After touching the Gilded Disc, Hao Ren had been trapped in some kind of chaotic and weird dream for several days, and his hands were left with these indelible marks. Vivian and Y 'zaks had helped him check the marks on his hands, but they found nothing. The marks were like ordinary burns and did not carry any transcendental power. But even Hao Ren knew that these marks definitely had an extraordinary meaning.
At night, trapped in the chaotic dream, Hao Ren repeatedly experienced the scene he saw in the illusion of the Gilded Disc. Every time he woke up in the collapsing temple of the goddess of creation, through countless burning pillars and battlefields, and finally arrived at the place where the crime of deicide took place. But every time, he was always a step late, unable to see the faces of the deicide and the goddess. Every dream was exactly the same, but as he repeated those things, Hao Ren found that he was getting more and more clear about some information from the dream.
The information was the chaotic memory that was injected into his mind after he touched the Gilded Disc for the first time. The repeated dreams seemed to help him extract these incomprehensible information from the depths of his mind. As these repeated dreams finally went away, Hao Ren also believed that he had a clear grasp of something. Now, he re-examined the series of things after he touched the Gilded Disc, and an idea gradually took shape:
He touched the Gilded Disc, got the 'information' from the Gilded Disc, and then strengthened the 'information' after constantly experiencing the dream. This series of processes was probably not accidental. It should be a carefully designed program, and the purpose of this program was to convey a 'message.' Because after he fully understood what he got from the Gilded Disc, the dreams also disappeared at the right time. This could only be explained by the word 'purposeful.'
"I heard the goddess of creation telling me, 'Be careful, the enemy is still here.' She did not tell me directly in words, but in the entire illusion, the entire spiritual world, using a more complex and imperceptible code directly into my mind." Hao Ren rubbed the 'burn' marks on his hands. "In order to extract these six words from the spiritual world, I spent a whole five days, and in the end, they are very clear. I think this is a warning. "
"But do you think this warning is for you?" The MDT flew slowly next to Hao Ren's head. "What you saw was an image left ten thousand years ago. The 'last words' of the goddess of creation were also ten thousand years ago. She may have been leaving a message to someone at that time. Of course, enemies were everywhere at that time."
"In the illusion, the goddess of creation once looked at me." Hao Ren put down his hand and focused on the production factory in the center of the nest. "I am a hundred percent sure that her eyes were focused on me. She knew exactly where I was standing. Therefore, she should have the ability to see through space-time. Even if it was just a video, her ability still existed. So her message should be for me. "
The MDT was a little surprised, but it knew very well what those powerful creatures, especially the gods, should have, so it quickly accepted what Hao Ren said and speculated on this basis. "In this case, I am afraid the goddess of creation knows more than we thought."
"She is a god after all, but she was killed by the race she created. Do you really think it is possible that she did not resist and have a backup plan?" Hao Ren arched an eyebrow. "She had time to create Vivian, time to shut down the functions of some of the guardians, time to send some of the guardians out of the battlefield of the divine realm. She also spent thousands of years building a Creation's Engine. After the collapse of the divine realm, it is very likely that this Creation's Engine pushed the Solenne Gateway out of the Umbral Realm. I think, compared to the professional gods of the Xi Ling Celestials, she may lack some knowledge, but she is not a naive girl. "
Finally, he shook his head and smiled. "Anyway, it is always necessary to be vigilant. Sooner or later, the combat effectiveness of the drone swarm will come in handy. Even if it is not to deal with the remaining enemies that the goddess of creation mentioned, there are still many threats in this universe."
A small group of Wanderers flew past the window. They noticed that Hao Ren was looking at them, so they curiously came over, somersaulted outside the window, and then flew away in line. Although these drones were under the control of a unified consciousness, within a limited range, they still had individual intelligence and simple thinking ability, which could make them more efficient in the face of complex and changeable situations. Looking at the busy drones outside the window, Hao Ren suddenly smiled and muttered, "Lily seems to be worried about what to do if these drones go berserk like in the movies."
"Reasonable concern," said the face formed by the consciousness of the drone swarm. "The loss of control of the drone swarm will bring an immeasurable threat to the creator, and the speed of expansion of the drone swarm is enough to cause her concern. Considering her living environment and the knowledge she has received since she was a child, it is logical to have a similar reaction. "
Hao Ren looked at the rigid guy a little funny. "Honestly, you really won't lose control?"
"There is no need for that." The consciousness of the drone swarm could not quite tell that Hao Ren was joking. It explained its attributes very seriously. "Every behavior has a reason, and the drone swarm does not need to lose control. There is no conflict between the drone swarm and the creator. Our proliferation, expansion, development, and evolution are all under reasonable program planning, and the drone swarm itself has no need to get rid of this program. At the same time, the Xi Ling Celestials itself is a huge cluster of consciousness connected by the spiritual network, which can be regarded as a higher level of drone swarm, and we are a secondary drone swarm created by them. The two are essentially the same. Everything is a tool and part of the Xi Ling Celestials. A tool does not have to betray another tool. "
The MDT landed on Hao Ren's shoulder and said slowly, "The drone swarm has been in the Xiling Empire for trillions of years, maybe even longer than that. Long before the concept of 'AI rampage' appeared, the drone swarm was already a part of the Empire. They coexisted with the Xi Ling apostles and completed the integration before the conflict. The premise of losing control is that one group must first control another group. But in the Empire, there is no second group, everything is just parts and tools. All things are one, just like your heart will not betray your ribs. "
At this time, Lil Pea grabbed Hao Ren's arm and woke up. She had already slept for a while, but when she woke up, she found Hao Ren was still discussing a bunch of boring topics with others. The little guy slapped her tail and began to protest loudly. Hao Ren hurriedly held the little guy and nodded awkwardly at the drone swarm's consciousness interface. "Okay, let's not talk about these boring things. Do you have a fish tank here?"
Hao Ren waited in this frontier drone nest for two days. Although the drone swarm initially estimated that it would only take twenty-four hours to find the clue, it actually took more time to search for the 'space travellers'.
But it was meaningful to wait. On the morning of the third day, a Logger drone that flew the farthest finally found a clue: a few light-years away from the first lens trace, there was some slowly dissipating synthetic material floating in space. It had dissipated so much that it was almost indistinguishable, but the probe still collected its remaining particles and analyzed it. It was a kind of synthetic high-performance fuel, perhaps used by the spacecraft's engine at sub-light speed.
After receiving the report from the drone, Hao Ren and the rest gathered on the bridge of the Petrachelys. The drone swarm's exploration area for the past few days had been made into a holographic star map on the projection of the console. After seeing the analysis report of the fuel, the MDT muttered, "Looks like they're in a bad situation. I'm afraid this is the fuel that leaked out."
"There are no signs of aircraft explosion along the entire extension line from the lens trace to the fuel leak point. The preliminary conclusion is that the man-made aircraft that left these traces is still alive, but there is a certain degree of damage." The interface of the drone swarm floated on the other side of the console. "We have roughly locked on to the direction of these aircraft. If they have not changed their course too much in the past 100 light-years, we should be able to track them soon."
Hao Ren thought for a moment and ordered Nolan, "Set sail. Go in that direction now. Maybe we can find those ships before lunch."
Nolan started her engine and muttered, "How can you be so sure that it is a ship? Haven't seen it before? "
Hao Ren curled his lips and said, "Nonsense. Something that can travel faster than light and leak oil at the same time is not a durian, right?"
After docking for two and a half days, the Petrachelys finally left the drone nest. With the guidance of the outpost drone, Hao Ren and the rest quickly chased in the direction indicated by the traces.
It did not take long for them to find their target.
"We found a large-scale man-made object in front!" Nolan reported excitedly. "It really looks like a durian!"
Hao Ren stared blankly at the monitor screen and saw a large group of huge flying objects shaped like durians.
"Tsk tsk, that mouth of yours." Vivian shook her head and sighed. "Law level."
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