“We’re orbiting Planet Blue at lightspeed,” said Guan Yifan. “Except the speed of light is now very slow.” The shuttle had been moving far faster, but as the speed of light was an absolute speed limit, the shuttle’s velocity had been cut down to that. “The death lines ruptured?” “Yes. They spread out to cover the entire solar system. We’re trapped here.” “Was it due to the disturbance from Tianming’s ship?” “Perhaps. He didn’t know the death lines were here.”
