Chapter 340 (1/2)
According to the law of teleportation in The Plane of Dreams, the point of exit during your previous visit would become the point of entry for the next one. So, Hao Ren as the “tour guide”—so to speak, was able to bring everyone back to where he had left off the last time. Just like Earth, The Plane of Dreams was a rotating planet. Its “location memory” was not an absolute coordinate in a space, but a relative one. However, Hao Ren did not have a clue how these things actually worked. He only knew about the teleportation law and made use of it in the simplest way: every time he left The Plane of Dreams, he would choose a place that was rarely accessible, spacious and safe.
The daze from the teleportation quickly subsided. Hao Ren opened his eyes and immediately scanned his surroundings, making sure that it was where he exited before. When they did not spot any passersby,they breathed a sigh of relief. The Blood Lake was still as dead as before. The Gnarled Grove nearby was still shrouded in an atmosphere of gloominess and creepiness. It was twilight, so the atmosphere felt depressing. Lily hid her neck, saying, “I really don’t like this place.”
Hao Ren did not say a word. He just smiled. The MDT said, “The area is clear. Let Kabala and his men out.”
The MDT activated the hibernation pods in the Surface World remotely. The surrounding air warped again and the shadows of those little green men began to emerge. Hao Ren wanted the teleportation to be divided into two batches, because he was worried that they would be spotted upon arrival in The Plane of Dreams. If he was spotted, he could still explain it away, saying that he was just an inexperiened wizard. It would be hard to explain if the little green people appeared. They would be treated like some kind of monster—as you know, this dreamy world was not actually fond of aliens yet…
The little green men awoke from their daze, and were immediately amazed by their surroundings. Almost half of them were staring at the sapphire-red Blood Lake. Kabala and Tamula shouted in excitement, “Whoa! It’s a new world. The kind of world where we would never be able to go with our spaceships!”
“Yeah, this day must be remembered. I have to leave something behind…”
“Get me my flags!”
Thw little green people began to yank something out from their pockets. They were little golden sticks, which when deployed, turned into flags of different commonwealths. The flags came in different colours and shapes. Before Hao Ren could stop them, the little aliens had already darted towards the pebble beach to plant their flags. Hao Ren almost went bananas as he yelled at them, “Come back! Come back! Keep those things to yourselves! This place is owned…”
Noticing the nervousness on Hao Ren’s face, Lily’s canine nature was triggered. She woofed and ran over to the pebble beach, herding the little green men back up. “Stop running around. Those who don’t listen are going to be kicked out!”
Nangong Wuyue was amazed. “A husky is a sheepdog too?”
The four ascetics had been standing next to Hao Ren for a while. They carefully scanned their surroundings, and then they lowered their head. It looked as if they were communicating with some higher beings through telepathy, before they finally acknowledged that they had indeed returned to The Plane of Dreams. Big Beardy came up to Hao Ren and performed a religious ritual in all sincerity. He then said, “This is truly our hometown. My friend, what you said is true. You’ve brought us back.”
Hao Ren was a little surprised. “What? You mean you didn’t believe what I said earlier?”
Big Beardy nodded. “Just half of it.”
Big Beardy’s frankness left Hao Ren speechless. But then again, it was normal, he thought. The ascetics were not children; they would not be intimidated that easily. They did not fully trust in Hao Ren even after they saw the experiment of the Sacred Relic of Origins and the Orb of the Holy Synod. As people shouldered with great responsibility, they should always be suspicious. It was no wonder they had been guarding the Orb so closely. They did not allow anyone to even touch it and people were only allowed to look at it from afar during the experiment. Hao Ren could not help but nod in comprehension.
“We need to return the Orb to where it’s supposed to be.” Big Beardy pointed at the sack hanging around his waist. “Besides, you need to return the Sacred Relic of Origins to us. I know we’re kind of insistant, but it belongs to the goddess. The people of the goddess should inherit it.”
Big Beardy knew his demand would quite possiblly offend other, but Hao Ren was not offended. The Sacred Relic of Origins had already been replicated, and he had a few of them lying in his spaceship. He nodded happily. “That’s okay. A promise is a promise. But before that, I need to solve the problem for the little green people first. We’re going to Leyton in a short while.”
Big Beardy understood, nodding back. Hao Ren walked up to the little green men and he could easily spot Kabala among the sea of green heads, as his head was a little faded in colour. “Your spacecraft is right at the bottom of this lake. The siren will bring us to the bottom and we have to bring the wreckage up without disturbing the structure at the bottom of the lake. I guess you know the situation down there. So, are your salvaging equipment good enough?”
Kabala swung his head proudly. “Don’t worry. The Kabala Commonwealth’s technology is flexible and reliable…”