The candidates stood up and started moving toward the exits. The clone and Celestia waited for the crowd to thin out before joining the flow.
They walked down a long corridor that connected the ship to the academy platform. The corridor was transparent, showing the view on all sides. Below them was Earth-Prime, massive and glowing with city lights. Above was open space and distant stars. To the sides, the academy island stretched in all directions.
The clone noticed something as they walked. The qi density was increasing with every step. Started at normal ship levels, then doubled, then tripled. By the time they reached the end of the corridor, it was ten times denser than atmospheric qi on Earth-Prime.
"The whole academy exists in a high-density qi environment," Celestia observed. "Just breathing here would strengthen a chicken body to planetary levels."
They stepped off the corridor onto the arrival platform proper.
