prynovel Chapter 72 Leaving Earth
Chapter 72 Leaving Earth
On the morning of April 16, Chen Yuan packed his belongings and officially moved out of Jiangnan Pavilion.
The intelligent fighter jet cut through the morning mist and flew towards the global headquarters of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy. About ten minutes later, it landed on the headquarters' helipad.
As soon as Chen Yuan stepped out of the hatch, he noticed a huge spaceship, about two hundred meters in diameter, dark red in color, and triangular in shape, parked in the very center of the landing pad.
"Is this the spaceship I'm going to ride in?"
Chen Yuan stood on the tarmac, gazing at the steel behemoth. This was the first time he had ever seen a spaceship.
After admiring it for a while, Chen Yuan didn't rush over. It was still early before departure time; the spaceship wouldn't set off until 2 PM.
Chen Yuan then soared into the air and entered the global headquarters building, which resembled an ancient spaceship. After identifying himself to a martial arts school staff member, he was led into a huge lounge.
Pushing open the door to the lounge, several sharp gazes were immediately cast upon them, and the air was filled with faint fluctuations of primal force, indicating that everyone present was a planetary-level powerhouse.
Chen Yuan's expression remained calm as he scanned the lounge: "Eight men and two women, a total of ten planetary-level beings, all of whom are at least at the fourth rank, with the strongest being at the eighth rank of the planetary level."
Among them, Chen Yuan has the lowest cultivation level, only at the second stage of the Planetary level.
"Planetary level two?"
In the lounge, a blonde woman in a red combat uniform raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "A little guy from the training camp?"
Chen Yuan nodded: "Judging from your auras, none of you seem to be at the initial planetary level."
"You guessed right." The blonde woman smiled at Chen Yuan. "Apart from you, none of the people here are new to the universe, especially Boss Lu, who was among the first batch of space explorers besides the three heroes of Earth, and is currently at the eighth level of the planetary level."
"By the way, my name is Sofia Pollenas, you can just call me Sofia."
The blonde woman smiled.
"Polenas, are you from the HR Alliance?"
Chen Yuan's expression shifted slightly.
"That's right, we are all from the HR Alliance's exploration team."
Sophia smiled slightly and tried to invite Chen Yuan: "Little guy, why don't you join us? After all, it's safer to act as a team in an unfamiliar universe."
"Thank you for the invitation, but it's not necessary."
Chen Yuan politely declined. To be honest, although he was only at the second level of the planetary stage, even a peak planetary expert might not be his match. Therefore, Chen Yuan had no reason to join a team whose strongest member was only at the eighth level of the planetary stage.
Seeing Chen Yuan's refusal, the blonde woman, Sophia, still smiled, but her expression had become much colder. After nodding slightly, she stopped talking and returned to the HR Alliance team.
Seeing this, Chen Yuan found a rest area to sit down, closed his eyes to meditate, and waited for the departure time.
As time passed, people gradually entered the lounge. Most of them were not first-timers in space, but there were a few exceptions.
For example, one of them was a recent graduate of the Thunder Martial Arts Academy's training camp. Like Chen Yuan, he was Chinese and his name was Jin Yu, but his strength was only at the first level of the planetary level.
Jin Yu's identity slightly caught Chen Yuan's attention, because the other party actually came from the Thunder Martial Arts School, which Chen Yuan found somewhat interesting. It was surprising that a martial artist from the Thunder Martial Arts School would come to the Extreme Martial Arts School to board a spaceship.
Chen Yuan then learned the answer from their conversation: because only the Limit Martial Arts Academy has a spaceship that regularly flies into space, many people who do not belong to the Limit Martial Arts Academy also come to ride it.
Perhaps because Jin Yu came from a training camp, he was likely a genius, which attracted the attention of some teams. In the end, he was successfully recruited by the blonde woman named Sophia and joined the HR Alliance team.
Chen Yuan glanced at it once and then stopped paying attention. Soon it was 1 p.m., and a staff member from the martial arts school came in to announce that they could now board the ship.
So everyone in the lounge left in a rush, except for Chen Yuan, who left the lounge slowly and unhurriedly.
When Chen Yuan arrived at the helipad, everyone else had already completed the boarding process.
Chen Yuan also walked towards the crimson spaceship. Just then, a familiar dark blue fighter jet appeared on the horizon, causing him to pause slightly.
The fighter jet soon hovered above Chen Yuan, and two figures flew down and came to him. Wei Wen lightly punched Chen Yuan: "You brat, you never told me when you were leaving, and I almost missed it."
These two figures were naturally Chen Yuan's acquaintances, Wei Wen and Luo Hai.
"If I hadn't specifically checked the date the spaceship left, and hadn't gone to see Uncle Wei today, he would still be completely in the dark."
Luo Hai chuckled to himself.
"Yes, if Luo Hai hadn't reminded me, I really wouldn't have remembered that today is the day the spaceship leaves."
Wei Wen chuckled and said, "Luckily, we made it in time, and I was still able to get you onto the ship."
Chen Yuan was touched that the two had come all this way to see him off. He smiled and said, "Well, I figured we could meet again in the virtual universe, so there was no need for you to make this extra trip."
"But I'm also very happy that you could come."
Chen Yuan expressed his sincere gratitude.
"Don't be too happy yet, there's something even happier coming up," Luo Hai said, taking out a small wooden box.
"I originally planned to give it to you as a birthday present, but it just so happens to coincide with the day the spaceship leaves, so I guess it'll also serve as a farewell gift."
Chen Yuan took the wooden box, opened it, and inside lay a silver-white ring.
"This is... a spatial ring?"
Chen Yuan's expression shifted slightly as he looked at Luo Hai: "This is too precious."
"Just accept it without worry."
Luo Hai waved his hand dismissively: "I specifically told my dad about this, and when he heard it was for you, he didn't refuse at all."
Upon hearing Luo Hai's words, Chen Yuan immediately thought of Luo Feng's contact with him a few days ago. No wonder Luo Feng's tone was so friendly; it turned out he knew about this relationship.
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "In that case, I'll accept it."
He then put the ring on his dominant hand, acknowledged it as his own, and perceived the inner space through his consciousness.
"So big!"
Chen Yuan looked up in surprise; the ring's internal space was a full thousand cubic meters.
Luo Hai chuckled: "I didn't dare to choose a really big one at first, but since Dad agreed, I just picked a big one for you. How is it? Not bad, right?"
"Very good."
Chen Yuan looked slightly excited, after all, this was a precious spatial equipment. He immediately put his backpack and other miscellaneous items inside, and immediately felt relaxed.
"Xiao Hai's family is indeed wealthy; compared to them, my gift seems rather inadequate."
Wei Wen, standing to the side, made a feigned sigh.
"Uncle Wei, you don't need to bring any more gifts. I'm already extremely grateful that you came."
Chen Yuansheng was afraid that Wei Wen would be unhappy, so he quickly comforted him.
"Haha, I'm your elder, and it's your birthday today, how could I not give you anything?" Wei Wen laughed. "I've already sent the gift over, please make sure you receive it."
Chen Yuan was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, not understanding what it was, but soon the auxiliary computer wind spirit reminded him in his consciousness: "Master, a transfer has been received, the transfer amount is ten million Black Dragon Coins."
Chen Yuan's expression shifted slightly: "Uncle Wei, you..."
"You've received it, right? This amount of money isn't much. Use it to buy some cultivation resources in the universe. Don't skimp on yourself."
Wei Wen waved his hand to stop Chen Yuan from speaking and gave him a word of advice.
Chen Yuan gave Wei Wen a deep look and nodded.
After chatting for a while longer, the three of them found themselves with only ten minutes left before boarding time.
Seeing this, Wei Wen immediately said, "Alright, it's getting late, hurry up and board the ship."
"Um."
Chen Yuan nodded, then waved goodbye to the two of them before running towards the crimson spaceship and entering the cabin just in time.
As the hatch closed, the dark red spaceship quickly ascended, getting higher and higher, and soon left Earth.