GBP Chapter 1572 - 1569: The Wandering Earth
Chapter 1572 - 1569: The Wandering Earth
After everyone’s tireless efforts and the consumption of countless resources, they finally forged Earth into a closed-loop ecological system.
This way, it could be self-sustaining for quite a long stretch of time.
On Li Chen’s side, he also used a Restriction Formation to construct an independent, sealed space and stored within it all the energy he had plundered from across the entire Solar System.
These reserve energy supplies were mainly used to feed the consumption of Earth’s ecological circulation system, as well as the fuel needed while Earth wandered through the universe.
Once everything was taken care of, Li Chen, Ye Chuxue, Lian Hongshang, the Little Demon Immortal and the others stood atop Heavenly Pool Mountain, hands clasped behind their backs as they gazed up at the sky.
In just three more days, they would be leaving this place. They might never come back in this lifetime to look at the sun again.
After going through so much, and then suddenly facing farewell, a sense of melancholy spread across the whole Earth.
"Only now do I realize, the sun is really beautiful!"
Ye Chuxue raised her head at a forty-five-degree artistic angle, looking at the sun hanging high in the heavens, and spoke softly.
"Yeah, maybe we’ll never see the sun again in the future!"
Even the always-lively Little Demon Immortal suddenly changed roles and became a melancholy Little Princess.
Li Chen, however, took it all quite easily. He smiled faintly and said, "It’s fine, didn’t we make a new sun anyway?"
The "sun" he spoke of was the Golden Crow.
The sun’s core had been destroyed and become extremely unstable, so it was no longer suitable for the Golden Crow to live there.
So Li Chen tricked it over here and hung it out in space within Earth’s closed ecological system for everyone to look up at.
"Right, we have the Golden Crow!"
Once the Little Demon Immortal thought of the Golden Crow, all her earlier gloom vanished at once and she started giggling.
Driven by her mood, smiles appeared on the faces of the others as well.
The three days flashed by, and the final day of parting still arrived in the end.
"All preparations complete, all departments are in position. Shall we activate the acceleration boosters and break out of the orbital track?"
Tuck operated the terminal computer, monitoring the running status of Earth’s entire ecological cycle. Seeing everything normal, he immediately sent a request for instructions to Li Chen.
His brother Taluo had already died in battle, turning into cosmic dust, and no one knew where Hei Bulun had fled to; there was simply nowhere to search in the boundless universe.
Therefore, with less than ten interstellar warships left, Tuck had a brief discussion with his clansmen, and they unanimously agreed to stay on Earth for the time being.
Li Chen placed full trust in him and even gave him a critical role, appointing him as the chief engineer of the entire ecological system.
You could say that for Earth’s ecological circulation system to be completed in such a short time, Tuck and the advanced technology he provided deserved immense credit.
Hearing the electromagnetic transmission from Tuck, Li Chen paused for a moment, then issued the order to start.
With Li Chen’s command, the entire Earth became like a gigantic engine, letting out a thunderous roar.
For safety’s sake, the vast majority of people had withdrawn into the underground fortresses, checking the situation outside through LCD screens.
Only a small number of cultivators remained on the surface, looking up at the firmament to personally witness this soul-stirring moment.
Earth’s orbital speed around the sun grew faster and faster, quickly reaching 16.7 km/s.
This was the minimum escape velocity for the Solar System!
To speed up their escape from the Solar System, Earth’s final velocity reached 167 km/s, ten times the Solar System escape velocity.
After that, it traveled at this speed, moving at a constant velocity through the boundless universe.
Once everything was running smoothly, Li Chen sat cross-legged in his cave dwelling on Heavenly Pool Mountain and went into secluded cultivation.
He wanted to break through the Life and Death Shackles as soon as possible and advance to the Mahayana Divine Monarch realm.
After all, the universe was vast, and its dangers far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.
If they reached high-Plane Star Domains, even a random celestial body would have a Mahayana Divine Monarch sitting in town, and not just one.
If he didn’t break through quickly enough, once an emergency arose, Earth would still face annihilation.
One day, Li Chen was sitting cross-legged on Heavenly Pool Mountain, using the Breathing Technique to draw in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power.
Ye Chuxue, clad in a long fairy-woven dress, walked over with light, lotus-like steps.
She was holding a steaming bowl of lotus seed porridge in her hands, smiling as she said, "I cooked your favorite lotus seed porridge. Drink it while it’s hot!"
Li Chen glanced at the lotus seed porridge in Ye Chuxue’s hands and couldn’t help being a little surprised.
"You cooked this?"
Ye Chuxue nodded with a bright smile and replied, "Yeah, Sister Hongshang taught me. I simmered it for a full three hours!"
Hearing Ye Chuxue’s words, Li Chen couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion in his heart.
You had to know, Ye Chuxue used to be the type whose delicate hands never touched spring water. Aside from instant noodles, she basically couldn’t cook anything.
He had always been the one to cook for her; he’d never expected that she’d one day actually be able to make porridge.
"Don’t just stare, hurry up and taste it. How does it taste?"
Seeing Li Chen spacing out, Ye Chuxue urged him.
Li Chen smiled, picked up the lotus seed porridge, and downed it in one go.
"How is it? Not bad, right?"
As soon as Li Chen finished drinking, Ye Chuxue couldn’t wait to ask again.
Right now, her big dewy eyes were wide open, filled with hopeful laughter as she stared at Li Chen without even blinking.
Like a good student who’d just done something commendable and was waiting for the teacher’s praise.
Li Chen wiped his mouth and said, "It tastes great, really great!"
Hearing Li Chen’s firm praise, Ye Chuxue got excited like a child, waving her hands and feet as she said:
"Really? Then I’ll cook porridge for you every day from now on!"
Li Chen was deeply moved and pulled Ye Chuxue into his arms.
Ye Chuxue, as docile as a little cat, rubbed against his chest, the corners of her mouth full of happy smiles.
After a long while, Ye Chuxue tilted her small head up slightly to look at Li Chen.
"Oh right, Chen, where are we going next?"
Li Chen paused and said, "Let’s go to Greedy Wolf Star first. Its environment is the same as Earth’s and suitable for living."
Upon hearing this, Ye Chuxue nodded hard, like a pecking chick.
Looking at the delicate beauty in his arms, Li Chen couldn’t help feeling a stir of desire.
He gently bit Ye Chuxue’s earlobe and whispered, "Xue’er, do you still remember what you promised me before?"
Ye Chuxue looked puzzled, her bright eyes blinking as she asked, "What did I promise?"
Li Chen gave a wicked smile and reminded her, "You said you’d give me a baby!"
At his words, Ye Chuxue’s pretty face instantly flushed crimson, even the roots of her ears burning hot.
Then, almost unconsciously, she gently rubbed her own flat little belly.
She and Li Chen had shared a bed many times, yet for some reason, she’d never gotten pregnant.
Could it be that she couldn’t have a baby?
No, it wasn’t just her that hadn’t gotten pregnant—Hongshang, the Little Demon Immortal, Zhao Yuqing and the others all seemed to be in the same situation.
If that was the case, then it wasn’t their problem.
But rather...
Thinking this, Ye Chuxue’s dimples swirled lightly, and she was just about to say something when her mouth was suddenly sealed by Li Chen’s, leaving her unable to utter a single word, only letting out muffled sounds.