The main battle with the black forest was won, but is the war over? In the multidimensional universe of the Big Forest, the past and future are so connected that without understanding the first, it is impossible to hope for the second. Major Maxim Rebrov and his comrades will again have to make a choice: at the risk of their lives, look for channels of communication with the Earth in the hope of returning, or finally begin to settle in a new world. But have all the mysteries of the Big Forest already been solved? Have all the "layers" of reality been explored? And won't the "Popadans" have to solve new problems when the Forest spreads its horizons and entrusts people with the most valuable thing?