"...So, you were sleeping in the hotel, but when you opened your eyes you were here?"

Looking at Irena in front of him, Fang Zheng was bewildered, while beside him, several girls were staring at Irena angrily.

"Yes, that's it. Did you do something?"

"I didn't do anything."

Facing Irena's questioning, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders, while Irena helplessly reached out her hand to press her forehead.

"Uh...anyway, I want to go back to that place now. Please take me back."

"I can take you back, but I'm sorry, it's not possible now."

"Why?"

"First, the device for transmission is not here. Second, we are busy with something very important right now and it is impossible for us to go back. So, I'm sorry, it seems that you have to follow us for the time being."

Fang Zheng spread his hands. There was one thing he didn't tell Irena, which was that Fang Zheng actually had some idea about why Irena came here. He knew that the girl in front of him was a witch, so she was under the protection of the God of Magical Girls, and this girl might have a certain fate that resonated with him as the God of Magical Girls, so she was teleported here.

This is not surprising, just like in the world of SAO, Nanami Chiaki, who was far away in another world, was also pulled into SAO because of her characteristic of being a "super high school level gamer". Just like magnets attract each other, Fang Zheng, as the genuine "Magical Girl God", protects all girls with special powers, so witches are naturally included.

Fortunately, Akemi Homura and the others were not here, otherwise they would have been furious when they heard the word witch. After all, for them, this was not a good word.

Although this is totally different.

Fang Zheng couldn't go back to Semlia now, because Bai Shuang hadn't been found yet. If he wanted to send Irena back, he would have to wait until Bai Shuang was eliminated.

“Woo…”

Hearing this, Irena was obviously a little reluctant, and Fang Zheng looked at her, then stretched out his hand and placed a gold bar on the table.

"How about this? During your stay, I will hire you to work for us. As a witch, you should have a certain level of strength, and our mission requires the assistance of quite a few capable people. If you are willing to take it, then this gold bar will be yours. Not only that, we will also provide food and accommodation, okay?"

"real?!"

Hearing this, Irena looked at the gold bar with shining eyes. Then she carefully reached out and took it, examining it carefully.

"Okay, okay..."

As she spoke, Irena raised her head and looked at Fang Zheng, then she quietly put the gold bar into her bag with her right hand.

"Since you said so, I will take on this task. So what are we going to do now? What is the task?"

"To put it simply, we are tracking something that could threaten the existence of the world itself. We haven't found its exact location yet, and we have been tracking it because there may be clues in this world."

"But we haven't found any useful clues yet."

Ling next to her also sighed helplessly.

“So that’s how it is…”

Hearing this, Irena's expression became a little stiff.

"Will it be dangerous?"

"Don't worry, it won't be dangerous to us, but it could be a big threat to others. In short, it would be great if you are willing to stay and help."

"…It seems I have no other choice."

Hearing this, Irena sighed helplessly. No matter what, this was not her world. She couldn't go home even if she wanted to. And the only hope for her to go back was this man. She had no choice but to stay here.

"But then again, where are we now?"

"We are now at Yorktown Station."

"Yorktown? Is that a city?"

"Well... almost, but technically speaking, you are on our ship now."

"Is this a ship?"

Hearing this, Irena was shocked. Although the furnishings and style here were something she had never seen before, Irena had always thought that this was a room. What she didn't expect was that this was actually a ship?

“That’s right.”

At this moment, Ling came to Fang Zheng triumphantly and spoke to Irena.

“This is the spaceship we built.”

"A spaceship? Is it a flying ship?"

“It’s a spaceship.”

"universe?"

"That's right."

Having said that, Ling clapped her hands, and soon, a 3D holographic projection appeared in front of Irena, with a projection of a house on it.

“It’s a house.”

As he spoke, the camera zoomed in on a huge city made up of countless skyscrapers. However, before Irena could say anything, the camera switched again to a country made up of several cities, then the continent where the country was located, and then the planet that formed the continent. Finally, the camera quickly zoomed in, and what appeared in front of Irena was a huge galaxy made up of countless planets.

“This is the universe.”

Seeing Irena, who was dumbfounded and speechless, Ling introduced herself proudly. Irena stared at the galaxy map in front of her with wide eyes and swallowed.

"Is your world... so vast?"

"It's the same with your world."

Fang Zheng added with a smile.

"Strictly speaking, most of the world is like this. The only difference is whether you have reached the level to explore it."

“Is our world also so vast?”

Hearing this, Irena was completely stunned. She originally thought that the world was vast and boundless. After reading the book "Nicole's Adventure", she always wanted to embark on a journey like Nicole, so she worked hard to become a witch. But what Irena didn't expect was that the world was much more vast than she imagined. Even the world she lived in was just as small as a grain of sand among countless grains of sand...

"Instructor."

Just at this moment, Altina walked in.

"Captain Kirk wants to speak to you."

"I see."

Fang Zheng stood up and nodded to Irena.

"Well, it's settled then. Ling and Tita will show you around the ship, and you can chat with others. I have something else to do, so see you later."

After saying this, Fang Zheng left the room, then came to the bridge and saw Kirk on the screen.

"Hello, Mr. Kirk, what do you want from me this time?"

After the Enterprise was attacked and crashed by alien creatures, according to the requirements of Star Alliance, Fang Zheng's "Lightning" temporarily replaced the "Enterprise" to take on the responsibilities of exploration, search and communication. However, the speed of the "Lightning" is much faster than that of the Enterprise. In the past, it took the Enterprise several months to carry out missions, but the "Lightning" only needs a few days to make a round trip.

This also surprised Captain Kirk and the Star Alliance. Although they had long known that the Lightning possessed advanced technology that surpassed the Star Alliance, they did not expect the other party's technology to be so advanced.

This is normal, because the Star Alliance warships use warp engines, while Fang Zheng's warships use jump engines. The basic technology tree points of both sides are different. Strictly speaking, the effect of the warp engine is to use space for movement. The warship itself does not change, but the space itself moves.

It's like a piece of paper. To get from point A to point B, all you have to do is fold the paper, compress the space to shorten the distance, and thus achieve the purpose of moving forward.

However, the method used by the jump engine is to directly enter a higher dimension. A journey that takes a million years to complete in the three-dimensional world may only take one second in the four-dimensional world. Therefore, to reach its destination, the Lightning does not compress space like the Star Alliance battleship, but directly leaps to a higher-dimensional channel level, and then reaches its destination and then reduces the dimension again to return to the three-dimensional world.

Although the Star Alliance had expressed a desire to exchange technology, Fang Zheng felt that the Star Alliance was only a level three civilization, and the Tiandao Palace, a level 1.5 civilization, really had nothing to exchange with them.

Therefore, the two parties can only maintain this cooperative relationship for now.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, we have encountered a problem this time."

Kirk's expression was very serious.

"Not long ago, the Star Alliance intercepted a mysterious encrypted distress signal."

"A distress signal? I think we've experienced this scenario before?"

"Well... although that's the case, the situation is different this time."

Kirk was a little embarrassed to hear Fang Zheng's ridicule, but he continued.

"This distress signal was sent from the Titan space station, which officially does not exist. In fact, we are not sure if this space station actually exists."

"...I don't understand. Is there something that you, the Star Alliance, don't know? A space station is so big that it shouldn't be able to escape the eyes and ears of the Star Alliance."

Fang Zheng stared at Kirk curiously, and at the same time he became a little interested in this matter. It was not strange for a space station to send out a distress signal, but if the space station did not exist, that would be another matter - he didn't know whether this was a conspiracy theory or a cosmic horror film, but no matter what, at least in Fang Zheng's opinion, it was much more interesting than the previous times when he took the other party to carry out diplomatic missions.

"this……"

Hearing this, Kirk hesitated for a moment, but finally he looked at Fang Zheng and spoke.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, do you know the Unification Church?"