Although Hessiana's tone was quite relaxed when she said this, Hao Ren had dealt with this little bat spirit more than once. He knew that this seemingly mischievous child had always been able to distinguish between important and trivial matters. After all, she was the one who, with her own strength, had carved out a piece of the world in the complex and intricate Athens Sanctuary, leading a bunch of rabble to establish the "Hessiana Family." Things that could make her make a trip in person were definitely not as simple as "some strange thing popping up."

"What exactly is going on?" Vivian also became serious. "What did you find?"

"Strictly speaking, it's a city… roughly," Hessiana restrained the frivolous expression on her face. "I suspect that an alternate dimension floating outside the material world suddenly connected with our reality, but its connection is very unstable. Since my people discovered it, the range of that alternate dimension has shrunk by nearly a quarter, and its edges are constantly collapsing. I asked a few scholars in the family, and they couldn't figure out the origin of the city in that alternate dimension. They could only determine that it was part of ancient Earth. What do you think? Are you interested?"

"City? Alternate dimension?" This was truly unexpected news, and it was indeed very curious. "Since you confirmed it's a city, why add 'roughly'?"

"Because that city is built on the skull of a huge creature, and I really don't know whether the thing itself should be called a city or the big bone under the city," Hessiana made an exaggerated expression. "Do you know how surprised I was when I saw that thing? An entire city—although it can't compare to modern human metropolises, it's still a fully functional ancient city! It's actually built on the head of a creature! The first one to discover it was a common human employee who was a subordinate of a subordinate of my subordinate, and that unlucky kid was so scared he wet his pants on the spot…"

Hao Ren was immediately dumbfounded: "Built on the skull of a huge creature?!"

Lily also jumped up with a whoop: "Big bone?!"

"Ignore her, it's a daily brain fart," Vivian casually pushed Lily aside, while a look of doubt appeared on her face. "An ancient city built on the skull of a huge creature? Sounds like something from the mythical era… but I don't remember any ancient city like that in the mythical era."

Hao Ren gave Vivian a strange look: "Were there many strange cities like that in the mythical era?"

"There were many things in the mythical era that you would find unbelievable," Vivian said calmly. "As you know, Yggdrasil brought not only a group of refugees across the Reality Wall, but also various things from the refugees' homes. The Solar Ship and Mount Olympus are examples of this. A city built on the skull of a giant creature is nothing special. There's also Nasathorn, wrapped in distorted space, under the deep sea."

Hao Ren thought about it and didn't feel so surprised.

The reason he felt unbelievable was probably just because he was infected by the little bat spirit's exaggerated actions.

"Tell us more about the situation of that ancient city," Vivian looked at Hessiana seriously. "How many people know about this news now?"

"Not many people know. I've strictly restricted the flow of information. Currently, only the Hessiana Family knows about this, and the human employees at the excavation site have also been temporarily isolated," Hessiana said seriously. "Once things left over from the mythical era appear in the world, many people will be unable to sit still, but the guys who can't sit still are basically outsiders who don't understand cultural relic protection at all. If they go in and dig for treasures, the ruins will basically be ruined—I know you're investigating ancient artifacts in this area, so I protected the site in advance."

The little bat spirit tried to make her expression more serious, but her tone couldn't help but gradually rise, and her eyes were full of "Come and praise me!" Unfortunately, Vivian's dictionary didn't seem to have the concept of "Hessiana is a good child" at all, so she was not moved at all. Hao Ren said next to her, "Ah, you did a good job."

Vivian was reminded of this and realized it. She rarely showed a smile to Hessiana: "Indeed, you did well this time."

The little bat spirit was as brilliant as spring returning to the earth in this moment. Her whole face was so happy that it was almost glowing: "You praised me! Lady Vivian, you praised me! Did you just praise me just now?!"

Hao Ren: "...Vivian, give her some warmth occasionally. Look how pitiful this child is."

Hessiana pouted at Hao Ren and made a face, but this time she didn't speak harshly. Instead, she continued: "The situation in the ancient city is very complicated. It's hard to explain in a short time. I can only roughly judge that it should have belonged to ancient Mesopotamia because similar cuneiform symbols were found in the city, but its architectural style is not very similar to that area… You'd better come with me. You'll understand when you see it on the spot."

Hao Ren couldn't help but look at Lorithan next to him: "Uh… It's rare for you to come here for tourism, and you encountered this kind of thing."

Lorithan smiled indifferently: "This is also a very interesting experience, isn't it? And to be honest, I would find it too boring if it was just sightseeing."

Hessiana knew Lorithan from the group tour in Holletta before. Although they couldn't be considered close friends, they were familiar with each other. She also roughly knew that Hao Ren wanted to bring residents of the Dream Realm to the surface world to participate in experimental projects, so she was not surprised when she saw Lorithan. She just nodded: "You are knowledgeable. The lost spaces here are basically things brought from the Dream Realm. If that city happens to be related to Holletta, you might be able to help."

"In that case, let's get ready," Hao Ren looked at the others around him. "Who wants to come and take a look?"

What responded to him was a circle of raised hands, and the cat girl even raised her feet…

Hao Ren covered his forehead: "Okay, then let's all go and see… By the way, why are you all so active? You've only been at home for a few days."

"The two of us won't go," Nangong Wuyue waved her hand. Next to her was her brother, Nangong Sanba. "The two of us have to help our parents manage the restaurant these two days, and Dou Dou needs someone to take care of her at home."

Nangong Sanba also nodded: "Yeah, and someone has to feed the weak chicken."

Lily leaned to Hao Ren's ear and muttered: "Why does it sound like 'someone has to feed the chicken'?"

Hao Ren: "…"

With the data terminal's transmission assistance, plus Hao Ren's readily available space that prepared everything needed for travel, it had basically reached the point where he didn't need to prepare anything even if he went to Mars to build a colony. Therefore, the group didn't waste time. They changed into their outdoor clothes and directly opened a portal at the entrance of Hessiana's family territory, and came out to the excavation site.

Stepping out of the portal, Hao Ren saw a large expanse of flat valley covered with rubble in front of him. The towering mountains on both sides, full of primeval ecology, showed that this place was far away from human settlements. In the wide valley, large machines and engineering vehicles were scattered everywhere. A simple cement road extended from the entrance of the valley all the way to the end of the rubble beach, where rows of prefabricated houses were arranged, looking like the dormitory buildings on a construction site.

This was an excavation site, and it was obvious that it was not specifically for archaeological excavation purposes—it looked more like a mine that had been around for many years.

"This is in southern Brazil, far away from the city. There are only mountains and stones nearby, but the mountains and stones themselves are treasures," Hessiana walked in front, saying as she walked, "The Hessiana Family has been operating quarries and integrated mining in this area since 1942. This is the seventh mining area. I have always been looking forward to digging up a gemstone mine or something from under here, but the most that has been dug up so far is still stones."

"Bat, to be honest, I have suspected more than once that this little bat spirit is your split-off," Lily secretly poked Vivian's arm. "Your dropped account can be so fierce, how can you be so poor?"

Hao Ren casually said when he heard this: "They all level up their main account to trash and then open a side account."

Vivian's face was full of black lines from being squeezed by these two people, but she couldn't refute it, so she had to change the subject: "Hessiana, how many industries have you messed with in the human world?"

"There are so many. To be honest, the Hessiana Family is the family with the most industries in human society in the Athens Sanctuary. I think opening a company in human society is much more interesting than fighting with those old antiques in the Sanctuary. At least you can make money," the little bat spirit said with a proud face, "But I didn't open a mine here to make money in the first place…"

Hao Ren felt inexplicably strange: "Then why did you mess with this big stall here?"

"At that time, Hitler was digging holes all over the world. I heard that he was looking for something called the Axis Mundi or the World Axis. I thought that must be a treasure, so I followed him and dug—as a result, tmd dug in Brazil for two years and only found out that the grandson sent people to Tibet after this place was dug into a mine… I'm telling you, if World War II hadn't ended, I would have gone to Berlin to cut him myself!"

Hao Ren: "…"

Lily poked Vivian's arm again: "Bat, I now believe that this is indeed your little bat that has cultivated into a spirit. Look at her tone and demeanor, it's simply your Ctrl+C…"

Vivian: "…"