Chapter 1684 - A Historic Meeting (2/2)

Rheia was also stunned, perhaps not anticipating the goddess of the Surface World to be… such a warm host. The scenarios and speeches she prepared in her head seemed to be of no use, but thankfully, she was not “normal” either. So after a short stupor, she quickly recovered and replied warmly, “Thank you, thank you. This is my first time here, I don’t know what the local customs are. Please forgive me if I overstep. Ah, I forgot to bring a gift as well… Seems like the material projection cannot carry things over?”

“You’re already here now, what gifts are you talking about? We’re neighbors, such things are irrelevant.”

“Ahahaha, even if you put it that way, I’m still nervous. The mess over at my place seems to have caused you quite some trouble.”

“It’s nothing big, nothing big. Don’t worry about it. Come, have some seeds.”

Hao Ren was wondering if he should take charge and drag the awkward meeting back on track, but before he could even do anything, the two goddesses had already managed to break the ice and started chatting. The atmosphere was even harmonious with neither side lagging behind. That caused Hao Ren to gawk.

It seemed like.. the two goddesses had somehow managed to hit things off?

He immediately had the urge to send Rheia back. Even though the goddess of creation’s image may waver at times, she was still mostly the mature, calm and wise type, unlike Raven 12345 who was a certified lunatic. Coming over to get some experience is all fine, but what is she doing hitting it off with a lunatic?! And this crazy goddess here, the hell are you acting all smug for? Don’t teach the kid bad things!!

Hao Ren could only ramble on in his head as he looked helplessly at the two goddesses who were getting more and more engrossed in their chat. He was running out of room to interject.

Luckily, after the initial overly-warm ice breaking, Raven 12345 quickly switched to the issue at hand. “We are living so close by, but it sure wasn’t easy making this meeting happen. I’ve been monitoring the happenings in the universe there, and I know quite a bit about you.”

“Yet, I knew nothing about you until recently.” Rheia chuckled.

Raven 12345 shrugged. “It’s normal. I was only born not long after you fell into slumber, and I only came to this universe a couple of thousand years back.”

“..Oh?” Now, this surprised Rheia. “Wait a minute… You mean, you’re younger than me?”

“The Xi Ling Celestials are a very young pantheon, and most of us were born about 10,000 years ago.” Raven 12345 guffawed. “Based on my time of birth, I am indeed younger than you, but since our birth, we have been infused with the knowledge and experience of our seniors from the past billions of years through the Soul Network. Therefore, experience-wise, I’m still your senior.”

Hao Ren suddenly realized something. In that very instance, Raven 12345 was just a kid? The little goddess of creation was actually much older?

It appeared that for such long-lived beings, seniority was something so chaotic that only fools would take it seriously.

When Raven 12345 mentioned “seniority in terms of experience as a deity”, Hao Ren practically ignored it…

“Well, aside from understanding the three divine systems and the divine arts, I also ran into a rather finicky… problem. It’s the reason for my visit.” After all the diplomatic niceties, Rheia then went on about one of the purposes of her visit.

“Problem?” Raven 12345 raised her eyebrows. “What sort of problem?”

The one who replied was Hao Ren by her side, “The nine Gilded Discs inside the Creation’s Engine are missing, probably stolen by the goddess of annihilation, and if I’m not wrong, she plans to use the discs against Rheia.”

Raven 12345’s expression turned grim.

Hao Ren and Rheia went through everything in detail with Raven 12345. They also informed her about their prediction regarding the goddess of annihilation’s next course of action—using the power of the Mad Lord to harness “materials” from the nightmare and rapidly complete a miniaturized Creation’s Engine; even if this Creation’s Engine did not have the destructive capabilities of the original, it was still a massive threat to Rheia.

After taking all the information in patiently, Raven 12345 sank deep into thought.

Hao Ren and Rheia did not disturb her.

Three minutes later, this goddess who was capable of coming up with surprising ideas finally looked up, and she gave the goddess of creation a half-smile.

“Rheia, are you interested in registering with the Xi Ling Celestials?”