Chapter 328 (2/2)
“The spacecraft is still lying at the bottom of the lake in The Plane of Dreams,” Hao Ren spoke, getting the little green men’s attention back to him after they finished watching the images. “You may have learned about the situation in The Plane of Dreams.”
Kabala nodded. “Yes, it is a mysterious dimension. Unfortunately, development is not allowed there. I’ve always wanted to bring my fleet into The Plane of Dreams and look for some places of interest. I once applied for development rights, but I was kicked out.”
Hao Ren almost choked upon hearing that. He had now seen the little green men’s strong spirit of exploration for himself. Their devil-may-care attitude was no less defiant than that of Lil Pea! Fortunately, Raven 12345 was around in the universe to take control of things, or else the world would have been turned upside down by more races just like the little green people.
“Great.” Hao Ren did not grumble; he just nodded calmly and said, “Because of the instability of the place and the recent small problem with the Wall of Reality, we have devised a safer method to bring out the salvaged wreckage without affecting the stability of the universe and alerting the natives.”
Hao Ren began to explain his plan in detail before confirming anything with Kabala. Though one of the data disks contained the plan, it just scratched the surface. The little green people nodded as they listened. Kabala gave himself a fist bump and said, “Okay, very good. In fact, we have brought our salvage equipment with us today. We will place them in your custody afterwards. But before that, I would still like to ask again… Can I go around and see what’s in The Plane of Dreams?”
Before Hao Ren could said anything, the MDT jumped in. “There’s already a conflict brewing between The Plane of Dreams and the real world. Getting you in to salvage the wreckage is risky enough. Standing out in the Dream Plane is just looking for trouble.”
Dejected, the little green people had no choice but to budge. Kabala said, “Excuse me for a second. Let me talk with my chief minister about the details.”
Two little green men then spoke with Kabala quietly. Hao Ren noticed that the little green people were very similar to him personality-wise: they were unpretentious, no-nonsense, non-bureaucratic, dependable men of action. Kabala for instance was a man who was not afraid of standing up on the table to make his presence felt. Anyway, this was a group of interstellar explorers who had gained the respect of many. Perhaps, it was such personality traits that made Kerbalians the youngest race in the history of space exploration to become a major civilisation sphere.
While Kabala was in the midst of his discussion, the other little green men were chatting among themselves. Sitting nearby, Hao Ren was able to hear their conversations, which revolved around some trivial topics. He heard one talk about the trouble in their commonwealth. “…I was terrified at that time. An explosion out of nowhere left a huge crater behind…”
Another one said, “Have you found any information on the four men in the crater? Where did they come from?”
“They didn’t speak our language, so communication was impossible. When we finally understood what they said, they told us they didn’t even know how they got there. They weren’t particularly friendly, they looked at us like we were monsters…”
“I heard they almost got into a fight with you guys two days ago.”
“Yup, but that was just a misunderstanding. They thought we were after their ball. They said the ball was a holy orb or something, they wouldn’t let us touch it…”
While it was just out of curiosity initially, the more Hao Ren listened the more he felt like they were talking about something familiar. He gave it some thought for a long while, and the penny dropped. “Wait a second! Did you just say ‘holy orb’? Were there four people? Four ascetics?”