Chapter 187: Giant Gate

Swiping away the invitation interface, Jiang Jian opened the address book and dialed the communication to Zhou Princess Qingyue.

Beep.

The communication connected.

The ghost spoke first, with no emotional fluctuation in her voice: "Jixue guessed right; you're okay."

As early as when Jiang Jian's identity device was replaced.

She and Jixue knew that Jiang Jian was safe and sound and had walked out of the Earth Realm.

Jiang Jian was silent for a moment and said: "Tell Jixue to drive the Over-Realm Shuttle and come to Chang'an Prefecture to find me."

Zhou Princess Qingyue asked: "Chang'an Prefecture's realm barriers are strict; are ordinary beings qualified to enter?"

Jiang Jian said softly: "According to Earth law, you don't count as a being, just my household registration pet; you can enter."

After a pause, he added, "By the way, the two million spiritual resources that the Zhou family sends me every half year, go and urge them."

"Okay."

Zhou Princess Qingyue didn't say anything more, agreed, and hung up the communication.

Over the past half year, she and Jixue had been staying on the Over-Realm Shuttle, docked in the quiet mountains and wilderness.

On weekdays, besides buying some food, they had almost never left the warship.

Originally, Zhou Princess Qingyue concluded that Jiang Jian was dead.

Her idea was to use the resources on the Over-Realm Shuttle to cultivate to the Divine Palace Realm and then apply for a non-official citizen identity device.

But the gray fox Jixue had a disagreement with her.

It had talked to Jiang Zhao on the phone and firmly believed that Jiang Jian was still in this world.

The shuttle control token had always been in Jixue's hands.

It locked the resource warehouse, preventing Zhou Princess Qingyue from moving even a bit, and hid in the cabin cultivation area to ensure its own safety.

In this way, Zhou Princess Qingyue had no way to deal with the gray fox and could only wait with it.

Swiping away the message.

Jiang Jian's gaze moved down to look at another communication friend.

Guangling No. 1 Middle School, Classmate Nie Zheng.

The communications she sent were shocking.

Making Jiang Jian's mind tremble.

"September 20, 3227, Earth Realm Youzhou Prefecture, thirty-seven cities, no clues."

Below the short text, densely packed, were many pictures attached.

The scenes in every picture were all cities in the Dead Realm.

Earth Realm Youzhou Prefecture, thirty-seven cities.

Every corner, every room, had basically been gone through.

These pictures were all automatically recorded by the identity device, which Classmate Nie Zheng had turned on for automatic photography to avoid searching carelessly.

After going back, she would look through these pictures again for a second search.

"October 17, 3227, Earth Realm Liuzhou Prefecture, nineteen cities, no clues."

"November 4, 3227, Earth Realm Daizhou Prefecture, twenty-seven cities, no clues."

"January 9, 3228, Earth Realm Qingzhou Prefecture, sixteen cities, no clues."

"March 2, 3228, Earth Realm Cangzhou Prefecture, twenty-one cities, no clues."

"March 2, 3228, Earth Realm Cangzhou Prefecture, twenty-second city, Jiuhua Shancheng, clue found."

In the last set of pictures, it was the deathly silent Jiuhua Shancheng.

Paper houses were crooked and tilted, and there were deep sword marks everywhere.

The communication ended abruptly here.

Jiang Jian was silent for a few seconds before dialing Classmate Nie Zheng's communication.

Beep.

Beep.

The communication connected.

"Senior Jiang Jian, you're back."

On the other side of the identity device, the young girl said softly.

Regarding Jiang Jian being safe and sound, she didn't seem surprised.

"Yeah," Jiang Jian hesitated slightly and asked, "During this time, have you been looking for me?"

Classmate Nie Zheng replied: "I just happened to be free, and I had a quota in my hand, so I went to the Earth Realm to take a look, just as if I were going out for a walk."

She said it lightly.

Jiang Jian knew clearly in his heart.

Earth Realm thirty Prefectures, Classmate Nie Zheng walked through seven Prefecture Realms, over a hundred cities.

The dangers and difficulties involved were countless, and it was definitely not something that could be dismissed with a light stroke.

And behind her, there was at least one Divine Palace Realm being!

The Earth Realm was extremely dangerous, and every city had

Without a Shen Gong Jing creature to escort her, Classmate Nie Zheng would never have been able to achieve these things before accepting the divine gift ceremony.

Coupled with the secret information Classmate Nie Zheng sent from time to time.

Her background was definitely not simple.

Jiang Jian temporarily pushed these thoughts aside, noted the favor, and said in a low voice, "Thank you."

"It's nothing," Classmate Nie Zheng replied, "Senior Jiang Jian, are you going to the Earth-Moon Academy?"

Jiang Jian nodded: "Yes, the Linjiang Prefecture Office has finished the procedures for me. In a few days, I will participate in the entrance assessment."

Classmate Nie Zheng urged: "Senior Jiang Jian, the entrance assessment of the Earth-Moon Academy is related to the allocation of core resources. You must strive to be first and not hide your talents."

She paused slightly and continued, "I will strive to obtain the qualification to go to the Earth-Moon Academy within a year."

Hearing this.

Jiang Jian was stunned, only then remembering that the last two days were the time for the annual divine gift grand examination.

"The Guangling City divine gift grand examination should be over by now."

Jiang Jian asked, "How were the results?"

Classmate Nie Zheng said: "Thanks to the notes you helped me make, I got a perfect score on the theory exam."

Jiang Jian asked: "What about the divine gift score?"

Classmate Nie Zheng blinked and asked in return: "Senior, didn't you check the Linjiang Forum?"

Jiang Jian shook his head: "Too many things going on, I didn't pay much attention."

"Alright," Classmate Nie Zheng's tone paused, "I'm the same as you; I got into Linjiang Academy."

"But you are no longer at the school."

Subsequently.

Jiang Jian chatted briefly about daily life with Classmate Nie Zheng and hung up the communication.

Swiping away the communication list.

Jiang Jian's gaze involuntarily turned to those pictures of the Dead Realm.

Half a year, seven entries into the Earth Realm.

Searching city by city, everywhere.

Jiang Jian never expected that Classmate Nie Zheng had only met him once.

A fleeting glance in front of the Guangling No. 1 High School cafeteria.

Yet she had quietly done so many things.

He did not want to think about the reason for this.

"The Earth Realm quota is so precious."

"Yin Yin, as the daughter of the Prefecture Office divine envoy, couldn't get one in half a year."

"Yet Classmate Nie Zheng can get a quota every time and enter the Earth Realm."

Thinking of this.

Jiang Jian could not help but feel shocked by her background.

Earth Realm quotas were firmly held by the Qishendian Star Palace.

The Qishendian Star Palace was high above, far away in the Moon Realm, yet it governed all the Prefecture Office divine envoys.

Without heaven-reaching connections, it would be impossible to obtain an Earth Realm quota.

What's more.

In her words, Classmate Nie Zheng only spoke of going to the Earth Realm as if it were an outing.

She spoke of the Earth Realm quota as something easy and casual, not worth mentioning.

Her origins appeared even more mysterious.

"Junior Classmate Nie Zheng, just how much are you hiding?"

Closing the identity device.

Jiang Jian suppressed his thoughts, walked down the sky corridor, arrived at the fleet field, found an unmanned hovercar, and boarded it.

Many unmanned hovercars were parked at the edge of the vast fleet field.

One only needed to hold the identity device and give it a light swipe to start it.

"Destination: Chang'an Prefecture Second Layer Boundary, Earth-Moon Academy world entrance."

As Jiang Jian swiped his identity device, a mechanical prompt sounded.

Blue light flickered, the unmanned hovercar emitted a hum, floated up, and rose toward the high heavens.

As the hovercar flew higher and higher, the perspective became vast.

The neon night view of Chang'an Prefecture below appeared even more prosperous and beautiful.

Between the boundaries, there were floating virtual tracks.

The unmanned hovercar followed the track, merging with other aircraft into countless streams of light, rushing into the sky.

It sped toward the upper end of the night sky like a rainbow.

Jiang Jian sat by the window, looking down at the surface that was getting further and further away, practicing quietly at every moment.

Less than 2 hours later.

The unmanned hovercar slowed down, and a mechanical prompt sounded.

"Approaching destination!"

"Chang'an Prefecture Second Layer Boundary, Earth-Moon Academy world entrance!"

"Please disembark at the floating fleet field!"

A vast fleet field hung in the extreme sky.

Countless aircraft were taking off and landing here.

There were even space motherships that blocked the sky and sun, as large as mountains, docked in the center of the fleet field.

At the end of the fleet field, there were two giant doors a hundred meters high, with heaven-reaching corridors at the entrance connecting to the floating continent of the Second Layer Boundary.

That was the world entrance to the Earth-Moon Academy.

The Second Layer Boundary formed a small world of its own, its scale equivalent to half of Earth, with over ten billion creatures living within it.

To enter the Earth-Moon Academy, one needed to undergo an extremely rigorous review process.

The unmanned hovercar landed, and the cabin door opened.

Jiang Jian stepped off the gangway and looked at the giant doors of the Second Layer Boundary.

(End of this chapter)