Yu Lian knew what Little Gray meant. It was one of the "three moons" they had all seen at first, and the smallest-looking one. But unlike the hazy, cold light reflected by the other two moons, this one flowed with a hazy, elegant silver glow. It was clearly a source of light in its own right.
As a psychic with "cosmic perception," five rings, and even Little Gray's reminders to help him, Yu Lian naturally saw more than the others.
Everyone else could see only half of that moon. Under the visual distortion caused by the dazzling silver light, they might have assumed its other half was hidden where the star's light couldn't reach.
But Yu Lian knew that the "moon" really did have only one half.
Of course, no moon in the world could remain stable in orbit with only half of itself left. No moon could stand motionless within a planet's gravitational field. And naturally, no moon could be this smooth.
There was no way it was a moon. It was clearly a colossal artificial structure stretched across an orbital path.
But, Enlighteners, did you really call something this enormous a ship?
"Don't be afraid," Little Gray said. "The thing's stealth camouflage has failed, but the illusion created by the paint on its hull is still working. If you get a little closer, though, you'll see that it really isn't much bigger than a Titan."
I have eyes. I can see that. But didn't you say it was a research vessel?
"Master, Black Moon, can you see that thing?" Yu Lian began calling the elders over his terminal, not knowing where aboard the ship they were.
"We see it. A wondrous sight indeed, worthy of a celestial's creation!" his master said.
"Being big has its advantages. There are