Hao Ren and his team came at the right time. Helcrown's power core, the "remains of the First Born", had a problem only an hour ago. But in the eyes of the power furnace's management, the core's condition was not serious: it was just releasing some weak and harmless signals, and these signals did not cause any magic fluctuations within a hundred miles. So the power furnace technicians only reported the signal to their superior technical supervisor after detecting it, and did not trigger a higher-level alarm.
If Hao Ren and his team had not seen the phantom of Helcrown floating above the atmosphere when they came down from the sky, no one would have thought that something had happened in the depths of the city, let alone link the anomaly to the energy core.
The circular hall where the energy furnace was installed was as bright as ever, and the power core was running. In the center of the energy extractor composed of multiple concentric circles, the blood-red "seed" was releasing a regular light, pulsating slightly as the energy extractor rotated. The technicians stood in a circle around the circular platform, carefully observing the large device that even its creator dared not say he fully understood, and recording its latest strange readings.
Y'lisabet took out a square alchemy device out of nowhere, holding it up and shining it around the energy core. The alchemy device kept producing some noise that sounded like a radio being jammed. The little girl's expression was professional. "There's interference, there's really interference."
Hao Ren poked the MDT on his shoulder. "Can you detect anything?"
"This thing is releasing electromagnetic waves, somewhat similar to brain wave activity." The MDT projected a blue light, pointing at the red sphere in the center of the reactor. "Due to environmental constraints, I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the projection in the air, but there's definitely something wrong with it, and the electromagnetic waves are getting stronger."
The Eldar technician saw Y'zaks' serious expression, and suddenly became nervous. "King, is there a serious problem with the core?"
"I can't guarantee it for now, but using this thing as the power core is certainly not safe enough..." Y'zaks turned his head. "Does the city still need this power furnace to provide energy? We don't have other energy sources? "
"Currently, the city doesn't need to fly anymore. The largest energy consuming unit is in a state of shutdown, so the magic reactor used in the past is sufficient," the Eldar technician replied. "However, this energy reactor is more powerful, and it hasn't had any problems before, so it's been used until today."
Y 'zaks weighed the pros and cons for a moment. He then turned to Lanina and said, "Go and connect the original reactor. We'll temporarily cut off this core and see how it goes."
Hao Ren patted the MDT. "Fly above the atmosphere and keep an eye on the Phantom Hellion."
The MDT nodded and disappeared into the air in a flash of blue light. The technicians of the power furnace immediately got to work under Lanina's command.
Helcrown had two sets of power systems. The one in front of Hao Ren was actually a new one. It was activated after the city was swallowed up by the dimensional storm and fell into a different dimension. Its main purpose was to collect energy from the "seed" left by the First Born. There was also an old power furnace above the hall. The power furnace was built during the reign of Y 'zaks. It could also provide energy for the entire city, but it was temporarily sealed up because its power was not enough to activate the city's flight function. Now that Helcrown had landed on the surface of the planet, there was no difference between using the two power furnaces.
Hao Ren could not understand what the technicians were doing. He saw the neat rune lines on the floor of the hall were moving and rearranging into a closed array. The energy extractor in the center of the hall slowly quieted down. Several concentric rings stopped rotating in a certain pattern and finally fell into the groove directly below.
The red "seed" was suspended in place by the anti-gravity magic. After losing the catalysis of the energy extractor, the red light on its surface gradually dimmed, and the strange buzzing sound finally stopped.
A few seconds later, the MDT sent a message: the projection of Helcrown above the atmosphere had disappeared.
"It seems that it was indeed caused by this thing." Y 'zaks looked at the ball in disbelief. "What is it doing?"
"Before we can answer this question, we must first figure out what it is." Nangong Wuyue wiggled her body to the side of the sphere. She carefully approached it and observed the patterns on it, trying to see through the translucent leather shell to see what was happening inside. "We guessed that this was a seed left behind after the First Born died, right? But does the First Born really have a seed?"
As soon as the siren's voice trailed off, Hao Ren suddenly muttered in his heart: Yes, the First Born is a little like a plant, but does it really have a seed?
Lily thought hard for a long time and suddenly remembered something. "Oh yes, Mr. Landlord, we've already seen the tentacle monster in Tannagost. It was also dead. At that time, we didn't find any seeds on that planet, right?"
Hao Ren shrugged. "But we didn't really look for it. God knows if there's a seed buried in some corner."
At this time, a blue light flashed beside Hao Ren. The MDT had teleported back from the edge of the atmosphere. It lay on Hao Ren's shoulder and said in an expert's tone, "Anyway, this thing is very suspicious. We only scanned the structure of the ball and did not study it in depth. Now I suggest that we immediately stop using this reactor, and then transport the two existing Big Red Balls back for further study..."
"What the hell is a Big Red Ball?" Hao Ren asked.
"Just get the gist of it." The MDT bumped Hao Ren's head. "With your ability to name things, you should listen carefully in this situation."
Hao Ren was speechless.
The Seed of the First Born, which was used as the power core, was obviously problematic, so no one wanted to continue using this reactor. Lanina immediately ordered the other backup core, the "Big Red Ball", to be examined and was ready to hand it over to Hao Ren. On the other hand, Hao Ren was quite emotional: things related to the First Born were really not easy to deal with. He thought it was a dead seed, but now it had to come back to life to scare people. Fortunately, he had discovered it early. Otherwise, God knows how much trouble this thing could have caused.
Y 'zaks also nervously asked if there had been any problems with the reactor in the past. Knowing that everything was fine, he was a little relieved. He decided that he would never use batteries of unknown origin in the future.
After a while, Hao Ren looked at the two red balls side by side in front of him. "Are you sure you want me to put this thing in the Dimensional Pocket?"
The MDT flew around Hao Ren's head and said, "Just put it in. The Dimensional Pocket is such a safe place, why are you worried about accidents? And it's not like you just throw it in, there's a safe deposit box outside. "
Hao Ren looked at the two balls and felt goosebumps all over his body. "... To be honest, I'm traumatized by the First Born. Now I don't want to touch anything related to them!"
The MDT snorted and said, "Why bother? It's just two balls that can emit electric waves. Are you afraid of balls?"
Hao Ren thought it made sense. He pinched his nose and frowned as he took out the two large safe deposit boxes and commanded the autonomous robots to put the two "Seeds of the First Born" (suspected) into his Dimensional Pocket for future study.
After that, he asked Lanina with concern, "After leaving these two energy cores, your city won't have a power shortage, right?"
Lanina was stunned for a moment before she realized what the power shortage meant. The succubus showed a charming smile (she did not realize it) and said, "It's okay, as long as we don't activate the flight function, the city's energy is enough."
Hao Ren nodded and added, "If it's not necessary, don't use batteries of unknown origin."
Lanina was speechless.
Y 'zaks scratched his head and said, "I was going to say the same thing."
After the unexpected situation was temporarily solved, Y 'zaks and Y' lisabet had the time to catch up with Lanina and talk about the recent situation in their hometown. Wuyue did not waste this precious time. As soon as she saw that there was nothing else to do, she excitedly ran to the south wall of Helcrown and plunged into it. She could finally swim to her heart's content this time, because she had to swim at least half a circle around the city before she could find a place to go ashore...
Rollie, on the other hand, took the opportunity to wander the unfamiliar streets of the city again. This cat was not afraid of strangers like other cats. Born as a vagrant, her ability to adapt to unfamiliar environments had reached the level of naivety.
Hao Ren originally planned to take Lily for a few laps around the city, but at this time, Raven 12345 suddenly sent a message.
"The construction module you wanted has been delivered. Find time to pick it up from the Divine Kingdom's reception office."
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