Chapter 866 - Recruits

The ship moved through the void with breathtaking speed, the engines humming with an almost soothing consistency as we drifted deeper into the vast, starless expanse. The Beyond had long disappeared behind us, and the usual landmarks—stars, planets, anything recognizable—were nowhere to be seen. Here, in the deepest reaches of space, it was as though time and space held no sway. There was nothing to anchor our position, nothing to give the mind any sense of direction. It was a place of pure emptiness, where even light seemed reluctant to dwell.