The lead starship looked reckless, but in truth... it was indeed taking a bit of a risk.
However, the people aboard had their own calculations.
There were rumors within the Empire that whoever obtained Digital Phantom's secret to Passing Thunder Tribulation would receive a hefty official reward.
How hefty? As for the secret of the tribulation lightning, it was said that Digital Phantom had quoted the authorities one million trillion.
Even at one percent of that as a bounty, it would still be one trillion Empire Coins—enough to buy two or three thousand Armed Merchant Ships! People die for wealth, birds die for food. Besides, Digital Phantom's main force was no longer within the Empire.
This starship had no intention of confronting Digital Phantom head-on—they wouldn't dare even if beaten to death.
But what if they could seize an opportunity to steal a prize? That would depend on their courage and luck.
Breaking through the ten-million-kilometer warning line was not difficult, because there were no space-defense weapons. It was more symbolic than practical.
Once the starship broke through to seven million kilometers, they could basically be certain that the other side would not be able to launch an attack anytime soon.
After all, the maximum range of ground weapons on a barren planet was no more than three million kilometers.
The zone from three million to seven million kilometers could be considered relatively safe.
Since there had been no attack at the outset, nor had any starships taken off to intercept them, the next wave of attacks should come within three million kilometers.
That was only one reason for their judgment. The second was that some starships from the fleet that had arrived alongside them had also entered the warning zone.
That was simply how things worked. Once one person