Four months later, the fleet group emerged from the Warp, leaving Segmentum Solar and arriving in Segmentum Ultima.
The Imperium of Man had five segmentums. Segmentum Solar was its heartland, while Segmentum Ultima was the largest, lying to the east of Segmentum Solar.
Segmentum Ultima was simply too vast, and the Imperium of Man exercised the least control there. All kinds of xenos were active within its borders.
Li Qinwu's homeworld, Agricultural World 496B, lay at the far eastern edge of Segmentum Ultima.
The Astronomican was barely visible there. Sometimes, when a Warp Storm struck, its light vanished altogether.
Farther east, the Astronomican could no longer be seen, leaving warships without navigation. The borders of the Imperium of Man ended there.
In short, by entering Segmentum Ultima, Li Qinwu was halfway home.
At that moment, Li Qinwu stood on the bridge of the Fortune, examining data on his destination planet at the central console.
A baby sling hung against his chest, holding Chloe, who was now a little over four months old.
The little kitten kept his two tails wrapped around Li Qinwu's pinkie, drawing psychic power from his body.
He needed to feed every half hour, just like a nursing baby, so Li Qinwu had simply strapped him to his chest and let him drink psychic power whenever he wanted.
Over those four months, the kitten had gone from absorbing only three percent of Li Qinwu's psychic power per feeding to taking fifteen percent at once. His progress was astonishing.
When Li Qinwu examined the child with Warp Vision, he found that this four-month-old infant already had a stronger soul than an adult!
Li Qinwu could hardly wait. What would this child's psychic power become once he grew up?
After playing with the child in the sling for a