Chapter 1690 - The Real L’Haronne (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The dark and cold space was filled with an unnatural chaotic mist. Deep within that chaotic mist, which could even block the sight of a demigod, a planet covered in pale light stood silently there. While there was no sun near it, a layer of divine power allowed the planet to brim with life.

Above the planet, the chaotic mist suddenly roiled as a glowing vortex slowly opened. An argent starship silently slid out of the gate and approached the planet beneath it.

Looking at the real-time images from the cameras outside, and the planet, which had split into half but was still brimming with life, Hao Ren gasped in amazement. While this was not the first time he had seen L’Haronne’s state, the planet, recreated in the dream world of the gods never failed to awe him every time he laid eyes on it.

“Unbelievable… The power of the gods sure is unbelievable.”

On the ship, only three “people” followed him: Vivian, Lily, and Rheia’s projection, which she used to move around.

Such a team composition was rather rare, but Hao Ren thought it was more than enough, and compared with his misadventure into the dream of L’Haronne previously, the current L’Haronne was a pretty “safe” planet. The real L’Haronne was a planet reborn from the powers of the goddess of creation. Even though the goddess herself did not understand much of the planet’s workings, they were sure that the planet did not have any deadly threats. And in a low-danger environment, they did not need a full team for an investigative foray.

Hao Ren had actually planned to just travel with Vivian, but Lily found being at home too boring and threw a tantrum to come along. As for Rheia… she was not a member of his team, so when she decided to send her projection over, no one could stop her.

Besides, she was the one recreated L’Haronne in the dream. Since it was done subconsciously, Rheia was not entirely sure of the process. Nonetheless, she still had a basic understanding of the planet and could be of great help if she went along.

Lily sat in her chair as she stuffed her face with popcorn. “Will there be any clues about the Mad Lord here?”

“It is very hard to say,” Rheia responded. “The original L’Haronne has long been destroyed, and this one was forcefully recreated in my dream by my own will. Whether this recreated planet retained much of the original planet’s data is unknown. We are practically just trying our luck here because a big clue is potentially dangling right before us. We cannot just leave it on the planet, right?”

While they spoke, the Petrachelys approached L’Haronne’s atmosphere. A layer of glowing light blue “membrane” floated there, separating the atmosphere from the dark chaotic void. It was the divine barrier created by Rheia’s will 10,000 years ago.

It was this barrier that twisted reality, rewrote history, and restored an already-annihilated planet by force into its original state.

Nolan carefully navigated the ship to close in on the simple yet terrifyingly powerful divine barrier. Her piloting had never been that slow and steady.

The ship’s energy shields finally made contact with the divine barrier, and when the two touched, a small ripple formed. But as the ripple expanded, the entire atmosphere lit up before Hao Ren’s eyes. The divine membrane seemingly solidified and crystallized, as though trying to stop an intruder from entering. Despite that, the change did not last long, and the expanding ripples soon calmed down. The crystallization faded away while the ship safely entered L’Haronne’s atmosphere.

Only then did Hao Ren heave a huge sigh of relief. He was wondering if his Mr. Kablooey monicker was taking effect again, and he almost called for Nolan to engage emergency ascent. Alas, it was just a false alarm. “F*ck… What was that about?”

Rheia was shocked by the occurrence too, but as an expert with divine powers (even at primary school level she was still better than most), she very quickly got an idea. “This barrier wards off the Chaos in space. Our ship came down from the Realm of Chaos and may have had some traces of it when we made contact with the barrier. But it was quickly purified so there should not be any further problems.”

“Be careful.” Hao Ren nodded. “This planet defies common sense.”

Lily clapped her hands, looking excitedly at the railing in front her as a clear sea of clouds appeared on the holographic projection. “No worries Mr. Landlord! I’m very adaptable!”

“Ugh… That’s not the kind of common sense I was talking about… Hmm? What is that?”

The clouds above L’Haronne were getting closer, and they could even see the lightning and rain among the clouds. Beneath the roiling clouds, Hao Ren saw something else.

A ship—a ship flying above the sea of clouds, transportation created by the people of L’Haronne—was darting among the clouds as its silver hull and fully-extended sails glistened like a shiny shell. That allowed the seemingly not so high-tech flying contraption to appear more aesthetically pleasing. However, by the side and rear of the ship were three crude gray vessels pursuing it like a pack of wolves. The three gray warships had paintwork that looked like storm clouds as their triangular hulls and terrifying sail-like objects allowed them greater maneuverability compared with the white flying ship. Time and time again they caught up with the escaping white ship. Throughout the whole ordeal, a series of tiny flashes leaped between the ships, a clear sign of combat.

While the three gray warships were only about a fifth of the white ship’s size and looked almost decrepit, they were having the upper hand in the pursuit. The combat vessels swarmed the massive but lumbering civilian ship, putting it in grave danger. Under their relentless attacks, the beautiful white ship had burnt marks all over it and part of its sail was torn from the mast, hanging limply by the side of the ship while its counterfire lessened. It was almost as if it was taking a one-sided beating.

“We sure can’t escape trouble, huh…” Hao Ren smacked his forehead the moment he saw the images on the screen. “Is there a bloody war?”

“First of all, we’re flying in the atmosphere, using advanced equipment to gather data. We’re able to detect everything within this part of the hemisphere, so detecting an event like that is pretty normal.” Nolan’s projection appeared on the bridge as she said with a deadpan face, “Second of all, based on the mainframe’s analysis, the fighting below is probably not part of an actual war, more like a pirate raid. And lastly, if this continues, that white ship will be done for in an hour.”

“Let’s go down to help it,” Vivian said without any hesitation. “We can gather information from the people we rescue.”

Lily looked at Vivian in excitement. “We don’t have to go in all sneaky this time?”

“We’re not infiltrating hostile territory, and it’s not like this is some forbidden place or anything.” Hao Ren shrugged. “We don’t have to be that careful.”