"Although Paradise was not created, this existence named Hell has truly appeared. This deterrent is enough to make this universe a better place."
Sunday sighed with emotion, then looked at Caelus in front of him. He had given all living beings a choice, and he had also given those in power a bottom line. Of course, this excluded that bunch of madmen from the Destruction faction. Those people did not care about these things at all.
"Many people want to see you now. The Family, the IPC, the Xianzhou Alliance, and even the Genius Society have all sent messages requesting to meet you. Moreover, I heard that the Aeon of Erudition and the Aeon of Elation had a fight while you were sleeping. I don't know the specific details."
"Aha fought with Nous?"
"There is such a rumor circulating, but no one knows the specific situation. It might even just be a rumor."
"Let's take it one by one. I previously promised the Xianzhou Alliance that I would visit the Luofu to participate in their Wardance ceremony... Enough about me. What are your plans moving forward? Sunday, the Family should not let you continue leading the Oak Family. You will not be staying in Penacony anymore."
"During these days of house arrest, I have given it some thought. If I can regain my freedom, I intend to try boarding the Astral Express. After all, I have spent most of my time on Penacony for so many years. Perhaps I should try to see different parts of the galaxy, experience new things, and maybe gain more insight. In passing, I could do what I can to make some changes, to make places suffering from hardship a little better."
"Then let me be the first to congratulate you on embarking on a new journey in life and opening a new chapter."
After Caelus finished talking with Sunday and finished a cup of black tea, he left.
He first met with the people from the Xianzhou Alliance and discovered that they were actually old acquaintances.
Jing Yuan met Caelus with a smile on his face. Accompanying him were the Luofu's Master Diviner, Fu Xuan, and Qingque, who stood to the side looking timid.
After that, there was Ao Xiaotian, looking at him with a face full of admiration and reverence.
"Have you already grown this tall?"
Caelus looked at Ao Xiaotian, who was about 1.45 meters tall and looked completely like a young boy. For a moment, he was a bit surprised. It did not seem like much time had passed, so how had this child grown so tall?
"My Father!"
Ao Xiaotian's heart was filled with admiration for Caelus. It was not just the filial affection he had for his creator, but also reverence for Caelus's willingness to carve out a path of hope for all living beings.
"Have you grown this tall already? During these days, you haven't caused any trouble for the General and the others, have you?"
Caelus looked at Ao Xiaotian, who, in a sense, could be considered his first child. Although he tried hard to force a smile and appear affectionate, his face remained calm.
"No, Ao Xiaotian is very obedient!"
Jing Yuan just kept smiling and said nothing. Did "very obedient" mean beating up all those Dragon Masters who tried to manipulate him from top to bottom? And shouting that power was the reason to become a king, declaring that he wanted to become the king of the Vidyadhara, and leading the entire Vidyadhara to worship the Father God who created him?
After reminiscing a little with the people from the Xianzhou Alliance and indicating that he would attend the Wardance Ceremony after the matters on Penacony were concluded, Caelus began his subsequent meetings.
The Family and the IPC came together. Both sides seemed to have come to discuss how to utilize that Eternal Dream and how to profit from it.
The IPC stated that they had already severely dealt with the past actions of the Strategic Investment Department, and would deduct most of the funding from the Strategic Investment Department to improve the welfare and treatment of bottom-level employees and those colonial planets.
The Family directly ignored the series of major moves made by Sunday and the Order previously, only expressing the hope that Caelus would allow this Eternal Dream to remain permanently in Penacony.
Upon hearing from Caelus that he could not be bothered to care about these things, and after he let the two sides communicate by themselves, the people from the Family and the IPC held a small meeting among themselves to start discussing how to maximize the profits of the dream.
As for the Genius Society, Herta strongly hoped that Caelus could reveal information about the three unknown existences who were like Aeons, and also wanted to discuss the structure of his Eternal Dream.
Caelus sent over a Bible, a Buddhist sutra, and a collection of Cthulhu Mythos stories, then turned off the video call.
As for whether Nyarlathotep would come chasing after Herta obtained the information, Caelus had asked the system about this. The system stated that if it were not for the memory reproduction function of the Memory Crystal summoning her, she would never have come to this universe. After all, the distance was simply too far, and that one's personality was too lazy to travel such a long distance.
As for God and The Achiever, it mattered even less.
Finally, Caelus met with the group from the Astral Express.
"So, is there anything?"
Looking at the group from the Astral Express, who had remained silent since sitting on the sofa opposite him, Caelus scratched his head. If there was nothing, he was going to experience dream bubbles. After all, he could dream now, perhaps because he had already received that knowledge of the dream path.
"Caelus, to be honest, are you terrifyingly strong now?"
Stelle asked first.
"It's alright. There is still a long way to go, and I can't be called powerful yet."
"I remember you seemed to say before that you had the power of Finality. Finality can go against time, so can you help?"
"Help?"
...
Pom-Pom was cleaning the train carriage and sighed helplessly. The atmosphere in the carriage had been very dull for the past few days. Passengers Himeko and Welt were often in a daze.
Although Passenger March 7th was still her usual self, because everyone's atmosphere was so silent, she no longer had her usual vitality.
Passenger Dan Heng had locked himself in the archives and had not come out, not even to eat.
Passenger Stelle had been staying on Penacony. According to her, she was "living a life of drunken dreams," but SoulGlad was clearly a beverage, so how could she get drunk?
"Conductor, long time no see."
An aged voice rang out. Pom-Pom's cleaning motion paused, then he turned to look and saw Mikhail, who was already an old man, smiling at him.
Behind him were two familiar shadows looking at Pom-Pom.
They were Tiernan and Razalina.
...
Boothill was solving an incident involving a mysterious cult organization on Penacony with his newly acquainted Knight of Beauty, Argenti.
At this moment, his personal communication suddenly received an email from his distant hometown.
He opened the email and saw a girl sitting on the grass, holding a xylophone almost as tall as she was, smiling at him. Behind the girl stood an elderly cowboy and a woman who was also quite elderly.
Boothill was trembling all over. He looked at this photo, his whole body shaking as if he were leaking electricity.
Then his phone received a message from his new acquaintance, the Trailblazer from the Astral Express.
"I asked Caelus to save it. When we were drinking together before, I heard you bragging about your home's grass all the time. When I have time later, I really want to try it out!"
"...Son of a biscuit!"
Beside him, the Knight of Beauty, Argenti, wearing bright silver, magnificent armor and with bright red hair, looked at the cowboy beside him.
This tough guy was shedding tears.
(To be continued.)
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