Chapter 00261: The Fallen Goddess
# The Fallen Goddess
Chapter 261
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 261: The Fallen Goddess
The human torso and goat legs were a combination that didn't look very human.
Staring at it for too long felt like it would trigger the uncanny valley effect.
The moment the creature opened its eyes, Qian Sen and Li Chengxi both took half a step back.
However, she didn't seem to have any particular reaction.
She just sat up, scratching her black, medium-length hair.
Noticing the blanket on her body, she looked down at it with a puzzled expression.
Qian Sen braced himself and asked tentatively,
"Can you understand what I'm saying?"
The other party was clearly taken aback for a moment, looking at Qian Sen and the nearby Li Chengxi as if she had just woken up.
Qian Sen should have been the nervous one, but the other party seemed just as tense.
She clutched the blanket tightly and gave a slight nod.
They could communicate.
Learning this, Qian Sen visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
He had been afraid of dealing with a creature that couldn't be reasoned with at all.
"Do you know your current situation?"
The other party still didn't speak, but slowly shook her head.
"This is Earth. I don't know if you've heard of it, but you are no longer in your original world."
This sentence sent the other party into a bit of a panic.
She curled up on the sofa, hugging the blanket.
However, when her gaze fell upon Li Chengxi, she suddenly calmed down.
Qian Sen naturally noticed this, but he continued to ask,
"Can you tell me what you've been through?"
The other party didn't open her mouth, instead making humming and hawing sounds from her throat, which confused Qian Sen and Li Chengxi.
She herself seemed a little puzzled, as if surprised that she hadn't been able to speak just now.
She then opened her mouth and said in a slow, child-like tone, as if learning to talk,
"I only remember that I was suddenly knocked down."
"Knocked down? By whom?"
She shook her head, having no more information.
Although the other party could communicate, she still seemed a bit guarded.
Qian Sen decided to change the question.
"Miss, could you tell me your name?"
The other party blurted it out without a second thought,
"Verdant Goddess Aidas."
"..."
The instrument in Qian Sen's hand clattered to the floor.
His expression was one of utter disbelief, as if he had just seen King Yama and Monkey Sun go disco dancing together.
"No, no, it's just Aidas, not Verdant Goddess. Forget everything I just said, forget it!"
Aidas quickly waved her hands to explain, but come on, lady, do you think we're all idiots?
She seemed a bit dim-witted.
Qian Sen took a few deep breaths with all his might.
The hand that picked up the instrument was trembling slightly.
"Alright, please remain calm."
It felt like Qian Sen was the one who needed to remain calm.
His legs were shaking now.
Li Chengxi quietly asked,
"Is it rare for a goddess to transmigrate to Earth?"
"It's not rare, there's absolutely no precedent for it."
Of course, that was assuming she really was some Verdant Goddess.
Aidas had just mentioned being knocked down suddenly.
Combining that with what Li Chengxi had said about seeing a sky full of meteors, a bad premonition arose in Qian Sen's heart.
Qian Sen pointed at Li Chengxi.
"Excuse me, do you know him?"
The other party stared at Li Chengxi for several seconds before finally nodding.
That was strange.
Li Chengxi had no impression of her whatsoever.
"She probably crash-landed next to you because she knows you."
"But I don't know her."
"We can't get to the bottom of this in just a few sentences, and it's not safe enough here."
This 'not safe' meant not safe for Li Chengxi and Qian Sen.
If Lei Lei were here, things might be a little better.
But a week ago, Lei Lei had told Li Chengxi and Qian Sen that something came up back home, and she had already taken leave from school to return to Jingzhou.
"We need to understand why you suddenly came to Earth. You probably want to go back soon, right? Please cooperate with us. Let's move to a safer place to talk this over."
Just as expected, this was different from usual.
When Audel arrived, Qian Sen had merely explained some precautions and asked for basic information.
He wasn't tense like he was disarming a landmine, nor did he ask to take her away.
Then again, to suddenly be in a strange environment, only to have a stranger pop up and say, "Let's go somewhere else to talk."
Anyone would be wary in that situation.
Aidas immediately put on an expression like a bullied little rabbit, but after a moment's hesitation, she extended a hand toward Qian Sen.
"Please, hold my hand."
Now the pressure was on Qian Sen.
Coming into close contact with a creature of unknown danger level could easily get him put in a little box.
But Aidas was firm.
If you don't come over, I'm not leaving.
Qian Sen had no choice but to grit his teeth and tentatively touch his finger to her palm.
Aidas grasped Qian Sen's finger and held it for about two or three seconds.
"You're a good person. I can go with you."
It was unclear how she judged that, but Qian Sen was obviously relieved.
"You have to take her away this time? Don't they usually stay?"
"It's different. This time is really different."
In fact, at the same time Li Chengxi made the call, every Section Nine branch in the country received a terrifying number of spatial shift signals.
Even the instruments measuring the signals were burned out, and it took a full minute for the backup instruments to activate.
In the time it took Qian Sen to arrive, the entire nation had already entered a state of emergency combat readiness.
The army, navy, and air force had been mobilized, ready to engage in battle at any moment.
Moreover, Qian Sen had reason to believe it wasn't just the Celestial Empire.
The overt and covert military forces of every country in the world were already on a war footing, as if preparing for a world war.
It was just that the news had been blockaded, so the general public didn't know what was happening yet.
This incident was just that serious.
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Qian Sen left with Aidas, taking Li Chengxi's blanket with them.
Not that the blanket was important.
He had absolutely no mental preparation for the severity of the situation.
He just felt that Qian Sen's attitude was very strange, and that it was probably a very tricky matter.
That was all.
After all, although Li Chengxi was in the know, he wasn't part of the system.
Whether it was serious or not was Section Nine's problem and had nothing to do with him.
So after seeing Qian Sen off, Li Chengxi went back inside to sleep, not giving it much thought at all.
The next morning, perhaps because the barbecue hotpot had been a bit rough on his stomach, Li Chengxi woke up rather early.
He was up and washing his face before six.
While brushing his teeth and reading the news on his phone, Li Chengxi noticed that there seemed to be no reports at all about last night's meteor shower.
Logically, there was no way such a spectacle wouldn't generate some discussion.
Instead, the trending topics were filled with entertainment news, like some celebrity scandal or another.
Surely he wasn't the only one who saw that meteor shower, right?
Li Chengxi picked up his phone, and just as he was about to search for related news, a series of urgent knocks came from downstairs.
Wiping the foam off with a towel, he wondered who would be knocking so early, before the sun was even up.
"Who is it?"
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Qian Sen standing outside.
Behind him stood a circle of burly men in bulletproof vests, even holding rifles, scanning their surroundings with extreme vigilance.
This gave Li Chengxi a scare.
Then he heard Qian Sen say,
"I might need your help."
He pointed to one side of the door.
Li Chengxi saw what looked like a human-shaped black plastic bag on a handcart.
Shit, why is it wrapped up like a corpse?
(End of Chapter)