Just as Herta was marveling at how close Lin Chen and his sister were,
a genuine anomaly appeared within the Simulated Universe.
The steel forest of corridors in Herta Space Station vanished entirely.
In their place was a boundless galaxy spread across a pitch-black sky.
Overhead,
countless deposits of copper ore, opal, and amber streamed steadily through space.
They gathered toward a suddenly collapsing hole in the starry sky.
At last, that rising shower of molten ore
transformed into a magnificent, imposing body.
A golden divine halo, composed of countless mineral particles, slowly revolved.
The torso, formed from a fusion of countless substances, radiated a mysterious amber glow.
Before them, an immense being stretched across the starry sky.
Everyone was stunned.
Neither Lin Chen nor Stelle nor Herta could find any words for a moment.
Even in a virtual world,
an Aeon's arrival still came with tremendous fanfare.
It inspired instinctive awe and reverence.
[Stelle! It seems your valiant fighting has attracted the Amber Lord's attention.] [Qlipoth, the Aeon of Preservation, must have mistaken you for Akivili, the deceased Aeon of Trailblaze.] [Try speaking to the Amber Lord. Hurry... it would be such a shame if they left.] [Even in the Simulated Universe, the chance of an unexpected encounter with an Aeon is only one in ten thousand.]
The white Herta Sprite floating nearby did not speak through a loudspeaker this time.
Instead, she directly invoked her authority as the Simulated Universe's administrator.
Using telepathy, she reached into Lin Chen's and Stelle's minds
and delivered an urgent prompt.
"Bro..."
Stelle tightened her grip on her Baseball Bat and looked toward Lin Chen beside her.
She looked a little nervous, too.
Pretending to be Akivili did not feel real to her at all.
Speaking to an Aeon made Stelle