The final curtain of law-light outside the Cross-dimensional Passage slowly parted to either side.
Musk stood inside the transport ship. Only when the guiding fleet ahead lit up its clearance signals again did he have his chamber of commerce staff inspect the cargo holds.
Throughout the journey, he had never had the opportunity to steer his fleet across dimensions on his own.
The teleportation and connections between nodes, which required enormous power to maintain, were all handled by the trading organization leading the way. All he needed to do was pay the agreed fee and keep his merchant ships within the designated area.
Even so, the pressure he had felt while passing through the passage had left quite an impression.
They had finally reached Bewilderment Time-Space!
Through the ship's window, he could see large numbers of vessels of all shapes already docked ahead.
Some could hardly even be called ships.
Under guidance, an enormous mass of rock encased in a shield of laws slowly moved to one side. Cargo ports kept opening across it, sending out countless supplies in separate loads.
Farther away, a transport convoy whose end was almost impossible to see was completing its deliveries.
A shipment Musk had once needed considerable effort to assemble probably would not have filled even a small section of that convoy's empty holds.
He lingered no longer at the window. Taking the inventory he had prepared, he followed the liaison staff into the trading area.
His invitation was inspected and soon verified.
The fair before him was unlike the local markets he had attended in the past, where everything was displayed together in one place.
Different types of supplies and scales of trade had their own designated areas for negotiations. Some goods could be inspected directly, while others had only samples and