"Is this really the moon? Why does it feel..."

Even while wrapped in the thick , Liweina, whose beautiful figure couldn't be concealed, stood on the bridge of the , looking at the images projected from the hologram, and couldn't help but murmur to herself.

At the same time, the others standing beside her mentally added:

"So ugly!"

It took them only ten hours to reach the side of the moon facing the Herag Star.

In fact, with the speed of the , traveling between these two planets was more convenient than international travel.

And once they got here, they realized: "Distance creates beauty," the ancients were indeed right.

When looking up at the moon from the Herag Star, one sees a flawless, jade-like white glow. But when observed up close, it's full of craters, dotted with enormous ringed mountains.

After traveling thousands of miles, is this all...?

It looked just like a giant pockmarked face that didn't live up to the viewer's expectations!

This gave several women who initially had great anticipation a sense of unreal disillusionment.

The moon, once again suffering from being ogled by ape-like creatures: ...I'm sorry I turned out this way; watch or don't, humph!

In fact, many wizards observing celestial phenomena already knew the moon's frontal appearance, such as Milan the "Astrologer."

The moon's surface has dark and bright areas; bright areas are highlands, dark areas are plains or basin-like lowlands, respectively called "Lunar Land" and "Lunar Seas."

Of course, there is no water in "Lunar Seas," and "Lunar Land" is scattered with many mountains, range upon range, and mountains stretching in all directions, with ringed mountains densely distributed, also known as "pockmarked craters."

Boom!

Just as the group was observing this planet, suddenly another meteor was captured by this celestial body and crashed down, adding another "pockmark" as it tossed lunar soil dust high into the air.

Because it only has one-sixth of Herag's gravity, the high-speed flying dust even showed signs of escaping the planet.

Exclamations erupted in the bridge.

But Aiven, who had long been mentally prepared, focused otherwhere, with green data streams quickly scrolling in the .

Diameter: 3,476.28 km, Surface temperature: 142°C, Rotation period: 27.32 days (rotating counterclockwise from west to east), Orbital period: 27.32 days, Orbital tilt angle: 28.58 degrees...

"This data seems a bit too coincidental, don't you think?"

He hadn't noticed before, but upon arriving, Aiven was amazed to find an incredibly striking coincidence in these celestial data.

The average distance between the moon and the Herag Star is about 380,000 km, and the sun's average distance from the Herag Star is about 150 million km.

Dividing the two, the sun is about 395 times farther from Earth than the moon.

The moon's diameter is about 3,476 km, the sun's diameter is approximately 1.38 million km; dividing the two, the sun's diameter is about 395 times that of the moon.

These coincidental numbers seem like they were carefully designed.

Moreover, this celestial body rotates at a speed of 16.56 km per hour while also orbiting the Herag Star.

The time for one rotation happens to be the same as one orbit, so the moon always faces the same side towards Herag.

Which means that before they personally reached the moon, at least in this era, no one could have observed the moon's far side from the Herag Star.

That's where both electromagnetic and cognitive dual signals come from.

After Aiven explained his findings to everyone, the adventure team members couldn't help but get excited, eager to try.

Although

wasn't their main objective for this trip.

But if they unexpectedly yield something, they just want to tell the world consciousness: Don't be kind to us, let the storm hit harder...

However, before issuing commands, Aiven first glanced at Milan by his side.

The latter immediately understood, quickly took out a deck of tarot cards, and completed the divination for the lunar landing.

"This..."

The divination result made everyone frown involuntarily.

Card image: A lobster climbing out of the water under the moonlight, heading towards the Moon Goddess. It must choose the correct one of the two towers in the distance, as only the correct tower is the way to meet the Moon Goddess.

The wolf and the hunting dog on the shore were also attracted by the Moon Goddess, unaware of the lobster close by. The dog represents the lobster's dependency on the old world, while the wolf symbolizing the lobster's fear.

No matter how it's interpreted, this card represents confusion, distress, and unease.

"It means we're very likely not to achieve what we desire, even if this journey yields something, it may not be what we want."

Aiven, of course, wouldn't be scared by one divination, as long as it's not an ominous disaster card, it's fine.

Besides, "tarot cards" are a type that isn't influenced by the subject's power, having its advantages but also a precision that's not as high as other methods.

"Hesi, let's land on the moon's far side."

"Alright."

Swoosh!

With tentacles waving, the , insignificant in comparison to the planet, instantly disappeared into the massive shadow cast due to the celestial body's obstruction of the sun.

Whoosh—!

A few minutes later, the fleshy decompression chamber slowly opened, and the members wearing

for the first time imprinted humanity's footprint from the Fifth Era onto the lunar surface.

After smashing the already prepared monument into the ground, they skillfully completed the process of erecting the monument to commemorate their achievement.

Clang! Clang! Clang!...

An unprecedented torrent of [World's Favor] surged forth, almost materializing into a visible substance. If the gains from the last space voyage were a 10, this time it was at least 200!

Meanwhile, a melodious female voice suddenly reached Aiven's ear:

"My dearest Saint, as your Goddess, I truly don't know how to love you, hehe..."

Aiven was touched.

Aiven realized that because of his actions of "expanding territories" outside of Herag, the concept of the [Nautical Divine Position] of "Sea Monarchy" Hekater, the "Humanized God," had been expanded once again.

The benefits She gained from this might not be comparable to the [World's Favor] they themselves had obtained.

At that moment.

Crunch, crunch...

Olivia suddenly sensed through the "Mind Connection" some unusual movements behind her.

Turning back, she saw that the "Gem River," which had transformed into the form of an Octopus Girl, was stuffing a pile of exposed bright silver metal from the ground into her mouth, chewing and swallowing it with relish.

Olivia did not stop it, she just looked over with her [True Sight Demon Eye].

"Is this... elemental titanium? How could it be?"

On Herag Star, titanium is considered a rare metal by wizards because it exists dispersed in nature and is difficult to extract, with almost no elemental form.

Titanium has a hardness similar to steel but weighs about half as much in the same volume, making it a high-quality metal destined to shine in industrial development.

And yet, there was so much on the moon?

"Crunch, crunch... Master, the stuff here is delicious!"

Although the [Gem River] could reproduce, it didn't mean it could do so freely.

Even a tiny human body has a complex elemental composition, with oxygen about 65%, carbon about 18%, hydrogen about 10%, and nitrogen about 3%, these four elements making up about 96% of the human body.

The remaining calcium is about 2%, phosphorus about 1%, and there are also iodine, zinc, selenium, copper, molybdenum, chromium, cobalt, iron...

The raw materials for the [Gem River] space battleship come from: [Legendary Battleship: Sea Sovereignty], [Legendary Battleship: Valhalla], [Sea God's Son: Ming Snake], and countless gems, precious metals, bioengineered eggs, etc.

Although achieving reproduction conditions no longer required preparing so many demanding raw materials, the three-hundred-meter body also needed to meet both the "material" and "spiritual" conditions.

The [Gem River] would digest a large amount of rare precious raw materials and spiritual substances, storing them in an internal Space Bag, only beginning reproduction when material and spiritual reserves were complete.

The benefit is that it can be put to use immediately upon birth.

Prompted by this instinct from "Gem River," Olivia quickly looked around, countless symbols, formulas... flickering in her eyes.

She was amazed to find the moon was rich in trace elements lacking on Herag Star.

Such as titanium, chromium, yttrium and others. These metals are very hard, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant, making them excellent materials for the growth of [Gem River].

"Aiven..."

The extremely coincidental data, along with these things that shouldn't have occurred naturally.

It leads one to suspect that the moon is not a natural satellite of Herag Star, but a celestial body that has been transformed by some intelligent lifeforms and purposefully placed in its current location.

"Perhaps what they call [Catrio's Wheel] is an artifact of an advanced civilization, and we should see for ourselves."

As Olivia was uncovering these unusual metals, Aiven also confirmed the exact location from which the signal was being transmitted.

"Sister!"

Sparks flew....

Holding hands with Anita, the resonating blue-white electricity and torrents of emerald light flowed through the two.

A point of lightning slowly emerged above their heads, transforming into a surging ocean of thunder, with two silhouettes in pure white, resembling both dragons and sabers, constantly swimming, twisting and turning.

They were two sharp long knives, dragon-headed, slightly curved, and covered with steel scales!

[Titled Sacred Artifact: Thunderous Dragon Roar: Sakanni]

Even through the [Venom Armor], the other members of the team couldn't help but withdraw, intimidated by its lethal sharpness.

Suddenly.

The light of the two dragon scale sabers burst forth and merged swiftly, transforming into a heavenly thunder bolt like something thrown down by the Thunder God from the clouds.

Boom!!!

Absolute: Resonance/Destruction.

Within the extensive brilliance that extended beyond sight, the heavy rock mantle accumulated over countless years was stripped away as easily as leaves by an autumn wind, revealing beneath a sprawling terrain of bright silver metallic crust of unknown kilometers.

An alloy Gate of the same material was embedded right in the metal crust's center.

Sizzle—!

Without any unnecessary movements, this Gate, sealed for an unknown length of time, slid smoothly to the sides under some peculiar power.

Driven by their courage and skill, the group stepped forward without hesitation.

Guided by the increasingly intense signal, they delved several kilometers beneath the surface, passing through three depressurization chambers effortlessly, arriving at another half-open alloy Gate.

"This is..."

However, in this space that seemed suitable for life, their first notice wasn't the clearly damaged Gate.

It was an array of bizarre little trees growing halfway inside and halfway outside the Gate, and at the center of the grove, an oversized "Space Suit" that appeared as the source of all the trees, now in utter decay!