The three-day deadline passed in the blink of an eye.
At this observation station hanging alone on the edge of the Shattered Star Corridor, time seemed to stretch on endlessly.
There was no alternation of day and night in the void, only the faint, ever-changing glow of distant nebulae and profound darkness.
Mo Jiang displayed his deep attainments in formations and artifact forging.
Not only did he help Xing Gui repair the core Star Compass, he also used the spare materials aboard the World-Breaking Shuttle and some of the Energy Crystals provided by Ming Xin.
He reinforced and optimized the station's defensive and spirit-gathering formations. The pale silver light barrier became far more solid, and the Power of Stars circulating through the tower was noticeably more abundant.
Xing Gui was full of admiration for Mo Jiang's methods, but he also seized the time.
He compiled the detailed Star Charts of the Dark Star Nebula in the station's core database, the distribution of energy turbulence, and the enemy energy-spectrum characteristics recorded during the attack.
He organized everything and copied a set for Ming Xin.
"Fellow Daoist, this is all the information we currently have regarding the interior of the Dark Star Nebula, especially the area around the Nirvana Origin Point that produced the resonance."
Xing Gui handed a new Starlight Jade Slip to Ming Xin, his expression solemn. "According to the data review, the energy activity at that Origin Point has increased nearly tenfold over the past month.
"And its fluctuation pattern is extraordinarily abnormal, filled with... aggression. It is seventy percent consistent with the signs recorded in our pavilion's ancient texts before the emergence of the Stellar Nirvana Attraction."
He paused and pointed to a winding path marked in bright light on the Star Chart. "This is the theoretically safer