Chapter 1276 Wandering

After chatting with the Tin Foil Hero, Feng Bujue began to wander around the headquarters planet of the Universe Super League.

There were still a few hours before the Main Branch would complete its testing, and that amount of time… was definitely not enough to accept a mission and handle a crisis.

Therefore, Brother Jue decided to use these few hours to learn more about the customs and culture of this universe, as well as the information and history of the Universe Super League itself.

Ordinary people might find this kind of "studying" troublesome, but Feng Bujue quite enjoyed absorbing this miscellaneous knowledge – perhaps this could be considered an occupational hazard.

To make a long story short…

Brother Jue wandered around this artificial planet for about two hours before returning to the Hero Dormitory.

Then, he sat in front of the computer and began to read written materials.

Over the next hour or so, in addition to a large amount of "common sense" of this universe, Brother Jue also reviewed a lot of information about the "Universe Super League Supreme Council" and records of some major events in the league's past.

Feng Bujue didn't know at this moment that the information he had seen and recorded during this time would soon come in handy…

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Ding-dong—

After another few tens of minutes, just as Feng Bujue was engrossed in reading the materials, the doorbell of the dormitory rang again.

Brother Jue glanced at the time, estimating that the Main Branch had come looking for him after completing the test; so, he casually closed the interface he was viewing, walked to the door, and opened it.

"Ah… as expected, it's you." Feng Bujue muttered weakly after seeing the Main Branch.

"Hehe… sorry to keep you waiting, Poker Hero." The Main Branch said, raising the Hero ID card in his hand and waving it in front of Brother Jue, "I am now a Planetary Hero – 'Park Hero'."

"Why am I not surprised at all that you got such a low-sounding title…" Feng Bujue immediately retorted.

The Main Branch still didn't get the joke, and replied to himself, "Actually, I originally wanted to call myself 'Park War God,' but it didn't pass the review… They said the name sounded like a hoodlum causing trouble in public places, not like a hero." As he spoke, he showed a helpless expression and spread his hands.

"They're quite accurate…" Feng Bujue squinted his eyes and whispered.

Because he spoke very softly, the Main Branch didn't hear him clearly and asked, "Huh? What did you say?"

"Ah… nothing." Feng Bujue raised his voice and changed the subject, "I was thinking, since you have officially become a hero, then… as a senior, I'll take you to do a few missions as a 'newbie guide,' should be no problem, right?"

"Oh?" The Main Branch heard this and was overjoyed, "Mr. Poker Hero, are you agreeing to let me be your assistant?"

"No." Feng Bujue said the word "no" very decisively, then paused for two seconds before continuing, "I said, I'm just taking you to do a few missions and guide the newbie."

"Okay, okay… whatever you say." The Main Branch's enthusiasm was not affected in any way. In his opinion… it didn't matter whether he submitted an application for assistant status, as long as he could learn a few tricks from Poker Hero.

Just like that… the two, having reached a consensus, immediately began searching for missions through the Hero Self-Service Terminal.

Before long, a C-level crisis came into Feng Bujue's view…

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Warm Ocean Star, the third largest planet in the Mast Constellation Star System, and also the closest planet to the Beta Mast Star.

Its star age is about one billion years, in a stable period.

The day length of Warm Ocean Star is forty cosmic weeks, the gravity is three times that of Bungee, it has an atmosphere and no satellites, and the ratio of land to sea area is 1:1.4… Judging from these data alone, the environment of this planet is suitable for many races of aliens to live in.

However, the population of this planet is… zero.

The reason for this is: there is a very unique natural phenomenon on this planet – a super-gravitational vortex (hereinafter referred to as super-grav vortex).

Volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis… these natural disasters familiar to Earthlings can only be considered drizzle compared to super-grav vortices.

The effects caused by super-grav vortices are not localized damage to a certain area on the planet, but indiscriminate effects on the entire planet and its surrounding space-time.

When that huge and uncontrollable gravitational field becomes active, it will cause the surrounding space-time structure to bend, thereby triggering a series of unpredictable effects…

For example: the planet itself stops rotating or even reverses its rotation within a certain period of time, the physical structure of certain substances undergoes self-disintegration at the molecular level, the thinking and bodies of some highly intelligent creatures collapse severely, and so on.

The above are just the known consequences; because very few intelligent life forms have survived from super-grav vortices, and most of them have undergone varying degrees of physiological and psychological mutations… so people's understanding of super-grav vortices remains only at the stage of remote observation.

Of course, some people have proposed that the laws of this natural phenomenon can be further studied by "logging onto Warm Ocean Star during the interval of super-grav vortices to conduct recording experiments."

So what was the result?

The person who made this suggestion, as well as the team he led, including the data they collected… are now all gone.

There is no doubt that they were all swallowed by the super-grav vortex…

Although in most cases, the occurrence of super-grav vortices will be at least three hundred cosmic weeks apart, sometimes when it goes crazy, there will be a wave every two cosmic weeks; and once this phenomenon breaks out… creatures within its range cannot escape.

This is why… this very habitable planet is always empty, and no race or individual dares to live here.

In fact, not to mention colonization, no one dares to even stay or approach it.

However, today, a spaceship belonging to the Universe Super League… resolutely entered the atmosphere of this planet.

[Search completed.]

[Optical camouflage activated.]

[Switching to automatic landing mode.]

[Estimated landing three kilometers from the target.]

[Gravity and pressure inside the cabin are synchronized with the current planet.]

[Landing countdown begins, thirty, twenty-nine, twenty-eight…]

"Ah… this spaceship is really convenient, it feels like even an idiot can drive it…" Feng Bujue hadn't finished listening to the voice prompt when his hands left the console of the spaceship, and he leaned back on the back of the driver's seat and muttered, "If I had known that Galaxy-level Heroes could freely apply for this kind of 'small assault boat,' I wouldn't have taken that mission before at all, I would have just gone to get a boat… and find some missions that I could do alone."

At this time, Brother Jue's attitude seemed very relaxed, but… the Main Branch traveling with him was pale and covered in sweat.

"Po… Poker Hero…" The Main Branch's tone of voice was also hesitant and trembling, "Do we… really need to land?"

"Then what do you think?" Feng Bujue asked in return.

"Of course, I think we should stay outside the range of the super-grav vortex and watch…" the Main Branch replied quickly, "Anyway…"

"Anyway, as long as the super-grav vortex comes, the wanted criminal hiding on this planet will be done for… right?" Feng Bujue continued the second half of the sentence before the Main Branch could finish speaking.

"Yes!" The Main Branch replied.

"Heh…" Feng Bujue smiled, "According to your logic, this mission is meaningless…" He paused for half a second, then continued, "If the act of 'landing on Warm Ocean Star' is equivalent to 'definitely being done for,' wouldn't it be easier for the intelligence department to just cross his name off the wanted list when they receive the news that 'Doctor Dian Dian has landed on Warm Ocean Star'?"

"If it were me, I would cross it off!" The Main Branch replied loudly, "Sending someone to Warm Ocean Star to carry out an arrest mission is strange in itself, right?"

"No, I don't think it's strange, and… I think this action is very necessary." Feng Bujue replied in a calm tone.

Just as he said this, the small assault boat they were riding in had already landed.

Before the spaceship had come to a complete stop, Brother Jue had already unbuckled his seat belt and stood up from his seat, "Okay, let's go."

"This…" The Main Branch hesitated for two seconds and sighed, "Ah… okay."

Now he had no way out; after all, there was only one spaceship, and no matter how afraid of death the Main Branch was, he couldn't leave Brother Jue alone and drive the boat away. What he was thinking now was… to complete the mission as soon as possible, so that he could escape from this planet before the next super-grav vortex occurred.

"I know you have doubts about the necessity of this mission." After the two got out of the spaceship, Feng Bujue led the way and said as he walked.

"Yeah… how can I not have doubts about this kind of job that is very likely to lose my life…" the Main Branch replied.

"So, I'll take this opportunity to tell you why I said this trip is 'very necessary'." Feng Bujue continued.

"Mm… I'm all ears." The Main Branch replied.

Then, Feng Bujue paused for a few seconds before opening his mouth, "First of all, have you read Doctor Dian Dian's information?"

"Ah… I read it in the spaceship just now." The Main Branch replied.

"What kind of super-criminal do you think he is?" Feng Bujue asked again.

"Evil, cunning, knowledgeable, extremely intelligent…" The Main Branch recalled the original words in the information as he repeated them.

"That's enough…" Feng Bujue interrupted him before he could finish speaking, "Those few sentences are enough…" He paused for half a second, then continued, "Then… do you think that such a person would not know the risks of setting foot on Warm Ocean Star?"

The Main Branch's expression suddenly changed when he heard this question, "Uh… that's right, he definitely knows."

"Since he knows, why did he still come?" Feng Bujue asked again.

"Uh…" The Main Branch did not respond immediately, with his intelligence, it would take a relatively long time to consider this question.

"Let me tell you…" Brother Jue did not intend to wait for him, so he gave the answer directly after three seconds, "There are only a few possibilities – first, he wants to commit suicide; second, there is something wrong with his mind or memory; third, in order to achieve some kind of purpose, he does not hesitate to take risks and bet everything…"

"Oh…" The Main Branch nodded, "Then… which one is the current situation?"

"How would I know." Feng Bujue replied in a matter-of-course tone.

"Huh? So there are things you don't know?" The Main Branch's question was really strange.

"Nonsense." Feng Bujue replied, "I'm not a god, there are many things I don't know."

"Then why did you say this mission is necessary?" The Main Branch asked.

Hearing this, Feng Bujue rolled his eyes, thinking: I've already said it to this point, and this idiot still doesn't understand… I have to spell it out completely.

"Ah…" After a long sigh, Brother Jue continued, "Because… according to Doctor Dian Dian's consistent cautious behavior, if he really came here to achieve some kind of purpose… then the plan he is brewing this time must be very shocking; if we leave it alone… it is very likely to develop into a major crisis of B-level or even A-level."

"But what if he really wants to commit suicide or is crazy?" The Main Branch continued.

"Then we have to confirm it on the spot." Feng Bujue said, "Furthermore… think about it carefully… the possibility of suicide and loss of sanity is there, but it is far less likely than the third hypothesis, right?"

The Main Branch thought about it and then continued, "That's right… if he wants to commit suicide, there are many ways, the probability of specifically running to Warm Ocean Star to seek death is very low; and the probability of coming to this planet by chance in a state of mental disorder… is even lower."

"Huff… you finally understand." Feng Bujue breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to say.

"Mm… I understand." When he said this, the puzzled look on the Main Branch's face finally disappeared.

"Then…" Feng Bujue followed up and said, "How about we speed up a bit? You don't want to die in a natural disaster in the first mission, right?"

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At the same time, 2.5 kilometers away from the two of them…

Doctor Dian Dian was busy in the middle of a pile of temporary equipment.

As one of the smartest super-criminals in this universe, his motive for coming to Warm Ocean Star was just as Brother Jue had expected – there was indeed a plan worth risking his life to implement.

What is this plan?

The answer can be summarized in four words: time travel.

Like many evil scientists, Doctor Dian Dian's academic ability is very good; recently, he developed something called a "light cone vibrator."

I won't go into detail about the principles of this invention, because… I can't explain it clearly.

Even if I could explain it clearly, for most people, reading this fictional space-time theory with a physics shell… would be a mess, and after casually scanning this mess, these people might even say that I am adding words to make up the number; therefore, I won't go into details about that setting. Directly using such a satirical small section to make up a few dozen words shows that I am upright and generous.

In short…

Doctor Dian Dian came to this Warm Ocean Star to use the power of the "super-grav vortex" to launch his "light cone vibrator" in order to achieve the purpose of traveling through time and space.

At this moment, he also did not expect… that this plan of his would truly "create history."