"War zone?"
Zuo Wuhen's expression changed drastically again.
He had long heard certain things, yet hearing Qin Shaofeng recount them in person still left him shocked beyond words.
Qin Shaofeng gave a dry laugh without explaining, instead pointing toward the dead starry sky on the other side of the Boundless Starry Sky.
"This was once a stretch of starry sky as well. One could even say that beyond us and the Boundless Starry Sky lay countless other starry skies, yet all of them became utterly silent and lifeless because of the invaders."
Without even glancing at Zuo Wuhen, he finally pointed at the Boundless Starry Sky and said gravely, "By the standards of the past, the Boundless Starry Sky could be seen as not of our kind. But now, it shares a single title with us: survivors."
Zuo Wuhen's expression changed again.
"Whatever the Boundless Starry Sky may have been before, among the entire... no! Among all the starry skies near us, it is the only one preserved most completely, and also the one with the best defenses."
Zuo Wuhen was clearly beginning to understand why Qin Shaofeng had chosen to cooperate with the people of the Boundless Starry Sky.
Yet Qin Shaofeng was not finished. He continued, "This is wartime. All perspectives from the past must be cast aside. Since the Boundless Starry Sky seeks to block the invaders' assault, and our Starry Sky World has long since been invaded and is now about to become a battlefield, why should we not cooperate with the Boundless Starry Sky?"
"The Boundless Starry Sky will indeed benefit the most, but there are far too few of our people left. Sending our remaining living strength into the Boundless Starry Sky to survive—is that not a good thing?"
Zuo Wuhen dropped into a