Magic High School.

"We don't have any more information for now, let's look elsewhere," Yi Lian could only say.

Then, the group began searching through the ruins.

I don't know how many years have passed, but it's very difficult to find any useful information here anymore.

The words and records on the books and wooden tablets are almost gone, and the picture frames on the walls are now just dilapidated gray-black.

After a thorough search, they still couldn't find any useful information, especially text.

There aren't even any skeletal fossils.

“It’s like the people on this planet suddenly disappeared one day, without any warning, everyone just vanished,” Yi Lian said.

If it's death, then at least there should be bones left behind, right?

If it were a normal apocalypse, there should be all sorts of traces that can be analyzed, right?

No! Absolutely none!

Leaving the Viona Art Academy, they headed towards another prominent building. This was the City Hall, where the mayor worked and even lived.

Here, they discovered a statue half-buried underground. When the group lifted the tens of tons of statue up, they found that the inscriptions on it were still barely legible.

The text reads "Statue of Ronan, the Outstanding Mayor of Viona".

“Ronan? No, that name sounds much more familiar to me…” Xiaoye felt that she had never been to this place before. Even though the buildings here had weathered to this extent, they still showed a strong local style, a style she had never seen before.

But after looking at some of the text, she felt a sense of familiarity.

“Oh, Ronan? Is that little Lola’s father’s name too?” Valerie suddenly said.

"Huh?" Xiaoye was taken aback, and then she understood in an instant.

"So that's how it is! So that's how it is!" Yi Lian understood in an instant.

They exchanged a glance and came to the same conclusion.

"This is actually Li Ge's hometown..."

"But why has this place become like this?" They all looked at this twisted post-apocalyptic wasteland, and in that instant, they felt an indescribable sense of absurdity.

"And Li Ge, he said he was going home, but where did he go?"

A sense of unease settled over everyone. At that moment, Valerie simply uttered, "Huh?"

……

Meanwhile, on Abaddon's side...

Abaddon noticed a slight change in the World Consciousness's emotions. Although he didn't know why, he still asked, "What's wrong, World Lord?"

Perhaps there was a hint of sarcasm in those words.

"It's nothing, just a few bugs that came uninvited." The World Consciousness seemed to have stopped paying attention to that side and continued to watch the scroll they had personally arranged with Abaddon.

……

In the height of summer, in a rented small factory in the city.

The group continued assembling the hot air balloon. Li Ge had once asked why they were using a hot air balloon, and the answer he received was...

"Hot air balloons are already a reality; they can fly to the highest point," my aunt said with a smile.

Li Ge: "..."

So, just how impoverished is the world's knowledge of space exploration? Didn't he see a helicopter when he came back last time?

Oh right, it seems the highest thing he could see flying was a helicopter. The Holy Empire doesn't even have airplanes? How come he never realized that when he was a child?

Is it a cognitive impairment?

And this group...

idiot……

This is how Li Ge described them: Completely clueless, utterly lacking any knowledge of the sky, and devoid of any feasible plans, yet they dared to dream of flying out of the sky and to the moon.

Although he knew that this was actually just that the seemingly foolish man named Rean wanted to verify the professor's theory, whether they were a domesticated civilization.

And he wanted to fight for a chance for his newborn child, even if it was a far-fetched and almost impossible plan.

Li Ge looked at the baby again. He was fast asleep in the stroller, but his sleep was restless, as if he were in considerable discomfort. The label above his head, "Divine Blood Fusion," was still incredibly glaring.

The fusion of divine blood...

Perhaps the reason I only awakened my past life memories at the age of seventeen was because of this [divine blood fusion]?

Because, is the soul of this baby actually the soul of someone from another world?

And was my peaceful seventeen-year life among the endless blood-thirsty patients in this world also a fusion with this divine blood?

But why did neither my aunt nor Mayor Ronan contract serotoninus?

And finally...

Is the approximately nine percent fairy bloodline in my body due to this fusion of divine blood?

As for why I was arrested after returning from school, could it be because the fusion of divine blood ended at that time, and the blood-thirsty patients sensed me?

Li Ge simulated the scene in his mind, and then, as he thought about it, he was so angry at these people that he laughed.

Damn it, don't you even know how hot air balloons fly?

"Where did you get this technology from?" Li Ge couldn't help but complain. They were making a giant lantern rather than a hot air balloon.

And with this material, can it withstand the heat loss and lack of oxygen at high altitudes?

Li Ge couldn't stand it anymore, so he decided to personally teach these people how to make a hot air balloon.

Although he had forgotten much, especially his memories of his past life, it didn't matter. He had also brushed up on his cultural knowledge during his year at the magic high school, and at least had a bachelor's degree. He could simply use aerodynamics to deduce what he knew about hot air balloons from his past life; it wasn't difficult.

“We stole this from the professor’s house,” Rean said. The man looked at him with an expression that left Rean speechless.

666...

So you really think that the little bit of technology you stole, combined with Albion's innate levitation technique, will be enough to fly out into outer space?

Li Ge was speechless.

These people...

"Hot air balloons aren't like that." Li Ge decided to take on the role of teacher and give them a proper explanation of aerodynamics and the principles behind how hot air balloons can float.

In short, by utilizing the principle of thermal expansion and contraction, the gas inside the balloon expands, thereby generating buoyancy that propels the hot air balloon into flight.

However, hot air balloons cannot escape the atmosphere. At high altitudes, the low temperatures and lack of oxygen would prevent the balloon's heating system from providing sufficient power. Furthermore, the higher the balloon flies, the thinner the air becomes, thus increasing the buoyancy required for its flight.

Therefore, the hot air balloon could only reach a maximum altitude of around 20,000 meters. This was based on Li Ge's memories from his previous life; he was unaware of the air density in this world and didn't know how many meters it could reach.

But it's still a long way from flying out of the atmosphere.

After Li Ge carefully explained the principles of hot air balloons using a tree branch on the ground, she didn't see the dejected looks on their faces. Instead, they looked at her with admiration.

That expression of worship wasn't feigned; it was genuine, an expression of utter adoration.

“Hakimi, have you... already been to the sky?” Rean asked.

Chapter 300 Two Parallel Teams

Li Ge was speechless for a moment. Had he flown across the sky? It seemed so, yet it also seemed not.

However, he has never actually flown out of a planet's atmosphere. After all, for short distances, he relies on Xiaoye's shadow to move, and for long distances, he uses teleportation portals. Especially with teleportation portals being so convenient, there is no need to physically fly out of the atmosphere.

However, looking at this group of people who knew nothing about space, Li Ge could hardly imagine that these people were actually his parents, his father, mother, aunt, cousin, and Albion, who wanted to hunt him down to the ends of the earth.

Chaos erupted in the ICU.

However, their eyes shone with admiration. Albion and Rean even pulled out calculators and notebooks, starting to scribble and draw, their eyes filled with shock and a hint of...

worship?

Li Ge wasn't mistaken; he saw admiration on these people's faces. It was the kind of admiration one felt when witnessing a respected professor in a particular field, along with the clear-eyed naiveté of university students.

Oh right, Ronan really is his older cousin. His mother, Laura, is actually Ronan's aunt, so it's actually quite normal that Ronan asked him to call her "brother" back then.

Also, you guys are a bit precocious. Mom and Dad got married and had kids in college, and it looks like Albion has kids too, maybe even older ones. Judging from Laura's age, Ronan probably got married during his college years as well.

Apart from my aunt who's always been single, you guys probably all got married around eighteen or nineteen.

Well, Li Ge didn't seem to have the face to say anything to them, since he himself was also someone who entered the "marriage grave" early.

Just as Li Ge was sighing, Li En suddenly patted him solemnly on the shoulder.

"Hakimi, I'm now officially hiring you as our Chief Aerospace Engineer!" Rean said excitedly. If he previously thought there was only a one percent chance of success, now with Li Ge joining, it was a full two percent!

This is an unimaginable boost to their success rate.

Li Ge: "..."

What the hell am I supposed to say about aerospace engineering?

I don't even know traditional magic. Asking me to learn calculus and spatial topology is like asking me to die. You expect me to learn aerospace engineering?

I only know a little more than you do.

Li Ge complained. Her only advantage was her broader perspective, her greater knowledge of miscellaneous things, and the two magical things: the system and her astonishing wisdom.

and many more……

Li Ge immediately began searching the system. Sure enough, he found more than a thousand books about the atmosphere and flying into outer space.

His eyes immediately lit up, and he then asked about the astonishing wisdom.

Li Ge: Is it possible to fly into outer space in a hot air balloon? Any method is fine?

Amazing wisdom: I will explain it in the most direct and straightforward way. Normally, it won't work! But with the power of magic, it will! Generating a plan for you to use magic to launch a hot air balloon into space…

Li Ge: !

Dude, you're really something else!

Li Ge swallowed hard and said, "I think I've found a way to fly out into outer space in a hot air balloon..."

……

"Li Ge, say something! Please answer if you hear me? Li Ge?" Xiao Ye kept trying to contact Li Ge. However, there was no response from Li Ge on the other end of the system.