Boarding this strange mode of transportation.

It was actually a little terrifying.

Especially... a vehicle built during a Forgotten Moon.

’Who knows if they left out any parts, or forgot to install them completely.’

But thankfully, he could fly now.

Even if this Flying Airship were to plummet, he wouldn’t fall to his death.

"Haha! You must be Lu Cang!"

A man with white hair walked over.

Lu Cang looked at him. He must be the head of this project; his likeness had been drawn on Lu Cang’s Fire-Written Paper.

"We don’t remember much of what happened during the Forgotten Moon."

Lu Cang nodded. "I know."

Over the past few days, everyone had been trying to piece together what happened during the Forgotten Moon.

Fortunately, history books and records of important events were all written with Trace Paper and Long-lasting Ink.

Quite a few records still remained.

However, the effect of the Forgotten Moon was simply too powerful.

Most of the records had already faded away.

Of the complete records, only scattered fragments ultimately remained...

Thankfully, objects didn’t disappear with the Forgotten Moon. Archaeologists could verify what had happened by studying the items that had appeared during that time.

’Who would have thought that the job of an archaeologist would be to verify events that happened just a few days ago?’

The Life Church’s records were not lost. Perhaps it was because the Life Moon immediately followed the Forgotten Moon that the Church’s accounts were perfectly preserved.

The record of Lu Cang’s deicide was unearthed.

The masses, who had already been shocked once during the Forgotten Moon, were shocked all over again when they heard the news during the Life Moon.

’A boy hero... no, a child hero.’

’It feels so weird. I could do without compliments like "child hero."’

"We’ve already tested this Flying Airship."

"We ran many experiments yesterday. There are no major issues with the advancement, and the Ritual can be completed normally."

Lu Cang said, "Mm."

Yesterday, two batches of tests were conducted, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, with over thirty people Awakening in each.

Lu Cang had actually disguised himself and come to watch during the afternoon session; there hadn’t been any problems.

As for why he’d disguised himself?

Lu Cang was simply worried that if he showed up as himself, he wouldn’t see what was really going on.

"Come on, young man. Everything is ready."

"If your Awakening is successful this time, it could be a great leap forward in human history."

Lu Cang replied, "Alright."

’If this experiment succeeds, my own advancement from Level 4 to Level 5 will be guaranteed in the future.’

This wasn’t just for others, but for himself as well.

Kumironi was already waiting in the central area.

It was a Flying Airship decorated in a mix of white and gold.

He had heard it was an extremely special model named "Flying Light."

Legend had it that this was the masterpiece of a Level 7 Mechanician... but after creating it, the Mechanician had left Tengge.

It was said to be his farewell gift to Tengge.

Since then, the Mechanicians of Tengge had repeatedly disassembled and modified the Flying Airship.

As for whether these changes were for the better, the Mechanicians claimed the Flying Airship’s performance had been greatly enhanced...

And if anything went wrong, Tengge had a powerful Level 6 Mechanician to rely on. The original design drafts for the "Flying Light" had been preserved, along with all the original, disassembled components. Worst-case scenario, they could just put it all back the way it was before.

While they couldn’t build another one from scratch, performing maintenance or reassembling it based on the reverse-engineered process was no problem at all. That was a core skill of any Mechanician.

The main purpose of their recent work had been... to remove the ship’s limiters. Apparently, the Flying Airship originally had its speed restricted for safety reasons.

’And now, in the name of progress and the development of civilization, they finally had the perfect excuse to remove those restrictions.’

’No wonder they were in such a hurry to get to Lorren. These Mechanicians had probably been itching to remove those limiters for ages.’

’But were the modifications made by this group of Mechanicians... really safe?’

Lu Cang couldn’t help but feel a faint sense of dread.

’According to his records, these Mechanicians were a bunch of absolute madmen...’

Lu Cang walked to the center of the Ritual area.

VMMMM—

He felt a slight vibration run through the airship.

"Everyone, we’re taking off!" a technician shouted.

Hearing this, the scholars all pressed themselves against the walls or grabbed onto the vertical poles inside the Flying Airship.

BOOM!

In an instant, the ship shot forward!

The scenery outside seemed to stretch and warp as it flew past.

The speed was, without a doubt, incredible.

Everyone around them stumbled and swayed. The Mechanicians fared better, as theirs was considered a semi-Battle Profession.

But the scholars were all thrown off balance.

Thankfully, they had been prepared and had already grabbed onto something, keeping them from being thrown about.

The old, white-haired Mechanician shouted, "Once we reach top speed, you can begin!"

Kumironi and Lu Cang, however, stood as if on solid ground, completely unmoved by the airship’s acceleration.

km/s!

km/s!

km/s!

The airship continued to accelerate, and the surrounding scenery became a blur.

km/s!

"Not at top speed yet! Just a little longer!"

Kumironi asked, "Not at top speed? I don’t think it was this fast yesterday, was it?"

Another Mechanician nearby explained, "It takes fuel, gorgeous! You think we’d use the top-grade stuff on those other guys? If we’d used it all up, there’d be none left for today!"

Feeling such incredible speed, even Lu Cang couldn’t help but gulp.