Chapter 154: Starry Sky Gate
Translator: 549690339
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Luo Xiang appeared punctually at Bai Qi’s door, knocking on the heavy portal.
“Hmm…is it already morning?”
Despite having been up all night, the somewhat excited Bai Qi set aside his Green Dragon Scale and opened the door.
“Brother Luo, are we leaving now?”
Luo Xiang nodded and said, “They’re rushing us over there, so we should set off early.”
Having said that, Luo Xiang suddenly sniffed, saying, “You just came back from the Green Dragon Secret Realm, your aura is teeming with the power of nature?”
What the, he can smell that? Is he part dog?
Bai Qi looked doubtfully at Luo Xiang, Could Luo Xiang, like Li Xusheng, also be a double agent?
“Don’t imagine things, I am a pure human; I’ve just traversed through numerous bizarre secret realms, so my senses have been honed.”
There are such benefits to exploring secret realms?
It seems that I need to go out and run around more when I’m free.
“Okay, let’s get going, they seem quite rushed.”
Bai Qi nodded at Luo Xiang’s words and quickly left the dormitory with him. A small aircraft was waiting for them.
“Mad Owl – Model III? Tsk… It’s a pity that the blueprint the Thirteenth Bureau traded with us doesn’t include these, otherwise we could change Husky directly into an airplane.”
Bai Qi regretfully smacked his lips as the Thirteenth Bureau’s blueprint includes most of the seven-stage and lower mechanical weapons, armors, and a series of other things. However, there definitely won’t be something like a strategic aircraft like the Mad Owl.
After all, some things could only be controlled by the Federal Government.
A man in a blue military uniform came down from the aircraft and saluted Luo Xiang, saying, “Master Luo, can we depart now?”
“No problem, let’s go.”
Luo Xiang nodded, then pulled Bai Qi onto the aircraft. The man immediately entered the cockpit and the Mad Owl swiftly lifted off, immediately disappearing into the sky.
Watching the rapidly receding scenery outside the window, curiosity flashed in Bai Qi’s eyes.
Seeing this, Luo Xiang smiled faintly and asked, “Are you curious as to why it is the military personnel who are meeting us?”
Bai Qi nodded. Having stayed in the headquarters for a while, Bai Qi had learned about some situations commoners wouldn’t normally find out.
Although the Beast Master Association was the only official Beast Master organization certified by the Federation and both sides cooperated frequently, it was limited to official activities.
Just like the practical exercises in Gusu City- they were all managed by the military, and the military would hire Beast Masters from the Association to teach.
However, at the end of the day, the Beast Master Association was still an independent civilian organization. It was only a win-win cooperation with the Federation, and there was even a sense of competition subtly present between them.
Of course, this didn’t mean that there was no cooperation between the members of the two parties. After all, it wasn’t an age of ignorance, and it was quite normal for someone from the military to hire Luo Xiang to help solve some problems.
However, what was the deal with him being included?
“Actually, a rookie like you would normally not be included in this task. The Chairman seems to think highly of you and specifically added a berth for you.” Bai Qj was taken aback and asked, “Is this mission very dangerous?”
Luo Xiang shrugged, responding, “I suppose so. At least it’s somewhat dangerous for Beast Masters below the Fourth Stage.”
Bai Qi understood but didn’t make a big deal of it.
Since the Chairman let him go with Luo Xiang, it meant that he was quite confident of his safety. He was probably interested in his Breaking the Void talent that was yet to manifest.
Well, maybe he could take advantage of a secret realm and gather a few mythical resources.
Tianyuan City.
If Songlin City still retained an exotic antique charm, then Tianyuan City, the capital of the Federation, was a thorough future city.
Whether it was the streets or buildings, or anything else that moved and didn’t move, besides humans, were nearly all made up of mechanical creations.
In fact, Bai Qi even saw a car transform into a robot to carry its female owner’s packages.
It could race and carry the load without feeling tired, it seemed that Decepticons and Transformers were the ultimate boyfriends?
Soon, the Mad Owl landed in front of a massive landing strip.
“Mr. Luo, we’re here.”
The pilot opened the cabin door, saluted the two of them again, and once the two had disembarked, he immediately soared away again.
“Master Luo, sorry for dragging you all the way over here.”
Seeing the two disembark, a man in a suit immediately walked over from not far away.
That voice sounds familiar.
Bai Qi turned at the sound and discovered that it was Minister Yi who had greeted them at the plane, the man he had met before due to the Gemini Tower. However, Li Xusheng was nowhere to be seen.
“I didn’t expect that I would be personally received by Minister Yi, I’m quite flattered,” Luo Xiang said with a faint smile, “Is the Thirteenth Bureau very free lately?”
“It’s alright. It’s just that we do have time to receive Master Luo,” he replied.
Bai Qi, seeing the two smiling faces, could feel the sudden tension in the air.
Do these two have a grudge against each other?
Or was it just that Husky was naturally hostile to its own kind?
Nevertheless, Yi Yu, as one of the ministers of the Thirteenth Bureau, quickly shifted the topic. He turned to Bai Qi and said, “Long time no see, Bai Qi. The Rune Puppet you traded last time has been of great help to the Thirteenth Bureau.”
“Long time no see.”
Bai Qi nodded his head, casually responding.
A Rune Puppet?
Wasn’t that used for teaching purposes? Could there be something else hiding inside?
It felt like he’d been bumped.
Bai Qi was quietly alerted, while Luo Xiang proposed,” Show us the situation first.”
Yi Yu nodded, then turned and led them both to another car.
“It’s a bit far away, please be patient with the wait.”
“No problem, we’re not in a hurry.”
Luo Xiang shrugged indifferently, made himself comfortable at the back seat, and started to rest.
He really didn’t want to chat with Yi Yu.
Seeing that the usually talkative Luo Xiang was unusually silent today, Bai Qi made a clear understanding of their relationship and decided to stay quiet as well.
Old Qin and Luo Xiang shared the same attitude towards Yi Yu. Naturally, Bai Qi understood how he should behave.
Yi Yu clearly understood the attitude of Luo Xiang. Therefore, he remained silent all the way till they arrived at a huge metal door.
“We’re here.”
As soon as Yi Yu stepped out of the car, two men dressed in Thirteenth Bureau uniforms approached.
“Team leader, the Bureau Chief is already urging.”
Yi Yu nodded, “Don’t worry, I’ll explain it to the Chief.”
Then, Yi Yu turned to Luo Xiang and Bai Qi and said, “Please follow me. The field around the secret realm is too strong. We need to use the Starry Sky Gate to get in.”
“Starry Sky Gate?”
Bai Qi was startled, visibly excited.
“Is it the same Starry Sky Gate that can randomly teleport any organism and material to anywhere within the Snare’s coverage?!”
Yi Yu nodded, saying “That’s right. However, I’m not sure about the exact extents it can reach, since I don’t have an in-depth knowledge of Mechanical Engineering.”
After Yi Yu’s confirmation, Bai Qi’s gaze towards the metal door changed.
The Starry Sky Gate, a large-scale space transmission device invented by humans, surpassed any known space artifacts or space creatures in terms of its transport scale and distance.
In a way, one of the reasons why the Federation could maintain absolute control over such a vast territory, aside from the monitoring of the Snare, was this Starry Sky Gate.
However, they needed to use the Starry Sky Gate to access the secret realm they were going to visit, and just to transport only three of them?
Bai Qj went closer to Luo Xiang and asked, “Brother Luo, can you tell me where exactly are we going?”
“The Emperor’s Secret Realm.”
Bai Qi was stunned by Luo Xiang’s reply.
The Emperor, who rallied the scattered human race, transforming the subservient relationship between humans and ferocious creatures, that Emperor?
Were they going to visit that very Emperor’s secret realm?
Luo Xiang said, “Don’t get too excited, it’s just a guess at the moment. We’ll have to wait until we get inside to confirm.”
Hearing Luo Xiang, Yi Yu nodded, saying, “That’s right, despite the manpower and resources invested by the Thirteenth Bureau and the Beast Master Association, we haven’t yet penetrated the core area, which is why we invited Master Luo back.”
“Didn’t expect Bai Qi to be here too, if two people with the Breaking the Void Talent work together, I think we can easily solve the problem.”
Bai Qi felt awkward when he heard that. Even though he indeed entered the secret realm by finding the backdoor twice, he was very aware that he didn’t have the Breaking the Void talent, so Yi Yu was thinking too much.
But with Luo Xiang there this time, there shouldn’t be any problems.
Although according to Luo Xiang himself, the Breaking the Void Talent was unreliable, Bai Qi could at least confirm that Luo Xiang had a pretty high success rate since he had already cracked more than one hundred Secret Realm Towers.
As the three of them were talking, the Starry Sky Gate was activated. A layer of light, stretching out like a starry sky, quickly covered the entire metallic door.
“Alright, please step in.”
Yi Yu stepped aside, signaling the two to go first. Luo Xiang was obviously quite familiar with it and didn’t hesitate to step through.
Seeing Luo Xiang make the first move, Bai Qi immediately followed. The instant he passed through the light barrier, he found himself in another world.
There wasn’t even a ripple or a shake, signs typical of space transmission. Was the Federation’s space transmission technology so powerful now?
If he could learn this, it seemed that he wouldn’t need a Flying System Beast contract.
Just as this thought flashed through Bai Qi’s mind, he immediately suppressed it.
The Starry Sky Gate was even more important than some core weapons, and not even Federation members had a chance to access it, let alone a Beast Master Association member like him.
Instead of bothering with this, he thought it would be simpler to own Space System Beast.
Alternatively, it wouldn’t be impossible to find some Space System Resources and cultivate one himself.
The only thing was, as a Mechanical Engineering student, he really wanted to learn it…