A billion people sounded like a lot, but all of them had lifebound spaces for their beasts, so they didn't take up too much actual space. Instead, it was the guidance steles and other large resources that couldn't be stored in spatial rings that were cumbersome. The Lin Clan prioritized the survival of their members, while the same couldn't necessarily be said for other groups. The way they saw it, sending over normal, untalented people to an ether-class world was a waste.

"I'll try piloting a few deific-class ships away to see if they stop me. Even if they blockade the ships, I'm confident I'll be able to make it back. If they don't stop us, we can leave with the deific-class ships first, though we won’t be bringing any actual people," Lin Changkong said.

"Alright."

The ebons were trying to wipe them out, so...