Arriving at Giant Salt Star!

The seven long days of interstellar travel passed in the blink of an eye.

The Interstellar Spaceship sailing smoothly slowly emerged from the dark depths of space, piercing through layer after layer of thin nebular airflow, and the towering, colossal Giant Salt Star finally came fully into view.

Lifting their eyes to gaze into the distance, they saw that the entire star was vast without end, its sheer mass astonishingly immense. Its surface was covered in desolate salt deserts, gray-white and ocher-red land stretching for hundreds of millions of miles. Jagged mountain ranges rose everywhere, wilderness spread without limit, and every part of it carried an air of primitive savagery, with killing intent hidden beneath.

The outer space around the entire planet was shrouded in an endless, vast, and heavy pale-golden energy shield.

The shield's patterns were precise and complex, with flowing light slowly wandering through them. Layer upon layer covered the entire celestial body, wrapping Giant Salt Star tightly within, a sight spectacular to the extreme.

Above Giant Salt Star's low orbit, a super-giant floating space station stood suspended in the void.

This man-made Interstellar Hub was incomparably grand in scale, its entire body formed of silver-white metal. Layers of decks were arranged in staggered tiers, flight lanes crisscrossed in all directions, and berths were packed densely together. It was used specifically to dock the countless interstellar vessels of the participating factions, and at the same time served as the sole transfer point where all participating prodigies gathered, registered, underwent security checks, and waited to enter.

Lu Yuan piloted the spaceship, skillfully entering the designated docking lane. The fuselage slowly glided forward, aligned with precision, and locked firmly into place.

Once the spaceship had come to a complete stop and the cabin door opened, he brought Su Yaqing calmly