- Local time: September 3, the first year of the Xinghai Era

—Location: The Eighth Ring of Defense in the Cyrens System

- Weather: Unknown

- Visibility: Extremely high

"The number of these drones is huge, but now it seems that they are still here to deliver food." Liu Qi looked at the various aircraft wreckage left after the explosion of the Void Sun, and shook his head, "Continue to march inside!" ”

"Understood!" Mo Qinghan nodded, and then activated the thruster of the Heart of Civilization, and slowly drove towards the ninth ring belt, which is also the last line of defense of the home planet of Iota, so to speak, this defensive ring belt gathers the top wisdom of the national defense designers of Iota back then.

"Warning! Discover unidentified energy! Mo Qinghan suddenly issued a warning, only to see that not far away, a blue wormhole appeared in the void, and behind the wormhole, a beautiful continent could be faintly seen.

"What is this?" Liu Qi frowned, "Open the insect gate on the land, this kind of civilization, don't you want to die?" "As we all know, the pressure difference between the universe and the surface of the earth is definitely not small, especially the living planets that can give birth to life, they have an atmosphere, but the universe is close to a vacuum, so it is easy to form a large amount of surface air flow into the universe.

"I don't know, but it's certain that this wormhole is not the home planet of the Iotar civilization." Mo Qinghan said, "As far as the current situation is concerned, there is no sign of civilization on the surface of the other party's planet. ”

"Magical, if there is no sign of civilization, why is it here?" Liu Qi asked.

"If you don't clear it, just rush down and take a look." Mo Qinghan said.

"When did you become as reckless as I am?" Liu Qi tilted his head, "I remember that you have always been very cautious?" ”

"you, sit down for me, let's go directly to the Ninth Ring, as for this planet, ignore it for the time being." Mo Qinghan said, rolling his eyes, and then turned the Heart of Civilization around, bypassed the Worm Gate, and continued to march towards the Ninth Ring Belt.

Neither of them noticed that after they left, the so-called inaccessible planet was instantly covered with a purple fungus-like substance, and then, one after another, prehistoric beasts took off from the planet, slowly approached the insect gate, and finally poked their heads out of the insect gate.

-- Dividing line --

"There are still 300,000 kilometers to go to the ninth ring belt, which can be reached in about a few seconds." Although the Heart of Civilization can cruise at the speed of light, in order to save unnecessary energy expenditure, Mo Qinghan did not enable maximum speed cruise, and the current speed remains at about 115 light speeds.

"What is the defensive weapon of the Ninth Ring?" Liu Qi asked, standing in front of the transparent window, looking into the distance, and found a blue planet in the center of his vision.

"This planet is the home planet of the Iota civilization? It looks a lot like the Earth. Liu Qi looked at the planet in the distance and said silently.

"The home planet of the Iotar civilization: Celrent, with a diameter of 12,000 kilometers, a surface sea level area: 73%, a land area: 27%, and a general similarity to the Earth." Mo Qinghan said, "It's about to pass through the Ninth Ring Belt. ”

"The Ninth Ring? Where is it? Why can't I see anything? Liu Qi looked confused, because he didn't see anything except a huge planet in front of him, and he didn't find anything like man-made objects at all.

"The Ninth Defense Ring, also known as Spiritual Purgatory, is mainly the impact of spiritual power, so there are no large-scale man-made buildings, Liu Qi, I can't help you this time, I hope you can resist." Mo Qinghan said, a worried look appeared on his face for the first time, this was the first time Liu Qi saw this kind of expression from Mo Qinghan's face, this, a faint sadness and reluctance.

"Don't worry, as long as the calamity is not eliminated in the end, I will not die." Liu Qi said with a smile, the look on his face didn't seem to care, it was the legendary duck skin that seemed to be as stable as an old dog, but in fact he was panicked, Liu Qi's heart was panicked, because the mental impact or something, it sounded terrifying.

"Well, since you're so confident, then I'm more or less at ease." Mo Qinghan seemed to want to say something, but in the end, he sighed and said, "I won't say more, just a request, or come back." ”

"Don't worry." Liu Qi nodded and closed his eyes.

In the universe, the Heart of Civilization is still approaching the Celent star, and as the ship moves forward, it seems to pass through a thin film that even quantum waves cannot detect.

Maybe this membrane is really thin, but Liu Qi felt the pressure of his spirit.

——Spiritual World——

The darkness in front of him slowly changed from a pitch black because there were no photons entering, and Liu Qi saw that a strange white light began to appear in the middle of the field of vision, and then slowly expanded, finally covering the entire field of vision.

"Is this what is called mental shock? But I didn't see anything. Liu Qi was puzzled, the scene in front of him was too weird, only white, yes, a piece of white, completely indistinguishable from the direction of white.

Liu Qi felt that he had returned to the age of a baby, toddler in this white sea, no matter how he walked or how long he walked, the surrounding scenery was pure white, not stained with smoke and dust.

"How can I get out of here, the spiritual weapon of the Iottars, is it meant to make me desperate here?" Liu Qi suddenly felt dissatisfaction in his heart, as well as indescribable irritability, "Damn, I don't even have a scene!" ”

Liu Qi stomped his feet, and finally sat down on the ground in despair.

"No, it's not the time to give up, there are still many places in this universe that I haven't been to, this world, there are still many things worth remembering, now, it's not the time to be depressed!" The blue origin heart on Liu Qi's chest suddenly burst out with blue light, and Liu Qi suddenly felt another momentum, and then stood up again and began to look for a way out.

——After 30 minutes——

After walking forward for hundreds of meters, Liu Qi finally saw the scene, yes, in this white ocean, a different scenery finally appeared.

"That's, the sight of civilization?" Liu Qi was puzzled, he saw a wooden structure of the house, and human beings wearing loose clothes, it seemed, like the Tang Dynasty of ancient Chinese civilization.

"No matter, let's go and have a look!" Liu Qi finally stepped towards that place, and finally entered that world.

"It's strange, this feeling is different from the feeling of breaking through the plane barrier when I crossed before, this feeling is like going from one place to another, and there is no such stiffness." Liu Qi said silently.

"Huh? How do you dress like this, your hair? A scholar saw Liu Qi, Liu Qi's modern dress is completely different from that of people in the world, so it is very reasonable, and he was directly pointed out in public.

"This guy must be a heretic from the Western Regions, he must be killed!" An old man said, "These heretics spread cult culture all day long, and we must be killed if we give up our labor!" ”

"Wait, you listen to me......" Before Liu Qi could finish speaking, a stuffy stick came from behind his back, and he fainted on the spot, and when Liu Qi woke up, he had already appeared on the guillotine.

"It's noon. Execute! The eunuch held a silk silk similar to the holy decree in his hand, and then, the big man picked up the big knife, and the knife fell in his hand, and Liu Qi directly lost consciousness.

This is not a game, death is not out of sync, in the spiritual purgatory of the Iotar civilization, death, is equal to real death.

But now Liu Qi is not dead, because of the heart of origin in his chest.

The Heart of Origin burst out with a ray of blue light again, but this time after emitting the blue light, a crack appeared on the Heart of Origin.

"What's the situation?" Liu Qi opened his eyes again, and the scene in front of him was not a white space, this time, it became a yellow desert.

"Heart of Origin?" Liu Qi lowered his head and saw the crack above the Heart of Origin, "Damn, did you save me, you obviously said that you couldn't help me, but in the end you saved me, Qinghan." ”

The Heart of Origin seemed to understand Liu Qi's words and flickered a little.

"Ha, wait, I'll go back." Liu Qi said with a smile, and then put down the Heart of Origin, which is a necklace that is worn around Liu Qi's neck, which can not only give Liu Qi some protection, but also provide the necessary energy for the Heart of Civilization.

"There is still no end in sight to this desert!" Liu Qi looked at the scorching sun in the sky, and then wiped the sweat on his neck, the time seemed to be noon, the scorching sun was in the sky, and the temperature of the entire desert was as high as 4 or 50 degrees Celsius, which was simply not human.

"The surface temperature has reached 70 degrees Celsius, it seems to be a real test!" Liu Qi shook his drowsy head and looked around, without any shade for him to hide.

"You can't get heat stroke, if you have heat stroke, you will be made into a roasted bamboo rat." After laughing at himself a little, Liu Qi began to walk slowly forward, he didn't know the direction, he could only walk blindly, because if he stayed in place, he would definitely die.

"Ha, I'm so thirsty, the one in front, is it the house?" Liu Qi was walking, and suddenly a small wooden house appeared, Liu Qi stepped forward quickly and walked in.

The cabin seemed to be empty, and the moment the door was opened, it suddenly stirred up a cloud of dust.

"Faucet?" Liu Qi's eyes quickly locked on the faucet in the corner, and immediately stepped forward to turn on the faucet, but not a drop of water flowed out, and it seemed to have dried up.

"And a bottle?" Liu Qi looked down and saw a bottle filled with water, and a note was written on it: Please pour this bottle of water into the piston, you will get more water, but before leaving, please also fill it.

"Do you believe him?" Liu Qi thought about it, if this was a lie, then he would definitely lose the last precious water, but if it was true, he would have a temporary inexhaustible supply of water.

"This seems to be what happened to people in elementary school reading, it's really, and it actually happened to me today." Liu Qi smiled self-deprecatingly, opened the bottle cap and sniffed it, "Well, it's very fresh, it looks like the person who filled the water has just left." With that, Liu Qi put his mind at ease, poured water into the piston at the back of the faucet, and then pulled the piston, and a clear spring was immediately poured into the sink behind the faucet.

"Do you want to sterilize it before drinking?" Liu Qi thought about it, and finally decided to heat it to eliminate the poison, otherwise it would be funny if he didn't die of thirst and diarrhea.

"Ha, it's time to drink." After the boiling water cooled down, Liu Qi started a drinking business, but the water was still very hot, why? Nonsense, the room temperature in the desert is as high as forty or fifty degrees, and there needs to be a temperature difference for heat transfer, so this water will be cooled to forty or fifty degrees at most.

"Don't dislike it, you have saliva to drink." Liu Qi thought, filled the bottle with water, and went on the road again, 2 hours had passed, this was Liu Qi's conclusion based on his pulse, but looking up at the sky, the sun was still in the middle of the sky, and it seemed that it was not ready to set.

"Eternal Desert, yes, it's really in line with the setting of purgatory." Liu Qi thought and walked again.

After walking for 4 hours in a row, Liu Qi's lips were almost chapped at this time, he raised his head, the scorching sun in the sky was still shining, and the temperature in the desert had never dropped.

"You can't fall down, you can't sleep, otherwise, you won't be able to get up again!" Liu Qi thought and continued to walk forward, "Damn, when will this desert come to an end?" ”

Without a modern security system, the desert is definitely a Jedi for mankind.

As he walked, a river suddenly appeared in front of Liu Qi's eyes, yes, a river, but there were no green plants around the river.

"Damn, it's so desperate, knowing I'm thirsty, and coming to stimulate me." Liu Qi looked at the sky speechlessly, endured the wormhole that compared his middle finger to the sky, and finally turned his head and left the river.

Such rivers are not uncommon in the desert, but the water of this kind of river is absolutely not drinkable, these rivers are saline-alkali rivers, and the inside is rich in calcium carbonate and other salts, if you drink it, it is not poisonous salt thirst for a few days, it is poisonous, then Bacheng died on the spot.

-- Dividing line --

Liu Qi still didn't get out of the desert in the end, when he saw the edge of the desert, Liu Qi's physical strength had reached the limit, and he finally fell, in this spiritual purgatory, he lost the smooth sailing of the past, lost the physical fitness of too ordinary people, and also lost all scientific and technological means.

The Heart of Origin burst into blue light again, but the crack also widened a lot.

After failing many times, Liu Qi fell to the ground and slowly closed his heavy eyes

The Heart of Origin burst out with blue light again, but this time, the crack directly doubled, and the Heart of Origin directly shattered, turning into blue powder and integrating into Liu Qi's body.

"Ahh Liu Qi woke up again, at this time Liu Qi sat on the ground, did not get up, in front of him was a frost and snow field, and the skyline could not be seen at all, because the sky was covered with goose feathers.

"The Heart of Origin, gone." Liu Qi lowered his head and looked at the empty chains on his chest, the blue gem was gone, and suddenly, a sadness arose.

"Yes, is it over?" Liu Qi thought about it, lying on the snowfield, the icy cold wind blew up the snowflakes and covered Liu Qi's body.

"In a person's life, when the red fruit comes, will the red fruit go?" Liu Qi remembered a sentence in Zhu Ziqing's prose "Hurry", "No, I can't give up yet, I still have hope!" ”

Liu Qi sat up suddenly, and the snowflakes that had accumulated a thick layer were instantly pushed away and fell in the air.

"Spiritual purgatory, it is indeed a test of the spirit, but as long as you don't give up, you will definitely find a way out!" Thinking about it, Liu Qi stood up, feeling something different in his heart, and then, a golden core suddenly appeared in front of Liu Qi.

"What is this?" Liu Qi was puzzled, and walked in slowly, on top of the golden gems, there was an amazingly fine relief, carved, it was a sword, a sword of Damocles, and the ancient Iota language left a passage on it:

All that is evil will end with the sword.