After several days of flying through the void, the seemingly constant starry skies finally saw some changes—a continent appeared vaguely in the distance.

During his first long-distance flight, Qianye finally realized just how terrifying the void was. The space here seemed completely empty, but void storms would occur at any time and without warning. Airships without special reinforcement might very well be torn apart if they were swept into the center.

Additionally, there were small floating meteorites in the void and some of them were as fast as bullets. Once struck, they would leave deep pits on the plated armor.

The biggest threat in the void wasn’t pirates but void beasts. A chance encounter wasn’t so bad, but death was almost certain for those who accidentally charged into a nest. Red Pipe, however, was highly capable. Although the route he had picked was curved and roundabout, the ship never encountered a single void beast along the way and managed to arrive safely in the neutral lands.

The neutral lands sounded like a continent, but in fact, it was made up of many small landmasses. The largest one among them was merely...