Following the MDT's instructions, Hao Ren activated the odd-looking machine. There was a wonderful sound like a wind chime coming from the inside of the device. The blue lines and the phantom lights on its surface lit up one by one, making the whole device look like a half-moon waking up from a deep slumber. It was not a cold, purely mechanical device. In order to communicate with the vengeful spirit, it was designed with many supernatural functions, which made it look different from other technological devices.
But the most gratifying thing for Hao Ren was that at least it did not look like a coffin...
He took out the small box with the vengeful spirit sealed in it from his Dimensional Pocket. The moment the box opened towards the recess of the device, he saw some kind of blurry light rush out of the box and then disappear into the bowl-shaped recess.
"That's it?" Lily was excited as she bounced behind Hao Ren, her ears twitching. "And then? And then?"
"There seems to be some movement." Hao Ren pointed at the recess of the device, where the luminous "spots" were changing regularly, and with each change of those spots, the blurry light in the recess (which was the working core) became more solid. At first, there was only a thin white mist that looked like an illusion, but soon the white mist turned into an almost solid mass of light, which looked like a jellyfish floating in the air.
"This is the captured vengeful spirit," the MDT hovered above the device, pointing at the "light jellyfish" with a beam of light. "The first step is to charge it. This guy has been sealed for a while, and now it's too weak. If we don't strengthen it, we won't be able to read it at all."
Vivian was the first to worry. "It won't run away, will it?"
As the first person who had fought with the vengeful spirit, she knew how difficult it was to deal with this monster.
"No, it will be safely bound in the energy field," the MDT landed back on Hao Ren's shoulder. "Unless the device here is disconnected, but that's impossible."
As he spoke, the vengeful spirit had been strengthened — or rather, awakened to a certain extent. After receiving the replenishment of external power, it quickly became lively, but because of the powerful energy field's restriction, it could only be fixed within a few dozen centimeters wide hemispherical region. As such, it became more and more condensed, becoming closer and closer to a jelly-like light body. The vengeful spirit seemed to have realized that it was trapped. It began to emit a low, strange howl, and then shook violently in the binding field, charging left and right. However, it was useless. The reading device did not even give a prompt.
"Let's take a look at the information structure of this thing," the MDT muttered as it stuck itself on a small console next to the device. There was a small crack there, just enough for it to fit inside. "Look at its frequency and wavelength …"
Hao Ren rubbed his chin and looked at the MDT with great interest. "You can always find a suitable socket."
"Of course, I'm the most adaptable model. If there's a hole in the device, I can poke myself into it," the MDT said proudly. "Now stop messing around, I'm going to start analyzing the data!"
Hao Ren suddenly became serious, allowing the MDT to show its power. But after a few seconds, he heard the laboratory's analysis host computer broadcast a sentence. "Second analysis machine begins calculating."
Hao Ren looked at the MDT suspiciously. "Are you sure you're analyzing the data?"
"… I'm going to start commanding the data analysis!"
Everyone was speechless.
No matter how deceitful the MDT was, the device was working well. Its surface was glowing, and the sweet sound of wind chimes completely suppressed the meaningless howl of the vengeful spirit. Beams of light flowed through the core, disassembling and reading the internal information of the vengeful spirit. The mass of electromagnetic waves that stored a large amount of information and changed shape gradually revealed its secrets. The reading process was very long, and it was more like fumbling around. Sometimes the device would suddenly extract a few meaningful bytes, but soon the analysis host would discard them because the subsequent data did not match the format. The form of the vengeful spirit's existence was so wonderful that its memory and information expression were completely different from the common language structure — even different from the thinking structure of any creature. The analysis host had to build a set of formulas from scratch that could be used to express it.
"It has shallow, emotional reactions, such as anger and impatience, as well as resistance and adaptability, but these reactions are more similar to instinct than the result of thinking," the MDT reported honestly. "It really doesn't have the ability to think, but under the guidance of a bunch of strange calculation rules, the electromagnetic wave appears to show biological activities. It seems that the Tannaeans wanted to preserve their thinking permanently through coding, but the First Born had erased their thinking, only these coding rules are still running. "
Hao Ren thought for a moment and pretended to understand. "Got it. What about the vengeful spirit's memory? "
"Some fragmented fragments. The analysis host is trying to reassemble them," the MDT released a bunch of projections. "Look at these, distorted and unrecognizable. This is the world from the vengeful spirit's perspective, it's completely different from the perspective of ordinary creatures. If it's not translated, I'm afraid no one can understand it. "
Nangong Wuyue asked nervously, "Can you translate it? Can you find any news about my parents? "
The MDT also knew how to comfort people. "Don't worry, the information itself will not be destroyed. If you can't translate it the first time, you can try again. As long as this vengeful spirit has come into contact with your parents, and it doesn't have the mechanism of memory loss, it will definitely be found. In theory, unless there is external interference, an electromagnetic wave will not automatically erase its own memory. So you can put your brother down. "
Nangong Wuyue reacted again and quickly let go of her tail. Hao Ren stepped forward and pulled Nangong Sanba up. "It's not easy for you."
Nangong Sanba cupped his hands again and said, "Thank you, brother …"
Hao Ren suddenly felt that the half-baked demon hunter was not only running around the world to find his parents and feed himself, but also to hide from his sister's tail … The siren girl's habit of rolling up someone with her tail whenever she was nervous was terrible!
Of course, some people might ask, what if there was no one around her or she could not roll someone up at once? That was simple — she would roll herself up into a snake ball. Otherwise, how did she get her usual Orochimaru mode …
The equipment had completed the scan of the vengeful spirit's surface information. This strange 'creature's' incredible way of storing information had puzzled the analysis host. The system broadcast sounded in the laboratory. "Initial scan completed. No usable interpretation rules found. The host needs to reassemble the calculation to complete the follow-up work. "
Hao Ren asked casually, "How long will it take?"
The analysis host was silent for a moment. "… Unknown."
"Don't worry, it won't take too long. The analysis host's logic is a bit rigid, it can't give you an estimate, but I think it should be two or three days." The MDT detached itself from the equipment slot and flew back to Hao Ren's shoulder. "You can go back and feed the fish, play with the cat, walk the dog. We'll have the results in two days. You can also go and discuss the big project with the Aerymian elves. "
Hao Ren turned to look at the Nangong siblings. They were obviously a little disappointed, but knowing that there was still hope, they were not as anxious as they were at the beginning. Nangong Wuyue nodded. "Okay, we can wait."
Before leaving, Hao Ren gave new instructions to the Petrachelys. First, continue to analyze the vengeful spirit, and secondly, start to mass produce interference pheromones for the First Born. He had to start preparing for the big project.
When they returned home, the first thing Hao Ren did was to check on Rollie. The cat girl had just become a demon and was ignorant of the ways of the world. He was afraid that the idiot would run out when Big Beardy was not paying attention. Fortunately, the silly cat was obedient for once. As soon as Hao Ren reached the second floor, he found the girl squatting in the corner and playing.
"I'm back." Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief and went up to greet his cat. "What are you doing?"
The cat girl turned her head cleverly, meowed lazily, and then came up to him with a smile. "Big Boss Cat, you're good to me, aren't you?"
Hao Ren had no idea what the cat girl was up to. He nodded inexplicably and said, "Yeah … Why are you hiding your hands behind your back? What are you hiding? "
The cat girl smiled happily and said, "Mouse, for you to eat."
Hao Ren: "… What the hell?!"
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