The Star Train's Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 51 Himeko's Research Progress

As expected, all three of them obtained the top-tier red eight-level test.

In fact, if they had come individually, each of them would have been enough for the Sea God to grant them the Nine Trials of the Sea God. Unfortunately, they came together, and the Sea God favored March 7th more.

Zhu Zhuqing first had her martial soul origin enhanced by Dan Heng, and then underwent ice and fire tempering, so she clearly had the potential to become a god.

The sea god was overjoyed to suddenly encounter four potential gods. One of them was his own, another was probably chosen by Destruction, and he would ask other gods if they wanted the remaining two.

I remember the God of War has been searching for a successor for thousands of years without success. What good things can I trade with him for?
Hopefully, the successor to the Sea God hadn't been given out when the pioneering team ran away, otherwise...

The four of them had similar first tests, all involving traversing the light of the sea god, though the number of tests varied slightly depending on their test level and strength.

Xing is level 1000, March is level 900, Meng Huaifeng is level 800, and Zhu Zhuqing is level 360.

The four of them tried it out briefly, and apart from Zhu Zhuqing, they could complete it immediately if they wanted to.

However, no one wanted to complete it; they only tried it briefly.

Meng Huaifeng and Xing used the excuse of first visiting Poseidon Island and then focusing on completing the divine test to go on a trip on March 7th.

Zhu Zhuqing only asked everyone to call her when they left; she didn't join in the fun but instead made the most of every minute to cultivate in the light of the sea god.

Although she couldn't complete the first test immediately, she found it to be a great place to quickly improve her skills.

Having witnessed the earth-shattering battle between Xing and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Zhu Zhuqing, deeply aware of her own weakness, felt an unprecedented surge of determination to become stronger.

Unable to dissuade them, the three could only sigh and tell themselves the same thing.

I'm not playing around; I'm exploring. Every time I travel to an unknown place, I move forward a little on my path of exploration!
So, I'm getting stronger too!
The three of them felt much more at ease during their trip.

Seven cities, a ring-shaped sea, and the raging waves of Poseidon Island are not small. There are several scenic wonders. The three of them spent a full half month leisurely exploring the island.

During this time, I also met many people, such as the Seven Sacred Pillars of Poseidon Island, and on March 7th, I even became friends with the mermaid sea witch.

Zhu Zhuqing's efforts paid off, and she successfully advanced one level. Although the pioneering team considered this advancement insignificant, they still offered their blessings to Zhu Zhuqing.

That night, the four of them gathered furtively at the beach.

"Aren't we really going to say goodbye to our new friends?" March 7th asked, feeling a little reluctant.

"Can we leave easily after saying goodbye?" Meng Huaifeng asked rhetorically.

"March, you don't want to turn against your new friends, do you?" Hoshino said in Japanese.

"Oh dear, of course I know, but leaving without saying goodbye feels a bit awkward." March 7 rolled her eyes at the two of them.

"Given the Seagod Island's devotion to the Seagod, if we give up the assessment, we'll probably be enemies the next time we meet," Zhu Zhuqing revealed the harsh reality.

"There's nothing I can do about it. I don't want to be some kind of sea god in this world. Should I remove that mark now?" March 7 said helplessly.

"Let's go for a while, and then drive them away when it's almost dawn and they've realized we're gone," Meng Huaifeng said.

In the past two weeks, they haven't just been playing around; Meng Huaifeng and Xing have successfully mastered treading water.

March 7th and the Star are said to be able to fly, but their speed is not particularly fast. In comparison, running on the sea allows them to gain some leverage and thus be faster.

Xing opened the phone's navigation app, and the four of them, along with Zhu Zhuqing, ran towards the mainland.

The four men were as fast as a car, and they reached the mainland in one night.

The three of them used imaginary energy to remove the test mark left by the Sea God. Xing also removed the mark of the God of Destruction. Zhu Zhuqing's mark was removed by March 7.

In the realm of gods, the sea god suddenly paused. "What's wrong, sea god? When will you take me to see my future successor?" asked a tall man in armor beside the sea god.

"Something's happened. Here's your stuff back!" The Sea God returned the treasure he had just acquired to the God of War and returned to the temple with a cold face.

The Sea God communicated with the gods of the lower realm and instantly learned that everything on Sea God Island was normal and no battle had taken place. In other words, they were not dead, but had somehow shielded or removed their mark.

Not long after, the four titled Douluo who guarded the sacred pillars each led a group of people away from Seagod Island and headed towards the mainland.

Huh? They didn't do anything wrong, so why are the pioneering team being hunted down by two major forces?

No, if you include Walter's side, there are three factions.

Star Dome Train.

Himeko rarely leaves the lab, and she sits elegantly on the sofa, enjoying her coffee.

"Himeko, how's the research going? Have you made any progress?" Walter asked.

“We’ve got a lead. Conventional methods for stabilizing wormholes simply can’t stabilize them in a second or two; we need to rely on the power of expansion.” Himeko swirled her coffee, took a sip, and squinted her eyes as she spoke.

"If we want to connect two worlds through an unstable wormhole, it's like trying to tie two cars going in opposite directions with a rope. Besides the rope needing to be strong, the two cars also need to be tied tightly enough, otherwise the rope will break."

"And the silver rails are the rope I'll be using to support the wormhole and tie the two worlds together. I'm not worried about the silver rail network on the other side, but I'm mainly worried about this side. I don't know how many silver rails I'll need to keep the two worlds from collapsing. Anyway, as before, the more the better."

"As for the section of silver rail that supports the wormhole, it needs to be specially laid, using as much pioneering power and fuel as possible to strengthen its strength. Silver rail alone is not enough here. The main purpose is to use silver rail to buy some time, to extend the time in the wormhole from one second to tens of seconds or even several minutes, and then use wormhole stabilization technology to completely stabilize it."

Himeko's research is basically complete; what remains is to iterate and upgrade the technology to reduce consumption and increase speed.

"Thank you for your hard work," Walter said.

"You've worked really hard too. Has the God Realm not given up yet?" Himeko asked.

“No.” Walter shook his head with a wry smile: “In fact, there are even more people surrounding us now. Several times we’ve had to use jumps to get rid of them. I reckon they’ll soon have a way to deal with it.”

Jumping is not a panacea; a certain speed must be reached to initiate it. Currently, the divine realm is attempting to slow down the Star Train.

"Why don't you go to the realm of gods and wreak havoc, and subdue them all? You should have the strength for that, right?" A sly smile flashed in Himeko's eyes.

It was only in front of Welt that Himeko would occasionally show a bit of girlish playfulness.

"Forget it, wouldn't that just make things worse?" Walter didn't want to do something so thankless.

To challenge the entire divine realm without resorting to lethal force is a troublesome prospect.

If the people of the divine realm discover that he won't kill, and they fight him even more recklessly, that would be even more of a headache.

Let's put it off for now.

　At the suggestion of our readers, some problematic points in the previous text have been slightly revised. Major revisions would involve too many issues and might cause contradictions between the preceding and following text, affecting the reading experience; therefore, no major changes have been made.

　　Version 1.1 weakened the God King's combat power, placing him among the advanced Destiny Walkers, making him the ceiling.

　　The hierarchy among those on the Path of Destiny has become blurred, as the range of combat power among them is too great. Therefore, the universe has roughly divided the hierarchy, but this is an artificial division and there are actually no clear boundaries.

　　Xinghe and Sanyue's performance improved slightly, surpassing that of a Title Douluo.

　　The author may have made mistakes or overlooked some aspects; everyone is welcome to correct them and offer suggestions.

　　That's about it, meow (づ￣3￣)づ╭～
　　
　
(End of this chapter)