October 2042
Zhao Zijie and Gao Yang sat quietly inside the Luan Bird starship.
Outside the viewport, everything was peaceful.
Sunlight shone on Titan's ocean, and tiny waves reflected pinpricks of light.
In the distance, several Black Lady starships maintained a low flight path, trying to lure out more jellyfish with their plasma exhaust.
This was their last shift, and humanity's final few days on Titan.
Over the nearly two years they had spent there, the [Glutton] in orbit had made several round trips between Mars and Titan, successfully transporting vast quantities of hydrocarbons and organic matter.
A few days earlier, Mars had sent Zhao Zijie and the others a superluminal communication.
The Heavenly Court Project had been successfully completed on schedule, and everyone in Mars City had begun boarding.
This meant humanity had completed all its starship manufacturing projects and supply stockpiling plans.
What lay ahead was a distant voyage spanning 4.22 light-years!
"Calling Luan Bird. This is C3 Region."
A familiar voice came through the radio.
Zhao Zijie drew his gaze away from the viewport and calmly pressed the communications button.
"This is Luan Bird. Go ahead, C3."
A reply immediately came through.
"We've been circling for over five days and still haven't detected any signs of jellyfish activity."
"Requesting permission to return!"
Zhao Zijie fell silent for a moment.
"Permission granted."
"C3, you can come back."
The connection ended.
Zhao Zijie reached out and swiped lightly across the Holographic Image before him, placing a large cross over the sea region marked C3.
"Another region ruled out."
Looking at the Holographic Image, he murmured, "Only eight sea regions left to search."
Although hunting could only take place during the nighttime high tide, two years of sustained hunting had thoroughly depleted the Kraken-Mare Sea's resources-the number of jellyfish they