After a few simple pleasantries, the atmosphere finally eased a little and became less awkward.
Seeing his younger sister for the first time in thirty years, Lu Yuan was actually quite emotional. He almost wanted to tell her everything that had happened recently.
After all, these people were his compatriots.
The joy of returning home in glory was truly difficult to explain to outsiders.
But after serving as a leader for so long, he had developed the habit of keeping his emotions hidden.
After pondering for a moment, Lu Yuan said, "This is the Safe Zone, where time passes far too quickly. I've consumed too much energy, so this projection of mine can't last much longer."
"Please, friends, come visit my place."
"I'd be delighted!" Li Jun quickly replied.
He controlled the dream projection of the Opium Poppy Tree and gave it a gentle pull, transferring everyone's spirit bodies into Meta Paradise.
Even the spirit body of the Twin Chinese Parasol Tree was dragged along.
The guests' bodies became hazy, while Lu Yuan's body grew more solid.
That was only natural. Long-distance dream projection really could produce such unstable phenomena.
"Time passes a hundred times more slowly here than where you are. Everyone should have several hours to relax for a while."
"Relax. Talk about whatever you want. It wasn't easy for you to come visit me, so there's no need to be reserved."
Everyone's pupils widened as they saw the physical form of the Life Tree!
In reality, the Twin Chinese Parasol Tree stood only 8.6 meters tall, but in the dream, it was three hundred meters tall—an enormous giant.
And the Life Tree here was actually thirty thousand meters tall!
Its massive trunk seemed capable of holding up the entire sky.
Their group of more than twenty people