Chapter 1640 - This Place Isnt Dark at All (2/2)

“Let me try activating it,” Nolan replied. “…The warp engine can be activated, and the mark is working normally, and even the reverse analysis of the marker works as well. Seems like it can work, but I dare not guarantee there would not be any problems after the jump. Should we leave?”

“No, don’t activate the jump unless we run into something that we need to get away from.” Hao Ren stopped Nolan in her tracks. “This world is weird, and before we understand what is stopping us from leaving, let’s not provoke the place. Nolan, descend. We’ll head down.”

As they were not able to leave the atmosphere, that meant they could only land and figure a way out. Collecting intel now would be a good idea.

The starship started descending and as the altitude dropped, the buildings along the narrow plain were getting clearer, and soon they could see the finer details with their eyes. On some of the more iconic buildings, Hao Ren noticed traces of the middle ages: Massive buildings were made out of stone and some sort of clay mixture while having intricate roofs and decorations which is more form than function hanging all over. The smaller houses were made out of wood and stone, and usually no larger than two stories. Most of the settlements were simple and lacked any proper planning, usually with a few bigger structures and a plaza as the center. Around them were a circle of commoner dwellings, and outside were either farms or pastures. By the looks of things, this world is probably no more advanced than the late middle ages back on Earth.

But considering that there may be supernatural powers in that world, they could not afford to take things easy.

To connect intel of this world, that means communicating with the locals, while a sudden utopia had appeared within the Umbral Realm, the fact that there were living citizens there meant that everyone had to be alert. As now things were already before them, they could no longer ignore it. Hao Ren had Nolan close in the edges of the plain near the settlement with the mountain to its back (it was the biggest settlement there) before deploying some probes.

The images of the city soon appeared on the holographic display.

Lily’s ears perked up as she looked on in amazement. “Such a lively place… There are so many people on the streets.”

“If not for seeing them with my own eyes, who would believe that this place is the Umbral Realm?” Nangong Sanba shook his head. “Doesn’t look anything like an exploded kingdom of the goddess. Don’t tell me that as the kingdom fell into the Umbral Realm it had dragged many other innocent planets along with it? And maybe because they were only dragged in they were relatively intact?”

“The force of the explosion is beyond comprehension. Even if it was dragged it there’s no chance of it being unharmed. For a fragile ecosystem, just by tilting a planet’s illumination angle by two to three degrees is enough to be catastrophic.” Hao Ren shook his head as he monitored the local’s actions, speech, and clothing. “Interesting… not all of them are humans. There’s every race here.”

“I don’t need to hide my ears and tails!” Lily suddenly pointed excitedly at the projection. “Look, a werewolf!”

From the images sent back by the probe, there were many people moving along the streets and there were not only the common humans, there were other races with their unique features as well. The werewolf that Lily saw was one of them, and Vivian also discovered there were many others as well. “A lizard-like being… and a felinid? That means even Rollie can go out in her regular form.”

“It’s not only a stable planet with a surviving ecosystem. Let’s say its a planet, and also a utopia where all races coexist?” Hao Ren showed an interested look. “All right, while this place may be weird, its still better than running headfirst into an energy vortex of a broken kingdom. Nolan, get us some local clothing. We’ll make landfall.”

The shipgirl nodded. “Understood, what should I do next.”

“Stay in stealth mode in the air and act as our support,” Hao Ren said. “But, don’t get too close. This is a place that has everything to do with the goddess of creation. It would be bad if any of the ruins react to you.”

“Understood.”

After some preparations, Hao Ren and the rest swapped into the local dress and stepped onto this mysterious and bizarre utopia.

Considering that unfamiliar faces suddenly appearing would make it difficult for them to blend with the locals, the crew did not wear the local’s common wear, rather they chose an adventurer getup after analyzing the references from the probes. Adventurers were a common sight and based on their speech and actions they were most likely unique groups like mercenaries or wanderers (adventurers), and using this as a cover, it would help with their next course of action.