The days that followed went smoothly.
After joining forces with Aekta's squad, the two teams watched each other's backs and supported one another. They encountered no further trouble along the way.
They crossed several relatively calm Star Domains, avoided a few areas of chaotic energy fluctuations, and safely reached the depths of the Star Shatterer Belt.
When the legendary Evacuation Point came into view, even Lin Yi, who had seen plenty, couldn't help but be awestruck.
It was a gigantic white vortex suspended in the center of a gravitational void at the heart of the Star Shatterer Belt. Formed from pure, gentle streams of milky-white energy, it shimmered with iridescent light along its edges. As it turned slowly, it gave off profound spatial fluctuations.
It was like an enormous, eternally open eye, quietly embedded in the dark backdrop of space.
Several oddly shaped spacecraft hovered at a safe distance around the vortex. Some were Spirit Race vessels, others were the Holy Radiance Race's light-forged skiffs, and still others were Human Race metal warships.
The Green Spirit and Aekta's silver-white skiff came to a stop at the vortex's outer edge.
Lin Yi led Liu Na, Hui Lie, Shi Feng, and Serwilla out of the ship, while Aekta brought his teammates out as well.
At almost the same moment, several figures flew out from a relatively stable rocky platform near the vortex.
They were members of two Pan-Spirit Alliance squads resting there and keeping watch to some extent.
At their head were a Li Race deity with a steady, imposing aura and a female Wing Race deity with pale green energy wings unfurled behind her.
Both exuded the peak aura of Higher Deities, and seemed to be the captains of their respective squads.
The Li Race deity's body was covered in natural