Through the antimatter propulsion of the Dragon Gate space station, speed can be raised to sublight velocity in a short time, and curve flight can proceed under the engine's influence. However, the prerequisite conditions are very strict; only with sublight power engine output can spatial distortion folding be achieved. Of course, another method of transition is through wormhole transmission, also known as "light transfer".

Feng Yi was not the type to act recklessly. Except when necessary, he almost always used the Dragon Gate for propulsion. Otherwise, just accelerating the mecha to sublight speed would take days. Since this black mecha was not equipped with a simulated gravity device, during the acceleration process, Feng Yi had to endure a force of several times his own weight on his body.

Another tedious and dull interstellar journey... Watching the myriad of stars appearing and vanishing in an instant, Feng Yi was filled with mixed emotions, hoping that Lady Luck would favor him and that he would not encounter the ghastly Red Cloud again.

It could be said that the route he was taking was the fastest, but not the safest. Feng Yi was not afraid of any other strange and unusual things, except for encountering the Red Cloud, which was often referred to as the space ghost drift by people.

After all, the known universe was not as vast as humans had imagined it to be early on. The universe is full of junk, meteorites, dust, dark matter, high-energy particles, and gamma rays. The reason why these were not detected by humans centuries ago was that the entire Solar System was sheltered by the layers of the Oort Cloud. With the advancement of human technology, the door to the unknown universe has also been unveiled to humankind.

For example, humans initially believed that gamma-ray bursts in the universe occurred infrequently, when in fact, they happen all the time. The observable universe is just too small, and the vast majority of rays are excluded from it, so humans use what they know to give grand explanations to things they don't understand. As time passed, people have given these explanations new definitions. However, human understanding of the universe is still vastly limited.

It was just the last time, departing from Freedom Port Maraca, that he encountered the Red Cloud. Just thinking about this thing made Feng Yi's skin crawl...

The Red Cloud is not as simple as it appears on the surface. It is almost impossible to detect with the naked eye; only through dark particle detection devices can it be discovered. In the response of the dark particle detector, it is red; a length of unknown matter that can even reach light-years. Inside the Red Cloud, the physical phenomena are entirely different from those known to humanity. If one carelessly steps into the Red Cloud region, one might be able to quickly exit if on the edge, but if one goes too far, one might disappear forever, or, after a very long time, reemerge from the Red Cloud.

As for exactly how long, no one can say for sure. A major event in 2521 was related to the Red Cloud. At that time, a giant mecha shuttle carrying nearly ten thousand people accidentally crashed into the Red Cloud. The people on the shuttle felt that they had only run for a few days before they came out, yet, in reality, the shuttle had been defined as a crash site 80 years earlier. When the passengers stepped off the shuttle, they found that time had unwittingly passed by 80 years.

This case is just one of a few examples. Most who venture deeply into the Red Cloud region do not return, because you simply don't know where you are inside the Red Cloud. The magnetic fields there are very chaotic; humans can only find an exit by following some ancient conditions. And when you take the wrong path, the mecha shuttle's fate might well be to fly forever within the Red Cloud.

With current scientific explanation, the Red Cloud seems to be similar to a space conversion field. A shuttle that falls in can come out, but as for which space it ends up in after exiting is hard to say—it could be this universe or perhaps some other dimension, maybe even a sibling universe. The flow of time there also differs from our own. People often say, "A day in heaven, a year on earth." Using this saying to describe the space inside the Red Cloud is no exaggeration; perhaps even the dimensions there differ from those understood by humans.

Feng Yi had indeed experienced entering Four-dimensional Space, an ordeal he had undergone with John, Bigfoot, the Head Wolf, and the Blazing Warrior. Feng Yi would never indulge his curiosity recklessly to explore realms not meant for humans. Therefore, as soon as they entered, they retreated.

In Feng Yi's memory, the things seen in Four-dimensional Space were almost incomprehensible to humans. For instance, distances and the sizes of objects differed from what we experience in our time. Something that seemed very close would appear infinitely far when the spaceship approached, while some things that looked remote would be very near. When he first entered that space, the first thing Feng Yi did was observe his surroundings. He noticed many people were only about a dozen meters away from him, but he couldn't feel their presence; they appeared very distant. This gave Feng Yi a sudden sense of foreboding. He immediately ordered a halt and a quick return, as intuition told him that straying too far might lead to trouble. In fact, he felt that Four-dimensional Space was somehow connected to the Red Cloud.

Gazing at the stars out of sheer boredom, the visual fatigue of such a spectacle is incomprehensible to most, and Feng Yi was no exception. As he thought this, his eyelids began to fight each other. After fighting for a while, the two reconciled, and Feng Yi drifted to sleep.

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