A mysterious, unknown galaxy was waiting to be explored, and there might be secrets left behind by the goddess of creation for Vivian, or it might be a trap left behind by the goddess of annihilation. No matter which possibility it was, it was an irresistible temptation for Hao Ren, who was trying to uncover the truth of the Plane of Dreams.
He had to go to the mysterious galaxy, but before that, he had to make some arrangements.
There were a total of three drones sent to the mysterious galaxy, which Hao Ren had temporarily given the lame name of Star Cluster X. Drone No. 1 had completely lost contact, but Drone No. 2 and Drone No. 3 were in good condition and had already begun a series of exploration activities in Star Cluster X. First, Hao Ren ordered the drone swarm to expand the detection range and build locator probes locally. The second task was especially important: there was a limit to what the two drones could do. Even if each drone had the ability to reproduce the entire swarm, it would take a lot of time for the two drones to complete this task. So the best choice was to let the two drones wander around while scattering guidance beacons everywhere. When the beacons formed a gravitational network, the drone swarm could be pulled in. As for expanding the detection range, it was just a routine task. A large galaxy and several scattered galaxies formed a huge celestial system, it would take years for the two drones to completely explore it. Hao Ren just hoped that the two drones could figure out the situation near the warp target before he arrived at Star Cluster X.
While Nolan was doing a pre-departure self-examination and the drones were busy scattering probes in Star Cluster X and taking pictures and videos, Hao Ren found Lemendusa and Muru, who had just returned from the Solenne Nebula, and Heve, who was monitoring the ecosystem on the surface of Tannagost. He also called the Lord of the Lords, Loken, and the Lord of the Mountains, the two ancient giants who had experienced the early era of the goddess of creation.
He had a lot of things to discuss with the giants about the Crimson Moon and the Star of Creation.
Several giants stood in the central hall of CARS. As usual, Hao Ren stood on the crystal platform above the hall, just at eye level with these indomitable guys. He first asked about the Creation's Engine. "Has the assembly been suspended?"
"Except for the necessary maintenance, the production process has been shut down," Lemendusa nodded. "The star forge has collapsed again. I have piled all the molded parts and unused materials on planet PHN-26."
Hao Ren nodded, but before he could speak, Muru could not help but interrupt. "Is there really a problem with the blueprint of the Creation's Engine?"
Hao Ren glanced at Muru. Even though the guardian giant's face was as still as a stone statue, Hao Ren's intuition told him that the reason he gave them had aroused their suspicions.
Hao Ren pondered for a moment and sighed softly. "I'm not lying. The blueprint of the Creation's Engine is no longer reliable. It's just that we can't be sure if there are any hidden dangers. I have recently found some clues that point to several major projects before the fall of the goddess of creation. One or more of these projects may have been tampered with. In other words, I'm not sure if the blueprint I gave you is the 'original' version of the design of the goddess of creation. "
The giants looked at each other. Loken and Geddon were better. As the original giants from the previous generation, they had been keeping an eye on Lockmarton in Collow. Although they knew about the Creation's Engine, they did not know much about it. Lemendusa, Muru, and Heve were a little shaken. They knew how important the Creation's Engine was to their mother. How could someone tamper with such an important thing?
"In short, I will find out about this as soon as possible." Seeing that the guardian giants wanted to ask more questions, Hao Ren promptly changed the topic. "I called you here today because I want to ask you something."
Loken, the Lord of the Lords, nodded. "Go ahead."
"You have all lived on the Star of Creation, so you should know the planet well. I want to ask first, do you know if there is a lair on the Star of Creation where Lockmarton lived? Ruins are fine too. "
Heve was the first to shake her head. "I used to patrol the Sea of Origin, and I didn't know such a thing existed."
Geddon, the Lord of the Mountains, replied in a muffled voice, "Lockmarton used to live on the Star of Creation. Although we, the stone giants, had not been born at that time, I know this part of history. Mother did make a lair for Lockmarton. But then Lockmarton fell into depravity and went mad. Mother and the Mad Lord fought, and this history was sealed. If I'm not mistaken, even the lair on the Star of Creation was wiped out by Mother herself. "
Hao Ren nodded in understanding, thinking that this part of history made sense. The Lockmarton's lair seen on the Crimson Moon was indeed a relic on the Star of Creation of the previous generation. What about the crystal on the bottom of the sea?
"Do any of you know about these crystals?"
As he spoke, he asked the MDT to project the crystal clusters on the seabed of the Crimson Moon Sea for the giants to see. At the same time, he said, "These crystals resonate and have a neural network-like information transmission phenomenon. It should be on the seabed of the Star of Creation."
This time, Loken shook his head. "I have never seen this thing before, and I'm sure there was no such thing on the Star of Creation. The bodies of the original giants were made from the star remains collected by Mother from the depths of the universe, but part of the core in our bodies came from the core of the Star of Creation. This core allowed us to subconsciously know the appearance of the Star of Creation in the primitive period. If there were really these crystals on the seabed, I would definitely recognize them. "
Hao Ren turned his eyes to the three 'second-generation' giants. Heve thought for a moment and said, "I think … I have seen this thing."
"You have?" Muru asked in surprise.
"Do you remember? Mother often went out for a period before the outbreak of the rebellion, and she did not bring anyone with her. She was alone. Once, I happened to see her coming back. She seemed to have traveled for a long time, and she looked very tired. She did not return to the temple, but went straight to the depths of the Sea of Origin. I happened to be patrolling nearby, and I saw her throwing a lot of crystals like this into the sea. But after that, she did not mention it to anyone, and Mother often collected some strange ores from other planets as collectibles, so I did not pay much attention to it. But Mother would usually bring the collectibles to the temple and hand them over to the guardians for safekeeping, but these crystals were thrown into the sea by her. Now that I think about it, it is really strange … "
Going to an alien planet and picking up a lot of glowing stones as treasures … Was the Goddess of Creation the long-lost something of Lily?
The husky maiden next to Hao Ren perked up when she heard this. "Hey, Mr. Landlord, I suddenly feel that I may have something in common with the Goddess of Creation. We seem to have a common understanding in the field of art!"
Vivian immediately glared at her. "What she picked up was a crystal! You, a guy who goes out to pick up half a brick and hugs it for a long time, have the nerve to say that you did it for art!? "
Hao Ren calmed the two down and looked up at Heve seriously. "That is to say, these crystals were brought to the Star of Creation by the Goddess of Creation in your era?"
The female giantess nodded affirmatively.
Hao Ren turned to look at Vivian, and sure enough, she was also looking at him.
"In that case, the timeline is a bit problematic … The Crimson Moon is a static snapshot, but there are ruins of two eras on it at the same time. The age difference between Lockmarton's lair and the seabed crystal cluster is probably tens of millions of years."
Vivian frowned. "There is an explanation — our guess about the Crimson Moon is wrong. It is not a snapshot of the Star of Creation at a fixed time, but a hybrid …"
"Hybrid?"
"The posture of the Star of Creation in different states in different eras. They are broken and pieced together to form a new projection." Vivian shook her head gently. "Perhaps because I only inherited a limited amount of divine blood from the Goddess of Creation, my inherited knowledge is also limited. The diameter of the Crimson Moon is not only one-eighth the size of the Star of Creation, but the information it presents is also fragmented."
Hao Ren thought for a moment and felt that this seemed to be the only explanation.
At this time, Heve, who had been holding back a bellyful of questions, could not help but ask, "Speaking of which, where did you know about these crystals?"
There was no need to hide this information. Hao Ren told them all about the experiment not long ago. "It's a long story. You may not know, but Vivian has a super killer move called the Crimson Moon …"
Although he tried to simplify the language, there were too many causes and effects and special things about Vivian's Crimson Moon. It took Hao Ren nearly an hour to explain the matter clearly (which also avoided the sensitive part about the Goddess of Creation being split into two). The giants listened attentively. When they heard about the possible causal connection between the Crimson Moon and the Star of Creation, they could not help but look at Vivian with a trace of solemnity.
"I didn't expect … the connection between you and Mother to reach this level," Lemendusa sighed. "The projection of the Star of Creation … even if it is just a projection, I really want to see it with my own eyes."
"Yes, I haven't been home for 10,000 years," Muru's voice was a little low. "The Sea of Origin, even if I can see it again."
The giants would also be homesick, but Hao Ren could not satisfy their wishes, at least not now.
"The Crimson Moon and the Star of Creation have a secret connection. After confirming this, I can't let Vivian summon the Crimson Moon in the Plane of Dreams easily," Hao Ren shook his head. "This may lead to unpredictable consequences. Who knows what will be triggered by suddenly summoning the projection of the Star of Creation at this stage when the situation of the Mad Lord is unknown."
Lemendusa showed a wry smile. "We understand, we just feel it."
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