As the Venus reached the point of gravitational equilibrium between the Earth and the Moon, Lin Xia finally saw the full extent of the Moon. The surface of the satellite, once known as the "Guanghan Palace," was now covered in dark purple lines, like the blood vessels of some creature running beneath the gray soil. She pressed her forehead against the porthole, the cool glass clearing her chaotic thoughts a little. A star map projected by a memory crystal slowly rotated above the main console. The pulsars in the Kuiper Belt stood out like a beating heart among the billions of stars.

"72 hours until we enter the asteroid belt." Chen Ye's voice was hoarse, a sound of sleep. He placed the hot coffee next to Lin Xia. The water droplets on the cup slid down the edge of the table, leaving small stains on the metal surface. "Engineer Su is inspecting the gravity detector. He says they've discovered unusual ripples in spacetime."

Lin Xia's fingertips traced the temperature trace of the coffee cup, her eyes fixed on the observation screen. The small spacecraft from the Moon remained three kilometers away, like a loyal shadow. The circular triangle logo on the ship's hull gleamed coldly under the starlight, reminding her of the badge in her mother's laboratory, with the word "Watcher" engraved on the back.

"She still won't tell me the specific plans for 'Watcher'?" Lin Xia took a sip of coffee, the bitter taste lingering over her tongue when she suddenly heard a soft humming sound from the main control cabin—the sound of the gravity probe activating, like an insect fluttering its wings beneath a metal shell.

Chen Ye's gaze lingered on Su Rui's back. She was kneeling in front of the equipment bay, her wrench tapping a rhythmic pattern on the probe's surface, as if transmitting some kind of secret code. "She said it's top secret, and can only be decrypted once we reach pulsar orbit." He suddenly lowered his voice. "But last night, I heard her talking to someone at her cabin door. They mentioned the 'seed bank.'"

Lin Xia's heart skipped a beat. The star map in her memory crystal suddenly flickered. A red nebula appeared at the edge of the Kuiper Belt, marked with a "No Fly Zone." She recalled Professor Zhang's interrupted speech in the video. Perhaps those deliberately obscured messages were hidden within this seemingly ethereal nebula.