I, the Guide to the Omniverse, Usher in Blue Star's Great Ascension! - chapter 26

Chapter 26

This time, the video title was very effective.

From the very beginning, the number of Danmaku comments was much higher than on Tang Yuanhang’s previous videos.

And because it was so bizarre, it quickly made it to the recommended list, gaining even more traffic than before.

Naturally, the visitors in the group also went to watch Tang Yuanhang’s video.

Seeing people start to question the authenticity of the video in the comments, Tian Youyue and the others enthusiastically began to reply.

Reply: It’s not fake, it’s real. This is another world.

Reply: We really went there. Although we didn’t meet the Great Sage, the Toad Spirit clan is real!

Reply: Now the Stinky Fruit from the Toad Spirits has started selling. Everyone can go to the online store to buy it.

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However, along with these replies, the netizens who had initially treated it as a curiosity video and thought Tang Yuanhang was just trying to be funny began to feel it was a bit much.

If it’s a fake video, why are they getting so emotionally invested?

Then, with the appearance of the Stinky Fruit Online Store, the netizens felt they had found the truth.

So it was all an advertisement for this so-called Stinky Fruit!

To promote a Stinky Fruit, they made such a bizarre video.

It was creative, but overacting led to some backlash.

[Oh, the video is creative, but swearing it’s real is a bit insulting to the viewers.]

[When I saw the mountains full of Stinky Fruit at the end, I laughed. Isn’t that just Durian? Who grows durians on mountains like that?]

Someone even replied to Tian Youyue: Journey to the West is all fake. Are you saying you went to a fictional world? Don’t fool your brothers so much that you start believing it yourself.

Seeing these replies, Tian Youyue and the others knew no one would believe them.

But now, the focus of the video had shifted. Everyone thought it was just marketing for the Toad Spirits’ Stinky Fruit.

Still, the Toad Spirits in the video looked very real, and many people said the special effects were well done. The video was gradually gaining traction.

Sheng Ai got up in the morning and ate the steamed buns, salted duck egg, and a cup of soy milk that Aunt He had brought over.

Aunt He often brought breakfast for her on weekends, because as an office worker, Sheng Ai basically never made breakfast herself and couldn’t get up early.

As Sheng Ai ate her buns, He Zhou looked at her expectantly: “Sister Ai, come to my house for lunch today. My grandma specially went to buy fish, and she’ll make fried fish balls for you at noon!”

Sheng Ai glanced at He Zhou: “What do you mean ‘make fried fish balls for me’? You barely talk to me usually. You just want to know when the next trip is, right?”

“Sister Ai, listen to you.” He Zhou wasn’t shy about it: “Who isn’t looking forward to the next trip now? Not just me, my grandma’s interested too.”

“The next trip is in three days.” Sheng Ai finally said, “But as for where we’re going and how to get tickets, I still don’t know.”

He Zhou’s eyes lit up: “Did Omniverse Corporation send you a message?”

Sheng Ai: “Sort of.”

He Zhou was thrilled: “Then you have to let me know as soon as possible in three days!”

Sheng Ai: “Alright, alright, I’ve said it so many times these days, my ears are getting calluses.”

He Zhou chuckled, but just then, her phone rang.

She looked at it-it was a call from He Weiguang.

He Zhou answered, “Hello, Dad.”

But this time, He Weiguang’s voice was very serious and solemn: “He Zhou, I’m asking you again, and I’m not joking this time. The soil, and those flowers, leaves, and trees you gave us yesterday-where did you really bring them from?”

He Zhou paused, then pursed her lips and said, “I told you, we brought them back from another world.”
He Weiguang raised his voice: “I already told you, this is not the time to joke! I’m asking you a very serious question right now!”

He Zhou replied, “I’m not lying. I’m answering you seriously, too. If you don’t believe me, then forget it!”

He Zhou and He Weiguang rarely talked much in daily life. After just a couple of sentences, the conversation went awry, and He Zhou’s temper flared. She hung up the phone directly.

Sheng Ai, hearing this exchange, was a bit puzzled. “Your dad called back?”

“Mm.” He Zhou nodded. “He asked where exactly the things we brought back yesterday came from. I told him everything, but he doesn’t believe me.”

Sheng Ai thought of something. “Did they find something on his end?”

He Zhou shook her head. “I don’t know about that.”

But Sheng Ai’s guess was spot on.

He Weiguang had indeed received some extraordinary news.

After hanging up, He Weiguang pinched the bridge of his nose. “First, notify the other tourists who were present yesterday.”

Xiao Qin could barely contain his excitement. “This is just too bizarre!”

It turned out that just now, the Affiliated Laboratory under Hu City University had suddenly called, directly asking the police where those items came from.

They had indeed detected a problem inside.

Those soils contained a substance that currently does not exist on Blue Star!

No one knew what it was. The laboratory at Hu City University realized this was no simple matter and had already reported it to a top laboratory in Jingcheng for further testing.

The items were already en route, and the laboratory had called ahead to give a warning.

If there were any similar substances, they must all be collected.

That was why He Weiguang had called He Zhou.

Xiao Qin said, “There’s no way they really went to the Otherworld, right?”

On the other side, another police officer said, “We watched the videos those tourists brought back all night, but still haven’t found any matching geographic location in An Province. Now the search range has expanded to the whole country.”

The officer’s expression was also incredulous. “A round trip in three hours, and they left the province? Do you think that’s possible? Besides, the mall manager said they only have two basement levels, let alone something as ridiculous as ninety-nine underground floors. There can’t possibly be a building with ninety-nine underground levels anywhere in the world, right?”

“We also checked that train station. It does look like something from Huaxia in the last century, but we couldn’t find any old station that matches.”

Xiao Qin, as if sensing the world was about to change, said excitedly, “But what if everything they said is true? Wouldn’t that mean there’s a huge problem with that Travel Agency!”

He Weiguang’s expression grew grave. “Don’t joke about things that go against materialism.”

Xiao Qin blurted out, “But there’s no way to explain their whereabouts or the things they brought back. Besides, there has to be a purpose behind all this, right? What are they trying to achieve?”

He Weiguang’s heart sank a little. After thinking for a moment, he said, “I’ll go find Sheng Ai. You guys talk to those tourists again and see if they’re willing to hand over everything they brought back for testing. We’ll return it to them after the tests are done.”

Even if the laboratory wanted the items, those tourists hadn’t broken any laws, so they couldn’t just take things from them for no reason.

Xiao Qin said, “Captain He, I’ll go with you.”

He Weiguang thought for a moment and didn’t object.

But it wasn’t noon yet. He Weiguang considered, “Let’s go together during lunch break and eat out.”

Xiao Qin readily agreed.

At this moment, Sheng Ai realized she didn’t need to explain anything in particular. She just had a feeling that the Travel Agency was about to become famous.