Two days after setting sail, Bai E's transport ship also arrived at the periphery of the Reef Star Domain.
The view through the porthole was unnerving.
An expansive, gray asteroid belt stretched out like a scar across the universe ahead, with rocks of various sizes reflecting a cold sheen under the faint starlight.
They were not stationary but slowly rolling and shifting through complex gravitational interactions.
The gaps between them fluctuated in width, occasionally ejecting tiny fragments that traced silent paths in the vacuum.
Deeper inside, distorted light refractions were faintly visible, caused by gravitational anomalies creating visual distortions, a nightmare for spacecraft navigation systems.
"The terrain here is more complicated than the data described," Catherine stared at the scanner screen, slightly furrowing her brows.
