Chapter 1 Leaving

Leaving the platform where the space-time gate was located, the group returned to the square in front of the mansion. Everyone gathered around Raven 12345, waiting for that historic moment to arrive—for those who had not experienced Hao Ren's epic adventures, it was indeed a historic moment.

Raven 12345 took out the crystal cube, with the Earth and Moon quietly floating in the center. These two planets were like small insects sealed in amber, completely frozen in time and space by some incredible force, quietly waiting for the day they would return to normal.

As the crystal cube was taken out, the surrounding scenery changed in an instant. The goddess's mansion and the heavenly garden had disappeared without anyone noticing. The starry sky and the dark space replaced everything in sight. In the distant universe, there was a dazzling orange-yellow fireball, looking radiant and extraordinarily powerful.

In that instant, Raven 12345 had transported everyone to the vicinity of Earth's orbit in the solar system.

Bai Huo and Hesperides, who lacked experience in space, panicked slightly at this situation, but they soon discovered that they were surrounded by an almost transparent energy barrier. This energy barrier ensured their survival in the space environment, generated a comfortable sense of gravity, and filtered out the sun's intense light—otherwise, even just being exposed to sunlight in this unobstructed space would be enough to completely burn out a person's eyes.

"Administrator calling Sovereign Hub—" A series of constantly refreshing runes and images appeared around Raven 12345. While tossing the crystal cube in her hand, she issued instructions: "Item 7k03-15 has been processed. Release the stack area memory corresponding to this project, delete the data in the corresponding sandbox, and eliminate all influencing factors of this mirrored Earth. Record the current time point. The real Earth will be back online in three minutes and connected to this universe's timeline."

After issuing these instructions, which sounded very high-end, with a serious face, Raven 12345 casually crushed the crystal cube.

The moment the magic cube shattered, a breathtaking miracle occurred: the Earth and Moon, sealed in the crystal, rapidly flew towards their original orbits, and in the process, they quickly grew larger. The increase in size was not a change in dimensions, but rather a "scale" undergoing some kind of divine transformation. The vision of mortals was completely unable to process this phenomenon that defied the laws of optics, so everyone saw different bizarre and grotesque scenes. This process took only two minutes, but after the Moon and Earth were restored to their respective orbits, no one could clearly describe what they had just seen—only Hao Ren, Vivian, and Izhaks could still vaguely retain some impressions. The others could not even manage to remember the scene!

And after the two planets were restored to their orbits, Raven 12345 rolled up her sleeves...

As soon as Hao Ren saw this, he reminded, "Things might get mind-blowing in a moment. If you don't think your worldview is strong enough, it's still time to close your eyes..."

Hassu and Hesperides said in unison, "Huh?"

Hao Ren didn't have time to explain what was happening. He saw Raven 12345's figure suddenly transform into a giant standing in the universe. Then, she twisted her waist and kicked the Earth's equator with one foot: "Off you go!"

Immediately afterwards, she continued her movements without pause, rotating half a circle in one smooth motion, followed by a series of flying kicks to the Moon's face: "And you too, by the way!"

With divine power as a bonus, this completely unphysical "first kick momentum" took effect in a blatant way. The two planets started running on normal orbits, differing not in the slightest from their original orbits and timelines...

Hao Ren: "I knew it. It's always this routine."

Hassu: "...Did I go blind in my remaining eye too?"

Apart from Hao Ren and his group, who knew their own God's style, people like Hassu and Hesperides, who had only come into contact with the "truth" later, had no idea what kind of God this universe was being managed by. Even after experiencing some mind-blowing things, they still held blind respect and a sense of reverence for Raven 12345 that came from who-knows-where. Now Hao Ren was gratified to see that these useless, mistaken impressions had finally been swept away.

No one could continue to have faith in her after seeing the goddess sister's roundhouse kick. If there were any, then let her give the Moon a kick as well.

If there were still any, then hats off to them—but please seek treatment as soon as possible.

After kicking the Earth-Moon system into orbit with two kicks, Raven 12345 returned to her normal form and pretended to take a light breath, giving everyone a thumbs up: "Done!"

Seeing that no one paid any attention to her, this goddess sister awkwardly withdrew her hand, pretending not to care: "I always advocate efficiency... Well then, since there's nothing else to do, I'll send you all back to your own homes to find your own mothers. Earth's time has been frozen all along, so when you go back, you should be able to pick up right where you left off. Of course, you'll have to adapt, since you've been outside of Earth's timeline for several months..."

At this time, Lily, as a top student dog, suddenly thought of a very technical question: "Then wouldn't Earth be 'missing' several months of time relative to the entire universe? Wouldn't the scientists on Earth be confused? Like, the positions of the stars in the universe would be wrong and stuff."

After hearing this question, Raven 12345 revealed a faint smile: "Don't worry, I've already considered this. Earth's historical trajectory has been corrected. After fundamentally changing the information flow, the several months of time missing from Earth will be 'perfectly natural'."

It seemed that although she had been acting careless and reckless just a moment ago, this neurotic goddess was still very meticulous and serious.

Streaks of light flashed across the space, sending the time-space tourists back to their proper lives. As the last figure disappeared into space, Raven 12345, left in the original place, breathed a sigh of relief as she looked in the direction of Earth.

"Crap... Gotta go fix bugs quickly." The goddess blurted out a curse, and disappeared from the spot in a flash.

Unfortunately, Hao Ren would never know about this.

Returning to the old house in the southern suburbs, Hao Ren had a feeling as if he had been separated from the world.

The old streets and alleys with few pedestrians, the mottled and dilapidated old street houses, the pitted and uneven cement road, and the two-story building standing at the end of the cement road—everything was still in the state it was before the space-time distortion event occurred. Not a single brick, tile, grass, or tree had changed in the slightest, but looking at them, Hao Ren felt that these things had been far away from him for more than a century.

No, it was longer than that, far more than a century, but rather a time span of ten thousand years.

Although Hao Ren had not fully experienced that ten thousand years of history, and his own spirit and willpower were enough to resist the psychological problems caused by the long time, he still felt a strong sense of disorientation when he saw this home where he had lived for more than twenty years.

This feeling was something that those who stayed outside the sandbox could not empathize with. Although they had also spent several months outside, it could only make them sigh, "This trip was really long."

Vivian was probably the only one who could understand Hao Ren's mood at the moment, so she smiled and took out the key to open the door before Hao Ren could—just like she opened the door of her home at the last stop of the journey back in time: "Why are you all just standing outside like idiots? Hurry up and come inside, I'll make you some food. Hao Ren, go take out the trash, I remember there should be a bag of trash in the kitchen..."

Lily stared with wide eyes: "Old bat's amnesia is cured, and her memory is super! I even forgot what I was planning to do a few months ago!"

"I want to take a shower, I want to take a shower!" Nangong Wuyue shouted as she ran into the house, "The pools in heaven are big, but they're not as comfortable as the bathtub at home. Don't you dare fight me for it!"

Lily also ran inside: "Bat, bat! Don't forget to stew ribs for me! You promised to stew ribs for me for a lifetime!"

A large group of people ran into the house in a rush. The Rolling Meow jumped up and down anxiously behind them, and finally found a gap and slipped into the house with a whoosh: "Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, meow, meow, meow~~~"

The suddenly active atmosphere swept away Hao Ren's feeling of being separated from the world. He took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, finally completely regaining the familiar feeling of home. He gently pressed the little mermaid who was quietly poking her head out from his collar, looking around, and stepped into the house.

As soon as Lily entered the house, she pounced on the big sofa in the center of the living room, stretched out a full yawn, and then lay on the sofa armrest with her tongue sticking out, no longer moving, looking like a dead dog. The Rolling Meow rushed to her favorite blanket at the first opportunity, tossing and scratching for a long time before finally calming down, as if confirming whether her territory had been occupied during the "several months" she had been away. After completing this confirmation, she curled up contentedly, making a purring sound from her throat, squinting her eyes, and patiently waiting for the meal to be served.

This cat could not quite understand high-end issues such as "time displacement," so she did not know that time on Earth had been frozen in the past few months, just as she did not understand that Hao Ren was only adventuring in a parallel space-time, and firmly believed that her master had died.

A willful and egoistic fellow, sometimes her life was quite enviable.

Hao Ren patted Lily's leg, making this guy, who had degenerated into a dead dog, make some room, and then comfortably sat down on the sofa. The soft and comfortable sofa made him unable to help but let out a satisfied sigh: This was much more comfortable than sitting on the big rocks on Earth during the Ice Age.

Dou Dou crawled out of his arms, slid down his chest and shoulders, and finally tightly grasped his arm, as if she did not dare to let go for a moment: This time, Hao Ren's "trip" was longer than any previous one, and for several months, the little mermaid had been living in a place she did not recognize. Although Raven 12345 provided the little one with a comfortable and relaxing environment, the little mermaid still felt great unease. She was very sensible, and even her mental growth rate was several times faster than that of humans, but no matter what, she was still just a child.

At this time, "Dad" had finally returned, and she had also returned home, so the little fish baby was completely at ease, and probably did not plan to leave Hao Ren's side for a short time.

Hao Ren had no impatience about this. He just gently patted the little fish baby's tail, while looking at everything around him, trying to refamiliarize himself with everything in his sight, and this was not difficult.

The familiar coffee table, with the magazine he hadn't finished reading last time still on it, the familiar sofa, with the cushion he had just bought last time, the familiar TV, showing a TV series that felt like it was from another world, the familiar little weakling, facing Izhaks's big bald head, biubiubiu...

Little weakling?!

"Crap, there's still a thought-entity here!!"