A small shuttle silently slid out of the Petrachelys' ejection port and rushed towards the abandoned resource dump at the end of the space island chain.
Vimm, as the regent, opened a "quiet" route for the shuttle to ensure that no elves would notice its whereabouts. At the same time, he ordered the exits of the abandoned resource dump to be sealed. He temporarily halted the excavation of the wreckage of the Isle of Rainbows and emptied the entire site to ensure that everything went smoothly.
After a short space voyage, the shuttle arrived at the desolate space junkyard and began to search for the wreckage of the Isle of Rainbows under the guidance of the structural map provided by Vimm.
The junkyard occupied a large space in the entire island chain and was closely adjacent to the "Land of the Dead" group of floating islands. There were fragmented floating island wreckage everywhere. From afar, it looked like a floating asteroid belt. The floating islands in the Land of the Dead were more or less intact, and there was even a possibility of salvaging them. The wreckage of the junkyard was completely broken and irretrievable. The Aerymian elves recycled the debris and squeezed out the last bit of resources from the debris. The Isle of Rainbows, which had been destroyed by the big explosion not long ago, was one of them.
Huge grayish-brown or grayish-white "stones" the size of a hill floated past the shuttle's porthole. Many of the stones had traces of man-made objects: some had smooth surfaces, some had remnants of metal covering, and some had culverts that once housed pipes and equipment. Hao Ren even saw some of the stones had remnants of distorted buildings. The buildings had been completely torn apart, but from the huge interior space and thick partitions, it was clear that they were once large-scale factory facilities. Vimm explained that most of the debris came from the industrial floating islands: they were the most solid of all the floating islands, but once they were destroyed, the consequences would be the most serious. When the ecological floating island's system was shut down, it would slowly lose its vitality and become a land of the dead. However, most of the industrial floating islands were destroyed by the big explosion. These thousands of years of equipment had reached a limit that was unimaginable to the people on Earth. Even the slightest problem could lead to a catastrophic chain of events. Time had turned the proud civilization of the Aerymian Elves into bombs, and they had nowhere to run. They could only delay the detonation of these bombs by constantly repairing them. And those that could not be delayed — outside the spaceship.
There was something special about these space wreckages. Those were oval facilities with smooth and bright oval-shaped shells, measuring between one and two kilometers in size. They did not seem to be damaged, and the ships working around these facilities were not ordinary excavators like the other debris, but more advanced small ships. Hao Ren asked curiously and found out that these things were coronal stations.
"Some of the coronal stations can directly transmit energy from space to the island chain, but the other coronal stations that collect solar wind materials need to return to the island chain to unload. They are actually a special kind of heat-resistant spacecraft." Although Vimm was nervous and depressed because of Hilda's condition, he still patiently answered the guests' questions. "These spacecraft use a special energy core, which is less stable than other forms of energy cores. When in standby mode, it is highly radioactive and prone to explosion, so they have to be unloaded in areas far away from the main islands."
Vivian was puzzled and asked, "Why don't you use a small spacecraft for transportation?"
"We can't build a small spacecraft like that," Vimm spread out his hands. "Or rather, these coronal stations themselves are the kind of 'small spacecraft' you mentioned. These big guys are the only equipment we have that can resist the power of the sun at close range. They have heavy magic armor and a special shield generator, which requires a large energy core to support. We can't build a smaller core, and a larger spacecraft would consume twice the power, so the coronal stations are fixed in this form."
"Your coronal stations will definitely be popular among the low-end civilizations, as long as someone improves their stability," the MDT suddenly said. "Maybe we can use these things to bargain with those long-distance profiteers, and get them to send more emergency supplies. When we were negotiating, we only mentioned the floating islands and circulation equipment, but not the coronal stations. You will need a lot of emergency supplies after the Great Migration."
The mention of the Great Migration cheered Vimm up again. "Our entire race will always remember this kindness. If the Great Migration comes true, I believe every Aerymian elf and their descendants will be happy to see you as their saviors. We will help you in whatever you need to do in the future."
Hao Ren looked at the bat demon and the dog beside him, and then thought of the big and small fish at home, and the mercenary maiden who was not sure if she would be able to go home again. He thought about how ambitious these strange creatures at home could be, and felt that the most they could think of was to freeload a meal after the Aerymians moved to their new home...
After passing through the lifeless and unpleasant wreckage, the shuttle finally arrived over a relatively "fresh" piece of rubble, and landed on the largest piece of rubble.
"This is the wreckage of the Isle of Rainbows," Vimm said, pointing at the lifeless, dilapidated scene outside the porthole. "This was originally the high ground where the observation tower was located, but after the explosion, all that's left of the tower is the base outside. As for the core area where the space-time accelerator was located, it has been completely annihilated. Mother was in the tower at that time... So, if the 'remnant soul' you mentioned really exists, this is the most likely place. "
Vimm could not survive in space, but that was not a problem. The Petrachelys was equipped with some emergency equipment. It was an "emergency survival suit" made by a private company in the Macroworld that worked for the military headquarters, specifically for the mortal races who could not move in space. It was a silver-white collar device (of course, depending on the race of the user, it could be modified in the spacecraft's small factory). After wearing it, it would scan the user's body data and quickly form a shield-like protective layer to isolate vacuum, loss of temperature, and radiation. At the same time, it could create an air environment in the shield that could last for a long time. Although the device could only survive, it was enough. With a set of simple jet equipment (also from a very old civilian equipment company in the Macroworld), he could leave the cabin with the others.
Due to the nature of the inspector's work, their spaceship's cargo hold would be filled with gadgets for all kinds of mortal races. The spaceship's small factory would also have a large number of such plug-ins. This would ensure that the inspector could solve some minor mortal affairs on the spot. Hao Ren felt that the Petrachelys was like a six-hundred-meter-long robot cat. There was no telling what kind of gadgets it could take out of its stomach. Without the help of the MDT, he would have been lost the moment he entered the cargo bay.
Lily and Vivian each took a collar and left the cabin. Lily even muttered to Hao Ren through the communicator on the collar, "I don't like to wear this around my neck, it feels weird..."
"It would be a miracle if a husky likes collars," Vivian said as she followed behind Lily. While talking about the husky's dog attributes, she would take off the collar from time to time out of curiosity. She would put it back on only when she felt uncomfortable in the space environment. "Ugh, it feels so weird in space. My body feels numb."
"Really? Really?" Lily also tried it out happily. She took off the collar and put it back on after a few minutes with her tongue hanging out. "It's uncomfortable. I can't breathe. My body is swollen and my tongue feels like it's boiling water."
The two superwomen's behavior of enjoying the space environment shocked Vimm. Hao Ren could not help but break into a cold sweat. The MDT was right. Although Vivian and Lily did not evolve to survive in space, the two girls could survive in space for a while with their physical fitness! Not many people would be able to learn how to take off their spacesuits and experience nature in space …
At first, Vivian and Lily did not want to use the propulsion system because they thought it was ugly to wear a silly belt around their waist. They thought they had a solution to the problem of moving on the weightless floating rocks in the vacuum. Lily inserted her claws into the cracks of the rocks and crawled forward as if she was climbing a mountain. Vivian had an even better idea. She created a large swarm of small bats and threw them out. This was also a reaction force propulsion... Anyway, Hao Ren could not stand it anymore after watching for a few minutes. He forced the two girls to put on the propulsion belt. The efficiency of movement was secondary. The main thing was that Vivian would probably become anemic if she continued to throw the bats. Who would believe in anemic vampires?
Hilda was still lying in the medical bay. The medical bay could move independently from the spacecraft. Now, it was using its own power to follow behind the group. Hao Ren led the team clumsily forward in space. Finally, they approached the tower wreckage, which only had the base left and was surrounded by traces of melting.
As they approached, Hao Ren felt some kind of power permeating from the medical bay. Then, a vague, shimmering shadow appeared in front of him.
The power seed that Raven 12345 had left in Hilda's body had worked. Hilda's remnant soul was wandering in the wreckage.
The confused soul stood quietly in front of the wreckage of the observation tower. Her eyes were staring straight at where the space-time accelerator used to be. She did not respond to the approaching strangers. She seemed to be very weak. Even with the power of Raven 12345, she seemed to be flickering. But, as 12345 said, it was not too late.
Hao Ren smiled and floated to the soul. "Finally, we made it."
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