I, the Guide to the Omniverse, Usher in Blue Star's Great Ascension! - chapter 25

Chapter 25

When He Weiguang came home from work, He Zhou and Aunt He were already asleep.

After all, they hadn’t really rested well these past three days.

He Weiguang originally wanted to go look for Sheng Ai.

But thinking that it was the middle of the night and there was only a girl at home, it wasn’t appropriate for him to visit, so he decided to wait until tomorrow.

His wife also came home very late. Seeing her exhausted expression, He Weiguang hesitated and decided not to mention what had happened today for now.

He didn’t want to make his wife worry even more.

*

Tang Yuanhang was busy editing his video.

The footage from the three days was massive, so he tried his best to cut out the interesting scenes and piece them together into a smooth two-hour video.

The videos he usually posted online were around two hours long.

Although he was somewhat well-known on this now declining Digital Website, each video only got tens of thousands of views at most.

His peak was just two hundred thousand views.

The Digital Website was popular for Danmaku on videos, but even his highest Danmaku count never exceeded a thousand per video.

Still, thanks to his entertaining video style, Tang Yuanhang had tens of thousands of followers.

By seven in the morning, Tang Yuanhang rubbed his tired eyes. After coming back and pulling an all-nighter, he finally finished editing the video.

He also came up with a catchy title:

[Journey to a New World Beyond Blue Star: A Jaw-Dropping Magical Parade, Journey to the West Route-Xiaomi Mountain!]

He watched it once, felt satisfied, and uploaded the video.

Then he took out the Leaf from Toad King that he’d brought back and sniffed it by his nose.

Maybe it was psychological, but after sniffing the leaf, he always felt a bit more clear-headed.

He wasn’t as exhausted, at least enough to go out for breakfast before coming back to sleep.

At the same time, He Weiguang opened his eyes.

As a police officer, he was always busy. When he got up, he saw He Zhou and Aunt He already sitting at the table having breakfast.

That wasn’t the main thing.

The main thing was that ever since summer vacation started, He Zhou had been obsessed with her phone and never got up before ten.

But now it was only seven, and He Zhou was already awake. It was as if the sun had risen in the west.

He Weiguang rarely smiled and said, “Looks like you really got tired out after playing for a few hours.”

He Zhou paused, then held up a finger: “Dad, it wasn’t a few hours, it was three days.”

Last night, she put the Leaf from Toad King under her pillow. It was just like taking a sleeping pill-she lay down planning to watch some videos, but within seconds she felt nothing, and when she woke up it was already six thirty in the morning.

Grandma got up even earlier and had already gone out to buy breakfast.

He Weiguang sighed helplessly, not having time to argue with He Zhou, and simply said, “I’m heading to work.”

“Bye, Dad.” He Zhou smiled, not caring about her father’s busy schedule at the moment, and instead craned her neck to look at Aunt He: “Grandma, did you buy extra soup dumplings for breakfast? I’m going to find Sister Ai and bring some for her.”

Aunt He nodded: “I bought an extra basket. When you take them over, bring a bottle of warm milk too.”

He Zhou: “Okay.”

He Weiguang was a bit surprised.

Although Sheng Ai was the neighbor’s child, because they weren’t the same age, He Zhou and Sheng Ai’s relationship had always been just so-so.

Sheng Ai had to work, and He Zhou was a student, so they didn’t interact much.

He’d never seen He Zhou go looking for Sheng Ai on her own; it was always Aunt He asking her to deliver something.

This was the first time he’d seen He Zhou so eager to find Sheng Ai.

He Weiguang asked, “Did Xiao Ai ask you to buy them for her?”

He Zhou glanced at He Weiguang: “Of course not. I want to get along with Sister Ai. Next time there’s a trip, I’m counting on Sister Ai to tell me early.”
“That makes sense!” Aunt He said. “I’ll go boil another salted duck egg. Sheng Ai likes to eat that.”

He Weiguang frowned. “You’re all going with Sheng Ai again?”

Just what happened yesterday already seemed like nonsense to him.

A few hours-he really couldn’t imagine what kind of place they could visit in that time.

The key point was, they had just gone into the mall and come out again. In those few hours, no one saw them, and no investigation had found any issues. It was still a mystery.

He Zhou just smiled lightly, knowing her father absolutely wouldn’t believe it right now, so she didn’t plan to waste her breath.

She just thought, if there was another chance, maybe she could bring both her parents along.

After all, seeing is believing.

Now that his daughter was grown, there were many things He Weiguang couldn’t talk to her about. He and his wife were both too busy, and usually it was Aunt He who looked after He Zhou, so he couldn’t say much to her.

He could only go to work with a faint sense of worry.

As soon as he arrived at the office, Xiao Qin came over, looking a bit puzzled. “Captain He, the Investigation Division has released the video results. They’ve authenticated those videos-there’s no sign of compositing or forgery. They said it’s possible those Toad Spirits are just people in realistic costumes, but as far as the video goes, there’s nothing wrong with it.”

“As for the location in the video, they haven’t found any matching terrain in Hu City yet. They’re still investigating.”

After all, it would be unbelievable to make a round trip from Hu City in just a few hours.

If the location was outside the province or in another city, the implications would be pretty alarming.

How did these tourists manage it in such a short time?

He Weiguang was stunned.

The videos were all real?

He pressed further, “What about the items those tourists brought back? Have they been sent for testing? Any results?”

“Not yet. Yesterday we sent them to an Affiliated Laboratory at Hu City University for analysis. The results should be out this afternoon.”

“Then let’s wait for the results.”

While He Weiguang was still waiting, Tang Yuanhang’s video had already been posted. The fans who followed him saw the title and immediately smiled knowingly.

The video title was definitely clickbait.

A new world beyond Blue Star? Must be the blogger playing around.

But as soon as they started watching, after just a few minutes, their smiles froze.

The video began with Tang Yuanhang holding up his phone, smiling broadly as he introduced himself, saying today was a special journey.

He was going on the Journey to the West Route. He admitted it might just be a gimmick by the Travel Agency, and he was just curious where this Journey to the West Route would actually take place.

At first, because he was worried tourists wouldn’t allow filming and his phone’s memory was limited, Tang Yuanhang only shot a brief clip of himself inside the mall.

It just so happened that he didn’t film the part where they entered the elevator.

By the time he came to his senses and started recording, the elevator had already reached the bottom of the mall.

So the video had its first eye-catching moment.

Because inside the elevator, aside from the other tourists who were mosaicked out, the elevator’s display clearly showed: B-99.

How creepy is that?

What kind of mall has a basement level B-99?

What’s more, some of Tang Yuanhang’s viewers were locals from Hu City and knew this mall.

The Danmaku was shocked.

[No way, is that B-99 display for real?]

[This is wild. Are bloggers who can’t get popular now resorting to faking videos for clicks?]

[Wait, I was already confused when the blogger said the Journey to the West Route started at a mall. Who starts a trip from a mall after taking a taxi? Shouldn’t you go straight to the station?]