The next closest stellar system seemed to be quite a distance away from his position. This was something Nial had already guessed since everything around him seemed to be perfectly isolated. That was rather unfortunate.
It made things a little bit more annoying as he had to expand the range of his long-distance traveling device, which increased the expenses considerably.
However, that was still something he could deal with. Nial was doing great, completing his research and starting his experiments. With the Grasp of Eclipse movement technique, Nial could now jump across the entire stellar system as well.
The materials he found were of great use and he extracted their essence to progress with his experiments. Nial ended up collecting more of these specific materials before he returned to his creations which were completed roughly a year later.