Chapter 603 (1/2)
Lil Pea sat on the dumb cat’s head, waving her little arm and saying goodbye to her daddy. The little one now understood the reason why Hao Ren and the other adults in the family often had to travel. With her rapidly growing mind, she was now not as stubborn and clingy as before. If necessary, the little one would stay at home obediently. As long as someone was keeping an eye on her and keeping her out of trouble, Hao Ren could leave her at home in peace.
The cat girl cautiously allowed the fish to sit on her head; she was licking her mouth, enjoying the aftertaste of Wuyue’s tail. She meowed at Hao Ren, who had walked into the teleportation light beam as if she was saying her final goodbye.
In a flash, Hao Ren and the others found themselves standing in the dark, snow-covered hinterland.
A large, lavender-colored spatial rift was in the air, and several silvery-white, light-emitting devices surrounded it. There were alarms and a light beam generator around these devices, which illuminated the surrounding snowfield.
There was nothing else there.
“I think that instead of thinking about building a frosty town in other parts of the snowfield, it’d be better to renovate the place around the spatial rift; not a fortress, but at least a shelter.” Vivian stomped the snow off her boots. “While the nearby Alamanda has almost developed into a capital airport, the portal here still looks like a bicycle shed.”
The strange coldness of the dark snowfield rushed in from all directions. The three sirens, including the queen, were all frozen. They were not as accustomed to their human form as Nangong Wuyue was. When they arrived, they were all in their sea serpent form. By now, a thin layer of ice had covered their tails, and it made a crackling sound when they moved. Shaqira hugged her shoulders and looked around. “What is this place? The water element here… is weird. It’s difficult to manipulate, and the chill they carry is colder than ordinary ice and snow.”
“This is the entrance to the Plane of Dreams,” said Hao Ren, lifting his hand and pointing at the spatial rift. “This is a buffer zone between the real world andthe Plane of Dreams. The atmosphere of the Otherworld is distorting everything around this place, hence the weirdness.”
The siren queen curved her tail into a question mark. “We’ll reach our homeworld after we cross this rift?”
“No, we still need to calculate the coordinates, probe, navigate, and check for hidden dangers. This is an adventure. Although it’s your homeworld, I don’t think it’s safe now.” Hao Ren shrugged and crossed the spatial rift. “Let’s go and take a look.”
All of them followed Hao Ren and passed through the gateway. A different scene compared to the dark snowfield suddenly appeared before their eyes.
It was a brand new silver hall.
The spatial rift was right in the center of the hall. The lavender light illuminated a dozen meters into its surroundings. The hall had a circular wall made of natural, silver-white metal. The wall was more than 10 m high, and it gradually formed into an arc as it rose. The clear sky could be seen through the translucent light-blue energy shield above. The floor was a magnificent gold color, which was the only original structure preserved in this transit station—Alamanda Square.
Some advanced, newly installed equipment were at the side of the hall. Several autonomous robots were flying around, debugging the equipment. One of the autonomous robot had sensed the return of its owner and emitted a string of sounds to report the progress of their work. Hao Ren tapped the mechanical squid on its shell and said, “Looks like work is progressing well. The station is almost completed… Oh, is the nearby radio tower also completed?”
The siren queen suddenly screamed and bounced several meters back when she saw the mechanical squids. She cautiously said, “What are those?!”
“They’re my workers… Katreina, you don’t have to be so nervous.” Hao Ren could not help but laugh at the sight of the siren queen’s reaction. “They’re very nice guys. They’re just working here. This station was in ruins. If it weren’t for them, you probably wouldn’t be able to breathe the air here today.”
The siren queen regained her composure but was still guarded. “I just can’t get over those tentacles… especially the ones with tentacles right under their head.”
Lily was dumbfounded. “Then, would you freak out when you transform into a giant squid?”
The siren queen froze for a moment; a sense of frustration suddenly hit her. “Gosh, my life has forever lost a possibility…”
Vivian was shocked. “Looks like she suffers from a pretty serious psychological trauma.”
Hao Ren looked around, feeling like he had forgotten something. After thinking for a long while, he suddenly realized it. “Dang it! I’ve forgotten to inform Becky! You guys, please wait a minute—”
Hao Ren quickly switched on the radio. In order to keep abreast with Holletta’s situation, he had requested Becky to carry a radio. Becky’s voice came through the radio after several rings. “Hello, Mr. Landlord?”