Yan Zhan stood on the Warp Ship's battered alloy deck, showing no intention of leaving.
"The Deputy Commander ordered me to escort the Blue Star ship to the Core Starfield."
Yan Zhan's low voice broke the deathly silence.
"No need."
"I'll escort them myself."
Yan Zhan gave him a long look and swallowed the rest of his words.
He knew he could not persuade Lin Feng. Once this man made a decision, no one could turn him back.
Basic repairs to the Blue Star Warp Ship took a full six hours before its engines could barely muster a dull rumble.
Inside the core cabin, the prolonged, intensive rescue work had left Lin Xiaoyu exhausted. She was resting with her eyes closed in a corner seat, but poked her head out when she heard their conversation.
"Brother."
"Are you really taking us home?"
"Yes."
"What about your own business?"
"That can wait until you're home."
The Warp Ship slipped out of Prodigy Star's orbit, and its warp engines lit up.
Space collapsed into an opening before the bow. The entire ship plunged through, and the starscape closed behind it.
Lin Feng sat in the passageway behind the bridge and brought up the System Panel.
Immortal first order, three perfected laws, two halberd markings on the Myriad Tribulations Heavenly Halberd, and an Abyssal Emperor Crystal resting at the bottom of his dantian. Most of its energy remained; he had not had time to refine it.
He had a feeling that once he fully absorbed this Emperor Crystal, he would be close to breaking through the barrier to immortal second order.
First, get my sister home.
The instant that thought settled in his mind-
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[Spatial barriers detected under interference from higher-dimensional frequencies. Interference source: artificial.]
[Passage structure destabilizing. Estimated countdown to