Wei He frowned tightly and turned, leaping in another direction.
He sped away from the Star System and entered a new star region.
This time, according to the star map in his memory, this region belonged to the Eastern Extreme Alliance and should have contained a great number of inhabited planets.
Yet strangely, he checked them one by one according to the coordinates on the star map.
There was no life whatsoever in any of those Star Systems or planets.
Forget humans—even microorganisms were nowhere to be found.
"Nothing. There's nothing at all!!" A thread of agitation gradually rose within Wei He.
He kept jumping, kept searching, but whether it was planets of the Eastern Extreme Alliance, the Penza Empire, or Knosus. Even the Star Abyss!
There were no traces of life anywhere on any of the star maps.
The agitation in his heart grew increasingly intense.
"Perhaps it's because I've only been making short-distance jumps. If I could make long-distance jumps..."
Wei He swiftly began searching for a Star Gate.
The enormous Star Gate wormholes allowed for extraordinarily convenient ultra-long-distance jumps.
Without a large-scale spatial engine, wormhole Star Gates were the most time-saving method of travel.
After several consecutive Star Gate jumps, Wei He finally returned to the core heartland of the Penza Empire.
He stopped in the Knudia Star System commercial district, reputed to be the most economically prosperous.
The planets here had not changed positions either. Yet there was likewise no life on any of them.
"What meaning is there in ascending dimensions in a world like this?"
"Nothing. There's nothing, and it's utterly meaningless. What meaning is there in living?"
Emptiness gradually filled Wei He's eyes.
An indescribable sorrow surged and flowed through his heart.
"There's no hope. None in any of this, none in this