The communicator quickly interpreted the strange contact signals. They came from an Aerymian floating island. Hao Ren turned on the communicator. A male voice, trying to remain calm but obviously trembling, came out. "Foreign spacecraft, please state your identity, please state your identity..."
This was the first time the Aerymian elves had seen a strange space traveler appear in the sky above their "home planet". Their surprise and excitement were self-evident. For this civilization that had been struggling in embarrassment for thousands of years, it did not matter who the outsider was or what their purpose was. Any change was a great incentive for them. Hao Ren wanted to experience what it was like to speak to a strange civilization, but he thought for a moment and pushed Hilda to the front. "You speak."
Hilda nodded gratefully and opened her mouth in front of the communicator. After a long while, she calmed down and asked, "Vimm, is that you?"
The communicator suddenly fell into an extreme silence. This silence revealed the great shock of someone on the other end of the communicator. Half a minute later, a trembling voice came through. "Mother?! You're back?! "
This time, it was Hao Ren and his friends who were silent.
Hilda did not notice the change in the atmosphere around her. She just said quickly with a face of joy, "It's me. I was sent to another world, but fortunately, it's all right. I got the help of the locals to return to Aerymian. Now we're going to land on the Dawnbreak floating island... "
Hilda quickly discussed the landing with someone on the other end of the communicator. She then said to Hao Ren, "Please follow the triangular cruisers. They're going to take us to the landing site."
Hao Ren quickly let the MDT do it. As the spacecraft slowly approached the floating island, he could not help but ask, "By the way, was that your son?"
"Yes, Vimm is my only child. It seems that he has temporarily become the leader during my absence," Hilda said proudly. "It seems that the order of Aerymian has not collapsed yet. The situation is better than I thought."
Hao Ren laughed awkwardly, thinking that these long-lived creatures really could not be judged by common sense. Hilda looked about the same age as him, and her son was already a regent. These two days, he had accidentally regarded Hilda as a girl of the same generation as him. At this moment, the feeling of incongruity hit him in the face.
Vivian noticed the strange expression on Hao Ren's face. Of course, she could guess what the guy was thinking. She went up to him and poked his arm. "That's why I said you have to adapt to the long-lived creatures. Now there's an archaeological museum displaying two beads in the cave people's stoneware that I wore... I've been thinking for a few years, but I don't know how to ask people to get them back. It's heartbreaking."
Cold sweat trickled down Hao Ren's forehead. He sat trembling on the chair and mumbled, "You're great, you're great, you're great, you're great … No, you've really been great for thousands of years …"
At this time, the spacecraft had arrived above a floating island in the middle of the island chain under the guidance of several "cruisers". The details of the island gradually appeared in front of everyone. It was about the same size as the other islands. There was also a man-made "hoop" on the outer edge, which protruded about half a kilometer from the surface. The top of the hoop emitted a hazy halo, shrouding the entire floating island in a layer of almost transparent shield. At the top of this hemispherical shield, condensed clouds of water vapor could be seen. Obviously, the Aerymian elves had simulated the effect of a natural atmosphere in this magnificent creation. At the same time, they saw something different on the floating island: there were many particularly large buildings in the center of the island, and there was an extra high wall around those buildings, which was not seen on other islands.
After asking Hilda, they learned that it was where the "King's Court" of the Aerymian elves was located, which was also Hilda's palace. But although it was called the King's Court, the huge buildings were not luxurious, and there was no unique royal pleasure. Its huge area was more to accommodate functional organs such as the Parliament, the Elders of Resources, the Elders of Technology, and the Elders of the Island. The place where the Queen's family lived was just one of the steeples in the huge building complex.
However, the spacecraft could not land directly in the King's Court, and there was no platform for the big guy to take off and land on. The Petrachelys, guided by the navigation signal, came to a protruding point on the edge of the floating island. There was a series of semi-circular platforms supported by a huge alloy skeleton, which was used by the Aerymian elves to take off and land the spacecraft. As the entire facility was outside the floating island's shield, its surface was covered with an extra layer of translucent barrier to prevent air loss. The Petrachelys found a larger platform for itself to land on. As the spacecraft slowly descended, Hao Ren noticed that it passed through a layer of "membrane" that rippled like water, which should be the same thing as the shield over the floating island.
There were already many people waiting on the landing platform. There were no less than a hundred men and women, and they seemed to be the representatives of the Aerymian elves. This "welcoming team" was obviously formed in a hurry, and some of them even had a confused expression on their faces. Farther away, people could be seen rushing over. Other than these people, there was no guard of honor, no other colorful welcoming group, not even a hastily formed group. Obviously, the Aerymian elves had abandoned this habit for a long time. The hatch of the Petrachelys slowly opened under the watchful eyes of the elves. Hao Ren pushed Hilda to the front and let her get off the spacecraft first.
Then he led the others to appear one by one.
There was no other noble reason, it was just that these bumpkins, except Y'zaks, were a little nervous...
As soon as Hilda appeared, there was an obvious commotion among the elves. Then a tall blond young man, who looked about the same age as Hilda, quickly walked out from the front of the crowd. He seemed to want to give Hilda a hug, but hesitated because of the calm demeanor that should be required in such an occasion. It was Hilda who took the initiative to give him a hug. "Vimm, it's good to see you again."
"Mother, I'm so glad to see you safe and sound." The young man in Hilda's arms was indeed the Prince of the Aerymian elves, and also the only son of Her Majesty the Queen, Vimm.
Lily beside Hao Ren muttered, "These two really look like siblings."
At this time, Hilda turned around and introduced a group of friends from another world to Vimm. "They are the ones who helped me. These people are very powerful, and they come from an incredible organization. This is Hao Ren, he is..."
Hilda introduced them one by one, but because the concept of Space Administration was time-consuming, she did not go into detail. Vimm quickly came up to Hao Ren and bowed in the unique etiquette of the Aerymian elves. "Thank you for helping my mother."
Hao Ren reached out and shook hands with him. "You're welcome..."
Vimm looked curiously at Hao Ren's outstretched hand, and sure enough, he did the same thing as his mother: he held Hao Ren's wrist and shook it up and down.
The group walked along the wide path towards the exit of the landing platform. Vimm and Hilda walked in front, and the former was asking something. "Mother, you said you were in another world these days?"
"Yes, another world. It's not the universe that we know of. It's really another world."
"Is the space-time accelerator a success? Or should I say … it was more successful than expected? "
"No, it failed. My crossing into another world is just an accidental by-product. The probability is very low, and there is no replicability. The design of the accelerator itself is problematic, and the project has to be stopped. Let's not talk about these things first. What's the situation now? What happened after the explosion? What about the Isle of Stars? What about the Isle of Rainbows? "
"We'll talk about it on the way." Vimm paused unnaturally, and this pause implied an unsettling factor. At this moment, there were a few flat ellipsoidal vehicles parked at the exit. He pulled his mother to one of them and pointed to another one next to it. "Guests, please get on this floating car."
"No, the floating car is very spacious. I want to ride with them." Hilda nodded at Hao Ren. "There are no secrets to hide from them. They don't care how big a secret an ordinary civilisation has."
"Wait a minute." Before Hao Ren followed the others into the car, he suddenly remembered something. He turned his head towards the Petrachelys and pressed twice. Two beeps were heard from the spacecraft. "Done."
Vivian looked at Hao Ren with a strange expression. "You used a motorcycle anti-theft lock to lock the spacecraft?"
Hao Ren had a bitter look on his face. "Raven 12345 installed it... I have to use it, or the spacecraft won't lock."
Vivian was speechless.
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