Arrival at the Nursery, Distribution Dispute

During curvature faster-than-light travel, the time perceived inside passed far more quickly than in the outside world.

Across the vast distance of hundreds of thousands of light-years, Natsume and the others had spent less than five days atop the [Velvet Turtle].

Yet nearly three months had passed at the normal rate of time outside...

The difference in time flow was so great that it nearly rivaled that of [Dragon Palace City]!

Still, for Natsume and the others, this was quite comfortable.

Not having to spend too much time in long, tedious waiting was a good thing.

At last, the entire expeditionary [Vanguard Force] reached the edge of this brand-new [Fallen God Starfield].

They chose a dim interstellar dust belt as their foothold.

The reason they had not plunged straight in was because they did not know the specific conditions within this [Starfield].

They did not know how vast that [Jashin]'s sphere of influence truly was.

Rushing in recklessly

would bring no benefit.

At the very least, before the [Ultra-Long-Range Insect Bridge] had been erected and before the main force arrived, they should avoid exposing themselves.

Otherwise, if they were exposed too soon and discovered by [Jashin] and the forces under its command, who then continued harassing and attacking them, it would greatly delay the efficiency of setting up the insect bridge and receiving the follow-up army...

After leaving the curvature route, Meishiki's eyes lit up first.

"We're here?"

"Most likely."

Natsume nodded and looked ahead.

Before them, a vast expanse of brilliant stars gradually came into view, dreamlike and breathtakingly beautiful.

By a rough estimate, there were no fewer than several hundred billion stars within this [Fallen God Starfield].

Which meant several hundred billion planets...

Even if only one percent of those planets were suitable for cultivating Divine