Volume 4: Phoenix Crying in the Ninth Heaven
**Section 1: Merit Point Mall’s “Homesickness Set”**
The Heavenly Dao Patch (Mengbao Logic Compatible Version) is running smoothly, and the world is functioning seamlessly. Firstborn Su Chen's causal abacus has finally regained its former composure, the gentle clacking of its beads a pleasant background sound. The "Pacifier Gold Shop" has expanded overseas, and it's rumored that a mermaid is using pearls to subscribe to bonds, specifically requesting the limited edition "Lady Guardian of the Nation's Parenting Guide (Waterproof Collector's Edition)." Xiao Jue's realm has become even more profound since shattering the void. Now, even changing secondborn Su Heng's diaper can achieve the artistic touch of "Tai Chi Cloud Hands Diaper Folding." Fourthborn Su Qi's "Feng Rang Seal," a strawberry birthmark, occasionally emits tiny drops of golden light with a milky aroma. These light, falling on the fields, can make the seedlings grow taller, and on the body, they bring warmth, earning it the nickname "Fuwa Holy Light" from the common people.
Everything is moving in the best direction. Even Ashina Jinlang has started working on the sequel to "Ode to Peace" - "Ode to Grassland Milk" (inspired by Erbao's snot bubble diplomacy).
Yet, in the stillness of the night, Su Li would always sit alone by the window, gazing at the dazzling yet unfamiliar starry sky of another world, her fingertips unconsciously caressing the long-dead phone she'd brought from the modern era. The phone's cold metal casing seemed to still hold the warmth of that other world. The spicy, fresh aroma of hot pot, the glittering neon lights, even the sweaty smell of the crowded subway... those little things she'd once taken for granted, even occasionally complained about, now transformed into the softest bitterness in her heart.
She missed home. Not the otherworldly general's mansion with her husband and adorable baby, where she dominated the world, but the 21st-century home where her parents nagged her, her best friends complained about her, and takeout arrived whenever she wanted.
This longing was like aged wine, usually buried deep within her heart, but at some unexpected moment, it would surge up, choking her eyes and making them sore. Especially when the little one in her belly, who had made great contributions to the world, kicked gently, she would always think: If my parents knew they were about to have a grandson/granddaughter, how happy would they be? Unfortunately...
"Mommy, are you staring at the stars again?" Fourth Treasure Su Qi came in, clutching her little bunny doll (a projection version of the dragon horn energy from Third Treasure), rubbing her eyes, her cheeks flushed with sleep. She keenly sensed the faint, unusual melancholy emanating from her mother. She trotted over, expertly climbing onto Su Li's lap, and reached out her tiny hand to touch her mother's face. "Don't cry, Mommy... Qi Qi will warm you up." A soft, warm glow emanated from her strawberry birthmark.
Su Li quickly blinked away the moisture in her eyes and hugged the small heater tightly in her arms: "Mom isn't crying, Mom just... misses Grandma and Grandpa." She gently tapped Sibao's nose, "Qiqi, do you want to see where Mom used to live? There are big steel boxes that can run (cars), big birds that can carry many people (planes), and little suns that can shine until dawn without lighting a fire (electric lights)!"
Sibao Su Qi's eyes widened instantly, filled with disbelief. "A big steel box? It can run? No need to pull a horse? Wow! Qiqi wants to see it! Mommy, take Qiqi there!"
The child's innocent words, like a needle, gently pierced Su Li's suppressed longing. Could she really... go back? Even just for a glance?
[Ding! Intense 'homesickness' detected in the host! Triggering hidden achievement: 'Homesickness of a Planar Traveler'!] The venomous system's voice suddenly rang out, with a hint of...excitement about making a killing? [This system's mall has unlocked the 'Plane Travel' category for a limited time! Grandly launching the 'Homesickness Limited Package'! Host, your travel expenses home are now in your hands!]
Su Li's spirits lifted, and he immediately opened the golden-glittering (system special effect) Merit Point Mall in his mind. Sure enough, there was a new category called "Starry Sea·Road Home."
The first item that caught Su Li's eye made her gasp.
Product Name: One-Way Plane Travel Ticket (Precision Delivery, Hometown Version)
* **Function**: Tearing open this coupon will instantly teleport the host back to the specified coordinates of the original plane (such as the doorstep, bedroom bed, company toilet cubicle, etc., precise positioning is required).
**Price**: **999,999,999 Merit Points!**
* **Note**: Fuel costs are expensive! Thank you for your understanding! Dear, we do not support seven-day unconditional returns or exchanges!
Su Li: “…” Even if she, her four cubs and Xiao Jue were sold together, they still wouldn’t be able to make up the difference!
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**Product Name**: Plane Communicator (Across Time and Space Family Line Version)
* **Function**: Ignore the barriers of time and space and make a 1-hour video call with designated relatives in the original plane (the other party's mobile phone must have power and network and be willing to answer).
* **Price**: 88.88 million merit points!
* **Note**: The call fee includes space roaming fee, space-time signal transfer fee, and encryption fee to prevent Tiandao from eavesdropping... It's really not expensive!
Su Li silently closed the communicator page. Sorry to bother you.
Just when she was about to despair, an inconspicuous icon with faint starlight at the bottom of the product list caught her attention.
**Product Name**: Star Tracker Observer - Nostalgia Special Edition (Trial Pack)
**Function**: Gathers the host's "homesickness" emotional energy, combining it with the astrological phenomena of this world to slightly perturb star orbits. With a very small probability (<0.0001%), under certain astronomical conditions (such as a seven-star alignment or a blood moon), a transient, unstable "crack in the star path" is created. The other end of the crack may (only possibly) point to a star region near the host's native plane. Note: The crack is extremely unstable, exists for a very short time (<1 breath), and cannot carry life forms through it. It can only transmit trace amounts of information (such as a thought, a breath, or a single pixel in an image).
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