Billions of stars shone with billions of rays of light, glittering in the vast, deep cage of space—mysterious, magnificent, and boundless.
An endless night, an infinite void, a cold beyond imagination. Only by standing in this limitless expanse could humanity truly understand what it meant to be "a mayfly between heaven and earth." Yet none of this had put a stop to human activity. Vast as the universe was, it could still accommodate humanity and all civilizations as they advanced, explored, and developed by any means they could. Of course, it could also accommodate every civilization's efforts to reshape it.
Now, the civilization of this era, represented by Yu Lian, had reached the frontier. He was widening the world of civilization on behalf of the countless peoples and nations of his generation.
He stood on the bridge, gazing at the silent flow of the starry sea beyond the windows, letting the majestic panorama, as if suddenly splashed with billions of points of stardust, surround him.
Standing here, he naturally felt his own smallness. Yet he squared his shoulders and stood proudly beneath the firmament.
On the verge of becoming a Ninth Ring, he was now so powerful that even he was afraid of himself.
"I think we could name this place the Yu Lian... uh, Yu-Li Corridor," Yu Lian said to his fellow passengers aboard the ship.
"I don't mind. If you put my surname first, it'll make 'carp,' won't it?" Feifei laughed.
"But then where do I fit in? Do I have to stay in the ship's hold? Didn't I contribute to this expedition?" Little Gray voiced her displeasure.
"You belong to the previous wor— All right, I have to admit that the development and construction of our current era really wouldn't have been possible without your help. The