In this formation arrangement that has been repeated tens of millions of times, Wei Qingyang gradually developed a higher level of understanding of the formation.

It's a rare experience. In the solar system, no one would have repeatedly arranged the same formation so many times.

This even made his realm faintly break through a little. Although he still didn't know what to call his current realm.

"I don't know if there are human beings, uh, or other intelligent races in the South Gate Two Galaxy, I don't know what they look like, I don't know how their cultivation system and cultivation theory are developing."

If the cultivation theory in Nanmen 2 developed further, then they would inevitably have some understanding of their realm at the moment. Once there, you might be able to find your way forward.

But it's empty, and it's possible that there is no life at all. The current Wei Qingyang, no, not only Wei Qingyang, but the entire tens of billions of human beings, demon races, demon races, evil cultivators, and ghost cultivators, all don't know what the universe outside the solar system looks like.

Suppressing the curiosity and excitement of the new world in his heart, Wei Qingyang once again focused his attention on this asteroid.

For more than a year, the asteroid has been in orbit close to the Sun. However, the average distance is only a few million kilometers closer.

Because it doesn't set vertically toward the sun.

Now, Wei Qingyang is about to start his journey away from the sun again.

In the high mood, even the wisp of black on the wrist of his left arm caused him to feel less anxious.

The wisp of black did not appear instantaneously, but slowly appeared in the previous months, plus the recent formation on this asteroid for more than a year.

It comes from the erosion of the after-effects of the "monster's" blow.

Even with Wei Qingyang's cultivation, at such a distance, it couldn't stop it from eroding his body, and with all his might, it could only slow down slightly.

Even, even if it was only slowed down slightly, Wei Qingyang's divine soul would be affected by the ferocious and violent aura contained in it, so he had to spare at least an hour every day to meditate and slowly calm his soul.

This is still under the condition that the power of the stars condensed by this asteroid is constantly replenished. If he was still in the empty space and couldn't get any star power to replenish him, maybe Wei Qingyang would have lost his mind a long time ago.

However, this will soon change. According to his calculations, the thrusters he had built had enough time to cross the tipping point before he was irretrievably infected by this breath.

Once the critical point is crossed, this aura will weaken to the point that not only can it no longer strengthen its erosion, but it can allow itself to use its own cultivation to slowly purify it.

Tens of millions of thrusters are activated at the same time, but they can only bring acceleration to the asteroid at 0.5 millimeters per square second. According to this acceleration, it would take him almost 200 years to accelerate to 3,000 kilometers per second, which is about the same speed as his Starlight Escape Technique.

Coupled with a series of subsequent orbit changes, maneuvers, and course adjustments, the time it takes for him to reach the South Gate Two Galaxy will be extended to at least six hundred years.

For the past 600 years, I can only live on this small and barren asteroid.

As for lifespan, Wei Qingyang is not worried. Cave Xuan Realm monks can generally live to be more than 3,000 years old, and they have already broken through the Cave Xuan Realm, so it is not a problem to have a lifespan of 18,000 years.

These thrusters first stopped the asteroid from spinning. In this way, it will only face the sun with one side. After that, the real acceleration journey begins.

It will slowly gain enough speed to break free from the Sun's gravitational pull, and then fly out tangentially along its orbit, never to come near the Sun again.

This poses a problem with the fact that it is not going in the direction of the South Gate II system. In fact, in Wei Qingyang's calculations, it would be aiming at the Crab Nebula. But it doesn't matter, as long as you stay away from the sun first, the subsequent orbit can be adjusted slowly.

Time passed quietly under such circumstances. At the beginning, Wei Qingyang was still very busy. Because there are too many "thruster" formations, so many formations are operating at the same time, it is inevitable that there will be failures due to some mutual influences that cannot be considered in advance. At this time, Wei Qingyang has to think on the spot, adjust on the spot, and solve the problem on the spot.

This numerous failures made Wei Qingyang tired. Even if he had the cultivation of the "unknowable" realm, he was exhausted.

"Damn, I've never been so busy debugging telescopes in my last life, and I have such a high level of cultivation in my life, but I'm still tired like this."

Another fault was solved, Wei Qingyang sat on the ground tiredly, and subconsciously rubbed his forehead.

In the process of solving that fault just now, through calculation, Wei Qingyang determined one thing, that is, the critical point of speed has been crossed.

Until then, the asteroid orbited the sun. But after that moment, it no longer revolves around the sun.

It was just a moment, and the universe was still that universe, dark and cold. The sun is still the same sun, bright and dazzling. The starry sky is still the same starry sky, and thousands of stars shine brightly. This asteroid is still the same asteroid, barren and dark.

It seems that nothing has changed, but in that quiet time, something has changed.

It's truly free. If there is no external interference, it will never come close to the sun again.

Perhaps because the faults were exposed in the early stage, in the following time, Wei Qingyang slowly relaxed and was no longer so tired. So Wei Qingyang's head began to turn around with other thoughts.

He plans to "clean up" the asteroid completely.

Thrusters alone will not do. If he wants to reach the South Gate II system, or better and faster, he needs to do some other work.

For example, there is a very important point about the positioning of oneself.

As early as the Age of Discovery, in the vast ocean, positioning oneself was the most important thing. In the interstellar era, in the more distant and infinite cosmic starry sky, the positioning of oneself is even more important.

With positioning, Wei Qingyang can accurately calculate his position, calculate his speed, determine his own orbit, and determine his own route.

But before, it was simply impossible to position yourself so far from the sun.

In fact, the monks who live in the inner solar system do not have the need to locate themselves precisely.

If you are only active in the inner solar system, there will be large planets within hundreds of millions or even tens of millions of kilometers around you, no matter where you are. By simply looking at the brightness of a planet, you can roughly calculate the distance between yourself and it. Several planets are measured at the same time, and multiple points intersect, and their approximate positions are also revealed.

In the inner solar system, the monks do not have to think about the fact that they will lose their course.

But it's not the same at the edge of the empty solar system.

Even if he cultivates as strong as Wei Qingyang, the ultimate perception distance is only three million kilometers. And at this moment, there is nothing in his body around three million, even thirty million kilometers, and within 300 million kilometers. He simply couldn't find a reference point to locate his position.

Distant stars can be used to locate them, but that requires extremely sophisticated instruments and sufficient scientific literacy.

These scientific literacy, in the entire solar system, is only possessed by Wei Qingyang. Before him, tens of billions of monks of the human race, the ghost race, the demon race, and the demon race had never been owned by anyone.

Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why the monks of the solar system have always been confined to the solar system and cannot leave.

"So, let's build another telescope."

With a telescope and some other auxiliary observation equipment, Wei Qingyang can determine the distance between himself and one or several neutron stars that serve as references, as well as the direction in which he is located. By observing those neutron stars separately, calculating the data in a unified manner, and then substituting them into the star map, Wei Qingyang can determine his position.

It's not easy to do that, though. Because those neutron stars are too far away, generally hundreds of thousands of light-years away. This places high demands on the accuracy and sensitivity of the telescope.

Not only that, but optical telescopes are not possible to observe those neutron stars, radio telescopes must be used. This complicates observations.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wei Qingyang finally gave up this plan and adopted another simpler plan instead.

The principle is the same, but the reference object is changed from a distant neutron star to a closer star, generally within fifteen light-years away. By calculating the distance and direction to different stars, he can also achieve his goal.

This kind of observation can be achieved with optical telescopes.

Because the stars are too close together, the movement of each other can interfere with observations, which can lead to a great decrease in the accuracy of observations. But for Wei Qingyang, this is not unacceptable. Anyway, you can adjust the orbit at any time during the voyage, unlike in the previous era of science and technology, where fuel is limited, and it is difficult to make large orbit adjustments after the spacecraft is launched.

After determining the goal, Wei Qingyang immediately began to think about how to achieve it.

First of all, like last time, it is not possible to rely solely on one's own consciousness to maintain it. It's too expensive. Whether it is the consumption of the power of the stars or the consumption of divine consciousness, it is unacceptable.

The only feasible solution is to "fix" it down, arrange it into a formation, and let it work on its own, or, with a small amount of attention, let it work.

This raises two more problems.

One is that there is not enough spiritual materials of sufficient quantity and quality to allow you to arrange the formation.

The second is that there is no suitable spell to allow yourself to fulfill its function.

Both of these problems have to be solved.

On the cold and pitch-black asteroid, Wei Qingyang was a little melancholy.

He felt that he had returned to his previous life, to those days when he spent all day doing scientific research and calculating data.