The task of finding people was something Wang Xuance was already adept at.
After entrusting the matter to him, Fang Er once again got up and walked outside.
"I'll go with you, Mom!"
As soon as they stepped out, Xi Tong chased after him.
The Spore-class spaceship rocketed into the sky, heading straight for the Moon.
The distance between the Earth and the Moon was 384,000 kilometers. It would take at least three days for a Spore-class spaceship to reach it.
Upon reaching low Earth orbit, they transferred to an Eternal Storm-class spaceship.
In just three hours, they arrived in lunar orbit.
The barren Moon was covered with countless craters of various sizes.
They bypassed the side facing Earth and landed on the dark side of the Moon.
They had initially expected to find rugged terrain, or a desolate landscape similar to the other side.
But standing there, Fang Er realized that the situation was beyond everyone's imagination!
There were traces of cities having existed here.
Pavilions, towers, ancient trees, and flying sand.
Standing amidst these ruins, it felt as if one could glimpse how prosperous this place had once been.
However, all that greeted them now was ruin and desolation.
All the buildings were incredibly dilapidated.
Some still retained their main structures, allowing one to imagine their complete form at first glance.
But more were buried beneath the lunar soil by geological activity, with only a corner exposed to the surface.
"This should be what the Yanhuang Tribe left behind after that star war," Xi Tong speculated, kicking the ground casually with her right foot. "After the great battle, the Moon lost the protection of its atmosphere."
"Without the erosion of storms and rain, perhaps this is why these ruins have been preserved until now?"
As Xi Tong voiced her guess, a patch of fine white dust came into view. Something was buried beneath it!
The two quickly crouched down and used their tools to clear the lunar soil covering the white substance away.
After they finished, they stared in awe at what lay beneath.
It was a massive brick, carved entirely from white marble, with several characters inscribed on it.
These characters were extremely strange. They bore no resemblance to Oracle bone script or any other unearthed writing.
Fang Er and Xi Tong had never seen these characters before.
But after gazing at them for a moment, they inexplicably understood their meaning.
"Guanghan Special Supply, produced by Yinshan Brick and Stone Factory!"
What the heck???
Fang Er was stunned. What was going on?
He was certain he had never seen similar characters before, nor had they appeared in any of the images Xi Tong had shown him.
But now, he was utterly convinced that he had inexplicably understood these characters!
He exchanged a glance with Xi Tong, and without needing to ask, he knew she had also understood, and the information she received was identical to his!
Guanghan Special Supply!
Guanghan Palace?
What the hell was Yinshan Brick and Stone Factory!
Ancient emperors favored white marble as the primary material for their palaces. Was this some kind of genetically ingrained preference?
The massive white marble brick was about two meters long, one meter wide, and about 80 centimeters thick.
Fang Er couldn't imagine how large the Guanghan Palace would be if it were built with such bricks!
After storing the marble brick in his warehouse, they continued forward in their electric vehicle.
The Wuling truly lived up to its reputation as a divine vehicle; it remained reliable even on the Moon.
Moreover, due to the reduced gravity, their speed reached up to 361 kilometers per hour.
The loose lunar soil, after they passed, hovered about two meters above the ground for a long time before slowly settling.
"Look ahead!"
Xi Tong suddenly pointed in a direction and alerted Fang Er.
There stood a black, cylindrical structure, with at least a hundred meters of its height preserved above ground.
From a distance, it resembled a gigantic chimney.
Fang Er adjusted their direction and drove towards it quickly.
As they got closer, his jaw dropped, and he stared at the object before him in disbelief.
This was no chimney!
Nor was it any other building!
The surface of this thing was rough and uneven.
He casually picked at it and managed to break off a piece as large as a door panel with ease.
Powder drifted up, seemingly...
"It's a tree!"
Fang Er looked at Xi Tong in shock.
The powder looked exactly like the powder from wood riddled with woodworms!
And that rough surface was bark!
This thing, with a diameter exceeding a hundred meters, was actually a tree!
This was absolutely preposterous, a joke taken to the extreme!
"Guanghan Palace, giant tree, doesn't that make you think of anything?"
Xi Tong took out a bag, collected some of the powder, and then casually threw the door-panel-sized piece of bark from Fang Er's hand into the warehouse.
Fang Er's mind raced. After a long while, he finally widened his eyes and guessed.
"Could this... be the Osmanthus tree?"
"The Osmanthus tree that Wu Gang was chopping?"
"Isn't this just a legend?"
Xi Tong rolled her eyes at his words.
"Myth and legend?"
"Think about it yourself. How many of the things we've encountered before align with myths and legends?"
"Are legends really just legends?"
Fang Er stood there, recalling their previous experiences.
Perhaps, as Xi Tong said, those myths and legends were actually true events or existing things.
If nothing else, he had seen, and even tasted, mythical creatures like the Black Dragon, Phoenix, and Qiongqi!
And also, Kuafu chasing the sun...
Okay, that was a bit improper!
But regardless, those myths and legends seemed to offer corroboration!
He took out the gold-mining ship and tested it. It could still fly normally here.
Flying a thousand meters high and looking down,
The outline of the Osmanthus tree was clearly visible. Its diameter alone exceeded three hundred meters. Fang Er couldn't imagine how tall this tree would have been when it was alive!
"Hiss..."
He couldn't help but gasp.
The broken ends of the Osmanthus tree were dark and jagged, with some stubs pointing like sharp swords towards the void.
Suddenly, a gleam of light flashed from within those dark, jagged ends.
What was that?
Fang Er blinked, then quickly rushed towards where the light had appeared.
Seeing this, Xi Tong followed closely, descending.
At the same time, to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, she immediately extended her divine sense, enveloping everything within hundreds of meters around them.