On the moon's surface, at the entrance of the Kepler Valley, the landing zone.
Huai Shi tugged on the leash and looked around curiously with Broken Dog, not knowing where the flight they had booked was.
Then, a silent disciple behind Garland Deon stepped forward and took out a long white bone horn from his chest. Then, under the protection of Garland Deon, the disciple lifted his mask, and without panting, bit the mouthpiece, puffed up his cheeks and blew with all his might.
What was this?
A cosmic concert?
Huai Shi was dumbfounded, but then he heard a mighty roar echo in the vacuum.
It was not a frequency that could be heard by the human ear. Only with the support of Supreme could one feel the distant echo like a whale's song.
It was transmitted in the vacuum.
It blew into the distance.
Then, above the moon's orbit, a huge shadow slowly descended. Under the illumination of the landing zone's lights, a black dot quickly enlarged, and finally, a huge body appeared.
Its long tail rolled up waves of source matter, and waves of blue light appeared like water waves, illuminating its appearance.
Its signature huge head and slender body, and even its exaggerated size that was comparable to a warship, made Huai Shi want to scratch his head.
That was a … sperm whale?
A sperm whale that was alive and kicking in space, swimming in the vacuum …
No way, was it so magical?!
He completely forgot that he was holding an even more magical thing in his hand, and the thing in his hand was staring straight at the sperm whale, and it was already licking its lips eagerly.
It was a thing that had not been touched yet …
Was it delicious?
"Friend, is this your first time seeing it?"
Next to Huai Shi, a figure came up and privately chatted with Huai Shi in the channel. "That's an alchemy creature modified by the Shi Fu Institute, created with the offspring of Leviathan, and finally got a living border relic … It's like the biochemical beasts in America, but much more convenient.
Oh, your dog is so cute, can I pet it? "
Broken Dog turned around and coldly glanced at the eager man, baring its teeth.
"Haha, it's got character."
The newcomer waved his hand indifferently and took a step back.
Through his mask, Huai Shi could see the cigar still burning behind it.
Other than in the game, it was the first time he saw a smoker who could light a cigarette in a spacesuit …
"Uh, hello, what's your name?" Huai Shi stretched out his hand.
The man smoking the cigar shook his hand and shook it twice. "American alchemist, Izzy, Izzy Yatl … Actually, the full name is longer than that, but you can call me Izzy."
He looked to be about the same age as Huai Shi, with a smile, he did not seem to be cold and rejected by others.
With vitality and kindness that other alchemists did not.
"Huai Shi, from the Ivory Tower …"
Before Huai Shi could finish her self-introduction, Izzy nodded in understanding. "Classical music classroom? I know, I know. You're quite famous in the Ivy League!"
"Uh, is it?"
"Yes." Izzy nodded and sighed. "To be honest, I didn't expect that my niece, with her arrogant character, could make friends. It's really surprising."
"…"
Huai Shi's expression twitched, and he suddenly felt that something was not right. "Wait, niece? Who is it? "
"Hmm? Liz, Liz Hetmok, didn't she tell you about me? " Izzy looked at him curiously. "Maybe it's because I'm an uncle who idles around every day, and it's embarrassing in the family …"
Huai Shi was silent for a long time. He moved a little to the side, and then moved a little more, guarding against this guy who would pull out his sword and attack him.
This wave, it was the parents who bullied a child coming to find him …
Who would have thought that this guy, who looked so young, was actually an uncle?
"Hahaha, don't worry, although it's a family, in fact, there is no similar bloodline, just obeying tradition."
Izzy took a big puff of the cigar, and his smile became more and more cheerful in the smoke.
He patted Huai Shi's back.
"Just think of me as a tourist." Izzy shrugged. "I'm a white sublimator, I don't even have a Stigmata, and I know nothing about alchemy. I'm just here to greet an old friend on behalf of an elder in the family. If something happens, remember to help me out for Liz's sake. "
Huai Shi did not speak.
He showed a kind of 'smiling awkwardness without losing his politeness'.
As for Izzy's self-introduction and purpose, he did not believe a single punctuation mark.
Izzy seemed to be aware of his vigilance, but he did not care and was still as enthusiastic as before. He moved to Huai Shi's side and began to introduce his' classmates' loudly to the freshmen like a blonde character in a cartoon.
"The one-eyed one is called Ragnar, an alchemist from the Silver Monument, a little arrogant and bad-tempered … The one behind him is an alchemist from the Russian Federation, Valery. He's good at metallurgy, but he's more like a sublimator than an alchemist, which seems to be very similar to you, but he seems to be harder to deal with than Ragnar, haha …
"As for the one behind Gallandon, it's the pharmacist Rachel; that old lady Yima is an alchemist from the Egyptian Royal Family; as for those few who are autistic, they are all Gallandon's students. They have sworn an oath of silence, and except for the necessary communication when participating in the secret ceremony, they will not speak at all …"
Huai Shi was dizzy from listening to the names of the dishes, and he did not remember any of them at all.
Anyway, to summarize the central idea, everyone was difficult to get along with, ostracized foreigners, and looked down on you for having a lower level of education. But it didn't matter, if you felt bored and wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk, don't forget to look for me.
He had been taken advantage of for nothing.
By the time he finished speaking, they were already on the 'boat.'
After passing through the mouth of the sperm whale that was like a gate, the space behind was unexpectedly spacious. There was a conference room, a lounge, and even a single room for each person. Of course, the most important thing was the well-equipped alchemy workshop of the whole realm …
Every item belonged to the kind that had been on Huai Shi's shopping list for hundreds of years, and could only be taken out to take a look at during the holidays, and did not dare to click the 'buy' button at all.
In the past, Huai Shi would have taken the risk to buy one out of desperation …
Fortunately, times had changed.
Now that there was something from the Ivory Tower that could be bought for free at any time, Huai Shi had a lot more confidence for no reason, and he could even lift his pants and say, "Here it is."
After the rooms were prepared for everyone, the lifelike puppets that looked like ordinary people returned to their jobs on their own.
The son of Leviathan, who looked like a sperm whale, swayed its long tail in the silent whale song and swam into deeper and darker space.
Huai Shi led the dog and stood in front of the large floor-to-ceiling window in the corridor, and suddenly felt the benefits of the fantasy style.
Countless stars flew past in front of his eyes, and he did not even feel the slightest tremor, and even the gravity was normal. There were green plants on both sides, and there were even chairs and round tables in the corners for guests to rest at any time.
Unlike the miserable life in other space stations, the supplies and services here were so generous that it made people cry.
Ringing the bell could call for 24-hour service, and there were even massages and spas.
It was a fantasy.
Was this alchemy? Love, love!
After leaving the moon, it could be seen that everyone's complexion was much better. At the very least, they were far away from the entanglement of misfortune and misfortune, ensuring their own safety.
Only Huai Shi was still cautious, and he even stuffed his spacesuit in his saddlebag, ready to run at any time.
Sitting in the airdrop cabin, the airdrop cabin exploded, going to Kepler, the base exploded.
He was afraid that the ship would also explode …
The world was getting more and more outrageous these days, and even people dared to break out of the dark side prison, so he had to be on guard.
What if, right?
Now, in front of the window, Huai Shi stared at the twinkling stars, and gradually, he became fascinated.
Until the phantom of Crow appeared on his shoulder.
"What are you thinking about?" Tongi asked, "Why are you so engrossed?"
"How should I put it, it feels strange that there is such a sci-fi thing like space in such a fantasy world."
Huai Shi pinched his chin and sighed with confusion, "There is a subtle feeling of crosstalk. You see, sitting in the fantasy realm and coinciding with sci-fi … Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
"Isn't this very normal?" Tongi calmly waved her little wings with a look of nonchalance, "Isn't science originally something to replace magic? It's not strange. It's better to say that this is normal.
Otherwise, what do you think the Present Realm is? "
"Uh …"
Huai Shi thought for a long time and asked tentatively, "A big ball in a glass cover?"
"Isn't that the definition of Earth?" Tongi said, "In the end, the Present Realm is the aggregation of matter. Other than being able to bask in the sun, it's no different from hell."
"No, that's not what I mean." Huai Shi shook his head and explained, "Before I became an Ascendant, I always believed in the infinite sea of stars and the existence of aliens …"
"Hmm?"
Tongi looked at him doubtfully, "You can believe it now? Do you think it's all a lie?"
"Huh? Isn't it? "
Huai Shi was dumbfounded, "Didn't they say that the sun is essentially the manifestation of the Pillar of God's Essence? So many stars are just the projection of destiny … Besides, aren't there no living creatures in outer space? "
"That depends on how you interpret it."
Tongi thought for a moment and told him, "In essence, everything in the Present Realm, including Earth and space, as well as so many stars and infinite space, is just a way of manifestation.
A result of expression.
A 'world' explained by laws and science has been deeply ingrained day after day since hundreds of years ago and is unshakable. But this does not contradict the 'common sense' that Ascendants know. "
Huai Shi shook his head, "But in such a world, where is hell, Tongi?"
In such a world, does it really need something as illusory as hell?
"Ha, that's a good question."
She laughed, raised her wings and leaned against Huai Shi's neck, and suddenly asked, "Speaking of which, what do you think of the existence of the depth, Huai Shi?
Where do you think the physical body of hell is in the Present Realm? How do you explain the spatial relationship between hell and hell? "
Huai Shi was stunned.
He was speechless.
Tong Ji continued to ask, "Don't tell me that you're right in front of me. Isn't this cold vacuum hell for humans? Aren't astronauts and Ascendants very similar to Earth? Are abyssal creatures different from aliens in the eyes of humans? "
Huai Shi was silent for a long time, and instinctively shook his head, "You're confusing the concept. You know it's not the same thing at all."
Their depth did not change at all.
Huai Shi also could not feel the existence of the Abyss sediment.
This was indeed the Present Realm.
But Tongi's words made him fall into deep thought.
Because the world in front of him was also a 'hell' that humans could not survive in.
And …
"Are you beginning to understand, Huai Shi?"
Tongi laughed softly, as if she was lamenting, "The world has always been the world. Huai Shi, it has just been redefined.
Ah, in modern terms, it should be the 'observer effect', right? "
"In ancient times, the world of humans was so simple. As long as the round sky and the square earth were enough to satisfy them. At worst, they could add an elephant to hold it up. If they felt that they couldn't hold it up, they could put a giant turtle.
If the sky was going to collapse, they could cut off a few turtle's feet to prop it up. If there was a flood, then it must be the anger of the gods to build a boat to float. "
She said, "At that time, the existence of the gods was the wall of the Present Realm. They were derived from the pillars, existed in accordance with the will of heaven, followed the wishes of humans, interpreted the world, and isolated the invasion of hell.
But the era of the gods had passed, and they were all dead.
The era of humans had arrived.
Unlike the past, magic had disappeared, gods had died, humans had redefined everything, and the world had changed. However, the essence had not changed at all.
What had changed was only the angle of observation.
So there was a law, a framework, the existence of the three major blockades and science, and this endless space that had never been there in the past.
But the existence of everything would not be without reason. "
"Indeed, the brilliance of the stars is a symbol of the operation of the will of heaven.
But if you trace its origin, there must be a source.
Even if there is nothing in the dark outer space, and the so-called stars are just lifeless aggregations of matter, they still have an irreplaceable meaning. "
"The so-called space is originally the manifestation of the endless hell in the Present Realm."
Tongi stared at the countless stars and told him, "At the end of the billions of stars, where the cold brilliance comes from, is hell itself."
The so-called abyss and the so-called space had never been different to humans.
They were both distant and mysterious places, full of danger and taboos.
In the dark space, those sparkling things, those fleeting phantoms, those were all projections from hell in the distant depths.
Separated by a long depth, their power attracted the convergence of matter, forming barren skeletons, declaring their existence.
In the end, under the power of the law called gravity, the resplendent sea above this depth was formed.
"Look, Huai Shi, the fire of the sun has disappeared."
In the reflection of the glass, between the countless jumping lights, the magnificent phantom held his shoulder, lowered her head, and whispered in his ear.
"Now, we are sailing above the abyss …"
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