[h1]Fu Xuan, the Master Diviner[/h1]

[i][b]Alien Facility[/b][/i]

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The sensation of being transported is weightless, my vision obscured only to reemerge in---

Ah.

The sight of a forest is not unusual. Far from it, but the sky is something different compared to the simulated skies of the Xianzhou fleet. It's not as if I have no experience with ordinary skies, though I am not normally able to leave the Luofu and the fleet as a whole, but it is still a less common site for me as far as experiencing it in person.

'Earth' then. A planet I had never heard of, likely from a branch of the Imaginary Tree far removed from our own, plagued by invaders. The atmosphere feels far less stilted then the timeless world we just departed from, and despite the unfamiliarity it feels normal, for the moment.

But that moment is unspeakably brief.

Indeed, the faint glow is an immediate sign of a potential threat, and therefore---

I stretch out my senses, a dull throb running through my forehead as the omniscia responds. It is an ache I am entirely accustomed to.

I'll stretch my vision to the future, raising my hands as I place my fingers together gently. Of course, in this situation I am unable to see great distances into what is to come. But I will be able to see the approaching figures' next movements with perfect clarity, and thus plan accordingly.

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[b][i]Ruins[/i][/b]

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After passing through the portal, the trio arrived in what appeared to be an almost idyllic scene.

Birds could be heard calling loudly to one another. The floor was composed of thick, soft grass, which grew sparser out from the center as taller plants extended upwards, ferns and shrubs of various sorts. There was the sound of running water nearby, and dew clung to leaves and various surfaces. The air was pleasant, not cold but slightly cool in the same manner as an early morning on a day promising to be an ideal temperature.

Perhaps at first glance, it would be difficult to believe that such a location could possibly have been the site of some great cataclysm that wiped out nearly all of the human population.

But the very borders of the clearing, past the taller, thicker vegetation, were strange. A flat, sheer surface covered in vines and moss, dripping with moisture and continuing upwards towards a large opening through which the sunlight poured.

It was some sort of enormous, destroyed structure, though its exact nature was difficult to discern from within it. there was a gap through the thick, clingy foliage, through which more light could be glimpsed. Thus, it was likely that this was some form of exit.

From outside, there was a heavy, thudding sound, but apparently this was not enough of a disturbance to disrupt the calling birds.

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