Chapter 122 (2/2)
“What do you think Madam Raven was doing when she appeared in Nangong’s dreams for half a month? Just to say hello and goodnight?” said the MDT. “Because the siren was such a laggard, Madam Raven had to make alterations on her by appearing in her dreams. To the goddess, this is just a small feat.”
“Oh, my god!” Nangong Wuyue held her head in horror. “What did you guys do to my head?”
Hao Ren was startled. He knew Raven 12345 was reckless but, he did not expect the goddess was such a kamikaze. No normal human being would be able to comprehend her sense of logic.
For Hao Ren, the real fuss was: why did he have to lie in the bioenhancement coffin when clearly, Raven had such an efficient way to achieve the same thing?
“There’s nothing to worry about.” Seeing that Nangong Wuyue was on the verge of tears, Hao Ren moved closer and tried to comfort her. “She just implanted some foreign language skill in your head. Hey, you’re so much luckier than us, you know. We all laid in that casket just to get some gadgets like yours.”
Nanyong Wuyue was puzzled.
Suddenly, a broadcast interrupted their conversation. “Attention, please. The corridor shutters are about to open. The corridor shutters are about to open. Those with kids please, hold on to them. Those who have heart disease please, have your medication on standby. Those who have a phobia of open spaces please, turn away from the lookout window. Thank you for your cooperation. We are only a small time business. We will not be able to respond to any kind of complaints.”
Hao Ren was left speechless.
“Well, the station master is a funny guy.” The guide smiled awkwardly. “He likes to prank people.”
Hao Ren did not say a thing. His eyes were on the view outside.
The boundless, deep space was just outside the window. Kuiper Station was scattered throughout several zones and floated around in the dark. Just as the guide had described, the space port was built on asteroids which were close enough with each other to form what looked like a group of islands. The buildings were alloy structures of silvery white or silvery grey but, no two buildings were the same. Every single one of them was custom-built based on the size of the asteroid. The remnants of the asteroid belt would have drifted away into deep space on their own if not for the bright guiding-beam or gigantic alloy wall which held them together, forming a loose structure.
Kuiper Station dotted the space like an island chain. It was bigger then what Hao Ren had imagined.
“The dock is just behind us, shrouded by a protective, alloy shield. So, it isn’t visible from here.” The guide touched the lookout window and the shutters rolled up slowly, closing the window. “Let’s move. Your departure is soon approaching.”
Hao Ren knew he had to leave and he would have another chance for a revisit. He dragged Nangong Wuyue, who was still clinging onto the lookout window along with him and followed the guide closely. They hustled past a long stretch of corridor with many twists and turns before they arrived at the dock, Connection Port Number 4.
“Holy moly…”
Despite a conscious effort not to overreact, Hao Ren could not hold himself back when he stepped into Connection Port Number 4.
“This place is absolutely massive!”
The connection port was rectangular in shape. Everything there was in a mammoth scale. Hao Ren had a hard time gauging how long, how high or high wide the dock was. The whole dock was constructed of silver, white alloy. There were pieces of large equipment at one end where a gate and personnel platform were at. Whereas, the other end stretched outwards towards the open space where millions, if not billions, of bright stars could be seen. It did not take long for Hao Ren to realize that the open end was actually shielded by some kind of protective barrier before he could worry about being sucked out into the void.
Waiting on the dock was a light blue space vessel.
Beneath the spacecraft, people were busy at work. Hao Ren let out a long sigh for at long last, he finally saw the little, green people.