A metal warship emerged from the clouds and slowly descended. Everyone who saw it went pale. Even Lineas stared wide-eyed in astonishment, her mouth hanging open.
The sight before them was simply too overwhelming.
A metal warship as large as a mountain descended from the sky. Setting everything else aside, that visual alone was enough to make them tremble. Nothing made one more clearly realize how insignificant humans truly were.
"This is..."
Even Marisbury's voice had grown much hoarser.
"Our Thousand Tree Clan warship. All right, please follow me."
The metal warship had now stopped beside the cliff. Then the hatch opened, and a staircase formed from panels of light instantly appeared, extending all the way to their feet. Fang Zheng made an inviting gesture before turning and walking up the stairs. Marisbury hesitated for a moment before slowly following him.
As for Lineas and Olga Marie, they were completely dumbfounded, like wooden puppets.
They boarded the warship and entered the control room. Through the enormous glass screen, everyone could clearly see the scenery outside. Fang Zheng snapped his fingers, and the warship began to rise slowly. They could only stare outside as the world grew smaller and smaller. They flew beyond the clouds, and then...
"...Where are we now?"
Looking at the azure planet before her, Lineas muttered to herself. It was not as if she lacked basic knowledge about Earth, but those facts had always seemed irrelevant to her. Yet now, seeing the planet appear before her with her own eyes, the shock and complicated emotions it stirred were almost impossible to put into words.
"We are currently in distant orbit. If you wish, I can take you to see the Moon and the Sun."
Marisbury and Olga Marie were even more shaken than Lineas. The Department of