Successive Coincidences and an Unexpected Precursor

"Is this the moon? Why does it feel..."

Even wrapped in thick Venom Armor, Livina's beautiful figure could not be concealed. Standing on the bridge of the Hōshō, she looked at the scene projected in the holographic display and muttered to herself.

At the same time, everyone else standing beside her silently added in their hearts:

"So ugly!"

It had taken them only ten hours to reach the airspace above the side of the moon facing Helag Star.

Given the Hōshō's speed, traveling between these two celestial bodies was practically more convenient than international travel.

Only after arriving did they discover that "distance creates beauty." The ancients had not deceived them.

When viewed from Helag Star, the moon looked pristine and jade-white. But up close, it was covered in pits and enormous craters scattered everywhere.

They had come all this way for this?

It was basically a giant pockmarked face that completely let down its audience!

The women, who had once been full of anticipation, could not help feeling as though their illusions had been shattered.

The moon, once again being ogled by primates: Sorry for looking like this. Watch if you want, don't if you don't. Pah!

In fact, many wizards already knew what the moon's near side looked like from observing the heavens, including Milan, the "astrologer."

The moon's surface had dark regions and bright regions. The bright areas were highlands, while the dark areas were low-lying regions such as plains and basins, respectively known as "Moon Land" and "Moon Sea."

There was naturally no water in the "Moon Sea," while "Moon Land" contained many mountain ranges, layer upon layer of peaks, crisscrossing ridges, and impact craters scattered everywhere—the "giant pockmarks."

Boom!

Just as the group was observing the celestial body, another meteor was suddenly captured by its