Within the spatial turbulence, the world spun and everything fell into chaos. Violent spatial storms tore at all things, and all sense of time became utterly confused. The Star Chaser's protective barrier shattered by more than half the instant it entered the turbulence, while the ship's hull let out piercing sounds of twisting metal, as though it could break apart at any moment.
Li Wuyang gripped the controls tightly, driving his Chaos Dao Body to its limit and forming a thin force field around the core area of the bridge. Yun Yi coughed up blood and fell unconscious, while Bao Bao had also curled into a ball from exhaustion, its glow dimming. Like a leaf in a storm, the starship had completely lost control and was swept by the turbulence toward unknown depths.
No one knew how long passed—perhaps an instant, perhaps eternity. Just as the starship was about to collapse completely, a tiny spatial node emitting faint gravitational pull appeared ahead!
"Catch it!" Li Wuyang exhausted his last bit of strength, adjusting the starship's direction and slamming toward the node!
Boom!
A violent impact struck. Li Wuyang's vision went black, and he lost consciousness.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Wuyang was jolted awake by a fit of violent coughing. He found himself lying on an icy metal deck, his entire body in agony and his spiritual power exhausted. The starship was completely paralyzed, embedded at an angle in some kind of hard ground. Yun Yi was slowly waking up nearby, his face pale. Bao Bao rested on his chest, rising and falling faintly as if recovering as well.
"Are we... still alive?" Yun Yi asked weakly. He looked around, then froze.
Li Wuyang struggled to sit up as well and looked out through the porthole. His