Thinking this, Luo Fan's eyes instantly lit up.
Although the reward for this task also reflected its difficulty,
the system believed he still had a slim chance!
At this moment, Luo Fan began thinking about how he could escape.
He considered what resources he had.
An F9-level spaceship.
It could easily block several space fragments with diameters of over a million kilometers.
Other than that, he had nothing useful.
And now he couldn't call for help from the Galactic Bank either.
In this situation, locating help was difficult, and the price would be exorbitant.
Even if he had called earlier, it wouldn't have helped,
because the spatial storm kept shifting.
Even an immortal-level expert would take time to rescue him.
A month would not be enough.
To leave the space interlayer, he needed to return to the upper layer he had just passed through, and from there back to the original universe.
With the F9-level spaceship, opening a rift with its main cannon was still simple.
For now, the main goal was to first escape the spatial storm.
While he was contemplating this, another space fragment collided with the spatial storm.
This time, the two did not just graze each other, they collided head-on.
However, space fragments were not so easy to destroy.
The spatial storm quickly moved away again.
Luo Fan was somewhat relieved that the space fragment hadn't hit the spaceship.
Wait a minute!
Space fragments!
The spatial storm couldn't destroy space fragments.
It could barely even move them.
After all, the spatial storm he was in wasn't that large.
So… could he use a space fragment to crash himself out of the spatial storm?
Thinking of this, Luo Fan's eyes lit up.
It actually seemed possible!
An F9-level spaceship could still withstand several collisions with space fragments.
Moreover, even if it hit a space fragment, it didn't necessarily mean the ship would suffer an impact.
By definition, space fragments were pieces of broken space.
They were areas that the universe had not yet fully birthed.
They could be shattered divine kingdoms.
They could be fragments of broken mystical realms.
Being struck by a space fragment could even allow one to enter it.
And for those space fragments that could be entered, exiting them was also very easy.
After deciding on a plan, Luo Fan instructed Dumpling to start monitoring the space fragments.
"Dumpling, keep an eye on the surrounding space fragments. I want to use a fragment to get out of the spatial storm!"
"Master, you mean… I should now turn the spaceship's detectors to maximum?"
Previously, to avoid excessive energy consumption, the spaceship's detectors had not been fully activated.
The detectors onboard were large-scale and could detect objects within a diameter of tens of millions of kilometers.
The spatial storm was only about five million kilometers across.
"Master, I've calculated that we can also use the spaceship's main cannon," Dumpling reported.
"When we detect a space fragment, we can fire the laser cannon to slightly alter the spatial storm's direction!"
Luo Fan's eyes lit up at this.
"Good!"
"The next time we encounter a suitable space fragment, we can do exactly this!"
"Yes!"
At this moment, Luo Fan had no mood to continue cultivating.
He fixed his gaze on the detector.
In the space interlayer, space fragments were extremely abundant.
One could be detected from time to time.
However, most of these fragments were quite far from the spatial storm.
Even firing the laser cannon, it wouldn't be enough to push the storm off course.
Just then, the detector picked up a space fragment nine million kilometers ahead.
The spatial storm was expected to pass about thirty thousand kilometers from that fragment.
"Dumpling!"
Without waiting for Luo Fan to give the command,
Dumpling, which had already charged the spaceship's main cannon and had been calculating this moment for a long time, fired a shot immediately.
"Boom!"
The F9-level spaceship's main cannon altered the trajectory of the spatial storm, which was hundreds of thousands of kilometers in diameter.
The spaceship also pushed its speed to the maximum, moving toward the edge of the spatial storm.
The impact at the center of the storm was minimal.
Although Luo Fan still couldn't leave entirely, he had previously maneuvered the ship to the center, which minimized energy consumption.
Now, the spaceship followed the storm to its edge.
At the edge, the storm's speed was at its fastest.
No matter how much the spaceship accelerated, it couldn't escape.
This was why it had been trapped in the first place.
However, inside, it was still manageable; the ship could barely move.
Dumpling maneuvered the spaceship to the point closest to the edge.
According to its calculations, this spot could just be hit by that space fragment.
"Master, get ready, we're about to take the impact!"
Hearing this, Luo Fan quickly moved into a compartment inside the spaceship.
This area was specifically designed to reduce the impact.
"Boom!"
The moment the spaceship made contact with the space fragment, it suddenly came to a halt.
A violent collision erupted between the two.
"Get me out of here!"
Luo Fan shouted in his mind.
As if responding to his plea, the collisions around the spaceship intensified sharply.
This was the effect of hitting the outermost part of the spatial storm.
The outer layer of the storm was the most powerful.
The entire spaceship shook violently.
Yet, a trace of joy appeared on Luo Fan's face.
Because this meant he was actually escaping the spatial storm!
Soon, the shaking of the spaceship gradually subsided.
"Master, we've escaped the spatial storm!"
Dumpling exclaimed excitedly.
Luo Fan almost felt weak all over.
Finally, he was out of that damned storm.
"Dumpling, report the spaceship's energy consumption."
"Yes, Master!"
"The spaceship currently…"
Soon, Luo Fan got a full understanding of the spaceship's current condition.
During the collision, because the main cannon was fired and the shields were activated, the ship consumed thirty percent of its energy.
It's worth noting that the spaceship's energy source was an F9-level power core.
A single core was worth tens of thousands of Mixed Units.
After all, although an F9-level spaceship was incredibly powerful, its energy consumption was enormous.
Especially the main cannon, which alone consumed ten percent of the total energy in a single shot.
Of course, the spaceship could absorb surrounding energy and store it, but it would take a very long time to accumulate enough for full capacity.
Normally, it could only maintain basic flight.
So, this energy consumption was significant.
However, now that they had escaped the spatial storm, it was all worth it.
"Dumpling, use the virtual universe to quickly determine our current location."
"Yes, Master!"
After multiple instant displacements, Luo Fan had no idea where they were, especially inside the spatial interlayer.
This was the moment to rely on the spaceship's star map and the virtual universe for reference.
"Master, we are currently in the spatial interlayer of the Nata Star Domain."
"Approximately twelve million light-years from Earth!"
Luo Fan exhaled in relief, at least now he knew where he was.
"Set course toward the original universe. Max out the probe's power and watch out for space fragments!"
He knew it still wasn't safe.
Space fragments weren't stationary.
At any moment, a fragment could suddenly fly out and smash the ship.
It could even tear it apart completely.
So, extreme caution was required.
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