Chapter 144 Back Home

Anyway, with nothing to do back on Earth, the four ascetics and Hao Ren’s group simply stayed at the Kuiper Station’s ecological zone for a few days. The space station was deserted, and the material supplies, although sufficient, were somewhat monotonous. However, these were not problems. Firstly, their stay here was short, and secondly, the magical and novel space life made this group of bumpkins not even bother to discuss the quality of the space station’s food. Anyway, Lily was quite satisfied with this place. She could harass Lulu every now and then, and spend an entire day watching the spaceships fly back and forth from the sightseeing corridor.

The four ascetics were even more indifferent to any environment. In fact, ever since Hao Ren had Lulu help prepare rooms for the bearded man and the others, the group hadn't seen much of these four eccentric fellows. They spent their days sitting in their rooms, meditating, or delving into ancient and obscure knowledge. They only showed up during mealtimes to receive a minimal portion of water and dry food, then returned to their rooms to continue their work. Others couldn't understand what was so good about this dull and tasteless life, but the bearded man and his companions enjoyed this routine. Hao Ren felt that he couldn't communicate with them, so he simply ignored them.

The group was waiting for the large Dream Plane conversion device to be delivered to the space station. This device was a custom-made piece of equipment ordered with the help of Raven 12345. It was not easy to place on Earth, so it could only be used at the Kuiper Station. It was being transported by a private company and should be arriving soon.

During these two days of waiting, Hao Ren basically spent his time with Doudou. Since the accident two days ago, Doudou had not shown any more abnormalities. Because she no longer hiccuped, she didn't teleport around randomly, but the group was still very worried about the little fellow. So, Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue spent these two days observing the little mermaid's condition. So far, it seemed that the little fellow was ignorant of the changes happening to her. She had even forgotten about the situation two days ago when she would fly around whenever she hiccuped. The data terminal was right. The experimental accident had no negative effects—it just helped the fish baby replenish her body.

Hao Ren found that he couldn't teach Doudou to skillfully use the teleportation skill, so he had to do his best to intensify her education during these two days, so that the little fellow understood that she had mastered some magical and uncontrollable abilities, and to lay the groundwork for the emergence of more abilities in the future. Doudou learned quickly. Although she still looked carefree every day, she should have understood what was happening to her—probably...

On the afternoon of the third day of the group's stay at the Kuiper Station, a huge cargo ship with red paint docked at the space station's number one connecting port. This was an advanced ship with bizarre and ornate emblems. A whole engineering team and several Imperial-made autonomous machines serving as escorts came down from the ship. They delivered some huge, integrated cabins to this station and invited the inspector stationed here to come and inspect them: the equipment had arrived.

Hao Ren led a group of little green men and his own companions to the connecting port in a hurry. A black-haired youth in a foreign military uniform was waiting for him in front of the huge cargo ship. Hao Ren and the others could tell at a glance that this youth and the two teams behind him were not ordinary private cargo merchants. Although they were driving merchant ships, their straight military uniforms and the unconscious military bearing they displayed when standing indicated the special nature of these people. Sure enough, the young man greeted them with a standard military salute (although it was impossible to tell which civilization's military salute it was), his voice loud and clear: "Sergeant Palum of the Fiya Li Consortium reports that important materials have been safely delivered to this Xiling outpost. Please inspect them, sir."

Lily oh-ed for a long time, looking very excited: "Soldiers, soldiers—this time, soldiers are escorting them! It feels amazing all of a sudden!"

Hao Ren looked at the young man curiously: "I've heard of the Fiya Li Consortium… How come you guys even have military ranks?"

The young sergeant then let go of his stiff face and smiled appropriately: "The Fiya Li Consortium is a national-level consortium personally established by our head of state, with half of its background in the military. We escort important materials—basically, only we have the ability to undertake A-level or higher escort commissions from the Xiling Empire."

"Oh, oh—" Hao Ren nodded repeatedly, pretending to understand, thinking that the civilization circles of the multiverse era were really a complex thing. Then he looked up at the huge equipment that the data terminal had applied for and Raven 12345 had helped customize: they were several 3m*3m*3m silver-white cubes, just like neat capsule rooms, with faint streams of light flowing on the surface. There were as many as ten such cubes, arranged in a large area on the cargo platform. The data terminal introduced from the side: "Actually, we only need to use three of them this time. The rest are reserved for future needs. They are all modular equipment, which can automatically synchronize without debugging. Inside are many hibernation pods. You also know how to use them. In short, the operation of these things has been simplified as much as possible, and all the strengthening projects have put a lot of effort into connection stability, especially for the Dream Plane. In addition, more conversion facilities are already being manufactured, and they can be sent over at any time if needed. Commander Raven has personally ordered that the empire will help the Kuiper Station add a building specifically for storing these converters."

As Hao Ren listened, he suddenly frowned: "I have a feeling… Raven 12345 is preparing for a 'big event'…"

The data terminal smiled: "Who knows… Since you can't resist, then enjoy it. If you can't even afford to enjoy it… then strive to die beautifully. Anyway, this machine will apply for resurrection for you."

Hao Ren: "…"

At this time, the young officer from the Fiya Li Consortium saw that the cargo handover had been completed, so he took out a data screen flashing with faint light and handed it to Hao Ren: "Sir, you are busy with official duties, so I won't bother you too much. Just scan your hand here."

Hao Ren was stunned: "What is this? Why haven't we had this before?"

"For large quantities of goods, you need to personally inspect them and leave a record on site," the young officer smiled slightly, "Void Express, mission accomplished—the Fiya Li brand's reputation for ten thousand years relies on being serious and meticulous."

Hao Ren: "…"

In any case, a large pile of square boxes was quickly transferred to a temporarily vacant warehouse in the space station, and all the preparation work of the equipment was completed in a short time. Only then did Hao Ren ask people to call the four ascetics out of their rooms, plus the little green men who had been helping out with everything, a large group of people gathered in front of these silver cubes. Hao Ren felt very excited. This was the first time he had taken so many people to the Dream Plane, giving him the feeling of leading an army into battle for the first time. The construction machinery that needed to be used for this construction had been temporarily stored in his personal space, and the "Origin Holy Artifact" was also temporarily placed in his personal space: This was the only way, only he could bring large quantities of goods into the Dream Plane in this way, others could only carry some small things with them.

The bearded man certainly didn't dare to hand over treasures like the Holy Church Orb to Hao Ren for safekeeping. He kept the treasure with him.

Looking at the large group of people in front of him, Hao Ren's sense of mission surged in his heart: "Today, we are about to take a small step in another world…"

Before he could finish his sentence, Lily howled with joy and ran excitedly to the nearest silver cube: "Let's go play in another world~~"

Hao Ren: "… Why does this girl never cooperate!"

Vivian patted him on the shoulder: "Alright, you spent two hours yesterday afternoon trying to come up with an eight-word speech, so stop showing off your eloquence here. Let's go."

Hao Ren shrugged, and waved to the little green men and ascetics: "Come on, let me tell you how to use the hibernation pods first…"

Another world, by the Blood Lake, it was dusk at this moment.

Lake Beinz remained as calm as ever, even so calm that it was almost lifeless. The setting sun, which was about to completely sink behind the mountains, had only a little bit of its glow remaining. This little bit of glow was sprinkled on the lake, reflecting a thin, dim blood-colored halo. On this desolate lake shore that no one would pass by, a piece of air suddenly twisted.

Several figures gradually appeared in the air, as if emerging from a dream.

Becky's voice was the first to sound: "Ah… finally home, but it's a pity that in the future, if we want to go home, we can only dream!"