"About that… The signal and message came from one of the deep space antennas in the Nether Regions."
The expressions of everyone took a dark turn, diminishing the joy they felt.
"The Nether Regions? A-are you sure?"
Julia stuttered, unable to believe what she was hearing.
"Positive. And I bet the signal took months to reach us."
James killed the last bit of happiness, replacing it with dread and uncertainty. Alex may be fine as he had proven to be unaffected by void energy.
But they were not so fortunate. Getting there in itself was going to be a problem as the Nether Regions were all the regions outside the bounds of the empire.
It was the region of death, plagued by daily cosmic waves and destructions of epic proportions.
Displacement of stars, planets, star systems and even entire galaxies was a common occurrence.
