Chapter 1685 - A Historic Solution (2/2)

The originally grand office popped like a bubble as a sea of light rained from above. Their surroundings turned into a bright, vast, nebulous space, and soon, the light coalesced into a physical form. Hao Ren found himself standing on a circular platform. On the surface of the platform were countless complex light blue letters and runes, and around them was the nebulous void. There were blurry silhouettes in the distance, similar to the platform he was standing on.

Each platform radiated with light as countless shadows moved within the light beam. It was clearly a very busy transportation network; perhaps it was the dimension where the various gods communicated in?

Countless gods were traveling about the innumerable platforms, and Hao Ren thought that with Raven 12345’s character, she would start waving and greeting everyone before going into an endless chat with one of her acquaintances. Surprisingly, however, the goddess had put up a rare show of decorum.

“This is a special dimensional that’s directly connected to the City of Shadows,” Raven 12345 noticed Hao Ren’s curious look, and casually explained, “The power of all Ravens reside here, and part of this dimension overlaps with the City of Shadows. Thus, standing here quite literally means you are standing in the capital city of the gods.”

No wonder the crazy goddess was so well behaved. They were actually at the head office now…

As he entertained his thoughts, the moving blurry silhouettes all disappeared. Hao Ren suddenly noticed that the platform he was on had linked with another half-moon platform. The moment the connection was completed, the scene around him turned into an argent hexagonal great hall.

The hall was without any doors or windows, but a multitude of holographic displays floated in the air. All sorts of bizarre images were displayed. Hao Ren only managed a brief glance and saw at least three recruitment notices, four rental notices, two second-hand sales, and a repeating military draft advertisement…

If the advertisements had not been about renting planetary fortresses, or the second-hand sales had actually not been sales for second-hand universes, Hao Ren would have thought that Raven 12345 had opened the wrong door…

Raven 12345 was clueless about what went on in Hao Ren’s mind, and with a wave of her hand, a light blue crystalline chip materialized in the air. She then placed the chip in one of the ports on the half-moon platform. Pointing at Rheia, she said, “Stand over there, yeah, that lit-up floor over there. Stepping on it will do. Your senses will be somewhat disrupted for a bit. It’s pretty normal as your projection has already leap through many hoops to get here, and the registration will take up quite some bandwidth, so your senses will be limited.”

Rheia followed Raven 12345’s instructions as she stood where she was required to. A blue light from the sky then cast a veil over her.

Soon, a synthetic voice rang across the hall.

“Detecting Type II application. Transferring to Personnel Management Department. Checking application attachment—Type: Godhood Conversion Application. Transferring to Godhood Affairs Department. Checking duty roster. Arranging personnel—task assignment completed. Officer EK3154T16 will be servicing you.”

A bright light suddenly appeared behind the argent desk on the half-moon platform as a silhouette formed out of the light.

Upon seeing the figure, Hao Ren was stunned.

It was a female goddess clad in a long white dress. Her looks were pretty much self-explanatory. None of the gods, with the exception of “artistic purposes”, actually looked bad. Hao Ren was stunned because behind the goddess… was a pair of white wings with a glowing halo around them.

Was that not an angel?! The Xi Ling Celestials actually had such characters in their organization?!

The female goddess’ smile was divine and regal. A calming aura emanated from her body. Compared with the neurotic Raven 12345, it was like heaven and earth. After serving under Raven 12345 for so long, he even started to normalize the fact that goddesses were lunatics. The moment he saw an actual normal goddess, his first reaction was, why did I not run into such a kind one?

Raven 12345’s senses were unusually sharp this time around, and the moment that thought popped up in Hao Ren’s mind, she glared at him. “Why do I get the feeling that you’re thinking of jumping ship?”

Hao Ren was speechless.

By then, the “angel” had recognized the party before her. While those in the Raven series all looked the same, the Xi Ling Celestials seemed to have their own way of identifying individuals. The angel then smiled, her tone containing a hint of surprise. “12345? You’ve finally decided to fix your brain?”

“What’s there to fix?! I’m feeling awesome right now!” Raven 12345 immediately went into rambling mode. “Didn’t you read the duty brief? I’ve brought someone to change their godhood!”

“Ah, the change of godhood.” Only then did the angel actually notice that there were two other people in the room, one of which was already being separated by a light beam. Looking down at the message that appeared on the table, she said, “Let me see… So this person here is your assistant, Inspector Hao Ren who is the backer and the guarantor, and the one needing the change of godhood is Rheia… am I right?”

“Yeppers.” Raven 12345 nodded.

“The change of godhood requires a massive change in information. It is necessary to have a detailed reason for application, and you must also have a need for it,” the angel said in a flat tone, her wings moving slightly out of reflex. “If I remember correctly, you were deployed as an administrator goddess, right? Why are you here to change her godhood all of a sudden?”

A mischievous smile appeared on Raven 12345’s face as she shuffled over to the side of the angel’s desk. “Let me tell you, that lass over there is Mother Byrndis’ daughter. She was supposed to be a Galacticus Lord, but it was I who convinced her to register over here!”

The angel, who was dispassionate earlier, nearly popped her eyes out upon hearing that. Her wings expanded to the maximum with a loud “swooosh”!

A moment later, her wings folded, and Hao Ren saw the angel fall off from her chair. She started rolling on the ground. “Eeek!! Cr-Cramp! There’s a cramp in my left wing!”

Feathers were flying all over the place.