The four ascetics and Hao Ren decided to stay in the eco-zone at Kuiper Station for a few days. After all, they had nothing to do back home. However, the space station was a quiet place. Although the material supply was adequate, it was monotonous. Nonetheless, this was not a problem. They were going to be there just for a short while, and the thrill as well as the excitement of living in space were enough to keep the country bumpkins busy and not complain about food. Lily for one was pretty satisfied. She would bother Lulu from time to time, and sometimes hang around the tourist corridor, staring at the spaceships.
The four ascetics had been calm in all the different situations they faced. In fact, Hao Ren had not seen the four weird individuals since he let Lulu arrange the accommodation. They hid themselves in their room, meditating or studying some mysterious and ancient stuff. They would only briefly appear and take what looked like a minimum ration of food and water and then back to their cave—so to speak—and continued doing what they were doing. It wasn't clear what was so interesting about their monotonous way of life, but the four monks seemed to enjoy it very much. Hao Ren felt he could really connect with them, so he let them.
They were in fact waiting for the large teleporting gateway to arrive in Kuiper Station. The gateway was custom-made under the order of Raven 12345, unsuitable for Earth and could only be placed in Kuiper Station. Transportation was handled by a chartered civilian company.
During the two days of waiting, Hao Ren had basically spent all his time with Lil Pea. Since the hiccup incident a couple of days ago, Lil Pea hadn't any sign of unusual behaviour. She hiccuped no more, and no more involuntary teleportation. But they were still worried. So Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue had been keeping an eye on the little mermaid. The little mermaid seemed to have forgotten what had happened to her days ago. The MDT had been right, the experiment hadn't any side effect, just giving more vitality to the little mermaid.
Hao Ren knew he didn't know how to train Lil Pea in mastering her telekinesis ability, he could only do his best in educating her, let her know that she had some amazing but still uncontrollable ability, and prepped her mentally for more abilities. She knew what he was saying, perhaps.
On the third day, a huge, red cargo spaceship docked at Connection Port One. The cargo ship had a strange, flamboyant heraldry, from which the engineering team and several imperial autonomous robots emerged. They were escorting the integrated cabins to the station deliverying them to the inspector. The equipment had arrived.
Hao Ren, his team and the little green people hustled to the connection port. A young chap, black haired, dressed in foreign military outfit had been waiting in front of the cargo ship. Immediately Hao Ren knew this young and his men weren't any ordinary civilian transporters. Though they came in a commercial ship, their pressed military outfit and their mannerism were telling that they were special. As he had expected, the young chap was in his standard military salute when seeing them, though Hao Ren was unsure which civilisation sphere the chap came from. The young man's voice was loud. "Sergeant Param of Fairy Void Consortium is deliverying the cargo to the Xi Ling outpost. Please check before acceptance."
Lily said something, which sounded like an "okay". She looked excited. "It's soldier! The soldiers deliver the cargo! That's very cool!"
Hao Ren glanced at the young chap. "I've heard of Fariy Void Consortium. But why it's military?"
The young chap's face relaxed and began to smile, very polite. "Fairy Void Consortium is a state consortium set up by our head of state. It's half-owned by the military. All large cargo are handled by us. Basically only we have the ability to handle escort missions of Category A and above of Xi Ling Empire."
"I see—" Pretending to know anything at all, Hao Ren nodded but his mind was wondering about the diversity of the multiverse. He looked up at the huge equipment which the MDT had requested and commissioned by Raven 12345: it was a three-by-three-by-three-metre cube of silver, looked very much like a regular capsule room but glimmering with light. There were ten of them, lining on on the cargo platform. The MDT proceeded to explain. "We only need three, in fact. The rest are back-ups. It's modular, and auto sync without needing calibration. It has hibernation pods in there. I guess you already know how to use it, don't you? Simply said, the operation has been simplified for ease of use, and enhancement has been made for a more stable connectivity with The Plane of Dreams. There are other equipment being manufactured right now as we speak. They are ready to be sent here when requested. Ma'am Raven had ordered to build a new building to store these gateways in Kuiper Station."
Sudenly Hao Ren had got a weird feeling, his brows pulled together. "Why am I feeling like Raven 12345 has got something big coming up?"
The MDT smiled dryly. "God knows. Since you can't do anything about it, why not close your eyes and enjoy it. if you couldn't really enjoy it, at least let yourself die like a martyr. I will request to resurrect you after that."
Hao Ren: "....."
By now the young sergeant from Fairy Void Consortium had finished the handover procedure. He took out a tab glowing in light and came up to Hao Ren. "I know you're busy. So let make this quick. Just place your hand here for palm scan then you're good to go."
Hao Ren was half-stunned. "What's this? We were never required to do it before."
"All largo consignment needs personal acknowledgement of recipient for record purpose." the young sergeant gave a smile. "Void Courier, No Worry. Fairy Void, brand with ten thousand years of reputation and dedication."
Hao Ren; "....."
The cubes were temporarily moved to a storage in the space station, and the relevant works had been done. Hao Ren had the four ascetics invited out of their rooms. Together with the little green people, Hao Ren saw a large crowd began to assemble in front of the silver cubes, his was riddled with emotion, it was the first time he was bringing so many people into The Plane of Dreams. The feeling was like leading an army for battle. All the salvage equipment, including the Sacred Relic of Origins, were temporarily stored in his dimensional pocket—only he could carry large items into The Plane of Dreams, other people atmost could bring small things on their bodies.
The beard monk, of course, wouldn't let Hao Ren keep the Orb of The Holy Synod. He cuddled it in his arms.
A sense of purpose filled Hao Ren as the crowd gather before him. "Today, we are going to make a small step in the other world—"
Before he could finish, Lily howled and scurried before a silver cube, exclaiming, "Let's have fun in the other world!"
Hao Ren murmured, "...the maiden has never been cooperative!"
Vivian patted on his shoulder and said, "Okay, you're done. Such much for your script of two-hour of hardwork yesterday. Let's save it and we need to go now."
Hao Ren shrugged. Then he motioned the little green people and the ascetics. "Let me explain the working of the hibernation pod..."
The other world. The blood lake lakeside. Sunset.
The Beinz Blood Lake was as serene as any other day. It was so quiet as if the air was almost stagnant. The last glimmer of sunlight was peeking from the back of the mountain, which managed to sprinkle some on the lake, giving out a layer of faint red halo over the water. In this desserted part of the lakeside, the space in the air suddenly warped.
Shadows appeared in a dream-like manner in the air.
Becky's voice was the first sound broke the serene atmosphere. "Phew... at last I'm home. It seems I've to keep dreaming from now one!"