Lu Yang instinctively followed the shadow's trajectory, as did the old soldiers like Officer Ping.
All they saw was an enormous shadow, nearly the same color as the sky but slightly dimmer, sweeping across the clouds and scattering flecks of shattered light before seeming to vanish in an instant.
Yet at the same time, a contour both familiar and unfamiliar churned into being within the void they could perceive.
Inside it, they could not always see it, but this enormous entity occasionally stirred their senses. Perhaps it was their sight, as before; perhaps it was their sense of smell, carrying the faint stench of scorched atmosphere...
There was also physical sensation: moisture brushing over their skin, seemingly both icy and scorching. Yet while within it, they could no longer distinguish clearly.
But one thing was certain: everyone in the "War Domain" had involuntarily soared away from the ship they had just emerged from, flying through the skies of You Chong Star.
At that very moment, Lu Yang, Officer Ping, and everyone in the "War Domain" heard a wondrous, distant, ethereal hum beside their ears.
For some reason, that sound seized all their attention. They no longer considered all those miscellaneous issues, focusing only on sustaining the "War Domain" and arranging and outputting the Qi Mechanism throughout their bodies.
By comparison, Lu Yang's resistance was somewhat stronger. With great difficulty, he looked toward Tai Yu.
But at that moment, blazing white flames had clearly ignited around Tai Yu, making him impossible to see clearly.
Using his last bit of strength, Lu Yang shifted his gaze toward the "Spacetime Bubble" before Tai Yu, which had transformed into a bizarre "smoke ball," only to discover in shock:
Within the eerie grids that made one's heart tremble and stomach churn, those "moldy" and "rusted"