Bai Yujun passed through the long rift and returned to the familiar primordial wilderness.
As she drifted outside the spacecraft, she saw several clones playing cards in the brightly lit cabin. Four clones played their cards with extreme caution, while several others stood nearby with wide eyes, watching. The trash bin was stuffed full of snack bags and drink bottles.
"..."
Forget it. She was used to it by now.
The hatch opened. She floated into the gravity-equipped cabin, the hatch closed, and once the air had rapidly filled the compartment, the second hatch opened.
Too lazy to walk, Bai drifted into the lounge and had her clones pilot the spacecraft back to the South Heavenly Gate.
She could clearly feel the spacecraft's engines starting, then the vessel began turning around.
Worn out after several years, Bai Yujun yawned and drifted over to the drink machine. She swiped across the screen, found her favorite fruit juice, and tapped to make it. The machine soon produced a fragrant cup of juice. She picked it up and took a light sip, nodded in satisfaction, then turned and returned to the recliner to savor it. After each sip, she would look out at the pitch-black window. The spacecraft was accelerating, and sparse starlight could vaguely be seen ahead.
She took out a pile of bedding from the General Store and spread it out before taking off her shoes and lying down. It truly felt wonderful not to have calculations filling her head.
She lifted her cup and gave it a shake, watching a whirlpool form in the juice.
Suddenly, the spacecraft entered the Teleportation Array set up on the way here.
Sailing through a Warp Channel was fine. What she feared was jumping out of one warp and immediately making another...
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