novelraw Chapter 578: How Far is 84 Light Years?
Chapter 578: How Far is 84 Light Years?
Yang Xiao and the others inside the spaceship couldn’t keep track of time, not knowing how long the spaceship had been flying or in which direction it was headed.
After getting tired, everyone would sleep on their chairs, taking rests, and occasionally someone would come by to provide food.
The food consisted of a bottle of water and a pastry similar to bread, along with a piece of meat.
After the spaceship had been steadily flying for a period, Yang Xiao stood up, walked to the door, and said to the man in the black cloak:
"I urgently need to use the restroom."
The man in the black cloak opened the door and pointed towards the end of the corridor,
"There’s the restroom, go quickly and come back quickly."
Zhao Benling also stood up and said:
"I need to use the restroom too."
Soon, five or six people followed to go to the restroom.
The man in the black cloak paused for a moment, then waved his hand.
Yang Xiao and the others walked down the corridor together.
Along the way, they passed a dozen rooms, each guarded by men in black cloaks, and there were Iron Tower Warriors patrolling the corridor.
Yang Xiao originally wanted to check out the other rooms, but he found he could see nothing.
After using the restroom and returning,
Yang Xiao asked the cloaked person at the door,
"Excuse me, how long until we reach our destination?"
"According to Earth’s concept, it’s about thirty days."
"Ah, thank you!"
Yang Xiao responded and sat down on a chair, looking up at the screen on the wall in front of the room, which displayed the speed of one thousand times the speed of light.
The speed of light is three hundred thousand kilometers per second, and a thousand times the speed of light is three hundred million kilometers per second. How many kilometers is that in thirty days?
Yang Xiao was a bit puzzled.
Previously, he read astronomy articles stating that interstellar travel distances were measured in light-years, which is the distance light travels in a year.
Now, traveling at a thousand times the speed of light, converted to 30 days, is equivalent to traveling at normal light speed for 30,000 days, which is about 84 light-years.
Yang Xiao calculated in his mind, and his heart was tremendously shocked.
If according to Earth’s technology, a spaceship can’t reach places 84 light-years away, but this mysterious planet’s spaceship can achieve a thousand times the speed of light.
Goodness gracious, how terrifying must this planet’s civilization be?
No wonder they could obliterate Earth’s civilization overnight and control the entire Earth; to them, Earth must be almost like a toy, right?
Although the spaceship’s speed reached a thousand times the speed of light, Yang Xiao and the others sitting in the room didn’t feel much, completely unable to feel the spaceship’s bumps and vibrations.
Thirty days is too depressing, being confined in the room all day feels very oppressive.
The two men in black cloaks at the door seemed to understand this point; from time to time, they let everyone go out in the corridor to get some fresh air and stretch their muscles, but running around was forbidden.
Yang Xiao later found out that people from each room would come out for fresh air, and the timing was rotated, only occasionally would two rooms in the same corridor have people coming out at the same time.
The people opposite Yang Xiao’s room were from Ice Wolf Island, but they had no opportunity to interact, and didn’t understand each other’s languages either.
Yang Xiao was curious that these people in black cloaks seemed to be able to communicate with people from every country on Earth.
Out of boredom, Yang Xiao started to sit in his room and practice the Genetic Transformation Technique of Surging Waves.
After completing the cultivation, he practiced the Bone Forging Technique, taking a wooden stick to tap on his bones.
Last time, he bought several large bottles of Bone Forging Potion from Gu Bo at once, and now it was coming in handy to pass the tedious time.
Gu Beifeng and Du Tianxing also wanted to practice the Bone Forging Technique, but they didn’t bring any Bone Forging Potion and could only watch Yang Xiao dryly swallow.
They wanted to borrow some potion from Yang Xiao, but couldn’t bring themselves to ask.
Zhao Benling and the others were seeing Yang Xiao practice the Bone Forging Technique for the first time, seeing Yang Xiao holding a strange wooden stick tapping and breaking his bones section by section, hearing the "crack crack" sounds of splintering bones, they were all wide-eyed and astonished.
After practicing the Bone Forging Technique, Yang Xiao practiced the Yijin Scripture.
In short, it was out of boredom, finding something to pass the time.
As time went on, everyone became less restrained and fearful, started to boast grandly, and the room became lively.
Yang Xiao walked to the door and said to the two men in black cloaks:
"Do you have Go?"
Both were taken aback, staring at Yang Xiao.
"I can play Go, it’s really boring, if you have Go, I can play with you to pass the time."
One of them looked at Yang Xiao and said:
"There’s Go, but I’m afraid you can’t play."
Through playing Go, spiritual power is trained, which has become a standard part among the cultivators of this planet, Yang Xiao guessed that they might carry Go.
Then, one of them sat down immediately on the floor, pulled out a Go board from the Space Ring, and placed it on the ground.
With a slight motion of Divine Sense, a black stone flew out from the Go canister, landing on the board.
The cloaked man in black looked at Yang Xiao and chuckled lightly:
"Can you play?"
Yang Xiao sat opposite him, smiled slightly, harnessed his Divine Sense, and a white piece flew out from the chess altar, landing firmly.
Both men in black were taken aback.
One of them seemed to recall something and said:
"Are you Yang Xiao?"
Yang Xiao nodded.
"I heard you studied the spiritual power Cultivation Method from Gu Bo at the Genetic Store, and you play a good game of chess?"
"Hehe, I dare not claim that, I’ve been playing Go since I was six until I was eighteen."
Yang Xiao showed no modesty at all.
Upon hearing this, the man in black immediately showed delight and said:
"Good, then I’ll play a game with you."
Both of them harnessed their spiritual power and began to battle on the chessboard.
Yang Xiao noticed that this man in black had a higher level in Go than Gu Bo, but of course, he was still much inferior to him.
After a few moves, the man in black was completely suppressed by Yang Xiao, and he was inwardly astonished.
The other man in black watching alongside was equally shocked.
Yang Xiao and the man in black were using their spiritual power to play chess, which was actually a contest of spiritual power, though to outsiders it looked merely like white and black pieces landing alternately.
But Yang Xiao and his opponent could feel the impact of spiritual power each time they made a move.
Especially for the man in black, each of Yang Xiao’s moves seemed fraught with killing intent, full of dangers, and he had to pour all his spirit into each move to counter it.
About half an hour later, the cloaked man in black was sweaty and conceded the game.
"You’ve won!"
The man in black respectfully bowed his head and said.
This was the first time Yang Xiao had seen the cloaked man in black so humble in front of him.
Yang Xiao waved his hand and said:
"No worries, another game?"
The other man in black immediately responded:
"I’ll play."
The man in black sitting opposite Yang Xiao stood up, letting his companion play with Yang Xiao while he watched from the side.
Half an hour later, the other man in black was also defeated.
Both men, although defeated, felt a sense of proud excitement.
Yang Xiao knew that during the process of playing chess with him, they were continuously enhancing their own spiritual power; for them, having a master like Yang Xiao to train with was a rare opportunity.
And Yang Xiao could also train his own spiritual power.
However, compared to his opponents, Yang Xiao’s improvement was much less significant because their poor skills in chess couldn’t exert strong spiritual pressure on him, resulting less effective improvement.
After playing three games each with the two men, Yang Xiao felt a bit tired.
"Let’s stop here for today, I would like to rest."
The two men looked somewhat reluctantly at Yang Xiao, their expressions resembling that of a dog who had its bone taken away.
Yang Xiao chuckled:
"No worries, I’ll play more chess with you after I rest. There’s plenty of time; I can play a few games with you every day."
"Thank you, Young Master Yang!"
"Thank you, Young Master Yang!"
Both men actually bowed to Yang Xiao together.
Yang Xiao smiled, turned around, entered the room, sat on the chair, and closed his eyes to sleep.
When the next mealtime came, Yang Xiao received an extra helping of Golden Cake.
Yang Xiao had a deep impression of Golden Cake during his training in Magic City and was pleasantly surprised to have it again.
Gu Beifeng, Du Tianxing, and others looking at the extra Golden Cake in Yang Xiao’s hand, said jealously:
"Why don’t we have any?"
The man in black coldly said:
"Don’t talk nonsense, eat what’s given to you, or you can choose not to."
When the man in black spoke, a Killing Aura seeped out, causing heart palpitations.
Gu Beifeng and the others had to lower their heads and remain silent.
"Young Master Yang, I have also a glass of juice here that can help you quickly recover your strength."
Another man in black held out a glass of green juice to Yang Xiao.
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