After all, he was attempting to reverse-engineer the complete Array from just a small part of it. The difficulty of doing so without any blueprints or reference materials was self-evident.
But even if he couldn't deduce the entire Array, just scratching the surface would be a massive gain for Li Chang'an!
After countless observations and moments of insight,
Li Chang'an had finally managed to grasp some of the Immortal Ship's technological secrets!
The Space-Time Protective Shield. It defended against enemy attacks by distorting time and space. It was no exaggeration to say that this was definitively the most powerful defensive measure there was.
After all, in Li Chang'an's understanding, aside from rule-based attacks, it seemed no other offensive method could bypass a Shield made of time and space to strike what lay within.
Perhaps a dark incursion could be added to that list.
...
By this time, half of the year-long interstellar voyage had already passed.
