Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 554 Speculations about the Gourd Space

The aerospace base in the suburbs of Yandu.

Hundreds of large shipping containers were piled together, each with a clearly marked number on its surface.

Thirty astronauts had already donned their spacesuits in a specially designed tent; all that remained was to put on their helmets and turn on the oxygen switches in their spacesuits.

Even though they had already made all the preparations and repeated them dozens of times, they were still exchanging ideas about what to do after the moon landing.

"The person who led us up this time was not the same person who led the previous two lunar landings. According to estimates from those involved, the lunar landing time is estimated to be between six and seven hours."

"In addition to the oxygen provided by the spacesuit, each person has a personal oxygen cylinder that can support normal breathing for ten hours."

"After landing on the moon, we immediately opened Container No. 1, where there was a small outdoor oxygen generator to support our oxygen supply."

"The equipment in containers one through three is for the temporary base. In addition to small oxygen generators, there are spare spacesuits, small space capsules, and special food, which can be used for our temporary stay."

"We need to set up the temporary base within ten hours before proceeding with the construction of the formal base."

"Our goal is to complete the construction of the lunar base within the next two months."

"The entire lunar base can be assembled in a modular fashion, and with the assistance of engineering machinery, we have plenty of time, and we can even find time to start conducting experiments."

"Photovoltaic panels can collect solar energy, so there is no shortage of electricity."

"Once we have set up the communication system, we will be able to call our families at any time, although there will definitely be a delay of two or three seconds."

As everyone was talking, a streak of light shot over and landed at the entrance of the space base.

Yun Yang was very polite. He first took out his phone to confirm the location before greeting the gatekeeper who was staring at him in disbelief, "I made an appointment with Dean Li to pick up people and equipment here to go to the moon."

The gatekeeper, of course, knew about this. While opening the base gate to let Yun Yang in, he took out his walkie-talkie and reported, "There is a real person at the gate. He said he has an appointment with Dean Li. I will take him to the warehouse in the back."

The streak of light that Yun Yang brought with him was visible throughout the entire base. Dean Li of the aerospace base hurriedly led his men to the gate, where they were greeted by a smiling Yun Yang.

After exchanging greetings, Dean Li led Yun Yang to the warehouse behind the base, where Yun Yang saw the hundreds of containers and the thirty astronauts who were ready to go.

Along the way, Dean Li had already introduced the relevant equipment and their preparations to Yunyang.

“They don’t need oxygen on the road. Although my gourd is another space, it’s connected to the outside world, so there’s air inside,” Yun Yang said. “I’ll talk to them before I release them.”

"However, the journey will be quite long, and there won't be time to use the restroom, so I should have mentioned that beforehand." Speaking of this, Yun Yang was a little embarrassed, realizing that his skills were still lacking.

"Don't worry, we've made preparations," Dean Li replied hastily.

"I can help with the temporary base; it shouldn't take more than ten hours. But you'll have to rely on yourselves for the official base." Yun Yang looked at the hundreds of containers and felt a little apprehensive.

Dean Li led thirty astronauts out and introduced Professor Wang, who was in charge, to Yun Yang.

Yun Yang took out the gourd and first aimed it at the group of containers. Then everyone saw the containers fly towards the mouth of the gourd one by one, shrinking visibly as they flew, before disappearing into the mouth of the gourd.

This elicited a chorus of exclamations.

"Is this spatial compression or spatial overlap? Why do they appear to shrink within our visible range?"

"If we were standing near the mouth of the gourd now, would we remain the same size or shrink as well? Would we be sucked into the gourd along with it?"

"Is this considered subspace? But it doesn't seem quite the same as the subspace theory in theoretical physics."

“It’s not a subspace. Didn’t you hear Master Yunyang say that the inside and outside of the space are connected, and there’s air inside too?”

"This is a completely new physical phenomenon. I feel that this gourd is more valuable for research than the moon."

"Why don't you go and ask?"

"I can not."

Then they saw Yunyang point the gourd at them.

Even though they knew what was going to happen next, and had seen videos of Taoist masters using gourds to collect and release tens of thousands of people from the telecom fraud park, they still couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. Then they felt their bodies lighten, and involuntarily rose into the air, flying towards the mouth of the gourd.

As they flew, they felt that things within their sight were getting bigger and bigger, and then the gourd-shaped opening in front of them was getting bigger and bigger, until finally it seemed as if a pitch-black sky was swallowing them up.

"so amazing!"

"I am suspended in mid-air, but this is not a vacuum. Instead, I am being supported by a force that feels like cotton or soft rubber. The force is evenly distributed throughout my body, but I can't see or touch it."

"Hey, hey, can you hear me?"

"We can hear that we can also communicate via electromagnetic waves inside the gourd space."

"You can breathe; the air structure here is the same as outside."

"It was pitch black, and you couldn't see anything."

"Can we turn on the lights that come with our spacesuits? I really want to know what's inside this gourd."

"Isn't this inappropriate? We haven't obtained Master Yunyang's permission, and there might be other personal belongings of Master Yunyang here."

Then they heard Yun Yang's voice echo in the space, "I have refined this gourd, and everything in the space is under my control. I have not bound you, nor have I blocked your communication, so you are able to move and speak."

This is the interior space of the gourd. The gourd is made of special materials, and after being refined with true qi, it can form a space that is vastly different in size from the outside world.

"You can turn on the lights whenever you want. Aside from the different inner walls, the inside of this gourd is like a large warehouse, surrounded by your shipping containers."

Upon hearing that Yun Yang could hear their conversation, some people stuck out their tongues, looking slightly embarrassed.

However, after hearing Yun Yang agree, some people shouted their thanks and immediately turned on the lighting equipment on their spacesuits.

In the endless darkness, several lights appeared.

However, they are suspended in the air and cannot move. The light source cannot shine very far. They can only see the surrounding containers and the darkness in the distance, which is quite terrifying.

Imagine that Yunyang is taking them to the moon. They no longer ask to move freely. They just look around curiously in the light.

A woman was startled when she suddenly saw a faint shadow in the darkness in the distance.

"What is that?" the woman exclaimed.

Everyone turned to look at the light and saw the shadow. "It looks like a large snake?"

The next moment, the shadow slowly approached, revealing its true form to everyone's terrified gazes—it was a large, patterned python as thick as a water bucket.

"Oh my god!" everyone cried out in terror. "Master Yunyang, there's another snake inside your gourd!"

The giant python stopped not far away, and Yun Yang's laughter rang in everyone's ears. "A snake demon with only thirty or fifty years of cultivation, who hadn't even taken human form yet, was killed by me. I used its gall to make wine, and I didn't throw away the body. It just so happened that you found it, so I brought it closer for you to see."

Thirty to fifty years of cultivation?

Transformation? A snake demon?
These astronauts knew nothing about the other world; at most, they could guess at blessed lands or think of other dimensions through storage gourds. When they suddenly heard Yun Yang's words, they were utterly shocked.

"Ahem, I may have said a bit too much. Your superiors know about this, but you may not need to know."

Yun Yang coughed twice, moved the python carcass away, and returned it to the darkness. "Um, just pretend what happened didn't happen!"

"Good good!"

“I understand!”

"It was pitch black inside the gourd space, and we couldn't see anything."

Everyone turned off the lights on their spacesuits, plunging them into darkness, but their hearts were in turmoil.

There are monsters in this world!
Have the Taoist masters been protecting us all along?

(End of this chapter)