Looking at the bizarre scenery outside the viewport, Dongfang Mingyue's eyes filled with curiosity.From a young age, she had barely left Qingmu Star, and even when she visited other planets, it was always through ordinary interstellar travel.Subspace travel was her first experience.Seeing the curiosity in Dongfang Mingyue's eyes, Captain Jin, who was standing nearby, smiled and said, "Perhaps some of you are not very familiar with subspace. While the journey is stable, allow me to give a brief introduction."Captain Jin paused, then continued, "Subspace is not an extension of the real universe, but a parallel sub-dimension to our world. Here, there is no stable spatiotemporal structure. The flow of time can sometimes be dozens of times faster than in reality, and other times as slow as stagnation. It's even possible for a day of travel to equate to half a month in reality.Space is even more chaotic and disordered. The distance between two points has no fixed value; a target that seems close one second might appear billions of light-years away the next."He paused again, then continued, "The reason the Human Empire can achieve inter-stellar-region travel relies on the Subspace Engine. It can tear a temporary rift in the spatial barrier of the real universe, allowing starships to enter subspace, and then, utilizing the non-linear characteristics of subspace, travel along naturally formed subspace energy currents.You should know that in the real universe, even the fastest spacecraft would take decades to cross a single star sector, but through subspace, we can do it in just a few days. This is the core principle of subspace travel."Qin Tian leaned against the viewport, watching the constantly passing dark purple clouds outside, and casually asked, "Since subspace is so chaotic, how do you ensure the navigation path doesn't deviate?""By two things—Star Coordinates and Navigational Charts," Captain Jin's voice carried a hint of certainty. "Star Coordinates are special navigation devices developed by the Empire that can capture constant energy anchor points in subspace, much like stars in the real universe, providing precise positioning for starships.And subspace navigational charts are the culmination of millennia of accumulation, marking safe routes that have been verified countless times, avoiding known energy turbulence zones and dangerous nodes."At this point, his tone slightly deepened: "However, subspace is by no means absolutely safe. The greatest danger is subspace storms—chaotic vortices formed by the violent collision of energy currents.Once caught, a starship's shield would be torn apart in less than a thousand seconds, and even the wreckage would be pulverized into particles. Equally terrifying are dimensional creatures; these are native lifeforms of subspace, varying in form.Some can penetrate metal hulls, while others can directly erode the crew's minds. Once targeted by them, escape is almost impossible."Dongfang Mingyue's heart tightened upon hearing this, and she subconsciously clenched her hands.Captain Jin seemed to notice her tension and quickly added, "Miss Mingyue, there's no need to worry. The Empire's subspace travel technology has been refined over a millennium and is far superior to what it once was.A starship's anti-chaos coating can block the perception of most dimensional creatures, and the storm warning system can detect danger ten minutes in advance. In general, the probability of an accident during subspace travel is less than one in ten thousand. Of course—"He changed his tone, speaking with a hint of solemnity, "—if an accident truly occurs, the probability of death is almost 100%. This is the risk that always accompanies subspace travel."No sooner had he finished speaking than a dazzling green electric arc suddenly flashed outside the viewport, followed by a slight tremor of the starship, as if it had passed through an invisible barrier.Seeing everyone's expressions tighten, Captain Jin reassured them, "Don't worry, everyone, it's just normal energy flow fluctuation. We have entered the core area of the safe route. There won't be much activity for the next few days, so everyone can rest assured."Dongfang Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief, looking out the viewport—the dark purple clouds still flowed slowly, and occasionally, tiny specks of light streaked past the starship.Those were energy particles in subspace, beautiful yet harboring deadly danger.Remember our 101 Novel Website.Five days passed in a flash. As Captain Jin said, subspace travel technology was mature, and although the surroundings seemed fraught with danger, the journey was smooth and safe.However, it was impossible to connect to communication base stations or log into StarNet within subspace, so daily entertainment activities were somewhat lacking.Aside from daily cultivation and nourishing spiritual artifacts, Qin Tian spent most of his time with Dongfang Mingyue and the Xiahou brothers, chatting, playing cards, and occasionally Captain Jin would join in, sharing his adventures or interesting stories he encountered during his decades of interstellar travel."Old Jin, when will we finish subspace travel? Eight of bamboos."Xiahou Wen played a tile, which was from Mahjong, a game that had been popular in the Empire for thousands of years and remained so."Soon, in two days, we'll re-enter the universe and arrive at the Euler Star Sector—one of characters."Captain Jin paused his finger, drew a "one of characters" tile, and placed it on the table. "Two days, huh? Alright, it's just that I can't get online here, it's really too boring."Xiahou Wen complained. Although he was a Seventh-Order Spiritual Energy User, he was also a modern person whose life was inseparable from the internet.After only five days without StarNet, he felt listless, found everything boring, and even food didn't taste as good."This is internet addiction, isn't it? For those of us in this line of work, it's not a problem; we're used to it."Captain Jin said with a smile.Just as the few of them were chatting and laughing, the metal door of the lounge suddenly swung open with a "whoosh," and a young man in a crew uniform poked his head in: "Captain! Ah Jun suddenly feels unwell, Dr. Wang wants you to come see him!"The smile on Captain Jin's face instantly vanished. He put down his Mahjong tiles, stood up, and said, "Everyone, I'll go check on the situation first. We can continue playing when I get back.""Business first, you go quickly," Qin Tian said, nodding.Captain Jin followed the young crewman quickly towards the crew quarters. Pushing open a cabin door, he saw Ah Jun, in his early twenties, lying on the bed, pale-faced, with some red rashes on his skin.A middle-aged doctor in a white coat was sitting by the bed, putting away his medicine box. Seeing Captain Jin enter, he stood up and said, "Captain Jin, Ah Jun just has a common food allergy. I've already prescribed him antihistamines, and he'll recover after half a day's rest. However—"Dr. Wang changed his tone, his expression becoming serious: "Ah Jun mentioned something to me during our casual chat just now, and I think you should know."Captain Jin frowned, his gaze falling on Ah Jun: "Ah Jun, what happened?"Ah Jun hadn't expected his casual words to be reported to the Captain by the doctor, and he scratched his head somewhat awkwardly: "Captain, it's nothing major—it's just that I've been having bad luck lately.When I reported for duty on Frost Flower Star, my luggage got lost at the spaceport. A while ago, I went out to eat with colleagues, everyone else was fine, but I got food poisoning.After getting on the ship, the toilet in my room kept getting clogged, and it hasn't been fixed after several attempts. ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) Now I have an allergy. I just feel like I've been a bit unlucky recently, and I was just complaining."In Ah Jun's view, these were just a series of coincidental minor incidents, but when Captain Jin heard them, his expression instantly changed, and he suddenly raised his voice: "Why didn't you report this sooner!"The sudden roar completely stunned Ah Jun. He opened his mouth, unable to speak for a long time: "Ca-Captain, I—""Captain! This is bad! Something big has happened!"Just then, Captain Jin's communicator at his waist suddenly rang, and a trembling, panicked voice pierced the silence in the cabin: "F-Frontal sensors detected an abnormal energy reaction—it's a subspace storm! It's heading straight for our starship!""What?!"Captain Jin's face changed dramatically, and Ah Jun and Dr. Wang also instantly froze in place, the color draining completely from their faces.

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