The communication was successfully established, and it was not just the goddess of creation who received the news. Hao Ren, who was resting in the Surface World, also received the news.
He had just sent off Hessiana, who had come to visit him, when he received the shocking news that Asurmen had successfully established contact with the Abyssal Prison. So, he grabbed the MDT and headed to the Scarred Nebula, warping all the way to the Crapple Research Station. Along with him were Vivian and Lily.
By the time they arrived, Rheia had already rushed over from the Basilica of the World Tree.
The moment they met, the goddess of creation said, "I've finished my homework and came over!"
Hao Ren could not help but reflect on the fact that he had assigned too many tasks to the goddess.
"What's the situation now?" After thinking for less than a second, he looked up and looked at the crystal of Asurmen floating on the crystal platform in the center of the hall. "The guardians are still there?"
"Communication has been restored just in time." Asurmen's bell-like voice echoed in the hall. "The Nightwatchers responsible for guarding the prison are still there, and due to the increasing activity of the Mad Lord, my compatriots were prepared to fight to the death. If not for the timely establishment of communication, they would have been wasted in this meaningless battle."
Hao Ren felt cold sweat forming on his forehead as he heard that, but he let out a sigh of relief. If the communication had not been established in time, and the Nightwatchers in the Abyssal Prison knew of the goddess of creation's return, then they would have fought to the death against the Mad Lord. Such courage was commendable, but it would have wasted precious combat power before the final battle. More importantly, once all the sentries in the Abyssal Prison were sacrificed, all the divine interdictions the goddess of creation had left in that space would be ineffective, and those interdictions were a crucial part of Hao Ren's counterattack plan.
Rheia had arrived earlier than Hao Ren, so she understood part of the situation. She shook her head. "While the sentries are still there, the situation in the prison is not optimistic. The divine impact released by the goddess of annihilation had indeed weakened the Mad Lord's power, but after that, the Mad Lord's activities have become more and more logical and purposeful. The scattered energy is being gathered at high efficiency to fight against the seal of the Abyssal Prison, and after the two cancel each other out, the Mad Lord's counterattack is even stronger. Now that the inner perimeter is almost lost, and the middle layer is also under frequent attacks, the Nightwatchers are fighting alone, and they have to preserve their strength as much as possible. I really don't know how much longer they can hold out."
"… Preserving strength is necessary." Hao Ren frowned. "Stall as long as we can, and if we really can't, we will retreat. The interior of the Abyssal Prison is already the Mad Lord's home field, and it is a waste to let our precious veterans be used up in this situation."
Rheia agreed with Hao Ren, but her expression did not relax. "So the most important thing now is, can we prepare before then?"
Hao Ren first reported on his own progress. "The droid army's proliferation rate has reached its limit, and the Annihilation Lance has also entered the mass production process. The first batch will be offline in two days, and for these war machines, no matter when the battle breaks out, they are ready."
"The guardian army is also ready." Salaman's holographic projection appeared on the platform at the side of the hall. "We have been preparing for this war since ten thousand years ago, and once the Mad Lord breaks out of control, the guardian fleet and Agodal fortress can enter the battlefield at any time."
Hao Ren nodded, and looked at Lemendusa's holographic projection on the other side of the hall. "How's the assembly progress of the Creation's Engine?"
Lemendusa nodded, and beside his holographic projection appeared a massive golden space structure. It was the main structure of the Creation's Engine that was almost fully closed, and a sea of engineering machinery was flowing around the pale gold artificial planet like a school of fish. "The engine core that was sent to the foundry a few days ago has been installed into the shell, and the hardware connection and adaptability tests have been completed. Within a month, the crust will be sealed and the accessories installed. But … "
"No Gilded Disc means no CPU … right?" Hao Ren rubbed his forehead. "Let's put this problem aside for now. Finish the engine first, and leave the core computing slot open. If push comes to shove …"
As Hao Ren spoke, he looked down at his feet.
The central computer room of the Crapple Research Station was located below. Through the thick transparent crystal barrier, one could see the beam of light emitted from the top of the "crystal hill" of the central computer connected to the main axis of the giant space station and spread in all directions of the magnificent building, so that every crystal edge here was flowing with a mysterious and wonderful glow.
"We can install the CARS mainframe in there. We already have the logical language library of the Creation's Engine, and we just need to design a decoding program, and the computing power of the 'crystal peak' should be able to replace the Gilded Discs."
This was not a spur of the moment idea, but the result of days of careful consideration. While Rheia confidently said that she could find a way to recreate the Gilded Discs in a short period of time after finishing primary school, he had privately confirmed with Rheia again and again, and the latter admitted that it was not a sure thing. Even if the Gilded Discs were completed in time, how much of their performance could be used was a big question. The Gilded Discs were the core of the engine, and not like the outer shell of the engine that could be made do. Once the core power was insufficient, this powerful divine artifact might not even be able to unleash the power of the Annihilation Lance.
This was clearly not what Hao Ren wanted.
So one of the things he had been thinking about these few days was where to find a replacement for the Gilded Discs …
And the result of his thinking was the mainframe of CARS. This was the most powerful and best data processing core he could find in the Plane of Dreams. Of course, he still had the Yggdrasil, and that thing's performance was definitely much better than the "crystal prism". But now the Yggdrasil was responsible for maintaining the stability of the laws of the Plane of Dreams, and after the Mad Lord was vanquished, it would also be responsible for healing the world's wounds and restoring order, so it could not be touched.
Of course, the more important reason was that the Yggdrasil was too high-end, and Hao Ren and the goddess of creation did not even know what to do with it …
"Put the crystal prism into the Creation's Engine?" This matter was obviously quite impactful, and the first to jump up was Lily. "Then wouldn't CARS shut down? Isn't this the base? "
"CARS still has several secondary mainframes and redundant systems. Even without the mainframe, it can continue to operate at a lower efficiency, and will not completely shut down." Hao Ren waved his hand. "Once the final battle breaks out, the value of the Creation's Engine as a superweapon is even greater than CARS. This space station is after all just a comprehensive civilian space station, and its most powerful main cannon can now be mass-produced, so its role on the battlefield is already limited."
Lily still understood the principle of using the best steel on the blade, and with Hao Ren's explanation, the husky maiden had no more questions.
"The rest … is our trump card," Hao Ren said as he turned to the goddess of creation. "How are your preparations?"
"Using the newly learned knowledge of divine power, I have completely recovered from the injury and weakness caused by my slumber 10,000 years ago, and I should be able to wield more power than I did back then." Rheia lightly clenched her fist. "It's a pity that time is running out, or else I would be able to absorb more power from the textbooks. You can't even imagine the value of that precious experience and knowledge to me. Sigh …"
Vivian could not help but mutter, "It feels weird. Just holding a bunch of elementary school textbooks and doing exercises really boosts my power. It doesn't feel serious at all."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Just replace the elementary school textbooks with the secret manual, and it doesn't feel weird at all."
Vivian thought for a moment, and for the first time, she felt that the dog's words made sense.
"Speaking of which … all we can do is wait outside?" "The Night Watchers are fighting alone in the Abyssal Cage. It must be very difficult. If we can help them a little, it would be a lot easier for them, right?" Hao Ren could not help but say, "The Night Watchers are fighting alone in the Abyssal Cage.
"Unfortunately … we can't help." Rheia gently shook her head. "The seal of the Abyssal Prison is very special. It's based on 'information interruption', and by using various methods to block the information exchange inside and outside the seal, it eliminates the observer effect to maintain the 'inactive' state of the Mad Lord. This seal is aimed at the Mad Lord's information pollution characteristic. In other words, any information exchange inside and outside the Abyssal Prison will weaken the effect of the seal, causing the Mad Lord to escape prematurely. "
Seeing that the others were deep in thought, Rheia sighed and continued, "Now that Asurmen and the Nightwatchers have established contact, this contact itself has already broken the 'information interruption'. If not for the Mad Lord destroying part of the seal, causing this level of information exchange to be negligible, I'm afraid the sentinels would not have sent out any information until now."
Upon hearing that, Vivian could not help but sigh. "The sentinels who chose to stay inside the seal … made a great sacrifice."
Asurmen's ethereal voice came from the crystal. "The era of the Ancients is long over, and we have survived until today because of a mission. It's not great or not."
At that moment, Rheia mentioned something else. "If you really want to do something, there's one thing we can do now."
Hao Ren cast a curious glance at her.
"The stable portal to the Umbral Realm has been built," Rheia said. "L 'Haronne … it's time to go there."
The corner of Hao Ren's mouth curled up as he felt that he had finally heard some good news.
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