The Petrachelys sailed in hyperspace, surrounded by an enclosed space of endless darkness. On the bridge, Nangong Wudi and Ayesha looked around in amazement. Everything here was new to them. They had seen the powerful automated equipment on the planetary ark, and obviously, the equipment on the Petrachelys was even more incredible … Especially the realistic holographic projection and the broken MDT, it was simply incredible.
"You came in this?" Ayesha looked at her daughter. "How far can this thing go?"
"There is almost no way to measure it in mathematical units." Nangong Wuyue snuggled up to her mother, her long snake tail coiled around Ayesha. She had a happy smile on her face. "We have been to other universes in this ship, and even experienced the battlefield of another world. You and Dad will be shocked when I tell you."
Ayesha gently stroked Nangong Wuyue's hair, smiling gently and contentedly. "You have really grown up …"
Nangong Wudi looked at this scene with a smile. Suddenly, he heard a crashing sound coming from the table not far away. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a water basin on the table. A super small mermaid was leaning on the edge of the basin, looking curiously at the strangers on the bridge: it was Lil Pea waking up.
Nangong Wudi was shocked. "What is this?!"
Lil Pea was startled. She quickly retracted her head and then carefully poked her head out to look around. After making sure there was no problem, the little one jumped out of the basin and bounced towards Hao Ren. "Dad! You are back? "
This time, not only Nangong Wudi, but even Ayesha was stunned. She frowned and grabbed Wuyue's arm. "You are married? Why didn't you say so?! "
Then she pointed at Lil Pea in surprise. "And why is this child so hungry? Don't you usually give her food? "
When Hao Ren first saw Lil Pea jumping out, he was startled and immediately thought of how the Nangong parents would react. After so many incidents, he had now trained all kinds of unconventional imagination like a passive skill. But when he actually heard Ayesha's exclamation, he almost banged his head on the table. "Don't think too much — this is not the same as a siren! This is a mermaid from another world. "
Lil Pea could not care less. She hopped to Hao Ren's side and leaped onto his arm. She hung herself on it and let out a series of comfortable snores. She had just woken up for less than a minute, and she had fallen asleep again.
Nangong Wudi had just stood up and was about to walk towards Hao Ren. After hearing the other party's explanation, he stopped awkwardly and swallowed back the word "son-in-law". Ayesha stared at Lil Pea, then at Hao Ren, and finally at her daughter. "This really isn't …"
Nangong Wuyue was on the verge of tears, her tail wagging like a rattlesnake, "Mom! Can you not always be so imaginative? Are the sea demons that weak? "
"Water is amorphous, so anything is possible. When Mom gave birth to you, you were still a ball. It took you two years to understand how to transform yourself into a human form …"
Nangong Wuyue turned her face away awkwardly. "I can't help it. I was born on land, and there were no other siren children around. It's normal for me to be a little late."
Everyone on the bridge looked at the mother and daughter in horror. The magical life form of the sirens had amazed everyone. Hao Ren dared not imagine what kind of place a siren's kindergarten would be like. Vivian reached out and poked Lil Pea's sleepy little face as she muttered, "Why does this child sleep so much recently? She eats five meals a day and sleeps for more than ten hours … All she does is eat and sleep. "
Lily put a small piece of wood next to Lil Pea's mouth and watched the little one crunch the wood in her sleep. "And she's growing very fast recently."
"I asked Raven 12345 before, and she said it's normal." Hao Ren reached out to hold Lil Pea's body to prevent the little one from slipping off his arm. Lil Pea gently patted her tail in response. "It's said that this kind of mermaid has a few special growth stages, and every time, she will eat a lot and sleep a lot. It's okay, she's very healthy anyway. "
Lily finally could not help but think of the planetary ark that had just left. "Mr. Landlord, what do you think will happen to the ark?"
Before the Petrachelys entered hyperspace, the last image of the planetary ark was of it dragging a long trail of flames into the depths of the universe. The ark's wandering had not reached its end. Although the sanctuary had been closed, the ark's other systems were still operating. Its long journey of a thousand years had just begun. Lily was very worried about the future of the ark — especially after learning about the ark's host computer. She was even more worried about this.
"After I take away the database and the life samples, the ark's mainframe will adjust the mission plan. It will continue to follow the established route." Hao Ren spoke about the results of his communication with the supercomputer in the control center. "Its creator chose a new home 10,000 years ago, and now the ark has decided to complete this mission. If everything goes well, it will arrive at its destination in a thousand years."
"And then?" Lily looked up at Hao Ren's eyes. "There's no one on the ark anymore, is there?"
"And then?" Hao Ren picked up the glass jar containing the moss samples and shook it gently. "There's no one on the ark, but there's still these. The sun will melt the ice and snow again, and then it'll be a new beginning. "
The ark's mainframe letting Hao Ren take away these life samples did not mean that it had given up on its work. It only wanted to improve the chances of survival of these lives and spread them as far as possible. This was the experience that the ark's mainframe had concluded after the destruction of the mother civilization: it could not let all life gather in a cradle.
After Hao Ren took away the life samples, the ark would continue on its journey to reawaken the creator's world in another star system — even if the creator was no longer there, it had decided to resurrect the planet again.
This was the "solution" that the ark's mainframe had found for its mission after communicating with Hao Ren.
No matter how many difficulties and obstacles the mission encountered, no matter how tortuous the process was, the ark had a mission, and for this mission, the machines would never give up.
Vivian looked at the small jar of moss. "Where are you going to put these samples?"
"Life is only meaningful when it reproduces. Even if it survives for 10,000 years in the specimen vault, it's just a specimen." Hao Ren stood up and walked to the front of the bridge. The Petrachelys was gradually leaving the hyperspace state, and the image from the external monitor gradually brightened. "I've done a simulation test, the moss will survive well in one place, and this place …"
The Petrachelys leaped out of the warped space, and a crystal clear blue ocean came into view.
"Just in time for more species."
The ocean of Io glistened under the sun, and the waves sparkled.
The Petrachelys slowly descended, and steadily passed through the newly formed atmospheric clouds above Io, and hovered over a calm sea. This once violent and dangerous world was now unbelievably calm. The waves gently surged under the spacecraft, as gentle as a baby's breathing.
Ayesha and Nangong Wuyue created a platform on the water for everyone to stand on, and everyone descended from the spacecraft to the sea. Lil Pea was briefly awake after a nap, and was now swimming happily in the waves, jumping out of the water from time to time to greet everyone, like a happy little fish. Rollie curiously put her tail into the water, as if she wanted to try fishing.
Ayesha looked at the sea in disbelief. She had heard about Io from Nangong Wuyue. "This … is the origin of the sirens?"
"Yes, we came with the Queen of the Sirens last time." Nangong Wuyue smiled. "When you go back, you have to report to Her Majesty first. There are many people in Nasaton who are worried about your whereabouts."
"Nasaton …" Ayesha sighed. "I haven't heard from it for a century."
Hao Ren opened the container and sprinkled the moss fragments into the sea. At the same time, he sprinkled a large amount of crystal-clear green powder, which was synthesized in the laboratory and would help the moss fragments to successfully complete the transformation.
"They are a very wonderful thing. Although they are moss, they are very different from those on Earth," the MDT landed on Hao Ren's shoulder and said. "They will soon adapt to life in the sea, and then may become something like seaweed … The wonder of life lies in the inexplicable."
"Eva, I've brought you some new friends." Hao Ren bent down and put his hand into the water. "Take care of them."
The sea did not respond, but there was a gentle wave as if it was responding.
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