Chen Daolin, aboard the spacecraft, also spotted the group of natives flying toward him in the distance.
"Have they come to hunt me down?"
Though he had guessed this outcome, Chen Daolin did not take it seriously. The strongest among these Cloud Continent natives were merely Domain Lords, posing no threat to him at all. He immediately had Biqi steer the spacecraft toward the nearest vortex passage. In the blink of an eye, it vanished before that group of Cloud Continent natives.
Chen Daolin had also discovered that entering a vortex passage in one sea of clouds would bring him out through another vortex passage in a different sea of clouds.
And the exit was not fixed, but random.
Yet this randomness was highly advantageous to him. At the very least, it would not be so easy for the Cloud Continent natives to block him off and surround him.
Although that patrol squad intended to intercept him, Chen Daolin had reacted too quickly, and the spacecraft was too fast. By the time they came to their senses, the ship had already flown into one of the vortex passages. The patrol members exchanged looks, until the obvious leader, a Domain Lord, gritted his teeth and said, "I've already sent word from here. Leave two people behind to receive the others. Everyone else, enter with me."
After a pause, he stressed his words. "This operation was launched by our entire Cloud Continent world. You all understand what stands behind it without my needing to say more. If you can earn merit in this operation, even the slightest bit, you will receive rewards beyond anything you could normally imagine. I hope you will give it your all and not ruin your own prospects."
The others were inwardly shaken, then fervor appeared on their