A second moon...
It really was a second moon. Jiu Ming could not help chatting with the black-haired beauty beside him. "Kaguya, your hometown has reappeared!"
Though only a hair-thin crescent had emerged in the sky, it was definitely a moon, right? Interwoven with the other one, it looked rather strange, but one had indeed appeared—and apparently not through human intervention?
"That's your hometown!" Kaguya shot Jiu Ming a look as though she were looking at a foolish child. "As an Earthling, have you already forgotten what Earth looks like?"
Hm? Jiu Ming stared carefully at that faint crescent in the sky. How should he put it? Since he was standing on Earth, whenever he saw a large, bright celestial body in the sky, he instinctively took it for the moon.
Now that he looked more closely, although only the barest sliver was visible, its surface patterns really did seem different from the moon's!
"Eh? Two Earths?"
After carefully distinguishing it, it seemed Kaguya was right!
Jiu Ming opened a Gap at his side, then immediately shook his head. That Earth was still beyond the barrier. It was truly frustrating—simply cheating. With that barrier in place, he could not explore anything beyond Earth no matter what he did.
Even with another celestial body that appeared to be Earth now hanging in the sky, all he could do was stare at it helplessly.
As time passed, the "Earth" in the sky gradually filled out from its crescent shape, until it could be confirmed beyond doubt. It truly was Earth...
As the Earth in the sky gradually took shape, the defenses around the Gate also increased. People from every country were there. At that point, Silver took the initiative to seek out Jiu Ming—though right now, she was not herself.
"The time