Asta returned.
Unexpectedly, she had not brought back a pass.
Skorint was under complete lockdown!
In fact, even before the Bosang arrived, the city had already endured several waves of Swarm attacks, all repelled by the Company's troops.
Just as Kafka had said, the Company had extensive experience fighting the Swarm.
After the upheaval at the Spaceport, however, this outpost had become an isolated city.
More frightening than the Swarm was the unraveling morale within its walls.
While the natives feared the black sun overhead, the Company employees living in Skorint saw more than the natives did.
Everyone now knew that if the black holes in orbit were allowed to keep developing, Deep Blue Star would be destroyed within a year at most!
As Company employees, they were even more pessimistically aware of just how vast and bloated their employer was.
There was absolutely no chance of rescue arriving within a year!
Even if help came, only a handful of high-ranking dignitaries would get to leave first.
Skorint's governor knew full well that the people under him were not easily fooled, so he could only impose a strict lockdown on the entire city.
Still, although he refused to let those aboard the Bosang disembark, he allowed Asta to bring a medical team aboard and did everything he could to give the crew the best possible treatment, with ample fresh water and food.
Without a doubt, the governor was trying to curry favor with Asta. Compared to the daughter of a family among the Company's upper ranks, a governor dispatched to a colonial planet like him was a minor figure at best.
Asta understood his intentions and simply took the opportunity to ask for even more medical resources-
For instance, a professional prosthetics team.
Kafka was quite surprised by this, and