Until they boarded the ship, the whole team was unusually quiet, even orderly. Although the atmosphere of unavoidable estrangement and mutual vigilance still lingered around everyone, at least order was ensured. Ever since they were sent by the teleportation portal to this place that was beyond the scope of most people's knowledge, the strange scenery and the incredible journey that followed had greatly diverted the attention of the "chosen ones". They could no longer concentrate on the questions they wanted to think about before because even if they focused all their energy on understanding and observing this place, it seemed a little insufficient.
The Petrachelys, which was docked at the dedicated spaceport, slightly broke the quiet and almost dull atmosphere. It was a beautiful spacecraft. Although it was not as large as the giant civil transport ships or low-tech warships, the special port it occupied and the large and sophisticated servo facilities near the port showed that this ship was different. When the chosen ones heard that this was the ship that Hao Ren had arranged for them, they were amazed. They looked up from the starship's hovering frame. Hao Ren felt that more than 90% of their attention was on the huge dog's head painted on the ship's deck.
"This is a ship sticker, a personalized ship sticker. Haven't you seen a car sticker before?" Hao Ren's face was taut as he tried to explain the huge dog's head on the ship.
Lily's big, innocent face ran through three armor belts on the spacecraft, from the waistline secondary turret all the way to the engine cover at the stern.
Vivian's expression did not change, but she squeezed out a voice through her teeth. "I think you shouldn't have been fooled by Doggie's coaxing and pestering. Even if you painted Guo Degang on the spacecraft, it would be better than that silly husky's face."
Hao Ren said, "I'm leading the group. Be serious."
Fortunately, no one pestered them to ask what the meaning of a husky's head on the spacecraft was. They accepted the style in surprise and interest. Some even smiled knowingly. It seemed that after seeing a lot of incomprehensible things in this cold and strange space station, they finally saw something familiar. Even the husky's face was a little warm.
Under the guidance of Nolan, the passengers boarded the spacecraft in an orderly manner under the traction beam. So far, nothing unexpected happened.
Hao Ren came to the bridge and took a look at the passenger cabin (actually, it was just a large lounge. Since there were only a hundred people in total, there was no need to modify the garage). After confirming that everything was in order, he sent a request signal to the control panel of Kuiper Station to depart.
"Next, it's time for us to witness a miracle." Hao Ren rubbed his hands after sending the signal. His face was full of confidence and pride. "This is a trip that I have meticulously planned and carefully arranged for them. It will definitely be an eye-opener for them …"
Before he could finish his sentence, the feedback from Kuiper Station's control desk had already been sent to the bridge. "Request to depart has been accepted. Special route Z88-1350 confirmed. 'Sunset Sunset Homecoming Family Visit Group' will depart from the spaceport soon. Repeat, 'Sunset Sunset Homecoming Family Visit Group' will depart from the spaceport soon …"
"Just based on the name of the group," Nangong Sanba looked at Hao Ren strangely for a long time. "Do you dare to say that you have meticulously planned it?"
"Of course. Can you find a more memorable name than these words?" Hao Ren said confidently. "And anyway, this kind of informal personal flight doesn't leave a long-term record. It doesn't matter what the temporary name is."
The others on the bridge waved their hands. "Okay, okay, you have a point. You have a point …"
The Petrachelys rolled up a blue brilliance in space. After gradually accelerating out of the gravitational shackles of Kuiper Station, it suddenly disappeared into the mirror sphere formed by the warped space. A recorder at the observation tower of Kuiper Station recorded the scene.
"On XX day of XX year XX month XX day, Hao Ren, the imperial inspector, led his' Sunset Homecoming Group 'to embark on a journey. This is the first official return trip of the survivors of the Plane of Dreams after being stranded on Earth for 10,000 years. Although it is only a small and short-term return, it marks the biggest progress of the Plane of Dreams incident so far. Perhaps we can finally look forward to the lost descendants who have been stranded in foreign lands to return home. Perhaps today is a new turning point in history …"
Hao Ren was right. A special flight like this would not leave a long-term file in the data vault. But it was recorded in history …
However, the people who had already set off on the spaceship would not know what a recorder on the observation tower had written. At this moment, they were already in the enclosed vesicle produced by the warping of space, and they were rushing to the crack in the depths of the universe at superluminal speed.
Adni stayed quietly in the starship lounge, looking at every stranger around her with a cautious and alert attitude, while trying to remember everything she saw here. She knew that everyone around her was doing the same, so there was no need for her to hide her attitude and eyes: or rather, this kind of open and aboveboard vigilance was one of the conditions to ensure 'peace'.
She was a Silver Witch, a senior advisor and mentor in a South American Vampire Hermitage. Unlike the human wizards or witches who were once slaves and learned a little bit of magic from the ancient 'gods', 'Silver Witch' or 'Silver Wizard' was a special term, a member of the real ancient gods. Adni's memory could be traced back to the ancient Sumerian period. During the era of the barbaric civilization, she was also the patron saint of a city on the plains of Mesopotamia. But those glorious times were long gone, and now all that was left in her memory were some silhouettes of cities stained with yellow sand and some collapsed and burning ruins of ancient cities. These fragmented memories made her feel bored and depressed. Perhaps to relieve this boring life, she agreed to the request of the Vampire Hermitage and responded to the call of the Dark Parliament as a representative (according to the plan, this was called the 'Chosen') and became a member of this team.
Now she was curiously looking at the place and the strange members of the team.
The werewolf from South America, who seemed to be the son of the Ebben family, was still as noisy and frivolous as ever.
The vampires from Europe, no different from the guys in the Hermitage, were dull, dark, and unsmiling. Except for the one named Hessiana, they all had zombie-like faces, but they called it gentlemanly elegance and restraint.
The runic dwarves from Australia, who realized that things were not going well before the end of the Mythological Era, built a large ship to escape from the center of the vortex and lived underground. If they had not left Northern Europe so early, perhaps the Aesir could have held on for a while longer.
The sirens from the deep, those mysterious races had also appeared, and their queen seemed to have appeared in person. Lady Katreina and her entourage were perhaps the only ones who were really happy here. They did not participate in the Mythological War, nor were they involved in any of the otherworldlings' scuffles. Sometimes Adni really envied these people who lived in the deep sea and had nothing to do with the world.
And them, the demon hunters from the Arctic …
Adni's eyes still inevitably fell on the demon hunters, who sat at the other end of the lounge, forming two distinct circles with almost all the otherworldlings. There seemed to be an invisible force field around them, and even the most irascible werewolf did not want to look in that direction. But these demon hunters seemed to be a little different from what Adni remembered.
They were less murderous and no longer had that completely unreasonable fanaticism. They sat together, whispering to each other or exchanging food and drinks. Occasionally, some even looked at her and nodded with what looked like a smile. The expression was very stiff, and obviously they did not want to do that, but they still reluctantly said hello.
Adni frowned, but still reluctantly nodded.
The demon hunter girl named White Flame looked very lively. She was talking loudly among her companions, as if to show her understanding of the place. She mentioned Star Wars, Gundam, halo, and steam, a bunch of strange words that did not sound like a reliable explanation, but her companions around her listened with great interest.
It turned out that demon hunters also knew how to joke.
This is such a strange place, Adni could not help but think so. Why are these people mixed together? Why were people of all races, factions, and generations crammed into this metal vehicle to participate in a "trip" that was said to be of "great significance" but was actually mysterious from beginning to end?
Adni remembered what she had seen along the way, and then had to admit that those things had seriously shaken some of her perceptions.
The others sitting here, as long as their intelligence was above the average, should be the same.
For the first time, they had to add the concept of 'cosmic level' to their thinking process. Then, they turned around and thought about the past thousands or even tens of thousands of years of fighting and scheming on that little blue planet. Those magnificent battles, the glorious temples, the incalculable treasures, all seemed insignificant in the moment when they looked up at the universe.
"Attention, the spacecraft is about to leave hyperspace. Attention, the spacecraft is about to leave hyperspace …"
The lights in the lounge suddenly began to switch. After the brightness decreased, a holographic projection slowly appeared on the metal walls on both sides, showing the outside of the spacecraft.
Some red and blue stripes formed something like a tunnel, and the spacecraft moved forward in the tunnel. Then the tunnel quickly shortened and dissipated, forming a stable pattern of stars and nebulae, and seemed to freeze.
The spacecraft was still flying at an amazing speed, but on the large scale of the universe, its relative speed with the surrounding celestial bodies was almost static.
A magnificent vortex nebula appeared in front of everyone, and everyone who saw it for the first time could not help but hold their breath. The terrifying sense of oppression brought by the all-devouring material storm even made an old demon hunter like Hasse's heart skip a beat.
"… I probably won't be able to play VR anymore …" White Flame muttered to herself and sighed.
The huge space buildings around the Scarred Nebula and the turquoise planet, which was very different from Earth and orbiting near the eye of the storm like a sentinel, had attracted the attention of many people. They speculated about the function of the space buildings and whether the gate was the rift in the center of the nebula. At the same time, some people also noticed the strange scenery floating above the turquoise planet: something that looked like an alien continent was floating in space, connected by a huge green vine-like structure. This scene made some otherworldlings and demon hunters who knew about the Asgard gods have a thoughtful look on their faces.
"Dear passengers, I am the captain of this spaceship," Hao Ren's voice sounded. "You have come to the key part of this journey. In front of you is the gate that connects the two worlds, the Gate of the Universe. You can see it in the rift in the center of the nebula. Later, we will go through this gate, and you will really arrive at the Plane of Dreams, your home. Before that, I want to introduce a little bit about the planet next to the eye of the rift storm. It is called Inferno. Some of you may know this name because in the past thousands of years, the entrance to Inferno has appeared on Earth more than once. "
"That's Inferno?"
"It actually exists, and it's in this place?"
There was an uncontrollable exclamation in the lounge.
Hao Ren's explanation was not over. He quickly moved on to another topic. "Some of you should have also noticed the alien continents floating above Inferno and the plants growing between the continents. Some of you should be more familiar with it: it is Yggdrasil. In the data I gave you, I mentioned its other identity, which is the Hyperspace Ark that all the supernatural creatures on Earth used to enter this universe 10,000 years ago. It was once the territory of the Asgard, but now it has merged with Inferno. "
The candidates in the lounge looked at each other in amazement. Then, many of them quickly took out the thick dossiers (they were part of the plan, which Hao Ren jokingly called "Sunset Glow's Homecoming Travel Guide DLC Package") and began to read the sensational truth for the first time.
Obviously, they had not really read these things before. One of the major factors in this result was that Lily had downloaded and photoshopped the cheap travel advertisement cover from the Internet.
The Petrachelys slowly accelerated and approached the "Gate of the Universe" in the center of the Scarred Nebula. The image of Yggdrasil gradually faded in the image from the external monitor.
Ten thousand years ago, countless refugees from the Plane of Dreams came to this universe in the huge "Hyperspace Ark."
Ten thousand years later, a hundred survivors of the Plane of Dreams who had forgotten their homeland passed by the ark in the inspector's spacecraft and embarked on their first journey home.
"We are about to pass through the Gate of the Universe." On the bridge, Hao Ren switched the internal circuit, and the image of the consciousness of the drone cluster appeared on the communicator. "Drone cluster, turn on all monitoring points. From now on, I want you to monitor all known space parameters of the universe in the Plane of Dreams."
The Petrachelys, like a sparkling mercury droplet, landed lightly on the door.
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