In the spacious and brightly lit intensive care ward of the medical center, Rhododendron Spp., whose body had basically recovered, was undergoing rehabilitation training. Her body had suffered from severe impacts and compression, as well as severe mental damage caused by traveling through space. The former had been completely healed by the medical pod, while the latter had mostly recovered after a few days of unconsciousness. Now, she was just a little sluggish and had problems with her balance. Yep, a large part of the problem was caused by her unlucky braided tail.
Because she was determined not to use the steam iron provided by Shallow Shallow, Rhododendron Spp.'s tail was still in the shape of a spiral.
Due to the special daily work schedule of the bitter leader, I had just attended an official event organized by the civilization community in the morning. After returning with Sandora, I directly came to the medical center to check on Blue's condition. It just so happened that Hachi Yunzi was also there. After we had a brief discussion about the operation of the City of Shadows' dimensional hub, we began to watch a certain nine-tailed fox stroll around the room.
Speaking of which, it was rare that Blue was wearing her own clothes. In the past, I had always thought that Rhododendron Spp.'s tendency to run naked was just a rumor. I never expected it to be true.
"If you had a bunch of tails, you would definitely be able to understand Blue's thoughts."
Yakumo Zi leisurely steeped her tea and answered my question in such a manner.
Jingle arched her small head out from the pocket in front of her chest. "Yeah, yeah, Jingle also thinks that it's too troublesome to dig holes in clothes!"
Don't tell me that you also have a tendency to run naked! At least maintain a little bit of a goddess' moral integrity in this area!
The winged Jingle and the long-tailed Rhododendron Spp. both faced the same problem. That was, they needed to dig holes in their clothes in order to successfully stuff their special parts outside, and the process was definitely not easy. My elder sister had once made a new dress for the little one, but at that time, she forgot to make holes. As a result, the little one only discovered this problem after wearing it for a whole day. At that time, her shutter-shaped wings made us laugh for most of the night.
Now we know that Rhododendron Spp., as a monster, has a tough way of dealing with this kind of physiological problem … If it wasn't for the fact that there were people watching over it, it would probably run around naked every day.
I really don't know if this fox with the appearance of a young girl has a normal sense of shame.
"Speaking of which, her tail is a big spiral."
"Yes, but the fluff has basically recovered."
"Looks like the color of the fur is not bad."
"Of course. Blue's tail is one of my favorite parts of her. Orange always goes to sleep in it during the winter."
"Speaking of which, does she molt in winter?"
"Demonic beasts don't shed their fur, but they will occasionally shed their fur when they eat something bad. Last time, she randomly picked up things to eat outside, and her house was full of fur."
"Is there anything like a phone in your fantasy land? The Tengu seem to have this kind of technology, right? "
"Ah, they made something similar, but the monsters didn't use it often."
"Can Lan touch the earpiece when he makes a call?"
"Eh, interesting, let's try it next time …"
The nine-tailed girl ran over, almost bumping into the table because she lost her balance. Then, she blushed and stammered in protest, "You guys … You guys are bothering me! Lord Purple is also … "
Then, the heartless master and the two heartless leaders laughed.
In reality, Rhododendron Spp.'s personality was that of a mature, stable, gentle, reliable, and willing to work without complaint. Perhaps this had something to do with her life experience of being "enslaved" by Hachi Yunzi. Facing such a cute fox, it really made people want to tease her: Although Lan was not a masochist, unfortunately, most S did not care if there was a masochist to cooperate with them or not.
Speaking of which, according to the information that I received from Soul Dream and the information that I heard from Hachi Yunzi, this demon fox girl named "Lan" really had a hard life. Above her was an oppressive master who didn't care about anything, and below her was a young loli Spirit-branded Retainer who was waiting for her to grow up. Every day, she had to run around with all kinds of troublesome tasks that her master gave her. It was a pity that there were no unions in the fantasy land.
Thinking about her miserable life as a laborer, and then looking at the pile of twisted tails behind her that looked like a flaming mountain, I felt that this unlucky fox had fallen into our hands, and I was too embarrassed to continue bullying her. Plus, no matter what, she was a proud and arrogant nine-tailed demon fox. Right now, she was only being courteous to us because her master was obediently living under someone else's roof. But if we really continued bullying her, it was inevitable that she would explode … Yep, really explode.
For some reason, the scene of Rhododendron Spp.'s tail bristling like a broom appeared in my mind.
"Yesterday, we analyzed your situation. There is a high possibility that the foreign land came from another world." Waving my hand, I gestured for the slightly annoyed Rhododendron Spp. to sit down at the table. I explained the situation to her in simple terms. "The invasion of a large amount of matter from another world will sometimes trigger a repulsion from this world. This repulsion is what you can see, the halos that spread around the land. Those halos are trying to push the floating island out of this world. The reason why you were teleported here was because you accidentally fell into the halos after fainting. We have reverse-located the data that the dimensional hub recorded when you were first sent here. Basically, we have determined the location of the fantasy land. Now, we are conducting a more precise scan. However, as the fantasy land is separated from the surface world by a layer of barrier, it is considered a 'world within a world', so this scan will require some time to decipher."
Blue listened attentively. Although most of the content was like a heavenly book to the fox who had never received 9 years of compulsory education and knew nothing about the theory of relativity, she knew that I was saying all this to reassure her. Thus, a friendly smile appeared on her face.
But at this moment, two short electronic sounds that represented an emergency communication interrupted our conversation. A holographic image suddenly appeared on the table, and in the image was a light blue, translucent Gaia.
Due to her unique form of existence, Gaia, who was omnipresent, had recently begun to assist Xi Weisi in handling the matters in the City of Shadows. Now, she was just like a news broadcaster, and there was a huge image floating behind her with the words "XLTV" written on it …
All kinds of facts showed that the conscientious Big Sister Gaia was a good girl who was full of responsibility and resolutely followed orders. The former was mainly reflected in the fact that she was able to find a compromise to meet everyone in the City of Shadows, and the first thing she did was to dive into work, forming a stark contrast to the leaders of the Empire who held high positions but only wanted to have fun. The latter was reflected in the fact that in just a few short days, she had been tricked into becoming a broadcaster for XLTV by the insane army of Shallow Shallow as the commander-in-chief, Lin Xue as the military commander, and Liliana as the general …
Sister Gaia, although I know that obeying the orders of the Matriarch is the embodiment of moral integrity of the Empire's soldiers, didn't I remind you before? You must think twice before you act on any suggestion that Qian Qian, that whimsical girl, makes! That brat really didn't establish this ridiculous XLTV to promote the eternal glory of the Empire, but to find a place to put the logo that she designed!
Of course, Gaia didn't know what I was complaining about. Although she saw the flash of resentment on her boss' face, she still reported to him, "Your Majesty, the Space Administration's intelligence center has reported that the outpost at the border of the Macro World has detected an irregular spatial flash in their universe. The flash lasted for a second, and the energy readings are very high."
"Spatial flash?" I was a little confused. "Maybe it's the collapse of a black hole or something. That shouldn't be a big deal."
"The second report shows that the outpost subsequently discovered a small amount of residual psionic energy radiation in the galaxy where the flash occurred. The Space Administration has already sent sentries to investigate the situation, but they reported that there was a cloud with strong interference at the scene. It may take some time for them to come back with a conclusion."
At this moment, I finally had a real shock. A spatial flash? Accompanied by psionic energy?
Perhaps I should first explain what a spatial flash is.
The term spatial flash is a special term used by the Schilling System to describe the instantaneous instability of space. To put it simply, a small piece of space (perhaps only a few dozen meters in radius) "disappears" in an extremely short period of time due to certain reasons and falls into an unobservable dimension. Then, due to the correction effect of the world itself, it jumps back from that dimension. From the perspective of the Prime Material Plane, the target space seems to disappear in a flash for a short period of time. Based on this phenomenon and the extremely short time it takes, the Empire's scientists call this situation "spatial flash".
There are many reasons why a spatial flash occurs, both within the world and outside the world. The inducement for a spatial flash in the world is basically the instantaneous collapse of a supermassive body, the collision of a black hole, the cataclysmic change of a celestial body, and other sensational phenomena of the universe. The cause for a spatial flash in the outside world is probably the slight "edge" of the World Barrier of the two universes, allowing the two worlds to exchange a small amount of information. That is, the second type of spatial flash will cause a transmigration.
The Shiring Apostles are no stranger to the principle of spatial flash. The most common example is the Dimensional Hub platform, where a large number of World Gates use a similar principle. It uses the magical laws of physics to change the parameters of the two World Barriers at a certain point, forming an extremely tiny hole like the membrane of a cell during the fusion of cells. When the World Barriers overlap at a certain point, the "information" of the two worlds can freely exchange through this hole. This is the World Gate. Of course, the teleportation channel formed by this is not a "spatial flash", but a long exposure.
But it is said that when the World Gate was first developed, the technicians of the Empire could really only maintain the World Gate for an instant. Transmigration through the World Gate was a commendable technical task at that time, and the reaction time given to you was usually no more than one to two seconds. When the green light turns green, you have to step on the gas pedal with all your might.
That era gave birth to the first group of street racers in the Empire … Ahem, I digress.
"Damn, this is the carnival …"
After sorting out the origin of the spatial flash and the possible meaning of a spatial flash with a psionic reaction, I looked up at the sky speechlessly. "Are we even allowed to live here?"
It's just the second day, and so many troublesome things have popped up! Looking at so many people having fun for twelve days, does it mean that I have no choice but to bitterly deal with official business?
"Well, Ah Jun, don't take it too hard." Sandora could understand her lover's mentality better than anyone. At this moment, she had an amused expression on her face. "Troublesome things have never been lacking. At the very least, we discovered psionic energy and not the Abyss. Furthermore, this is an irregular eruption, so we can basically eliminate the possibility of the Empire's spaceship teleporting across worlds. Perhaps we just discovered a spatial outpost from the old Empire era."
Alright, alright, I can't avoid what's coming. Including the one month of preparation time before the carnival, this long vacation is actually quite long …
"After all, we have responsibilities on us."
Sandora stuffed her small hand into my pocket. Although she didn't need to use this method to keep warm, she was very good at using this human girl's habit to act spoiled. "The King should always be vigilant and diligent. Slacking is the privilege of a servant. This is a well-known saying of the Shiring Apostles."
"Oh? Interesting, who said that? "
"Me, when I just ascended to the throne."
I was speechless.
Alright, I already knew that Sandora had the habit of using her own famous sayings to increase her presence.
"Gaia, I hope to get more information this afternoon." Sandora turned her head towards the holographic projection on the table. "If necessary, we can use a higher-level regular army. We might have encountered a relic from the old Empire era."
Gaia nodded and disappeared from the holographic projection. The sound of Windows shutting down reverberated in our ears … Shallow Shallow, Shallow Shallow, you really dare to put everything in this XLTV!
"I keep feeling that something isn't right." Sandora brought the teacup to her lips and blew gently. "It seems that ever since the last wave of transmigration, there have been more and more transmigration, spatial imbalance, information leakage, and information interference in various worlds. Liliana getting lost, Hachi Yunzi and Ling Meng's transmigration, the Land of Fantasy might be invaded by another dimension, and this time, the spatial flash that happened at the border. If psionic energy appeared, it would at least be related to the Void. These incidents should be more or less related."
"The Space Administration has already started to study the situation, but all the worlds are operating normally. If there is a problem, it can only be in the Void. We can't do anything about it."
This wasn't the first time Sandora mentioned such a situation. Ever since the transmigration, the frequency of accidental connections between worlds had increased significantly. Although it hadn't reached the point of triggering an alarm, such an increase for no reason was too sudden. Now, the only possible explanation was that the aftermath of the transmigration had yet to subside. There were still unobservable turbulence in the Void. These turbulence had stirred up the originally peaceful worlds and caused them to collide. Of course, no one could explain the mechanism of the turbulence.
"I don't understand at all."
Hachi Yunzi smiled awkwardly. Shadora and I had suddenly started discussing these profound questions. Furthermore, the two of us had serious expressions on our faces. This caused Hachi Yunzi, who was unrelated to us, to feel a lot of pressure. "Since the two of you are getting down to business, I shall take my leave. Lan, come here."
A gap appeared out of nowhere. Hachi Yunzi jumped in first, grabbing Rhododendron Spp., who was stroking her tail, along with her.
After the gap disappeared, Sandora and I looked at each other in silence for a long time.
"Lass, when do you think they will remember … that this is actually their own room?"
"Cough cough, let's continue drinking tea."
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That afternoon, the Shadow Base Headquarters.
After waiting for half a day, the agents who had gone to a certain outpost in the Macro World to investigate finally sent back some information. In the end, this information directly pulled Sandora and I from the carnival venue.
A group of Empire agents had not only discovered a bunch of messy spatial signals behind the source of the strong interference, but also something else. Now, the 'object' that could have passed through the world barrier had been brought back by a scout ship and was placed in the garage on the first floor of the Headquarters.
I, Sandora, the Pandora sisters, Tawil, and Shallow Shallow, who had excitedly rushed over when she heard that there was something good, were all gathered in the garage, observing the otherworldly guest that was floating on the anti-gravity platform.
It was an irregular hard object with a radius of about four to five meters. Its shape looked like a fragment that had been blasted out from a large rock. The object was grayish-white in color, and it had a reflective texture that was between metal and plastic. As it slowly rotated on the anti-gravity platform, it constantly refracted a cold glimmer. Several probes were lying on its surface, analyzing the object's structure.
"It looks like some kind of crystal, but the structure doesn't seem right." Tawil held up her precious information screen, the crazy data on it did not affect her in the slightest as she slowly analyzed and reported. "Natural crystals are usually very simple in structure and highly repetitive. However, this object's structure has the complexity of organic matter, and there are also irregular distribution of substances in it. It looks like some kind of man-made polymer material that has undergone energy irradiation to change its properties. Yes, in theory. Madam! Please do not use the dismantling tools in your hands, we have more precise ones. "
Shallow Shallow sheepishly put away the crowbar and hammer in her hands. "Hehe, I just wanted to knock one out and carve a stamp on it."
Why are you running a train in your head by yourself!
Lightly pressing on the information screen in her hand, Tawil refreshed the results of the probe scan. "Hmm, the analysis of the surface composition has been completed. However, this object's characteristics have undergone a serious mutation. It will take a while to reverse engineer it. At the moment, we can only confirm that it has gone through a world crossing. Now, we will conduct a deeper scan … Ah, Your Majesty, look!"
The usually mature and steady Tawil actually exclaimed in surprise. Stunned, I immediately moved closer to her.
"Over here, slightly to the side in the middle. This is a human?!"
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