The train didn't stop at a station this time, but at the enormous space station in Earth's near orbit.
The round, plump steam locomotive billowed smoke of uncertain purpose as it hovered in space, twelve carriages attached, less than ten kilometers from the space station.
It should, of course, have been an utterly bizarre and fantastical sight, but the space station across from it didn't react at all.
Perhaps no one could see it. Or perhaps they could see it, but had no choice but to calmly accept the premise.
Yu Lian had accepted it too, naturally. When he and Feifei carried their suitcases to the train door, all it took was one step for them to go from a luxurious Victorian-style train compartment to the bustling streets of a space city.
With Yu Lian's spiritual perception, he hadn't even felt the fluctuations of a spatial field as they crossed over.
The streams of people around them didn't notice the two unexpected visitors who had suddenly appeared in the middle of the street, either. They were like a lively crowd of background characters.
Yu Lian looked at Feifei, and she squeezed his hand in return.
Without a word, they joined the crowd and followed the signs in the space city to the space elevator that led directly to Eternal City, in the middle of the Pacific.
In this universe, Earth's seat of government was also on a large island in the middle of the Pacific, and it was also called "Eternal City." What a coincidence across the multiverse!
Also, after Earth and the Empire merged, the New Empire's capital had been established on a newly developed planet at a midway point between them. Construction was currently in full swing.
According to the information Yu Lian and Feifei had gathered so