People in Terra, governing a weird little country

Christen smacked her lips, turned around, and walked towards the experimental tower.

According to the normal experimental process, Safar should have returned to the observable area in the tower and conducted a physical examination half an hour ago in accordance with the operating specifications.

But until now, the top floor of the Tower of Babel was still silent. Within the range of the monitor, not to mention Safar's conspicuous tin can body, even a cluster of flames was not seen by Christen.

The experiment had reached this point, and even if Christen was in a good mood, she had to admit that something unexpected must have happened on the top floor.

She wanted to go and see for herself.

This may sound foolhardy, but she is Christen. This is first-hand information directly related to what exists outside the universe. Asking her to stand aside and watch while others write history is tantamount to a punishment for her! And she cannot accept this punishment twice in a row.

Almost all members of the research station are staff from the General Construction Department and Rhine Life Scientists carefully selected by Christen. At this moment, although some people want to stop her, they can't stop Christen at all.

However, at the same time when Christen walked to the Tower of Babel, a researcher exclaimed in front of the operating table:

"He is back!"

"No, what is that?"

The researcher's expression was filled with undisguised fear, because the creature burning with raging flames in the monitor's image was truly terrifying.

It's not just because of the full-naked look of Umekawa Kuko at the moment, but also because the figure in the picture is indeed a bit distorted.

Theoretically speaking, we generally don't use the word distortion to describe a ball of fire.

Fire is fire, it keeps burning, it burns more vigorously with fuel, and it gradually dies out without fuel. However, Safar's image at this moment is completely different from this stereotype.

He was burning, and the more vigorously he burned, the smaller he became on the display screen.

"No, vigorous...how can he be short?"

The researcher shook his head in confusion, feeling a little lost.

He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

When a certain concept is grafted onto another concept, the resulting counterintuitive contradiction will make people feel instinctively uncomfortable.

At this moment, another researcher beside him who was assisting in the observation suddenly explained:

[There's nothing strange about this, Ryan. There's no need to doubt what you see. What we need to do is to verify why he looks like this and to explore the principles behind it. This is "science."]

"That's right, indeed, there's nothing abnormal about this." The researcher called Ryan nodded as a matter of course, and the doubts in his heart immediately disappeared.

"Mary, thank you so much. Speaking of which, shouldn't you be in Rhine Life?"

[I came here by airship this morning.] The researcher smiled. It was the most beautiful smile Ryan had ever seen, just like the one he had imagined countless times in his dreams.

Ryan raised his mouth uncontrollably: "Are we taking an airship? Has the airship route been opened?"

[It has been a year since the airship was launched in Kjerag. The technology has been mature for a long time. Ryan, have you never ridden one yet? ]

Ryan opened his mouth.

Has it been opened? How long has it been like this? How come I don’t know about it at all?

But the next moment, the logic in his mind suddenly seemed to be connected and became self-consistent.

That's right, maybe I was too serious about my work in the dome. There was white snow everywhere, and I stayed indoors all day long and didn't pay attention to the time. Maybe a year has passed?

He smiled shyly:

"Time flies so fast, haha, it feels like the airship appeared only last month."

As he said this, he suddenly felt a little regretful: "Ah, actually I want to invite you to sit with me once, then I want to..."

[Want it?] The researcher smiled and said, [Don't worry, just tell me. I won't refuse.]

"I also want to propose to you on the airship—"

"Snapped!"

"who are you talking to?"

Kristen slapped the researcher in the face.

After hearing the researcher's exclamation, she immediately returned to the control panel and looked at the monitor, but there was no trace of Safar on the screen. Not only that, the monitor that should have been set in the [seat belt] seemed to have been seriously interfered with, and the entire screen showed serious signs of distortion. Distortion, snow and noise appeared, and some of them simply turned into rainbow stripes.

She instinctively felt something was wrong. The so-called "dangers" that Ernst had suddenly come up the mountain to warn her about last night came to her mind. But before she could make a judgment, the noisy researcher suddenly started talking to himself in front of a vase, as if he was possessed by a demon.

You even proposed to a vase, why don’t you say it’s your trophy?

Seeing that the researcher was about to pick up the vase and start chewing it, Christen didn't care about anything else. She slapped him in the face and made him fall to the ground together with his [Mary].

But it would not have mattered if it hadn't fallen. Once it fell, the researcher shattered like a vase.

There was no blood. The broken researcher was scattered at Christen's feet. His bones, muscles, and organs were all turned into pieces of "fragments". In contrast, the vase that also fell to the ground did not flow out of the "water" in Christen's eyes, but thick blood.

Kristen couldn't help but take a step back.

Even the dumbest person can figure it out. How can a person break like a vase?

[Is it really impossible? Christen, don't be so confident.]

A familiar voice suddenly rang in my ears, and Saria appeared at the door of the research station.

【Why, are you surprised to see me? 】

The figure had a stern expression and questioned Christen.

[Do you think if you lock me up down there, I won't be able to find a way out? ]

[Christen, you underestimate me.]

[Besides, why don't people break like vases? There's a very simple way. In history, the sorcerer king once turned the Gaulish envoy into a sculpture and smashed the sculpture. Wouldn't the person break as well? ]

[This is the Originium Technique, isn't it amazing? ]

[So, relax a little, Christen, what is happening in front of you is just common sense—]

"Click——"

Kristen covered her head and pressed the escape button in her hand without hesitation.

A big hole instantly appeared under Saria's feet. Her face was filled with astonishment. She just managed to blurt out the word "you!" before she fell down again.

"Well, whatever you are. Saria wouldn't talk to me like that."

A drop of sweat dripped down Kristen's forehead.

"Besides, even if you are Saria, what does it matter? If I can seal the dragon once, I can seal it twice! You can't stop me from flying into the sky!"

"Ahem, that's not right."

Kristen shook her head, turned around, walked to the operating table, and without saying a word, pressed the emergency button.

There was something unexpected in the experiment, no doubt about it.

And accidents are probably the most troublesome kind. Ernst mentioned it to me last night. What was it?

Never mind, I have to notify you first.

"Oh, and Safar, we have to let him out..."

Her mind was thinking uncontrollably.

Safar is the hero of this experiment. Although there were some unexpected events, it was still a success. Humankind has finally taken the first step in exploring outside the Terra isolation layer. This is such a worthy event to celebrate, so we have to instruct Muirseth and others to organize a grand celebration party.

I'll dance with you after a long time. As for my partner... Ernst?

It's better than Ferdinand. The last time I saw her dancing with Saria, Saria had to stand in the leading position for the man. It was really outrageous.

"Kristen?"

As if her dream had come true, Christen had just pictured Ernst's appearance in her mind, and the next second, Ernst's voice appeared in her ears.

She turned her head and saw Ernst, Kal'tsit, Typhon and Ya'er all appeared at the door.

So fast?

No, it must be an illusion.

Unless there's something wrong with my perception of time?

Damn, this feeling...I can’t tell anything apart, I can’t tell anything apart!

Kristen curled her lips.

"Hehe, but this is quite convenient?"

"Then let me imagine what would happen if I could meet my mother and father?"

Suddenly, Kristen smiled again. It seemed that this ability was not so bad.

The only pity is that she never fantasizes about what it would be like to go into space.

That was something she wanted to do personally, it was a dream, not a fantasy, and even if she was crazy, she would not use fantasy time to make it "come true."

Because it must be a scene so magnificent that it is impossible to describe it with her current imagination.

However, the next moment, Ernst appeared beside him, stretched out his hand, and barely picked her up.

Kristen was slightly stunned.

This thing... this fantasy... does it have substance?

Her mind suddenly felt clearer than ever before, and the contradictions, distortions, and incongruities in her mind were instantly swept away. She raised her head slightly and looked at Ernst, her eyes confused with a bit of surprise, but almost immediately, they quickly turned into worry:

"Don't touch me! Ernst! Something unexpected happened during the experiment. It might be contamination from [that thing]!"

She clearly recalled Ernst's instructions last night.

If something unexpected happens during the experiment, and you see a bunch of bugs, then you can send a message that a swarm of bugs is coming. If you see a cannon being charged, then you can send a message that GG is coming.

However, if you don't see anything but still feel something is wrong, you should never call the person by his or her name but should use a nickname.

Be it that thing or you know who, as long as it is not the two types of news mentioned above, Ernst can react.

After hearing Christen's warning, Ernst curled his lips and was speechless.

Sister, if you want to say it, you can say it earlier.

I've already held it in my arms, what's the use of telling you now?

Besides, I didn't want to hug you, but the way you looked at me just now made you jump towards me, pull me and say "Do you want to dance?"

What can I do?

If I don't pick you up, you will have to pull me into the pit to accompany Saria!

As for why you suddenly called dad and mom and had an expression of relief, liberation and comfort, I didn't understand and I didn't dare to ask.

God knows what kind of hallucination you just had.

If you ask, you'll probably be screwed.

However, Kristen's words were not without effect. Ernst immediately looked at Typhon and Kal'tsit beside him.

Everyone knows exactly what [that thing] refers to.

Both of them are experts in solving this kind of trouble. At this moment, Ernst has no choice but to rely on these two.

However, Typhon only glanced at Ernst and Christen in his arms, then turned his head away:

"No problem, it's clean."

"You are quite smart, elder sister. You know not to come into direct contact with a collapsing body. The contamination is not serious. Stay calm. You may have some minor hallucinations. Let the doctor help you solve them. I have to go deal with the big trouble."

She obviously took Christen's warning as proof that she had taken precautions.

But Kal'tsit looked at Ernst and Kristen with some confusion.

Typhon's explanation made sense. But was Christen's appearance just now really just some small illusion?

If there is direct contact with the pollution source outside the sky, even if it is a secondary infection, the intensity is far greater than the projection in the star gate. Theoretically, that kind of intensity of pollution will not give people a chance to breathe.

In other words, people won’t even realize that “something is wrong”.

Everything will collapse in a logical manner.

But Christen's reaction did not show that she was deeply contaminated. Moreover, why did she suddenly wake up after coming into contact with Ernst?

Stimulated?

Ernst was also a little puzzled. Looking at the look on Christen's face just now, you said it was just an illusion, but Ernst didn't believe it.

Apart from anything else, even if Ernst had eaten a pot of mushrooms, he couldn't imagine the scene where Christine would jump up and down like a woman and run over to invite him to dance.

Although she woke up quickly after touching herself.