Chapter 158 Cracks in the Nebula

Hao Ren had never heard of the Crack Nebula, but he was more curious as to why Raven 12345 recommended placing this planet in the mortal realm. "Pushing Purgatory into the prime universe? Shouldn't it be safer to send it to the Dream Plane?"

"It's been wandering the Wall of Reality for too long," Raven 12345 explained. "Although it hasn't fully entered your universe, it's been greatly affected at the edge of space-time, like those aliens on Earth nowadays. It can no longer be considered part of the Dream Plane. Forcing it back now will only cause excessive rejection."

Hao Ren was still a little worried. "Will it be okay to send it to the mortal realm?"

"There will definitely be an impact. According to you, Purgatory is now something between the mortal realm and the Dream Plane, and it's incompatible with either side. However, the order stability of the mortal realm is much higher than that of the Dream Plane, and I'm personally here to keep things in check. All things considered, it's safer to push Purgatory into the mortal realm."

Raven 12345 added, "And that Crack Nebula is also a very special place. I'll give you a detailed explanation when you get there."

Hao Ren said "oh," and scratched his head. "So, after saying so much, I still don't know exactly how to pull the spatial fragments out of the space-time crevice. Are we just going to drag them out with a spaceship?"

"You think this is like going to the market to pick up goods?" Raven 12345 immediately shouted. "Most of the operation will be completed on my side. I'll give you a beacon guidance authority. I'll also give you a set of guidelines for carrying out such major projects. Study them carefully after you go back, and they'll be of great use in the future."

After Raven 12345 finished speaking, she hung up the communication. A moment later, the data terminal showed that it had received a confidential document from the higher-ups. Hao Ren opened this seemingly awesome guideline with great anticipation, and immediately felt a blankness in his mind, as if he had been enlightened by a dozen heavenly thunders.

There was only one line on it: Believe in this old lady, and you'll gain eternal life—you really thought there was a formula for this?

Hao Ren: "..."

He felt that he was a religious model and a papal paragon for being able to refrain from cursing in this situation—of course, an important reason was that he had a psychological shadow from being struck by divine punishment.

After a while, the really useful information came from Raven 12345. Hao Ren glanced at it and found that he couldn't understand it at all. These things were directly for the spaceship's mainframe to read, and they would be used when the Purgatory space was separated from the Wall of Reality.

"Go get the Petrified Turtle Rock platform," Hao Ren patted the shell of the data terminal. "And input all this data into the mainframe. Let's pull this planet into normal space before starting the next construction work. It'll be easier that way."

The data terminal disappeared from Hao Ren's sight while muttering "the capable should do more," while the others did not stay in the underground city for too long. After Vivian explained some things to Glaron, the group returned to the surface together.

They had stayed in the underground world for a whole day and night. When they returned to Dorasil from the pyramid, it was dawn. The faint light of the clouds sprinkled evenly over the entire prairie, coating the ancient stone city with a dreamlike light and shadow. Vivian leaned against a huge stone brick next to the pyramid, thoughtfully looking at the black stone roof that was slightly revealed behind the clouds, seemingly sorting out her memories, or perhaps thinking about the future of this planet. Lily stood not far from her, subconsciously wagging her tail and staring at Vivian without blinking.

Vivian felt uncomfortable being stared at by this husky. "What are you looking at? Why is everyone staring at me?"

Lily nodded seriously. "I'm watching to see if you suddenly split into two..."

Vivian slapped Lily on the head. "You're crazy!"

Nangong Wuyue, however, didn't know what she was thinking. She shook her body, and with a rustling sound of water, she suddenly turned into two small, bright, crystalline slimes, and then shouted excitedly, "Hey, look, look, I suddenly learned how to split! I learned how to split!"

Hao Ren was originally thinking about life with Vivian, but he was immediately startled by his neurotic housemate. "Wait! Wuyue, how did you do this?"

The two slimes turned into Wuyue's appearance—but both were half the size—"Inspiration, I got inspiration from Vivian! I suddenly remembered that water has no fixed form. Since even Vivian can split, why can't I?"

After her body size was reduced by half, this girl's voice seemed to have become a child's voice as well.

While Hao Ren was stunned, Nangong Sanba became very interested in his sister's magical ability, and went up to ask curiously, "Can you split again?"

Wuyue x2 thought for a while, took a deep breath, and exploded with a "bang" on the spot. Then, all that could be seen was water splashing everywhere, and the next second, everyone was surrounded by mini-slimes and mini-Wuyues. At least a hundred or so mermaids smaller than Dou Dou were bouncing around on the grass. "It really works! It really works!"

Lily was greatly surprised and couldn't help but join in the fun. "Can you split again?"

The mini-Wuyues all over the ground were bouncing around like fresh fish just poured out of a fishing net, shouting in a mess, "Try it, try it..."

Hao Ren couldn't bear it anymore when he saw this, and quickly stepped forward to stop her. "Stop, stop, stop—that's small enough, that's small enough. If you split again, you'll seep into the ground!"

Hesperiana and the others were originally resting on the side, exhausted. After experiencing this surreal adventure, they urgently needed to rebuild their worldview. As a result, halfway through the construction of their worldview, they were startled by the commotion on Hao Ren's side. Hesperiana stared wide-eyed. "What's wrong with these people!"

Vivian sighed, looking helpless. "I'm used to it. You don't know what kind of substance these guys' brains are made of. They're usually like this at home too. But it's okay, they'll be fine after a while."

Wuyue's commotion could be regarded as adjusting the atmosphere and releasing everyone's stress. After the dog girl and the fish girl had enough fun, Hao Ren led the group back to the Wind Clan's settlement. Elder Gotharug had already learned from Gazel and Bernia about the drastic changes in the underground world. He led several tribal warriors to greet them. Vivian took this opportunity to have Gotharug summon all the elders and warriors of the tribe, as well as important figures such as the saintess and priests. She had something to announce.

Gotharug knew by intuition that some earth-shattering events were about to happen, so he quickly summoned all important members to the main tent. Soon, more than twenty members of the Wind Clan who were highly respected gathered in front of Hao Ren and his party. They respectfully saluted Vivian, and then waited for the "divine oracle" with tension and anticipation.

Vivian looked at these tribal members and suddenly didn't know how to explain the changes that were about to happen to this world—their civilization had completely declined, and the people today had even lost the concept of "planet." They didn't even know what the sun, moon, and stars were, and had only seen the relevant words in ancient books.

So, after some thought, she put aside all the complicated explanations and popular science that she had thought of before, and summarized everything into one sentence:

"The Emerald Era is over. Soon, this world will re-enter the Solar Era."

Then, there was a long period of silence.

The tribal members didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at all—or rather, they could understand the sentence itself, but they didn't understand what would happen.

"Are you saying that the firmament will be reopened?" Finally, Gotharug was the first to think of the answer. "Are you going to release the sun?"

"It's not releasing it, but migrating the entire 'world' to a new sun," Vivian explained awkwardly. "As for opening the firmament... this is a plan, but it will definitely be implemented."

As she spoke, she glanced at Hao Ren, who nodded to her, indicating that this was basically the process.

After listening, Gotharug slowly stroked his beard, his eyes gleaming with wisdom—but he didn't understand.

Hao Ren knew that this would be the result. He smiled and clapped his hands. "Anyway, don't worry about the specific process. You don't need to understand what's happening now. There are only three instructions for you: First, send messengers to tell the other tribes exactly what Vivian... the goddess told you today. I will prepare transportation for you. Second, notify the other tribes to cancel the incense ceremony for newborns."

After Hao Ren finished speaking, the scene was silent for a while. Vivian couldn't help but poke his arm. "What's the third instruction?"

Hao Ren was stunned. "Did I say there were three?"

Vivian sighed with a headache, stood up, and gave a concluding speech: "The third is to keep calm and wait for new orders at any time. That's all, dismissed. Bring the selected messengers over later."