After Nolan returned from Earth, she finally stopped lagging and returned to her normal state.
"Much more comfortable like this." Nolan's life-sized holographic projection spun in circles on the bridge. "I was so sluggish before."
Hao Ren asked about the unloading. "Where did you put that Ark? Did everything go smoothly?"
"Following the navigation signal sent by the Sirens, I sent the Ark straight to the bottom of the sea, right beside Nathatone. The Siren Queen will be able to see it as soon as she returns." Nolan nodded. "There were no problems. Unloading the cargo did cause a little turbulence, but it didn't affect Nathatone. The Sirens responsible for 'receiving the goods' should be busy inspecting the Ark and waterproofing it now. Something that huge... It'll keep them occupied for a while."
Hao Ren nodded and turned to look at the twelve remaining Ark giant ships. Under Nolan's remote control, the enormous ships were gradually accelerating away from the drone nest's control zone. Because they used relatively outdated curvature engines, they had to travel a considerable distance before they could initiate a trans-dimensional jump. Likewise, when they reached Io, they would have to leave trans-dimensional state in advance and decelerate gradually. The entire process would take three or four days. He glanced at Lawrence beside him. "Stay on my ship for the next couple of days. I can also brief you on the current state of the universe, as well as more of the truth behind that disaster back then."
Time passed peacefully, and the Ark fleet embarked on its planned voyage to Io.
On the second day of the fleet's acceleration, the Ark fleet reached the "jump window," roughly one light-year from the drone frontier, while traveling at sublight speed. Giant Turtle Rock Platform then entered trans-dimensional state