realm.

If he wanted to break through to the master realm, he had to rely on the bloodline talent he had inherited from the giant. He had to undergo a transformation like Feng Wuji.

However, the transformation of one’s talent was not that simple. Feng Wuji’s talent was completely his own. The talent of a giant bloodline warrior came from an external source, and its compatibility with his body was far from perfect.

Therefore, breaking through to the master realm was only possible with the blood essence from giants in the inscription realm from the otherworld.

Chen Yiming nodded. While bloodline warriors had the chance to change their talent, their potential was restricted by the level of the creature they had obtained the blood essence from.

At the moment, other than searching for blood essence that corresponded to a higher cultivation level, there seemed to be no other way to increase the potential of one’s bloodline talent. The transformation of one’s talent was an extreme case, and it was impossible to generalize it.

At this moment, Wu Di’s face suddenly turned red again.

She looked around. The soldiers in charge of guarding the spaceship in the distance were all focused on monitoring the way out. No one dared to neglect their duty.

“I feel that the cells in my body have become much more active. This is something that has never happened before. I don’t know if it’s the transformation of my talent as stated in the records.”

With that, she lowered her head.