Inside the sightseeing ship.
The crowd that had been chatting and taking in the view suddenly felt a slight distortion in space.
Immediately afterward, a colossal object appeared nearby without warning.
It was a spacecraft far larger than the sightseeing ship, at least four or five times its size.
Its hull was cold and sharp-lined, weapon modules faintly visible. Simply hovering there, it exuded an oppressive presence.
For a moment, the entire sightseeing ship fell silent.
"W-What level of spacecraft is that?"
"It jumped through space directly? Without any warning at all?"
"What important figure has arrived..."
Whispers rose one after another.
The previously lively atmosphere was instantly suppressed.
A hint of tension and awe permeated the air.
"Brother Nan, you've seen a lot. This... belongs to which important figure?"
The young man surnamed Nan stared at the enormous spacecraft in the distance, his expression unusually grave. He lowered his voice and said, "This is a dedicated spacecraft for Human Prodigies."
"I saw one once before."
"Only prodigies personally nurtured by Primordial City are qualified to use spacecraft of this level."
He paused, his tone turning noticeably serious. "In short—don't provoke them."
The expressions of those around him shifted slightly.
"That exaggerated?"
The young man surnamed Nan sneered. "Exaggerated? My brother was a Grade-B Genius back then. When he was cultivating in Primordial City, he accidentally offended a prodigy."
"And then?"
"He was beaten so badly that he couldn't get out of bed for a month."
As soon as he finished speaking, the people around him sucked in cold breaths.
"This..."
"That was a Grade-B Genius..."
For a moment, everyone looked at the spacecraft with even greater awe.
"What is a prodigy of that level doing stopping in front of a sightseeing ship?"
No one answered, because the spacecraft's hatch