The Yinhai Nebula was vast. The deeper one went, the denser the dustlike matter became, and the more blurred the distant stars grew, until they could no longer be seen at all.
In such a space environment, a curvature-rate channel could hardly remain absolutely stable. For safety's sake, human spacecraft would never enter one except under special circumstances, and their flight speed would also be greatly reduced.
In other words, while spacecraft traveled through a nebula, their trajectories were easiest to calculate in advance, and they were easiest to attack.
Fortunately, this place was very close to the Galaxy Alliance's most prosperous Star Sector. The space pirates had long since been wiped out, making it extremely safe. Besides, the Blazing Sun was the Alliance's newest-model warship. Who would dare attack it?
Once a journey grew long and the scenery scarcely changed, it became dreary.
Jing Jiu spent more and more time in silence again. Zhong Lizi did not know he was preparing for the coming war. Thinking he had sunk into that mood again, she cautiously asked whether he wanted to take another look inside a game pod.
"I don't play games," Jing Jiu said. "I'm doing math problems."
Zhong Lizi thought of their life back in the Underground District apartment. Looking at the wall-like floor-to-ceiling window and the dust of the starry sky glowing far beyond it, she suddenly felt a little uneasy.
Her life had changed so greatly in such a short time, and now she had even embarked on a journey to the Capital Planet. It truly felt like a dream.
Everything had stemmed from this young man in a blue hoodie.
"I won't ask who you really are, or about your origins, but I really want to know..."
Looking into Jing Jiu's eyes, she asked earnestly