“Have you been monitoring the movents of the Covenant and the Nexus?”
“Yes, Lord. We noticed a slight shift in one zone near the edge of their frontiers.”
“Oh? What happened?”
“Nothing too important. But you told us to keep all the details in check, so we just lightly recorded them. From the looks of it, there is a new True World Tree that appeared in these coordinates.”
“Let check… Oh? ? Unclaid… Interesting. Send a rchant ship and get so information on this new True World tree. Perhaps in half a millennium or so, she could beco the force that tips the balance. Of course, that’s if the Covenant protects her enough and the Nexus doesn’t eliminate her before that.”
“Yes, lord.”
“What about the others? Did they notice her?”
“Yes, Lord. They also intend to send so probing rchant ships. I reckon that this True World Tree will start receiving a small influx of people in five to ten years. I just wonder how she will react.”
“Are you fearful that she might destroy the ships? She should not be that violent. The Covenant should’ve inford her about so basic knowledge… Even if she does, do not worry much. Just make sure those going about their priorities. Right, once there, try to keep tabs on what other powers have sent their spies.”
“Understood.”
***
Back in the Ceperet Solar System, Liu Shu observed the sky with interest. The dark clouds and heavy rain had finally lowered the temperature enough, and Liu Shu felt that it was ti.
The sky she was observing was not Nualis’s, nor Ceperet’s; it was actually Vorathen’s.
This world that Liu Shu had started working on for over 30 years finally looked ready for colonization.
The ground was still barren, and the seas, rivers, and mountains were still taking shape. The terrain was mostly inhospitable. However! The temperature, atmosphere, and quality of the soil had transford greatly after her asteroid bombardnt cald down.
“Most of the asteroids landed quite far away from the and other that I used in this world. Those seeds have grown perfectly, and now, they have created enough hospitable land to live in.
Once people can move in through portals, there will be people willing to explore this place. Even a barren world might contain secret treasures from past living organisms. I, on my part, have tried not to take anything and leave the discovery for my people.”
If she put her head into it, Liu Shu was sure that she might be able to sweep Vorathen’s terrain in just a month and leave nothing hidden. ‘But if I do that, how can my population grow and adapt?’
She could feel that there was nothing too important buried in Vorathen that could help her. Therefore, she didn’t care about it.
Her sight changed, returning to Ceperet’s Teleportation Hub in Golden Sap City. “Mom, how are you doing?”
This Hub was constructed near Tree, allowing her to stretch her roots here easily and get in touch with the portals Liu Shu opened previously. After years of work, Tree managed to take control of most portals and allowed Liu Shu to pass down control to her.
Even when the portals were using Liu Shu’s and roots as channels, our World Tree had enough confidence in her mother to relinquish almost total control.
Hearing her daughter’s voice, Tree spared a bit of her focus to speak with Liu Shu. It was not that easy to control that many portals. “I am doing more than fine, love.”
Liu Shu smiled happily. “That’s great! I have a few new portals I want to connect, so I will create them now.”
Tree paused and asked carefully. “How many?”
Liu Shu glanced at Vorathen, counted the few cities she had created, and answered. “Six portals!”
Tree sighed in relief. She was a bit fearful that she wouldn’t be able to hold many more. However, if they were six, Tree felt confident. “Alright, connect them, love.”
Liu Shu spread her energy, covering the millions of kiloters between words, and then stretched space by pulling on both sides. Space-ti distorted, Liu Shu’s boundless energy reserves maintaining the transformation.
Then, Liu Shu used her prearranged roots and opened the space-channel through them.
Inside the Teleportation Hub, people suddenly felt the very reality tremble, giving them a fright.
“What’s happening?”
“Earthquake!?”
“Impossible. Lady Heavenly Willow is probably strong enough to stop them.”
At that mont, those on the second floor saw stairs appearing leading to the third floor. When the stairs appeared, the rumbling of the world around them also cald down, quickly returning to normalcy.
The Teleportation Hub was made out of a . It was divided into ten floors, each quite tall and imposing. However, the topmost seven floors were sealed to the public. The ones open were three.
The bottom floor was in charge of portals within Ceperet and administration procedures.
The first floor was in charge of portals that led between the Moon and Ceperet.
And the second floor, which led to portals that connected Nualis and Ceperet.
So, when people saw the stairs toward the third floor opening, everyone was extrely puzzled. So people who were not in a hurry quickly climbed the stairs to the third-floor, curious.
Once they arrived, they looked up and saw the plaques on top of each of the six new portals attached to different rooms. “, ,
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