Faced with family members popping up on the other side of the communicator like a revolving lantern—greeting me, asking questions, babbling away—I was truly moved. Having family felt wonderful... But after being moved, I still had to honestly report on the situation, because Lin Xue and my sister and the others didn't seem to be in very good spirits... I could understand. Sandora and I had been missing for days, so everyone at home must have been worried sick.
The situation in this world was too complicated to explain in just a few words, especially with the information-heavy protective barrier, the First Celestial Region, the God Forging Furnace, the Star Ring Fragment, and yet another crazy mainframe of Viska's. It really took some skill to explain it all. I could only pick out the important parts, but even then the people on the other side kept exclaiming in surprise. Qian Qian, in particular, gasped at everything she heard. "Wow! You're actually in the Abyss Zone? We almost sent the search teams all the way into Huron territory!" "Technological blockade? Lost Divine Teachings? And Tree Spirits? You guys have really been busy these past few days!" "What's the God Forging Furnace? That name sounds so impressive... Huh? Abyss Shilin made it too? I'll go ask her." "Uh, even Abyss Shilin herself doesn't know about it anymore? That's weird. We can study it later. Wait, what do you mean you found another crazy person?"
Amid Qian Qian's rather adorable outbursts, I first gave them a general overview of the situation here. Then I finally had a chance to ask about things on their end. "By the way, nothing happened at home while Sandora and I were gone, right? How did that battle turn out?"
"Everything at home is fine," my sister said