Before anyone realized it, ten years had flashed by.
Ever since the Atana fleet had entered the Ruin Domain, it had proceeded cautiously all the way, heading straight for its destination.
"Fortunately," the journey had been calm and uneventful, without encountering any danger.
Inside the flagship.
The broad, dark-green-skinned Atana Emperor held a floating white device in his palm.
Its structure was simple yet exquisite. Above it floated a delicate miniature Void Sea chart, displayed like a holographic projection.
A red point of light gleamed brilliantly on the chart.
Clearly, it was used to mark a specific location.
Above this miniature Void Sea chart was another, far vaster and grander chart—the flagship's onboard Void Sea chart.
However, huge swathes of that larger Void Sea chart were blank. After entering the Ruin Domain, apart from the slender trail they had left behind, there was not a single record ahead.
Upon closer inspection, even the portions shared by both Void Sea charts contained many subtle discrepancies. Some regions could even be called utterly different.
As time flowed on, rivers of stars shifted. Passing Years changed many things, including the Void Sea.
The Void Sea chart in the Atana Emperor's hand was clearly from an extremely distant age. Even the paths of the star rivers had shifted. If they wished to use it to find the marked location, they had to perform a series of calibrations and deductions.
It was an extremely troublesome technical task, requiring immense patience and highly specialized expertise.
Fortunately, the Atana Emperor lacked neither skill nor patience.
As he compared the Void Sea charts, he continuously adjusted the warships' positions in the void, updated environmental data, and searched for landmark coordinates that could serve as calculation references.
Streams of data flashed across the crystal screen. After an unknown amount