Hao Ren considered himself to be far-sighted. Well, not necessarily far-sighted, but at least he was far-sighted.
When he left the Plane of Dreams the last time, he had made some arrangements, but he did not expect that these arrangements would one day be used to find someone. At that time, he wanted to explore the starry sky of the Plane of Dreams and draw a star map for future operations. So he ordered the Petrachelys to release a batch of self-replicating probes. Those probes could constantly replicate themselves as needed and use superluminal antennas to connect to the network. They would plan the best exploration plan and continue to travel deep into the universe, drawing all the celestial bodies they encountered along the way on the star map, and building a small observatory at regular intervals to maintain this advanced drone network.
The mode of operation of these probes was to first send a batch of high-speed units to quickly scan the starry sky, and then send high-precision units to gradually fill in the blanks in the scanning area. This way, Hao Ren could grasp the distribution of celestial bodies in the Plane of Dreams in the shortest time possible.
Obviously, after the drone swarm had been operating for a while, the first feedback was a set of rough star map, which only included the distribution data of the major celestial bodies within a certain range. It was not so easy to specifically scan those celestial bodies for traces of life, and it required follow-up slow-speed probes for accurate observation. So far, the drone swarm released by Hao Ren was only doing preliminary work such as sketching, and had not yet carried out the step of life detection. It was not until a few days ago that the drone swarm had sent back the first star map, but little did he expect that it would come in handy now.
Now the fastest probes had now mapped the stars within a range of billions of light years, with Holletta as the center.
The MDT pulled up the rough star map, looking for a point within the range where it could observe the same starry sky as the vengeful spirit's memory.
Nangong Wuyue waited nervously and anxiously. Nangong Sanba had also left the device to watch the progress with his sister. It seemed that he was lucky enough to escape the punishment of the Invincible Windmill this time. Hao Ren comforted them. "Don't worry, the drones have been expanding outward, and their scanning range is huge. Even if there is no matching star map this time, it will not take long before we find it."
Nangong Wuyue gently rubbed the tip of her tail against Hao Ren's trousers. "It's okay, we have been waiting for more than a hundred years."
The lab door slid open silently, and Lily carefully slipped in with the freshly washed cat maiden. The dumb cat's hair was still a little wet, and both her and Lily's clothes were mostly wet. It seemed that it was not easy to bathe a cat.
"What are they doing?" Sensing the solemn atmosphere, the husky swallowed her growl. She then pulled Hao Ren's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"
Rollie looked serious as she washed her face with her claws and explained, "He must be looking for dried fish for me."
Hao Ren patted Rollie's head and was about to say something when he was interrupted by the MDT. "… I found a place with a higher possibility, but …"
Nangong Sanba looked impatient. "But what?"
The MDT turned on the holographic projection, which showed an empty space. This was the image sent by a probe from the Plane of Dreams. "A drone drew these images when it was flying through space. The positions and characteristics of these stars are consistent with the vengeful spirit's memory. But the problem is... there are no celestial bodies here."
"No celestial bodies?!" Nangong Wuyue cried out involuntarily, and then quickly thought of something. "Could it be... that my parents were sent into space?"
The MDT shook its body and said, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be. Teleportation usually chooses a mass as the landing point. This is caused by the disturbance of gravity on space. However, this place was indeed a little strange … There were no celestial bodies here, only a cloud of ashes. It seemed that there had been a big explosion many years ago. The information sent back by the drone is limited. This is all I know. "
Hao Ren stared at Nangong Wuyue for a long time without saying a word. In the end, he could only touch Nangong Wuyue's shoulder. "Don't worry, at least your parents weren't sent to the sun …"
Lily squinted at Hao Ren and said, "Battie, how many times have I reminded you not to comfort people if you can. You're asking for a beating most of the time."
Hao Ren opened his mouth awkwardly and said, "Well, let's not think so much. Let's go there and see the actual situation. Anyway, the star map will not lie. The vengeful spirit must have been to that place. Let's go back and discuss with the others, and go to the Plane of Dreams as soon as possible to confirm it. "
The Nangong siblings looked at each other and nodded silently. They were not in the mood to talk too much now.
The atmosphere was so tense that even the dumb cat beside them quieted down. The cat girl found a safe place and squatted carefully, wiping her face with her claws as she muttered, "Big Boss Cat is not happy again. Then I don't want the dried fish …"
After that, Hao Ren explained the situation to Galazur through the spacecraft communicator, and then directly launched a space jump to return to Earth.
When they returned home, it was already night on Earth. Y'lisabet and Y'zaks had already gone to bed, and only Vivian was in the living room, humming a song and knitting a scarf while watching TV. The vampire maiden saw them coming out of the basement, looked up and greeted them with a smile. "You're back? Do you want something to eat? I made gluten soup tonight. "
Hao Ren waved his hand to indicate that he had eaten outside, and then sat down next to Vivian. "I have unlocked the vengeful spirit's memory, and I have the whereabouts of the Nangong parents."
"Hmm? That's a good thing. "Vivian stopped what she was doing. She looked at Hao Ren's expression and asked," Did something happen? "
"It could be somewhere in the Plane of Dreams. The drones I sent out earlier happened to find a very likely star zone," Hao Ren explained the situation to Vivian. "… The problem is that there are no celestial bodies in that place."
"Then it seems that we can only go and confirm the situation." Vivian put her finger under her chin. "Shall we leave tomorrow?"
Hao Ren glanced at the Nangong siblings and said, "Have a good rest today. We will leave tomorrow."
The next day, Y'zaks and Y'lisabet learned about the vengeful spirit's memory and volunteered to help find them. Considering that they were going in a spacecraft this time, some people could stay on the spacecraft if necessary. Hao Ren decided to bring everyone in the family, including the cat and the fish. This way, he would not have to worry about the trouble and damage that the naughty children might cause. Before leaving, he said goodbye to Raven 12345, and after confirming that there was no task arranged for him, he set off with his team.
The Petrachelys sped through the vast expanse of space. The distant starlight cast a blurry halo on the spacecraft's silvery-white hull. According to the navigation signals left by the exploration drones, the spacecraft was rapidly approaching its destination.
When it was 0.3 light-years away from the target, the spacecraft made a temporary deceleration. It came out of hyperspace and approached a small silver-white building in space.
The building was very small, only one-third the size of the Petrachelys. It looked like a stubby tower in space, with four symmetrically distributed crystal plates suspended on top of it. There were some small floating turrets around the building. The latter was the defensive force of the small outpost, enough to deal with wandering celestial bodies and invaders (if there were any). If there was a bigger threat, the entire outpost would warp away. After all, it was just a broadcast antenna, there was no need to face the enemy head-on.
This outpost was one of the results of the drone cluster released by Hao Ren. The drones were constantly building a huge network as they continued to move deeper into the universe. While they were proliferating, they were looking for suitable celestial bodies to build production bases in the universe. At the same time, they would also build a signal relay station in space according to a strict and delicate blueprint, which was the facility in front of them.
These things worked together to form an autonomous drone cluster. Although these low-tech drones with simple structures could only do a few things, they were very useful for inspectors carrying out land exploration missions.
The Petrachelys shot out a beam of light to connect with the small outpost and directly read the latter's recent observation records. The crystal plate at the top of the outpost also changed direction and pointed deep into space. It was in contact with a drone that was hurrying through space and conveyed the information from afar to its owner.
On the bridge of the Petrachelys, the MDT relayed the observation report from the outpost. "Two probes have been ordered to return to provide us with more accurate constellation navigation in this area. There are still no celestial bodies in the target area... but there is a pile of ashes. "
"Ashes? What ashes? "Vivian asked curiously.
"The sun."
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