After the Xun Yuan Hao left the Star Sea territory, it activated long-range space-jump mode. Space Runes of the Star Spirit Race flowed around the hull, wrapping the vessel in a gray-green streak of light as it sped through the boundless depths of the cosmos. Shen Hao stood before the bridge's observation window, watching nebulae and belts of dark matter race past outside, his eyes heavy with gravity.
A distance of a million light-years would take nearly two months even at the Xun Yuan Hao's top speed. Spatial fluctuations from the extraterritorial dimension still guided them ahead, but their energy trail had become increasingly concealed, as though some unknown force had deliberately covered it up. "Elder Xing Miao, how is the tracking of those fluctuations?" Shen Hao's voice broke the silence on the bridge.
Xing Miao was operating the precision detectors. Complex energy waveforms and star-map coordinates flickered across the screen as she frowned slightly. "Lord Shen, the trail of that fluctuation is becoming increasingly blurred. It seems to be passing through a Void Turbulence Belt. This turbulence belt is filled with unstable Space Rifts and Dark Energy Vortices. The detectors' signals are being severely disrupted. We can only roughly lock down the area; precise positioning is impossible."
Shen Hao nodded and said in a deep voice, "Inform the whole team. Enter first-level alert. Shut down the space jumps and switch to conventional navigation. We'll pass through the Void Turbulence Belt at low speed. Elder Xing Miao, reinforce the hull's defenses with Space Runes, then deploy miniature scouting drones to examine the route ahead."
"Understood!"
The Xun Yuan Hao gradually slowed. The Space Runes around its hull shone more brilliantly, forming a thick defensive barrier. Dozens of miniature scouting drones flew out from both sides of the ship, scattering through