Chapter 1 The Formal Beginning

After all conditions were met, Hao Ren officially began the next phase of action.

On one hand, he contacted the Irim engineers and sent the Giant Tortoise Rock Terrace ahead of time to pick up their large mechanical equipment. On the other hand, he contacted Marshal Ofra through Becky, notifying her that the "final disposal" of the eldest son was about to begin. She should prepare for the evacuation of the population and control public opinion. Finally, he contacted Igor through Vivian, asking him to be prepared: the world's largest excavator team was about to enter another world through the space rift under the Andre Grand Castle. He needed to be notified in advance, or the old man might faint again...

Five days later, news came from all sides. This complex project, which required layer upon layer of coordination, was finally ready. All personnel and equipment were in place. Only then did Hao Ren open all the required teleportation channels: from his home to Andre Grand Castle, from Irim to Andre Grand Castle, and from Tanagrus to Holletta, a total of three trans-spatial tunnels.

People from all sides were ready near their nearest trans-spatial portal.

Hao Ren left "Roll" the cat and the Nangong siblings to watch the house, while he took the others and teleported to Andre Grand Castle first. This time, he made sure to bring the Bearded Man: after arriving in Holletta, he would inevitably have to deal with the higher-ups there, especially the church, which might cause trouble, so bringing the Bearded Man to handle the situation should be more effective.

The Bearded Man gladly agreed. This master had been eating and drinking at Hao Ren's house and had become familiar with everyone. Except for a stubbornness that made everyone's head hurt when he was challenging nature, he was usually quite easy to talk to.

Igor led his son and daughter to welcome the witch in the castle. He had specially decorated the castle hall, and the whole family had changed into festive clothes. To welcome the witch, the old man displayed the rigid and formal manners of an old noble to the fullest extent, even if it seemed a bit of an overreaction.

Vivian immediately saw that Anna and her brother were in good spirits and took the initiative to greet the two young ones with a smile, "It seems that you've both broken free from the influence of the Rage Spirit?"

Akeem was still a little shy. This young man, who had been locked in his room for most of his life, was not used to talking to strangers. Anna, on the other hand, was much more generous. This noble lady bowed politely to Vivian with a smile, "Yes, Lady Witch, the nightmare has been gone for a long time. Father and we are recovering quickly."

Vivian nodded, "What about those memories?"

"They're still there," Anna pointed to her forehead, "But they've been separated from normal memories. It feels like watching someone else's story... Now I won't take those bizarre scenes seriously."

"Mistress," Igor used formal honorifics when addressing Vivian, "I have followed your instructions to keep the outer servants of the castle away from the underground palace and have ordered the guards outside the underground palace not to be alarmed. Will there be a lot of noise later?"

"Actually, there may not be much noise, but there are a lot of people, and I'm worried about problems," Vivian shook her head, then said with a wry smile, "Besides, didn't I tell you not to add these honorifics to me in the future? It's making the two children nervous."

Igor straightened his back and explained in a stiff manner, "I have consulted those secret ancient books. The dependents of the Blood Clan should be passed down from generation to generation until the bloodline is broken. Otherwise, the oath will not end. This is the rule of the dark world..."

The old man's face was flushed when he said this, as if it were a glorious identity. It seemed that he had also done some homework recently and learned how a vampire's dependents should get along with their master – although their family was not a proper vampire dependent, it was estimated that the old man himself did not understand. Just out of ordinary caution and awe of the witch, he chose the safest title.

Also, it was hard to guarantee that there wasn't a hint of chuunibyou (middle-school syndrome) in it... After all, a man is always a boy, including a fifty-two-year-old.

Vivian may be a pauper, but she had faced all kinds of followers, so she was quite calm about similar situations. She nodded reservedly, "Alright, have your people guard the gate of the underground palace and forbid anyone from entering. Landlord, let's go."

The Dark Snowy Plains were as cold and vast as when they had left, and all the scenery was unchanged. The last time they left, they left a space stabilizer here, and now the stabilizer was working, so the entire space would not change with the passage of time. Hao Ren saw some scattered lights on the edge of the snowy plains, knowing that they were small stations set up by Igor on the edge of the alien space: these stations were used to observe the movements of the snowy plains, and they were also the closest border line to the twisted alien world that the castle servants had the courage to guard. But now those stations should be empty, Igor had dismissed the guards.

The group came to the pale purple space rift, and Hao Ren found the space teleporter and other equipment left before he left last time. It seemed that these things were working well here: the unstable power released by the rift did not affect the operation of these precision devices.

The data terminal flew into the air as a communicator, and Hilda's figure soon appeared on the holographic projection, "The Irim excavator team is ready and can be teleported at any time."

Hao Ren "um"ed, "Wait for notification, I'll ask if Becky's side is ready to respond."

Hilda nodded very seriously, and then asked very seriously, "Also, I ask... why is it called the excavator team? We usually call it the engineering team or the drilling team."

Hao Ren almost choked himself, and transferred the topic with a dry laugh, "Colloquial, colloquial..."

Then he quickly connected with Becky, and the mercenary girl's appearance appeared on the holographic projection. It had only been a few days since he last saw her, and the girl had already dressed herself up like a medieval court trendsetter. On the communicator screen, she was wearing Holletta noble clothes, doing her hair, applying powder and rouge, and the background was a large row of wine racks - her communicator and teleporter were integrated, and both were placed in the underground wine cellar.

As soon as Becky showed up, she showed a signature bright smile, "Oh, landlord, long time no see!"

Hao Ren just opened his mouth and hadn't spoken yet, but Becky already blurted out like popping beans, "I'm all ready here, the Pope is leading people outside waiting - I fooled them that when the gate of the alien world opens, it can't be disturbed, I have to prevent someone from spilling all my wine... By the way, are you guys all right over there? Is May all right? Is Doudou all right?"

Hao Ren patted his chest and let Doudou stick her head out to greet Becky, while Vivian reminded him from the side, "It's almost time, summon the goddess first, you and the goddess go and set up that platform."

When Hao Ren heard this, he finally couldn't help but reveal a painful expression. He patted Doudou and stuffed her back into his pocket, and took out a slip of paper from his pocket with a bitter face and began to read in a half-dead voice: "Almighty goddess, wise creator, benevolent guardian, executor of the rules of all worlds, holding fourteen truths, evolving ten thousand, you are one, and also ten thousand, you are the beginning and end of all laws, descending into the world with one thought, shaping this world. Please listen to our call here, descend your avatar, reshape the truth..."

After Hao Ren shook his head and finished reading, he looked around and found that there was no movement at all.

"Did you read it wrong?" Izhaks asked curiously.

"Wrong my ass, this thing was just written by her," Hao Ren's mouth twitched, and he directly called in his mind, "What are you doing, why aren't you coming yet?!"

Raven 12345's excited voice immediately resounded in everyone's minds: "It's so cool, read it again, read it again..."

Hao Ren was immediately furious, "Read what! Come help!"

A light and shadow descended instantly, and Raven 12345's avatar teleported directly from the divine realm to Hao Ren's side. She crossed her arms and complained to Hao Ren, "Your attitude towards the goddess is very disrespectful, although I am broad-minded... But I am also a god..."

Hao Ren threw the slip of paper aside, "I can't be serious just because of what you wrote, I'm reading it and I'm fine, but you don't feel awkward listening to it?"

"It sounds pretty cool."

"..."

"Just a little entertainment occasionally, the goddess is busy," Raven 12345 laughed hip-hop, although the current is only a wisp of thought condensed into an avatar, but in fact she and the body synchronized online, that head-scratching words and deeds and the body exactly the same, "Let's go, first go to build the 'container' for the eldest son."

Hao Ren sighed, nodded to Hilda on the other side of the communicator waiting for orders: "Unless otherwise instructed, you will start teleporting to Earth in forty minutes, Vivian will guide you through the space rift into the Tanagrus transfer station. Then wait for my instructions."

"Hurry up, don't waste time," Raven 12345 pushed Hao Ren from behind, "After all... I can only be active there for thirty minutes."