[Alert! Alert, the ship is entering Level One emergency status. Passengers, please do not leave your cabins!]
The emergency notice made Wang Chen's gaze sharpen, a sinking feeling welling up inside him.
Emergency protocols for civilian spacecraft are divided into five levels, with Level One being the highest level of danger—usually signifying that the vessel is on the brink of destruction or under attack by interstellar pirates.
The former is highly unlikely, as a space cruise liner like the Distant Star has an extremely high safety rating; fatal accidents due to internal malfunctions are exceedingly rare, as rare as winning the lottery.
But interstellar pirates? They're a cancer that has plagued the Empire for centuries!
The existence of interstellar pirates dates back a long time, splitting into countless groups and factions of varying sizes—parasites akin to bloodsucking horseflies, intermittently taking bites from the vast body of the Empire.
