Yu Sheng found it difficult to describe how he felt at that moment.
When he had completely "taken over" the ship known as the "Pillar of Order," fully merging his consciousness with the cold metal and beginning to face the baptism of outer space in a form that was no longer flesh and blood, an emotion both contradictory and turbulent surged up within him. It was boundlessly vast yet accompanied by extreme loneliness, while at the same time bathing in starlight and feeling tranquil and peaceful. The conflicting sensations left him unable to calm down for a long while.
This felt completely different from when he had taken over Nightfall Valley.
He could not say what caused the difference—was it the vastness of space? Or the special nature of this steel body itself? Perhaps it was both.
But he did not resist the feeling.
He stood at the end of the control hall, gazing into the endless depths of space outside while also examining his current position and condition from the ship's perspective. His consciousness wandered through the living "giant tower," "understanding" everything within this new shell in a way only he himself could comprehend.
After an unknown length of time, his gaze settled on a certain direction, and he raised a hand slightly toward the front.
Just as he had reshaped the soil and stones beneath his feet in Nightfall Valley for the first time, he awkwardly moved his new "limbs."
A large number of hidden grilles near the base and middle of the Pillar of Order unfolded in space. Streaks of dark-red radiance gradually lit up, the conventional engines ignited, and the "giant tower" began to accelerate slowly.
Then several auxiliary engines lit up in succession, beginning to adjust the ship's course.
A few minutes later, Yu Sheng