"Boom, boom, boom!"
The dozens of High-Power Thruster arrays installed at the Long-Lived One's roots roared at full power, accelerating its enormous body and leaving a long, deep-blue comet tail behind it.
Several powerful Tractor Beams shot straight toward Proxima Centauri, exerting an immense pulling force on the Long-Lived One. As the distance shrank, the star's gravity began to assert itself, drawing the Long-Lived One's massive body closer like an invisible rope...
Although the course Nie Yun had chosen for the Long-Lived One was perilous, the acceleration it offered was proportional to the risk. With thrusters comparable to planetary engines, the Long-Lived One's acceleration would not fall too far behind the Sea Race flagship's.
In fact, the Long-Lived One and the Sea Race flagship had gradually parted ways midway through their journey. Apart from slightly different angles of approach toward the star, their courses kept them more or less abreast.
After all, the Sea Race flagship had no need to undergo an extreme trial, and Nie Yun had no interest in testing the fire resistance of a Sea Race spaceship...
The Long-Lived One's appearance had now changed dramatically. Across the crown at its forward end, greenery burst forth as though a withered tree had come back to life. Vast numbers of green leaves took only five or six hours to sprout and finish growing.
By now, the enormous green canopy had fully formed. Like a gigantic broad-brimmed hat overhead, it blocked the fierce starlight ahead.
Each newly grown green leaf was the size of a washbasin. Under microscopic examination, they would reveal photosynthesis proceeding within them at astonishing efficiency.
Moreover, the tiny pores on the surfaces of these leaves actively drew in cosmic dust drifting through space.
The vastness of outer space was not a perfect vacuum. It teemed with