Within the private virtual channel requested by the Light Burst Group lay a vast river of stars: the Orion Arm.
The Orion Arm stretched for thousands of light-years. Red, yellow, blue, and white stars of every size lit up the abyss, the whole formation resembling a winding, elongated lump of dough.
One particular celestial region was enclosed by a red curtain of light. Within it, thirty planetary systems shone with towering white pillars of light that spanned thousands of light-years before disappearing into a dark barrier.
The planetary systems marked by those pillars were the thirty major Open Stars of the Bessel Celestial Region.
The Sirius Star System was naturally among them. Countless beings bustled about, and traffic filled its many shipping lanes in a scene of thriving prosperity.
Nifita brought Oka into the Virtual Universe and entered the channel, only to discover that she was still "in the same place." Yet the Homeworld before her looked as splendid as it had in the past, and the Capitol Hill Mountain Range sprawled intact before her, without a trace of damage.
Everything seemed to have returned to how it had been before the new civilization was established.
"Head of State, we appeared out of nowhere, and there's a magnificent pillar of light overhead, yet these members of the Nomu Race haven't reacted at all. They're all AI," Oka said.
Nifita knew that, of course. She looked around, searching for any sound of Isis.
"You arrived quickly." A clear, cool voice reached them.
They turned to see a tall, elegant Nomu woman approaching gracefully. She wore a golden armored battle skirt and a crown adorned with glass, radiating classical beauty.
"Ziwei asked little of us, yet gave us tremendous help. Naturally, we must do everything we can," Nifita said respectfully.
Oka chimed