The group arrived at the space station. It was Schiller's first time visiting the repaired station, and it looked much the same as before, with no obvious changes.
However, there were clearly more people working here. Uniformed staff could be seen everywhere. There were also quite a few aliens who were obviously not staff, along with people working elsewhere in the Solar System.
After entering, they first had to pass security. The staff were unfazed by their bizarre outfits. They activated a machine and scanned them, then checked the weapons they were carrying—mainly the long staff in Schiller's hand—before letting them through.
Once inside the space station, Stark was a little bewildered as well. There were eight passages in the main hall, and he had no idea where to catch the shuttle. He could only grab a staff member at random and ask.
"Which stop are you headed for?" asked a male employee holding a vacuum cleaner. "There's one ship going to Neptune today and one going to Mercury. The Neptune one is about to depart."
"We're going to Jupiter..."
"Then you need the Neptune ship. That way, hurry up. It'll probably leave in ten minutes..."
Stark hurried in the direction he had pointed, with Schiller and Peter following behind him. After running through the passage for a while, they entered another hall. The staff here all wore work badges around their necks.
"You're here to catch the ship, right? Come with me, quickly! This way!" A staff member ran over, leading them in one direction as he said, "The portal closes in five minutes. Hurry over!"
They ran into another passage, turned a corner, and saw a portal in a room labeled "Neptune." They rushed through it and appeared on an enclosed platform floating in space.
Looking out through