Technological advancement begins with devouring.

Your design, 'Goliath,' has passed the system's rating and has been added to the design library.

Based on the rating of this blueprint, you have earned 299 Fact Points.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Name: Goliath

Category: Magic Pattern Mech

Special Features: Alchemy Runes, Psychic Enhancement (e.g., if the [Spirit] attribute is ≥150, it can provide additional enhancements to the mech, improving its performance)

Driving requirements: [Constitution] attribute ≥ 100

Rating: Tier 2, Level 8 (Can reach Tier 2, Level 9 with psychic power enhancement)

Note: Designer: Jiang Chen

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback when he saw the system notification.

If your own design is rated and included in the system, you can also receive a reward of expertise points.

However, judging from the design process of the 'Goliath Giant', achieving this was not easy.

Although it was designed based on the war mech 'Goliath' from another parallel world, after countless modifications and upgrades, it has long since lost any connection with the original 'Goliath mech'.

It took Jiang Chen nearly a year just to modify and improve the plan.

After going through an intense battle with the Golden Horned Beast, and discovering and repairing the flaws of the 'Goliath Giant' in actual combat, the blueprint was finally recognized by the system.

While the reward of feat points is very attractive, it is not an easy task to obtain a large number of feat points in this way.

Actually, the 'Goliath' doesn't have many flaws. The only slight issue is the slightly unreasonable assembly position of the 'B6-level laser cannon,' which means that during the charging process, it's necessary to ensure that the left arm isn't attacked by the enemy, causing a minor impact.

Previously, during the battle against the Golden Horned Beast, the laser cannon's charging process was interrupted several times.

After the adjustments, this defect was corrected, allowing the mech to truly reach an extremely high level.

It may not be perfect, but at least it has no obvious flaws and its combat power is strong enough.

"As for costs, comparing them with prices on Earth is meaningless. As for prices in the universe, I'll look into that later. A mech with the combat power of a ninth-tier star should cost more than a slave of the same level. If the cost can be kept within a certain range, there's a considerable profit to be made, which might become my 'first pot of gold'."

A thought flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

It didn't matter when they were on Earth; Jiang Chen's strength and status were enough to allow him to freely plunder those 'unclaimed' resources.

But in the universe, money becomes very important.

Whether it's strengthening one's own power, developing one's own forces, or wanting to develop the Earth, it's absolutely impossible without sufficient money.

Just as Jiang Chen was thinking about how to use the 'Goliath Giant' to make his first fortune in space, Babata sent a message that the Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship had been repaired and was ready to go into space.

-

A spaceship rapidly departed from Earth. Countless monitoring satellites in Earth's orbit were unable to 'see' the spaceship, as if it never existed.

Inside the spacecraft's control room.

Jiang Chen, dressed in a black combat suit, stood in front of the control panel, with Babata's projection beside him.

Babata didn't want to leave Luofeng, but Earth's coordinates were obscured by Huyanbo's spatial magic, and only Babata knew the route in and out.

Jiang Chen needs Babata to accompany him to enter the universe.

"This C5 class spaceship is slow to accelerate. Just accelerating to the speed of light and entering the dark universe will take a very long time."

Babata couldn't help but complain.

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "This spaceship is already quite good. When it accelerates, you can hardly feel anything inside the cabin. The spaceships I built experience tremendous pressure inside the cabin when accelerating; even ordinary people on Earth might not be able to withstand it."

"Those low-grade junk spaceships you built can't even be considered spaceships in the universe. They can't even accelerate to the speed of light to enter the dark universe, let alone undertake long-distance interstellar travel." Babata rolled his eyes, looking disdainful, clearly looking down on the transport spaceships Jiang Chen had built.

"A spaceship that breaks the speed of light is already technologically advanced; it must have a very powerful propulsion system and energy supply." Jiang Chen shook his head slightly.

As Jiang Chen acquired more and more knowledge and skills, he became even more aware of his own 'backwardness'.

Not to mention comparing it with the most advanced technology in the universe, even in relatively ordinary civilian technology, it is many years ahead of Earth.

Even with a system, catching up is not an easy task.

Suddenly, Babata spoke up: "Ten more seconds to reach the speed of light!"

"9, 8, 7..."

Jiang Chen looked out of the spaceship through the 'exterior simulation'.

Even with Jiang Chen's keen eyesight, he could no longer see the outside environment clearly. The surrounding starry sky had become incredibly dark, with only some blurry halos flashing by before quickly disappearing from his sight.

"3, 2, 1!"

As Babata's countdown began, the spaceship trembled slightly.

However, if viewed from the outer void of space, one would see a spaceship traveling at extremely high speed suddenly disappear from space.

It wasn't a 'disappearance' that exceeded the speed of light and was invisible to the naked eye, but rather a true and complete disappearance from this universe.

Inside the spaceship, the tremors lasted for about ten seconds before subsiding.

"Transfer successful, we have entered the 'Dark Universe'!" Babata said, immediately shutting down the external simulation, and explained to Jiang Chen, "The spaceship is too fast to capture the outside world. If we slow down, it will consume too much energy, and there's no need to waste it."

Jiang Chen nodded slightly and asked, "Where are we going? How long will it take to fly?"

"The destination is 'Qiulong Star', which is 32 light-years away. From the perspective of saving energy, it will probably take a little over nine days to fly in the dark universe."

Babata explained, “The spatial coordinates of the Dark Universe and the original universe correspond perfectly, but the ratio is 1:1008.1. That is to say, if you travel one kilometer in the Dark Universe and then travel back to the original universe, you will find that you have traveled 1008.1 kilometers. The maximum speed of this Black Dragon Mountain X81 is 1.5 times the speed of light, but considering energy consumption, it is best to maintain 1.2 times the speed of light. After flying in the Dark Universe for a little over nine days, it can reach the location of ‘Qiulong Star’.”

"Less than ten days..."

Jiang Chen nodded slightly.

The process of traveling through the dark universe is very tedious, but Jiang Chen can immerse himself in the system library, passing the time while improving his knowledge.

If you get tired, you can ask Babata for advice on things in the universe, so it's not too boring.

Nine days passed quickly, and they were getting very close to the target coordinates. Babata woke Jiang Chen up.

"Jiang Chen, we're about to leave the Dark Universe!"