Technological advancement begins with devouring.

The cosmic sea, the outer perimeter of the cosmic vessel.

By this time, the 'fragments' around the spaceship had long since disappeared.

The countless scars and craters on the surface of the enormous spaceship have all disappeared, and the entire hull is as smooth as new.

Around the spaceship, countless densely packed technological devices float, covering an area of ​​billions of light-years around the spaceship.

The most eye-catching feature is a rectangular prism located approximately 1.5 billion light-years in front of the spaceship.

This cuboid has only a thin border and is completely hollow inside, making it look like a giant 'door frame'.

However, even in high-level worlds like the Jin World and the Origin Continent, which pursue "greatness is beauty," a "door frame" reaching a terrifying height of tens of billions of light-years is still very rare.

At this moment, countless surveillance devices were pointed at the 'door frame,' transmitting the real-time scene here to the command center behind.

Meanwhile, a group of mechanical 'managers' are operating a large number of construction machines, making tense preparations around the huge 'gate frame'.

……

Inside the command center of the spaceship's main control area.

Jiang Chen connected his consciousness to the spaceship's 'remote sensor', sensing the void ahead, a hint of tension in his eyes.

The first successful opening of a passage to the 'Other-Dimensional Universe Sea' was of paramount importance to Jiang Chen, despite the fact that data calculations and the results of previous simulation experiments indicated that this real-world 'test' would proceed without any problems.

Jiang Chen also poured countless resources into opening up a passage to the 'Other-Dimensional Universe Sea'.

If he fails, Jiang Chen will suffer heavy losses, and the difficulty of spreading the faith of the 'Mechanical God Cult' to the 'Other-Dimensional Universe Sea' and breaking through his rank will increase by countless levels.

"Stargate self-check complete, all conditions are good, ready to start..."

A manager's voice rang out.

As soon as the words fell, a blinding light suddenly shone from the enormous 'door frame' amidst the endless chaotic air currents ahead.

Streaks of electricity converged at the center of the cuboid that Jiang Chen named 'Star Gate', forming a massive vortex of lightning.

As energy was injected, an inconspicuous black dot suddenly appeared in the center of the endless vortex of lightning.

Immediately afterwards, the black dot began to expand at an astonishing rate, growing from something smaller than the finest dust particle to a scale of hundreds of millions of light-years in the blink of an eye.

That deep darkness seemed to devour everything; just one glance at it gave one the feeling that their soul was being ripped out.

However, that patch of 'darkness' was firmly confined within the 'star gate' area, and could not be crossed even slightly.

Endless lightning flashed all around, and a mass of 'darkness' expanded continuously, only to contract under the suppression of the stargate, just like a beating heart.

"Channel successfully opened, stability check in progress..."

A beam of light shot towards the black hole ahead.

The beam of light contained a very special kind of fluctuation that continued to spread outward.

Even after the beam of light entered the black hole, the strange fluctuations did not cease.

After a long pause, the manager's voice rang out again: "Stability test passed, proceed to the next test task..."

A small spaceship launched from beside the giant 'stargate' and flew toward the black hole.

Inside the spaceship, besides a dense array of complex instruments, there was also a small team of more than a dozen mechanical creatures.

Their mission is to test whether this 'passage' can accommodate life and whether it truly leads to the planned 'alternate dimensional ocean'.

The spaceship passed through the 'black hole' and first experienced a period of darkness that seemed endless.

In the darkness, it seems that even the concepts of time and space have been lost.

After a seemingly endless voyage, the spaceship finally emerged from the 'darkness' and appeared in a state of chaos.

After regaining their sense of time and space, the mechanical creatures inside the spaceship immediately began to divide up their tasks and take action.

Some were responsible for exploring the surrounding environment, while others were responsible for checking the various data recorded by the spacecraft during its passage through the shuttle tunnel.

Others were responsible for recording everything they discovered and sending it back to the rear.

"Our 'time travel' took zero time. But the time we actually experienced was 1752..."

An administrator read the data inside the spaceship and immediately exclaimed in surprise.

The 'voyage' through that passage took a full 1752 years.

But outside the passage, the time they spent on this voyage was zero.

This is no longer simply a difference in 'time flow rate'.

No matter how great the difference in the flow of time is, it is impossible for one side to have 'zero' time, with not even a Planck's time passing.

This is a concept on another level.

“There is no concept of ‘time’ in that passage. Our own time is maintained by the spaceship’s internal systems, so this situation is normal.” Another administrator said, while continuously scanning the surroundings with the spaceship’s detection instruments.

"All the data are the same as in a normal cosmic sea. However, the time flow here is 1.6 times faster than in our cosmic sea. The energy density is also 3.5 percent lower than in our cosmic sea."

"The rules and parameters are consistent with our cosmic ocean."

"No traces of life were found within the detection range. However, judging from the density of the chaotic airflow, traveling in this direction should lead to a region close to the primordial universe. If we calculate based on the distance between the spaceship and the primordial universe, at the speed of this spaceship, it would take approximately 100,000 years to reach the location of the 'spaceship'."

The manager reports out a series of data points.

Looking back, the 'passage' they had come from had vanished.

The passage opened by the 'Stargate' is one-way.

If they don't receive support from the rear, they will lose the possibility of returning home forever.

However, the dozen or so mechanical members were not worried about this issue.

After collecting all the data, the group discussed it for a while and made a unanimous decision.

The captain, acting as the 'temporary leader,' went to the cabin and pressed a red button.

An invisible wave flashed by, seemingly ignoring the barriers of space, time, dimension, and even concepts, transmitting the vast amount of data recorded inside the spaceship back to its 'home universe sea'.

……

Inside the spaceship, upon receiving feedback from the exploration team, Jiang Chen immediately checked it without hesitation.

"During the journey, the pressure experienced was far lower than expected?"

Upon seeing a piece of data, Jiang Chen showed a surprised expression.

In Jiang Chen's estimation, traversing the 'alternate dimensional universe sea' would be a very dangerous process.

Jiang Chen had already prepared himself to lose this exploration team and then revive them.

But judging from the data they've sent back so far, this mission has clearly been a success.

Moreover, during the journey, no dangers were encountered as expected.

"This is different from what the God King of Jin said..." A strange thought popped into Jiang Chen's mind: "Could that guy be lying to me? Or is the danger we're facing related to the strength of the time traveler?"

Jiang Chen was somewhat puzzled, but he didn't dwell on the question. Instead, he continued to look at the information and data transmitted back by the exploration team.

After reviewing all the information, Jiang Chen revealed a joyful expression.

Although the exploration team did not find any trace of life or civilization, this is quite normal.

The cosmic sea is, after all, too vast. The vast majority of its areas are simply 'chaotic oceans' containing only endless chaotic air currents and nothing else.

The exploration team has only been there a short time, so it's normal that they haven't encountered any life yet.

The probability of actually encountering life is much lower than winning the lottery.

However, based on the extensive data collected by the exploration team, it can be basically concluded that the other side of that black hole passage is an unfamiliar 'cosmic sea dimension'.

Furthermore, the exploration team has already determined the 'coordinates' of that dimension.

The opening of the 'Stargate' and the creation of a passage to the 'Other-Dimensional Universe Sea' are random.

Jiang Chen had set a large number of parameters in advance, but he could only be 80% sure that the passage led to a cosmic sea in an unfamiliar dimension, but he couldn't be sure which one.

But with the coordinates, Jiang Chen can then open the 'Star Gate' again in the future and specify which dimension of the universe he should travel to.

Of course, this feature still needs to be tested.

Jiang Chen did not rush to order the spaceship to start the shuttle. Instead, he ordered his subordinates to close the 'star gate' and then reopen it according to the parameters transmitted back by the exploration team to confirm whether the passage to the designated dimensional space sea could be opened normally.

If this can be achieved, at least after entering the 'Other-Dimensional Universe Sea', one will be able to return normally.

If this test fails...

When the exploration team entered the 'Other-Dimensional Universe Sea', Jiang Chen gave them an order: if they lost contact with him for more than 100 million years, they should commit suicide, and Jiang Chen would resurrect them in the 'Birth Sanctuary' within his inner universe.

The black hole passage in the center of the 'Stargate' slowly closed.

A moment later, the 'Stargate' restarted, opening a new passage once again.

Another exploration spaceship flew towards the passage.

Jiang Chen watched all of this, waiting patiently.

With communication methods that transcend the dimensions of the cosmic ocean, the testing process has been greatly simplified.

Even so, a large number of tedious and complex tests must still be completed to ensure that everything is foolproof before the main force will accompany the spaceship to the 'alternate dimensional universe sea' to carry out a large-scale invasion.

……

It took over a thousand years for each test to be completed.

Not all of it is good news; there are also occasional pieces of bad news.

But none of these are of major importance; they are either within the scope of foreseen risks or can be recovered with simple adjustments.

In short, after countless tedious and complex tests, Jiang Chen, based on the large amount of data he had collected, concluded that the area was safe and reliable, and then ordered the fleet to set sail towards the 'alternate-dimensional universe sea'.

The spaceship was so enormous that it took a whole year just to start the power reactor and increase the power to a level sufficient to 'move'.

The massive spaceship slowly began to move, and the slight pressure caused the chaotic airflow around it to be squeezed aside, forming waves that spread out into the distance.

Just like 'ripples' in water.

The spaceship accelerated rapidly. At the 'stargate' ahead, the black hole passage had expanded to its maximum size, large enough to accommodate the spaceship's entry.

Inside the spaceship, a massive legion has been fully prepared and is ready for battle at any time.

Meanwhile, in each of the controlled areas, the managers and commanders were all in position, intently monitoring the condition of every part of the spaceship.

In the command room.

Jiang Chen and the founder of the Giant Axe sat in the hall, chatting as they checked the situation of the shuttle.

To maximize benefits in a cosmic ocean of one dimension, eliminating the primordial will of the original universe and then possessing it is definitely a necessary step.

Only in this way can a portion of the human race be allowed to migrate to a new, primordial universe to survive.

Without the protection of the primordial will, such a migration would be completely impossible; whoever enters would die.

Just like those beings who were 'expelled' from the primordial universe in past cycles of reincarnation.

But with the protection of the primordial will, this is no longer a problem.

Jiang Chen entered the 'Other-Dimensional Universe Sea' not only to plunder resources, but also to give his clan more territory, accommodate more clansmen, and provide the 'Mechanical God Cult' with more sources of faith.

The process of seizing control of the primordial universe is naturally indispensable.

However, possessing the original universe requires extremely high willpower. Even if Jiang Chen destroys the original will and leaves only an 'empty shell', it is not something that just anyone can successfully possess.

One needs at least the willpower of the 'Peak of Void True God' level to have a chance, and only a willpower that has crossed the 'Threshold of Eternal True God' level can ensure a sufficiently secure outcome.

Even after the 'memory fragments' were extracted by the 'Warden of the Underworld', the human race has always attached great importance to cultivating willpower. Tens of millions of eras have passed, and those who can meet this condition are still a tiny minority.

Moreover, possessing the original universe is both an immense opportunity and a risk of one's soul being scattered.

The person chosen for possession must have sufficient prestige and status to gain the respect of everyone.

At the same time, we also need to have enough confidence to deal with the risks involved.

Taking all factors into consideration, the tribe unanimously elected the founder of the giant axe as the candidate for this possession.

Of course, this is on the premise that Jiang Chen's 'invasion operation' goes smoothly enough to eliminate all hostile forces in this dimension of the universe.

—Among these 'hostile forces' is naturally the original will of the primordial universe in this dimension.

Only after all of this is completed will it be the time for the founder of the giant axe to make his appearance.

It must be said that the spaceship is indeed different from ordinary spaceships.

Inside the ordinary spaceship, the mechanical creatures of the exploration team directly lost their perception of time and space.

But inside the spaceship, time seemed to flow normally, only the speed of time became very strange. In the blink of an eye, decades or even hundreds of years had passed.

In Jiang Chen's perception, several thousand years had passed.

Finally, the spaceship swayed slightly.

The endless darkness around them dissipated, and a massive spaceship appeared amidst a vast expanse of chaotic air currents.

Not far away were two small spaceships belonging to the exploration team.

We've arrived at the extradimensional cosmic ocean!