143: Chapter 143, First Trial: Ancient Star

The first second his feet touched the ground, Lin Ye knew—this was not the Big Dipper Star Field.

It was not because of the eerie dome in the sky, deep purple and bright everywhere despite the lack of a sun.

It was not because of the strange, cold, metallic-scented Spiritual Qi permeating the air.

It was because—

Heavy.

Too heavy.

It wasn't the heaviness of the body being crushed, but rather that every bone, every muscle, and every drop of blood was being dragged downward by some invisible, immense force at the exact same moment.

His knees pulled inward by an infinitesimal margin, his spine emitted a few imperceptible clicks, and his lung expansion was reduced by about 30% compared to normal.

[System Prompt: You have entered the Ancient Star Road · First Obstacle · Trial Ancient Star]

[Current Coordinates: E-1742, N Eastern Continent · Edge of Meteorite Plain]

[Environmental Parameters:]

[Gravity Multiplier: 9.7 G (Big Dipper Star Field Baseline)]

[Atmospheric Composition: Nitrogen 78%, Oxygen 19%, Inert Gases 3%, Trace Unknown Gases 0.3% (Breathable)]

[Spiritual Qi Concentration: 32% of Big Dipper Star Field]

[Star Power Concentration: 270% of Big Dipper Star Field]

[Current Temperature: -7℃ to 12℃ (Diurnal Temperature Variation)]

[Current Time: Trial Ancient Star · Morning (Approx. 7:00 AM Big Dipper Star Field time)]

[Status Effect: Gravity Adaptation Period]

[Effect: All Attributes -20%, Movement Speed -35%, Attack Speed -30%, Stamina Consumption +200%]

[Estimated Adaptation Time: 2-4 hours (Individual differences)]

[Adaptation Method: Maintain low-intensity activity, gradually increase load]

[Warning: Engaging in high-intensity combat before full adaptation will accelerate stamina depletion and may cause permanent damage to Meridians]

Lin Ye did not move immediately.

He stood in place, slowly and controllably moving his limb joints.

Every time he raised an arm, bent a knee, or twisted his waist, he could clearly perceive the pull of that 9.7x gravity.

The self-healing ability of his Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body was working at extremely high efficiency—he could feel the Chaos Divine Power flowing through his Meridians automatically adjusting its rhythm, gradually transitioning from the "light, swift, burst-priority" mode of the Big Dipper Star Field to a "steady, enduring, stamina-priority" mode.

This process would not be fast.

But it would not be too slow either.

Behind him, the nine guiding beams dissipated almost simultaneously.

Nine people, nine completely different landing postures.

Su Qingyue was the first to stand completely steady.

The Vast Cold Spirit Body's adaptability to extreme environments far exceeded that of ordinary people—not because her Physique was stronger, but because her spiritual power attribute was naturally adept at "suppression" and "stability."

The moment the 9.7x gravity pressed down, the extreme cold spiritual power around her body automatically formed a thin layer of ice film clinging to her skin, evenly distributing that invisible, immense force across every inch of her surface.

[Su Qingyue · Gravity Adaptation Progress: 17%]

[Estimated Time to Full Adaptation: Approx. 1.2 hours]

Shi Potian was the second.

He did not use any spiritual power to protect his body, nor did he even deliberately adjust his posture.

He stood straight under the 9.7x gravity, knees unbent, back unarched, as if the gravitational coefficient of this planet were no different from the 1.2x of the Chaos Valley.

But the first drop of sweat seeped from his forehead.

[Shi Potian · Gravity Adaptation Progress: 9%]

[Estimated Time to Full Adaptation: Approx. 2.8 hours]

[Note: Dominant Body has an extremely high tolerance limit for physical load, but the initial adaptation speed is slow.]

Chen Hao was the third.

Half of his weight was supported by the exoskeleton support System of the chaos unit no. 1.

The hydraulic damping of the mech's knee joints automatically adjusted three levels higher upon landing, and the magnetic anchors on the soles of its feet adhered to the surface at 70% power.

[Chen Hao · Gravity Adaptation Progress: 22% (Mech Assisted)]

[Estimated Time to Full Adaptation: Approx. 0.9 hours]

[Mech Energy Core Consumption Rate +15%]

Zhao Wuji was the fourth.

His reaction was very direct—his legs went weak, and he sat directly on the ground.

It wasn't that he didn't want to stand; he couldn't.

At Level 48 Peak of the Dao Palace, he was already second to last in the ten-person expedition team.

His combat class was "Chamber of Commerce Chief," with all attribute points invested in Intelligence and Spirit; his Strength and Physique were only 60% of a Warrior class of the same level.

To him, the 9.7x gravity was no less than an invisible, ten-thousand-ton boulder.

"I... I'm fine..." he panted heavily, hands pressing against the ground as he tried to stand up, but his knees trembled uncontrollably. "Give me... a minute..."

No one laughed at him.

Qin Ruoxue knelt beside him and slapped a [Lightness Talisman] onto his back.

[Lightness Talisman · Rare Grade]

[Effect: Within 60 seconds, the gravity felt by the user is reduced by 40%]

[Cooldown: 5 minutes]

[Note: This talisman cannot completely negate the negative effects of the gravity adaptation period, but it can significantly alleviate the initial discomfort.]

Zhao Wuji took a deep breath and finally stood up.

His legs were still shaking, and his face was still a bit pale, but he stood steady.

[Zhao Wuji · Gravity Adaptation Progress: 3%]

[Estimated Time to Full Adaptation: Approx. 5.7 hours]

Chu Yunxi, Zhou Tieshan, Yun Qianxue, and Lu Xinghe—the four of them landed almost simultaneously and completed their initial posture adjustments at the same time.

The moment Chu Yunxi landed, the arms of her flame feather bow automatically unfolded, and two faint trails of flame spurted from both ends of the bow, forming a recoil balance System.

Zhou Tieshan's Profound Turtle Shield was thrust directly into the ground. He knelt behind the shield, using that 1.7-meter-tall epic heavy shield to block the first wave for Yun Qianxue and Lu Xinghe, who were adapting to the gravity behind him—it wasn't an enemy, but gravity itself.

Yun Qianxue did not move.

She stood in the shadow Zhou Tieshan had created for her, eyes closed, hands forming an extremely simple healing mudra.

She wasn't healing anyone; she was "taking her own pulse"—using the unique internal visualization method of a healer to perceive every stress point in her body under the 9.7x gravity.

[Yun Qianxue · Gravity Adaptation Progress: 11%]

[Estimated Time to Full Adaptation: Approx. 1.8 hours]

Lu Xinghe crouched on the ground.

The star compass in his hand was spinning wildly—not out of control, but sampling the environmental parameters of the Trial Ancient Star at an extremely high frequency.

"The gravity field is evenly distributed, with no obvious abnormal nodes... The Spiritual Qi concentration is low, not suitable for long-term combat... The Star Power concentration is extremely high, likely related to those transparent stars in the dome..."

He spoke extremely fast, his fingers carving complex runic phantoms one after another in the void. Those phantoms lasted less than three seconds before dissipating, but he recorded each one completely in a Jade Slip before it vanished.

[Lu Xinghe · Gravity Adaptation Progress: 8%]

[Estimated Time to Full Adaptation: Approx. 2.9 hours]

— —

Seven minutes.

Ten people completed the entire process from "crushed by gravity" to "barely maintaining a standing posture."

No one complained.

No one asked, "How long until we can move?"

No one said, "Did we choose the wrong path?"

Lin Ye withdrew his gaze from scanning the entire team.

His gravity adaptation progress was 14%, and the estimated time for full adaptation was about 1.6 hours—the adaptability of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body was standard, neither the fastest nor the slowest.

It was enough.

"Zhao Wuji," Lin Ye said.

"Present..." Zhao Wuji's voice was still trembling slightly, but he immediately took out a data tablet from his Storage Ring.

"Current supply status."

"Yes..." Zhao Wuji took a deep breath, forcing his speech rate back to normal:

"Ten portions, seven days' worth, strictly configured at 50% above the standard Ancient Star Road beginner supply pack."

"Healing Medicinal Pill: 120 High Grade, 300 Medium Grade. Spirit Recovery Medicinal Pill: 80 High Grade, 200 Medium Grade. Antidote: 50. Abnormal Status Dispelling Potion: 30."

"Mech-specific energy blocks: chaos unit no. 1 fully loaded with 4, plus 2 spares. Ammunition: 1200 rounds for the particle rifle, 32 missiles for the missile nest, 3 emergency repair toolkits."

"Spirit Stone for Formation Master: 100 High Grade, 500 Medium Grade. Formation base materials: 7 sets."

"For healing classes: 10 bottles of Green Lotus Dew, 1 bottle of Spring of Life (Legendary consumable)—Qianxue said this one is not to be used unless at the brink of death."

"The rest of the medicine, tools, spare equipment, emergency rations... the list is too long, I'll report in detail later."

He paused, his voice dropping a little:

"All supplies are enough to support us in an environment with 9.7x gravity, high-frequency combat, and no source of supplies, for 7 days of operations."

"If we haven't cleared it after 7 days..."

He didn't finish.

After 7 days, the portal above the Chaos Valley would close.

After 7 days, they would be unable to receive any reinforcements from the Big Dipper Star Field.

After 7 days, they could only rely on themselves—using those three star tokens that had already exhausted their energy, using their respective bound passes, using the secret teleportation formations that might exist on this Ancient Star Road—

To find the way home themselves.

"7 days," Lin Ye said, "is enough."

He looked up and gazed into the distance.

Meteorite Plain.

This was a barren zone stretching over three hundred kilometers on the Eastern Continent of the Trial Ancient Star.

The surface was covered with grayish-brown, porous rock that looked like cooled lava, and countless meteorite craters of varying sizes were densely distributed across the plain.

Some craters were over a hundred meters in diameter, bottomless; some were only the size of a washbasin, so shallow that one could see the weathered iron-nickel meteorite core at the bottom.

According to the simple star map included with the Ancient Star Road beginner supply pack, crossing the Meteorite Plain, going over a low mountain ridge called the "Star Remains Mountain Range," and then traversing a crystallized forest said to "abound with Star Beasts above Level 55"—

One could reach the teleportation formation on the opposite side of the Trial Ancient Star.

The entire journey was about 470 kilometers.

7 days.

67 kilometers per day.

In the Big Dipper Star Field, this distance would be nothing more than half an hour of flight for a Cultivator in the Four Extremities Realm.

But on the Trial Ancient Star—

9.7x gravity.

Spiritual Qi concentration 32%.

Swarms of Yao Beasts.

Random spatial rifts.

No supply stations.

No safe zones.

No respawn points—dead is dead, and one cannot enter combat again within 24 hours.

67 kilometers.

One day.

Walking on foot.

Lin Ye did not say these things.

He didn't need to.

Every one of the ten people present understood the distance marked on that simple star map.

Not one person asked, "Can we fly there?"

Because at the seventh second after landing, the first member to attempt flight—Chu Yunxi—got the answer.

She only tried to lift off thirty centimeters, maintaining it for less than two seconds.

The 9.7x gravity dragged her directly back to the ground, and when her feet landed, they crushed a rock half a meter in diameter beneath her, the recoil making her knees numb.

[Chu Yunxi · Attempting Flight]

[Result: Failed]

[Reason: In a 9.7x gravity environment, the spiritual power consumption to maintain a flight posture is 17 times that of the Big Dipper Star Field]

[Suggestion: Avoid any form of flight before fully adapting to the gravity]

Cannot fly.

Then walk.

— —

Fifteen minutes later.

The ten-person squad began to advance into the depths of the Meteorite Plain in a defensive formation.

Lin Ye led the way, Shi Potian and Zhou Tieshan were on the left and right flanks, Su Qingyue provided support in the center, and Chen Hao piloted the chaos unit no. 1 in the rear.

Chu Yunxi was in the center-right position of the formation, her flame feather bow always maintaining one-third tension.

Qin Ruoxue walked in the most hidden rear flank, her thousand faces cloak blending into the environment, updating the threat scan within 500 meters of the surroundings to the team channel every three minutes.

Zhao Wuji was in the very center of the formation, surrounded by everyone at the core.

It was not to protect him.

It was to protect the supplies.

The marching backpack on his back contained 70% of the team's medicine, 100% of the mech's ammunition, and that bottle of legendary Spring of Life that Yun Qianxue had strictly ordered "not to be used unless at the brink of death."

Yun Qianxue walked by his side, the head of her green lotus staff always glowing with a faint green light.

That was not an attack stance, but a preparatory stance of "ready to instantly cast Rejuvenation."

Lu Xinghe walked at the end of the team, side-by-side with the chaos unit no. 1.

The star compass in his hand recorded the surrounding environmental parameters every three seconds, and that data was synchronized in real-time to Qin Ruoxue and Lin Ye via an encrypted channel.

— — —

The first hour.

The ten people walked 4.7 kilometers.

Under 9.7 times gravity, every step requires 3-4 times the physical strength used in the Big Dipper Star Field. Even Su Qingyue, who is the most adapted to the gravity, has started to show slight shortness of breath.

Lin Ye stopped his footsteps and raised his right hand.

The entire team stopped advancing.

"Rest for ten minutes," he said.

No one argued.

Yun Qianxue immediately began checking everyone's Health Points and mental state.

[Yun Qianxue · Current Status]

[Health Points: 97%]

[Divine Power: 82%]

[Stamina: 61%]

[Note: Stamina consumption rate during the gravity adaptation period is 2.3 times that of normal combat; it is recommended to rest for 10 minutes every 45 minutes of travel.]

Zhao Wuji sat on the ground, gulping down Spirit Spring Water. His Stamina had dropped to 49%, the lowest in the entire team.

But he did not complain.

He just looked at the marching trajectory slowly extending forward on the data board and whispered, "...470 kilometers."

"At this speed, it will take 100 hours."

"More than 4 days."

He did not say the second half of the sentence.

4 days of marching, and less than 3 days left to leave for—no one knew what they would encounter.

Lin Ye did not answer.

He was looking at the threat scan report just sent by Qin Ruoxue.

[Threat Level within 500 meters: Low]

[Star Beast activity traces detected: 3 locations]

[Trace freshness: approximately 2-4 hours ago]

[Trace direction: Northwest, Due North, Northeast]

[Trace characteristics: Large gregarious Star Beast, individual size approximately 3-5 meters, quantity unknown]

[Suggestion: Maintain vigilance, avoid combat]

Northwest.

Due North.

Northeast.

Star Beasts had passed in all three directions.

Only the direction they came from—Southeast—had none.

Lin Ye looked at the arcs formed by those three traces on the tactical map shared by Qin Ruoxue.

They did not look like random wandering.

It looked more like... some kind of conscious patrol.

"Continue advancing." Lin Ye stood up.

"Target Due North, 15 degrees west."

"Bypass the high-density trace area."

The second hour.

The ten people walked 4.2 kilometers.

The speed dropped slightly.

Zhou Tieshan's Black Tortoise Shield began to tremble slightly—it was not an enemy attack, but his arm muscles continuing to maintain the shield-holding posture under 9.7 times gravity, with lactic acid accumulating far faster than normal.

[Zhou Tieshan · Current Status]

[Health Points: 98%]

[Divine Power: 76%]

[Stamina: 53%]

[Warning: Lactic acid concentration in the right deltoid muscle exceeds the limit; it is recommended to lower the height of the shield-holding posture.]

He did not lower it.

He just propped the lower edge of the shield on the ground, used his knee to support the back of the shield, and transferred part of the weight to the ground.

Yun Qianxue walked over and slapped a [Soothing Talisman] on his right arm.

Zhou Tieshan did not speak, just nodded slightly.

The third hour.

The ten people walked 3.9 kilometers.

Chen Hao's chaos unit no. 1 entered low-power walking mode for the first time.

[chaos unit no. 1 · Energy Core]

[Current remaining: 91%]

[Current energy consumption: Standard mode 1.2%/km, Low-power mode 0.7%/km]

[Suggestion: Keep low-power mode on during non-combat states.]

Chen Hao did as instructed.

But he did not let the mech's main weapon System go offline.

The charging capacitor of that particle rifle was always maintained at 85% in a ready-to-fire state.

The fourth hour.

The ten people walked 3.6 kilometers.

Lin Ye ordered a rest again.

This time, no one could remain standing.

All ten people sat on the ground, gasping for the thin, metallic-smelling air with 32% concentration on this planet.

Zhao Wuji's Stamina dropped below 40%.

Chu Yunxi's flame feather bow slipped from her hand for the first time—it was not because she didn't hold it firmly, but because the grip strength of her fingers had temporarily disappeared.

Lu Xinghe's star compass was still running, but his handwriting for recording data began to become sloppy.

When Yun Qianxue was checking everyone's status, her own footsteps stumbled for the first time.

[Team Status · Hour 4]

[Average Health Points: 96.7%]

[Average Divine Power: 71.3%]

[Average Stamina: 44.8%]

[Gravity adaptation progress: 23%-57% varies]

[Estimated remaining time for full adaptation: 0.7-3.2 hours]

Lin Ye stood up.

His Stamina was 53%, third in the team—only behind Shi Potian and Su Qingyue.

He walked to Zhao Wuji and reached out his hand.

Zhao Wuji was stunned, then grasped that hand and was pulled up.

Then Chu Yunxi.

Zhou Tieshan.

Lu Xinghe.

Yun Qianxue.

One by one, he pulled everyone up from the ground.

No one spoke.

But everyone's eyes had changed.

The fifth hour.

The ten people walked 4.1 kilometers.

It was not because of stamina recovery—stamina had not recovered at all, everyone was forcing themselves to step forward in an "overdrawn" state.

It was because of adaptation.

After five hours of continuous low-intensity activity, everyone's body began to develop a preliminary tolerance mechanism for 9.7 times gravity.

Su Qingyue's thin ice protective film had completely integrated into her spiritual power circulation System and no longer needed to be deliberately maintained.

Shi Potian's bone density was slowly increasing at a speed invisible to the naked eye—that was the instinctive evolution of the Tyrant Body Bloodline in an extreme environment.

Chen Hao's mech's foot magnetic anchors found the most energy-efficient adhesion mode, reducing energy consumption by 12%.

Even Zhao Wuji, his legs that had been shaking since landing, finally stopped shaking.

[Zhao Wuji · Gravity adaptation progress: 41%]

[Estimated time for full adaptation: approximately 2.1 hours]

Lin Ye walked at the front of the team.

His Chaos Domain was not expanded—that would consume too much Divine Power—but he compressed the Domain's perception to five meters around him, like an invisible layer of skin attached to his body surface.

Under the coverage of this perception skin, he could clearly "touch" every bit of pressure of the 9.7 times gravity on his body, and could also clearly perceive that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body was adjusting the flow speed and direction of the Divine Power flowing in his Meridians with extremely high efficiency.

Adaptation is not confrontation.

It is acceptance.

It is coexistence.

The sixth hour.

The ten people encountered the first batch of Star Beasts.

It was not a battle.

It was an encounter.

0.3 seconds before the herd discovered them, Lin Ye gave the order: "Everyone stop, hold your breath, converge spiritual power."

The nine people plus one mech, at the same moment, became like nine statues, frozen in place.

Seven [Crystal Armor Rock Rhinos] crossed about seventy meters directly in front of them.

[Crystal Armor Rock Rhino · Native Star Beast of Trial Ancient Star]

[Rank: 58-62]

[Body length: 4.7 - 5.3 meters]

[Weight: approximately 8-12 tons]

[Characteristics: The back is covered with a natural crystallized horny layer, extremely high defense; gentle temperament, but extremely strong territorial awareness; poor eyesight, relies on smell and ground vibration perception]

[Danger Rating: ★★★☆]

[Suggestion: Do not engage unless necessary]

Seventy meters.

In the Big Dipper Star Field, this distance is enough for Chen Hao's particle cannon to charge three times.

Under the 9.7 times gravity of the Trial Ancient Star, this distance is the lethal range for the Crystal Armor Rock Rhino to charge for 3.2 seconds, trample for 2.1 seconds, and gore for 1.7 seconds.

Lin Ye did not breathe.

He maintained a half-squat posture, his right knee only three centimeters off the ground, his left hand pressed on the ground—not for support, but to perceive the vibration frequency transmitted when each of the seven giant beasts stepped down.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Seven heavy footsteps faded away one by one.

Seventy meters.

Sixty meters.

Eighty meters.

One hundred and twenty meters.

...

After three hundred meters, Qin Ruoxue said softly in the team channel: "Out of the alert range."

No one moved.

After another thirty seconds, Lin Ye stood up.

"Continue advancing."

His voice was very light, but very steady.

Everyone took a deep breath at the same time—and then continued to step forward.

The seventh hour.

The ten people walked 3.3 kilometers.

The speed dropped to the lowest since setting off.

It was not because of stamina.

It was because of—fear.

That kind of fear did not come from an instinctive resistance to death, but from a sense of powerlessness against the "unknown."

In the Big Dipper Star Field, they were the overlords who swept across the Yan State, the fifth seat of the Myriad Races Council, and the pioneers who were the first in the whole server to open the Ancient Star Road.

Here, they were just a group of... Mortals who had to exhaust all their strength just to walk.

Zhao Wuji's Stamina dropped below 35% for the first time.

He was still walking in the center of the team, still carrying that bag of supplies sufficient for the whole team to last 7 days, and still did not complain.

But his footsteps began to stagger.

At the eighth stagger, a hand supported his right arm.

Yun Qianxue.

She did not speak, just stuffed a light green Medicinal Pill into Zhao Wuji's palm.

[Spirit Recovery Pill · High Grade]

[Effect: Immediately restores 20% Stamina, and continuously restores an additional 15% within 60 seconds]

[Cooldown: 30 minutes]

Zhao Wuji looked at the Medicinal Pill and did not take it immediately.

"...This is for the whole team to use," he said hoarsely.

Yun Qianxue did not answer.

She just looked at Zhao Wuji with those eyes that had no emotional fluctuations.

Three seconds later.

Zhao Wuji swallowed the Medicinal Pill.

The eighth hour.

Lin Ye ordered "Rest for twenty minutes" for the second time.

This time, no one could remain sitting.

Ten people lay scattered on the cold ground, their chests heaving violently, gasping for the thin air with 32% concentration.

Shi Potian's Tyrant Mark appeared autonomously for the first time in a non-combat state.

It was not to fight.

It was his body instinctively entering "self-strengthening" mode under the continuous pressure of 9.7 times gravity.

[Shi Potian · Gravity adaptation progress: 77%]

[Estimated time for full adaptation: approximately 0.5 hours]

Su Qingyue sat on the ground, closing her eyes.

The thin ice protective film around her was about 30% thinner than when they set off, but the coverage area had actually expanded by 15%.

[Su Qingyue · Gravity adaptation progress: 89%]

[Estimated time for full adaptation: approximately 0.2 hours]

Lin Ye was standing.

His Stamina was 41%, third in the team.

He stood there, looking in the direction they came from.

Southeast.

That was the edge of the Meteorite Plain, the starting point where the guiding beam dropped them off, and the direction where the portal leading to Chaos Valley, to the Big Dipper Star Field, and to "home" was located.

At this moment, that gate was about 31 kilometers behind them.

31 kilometers.

8 hours.

Average 3.9 kilometers per hour.

At this speed, 470 kilometers would take—120 hours.

5 days.

2 days left, to face—no one knows what will be encountered.

Lin Ye withdrew his gaze.

He did not say anything.

He just turned around, facing the boundless gray-brown plain ahead, and the faintly visible mountain outline at the end of the plain.

Star Remains Mountain Range.

Still more than 300 kilometers to go.

The ninth hour.

The ten people set off again.

This time, no one calculated the distance anymore.

No one looked in the direction of the gate anymore.

No one said "how much further" anymore.

They just walked.

One step.

One step.

And another step.

Lin Ye walked at the very front.

His Chaos Domain still had not expanded, but the perception skin attached to his body surface had already expanded to a radius of eight meters.

He could perceive the rhythm of breathing, heart rate frequency, and the weight of footsteps of everyone behind him.

Su Qingyue's breathing was the steadiest, with a heart rate of 52 beats per minute and a cadence of 112 steps per minute.

Shi Potian's breathing was the deepest and longest, with a heart rate of 48 beats per minute and a cadence of 106 steps per minute—his stride was 12% larger than Su Qingyue's, but the sound of landing was even lighter.

Chen Hao's mech footsteps were the heaviest, but the rhythm was the most stable, with an interval of 0.83 seconds per step, and the error did not exceed 0.02 seconds.

Zhao Wuji's breathing was the most rapid, with a heart rate of 89 beats per minute and a cadence of 97 steps per minute—but his footsteps never stumbled again.

Lin Ye closed his eyes and opened them again.

Ahead, on the horizon of the Meteorite Plain, the first transparent star was lighting up in the deep purple sky.

That was the night of the Trial Ancient Star.

It was also their—first dusk on this strange planet.