The Leap Channel had yet to close completely.
The Star Ring on Lin Feng's right wrist vibrated wildly.
A panel opened automatically, and a line of red text stabbed into his eyes.
[Lin Xiaoyu's exclusive channel-highest-level distress signal]
Lin Feng stopped dead inside the Leap Channel.
He had set up this channel for Lin Xiaoyu.
The signals had three levels: blue for ordinary contact, yellow for trouble, and red for imminent death.
The instant the call connected, a series of explosions came through.
"Brother!"
Lin Xiaoyu's voice broke through the static, breathless and choked with tears.
"Someone's attacking the Warp Ship! The shields are about to..."
The signal was forcibly cut off.
Someone was jamming the communications array.
Lin Feng stood in the middle of the Leap Channel, streams of spatial light sweeping past him.
He looked down at the red text on his Star Ring, his arm trembling uncontrollably.
The dark-gold Bone Shuttle hovered around him, humming.
Lin Feng brought up the star chart.
The Blue Star Warp Ship's location was still near Prodigy Star's orbit. Its signal flickered intermittently, each pulse weaker than the last.
He calculated the distance.
Seven light-years.
The Leap Channel's original destination was a recovery zone in the Empire Core Star Domain, in the exact opposite direction.
Lin Feng did not hesitate.
He tore open the Leap Channel's barrier with both hands. Spatial fragments sliced through his newly regenerated skin, and beads of purple-gold blood drifted through the channel.
He forcibly reversed the direction of the leap.
With the power of immortal first order behind it, the spatial law responded more than an order of magnitude faster.
The channel collapsed and reformed, locking onto the new coordinates.
Two breaths.
When he stepped out of the Leap Channel, the first thing he saw