The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 1017 Saying farewell to the old and welcoming the new
In the Heavenly Court, Liu Sheng sat upright under the divine tree.

In the center, a pool of water appeared, seemingly overlapping with the Heavenly Court, with no apparent boundaries.

The pool water sparkled with countless points of light, like stars floating in the night sky, dazzling and mesmerizing.

However, the depths are dark, unfathomable, and unfathomable.

Until, a glimmer of golden light appeared.

The golden light grew brighter and brighter, and suddenly a golden fish leaped from the bottom of the pool, leaving a trail of light that dyed the entire pool of water a shimmering gold.

Only then does the pool appear as a sea of ​​stars.

A silver light surrounded the fish's body, like a halo, and golden scales burst open, revealing countless tiny tentacles extending out, gently stretching and swaying slowly.

As it swims, the goldfish's bursting scales gradually recede, and even its brilliant colors fade little by little, eventually turning into a snow-white silver glow.

Only then did Liu Sheng finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"They've already escaped... the planet's gravity?"

Only then did Qiao Yu dare to speak.

Seeing that even Liu Sheng looked serious and nervous, she didn't even dare to breathe.

“It’s not just planetary gravity,” Liu Sheng said with a gentle smile.

"Could it be——!"

Qiao Yu's eyes widened.

Liu Sheng nodded.

"That's right, we've escaped the abyss."

"Really?!" Qiao Yu then hesitated, "Didn't you say...we're surrounded by the abyss, with extremely strong gravity?"

“That’s certainly true,” Liu Sheng explained. “But fortunately, our immortal ship was already in near-Earth orbit, which means we’ve already reached the first cosmic velocity. In fact, we only need to activate the ‘Golden Crow Engine’ to reach the second cosmic velocity, which is the escape velocity.”

"But at this speed, it can only escape this planet, right?"

"Yes."

Liu Sheng nodded with satisfaction.

With a flick of the wrist, the water surface instantly transformed into a curtain of light.

When Qiao Yu used her brain to calculate and project this kinetic energy formula, she felt as if many symbols and numbers were flying in front of her eyes.

But these symbols gradually turned into circles, and an arc trajectory extended outwards.

The virtual little fish swims along this trajectory, with a dim little ball behind it.

The deep pool below remained as still as an abyss.

Qiao Yu stared intently and finally understood a little bit.

"The immortal vessel first detached from our planet and entered the void, but due to the gravitational pull of the abyss, we need to escape again. At this point, all we need to do is—"

Liu Sheng touched the water's surface, causing ripples and an oval shape to appear. When the small fish swam to a point closest to the darkness below, she flicked her finger, causing the fish to accelerate suddenly, stretching the oval outwards.

"By using the pericenter of the elliptical orbit at the edge of the abyss, activate the warp engine and accelerate again at maximum efficiency, the orbit will be twisted into a hyperbola..."

Qiao Yu held her breath and watched as the ellipse stretched longer and longer until it became a hyperbola that broke through the water's surface, and the fish leaped out of the water at great speed along the track... or rather, it was flung out.

"This gave the celestial vessel enough escape speed relative to the abyss, allowing it to break free."

"We can now temporarily rely on inertia for navigation."

Watching the virtual little fish finally catch up with the original shimmering silver fish and merge into one, Liu Sheng, satisfied with his deductive reasoning, clapped his hands with a smile.

Qiao Yu still had some questions, so she raised her hand.

"Actually—I still don't understand what kind of state our planet is in?"

"We are in experimental fields, and multiple experimental fields at that, even surrounded by the abyss... So what exactly are we? And what lies beyond the abyss? Why do we have neighbors?"

Liu Sheng sighed softly.

"This is the answer we hope to get from the Fairy Boat Project."

The same issue is also being discussed on the Immortal Ship.

There were even some vague answers.

With a thought, Liu Sheng pulled Qiao Yu into the pool, transforming into a ray of light that disappeared into the body of the slowly swimming silver fish.

Ling Xiaoshu was also curious, so she transformed into a fallen leaf, gently landed on the water's surface, and then merged into it.

The view shifted, and we were now in the command center of the celestial vessel.

The celestial ship has now switched back to the "Golden Crow Engine" for constant speed travel. To the Heavenly Court, it appears to be a slowly swimming fish, but from the ground, it appears to be traveling at an extremely high speed, with the abyss already far behind.

As the ship's tremors gradually subsided, the crew members untied their heavy restraints, emerged from the launch bay, and went into the command center.

At this point, we can give a brief introduction to the positions and division of labor of the crew members who are carrying out this mission.

Nangong Wan, Commander-in-Chief.

Liu Hongshan, military commander.

Liu Hongyi and Professor Hanni serve as medical officers, responsible for the housing and life support systems.

Professor Huo provides guidance on physical theory and coordinates with the research area and command module.

Professor Jin, Yao Sibing, and Mao Zhiang were jointly responsible for the overall maintenance of the Xianzhou, as well as the research and industrial areas.

Li Xuan and Bai Yuan are jointly responsible for the ecological cabin planting area.

These were all confirmed with each other when the list was first drafted.

That is--

Half human, half monster.

In the past, this would have been an unimaginable combination.

However, with the protection of the Earth Mother and the fact that they had all cultivated the "Chaos Yin Yang Technique," it was not a problem, and they did not develop any estrangement because of it.

After exchanging pleasantries, the conversation naturally turned to the Fairy Boat Project.

"According to the original cosmological model, after we leave this planet, we should enter the universe."

"However, based on the data from when the fairy ship took off until now, we can deduce that we are actually surrounded by a special force field."

Professor Huo displayed a screen with his own calculations, which ultimately transformed into a model—a planet surrounded by a transparent force field.

"Of course, now we finally understand that this force field was set up for us by a higher-dimensional civilization..."

Professor Huo drew a huge face on top of the encircling circle, but because of his poor drawing skills, it was still a simple sketch, just a comical smiling face on the planet.

After thinking about it, I added a few more strokes.

However, as everyone can see, this big-headed stick figure is the original supreme god.

"So this force field... creates multiple realities? Multiple timelines?" Li Xuan asked doubtfully.

Everyone knows that.

Because confused memories in one's mind cannot lie.

However, Professor Huo shook his head.

"No, that's not the case."

The one who answered was Liu Hongshan, who was sitting far away, idly playing with tangrams.

She was once the Red Mountain General. Although she has not yet regained her memories, her fighting and tactical instincts have returned, and her personality is becoming more and more like that of the proud and aloof general she once was.

Upon hearing this, her instinct was to shake her head.

But there's more that I can't say.

Professor Huo agreed, adding, "Our reality is actually a collapse of multiple realities; it's just that our observations show us a single, superficial appearance."

"The function of the force field is not to create, but to separate. It allows higher dimensions to cut these realities apart, observe them one by one, and experiment with them one by one."

Liu Sheng nodded, as if it were not there, in the form of thought.

Qiao Yu was still somewhat dazed.

They are now falling into the Celestial Ship's net in the form of thoughts, just like when they entered the Instant Wind Transport Space Station.

The only difference is that this immortal boat was originally Liu Sheng's true form, and his thoughts originally existed within it, so it was as simple as turning his eyes or switching his gaze.

Qiao Yu's thoughts were like falling into her heart, and apart from some tremors, there were no other obstacles.

Ling Xiaoshu's thoughts were inherently connected to Liu Sheng's.

This is perfectly logical.

At this point, everyone understood Professor Huo's words to some extent.

"So the black barrier we just encountered only appears after we cross this force field?" Li Xuan said.

With a flick of his finger, a small, whale-shaped fairy boat appeared on the screen and passed right through the comical smiling face.

“That’s right, exactly.” Professor Huo nodded.

"So we haven't entered a higher dimension?" Li Xuan pressed. "Isn't this our ultimate goal?"

The others were also taken aback.

His eyes were full of hope.

Professor Huo shook his head again: "Passing through a force field is not the same as entering a higher dimension. The force field is just a tool from a higher dimension, which uses it to observe and even control us. But the universe around us is still in a lower dimension."

Immediately, everyone felt somewhat discouraged.

"Although I know it's not realistic to enter a higher dimension like this... it's still quite a blow to hear it now." Bai Yuan gave a wry smile.

As the commander, Nangong Wan certainly couldn't let morale plummet like this, so she clapped her hands and said:

"Alright, we need to take it one step at a time."

"We will proceed according to the original plan—first launch the first batch of Sky Swords to determine whether our star system matches the star map."

“After all, while a star map is a reference, who knows what changes are happening in the void right now?” Liu Sheng nodded silently.

Senior Sister Nangong's ability to think of this shows she is indeed a qualified commander.

"Once everything is finalized, we will proceed with the next steps in the space station establishment and exploration plan."

"Yes!"

The crowd responded in unison.

However, this task is very simple; all Nangong Wan needs to do is input the instructions into the main brain "World".

Although the will of "Mother Earth" will descend upon the mainframe, who dares to command a god? "Mother Earth" will only provide constant protection, but the daily work is naturally carried out by "the world".

The world has no complaints about this positioning.

Only by immersing myself in the universe can I access a vast amount of information—the movement of stars, the distribution of dark matter, the echoes of gravitational waves, the cosmic microwave background radiation… So much information entropy is just the right amount for the Celestial Stone to feast on.

In short, after the first batch of tens of thousands of Heavenly Swords were launched, everyone had nothing else to do for the time being.

Still in the adjustment phase, it's a good time to celebrate the New Year.

According to the time of day, it is already New Year's Eve on Earth, and the celestial ship is no exception.

Under Nangong Wan's command, various festive mirages were projected all over the fairy ship—red lanterns hung high, Spring Festival couplets on both sides of the cabin door, and paper-cut window decorations on the portholes, which were quite environmentally friendly and could be eliminated after the festival.

As for snowflakes and such, there's no need for that; everyone's already tired of seeing them.

Professor Jin even brought out a cone-shaped tree with colorful, flashing lights hanging from it. It had the texture of flesh and blood, but its exterior was covered with a layer of green leaves. He said this was their New Year's custom from the past.

Baiyuan took out the dumpling wrappers and meat filling that he had asked the canteen on the snow mountain to prepare early that morning, and invited everyone to come and make dumplings together.

"It's impressive that you thought of that."

Li Xuan smiled, picked up a dumpling wrapper, scooped out a large spoonful of meat filling, and wrapped it up until it was bulging.

“Isn’t this necessary?” Bai Yuan said, his hands still busy, and called out to Mao Zhiang, who hadn’t come over yet, “Old Mao, aren’t you coming over? You can’t just say you’re too old to do this kind of thing, or you won’t get any food later.”

"Alright, alright, do you think I'm that kind of person?" Mao Zhi'ang retorted. "I'm just talking to my precious granddaughter, aren't I?"

"Ah, that's right, among us, only Lao Mao isn't all alone."

Bai Yuan glanced at the screen in front of Mao Zhi'ang, which was broadcasting the entire family via Skynet, and couldn't help but sigh.

Li Xuan patted him on the shoulder, "Isn't that why we were chosen?"

Meanwhile, Mao Zhi'ang was still comforting his granddaughter, whose eyes were red-rimmed, "Grandpa will be back soon! Don't worry, I'll definitely make it in time for your birthday! What? You want the stars in the sky? Well... okay! Grandpa will get them for you!"

Nangong Wan smiled faintly as she watched this scene.

But a look of sadness crept onto his face.

Until her spirit message also sounded.

Happy Lunar New Year's Eve, and may you return safely.

A short sentence.

Although it was unsigned, Nangong Wan roughly knew that it was sent by that annoying old man.

She couldn't say for sure how long the father and daughter hadn't spoken. It was probably because of Wei Lan's younger brother that they had a big fight, which made their already bad relationship even worse.

However, times have changed now.

She still replied with a message.

Happy Lunar New Year's Eve.

Putting away the spiritual message, we walked over, and everyone was amazed at how meticulously Yao Sibing made the dumplings, as if they were printed from a mold.

These people from the New World were not from the Tang Dynasty, nor were they originally from the Eastern Empire, so they didn't have the habit of making dumplings. Seeing everyone gathered together to make dumplings, they were a little curious, so they joined in.

Liu Hongshan, who had been maintaining his awkward and aloof demeanor from his teenage years, was forcibly pulled over by Liu Hongyi.

Aside from Professor Kim's robotic arm always managing to pinch the dough and spill the filling out, and Professor Hannibal always being unable to resist sneaking bites of the raw filling while wrapping the filling, everything was still relatively harmonious.

After wrapping the dumplings, cook them in a pressure cooker.

As the water in the pot bubbled and boiled, the plump, white dumplings floated to the surface, tumbling and turning, looking round and adorable.

Finally, the dumplings were ready to be served. A tentacle extended and deftly swept the dumplings into a bowl, then presented them to the five people and five ghosts.

"Do we get dumplings too?"

Back in Heaven, Liu Sheng, Qiao Yu, and Ling Xiaoshu saw a large bowl of steaming dumplings on the table.

Chunxiao was also on the table, curiously peeking out from the branch and touching the dumplings on the table.

Liu Sheng asked warily, "These aren't dumplings from a simulated world, are they?"

"The World" sat to the side, stiffly shaking its head and flicking out a shower of light: "Of course not."

Liu Sheng was half-believing and half-doubting.

She scooped one up with her tentacles, took a bite, and the familiar fresh and fragrant aroma, along with the scalding heat, rushed up, making her eyes slightly hot.

"This is……"

"Your mother and father asked me to deliver this."

A cold voice sounded.

Liu Sheng looked up and saw Wen Weilan standing under the tree with a smile.

Her robes fluttered, her figure was elegant, as if a celestial being had descended.

No, he is an immortal.

"How...did you get up here?"

"It's a rare occasion today, so I naturally want to spend it with you," Wen Weilan said with a smile. "Starting tomorrow, I'll be busy with the United Government's affairs."

"That's quite a lot," Liu Sheng sighed.

"Yes."

Where is Cui Cui?

“She’s with your mother and father right now!” Wen Weilan smiled. “Oh, Kuang Bowen and that lad Jiang Caibin are there too. Especially Jiang Caibin, he’s so sweet-talking, he’s made the two of them very happy with his jokes and laughter.”

"This kid..."

Liu Sheng smiled knowingly.

But at the same time, I also felt a pang of sadness.

They knew that if they weren't so far from becoming gods, they probably would have come up directly like Wen Weilan.

"Alright, let's eat dumplings!"

"Ok!"

While eating dumplings, Liu Sheng, Wen Weilan, Qiao Yu, Ling Xiaoshu, and "World" watched the New Year's Eve gala of the four countries on the SkyNet.

The sea dance on the sea in Xuanzhou, the prayers at the sacred tree in Lingqiu, the resounding waist drums in the northern desert, and the grand dances of the Tang Dynasty—each has its own splendor, adding a strong sense of celebration to this desolate heavenly court.

Even the spring dawn swayed to the rhythm, with the flowers and leaves nodding and shaking their heads.

As Liu Sheng watched, his mind sank down, looking down at the mortal world through the mirage.

Seeing the land decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, a sea of ​​red, it was clear that although the New Year had passed somewhat hastily, it was still incredibly lively.

It's almost midnight now.

A new era is about to begin.

The countdown is underway according to the new timing method.

Whether it's on the celestial ship or these ten pioneers who have just united.

Still on the ground, among these countless beings who have not yet fallen asleep.

Or perhaps it is the people in the "new world" who, because of the limited space, gradually integrate with reality and truly enter the new world.

Or perhaps it was Liu Sheng, Wen Weilan, Qiao Yu, Ling Xiaoshu, and Chunxiao silently watching all of this from the heavens.

The whole world, all living beings, are counting down together.

Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six!
five!
Four!
three!
two!
One!

Suddenly, a swarm of fireworks rose from the dark ground, blooming into colorful flowers.

In the heavens above, a golden light also shimmered in response.

January 1st!
The tenth year of Jinghe has arrived!

Perhaps, a new era name will be introduced.

But right now, no one is thinking about these things; they are just exchanging congratulatory words and enjoying this rare moment of reunion.

Therefore, no one knows for the time being...

Oh, the "world" doesn't count as people.

Its progress is constantly 38.12% focused on those launched Heavenly Swords.

Therefore, only it can see it.

At this moment, a strange, faint red color appeared in the field of vision of a celestial sword.

Zoom in.

It was a blood-red nebula.

In the shadows, it even resembles a curled-up fetus!

This volume is finally over!

The next volume is even more complex.

I've been organizing the earlier settings lately, and I'll be releasing them bit by bit at the end of each volume, which I call "Chronicles of Heavenly Evolution," to review the settings.

So I'll probably finish organizing all the "Chronicles of Heavenly Evolution" before starting a new volume, and also sort out my thoughts. I'm really sorry.

Thank you so much for reading this far! Thank you so much!