Chapter 1337 - The Gate of the Universe (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The divine barrier that enveloped Collow for tens of millions of years was finally lifted.

Ripples suddenly appeared in a vacuum. The translucent illusory ripples spread from every corner of space as if the void had become an infinite ocean. When these ripples gradually undulated in a synchronized fashion, hidden celestial bodies emerged.

The first thing that appeared was a shining star, then mysterious and complicated patterns and lines around it. These lines wrapped around the sun and glowed in a corona-like color. These patterns and lines were part of the divine power system left by the goddess of creation. A dark-red planet appeared near the sun. On the planet, there were many abandoned ancient structures, which were the remote sensing stations used to monitor planet Collow. Following that, a group of broken celestial objects emerged on the outer orbit.

This group of celestial objects consisted of five individual pieces, each of a different shape. Some had shadows shrouded it, some were eternally frozen, some were green and filled with life, some were shining. Four of the celestial bodies were circling one in the center. A faint glow shrouded the five celestial bodies. There were many symbols and patterns in the light, which were signs of human interference. Supernatural forces ruled these celestial objects, and maintained their ecologies and physical structures, making their existence possible although the structure had defied the law of nature.

In the dark space around the five celestial objects, there was another phantom-like world. The elusive world seemed to be larger than the five celestial bodies but appeared barren and lifeless.

That was the ‘old world.’ It was the physical body of Collow but was turned into a semi-elusive alien dimension during the first escape of Lockmarton. Now hung over the main world of Collow, the elusive space was only accessible through the Realm of Reflections.

A silver light flashed across space, and the patrol frigate Petrachelys emerge. Hao Ren looked at the changes in space in the flight deck. The images were not stable, but their overall outlines were clearly visible. Outside the solar system of Collow, various small celestial bodies and stray celestial objects were observable. In some places, there were also space wrecks that looked like temples and towers, which were likely automatic monitoring stations that the goddess of creation left behind. It was a shame that these structures turned into space junk following the disappearance of the divine power of the goddess.

However, the space junk made valuable research objects. Nolan had sent a group of autonomous robots and drones towards those space structures to carry out a scientific study.

Hao Ren’s eyes were on Collow, which had now become a group of floating islands in space. He was wondering how the civilizations on these floating islands would develop in such a unique environment. About one astronomical unit away from the floating islands, there was the ‘gate.’

Silver-white space orbital cannons and outposts, fortresses, monitoring towers, and other facilities formed a huge three-dimensional structure. The overall appearance of the layers of defense and control systems could only be seen in distant space. In the center of this system was a ‘door’ that was twisted like a vortex. The vortex was bound by a giant silver metal ring. The giant ring seemed to be in an unstable dimension; it sometimes looked elusive and faded to become a part of the vortex. It was how the crystal key looked after its activation. Perhaps, only Raven 12345 could explain this bizarre phenomenon.

The Gate of the Universe possessed a powerful gravity. It kept all celestial bodies around it in their safe orbits so that they would not interfere with the Gate of the Universe. Hao Ren had placed some of the monitoring facilities of the Gate of the Universe on the continent of Ansu and the frozen continent, which essentially tied the two together. The structure resembled the relationship between the planet Inferno with the Gate of the Universe.

Lil Pea jumped onto the console and reached out her hands to touch the rippling space in the hologram. Wagging her tail excitedly, Lil Pea must be thinking that it was water. But very quickly, the ripples disappeared.

“With your proposal and automated factories, things will go on the right track soon,” Vivian said. “But it seems something was still troubling you.”

“How could I not be troubled with that many explosive new findings?” Hao Ren sighed. “The reconstruction of Collow may not be smooth sailing like we expect. This world is unique; the people have dedicated all their energy to fight the Tide of Chaos. Their technology tree, culture, and the concept of survival were more or less odd. Now the Tide of Chaos is gone, I don’t know how these people, grew up in war, could adapt to the new life. I’m also not sure if there would be any problems with those monitoring stations and large computing centers on the continents. After all, Collow is not the same as Inferno; it is much denser population and a higher degree of social development.”

“Those people would not take apart the factories and monitoring stations,” Vivian said with a smile. “Haven’t all the leaders of the kingdoms had pledged that as long as the facilities are used to monitor the space and not affecting the daily life of the people, they would fully support the project. You have saved their lives. At least this generation would be grateful to you. The future generations would probably get used to these ‘alien’ machines by then, just like the people of Inferno.”

Hao Ren nodded and looked into the distant space. He seemed to be looking past the field of stars and space cloud into the silent darkness in deep space.

In the ruins of Fidelinopolis, Sanctum in Collow, Calaxus and his team of cardinals were worshipping and praying to the sacred crystal mountain of Asurmen for the last time.

The sacred crystal mountain glowed softly. A chime echoed in the heart of every person in the ceremony, as if it was saying goodbye, or a reminder. Upon careful listening, the sound disappeared like an illusion.