Hao Ren had wondered many times what was hidden in Vivian's soul. Since this thing had caused Vivian's frequent amnesia, hibernation, splitting, and berserk, it could be a spiritual virus, or the broken thoughts of the evil ancient god, or even a completely dark, evil version of Vivian Ancestor. But no matter what the possibility was, Hao Ren did not expect this thing to be a star chart …
Well, that was not exactly accurate.
He glanced at the crystal in front of him that was projecting a huge star chart. It was more accurate to say that this thing that was rooted in the depths of Vivian's soul was still unknown, but it was certain that it stored at least one star chart.
There might be something else stored in it.
"A lot of stars." Vivian also looked up at the projection. Although this thing had taken root in her soul for more than 10,000 years, she had never known of its existence. It was her first time seeing these unfamiliar stars. "I guess … this is the so-called star chart?"
Vivian did not have the interstellar navigation skill + 5 like Hao Ren, so she could not tell the difference between a star chart and an ordinary snapshot of a galaxy. But after following Hao Ren around the universe so many times, she still had a little intuition.
"Yes, a star chart, but it doesn't look complete …" Hao Ren frowned as his mind quickly compared the mysterious star chart with other known navigation maps. The navigation maps included all the star regions of the universe and the known universe of the Plane of Dreams that the droid swarm had already detected. The data was huge, but it had been deeply imprinted in Hao Ren's memory. A normal human brain could not directly read or process these star parameters, but Hao Ren could understand the meaning of each data and how it was expressed in different dimensions. Through this high-speed data comparison, he quickly found the anomaly of the star chart. "A part of the reference star system is missing, and the most important thing is that there is no transformation of the guidance data …"
The Transformational Guidance Data, also known as the Celestial Motion Rule System, was the key data package to ensure that the star map was applicable at all scales of time and space. In most worlds, the stars in the universe were not static. Other than the stars that brightened and died every minute and second, the position of each star and even the galaxy was constantly changing. Moreover, the space-time effects caused by the FTL spaceship moving between these celestial bodies that were tens of thousands of light years away from each other were also present. Therefore, a fixed star map could not be used directly. It needed a matching 'Analytical Data Package', and this analytical data package was the Transformational Guidance Data. It was composed of a large number of celestial movement formulas and predicted trajectories. It could ensure that even if the star chart on your spacecraft was not connected to the network for 100,000 years, your GPS would still work. Of course, this was a more general term.
However, the transformation of guidance data was not necessary. Many civilizations had alternative methods to allow their spacecraft to navigate normally in space. Some civilizations monitored every star in their territory and continuously updated the navigation data of each spacecraft to ensure that the star chart was always accurate. Some civilizations set up specialized interstellar "lighthouses" to prevent spaceships from getting lost by fixing interstellar communication lines. Some civilizations specialized in subspace drifting. In short, they blindly drove and stopped wherever they wanted …
However, all of these situations did not apply to the star chart recorded in Vivian's soul realm because it was an "isolated star chart". In short, Vivian's brain was not connected to an interstellar navigation channel that was constantly updated. This star chart did not have a lot of pictures to correct it. This isolated star chart must have transformation guidance data, or it would just be an outdated photo from 10,000 years ago. Moreover, the photo was missing a piece.
Hao Ren's gaze slowly swept across the dark areas on the star chart. Those areas should have had something in them. This could be deduced from the distribution of celestial bodies around them. The absence of these areas proved that the star chart was incomplete.
"Maybe it was not read, or it was destroyed." Vivian did not understand navigation, but she could understand what Hao Ren was saying. "After all, this thing … has always played the role of a pollution source in my soul. It is very likely that it was' broken 'from the beginning."
Vivian's words made Hao Ren suddenly realize that the star chart was not important. The most important thing was to figure out what this "crystal pillar" was.
It was a product of Vivian's consciousness. Therefore, he had to temporarily put aside the image of the "crystal pillar" and look through the phenomenon to see the essence. This thing had a storage space, could affect the operation of Vivian's soul, and carried a pollution source. What was this thing?
"You said before that the pollution source in your soul is' dead 'and can only operate according to a set of complex but fixed logic, like a computer?" Hao Ren stroked the smooth surface of the crystal pillar with his hand. It felt no different from an ordinary stone. "Now it seems that it has an additional storage function, and at least there is a star chart in it …"
"Like a computer. That's what you said, but I agree. At first, I didn't expect this thing to be in such a form. I just guessed that it was' dead 'based on some of its behaviors. But now, it seems that it was probably never alive. From the beginning, it was a' dead thing 'that received stimulation and gave feedback. Well, as you said, it was similar to a computer or some kind of program. "
Hao Ren nodded gently. "There is another important question. Do you think this thing was left to you by the goddess of creation?"
"That's the only explanation." Vivian's tone was very certain. "Because the Mad Lord would not do such a complicated thing, and no mortal civilization in the Plane of Dreams should have the ability to do this to my soul. So this thing must have been left by the goddess of creation."
"That is to say, when the goddess of creation created you, she left something like an operating system in your soul, and then this operating system was polluted. Not only was it useless, but it also caused you a lot of trouble. Now let's assume that it was the power of the Mad Lord that polluted it … So now the pollution of this thing has been cleaned up?"
Hao Ren looked at the crystal pillar in front of him, a little worried. Although it looked stable and controllable at this time, he could not afford to be careless when it was related to the Mad Lord. Who knew when it would suddenly rise from the ashes and go on a rampage. Should he just blow this thing up?
This idea flashed in his mind, but Hao Ren forcibly extinguished it. Not to mention the potential value of this "operating system", first of all, it was a part of Vivian's soul, so it could not be blown up. What if this thing was destroyed and Vivian really suffered from dementia? She was only seventeen years old this year …
She had been seventeen years old every year for the past ten thousand years. There was nothing wrong with that.
"I'm sure," Vivian said confidently, "the Mad Lord is not invincible … Maybe its original body is much more powerful, but its split power is not so powerful. What's more, this is the surface world, separated from the Plane of Dreams by the Wall of Reality. This universe is also guarded by the goddess. The power of the Mad Lord is weak here. As long as it is destroyed, it will be completely destroyed."
As she spoke, she gently tapped the dark red crystal pillar. "If the power of the Mad Lord is still here, it will certainly not allow us to read the information inside this thing so easily … Although I don't remember what this information is for, I can feel that this information is important information left to me by the goddess of creation. Perhaps it is related to the survival of the Plane of Dreams and the ultimate fate of the Mad Lord."
"There must be more in it, but we can't read it with our current means," Hao Ren nodded. "Can you still visualize it after returning to the real world?"
This was something that Hao Ren was very concerned about. Now he could be sure that when the goddess of creation created Vivian, she had installed such a thing similar to an operating system and a database in her soul. But Vivian herself did not know the specific use of this thing, so she could only let everyone brainstorm to analyze this thing. But there was a problem, this thing was not a "device" with form and substance. There was no way to dig it out from somewhere and put it in the laboratory of CARS …
This thing was Vivian's imagination (no problem) …
How could they study such a thing that could not be seen or touched in the real world?
Now Hao Ren was in the sandbox world. Because of the special properties of this space and time, he could see the results of the visualization of Vivian's spiritual world. But such an opportunity could not be replicated. As Vivian fully awakened, this open and chaotic space and time would also end, and Hao Ren was not sure if there was a way to reopen it.
It was better not to reopen it.
Vivian also knew what Hao Ren was worried about, but she was not sure about it. "I'm not sure … but I have a guess."
"A guess?"
"It's my crimson moon," Vivian said with a serious look. "Haven't we been wondering what the crimson moon that I summoned is? Now I suspect that the crimson moon has something to do with this red crystal … "
Hao Ren was a little confused for a moment, but soon felt as if he had vaguely grasped something. "Are they similar?"
Vivian nodded gently. "The crimson moon is also the visualization of my spiritual world, and so is this crystal in front of me. And when I interact with this crystal, I have a feeling … it's very similar to the process of summoning the crimson moon. In fact, it is because of this similarity that I can read the star chart in the crystal. "
Perhaps the crimson moon that Vivian summoned in the real world was another form of projection of the red crystal in front of him? It appeared as a crystal in the spiritual world, and as a moon in the real world?
"If that's the case, then we can continue our research …" Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not put all his hope on this guess. "I'll memorize the star chart first, and then we'll leave this place. At least we'll have some clues in hand."
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