Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Hao Ren was one of the many people in the mental space formed by the virtual link. Inspectors from various worlds were shuttling back and forth in the chaotic space. Many of them were reviewing the information of countless civilizations from across the Macro World.
The database of the Ark civilization opened up in his mind, and a sea of information flooded his mind.
With the experience of browsing through Tannagost's database, Hao Ren was already familiar with this kind of ultra-high bandwidth virtual link. He was no longer as surprised as he was when he first connected. He just stayed focused and slowly browsed through the information that best represented a civilization — history, art, law, religion, and social model. Any civilization that left behind a "doomsday database" would carefully categorize these things and place them in the easiest part to read. Just like how plants leave seeds and animals leave offspring, it was the instinct of all living things to "preserve their own information".
Watching a civilization rise from ignorance, step by step into space amidst fire, steel, war, and peace, and finally dissipating like fireworks in the night sky was not a pleasant experience. Hao Ren quickly browsed through the section related to history and began to focus on the logs before the fall of the Ark civilization.
The people who left these logs had obviously realized that their civilization was on the verge of collapse, so they recorded everything that happened in the last days in detail, especially the abnormal phenomena — the shaking of the earth, the changes in the starry sky, the climate, the magnetic field, the sun, and many other things were recorded in great detail. They were like the dying victims of a murder case, trying their best to leave clues about the murderer around them. Perhaps it was so that if there was no turning back, someone could help them find out the truth of the "murder". Many of these clues were actually not very useful because the civilization level of the race that left the logs was limited. Their understanding of the First Born was still shallow, and they did not know which clues were the most useful. But Hao Ren still found something that caught his attention. It was the diary of a scientist, left behind for future generations.
"… Reorganizing the astronomical records before the arrival of the Denizens of the Stars, found the observation data of the red supernova 'Eaton'. This mysterious celestial body is one of the most puzzling phenomena to our race. It hangs in the emptiest part of the sky, and remains perpetually at the same brightness, while no observation of it can determine the distance of the star. Its characteristics do not meet the standard of a star, and a planet should not be so bright … Before the Denizens of the Stars came, Eaton exploded for unknown reasons, and on that day it became the brightest star in the night sky. Then, it completely disappeared from the universe … No technological means can confirm the cause of Eaton's explosion and disappearance … This information may be of great value, and should be preserved … "
"Red new star …" Hao Ren could not help but temporarily exit the link. "There is indeed a record of that star here."
The MDT's voice rang in his mind. "Did you find any records of the red nova in Io?"
"Io's ancient equipment was destroyed by the tsunami, and Nasaton is just a colonial ship. The database on it is incomplete, and there is no information on the red nova." Hao Ren shook his head. "But I have good reason to believe that the sirens have also seen the red nova. Whether they saw it explode or not, I'm not sure."
"This star seems to be visible from any corner of the universe in the Plane of Dreams, and it is equally bright no matter where you look," the MDT's voice was very serious. "This is already against the laws of optics. If that's the case, maybe even if we find the fourth observation point, we can't confirm the location of the red nova. It's not in line with the laws of observation, so we can't determine the distance. It can be anywhere in the universe."
Hao Ren had also thought of this, but he had no other way. "Let's try it after we find the fourth observation point. If we really can't find it, then there's nothing we can do. Anyway, what happened to the Goddess of Creation must have something to do with the explosion of this star … Maybe it exploded along with it. "
Hao Ren put these things aside for the time being, and continued to sink into the database. This time he began to focus on finding information about the Denizens of the Stars, and there was a lot of this information in the database.
According to the description of the Ark natives, the Denizens of the Stars not only had a wonderful life form, but also had a special way of thinking and communication. They could not speak, so they communicated with others through a way that was almost telepathic. But this telepathy required a special talent, and the Ark natives did not seem to be very good at it, so they had a hard time understanding some of the difficult words mentioned by the Denizens of the Stars.
Some of the scribes who were responsible for communicating with the Denizens of the Stars were called "soulspeakers", and every conversation between them and the Denizens of the Stars was recorded in the database. And a soulspeaker named "Freeman" seemed to be the leader of telepathy, and he left the most and the clearest records of the conversation. Hao Ren found these records, and they were something like a conversation book:
[Freeman: "… So how did you come here across such a long distance?"
Denizens of the Stars: "(A series of complex thoughts, may be some kind of technical explanation, but incomprehensible) … Everything in the universe is interconnected like this, and we use this connection to jump, just like data transfer in your computer system, but much faster."
Freeman: "… Sorry, I can't understand these things, but I will record them as they are. May I ask if the 'natural disaster' you mentioned appears everywhere in the universe? Is it a common phenomenon? "
Denizens of the Stars: "(Seems to produce a more obvious emotional fluctuation) It should not have happened, but a shameful (Unrecognizable thoughts) led to this disaster. Now it has spread throughout the universe, and even we cannot predict to what extent it will develop. We can only try to minimize its harm. "
Freeman: "It is a man-made disaster?"
Denizens of the Stars: "(Emotional fluctuation) Man-Made. The root of the universe has been touched and severely damaged by a group of unreasonable creatures … (Incomprehensible thoughts) But I can't explain it to you, you can't understand."
Freeman: "What is the root of the universe?"
Denizens of the Stars: "Ninety percent of the life in this universe originates from him (Completely incomprehensible thoughts) … Can't explain it to you, we are deeply affected by this root, which makes it impossible for us to describe its form of existence to ordinary races. In your understanding, he should be similar to a god. "
After this was some messy conversation records, and finally Freeman asked, "May I ask if the root of the disaster was someone attacking the 'god'?"
Denizens of the Stars: "They killed her."
Hao Ren completely exited the database, looking stunned.
"Someone killed the goddess of creation?" Hao Ren found it hard to believe. "And it seems to be a group of mortals?!"
"That's what the Denizens of the Stars said," the MDT's voice was also clearly emotional. "I don't think they would make these things up."
"This information … is unexpected." Hao Ren was stunned for a long while before he finally accepted the fact. He never thought that there was such a shocking truth hidden in the ark's database. Whether it was the truth or not, at least it was a shocking clue. At this time, he suddenly remembered the dragon queen Galazur's warning: Don't ignore the small clues around you, because you can't know when luck will give you a big one!
However, the records in the database stopped there. The communication between the soulspeakers and the Denizens of the Stars was not smooth, and with the end of the world approaching, they did not pay too much attention to the root of the universe and religious issues. They were more concerned about the technical details of the ark. Hao Ren repeatedly browsed through the chat book many times, but did not find any records detailing the "mortals killing the goddess" incident. Either no one asked, or the Denizens of the Stars tried to answer, but no soulspeaker could understand.
"What a f * cking language barrier …" Hao Ren felt a headache coming on. "If the Denizens of the Stars are so capable, why don't they study interstellar foreign languages …"
"It seems that we really have to find them to find out the truth," the MDT said regretfully. "I have a feeling that there's something fishy going on …"
Hao Ren sighed. "Nonsense, even the goddess is dead. How can there be something fishy going on?"
After searching for information several times to no avail, Hao Ren exited the virtual link, then compiled the call into a report and handed it to Raven 12345.
Raven 12345 took this information very seriously, but there would be no new instructions in the short term. The next thing … it was up to Hao Ren to slowly investigate.
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