The waiting was especially agonizing, as if time itself had been stretched out.
Fortunately, Qu Jianlei had never sensed any problem with his avatar, so he was still able to remain calm.
More than ten hours later, space rippled again, and the Battalion-Class Ship finally reappeared.
Xiao Hu immediately sent over a message. "Good thing it held up, but it really was dangerous inside."
The moment the Battalion-Class Ship appeared, the energy in the surrounding space fluctuated again...
Half an hour later, the two ships finally docked successfully. Using the Battalion-Class Ship as cover, Qu Jianlei quickly put away the 1314 Ship.
After stowing the starship, the fluctuations in spatial energy had yet to cease. Entering the Space Sub-layer at this point might trigger some consequences.
The Battalion-Class Ship had also been running at high intensity for more than ten hours, so everyone waited for a while to avoid fatigue damage.
During that time, they replayed the Battalion-Class Ship's encounter.
After entering the Space Sub-layer, the starship had traveled through unrelenting darkness. There was some light, but barely enough to make a difference.
The dashboard showed that the starship's speed had dropped noticeably, likely because the energy density was too high.
It also showed that the starship's defense systems were operating at high output, clearly under a fairly intense attack.
At the same time, the dashboard showed that the starship was undergoing frequent minor displacements.
In other words, it was suffering not only from energy compression, but also from being swept along by turbulent currents.
Fortunately, despite considerable interference, the starship had not lost its direction and continued flying straight ahead.
This voyage lasted five hours before everything finally brightened.
Still, the brightness was only comparable to the Maiden Star Region, a hazy gray expanse.
However, the attacks on the