Li Aozi was blinded instantly, but instinctively, his body began erratic, sharp-angled maneuvers, maintaining gravity acceleration.
In space, speed can't be increased too rapidly.
The forces at play are relative; a bird striking a fighter jet flying at three times the speed of sound will naturally be shattered to pieces, and the jet, in turn, sustains an impact at three times the speed of sound.
Both Liue and Li Aozi had reduced their combat speed to below 50 times the speed of sound to avoid colliding with space debris or meteorites, which they might not have time to react to.
Their bodies were far from as durable as the alloy of a spacecraft.
Especially since they were not yet within the clean and comfortable interstellar lanes, but rather traveling in the orbital path of the Earth's atmosphere.
Civil satellites, space junk, abandoned space stations, personal flights, military spy crafts... they were as numerous as hairs on a cow and impossible to count.
