Four hours and seventeen minutes later.
High above Earth, within the silent layer of low Earth orbit, fifteen figures stood suspended in the air on either side of Lin An, like motionless sculptures, silently gazing at the blue planet beneath their feet.
After receiving Lin An's message to assemble, the fifteen had gathered here, waiting for Lin An's next command.
Many of them were flying out of Earth for the first time, viewing in its entirety, from above, the world beneath them on which they depended for survival.
The clouds drifted slowly. The Central Continent, forcibly transformed by Lin An, resembled a gigantic leaf, giving those familiar with images of Earth a strange, dreamlike feeling.
Confusion, nervousness, excitement, reminiscing...
All kinds of emotions surged through their hearts.
Aside from the upper echelons of the Dragon An Core, no one on Earth knew about this Star Radiance Battle.
Down on the ground, some people were still fighting for survival, some were building new cities, some were scrambling for food, and some were spreading their faith...
It seemed like an eternal, unchanging day as always. Yet for everyone in the team, this might be the first time Earth's survivors were formally coming into contact with the outside world, and the first time since Doomsday began that they were facing a true great battle.
Their opponents were no longer their fellow humans on Earth, nor were they monsters and disasters confined to Earth.
They were top-tier experts who had emerged from countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood across the universe of Doomsday.
"Pixie, I... I'm a little nervous..."
"But I also feel a little relieved... It's as if I've come to understand something..."
At the far right beside Lin An's left hand, a Black Fourth Order wearing knuckle claws spoke softly.