Chapter 1 The Beginning

In reality, ever since that group of giant spaceships arrived at the Airem Island Chain, Hilda and her ministers had been in a state of bewilderment. It had to be said that the captains that Hao Ren had gathered through 883's connections really shared the same proclivities. Their shared style of doing things caught the elves, who were determined to have a high-standard diplomatic event, off guard. The originally planned welcoming ceremony was gone, the diplomatic documents were declared invalid before they even started to be read, and a large group of diplomats were left stranded on the platform. A group of starship captains started working as soon as their feet were on the ground, and their swift and decisive attitude was even more impressive than Hilda's.

But thinking about it, it was probably the style of normal private space captains—they were here to take on jobs. For them, this was a routine business today. Have you ever seen anyone take a taxi and have to take a bath and change clothes beforehand?

Fortunately, Hilda had anticipated this situation to some extent, and the exercises her subordinates needed to do were all in place. Although the functional departments at all levels of Airem were stunned at first, they quickly got on track and began to transfer materials and personnel according to the plan.

Hao Ren and Hilda stood on the high terrace of the royal district, looking at the busy scene in the city below, looking at the faces that were either nervous, expectant, or confused. These elves still seemed a little caught off guard. Although they had been preparing for three days, when the giant fleet suddenly appeared over the floating island, everyone still had a feeling of unreality. Wim couldn't help but pinch his ears, "Hey… I'm not dreaming…"

Vivian looked at Hilda: "Is it okay for you two to just watch at this time? Logically speaking, the top leaders should be on the front line commanding, right?"

"No, all work is handled by specialized departments. This kind of large-scale operation requires a large number of professional staff and close institutional cooperation, rather than one or two big figures busying around on the scene. Wim's and my work ended in the past three days. Now we just need to watch everything proceed according to our plan," Hilda said with a smile, looking at the strange, huge shadows slowly floating over the domed city, "Finally… it's starting. These three days of hard work have not been in vain."

As she said that, she looked down at her slightly glowing body: "I suddenly discovered that this form called 'Living Saintess' has another benefit, it doesn't feel tired. I hardly rested in the past three days, but now I still feel very energetic."

Lily looked at Hilda's shimmering body and, after careful observation, found that the other person's figure seemed to be a little dimmer: "It still has an impact, you didn't notice you're getting faint?"

Hao Ren: "...Girl, your thinking is really bizarre. How about I give you a big bone to shut that broken mouth?"

Lily immediately became happy: "Okay, okay!"

At this time, a mixed-brand shuttle formation with different styles and paint jobs flew rapidly from the northeast sky towards this side. Those were the captains from the immigration fleet. They were not hindered at all when approaching the royal platform, and had obviously applied for the air route within the dome in advance. The shuttles landed smoothly on the royal platform. A burly, broad-faced, square-browed muscleman jumped out of the leading triangular aircraft—it was Captain 883, whom they hadn't seen for many days. Behind this captain were the captains from other ships: most of them were humanoid creatures, but there were also a few oddly-shaped aliens mixed in. These captains had just circled around other gates in the city, greeted the first batch of passengers, and indulged in a little advertising before running to meet Hao Ren.

883 was very enthusiastic, and it was unknown whether he really missed him after many days or was particularly excited because he had made a fortune by taking advantage of the inspector's light. In any case, he gave a powerful bear hug as soon as he came up: "Hey, Hao Ren, since we last parted… why is it so bumpy?"

A burst of light flashed on Hao Ren's body: "Nonsense, seeing your physique, I subconsciously turned on the shield…"

The ministers behind Hilda finally saw the main characters appear and came up to greet them one after another. A group of old drivers immediately responded with the enthusiastic attitude of the space age: "Hello, hello, I am Kabala, the commander of the 'Far Planet' ship, this is my business card…" "I am the captain of the 'White Mountain' ship, this is my business card…" "883, we are for both passenger and cargo, let's keep in touch in the future." "'Shining Dragon' ship, we specialize in large-scale passenger transport, this is our brochure…"

Hao Ren went up and drove these profiteers away: "Okay, okay! You're too impatient. It'll take at least several years for people to settle down after they move over, and it's not certain when they'll need deep-space travel, is there any need to solicit business now?"

A group of old captains looked at each other, and someone shouted, "This is called early-stage investment—don't underestimate these bastards, who knows who will run away!"

"What kind of people did you find?" Hao Ren pulled 883 aside and muttered. The latter smiled: "They're all acquaintances in the business world, old friendships of decades. Don't worry, their character is passable. But we private operators are all like this. No matter who we see, as long as they're intelligent, we have to stuff an advertisement in their hands. What if they become customers in a few years?"

Hilda stared in surprise at these somewhat rude but enthusiastic and straightforward captains, and then suddenly bowed deeply: "Thank you for coming to help."

"Don't do this, don't do this—you're making me feel embarrassed to charge," 883 quickly dodged, then looked at Hao Ren curiously, "This is Her Majesty the Queen?"

Hao Ren nodded, and these people immediately surrounded Hilda and started handing out advertisements...

After a lot of trouble, the elves adapted to the enthusiasm of these old drivers. Everyone rested in the reception room in the corner of the royal platform. At the same time, staff from all parties continued to report the ship loading situation upwards: a considerable number of elves had safely arrived in the passenger cabins of various transport ships, and they seemed to be very adapted to the ecological environment on the ships. The person in charge of Airem leading the team and the staff of the various transport ships had very smooth handovers. Hao Ren suddenly remembered something at this time: "By the way, Hilda, how did you finally solve the Land of Bliss organization?"

"All the elves who hold skeptical attitudes are now on Dark Light Island," Hilda replied. "That was originally the base of the Land of Bliss organization and many dissident groups. Through continuous guidance and the momentum created in the past two days, I have finally successfully allowed those skeptical dissidents to completely 'occupy' Dark Light Island. Now that island has been transferred to the end of the island chain, and it is full of people who are unwilling to believe in the great migration—currently they refuse to cooperate, but there is no way to affect the overall situation."

"You're isolating them by coaxing and deceiving them?" Hao Ren nodded knowingly. "So that's your solution—but you can't keep isolating them like this, right?"

"Of course not, this is just a temporary compromise and delay. I want to wait until most of the elves have settled down in their new home. Then, even if the people from 'Land of Bliss' face the ironclad evidence, there will be no need to be stubborn and they will naturally cooperate."

Hilda's method was gentle and effective. It seemed that she had already placed her own forces within the Land of Bliss organization and other dissident groups. Perhaps it was to maintain the stability of the kingdom, or perhaps the harm of the Land of Bliss organization did not exceed the price of uprooting it, so she did not take action against those people. Now that the situation required it, the agents she had placed came in handy: guiding the opposition to concentrate on a floating island. It was estimated that the Land of Bliss organization was still happily celebrating its successful occupation of a territory, and never thought that it was just temporarily isolated.

883 listened to Hao Ren and Hilda's conversation and asked curiously, "What's going on? Is there something fishy in the middle?"

Hao Ren briefly explained the situation of the Land of Bliss organization and other elves who questioned the great migration, and waved his hand with a smile: "Don't worry, it won't have much impact anyway."

883 thought for a while and felt that this was not a big deal at all: "No need to be so troublesome, isn't it just letting them move? I have a way."

Hao Ren was very strange: "You have a way? Let me make it clear, we don't do kidnapping—we're here to do good deeds today, you can't use violence, and even those opposition groups are not heinous, they are just suspicious."

883 chuckled: "Don't worry, no violence." Then he looked across the table: "Kepa, are your three ships fully charged?"

Hao Ren looked in the direction of 883's gaze and found an incredible creature "squatting" across the table: it looked like a plant, the upper part of the leaves were like mimosa, but the lower part of this plant was a mechanical structure, its roots were intertwined and symbiotic with a series of mechanical limbs, which looked very strange. This plant was petite, so it squatted directly on the table, and no one had noticed it before, it was just squatting there in a daze, while stretching a root into the small water basin next to it to drink water.

It didn't seem to be among the old drivers who were handing out advertisements just now, this was a low-key guy, no wonder it was ignored.

"Twenty more minutes, the force field generator is not so easy to start," a slightly sharp electronic synthesized sound came from the mechanical structure of the lower part of the plant, "The air here is not very good, I feel my leaves are a little wilted… Popas! How many times have I told you not to smoke next to me!"

Another captain sitting next to this plant and smoking quickly smiled and pinched out the cigarette: "Hehe, habit, habit…"

Hao Ren was dumbfounded, marveling that the world was full of wonders: so there are also herbal members in the profession of captain?!