As an inspector who patrolled the universe every day, Hao Ren felt that his workload was like a Brownian motion. Sometimes, almost everything happened at the same time, and he was so busy that he wished he could split into two to help him. But sometimes, the world was peaceful, and everything was quiet. He was so bored that he could grow mushrooms …
The search for the crystal core had reached an impasse, but it was not really an impasse. Strictly speaking, it was because the universe was vast and the range of activity of the drone cluster was limited, so there was no effective signal for the time being. Hao Ren had uploaded the information recorded by Anthony Alfonso to the drone network server many days ago, and he had also sent a copy to the Crapple Research Station. Countless super antennas set up in the universe of the Plane of Dreams had their eyes wide open, and were now scanning day and night for even the faintest trace of information from deep space.
So far, there was no signal response that matched the signature code within the explored range of the Plane of Dreams.
On the other hand, the detectors used to monitor the movements of the various ecological reserves in the Plane of Dreams did not report anything unusual.
Hao Ren had been lying on the table since early morning, listening to the MDT's report. Rollie was lazing in the new cat nest at his feet, playing with her tail and purring.
Even after a long period of education, the cat still had many habits that were hard to change. Other than squatting to eat and forgetting to walk upright from time to time, her biggest problem was that she had to nest in all kinds of corners to be comfortable. It just so happened that Lily had bought a lot of things from the internet these two days. After unpacking the express delivery, there was a huge paper box left, so the cat girl occupied the paper box. Obviously, Hao Ren would not help her return to her animal nature, so the cat girl took care of herself. She stuffed the ragged clothes and old bedsheets that she had bitten and scratched into the box, and made a king-sized soft nest. Now, except for eating and going to the toilet, she almost never left the box …
Hao Ren was now worried that this scene would be seen by others. If they saw this, they would think that he was abusing the girl!
"Hoo hoo hoo —" The cat girl turned over and kicked Hao Ren's stomach with her feet. "Meow, food."
"I really raised an ancestor..." Hao Ren sighed and grabbed a handful of cat biscuits from the small box next to him. "Don't drop too many crumbs, or I'll have to clean them up."
After that, he turned his head to continue listening to the report, but the catgirl kicked him a few times. "Meow, water."
"Move aside! The water is right next to your box. Can't you reach for it yourself?! "
The cat girl straightened her neck. "I don't want it in a cup. Pour it into a bowl, meow."
Hao Ren felt that he had indeed raised an ancestor!
After serving the cat ancestor, he had the time to continue listening to the MDT's report on the situation around the world.
"Actually, there's no change, the same as the last report," the MDT floated a dozen centimeters above the table and swayed gently. "The ecological reconstruction of Zorm-Tannagost has come to an end. The people of Zorm are preparing for winter. They have established living camps and production facilities, and have a certain amount of material reserves. They should have no problem surviving the first winter. Holletta is now considered a paradise in the Plane of Dreams. The turmoil caused by the First Born has passed, and the surveillance satellites above the planet have not found any remnants of ancient creatures on the planet. The situation on Io is also normal. The survivors of the Ark have almost adapted to the ocean planet. Eva's relationship with the new guests is not bad. There's no need to worry about the stability of the above ecological conservation areas. Armed drones patrol around each planet for a long time and set up a space fortress with heavy firepower. If there's any threat, it can be eliminated immediately. So far, there's no threat. "
"How about the Solenne Gateway?" Hao Ren asked casually.
"Several of the Death Star Furnaces are in operation. Lemendusa is supervising the casting of the components of the Creation Engine. Now, some parts have been produced. The building units we left at the Solenne Gateway have built a large assembly station in space, and the preliminary produced parts have begun to assemble, "the MDT said as it projected a set of holographic images. The images showed a vast expanse of space, and there were many strange pale golden assemblies floating in space. Around the assemblies, there were many small light spots and things like tractor beams flying around." Aside from the production facilities, there's no new news from the Solenne Gateway. The spatial rupture there is still the same, but there are no more 'divine realms' coming out from the Umbral Realm. "
"Hmm …" Hao Ren pinched the bridge of his nose, thinking if he had missed anything. Suddenly, he remembered an order from a long time ago. "By the way, where is the expansion of the drone cluster now? Is it still expanding towards the primitive area in the center of the universe? "
"I was just about to report this." The light on the surface of the MDT lit up, indicating that this was a relatively important topic. "The expansion of the drone cluster is increasing as planned, and the number of armed drones has been increased according to your order. This is the area that they are currently expanding to, and a rough star map has been drawn …"
The MDT projected a complex structure of light spots and lines, which marked the detection area of the drone cluster. Most of the galaxies in the coverage area of the drone cluster were not named, but were generally registered with alphanumeric numbers.
"As there are many unregistered galaxies along the way, although the drone cluster is multiplying rapidly, the actual speed of advancement is not fast. Every inch of suspicious area has to be investigated, and all the material rich areas have to be defended by bunkers, which has slowed down the expansion of the drone cluster. But from now on, their expansion should be faster: the closer to the primitive area in the center of the universe, the fewer celestial bodies worth paying attention to. The space in front of the drone cluster is getting darker and thinner. Most of the galaxies in the range have been extinguished, and the nuclear reaction has probably stopped hundreds of millions of years ago. Aside from some cold piles of ashes, there is nothing to detect in the space there. A drone bunker can monitor a rather large area. "
Hao Ren looked at the star map projected by the MDT. He could see that in front of the large flashing galaxy was a hazy darkness, which seemed to hide the oldest secrets of the universe of the Plane of Dreams. At present, the expansion of the drone cluster had not broken through the active star system, and there was still a long way to go before they reached the dark border. But in any case, the dark border had appeared in the drone cluster's sensing range.
"The consciousness of the drone cluster sent a report earlier today. It mentioned that under the observation of the drone outpost, the dark space in front of it was' eerily quiet '," the MDT said. "Even in the oldest primitive nebula, there should be a certain number of stars born, because the creation of the universe of the Plane of Dreams is far from over. But the starlight in the dark area is at least eighty percent less than expected, as if something had happened there, causing the nebula matter in the range to burn up."
"Darkness … darkness …" Hao Ren smacked his lips. "Anyway, in our previous speculation, there must be something in the darkness. Let the drone cluster move forward … Oh yeah, do the drone cluster have souls? "
The MDT was stunned for a moment. It did not know why Hao Ren suddenly mentioned this, but it still answered seriously, "No, they just have intelligence, like me, intelligence, but no soul."
Hao Ren still did not understand what the 'soul' in the definition of the gods was, nor did he know why there was the concept of 'intelligence but no soul', but he did not intend to study this field. "Well, no soul is good. Let the drone cluster move forward. By the way, they have expanded so far, have they found any remnants of civilization or anything along the way? "
"Unfortunately, no," the MDT's voice was indeed regretful. "We found a large number of planetary ruins destroyed by the First Born, but most of the ruins have been melted by the lifeblood into an indescribable mass of matter. All the matter is evenly dispersed beyond recognition, and we can't even begin to investigate. In comparison, the ruins of Tannagost and the ruins of Io that we found before are like the lights in the dark. In addition, there are some rare signs of life on those completely destroyed planets, but they are crude life forms reborn from the lifeblood after the end of the world. The life forms are extremely low-level and slow to evolve. It seems that after the death of the First Born, the God-made ecosystem lost most of its power, and the lifeblood has also deteriorated. It is difficult to breed complex life forms from the lifeblood. "
"… Completely destroying life, erasing the traces of the Goddess of Creation in the universe, changing the nature of the lifeblood, and cutting off the possibility of the Goddess' people rising again," Hao Ren muttered softly. "Now it's much easier to explain these phenomena."
While Hao Ren and the MDT were discussing about the Plane of Dreams, Lily suddenly shouted from the living room, interrupting their conversation.
"Mr. Landlord! Come and take a look at Lil Pea, something's wrong! "
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