The Blazing Sun Warship sailed seemingly slowly through the dark universe, though its actual speed was already astonishing.
Unfortunately, a Curvature-Rate Void still lay ahead, and nearly seven days of travel remained. What a long journey.
Could the planet called Moonwatch hold out for seven days? Nobody held any hope for that inhabited planet with its backward productivity and ineffectual organization, yet its people gave them a surprise.
"The Spatial Fissure has undergone an expansion. Confirmed as a Type-Two Fissure. Monsters have already appeared, but the contamination is spreading much more slowly than anticipated."
This was the military computer system's first official report. Many staff officers, including Jiang Zhixing, puzzled over it without finding an answer.
Zeng Ju knew that the Monk of Joy must be risking his life to suppress the Spatial Fissure, just as he had done on Yellow Jade Planet Two years ago.
The second report was even more encouraging.
"Because of the lockdown, all large aircraft on the planet were under control. Not a single one took off. However, all 9.6 million residents have withdrawn into the underground bases, with only three hundred citizens left outside."
"Why were so many people left outside? The Central Computer's arrangements wouldn't have gone wrong."
"We estimate that most of them were formerly pirates. Their forged wristbands couldn't pass the bases' threefold verification."
"So these idiots would rather risk staying outside? Do they really think those monsters will be easier to talk to than us?"
The Spatial Fissure had been temporarily suppressed, the Monk of Joy had brought the situation under control, and the monsters had not become a widespread disaster. Hearing these pieces of good news, Zeng Ju relaxed a little. Looking into the dark universe outside the window, he calculated that the rescue's chances of success had risen