By rights,
Seeing the culprit who had forced the White Horse Neighing West Wind to flee into Hell's Boundary not long ago meet such a fate should have been deeply satisfying.
But aboard the White Horse Neighing West Wind,
no one felt the slightest joy or schadenfreude.
All they felt was a deep sense of grief for someone who had met the same fate they feared!
No one could guarantee that the White Horse Neighing West Wind wouldn't become the next Hancheng Furnace!
The Hancheng Furnace didn't remain in the White Horse Neighing West Wind's field of vision for long.
Under the pull of the Gravity Field of the Supergravity Source at the core of the Zhongli River System,
the Star Destroyer, gradually losing all its thrust, soon passed beyond the range of the White Horse Neighing West Wind's portholes and continued plunging deeper!
For a moment,
the people aboard the White Horse Neighing West Wind seemed to hear desperate cries coming from the Hancheng Furnace!
Perhaps it was an illusion, or perhaps it came from humanity's instinct for empathy.
It didn't matter.
Because
the White Horse Neighing West Wind suddenly gave a slight shudder.
Then came the helmsman's choked, almost despairing voice: "Number Three main engine nozzle overloaded, sustaining damage.
Damage level... 30%, 35%, 40%...
Number Three main engine nozzle, offline!"
Everyone's eyes widened!
There was no one who didn't understand what this news meant!
The Hancheng Furnace was the clearest example!
Only by working together could all the main engine nozzles barely balance the pull from the edge of the Gravity Field of the Supergravity Source at the core of the Zhongli River System.
But once the first main engine nozzle went offline,
a chain reaction was inevitable!
To resist the immense pull, the White Horse Neighing West