The old man you see with your phone is highly suspicious.

In that instant, Xue Daolu suddenly felt as if he had transcended time and space.

On the next page, the level 5 squad leader changed his equipment and went into battle himself.

Their group of more than ten people had all changed into equipment that resisted gravity spells. Before taking over, the squad leader smiled and said, "Alright, it's our turn."

"Gentlemen, I am one of the first to trigger the black hole. I can tell you that this is our final war, and we have only one ending: death."

The atmosphere fell silent for a moment, but no one backed down.

“But there’s nothing to be afraid of in death. Let’s each step forward and immediately use our magic to activate the World Tree.”

"Remember everyone's position within the magic circle. Don't make mistakes, and don't exceed 20 minutes."

"I'll go first, then the vice-captain, then the members of the combat regiment, and then the logistics department and equipment department..."

“I have recorded everything. In the future, our souls will be able to return to the embrace of the King and return to our homeland.”

"Let's go for a better tomorrow."

After saying that, the squad leader, now clad in armor, resolutely went to the location of the magic circle closest to the black hole, and the scene froze at that moment.

This concludes the profile of the individuals.

Xue's Law only saw the last page, which showed a black hole slowly approaching a cosmic void due to inertia, while the gravitational pull of the cosmic void gradually approached the gravity of the black hole, and finally, the black hole fell into the cosmic void.

In an instant, the endless gravitational force seemed to have firmly sewn up and sealed the void, and no matter was attracted into it anymore, while the black hole seemed to fall silent.

However, the divine tree that propelled the black hole was gone, and all the members of the 27th squad were gone. In the empty universe, only a black hole remained, sitting in the very center of the void, operating stably.

Everything seemed to be over.

Only the other teams arrived here, and they could only find a few relics and the last things they left behind.

In the year 91211 of the First Era, members of the 27th Squadron of the Starship went to deal with the Andromeda Void Disaster, and all of them perished. Number of survivors: 0.

After countless years of searching, not a single member's soul returned to the interior of the Mimic King; no one returned home.

However, tens of millions of years later, in the year 3223 of the Fifth Age, the soul of Kleber, a member of the 27th Squad and a repairman, was successfully extradited and returned home safely.

Chapter 305 Leading the Way Home

This is the record of the old man's life.

Too much time has passed, and even the Starship Corps couldn't record much more about the old man's story. They only recorded the cosmic void event of the first era, and to this day, the black hole that filled the void hangs at the very center of Andromeda.

None of those who pushed the black hole back have returned.

Even the planet-sized divine tree couldn't leave any trace there.

Black holes can crush all matter into the most primitive particle state. There, the concept of time is a false proposition. This may be the reason why the Mimic King could not obtain the souls of those members.

However, Mother Earth somehow managed to capture the old man's soul. Perhaps the old man's soul was incomplete, because he had forgotten most of his things—his past, his story, and the cause of his death.

All he could remember was his identity as a member of the interstellar squadron and a few memories of his time as a repairman.

Thinking of this, Xue Dinglu closed the file in his hand and looked at senior Olivia beside him.

"Senior, has the old man returned to the Mimic King's body?" Xue Dinglu asked.

"Yes, he has returned. Thank you for guiding the soul of our predecessor, Kleber, back home. Thank you again. This help will be forever remembered by the Star Squadron and will be of assistance to you at any time."

The atmosphere fell silent, and Xue's Law slowly emerged from the old man's story.

The old man and his companions were a group of noble idealistic warriors.

In that primitive era, none of them flinched when faced with danger. Instead, they tried their best to solve the problem, even at the cost of death.

Sadly, their souls were forever lost in the black hole, and to this day, only the old man's fragmented soul has been captured by Mother Earth.

Xue Lude decided to go back and ask his mother how she found the old man's soul. This might not be important to them, but it was one of the most important things for the entire interstellar column.

Bring back the souls of our ancestors, instead of letting them forever sink into the black hole.

Having thought this through, Xue's Law seemed to have made a certain decision.

Soon, Xue Dinglu closed the file, put it back in its original place, and said casually, "Senior, I heard that the teacher once left behind the most precious relics in the interstellar column."

Olivia seemed to have stepped out of the old man's story as well, saying, "I know, come with me."

Xue Dinglu slowly followed Senior Olivia through the portal. The next moment, he arrived at the area marked "Heroic Spirit Tomb," which was where the Starship Corps stored its treasures.

Many people leave behind their Noble Phantasms at the end, and these left-behind Noble Phantasms can become the power and tools of future generations. As future generations grow up, they can break away from the Noble Phantasms of their predecessors and even create their own Noble Phantasms, which can then be added to the Graveyard of Heroes.

But now, Senior Olivia has arrived here with Xue's Law and said to the magical creations here, "Senior Joshua's student has arrived. The last piece of his legacy that he preserved can be handed over."

The golem confirmed Xue's identity, then stepped aside and said, "Confirmation complete. Mr. Joshua had no relatives. His belongings were taken away by the student he had registered with..."

Xue also bowed slightly.

The two strolled through the graveyard of heroes, and led Xue Dinglu to a treasure artifact before stopping.

【NO.9458: True Cursed Blood】

Xue's law causes pupil constriction.

In the treasure vault at this moment, there was an object that looked like a honeycomb. The honeycomb was filled with countless holes filled with cursed blood. At this moment, after Xue Luding arrived, the honeycomb seemed to sense something. The cursed blood inside began to gradually separate and tentatively stretched out a little bit of bloody tentacles towards Xue Luding.

However, the tendrils of blood were isolated by a protective shield, and they seemed to be helplessly leaning against the shield, as if looking at Xue's Law.

"This is what the great sage Joshua left behind before his death, a nest containing the souls of an entire civilization. The billions of souls within were redeemed, their civilization was reborn on another planet, and their souls were reborn there..."

"So in the end, the nest that originally preserved their souls was recovered by the Starfleet, along with the last remaining cursed blood in the nest. This is the last relic of the Great Sage Joshua, and now it is handed over to you."

As Olivia spoke, the protective shield closed the next moment.

The tentacles of the cursed blood continued to reach towards Xue Lude, while Xue Lude slowly extended his fingers.

The moment his fingers touched the tentacles of the cursed blood, an emotion of "joy" emanated from the cursed blood. The blood immediately merged into Xue Luding's fingers and fused with the "pseudo-cursed blood" that Xue Luding had previously copied.

【True Cursed Blood (B++): Primal Cursed Blood, possessing gene editing, biological detection, life enhancement, blood manipulation, and suffering transfer functions, while also carrying the attributes of "salvation" and "hope".

Salvation: When the cursed blood targets an entire civilization, it achieves transcendence and can absorb, repair, and transfer the suffering of the entire civilization's concept.

Hope: When a unit unleashed by the Cursed Blood is at its most desperate, it is given hope and its emotional wounds are healed.

Feeling the joyful emotions of the cursed blood within his body, which seemed to be genuinely cheering, Xue Luding could sense that this new cursed blood had instantly achieved a perfect fusion with the original cursed blood within him.

After this fusion, the new Cursed Blood has two new characteristics, and it also seems to have many functions that Xue's Law cannot see from the panel.

After all, this new cursed blood is essentially a brand new Noble Phantasm that has been sublimated after completing the salvation. It has undergone different changes from the original cursed blood that was split off. Even its rating has changed from B+ to B++.

"Thank you," Xue Dinglu said.

“No need to thank me, it’s what the Starship Corps should do. Your former teacher, that sage, was also a lifelong partner of the Starship Corps, and so are you now,” Senior Olivia added.

Xue Dinglu didn't stand on ceremony any further. He simply felt the new cursed blood within his body, and he even seemed to sense that a part of the Great Sage's wish remained in the cursed blood.

The Great Sage cannot return, but Xue Lude will make good use of this power. Even now, the cursed blood is still one of his most frequently used abilities, and has even become an indispensable power for Xue Lude.

Xue Luding once again thought of a spell called "Heroic Spirit Summoning". This spell has not been further improved so far. Xue Luding had no similar development ideas at all, so he could only use himself as a blueprint for research.

Even though he knew that the summoned sage might not be the real sage, and the summoned spirit might just be a remnant of a phantom, like the "reincarnation of evil spirits" spell he used in Boston.

The "Randolph Carter" that was summoned was not the real Craftsman, but merely a "Randolph Carter" in the public's perception and history.

But Xue's Law always wanted to give it a try, just in case it succeeded.

There are always things you have to try, even if you hit a wall and get hurt.

……

After that, everything that Xue Law was preparing for the interstellar column had been resolved.

They returned a portion of the Holy Sword that once belonged to the Hero Uncle and the soul of the Old Man, and also retrieved the relics of the Great Sage here.

In the end, only Fafnir remained.

Back on the beach, Xue Luding looked at Quan Xiaojiang and a group of interstellar squadron members playing in the distance, and said, "Aren't you going to play with your friends?"

"No, my legs are too weak."

The young man's words made Xue Dinglu's expression falter.

Looking at the young general whose dark circles were almost showing under his eyes, Xue Dinglu seemed to gradually understand everything.

This guy's harem has probably been a bit unstable these past few days, which is why he's been considering aborting his more than a thousand children, but he's still hesitant.

In fact, based on his progress, Xue Lude will probably be able to see a complete "mermaid" race in a few decades, with a male-to-female ratio close to one to several dozen. Then, this "newly adult father of thousands of children" will have a headache.

"Why did you choose this path?" the young man asked Xue Dinglu, seemingly out of the blue.

Perhaps in his view, Xue Dinglu, a clearly good person, who still has no wife and no children, why would he choose such a path that is destined to have no future, which he finds puzzling.

It's possible that he's also somewhat lost on his life's path, which is why he's asking Xue, an acquaintance he's not exactly close to.

"Why?" Xue Dinglu murmured. "Perhaps I am also looking for the reason. When I was most ignorant, someone told me the path to the future, so I just inherited his dream and path."

Perhaps Xue's Law has not yet found the answer, but walking on this path, he feels fulfilled and happy, and that is enough.

"And what about your dream?" the young man countered. "Don't you have anything you simply want to do? Not a dream inherited from someone else, but something that belongs only to you..."

"My dream?" Xue Luding thought of his childhood dream, and at the same time, he thought of himself in another parallel world who was striding forward in his childhood dream. He said, "My childhood dream has been fulfilled!"

"So now, I have no dreams, but I can protect the dreams of others," Xue Law gave his answer.

The young man remained silent, gazing at the illusory sky, and murmured, "To protect the dreams of others..."

The atmosphere between the two began to delve into a deeper clash of ideas. Perhaps the young man was also feeling lost because he had too many children, wondering whether he should continue down the same path.

He paused, then told Xue a story: "My hometown once faced an attack from a meteorite powerful enough to destroy the planet."

"That was when I was very young, when I had just started school. At that time, the whole world was in an apocalyptic atmosphere. A meteorite about one-thousandth the size of our planet was about to collide with it, and it was expected to tear our planet in two..."

The young man recounted his personal journey and story, and Xue Dinglu did not stop him.

"Back then, I had just started school and didn't know what 'responsibility' meant. My childhood sweetheart led me and others into an air-raid shelter, and we silently prayed that we would survive..."

"At that time, everyone in the school hid inside, hoping for a miracle. We watched the radio broadcasts reporting that the meteorite was getting closer and closer. We could even feel that the meteorite was almost close to our atmosphere, distorting the gravity of our world. Everyone was terrified."

"When everyone was calling for heroes and wondering who would save us, at this moment, a hero appeared!"

The young general let out a long breath, and seemed to recall his past, smiling as he said, "That was a member of the interstellar squadron whom I don't even know now. He shattered the meteorite and used repulsive force to stop the meteorite fragments from falling, minimizing the disaster."

"When I saw that figure, I thought to myself, when I grow up, I want to be a hero like that."

As the young man spoke, he smiled, seemingly recalling his childhood dream.