To be honest, Hao Ren felt that it was quite unreliable to let the four masters continue to challenge nature. The lifestyle of ascetics was so different from that of ordinary people. If they were in The Plane of Dreams, it could be explained by their piety, but how could they explain it in their hometown? It was probably very difficult for modern people to understand why a group of people would dig holes in the wilderness even though they had houses to live in. It was even more difficult for them to understand their lifestyle of chanting scriptures for two hours in the northwest wind of minus ten degrees Celsius, digging holes in other people's backyards for bonfires, and catching wild rabbits in the mountains and plains next to the city …
However, after such a long time, Hao Ren had weathered through many storms. He was no longer as reserved and rigid when it came to strange people and things. He was very open-minded. After all, the Southern Suburbs was sparsely populated. The masters just had a strange lifestyle and were not afraid of causing trouble. If they wanted to live like this, then so be it. And then again, there were a lot of people doing performance art these days... Those artists were much more ruthless than nature.
So, the four new tenants temporarily lived in such a wonderful way: they came back to sleep every night and ran to the wilderness behind the house at dawn to think about life. Their basic needs were a few steamed buns and an appropriate amount of tap water every day. To be honest, if it was not for the fact that there was no underground water, Big Beardy would have dug a well behind Hao Ren's house with the help of the four of them. The four ascetics' daily life was very regular and simple. Apart from meditation and prayer, they walked around in the wilderness. When it was time to eat, they would hunt wild rabbits or find some bird eggs (no one knew where they found them). Other than that, they did not care about anything else. Their life was full of nature and true fun. Perhaps they thought that this way of life was the best embodiment of reverence for nature. Hao Ren had been wondering if he should tell the masters about the decreasing number of wild animals on Earth. After all, they were still on the edge of the city, not in the mountains. It was still winter, and the animals in the wild might not be enough for them to survive until spring...
Putting the four ascetics aside, Hao Ren had been sorting out the reports for the past two days. Too many things had happened in The Plane of Dreams. The truth that he had uncovered in just a few days was more than what he had uncovered in the past few months. Therefore, he needed to figure out how to make things clear. Since he left The Plane of Dreams in a hurry, there were some things that he did not have time to investigate. He also needed to discuss and reason with others before he knew how to report to Raven 12345.
Now that the reports were finally sorted out, Hao Ren sent the documents through the MDT. He was going to visit Raven 12345 in person at noon. Just as he sent out the report, Nangong Wuyue came back from her shopping trip. He suddenly remembered something and called out to the siren maiden.
"Speaking of which, you haven't gone out to sing recently?" Hao Ren first casually mentioned Nangong Wuyue's old profession, and she instantly shrunk her neck. "Isn't that obvious? Who would go out to sing in the middle of winter? With the northwest wind that's several degrees below zero, even if I'm willing to sing, there would still be people who would risk their lives to stand at the entrance and listen to me."
Hao Ren smiled awkwardly before bringing up the main topic. "Actually, there's something I want to discuss with you …"
"What is it?" Nangong Wuyue saw the serious look on Hao Ren's face. She unconsciously sat on the sofa and became serious as well.
"Do you have a way to find the other sirens on Earth? Or find the ruins left by the sirens on Earth, or whatever … Anyway, it's related to your race, and it can explain your cultural tradition and origin. "
Nangong Wuyue looked at Hao Ren, baffled. "Why are you suddenly interested in this? Have you really started studying archaeology? "
"In fact, I suddenly understood something." Hao Ren's eyes suddenly looked far away, as if he was looking at the amazing starry sky in the space of The Plane of Dreams. "Do you remember when we talked about sirens in The Plane of Dreams and found out that there were no sirens in that 'world'?"
Nangong Wuyue nodded. "Oh yes, what did you think of?"
"After that, Raven 12345 reminded me to look up at the sky." Hao Ren looked a little embarrassed. "I always thought that after going through a lot of things, my horizons had been broadened. Until this time, when I fought with the First Born, I realized that I still haven't gotten rid of the stereotype. We've always been focused on the planet in The Plane of Dreams, and almost forgot that there's the whole universe above us!"
Speaking of the sea of stars, Nangong Wuyue's knowledge was even narrower than Hao Ren's. So, it suddenly dawned on her. "You mean … the sirens came from other planets in The Plane of Dreams?!"
"Isn't it obvious?" Hao Ren spread out his hands. "The goddess that Big Beardy and the others mentioned was an interstellar creature. All the species on that planet were sown from space. The ancient magical civilization in The Plane of Dreams had even colonized the moon. And the founder of The Disciples of Glory also mentioned that a group of aliens would come to help destroy the First Born … We've always been too narrow-minded. I should've realized it the first time I came to The Plane of Dreams … When I looked up, it was a sky full of stars! "
In fact, it was not entirely Hao Ren's fault for being so narrow-minded. Under normal circumstances, when a person came to a standard magical world, surrounded by a medieval social environment, people were studying gods and gods, there were no scientific sprouts, no industrial revolution. In such an environment, you would unconsciously be assimilated by the atmosphere and could not help but confine your thoughts to a standard 'medieval magic kingdom' script. But for those who had read a few fantasy novels, who would associate it with aliens at this time?
The key was that The Plane of Dreams did not play by the rules! Who would have thought that aliens would suddenly appear in the middle of this fantasy foreign world's medieval Vatican spitting drama?
"All the otherworldlings came from The Plane of Dreams, I've always believed that," Hao Ren's expression was solemn. "I swear by Darwin, with the environment on Earth, it's impossible for a group of supernatural creatures to evolve and move mountains and fill up seas. The sirens are not native to Earth. So now I think the sirens are from other planets in The Plane of Dreams … "
"You plan to find the origin of the sirens?" Nangong Wuyue looked at Hao Ren with interest. "This sounds interesting, but what's the point?"
Hao Ren looked into Nangong Wuyue's eyes. "Think about it, now we've finally realized one thing: The 'whole world' in The Plane of Dreams is actually just an ordinary planet in the universe. And the 'Goddess Annihilation' incident that the Disciples of Glory talked about was actually an ecological disaster on this planet. Even though it almost destroyed the entire ecosystem, it was just a trivial regional event in the universe."
"So …" Nangong Wuyue vaguely understood. "The sirens did not experience the 'Goddess Annihilation'."
"According to the calculations of the Year Representative, the werewolves and vampires on Earth crossed over after the Goddess Annihilation," Hao Ren speculated. "Let's not talk about how they came over, let's assume that they suddenly mastered the technology of cross-world crossing. Anyway, according to the Year Representative and various historical records, the origin of the otherworldlings on Earth is obviously related to the Goddess Annihilation. They may have escaped, or they may have used some super phenomenon triggered by the First Born to tear through the Wall of Reality and come to Earth. Now there was one thing that was unclear: How did the sirens come to be? They did not experience the 'Goddess Annihilation', so why did they cross over to Earth at the same time? "
Nangong Wuyue frowned as she slowly followed Hao Ren's train of thought.
Hao Ren paused before continuing. "There are only two possibilities. Either the Goddess Annihilation had nothing to do with the otherworldlings crossing over, or … something similar happened to the sirens' hometown, forcing them to escape from The Plane of Dreams like the werewolves and vampires."
Nangong Wuyue could not believe it. "Is the second possibility plausible? The Ancient Magic Empire was destroyed because the First Born went berserk while researching the Seed of Origin, but the sirens' hometown … no matter which planet it was, it had nothing to do with the Ancient Magic Empire, right? Something happened at the same time? "
This was also something that Hao Ren could not figure out. He used to think that all the otherworldlings on Earth came from The Plane of Dreams, and the common cause of their crossing over was the Goddess Annihilation. But now he knew that the Goddess Annihilation was actually a planet-level 'regional event' in The Plane of Dreams. So, it was hard to explain why the sirens came from another planet. At the end of the day, the Goddess Annihilation was only because the people on one planet were courting death. It was not universal and inevitable. Theoretically, it was impossible for the same thing to happen on other planets at the same time … So what caused the sirens to cross over? Did it really have nothing to do with the Goddess, but another disaster that affected the entire universe of The Plane of Dreams? Did the Goddess Annihilation just happen to happen at the same time as this disaster? How many otherworldlings on Earth were there similar to the sirens? Were all the otherworldlings that Vivian knew about all the otherworldlings that crossed over?
Nangong Wuyue looked at Hao Ren's face. She knew that although the man in front of her was usually careless, when he was serious about something, there must be a basis for it. He was occasionally serious, but as long as he was serious, he would not make a mistake. So, she asked, "From your tone, you seem to be sure that the sirens also encountered something similar to the Annihilation? Do you have a clue? "
Hao Ren nodded slowly. "The first pope of The Disciples of Glory mentioned in his message that before the first First Born awakens, there will be allies from the stars. I'm sure I'm not the ally he mentioned because my ancestors were not born three thousand years ago. So, the question is: why didn't the 'real' aliens appear? Did something happen to them too? "
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