Chapter 194: The Door Opens

I couldn’t resist reaching out to touch the luminous orb, but damp webbed fingers soon grasped my wrist.

Mary was staring at it as well, but spoke quietly, “Don’t touch it—you’ll die. Those things are a protective layer that prevents nuclear radiation from destroying the passage.”

“Nuclear radiation?” I exclaimed in surprise as I came to immediate realization. “Would you mind elaborating, Mary? I once dreamed about arriving at the merfolk’s planet, and that place… became a mass grave under the sea. Forgive me for asking, but does that have something to do with nuclear radiation as well?”

“Yes, it does.” Mary sobbed as she lowered her head miserably. “You’re not from that era, but you would probably be aware of the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan. I tried to take my mother back to the home of the merfolk at the time, but it had fallen as well. Everything you saw was real, and what was once home is now a huge graveyard—just like the citizens of Hiroshima, the merfolk there were instant