Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 3635: The Bored Group

”A single low grade immortal stone per hour...” Lin Mu noted.

It was efficient.

Remarkably so.

But speed alone was not the only concern.

Lin Mu’s expression grew more serious.

”Acceleration is easy,” he muttered. ”Deceleration is not.”

The ship could continue gaining speed if he allowed it.

There was no natural force to slow it down.

No resistance.

No drag.

But that also meant that stopping required deliberate effort.

And most of all energy... A lot of it.

Lin Mu adjusted the controls slightly, maintaining their current speed.

”We will not push further,” he said.

Meng Bai blinked.

”Why not go faster?”

Daoist Chu answered before Lin Mu could.

”In space, control is more important than speed.”

Lin Mu nodded.

”If we accelerate too much, stopping in time becomes difficult.”

He pointed toward the map.

”There are obstacles.”

Asteroids.

Debris.

Fragments of the destroyed planet.

Even small objects could be dangerous at high speeds.

A collision...

Would be catastrophic.

The ship’s defensive arrays were strong.

But they were not invincible.

”And navigation is more complex than it appears,” Lin Mu continued.

He adjusted the viewing formation.

The empty space ahead was revealed in greater detail. Countless small objects drifted. Some were barely visible. Others were larger, their shapes irregular. They moved slowly relative to each other, but at the ship’s speed, they became potential hazards.

”In a world, you navigate with landmarks,” Lin Mu said. ”Mountains. Rivers. Terrain.”

He paused briefly.

”In space, everything moves.”

Meng Bai frowned.

”So nothing stays in the same place?”

”Nothing remains fixed except the central bodies,” Daoist Chu said. ”The stars.”

Lin Mu nodded.

”Even the planets shift constantly. Their positions change over time.”

He gestured toward the map.

”That is why we use reference points and calculations.”

The ship adjusted its trajectory slightly, avoiding a cluster of drifting rocks.

Lin Mu’s control was precise. Every movement, calculated. Every adjustment, deliberate.

The journey continued.

The stars stretched endlessly ahead.

The destination remained unseen.

But slowly and surely they moved closer. Toward the remnants of a world long lost. Toward the hidden domain of the Rune Dwarves.

Four days passed since their departure from the Fox Scion world.

At the start, the journey had felt like an adventure.

Everything was new.

The vastness of space, the distant glow of stars, the silent drift of celestial bodies, all of it had captured their attention. Meng Bai had spent hours glued to the railing when on the deck or the viewing formation when in the quarters.

His eyes darted from one sight to another, pointing out every asteroid, every faint glimmer of light, every distant shadow that might have been something more.

Little Shrubby had prowled around the deck restlessly, his many bloodlines reacting to the unfamiliar environment with curiosity. His senses were sharp, and though there was little scent to follow in space, the sheer openness of it all seemed to excite him.

The Yin Yang twin serpents, Xiao Yin and Xiao Yang, had coiled together near the top of the masts, their eyes reflecting the stars as they watched in quiet fascination.

For the first couple of days, it had been enough.

But novelty fades.

And space... did not change much.

The stars remained where they were.

The darkness remained constant.

Even the movement of asteroids was slow and distant, their shifts barely noticeable unless one observed carefully over long periods.

Eventually, boredom set in.

Meng Bai was the first to voice it.

”This is... getting a bit dull,” he admitted one day, leaning against the railing with a sigh.

Little Shrubby huffed softly in agreement, his tail flicking lazily.

The twins shifted as well, their movements slower than before.

Lin Mu understood.

There was little for them to do here.

The ship was not large enough to allow free movement or training. The confined space limited activity, and the environment outside was not suitable for casual exploration.

”Go to the Sleepscape,” Lin Mu said.

That was all the permission they needed.

Little Shrubby disappeared first, his form vanishing as he entered the internal world. The twins followed shortly after, their serpentine bodies slipping out of sight.

They would have space there.

Freedom.

A place to move, to play, to exist without restriction.

Meng Bai watched them go.

Then sighed again.

”I wish I could do that too,” he muttered.

Lin Mu glanced at him.

”You have your own tasks.”

Meng Bai grimaced slightly.

He knew it was true.

Unlike the beasts, he could not simply spend his time roaming freely within the Sleepscape. His path required discipline, effort, and continuous improvement.

And so...

He adapted.

With no room for physical training, he turned to what was available.

Study.

Lin Mu provided him with countless resources. Books, jade slips, records of cultivation techniques, treatises on formations, talismans, and arrays.

The quantity alone was overwhelming.

Millions of texts.

Meng Bai stared at them the first time Lin Mu presented them.

”You expect me to read all this?” he asked.

”Eventually,” Lin Mu replied calmly.

And so Meng Bai began.

He structured his time carefully.

Hours spent studying formations, learning the intricate patterns that governed their function. Hours dedicated to talismans, understanding the flow of energy and the precision required to inscribe them correctly.

At the same time, he continued to comprehend the Water Dao and the Formation Dao. These did not require physical movement. They required thought, understanding and insight.

In a way, the environment forced him into a different kind of training.

A quieter one.

A deeper one.

And slowly, he adapted to it.

His days fell into a rhythm.

Study.

Meditation.

Comprehension.

Rest.

Then repeat.

Cattaleya, however, did not adapt as easily.

For the first day or two, she enjoyed the view.

She stood near the observation panels, watching the stars, occasionally commenting on their beauty while sipping wine.

But that did not last.

”This is boring,” she said bluntly on the third day.

There was little for her to do.

She could not train physically.

She could not spar.

She could not explore.

All she could do was sit, eat, drink, and watch the same endless scenery.