At midnight, the Empire Commanders from their distant homeworld finally completed their long Spatial Jump and entered the space around Earth. Next came Pandora's job. She would become a Void Beacon, guiding those three hundred commanders through the final spatial positioning, lest some unlucky Empire Officer end up having to crawl out of some resident's toilet.
At that moment, not only had Pandora's hair turned an ice-blue like crystal, but a faint azure glow had gradually begun to emerge around her body. From afar, she looked like a blue elf standing silently beneath the night sky. Her dreamlike beauty made even the moon above seem dull by comparison. I couldn't help stepping closer for a look and confirmed that within half a meter of Pandora, I could read by her light...
As the Warp Tunnel's opening drew nearer, the blue light around Pandora grew brighter and brighter. Gradually, her entire body turned into a pale-blue source of light, illuminating dozens of meters around her.
"This would be so convenient for traveling at night," I sighed.
Just then, I noticed the air ahead twisting faintly. I fixed my gaze in Pandora's direction, afraid of missing this unprecedented sight. At last, several vague black silhouettes gradually appeared around Pandora.
Were these the three hundred commanders?
More than ten seconds later, the shadows gradually became more solid, and the few closest to Pandora had begun to reveal indistinct facial features.
"They're here!" I called softly.
"Brother," Pandora's calm voice drifted over, "don't stare at a bright light source for too long. You'll hallucinate..."
Ahem. So that was why those black shadows had started looking more and more like Pandora.
I gave an embarrassed laugh and turned away, no longer looking at that unidentified glowing object across from me.
"Say, Pandora, it's been nearly