In the Magic Energy Engineering Research Institute, a group of people flushed with excitement as they listened to Tang En's description.
But at this time, the calmer Eustisa raised a question. "Does such a place … really exist?"
As if a basin of cold water had been poured on their heads, the group immediately calmed down.
Yes, such a perfect place, did it really exist?
They could not be blamed for their doubts, it was really because what Tang En said was too tempting. How could such a perfect place exist?
Eustisa was not doubting Tang En, she just suspected that the place was not as good as Tang En described.
Now that the pie was painted too big, everyone would be disappointed when they went there and found that the situation was far from as good as he said.
"Of course it really exists."
In order to enhance his persuasion, Tang En's expression was very serious, and then he added, "If you don't believe me, I'll give you the spatial coordinates of the place, and then you'll know for yourself when you see it."
Tang En was afraid that these people would ask him to take them there — if he went to see it himself, he would overwrite their observer effect, and the lie would be exposed directly.
Therefore, he had to let them go first and let the observer effect become a fact before he could go there.
To deceive himself, he had to deceive them first.
That's right, Tang En was openly deceiving people.
And he was deceiving them to save the world!
Of course, the best lie should be a combination of truth and falsehood, and the description should be both good and bad. But now was not the time. In order to maximize the use of the Astral Plane, Tang En had to describe it as good enough to offset the discount in their hearts due to their doubts.
People would subconsciously have a certain amount of reservations about good news, especially when the news was so good that it seemed impossible to exist.
They would subconsciously discount Tang En's words — and what Tang En wanted was to offset this discount.
A perfect resource base, even if discounted, was still irreplaceable, and that was enough.
Nothing in the world could be perfect.
Tang En thought for a moment and said, "You all have projects to work on. Why don't you let Victor drive the Golden Giant Statue prototype over to take a look? I'll tell you more when I get back."
At least, it was much easier to fool Victor than to fool Angus and the others. After all, because of the Revelation, Victor trusted Tang En almost 100%, just like a die-hard fan.
If he went over first, he could seize the opportunity and stabilize the situation in the astral plane through the observer effect. Then, he could bring the others over to strengthen this effect. As for Tang En, he was the nominal "master of the base", so he could only go last.
In that case, his own observer effect would not be stronger than theirs.
Angus and the others thought that this was a good idea. It just so happened that Victor was bored out of his mind at the Martyr's Palace. They would find something for him to do, and they would not waste any time.
Although the astral plane was very tempting, it was there and could not run away for a while. There was no need to rush over now. If they found out that it was not so good when they got there, it would affect their mood and delay their work. It would not be too late for them to go after Victor confirmed the situation.
"That's it, then. You and Victor discuss it. We'll go and assemble the Golden Giant Statue first. You can set off directly later."
Angus and the others left in a hubbub, leaving only Tang En and Victor.
"Is what you said true?"
Victor looked at Tang En in disbelief. He had yet to recover from the pleasant news.
"Of course it's true."
Tang En repeated, "Solant has returned, and the astral base is real. Also, I'll take care of the entertainment problem at the Martyr's Palace. You'll have something to do soon."
"Then what are we waiting for?"
Victor rubbed his fists. "Let's set off now!"
Tang En spread his hands. "At least wait until they finish assembling it."
The two chatted for a while, mostly about the current situation in the Irus Empire and Aurelia's situation. As for Olina, the two had a tacit understanding not to mention her due to the awkward situation.
After Klotto's assistant came to inform them that the Golden Giant Statue had been assembled, Tang En brought Victor over.
Victor was once again transferred into the soul core and once again felt the wonderful feeling of having a physical body.
"This feeling of solidity is great …"
He couldn't help but sigh. "It's a pity that this body is too big …"
Tang En said grumpily, "There's nothing to be picky about. If the technology matures in the future, I can make some public prosthetics for you so that you can take turns visiting home."
"It'll be even better if it can be done."
Victor smiled and asked, "What are the coordinates of the astral base you mentioned? I'll register it. "
Tang En casually mentioned a coordinate. The astral base was a void to begin with, and the so-called coordinates were only equivalent to an entrance that could be marked at will. He could just specify a spatial coordinate, and as long as he used the astral transfer specially developed by the Golden Giant Statue, he would definitely be able to enter that space.
In order to strengthen Victor's impression, Tang En described the specific situation of the base in detail, even going so far as to the marks he had "once" left there. This description clearly made Victor believe him even more.
"You're not coming with me?"
Victor looked at Tang En curiously. Looking down at Tang En from this angle, he felt that he was especially small, like an ant.
"No, I still have something to do. You go ahead and scout the way first. Tell them about the situation later."
Of course, Tang En couldn't go, so he found an excuse and left.
Victor felt a little puzzled. It was clearly just a matter of going over and leading the way, but this guy couldn't even be bothered to lead the way. What kind of master was this?
Although he was puzzled, he still activated the astral transfer. He felt his vision go dark, and the next moment, he arrived in an unfamiliar space.
"This is the astral base?"
Victor looked at the gray world in front of him and felt a little confused. "This is not quite the same as what was described in the records. It's also not like what Tang En said. Could it be that the coordinates are wrong?"
Victor lowered his head and looked at the coordinates again, confirming that what Tang En said was correct.
"What's going on … Where's the Auguin's Eternal Star Dazzling Gold? Why is there nothing — "
Before Victor could finish speaking, the gray fog in front of him suddenly dissipated. Then, he saw a magnificent void. There were all kinds of wonderful colors of light floating in the void. Those light ribbons were floating slowly like seaweed. Around the light ribbons were planets of different sizes. These planets even had strange plants growing on them. What surprised Victor the most was that there were huge open-air mineral veins visible to the naked eye on the surface of these planets!
On the mountain peak that was thousands of meters high, there were purple-gold Auguin everywhere. Not far away, another mountain peak was full of Eternal Star Dazzling Gold. Occasionally, he could see some familiar Star Dazzling Gold light.
And further away, on both sides of the cliff of a rift valley, there were sparkling magic crystals …
"Hiss …"
Victor's eyes widened and he sucked in a breath of cold air (of course, there was no air here). What he saw in front of him was more impactful than Tang En's description!
The Astral Base he talked about was actually real!
Not only was it real, but it was even more exaggerated!
The ore reserves on this planet alone were probably several times higher than the entire Prandal!
If the reserves on other distant planets were added …
That scene was too beautiful to imagine!
Victor did not hesitate to control the Giant Golden Statue to teleport to the surface of the planet — in the Astral Plane, besides regular movement, the most commonly used method was teleportation. The Astral Plane Teleportation that Histisa had transplanted from the Astral Warhorse was quite useful.
After landing on the surface of the planet, Victor found that the mountains were far higher and more spectacular than what he had seen from the void. The twenty-meter-tall Giant Golden Statue was like a small insect in front of those mountains.
Victor strode forward. After a while, he controlled the universal mechanical arm to grab a piece of ore. When he opened his hand, he saw that it was an unrefined but extremely pure Auguin ore.
Then, he was stunned. "This, this, this is too amazing!"
At this moment, Victor finally understood. No wonder Tang En was usually so extravagant. No wonder he never felt sorry for those materials. No wonder he could continuously supply such a huge amount of raw materials to others!
With such rich resources in the Astral Plane, even the precious and expensive Star Flashing Gold could be used to pave roads and build houses!
Victor became excited. With such rich resources, it would be difficult for Tang En not to unify Prandal!
Even if he used these materials to pile up, he could also pile up the other countries in Prandal!
Other than him, who else was qualified to unify Prandal!?
The excited Victor now had no doubt about Tang En's ability. He was the savior chosen by the gods. This Astral Plane space was probably a gift from the gods to him, especially for him to develop his own forces and fight against those terrifying enemies.
However …
Was it really necessary to use so many resources just to deal with the invasion of Chaos in Prandal?
A doubt arose in Victor's heart.
With so many resources, not to mention those creatures of Chaos, even if the army of Chaos came, they would be crushed to death.
If all these resources were used to save Prandal, wouldn't it be too wasteful?
… Maybe the gods didn't care about these resources?
Victor found an excuse for himself, and then he began to explore excitedly.
During the exploration process, he could find some surprising things every few days. For example, the magic crystal core that Tang En mentioned. The magic power contained in a magic crystal core was far more than that of a high-level magic essence, and the magic power contained in a high-level magic essence was dozens or even hundreds of times that of an ordinary magic essence. Now, the magic power of the high-level magic crystals used by the giant golden statue was only equal to the magic power that an ordinary magic crystal core could provide.
This meant that if the energy source was replaced with a magic crystal core, would it mean that the giant golden statue could continue to work for years or even decades? Even with the high consumption of the combat mode, it could continue to fight for more than a year!
The magic power could be condensed to such an extent. This was simply, simply incredible!
In the end, Victor could only think of this sentence to describe his mood at the moment.
As for Tang En, he was stopped by Fiona as soon as he slipped out.
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